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Nintendo DS Browser finally gets its UK launch today, bringing (most of) the internet to DS owners lucky enough to have access to a wireless internet connection. We took it on a whistle-stop tour of the net's most popular sites to see what it could do - and the results were quite surprising.

Setup is easy. There are a few configuration screens, but nothing more complicated than any other online DS game. You are asked to enter a password, just so that no one else can use it without your permission, then within a few minutes you're up and surfing.

The first, tragic news is that the browser doesn't support Flash, so that's one up for PSP already. But there's a whole web of other possibilities out there - here's what we found.

www.google.com

Loads in a few seconds, so we're soon searching away. It looks just as you'd expect and the duel-screen modes are fun to explore. A quick Google for 'eBay' returns a financial graph for the company and a link to the site. Excellent.

Speed: 4/5
Ease of use: 5/5
Display: 5/5
Functionality: 5/5

Justin Towell
Justin Towell
Freelance Writer

Justin was a GamesRadar+ staffer for 10 years but is now a freelance writer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.