Grab the Morning Paper on Your 3DS

[Logan Westbrook]

Grab the Morning Paper on Your 3DS

Nintendo is investigating ways to get newspaper and magazine articles on the 3DS.

Nintendo is looking into using the 3DS as an e-reader, according to president Satoru Iwata. The 3DS can receive data whenever the power is switched on, including when the device is in sleep mode with the lid closed. Iwata wants the 3DS to automatically download content whenever it finds a wi-fi connection it can connect to, without the user having to do a thing.

The screens on the 3DS aren't amazing, and it's not going to be a replacement for a dedicated e-reader, but as a little extra functionality it's a pretty cool idea. The real challenge for Nintendo will be working out deals with newspaper and magazine publishers for content, deals which will probably vary from country to country.

Even if this does eventually become a feature on the 3DS, it might be some time before it is available worldwide. To use another e-reader as an example, the Kindle has only very recently become available in the Canada, despite being available in the US for years.

Source: Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5569566/nintendo-3ds-might-be-used-for-newspapers-magazines-too]


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[Deofuta]

Meh, I feel that, while the 3DS is aimed towards a larger audience, said audience is not quite interested enough to use the 3DS as an E-reader. I personally would not enjoy reading on that small screen for any length of time.

 

[Danpascooch]

Ugh, I'm so sick of them trying to put papers and magazines on everything, The Ipad (which I don't approve of in any way BTW) is the closest I've seen of something being suited for viewing newspapers and magazines, but a 3DS has a too small screen, and no type of 3G distribution capability.

Call me crazy, but I still like to read magazines as magazines (though I use the Kindle for books)

 

[DividedUnity]

I really don't like the idea of this thing being able to download stuff while I'm asleep.

I could wake up the next morning with... The Daily Mail on the thing. Oh the horror!

 

[thatstheguy]

Seems like something I'll ignore. Unless it'll let you read the news in 3D. That would be awesome.

 

[JediMB]

It'd better have good battery time for its standby mode if Nintendo want anyone to actually use it. I know I only did once or twice back when I tried out Nintendogs.

 

[Folio]

I want to read the comics every day. I just want a 'Manga Pack' on my DS to read.

Besides, if the 3DS has the same Wi-Fi connection as the normal DS, I'm screwed. It locates WIP adresses and my home has a WEP adress... or something or the other way around. Anyhow, I don't have a Wi-Fi hub to give it a connection!