Yes i know some of these are coming anyway but still... what will be the coolest of them all?

If one would have to schoose, I'd choose streaming music. PC are more than capable of doing the rest. handheld gaming devices weren't meant to be equivalents of a PC anyway.

I'd say, webbrowser, I'd love to be able to surf on the go, the DS is like made for websurfing, the psp does only a so-so job at it.

IRC Client is my vote. Just so you can be in GameStop and chat via WiFi and tell your buddies about something.

A Tracker. Much like LSDj on the gameboy.

yeah. a tracker is a sweet idea.(i wish i'd put it in the poll)

I love the idea of an IRC client, but my main choice is a web browser. I'd love to be able to surf while I'm out and about. Since I don't own a laptop, the DS would be the next best thing for me. Even if the first browser is text only, it's a step in the right direction.

Laptops are kind of big, the battery life sucks, so ya they are portable, but not long enough for my liking. I can put a ds in my pocket and carry it around the house. Would be great if I could do web surfing and im sitting on the couch.

SSH!
That's all i need.
Oh, some kinda kismet port?

hmm... i'd forgotten about kismet too...

cos the ds got a micro a sip softphone could be really great

Ya, I think some sort of voip would be cool, team speak for the ds. If only they could make a web cam option pack or something, then you could have video chat lol.

This is a bit off topic, but a shocking option pack would make some fun games. With the mic you could hear them scream and not have to be in the same room.

A remote desktop connection client compatible with VNC and RDP would be sweet

all you would need for vnc and a lot more would be a java virtual machine!
(the version of vnc i have hosts a java applet client under http on like port 2777 or somthing like that.)

VNC would be very nice

VNC

Sorry to ask, but what is VNC?

Virtual Network Computing. It allows you to do remote computing.

Wow, that would be sweet!

Basically it's a remote-control tool, same idea as Carbon Copy, pcAnywhere, Remotely-Possible, and a whole pile of others. The good thing is that VNC is free. You start up VNCViewer, enter the IP address of the remote computer (and password if applicable), then you see the other computer's desktop. When you move the mouse it moves on the remote computer as well. When you type, the letters appear on the remote computer. It's just like you are there.

No-one wants games?

Well, I guess that since Nintendo is making so many ausome games that are coming out soon, people want apps that they can't get from Nintnedo!

Apps are not Games

Plus I say we leave the games to the masters at Nintendo.

Depends on your definition I suppose, my fault for misunderstanding the post topic.

Dunno about leaving development to the 'masters' though...the DS is about the right size that a 2-3 man team could make decent games.

I want an app that gets me free games

No wait we have that already hehe

BTW Gryphon, thats Peter Sellers as your avatar right?

Yes, it is Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove.

a GAIM PORT !! ( IM client )

Peter sellers is fricken hilarious haha

anyway, what about P2P?

Or something where when it finds wireless networks it will make the rumble thingy vibrate in your pocket!

That would be amazing! Except that you would have to have the rumble pack thing for that to work...still a great idea though!

Mabye it could beep?

lol someone is gonna make that now, it'll sniff out unsecured wireless networks. And it won't even look conspicuous, just some dude playing his ds hacking into your computer. Not that they couldn't do that before with a laptop.

Hacking?
My network dont need no hacking...(no encryption hehe i live where nobody else knows crud about computers exept ryaxnb2)

But now without a laptop it's even better! You're walking around, and all of a sudden a beep from your pocket. People think its a cell phone / pda / pager making the noice, then astonished that it's a DS! You load up Mario Kart / Tony Hawk / Animal Crossing / Metroid Prime and start playing.

You could have it search for any ds sending off ANY wireless signal. Like ds download play, pictochat, etc. You quickly glance around and spot him. "Hey wanna play?", "Sure."

That would be amazing! Kinda like how Nintendogs can be searching for Pictochat!

Something to use the ds' touch screen as a mouse / graphics tablet!!!

I for one would like to see a Calendar-app.
Support for reading and saving a local copy of ICS-files.
Maybe publishing locally saved data over WebDAV as well in a later version.

I think Mozilla Sunbird or something in that style.
The iPod have support for reading these kind of calendars on a limited display size to get an idea
And of course utilizing dual screens makes it even easier to present data.

For myself this would be great app as I don't have a PDA, but would very much like a calendar/event/task management helper.

I was thinking I'd make an application for the NDS that controlled Winamp. Most likely I'd use the Winamp telnet server and just use the DS to send commands to it over a home network. I think it sounds neat, whaddya you guys think?

This way I could sit on my bed and change the songs/movies on my desktop without having to VNC with my laptop that is on the floor next to me.

God I'm lazy.

Yeah, I've been thinking the same about VLC.
It too have a built-in telnet-controll client with more =)

Aaah, it's going to be a good day when this library is out.
And tomorrow is my last day of finals, so I can finally start playing with fun stuff like this again.

haha

you know VLC might be better..but I find sound quality a bit better when I play thru winamp... you've torn my project asunder

Thats what pebbles PC does. it's intended for PDA's but the protocal seems very simple and the pebbles team were nice enough to give me the headers that contained all the constants! I'm gonna have that done about a day after the lib comes out...

I think the coolest would be, for me anyway, an IM client; of course it would have to be compatible with MSN! I could walk around the house chatting to me mates, and that would be good. My laptop is portable, but nowhere near as portable as my DS! And I think that the DS is perfectly capable of such an application.

A vnc client would own!

TRILLIAAN PORT!
omg... good idea.... ability to code apps in vb on the comp and use them on the ds! heck, they did it for ppc

hello everybody!
I would like to have a web browser BETTER than the one for the P$P! I have always wanted something like diz...

Possible, but there is 1) a difference in programming language (but this can be overcome), 2) all kind of VB libraries that have to be housed in the DS (like winsock) which are not compatible, 3) the ds lacks the necessary speed/ram to run extensive VB-programs. Basic is fun, but C is much faster.

Really nice idea! I'll look into it