Nintendo Shows TV and Web Browsing for DS

Nintendo has announced it plans to make a Web browser and TV receiver available for its handheld Nintendo DS, increasing their appeal to casual gamers.

At a news conference in Tokyo introducing the new Nintendo DS Lite (scheduled to go on sale in Japan March 2), Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced the company plans to begin selling a Web browser for its Nintendo DS handheld gaming systems, as well as a card which would let the devices tune into television broadcasts for mobile phones. The offerings would first be available in the Japanese market