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How to Find Cheap Text Books


Do you fit the stereotype of the poor college student? Maybe you are eating ramen and sucking down coffee to stay fed and awake for those late-night study sessions. It?s easy to come out of a four year university with over a hundred grand in debts because college is expensive. In fact, some private college tuitions can reach over $35,000. Of course, tuition doesn?t cover everything because college students still need to pay for things like housing, clothes, food, and books.

If students take part in any extracurricular activities, then their schedules can make it hard for them to work a part-time job while in school. Summer jobs can be low priorities to students looking for solid internships to help out their graduate school or future employment opportunities. Unfortunately, many of these students can be even more strapped for cash because many of the best internships are unpaid.

The first walk into the bookstore is one of the most unexpected expenses for first-year college students. You probably realize that you?re going to buy books if you?re a first-year student. However, there?s a good chance you didn?t realize that the books for one semester can easily cost $1,000. This means that a first year student may need to find cheap text books to save money.

Some freshmen argue that it?s not so bad because they can just sell their books back at the end of the semester and get their money back. However, this is nothing but a pipe dream for most students, even if this strategy may work for some students. This is because it?s rare for a book to fetch more than half of its cover price when it?s resold to a bookstore. The local college bookstore may not even take the books back because the professors often change textbooks or won?t teach the same course from one semester to the next.

You can look for cheap text books to save money if you?re a college student. The problem is that these books can sometimes be tough to track down. Used books may be the easiest way to find cheap text books because they can often be found right alongside the new books in the campus bookstore.

Buying cheap text books directly from students at the end of a semester is also a good way of saving money. It?s easy to find cheap text books from the students who are already in the class and looking to sell off their books if you know what classes you?ll be taking and what textbooks they?ll require. You can find cheap text books and they can sell their books at a better profit if you can cut out the middleman.

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Targus TLE300 15.4 Leather Notebook Case



Targus TLE300 15.4 Leather Notebook Case
TARGUS TLE300 -- Protect your portable computing investment, and travel in style, with this elegantly practical Black Leather Notebook Case. Interior dimensions - 11.6H x 14W x 2D

Customer Review: Works well for my Mac!

My main concern was this was going to be a PC centric bag with no thought for the Mac. Well, it fits my Macbook Pro just perfectly and safely. I can store all the extras in the outside pocket and have plenty of room for incidentals, as well as have the other side for paperwork I don't want to be turned into premature recyclable pulp. My only wish was they had a genuine Brown, non-dyed version. I could find no other manufacturer making a nicer model in natural color so this seemed to be the best bet. I've had it for a while now and it's been working out just fine.

Customer Review: great case

I received the notebook case in just a few days from my order and was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the case. The service was excellent and I would by from this vendor again.



Bejeweled



Bejeweled
If you're looking for a fun game, this classic jewel puzzler will grab you for keeps. The definitive gem-swapping puzzle game features dynamic animations and sound effects, single and multiplayer modes, tutorials, and voiceover sounds to congratulate you on noteworthy moves. The goal is to make lines, horizontally or vertically, of three or more matching gems. Swap two adjacent pieces, and if you make a line of three or more pieces, it will disappear and new pieces will fall onto the board. The more matches you make, the higher your score. It's simple, challenging, and addictive. Keep track of your best performances, and keep an eye on the competition

Customer Review: bejeweled

I really enjoy playing this game. My Boyfriend and I play for hours at a time, until our hands are so cramped we can't move the fingers any more. It is extremely addicting! Can't wait to get Bejeweled 2!



Amazing Spider-Man Complete Comic Book Collection Win/Mac



Amazing Spider-Man Complete Comic Book Collection Win/Mac
Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Collection brings together four decades of adventures with one of the world's most famous heroes! Revisit and relive every Amazing Spider-Man comic book ever printed covering over 43 years. Including the mind-blowing 12 Milestones of Amazing Spider-Man spanning March 1963 through June 2006. A total of over 575 complete comic books including Annuals, all articles, Spider-Web column pages, Bullpen Bulletins, Pinups and every single advertisement.

Customer Review: Wow

This is an excellent product. The only problem with these cd-roms are that they can't be viewed reasonably without a larger television.

Customer Review: So sad for Marvel !!!!





Wow, what an amazing gift. This collection rocks, sadly I heard Marvel dropped the contract with the Git Corp. They want to rent out their comics now I guess. What A wasted effort, I heard there is a water mark if you try to print it. That's cool, but come on Marvel loosen up! Your giving adults and children a gift. Young children will be reading and collecting just to smell those pages!



I read Daredevil and Thor was cancelled for a 2008 release. Well I'm sorry but I'm not going to pay a yearly subscription(to Marvel) just to read my favorite comics.



Hey Git Corp, What about releasing Batman, after all, there is other companies out there.



Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Widescreen Edition)



Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Widescreen Edition)
Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) owns and runs the most magical store in the universe, where all of the toys for sale are alive. But, when the aging shopkeeper decides to retire and sell the business to his faithful cashier (Natalie Portman), he hires an uptight accountant (Jason Bateman) to get his affairs in order.

Customer Review: Great for the young 'uns (and not so young 'uns!)

This is a terrific family movie that is suitable for children of all ages. There are, to a degree, some parallels with Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [HD DVD]. However, for the most part it is its own movie. It centers around a man (played by Dustin Hoffman) who wishes to leave the management / ownership of his magical toy store to his favorite employee (portrayed by Natalie Portman) as he can sense that his end is near. Unfortunately, Portman's character is apprehensive about taking over the toy store, mostly stemming from a lack of self-confidence.



To be sure, many will say that this film is predictable, and so it is. However, the people who criticize it on such grounds are, I believe, missing the point. Granted, there are no real "hooks" in the plot or plot-twists that will keep you guessing. So what? In a movie like this, it really doesn't matter. At base, to me the film is not so much about the story itself as it is about how we all used to look upon the world with such a sense of wonder when we were children. People who are only looking for surprises are not prone to "getting it" insofar as this DVD is concerned.



The casting is terrific with Hoffmann and Portman leading the way. Hoffmann gets his chance to play a sort of pseudo-Santa Clause, and it's evident that he enjoyed himself immensely. I've always like Portman, and it's nice to see a young woman who is both a fine actress as well as a great person. She is kind of the antipode to "bad girls" like Lindsay Lohan.



If you are the parent of small children, I'd highly recommend this film. If you're not a parent of small children but enjoy feeling like a kid again, this one is recommended to an equal degree.

Customer Review: My experience shows that kids love it and adults are less enthused

OK, I didn't quite know what to make of this movie. It has its charms. Unlike some folks, I didn't mind Dustin Hoffman's choice of hair and lisp for Mr. Magorium. The man is supposed to be more than two hundred years old, magical, and imbued with a childlike wonder of life. Yet, the story really isn't about him. The story is about Molly Mahoney, played by Natalie Portman (one of the actors I always enjoy). She was a child prodigy on the piano who, the story says, played the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto. Yeah, right. No one who could actually play that concerto as a child would ever find there way behind the counter of a toy store. The sad history of prodigies does indicate a poor chance for her to progress into permanent pianistic stardom, but she would likely stay in music or head into some other intellectual profession. Oh, and the kind of music the movie has her "composing" and playing is just absurd. Portman's hands look as if they have had lessons and played the piano, but they are not hands strong enough or experienced enough for a big concerto. As the Master Thespian used to declare, "Acting!"



Magorium hires an accountant, a counting-mutant, to help him figure out what the store is worth since he has never even seen a receipt. The hiring of Henry Weston (played by Jason Bateman - whom I also always enjoy) is one of the more delightful scenes in the movie. Of course the store is in a state beyond disarray. Magorium isn't big on explaining why he wants the Mutant (as he is affectionately called). The other delightful character in the movie is Eric Applebaum (delightfully done by Zach Mills). Eric is a lonely boy with amazing creativity, a superb collection of hats, and zero friends. Given his personality that seems as impossible as Molly's playing Rachmaninoff.



The store Magorium runs is indeed magical, and we are given abundant evidence of it. However, it understands Magorium's secret, as do some of the toys, and none are happy about it. Magorium intends to give the store to Molly, who doesn't want it because she wants Magorium to stay. He can't or won't. The store turns entirely black after he goes and Molly intends to sell it. But Eric and the Mutant want her to keep it. The climax of the story, which is about the power of being aware of the magic that is your life and the power of believing in yourself, is whether or not Molly can bring the store to its former glory or whether she lets it slip away. Take a big guess.



So, some of the things in the story didn't work for me. I didn't like that no one has an actual complete family. Magorium's history is largely never discussed nor is how he lived to be a couple of hundred years old. We do learn about his delight in the kind of shoes wears. Molly is alone except for the store (no boyfriend, fiancé, mother, or father), Eric has a Mom but only because he is nine. She doesn't do much except fret. The Mutant is as alone and as detached Molly. And the issue surrounding Magorium's decision actually makes no sense and has nothing of the weight such events have in real life.



Yet, my opinion of the movie changed when my five year old granddaughter watched it. She was delighted and mesmerized and demanded to see it again immediately. And she has watched it twice more since. So, there is obviously something about the movie that is compelling to a small child that escapes me as an adult, deeply into the realities of life. Hmmmm... take that for what you will and I added a star because of my grandchild's enthusiasm. It is not a bad movie. The special effects are a bit much. However, it is successful for the kids. Go with them, I guess.



Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI



Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band



Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Before Sgt. Pepper, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with "A Little Help" from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 30-plus years, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon's evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," the carnival-like "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite") and McCartney's music hall-styled "When I'm 64," to Harrison's Eastern-leaning "Within You Without You," and the avant-garde mini-suite, "A Day in the Life," Sgt. Pepper was a milestone for both '60s music and popular culture. --Billy Altman

Customer Review: Innovative and Timeless

For me, Sgt. Peppers and Pet Sounds are the two best albums of all time. And I would never put them in any particular order or compare them. For some Beatle-nuts it's really hard to warm up to Brian Wilson's glorious masterpiece. But both albums are ridiculously good... For there own separate reasons. Buy both, if you don't like Pet Sounds, then you have no heart. If you don't like Sgt. Peppers, you have no spirit. If you hate both, you have no soul.

Customer Review: The Beatles suck so much it makes me sick.

I'm glad most of these guys are dead or dying. They never deserved to live in the first place. Let's talk about vanilla music by British retards! I have come to terms with the fact that people somehow like this sh it. I just chalk it up to the fact that most of the human race is ignorant and is fully equipped with bad taste. I hate The Beatles. I hate The Beatles. I HATE THE BEATLES.



Quickbooks Premier Edition 2008



Quickbooks Premier Edition 2008
QuickBooks: Premier Edition 2008 offers industry-specific and business planning tools tailored to your business type. Along with saving you time completing routine tasks like payroll, invoicing, bill tracking and check-writing, Premier makes it simple to monitor the performance of your business. Automatically build forecasts and build budgets or create a business plan in just minutes.

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Export company data to Excel spreadsheets
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Create letters with Word using customer data
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With QuickBooks reports, you'll always know where your business stands. See who owes you money and how much. Find out who your best customers are and what they're buying. Learn where your business is profitable and where you're losing money. You can also customize report templates to best meet your needs.

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  • Forecast Overview
    What are my company's forecasted income and expenses each month?
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    What transaction changes were made on or before the last closing date?
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    What changes were made after the last closing date was set to transactions dated on or before that closing date?
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    What are the open sales orders for each customer or job?

Reports in QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier

  • Inventory Stock Status by Vendor
    What is the detailed information about each inventory item, organized by vendor?
  • Profit & Loss Budget Performance
    How do the actual income and expenses compare to what has been budgeted for the current month and year?
  • Time by Item
    How much time has my company spent on each service we provide?
  • Purchases by Item Summary
    How much has my company spent on purchased items or services?
  • Profit & Loss Standard
    How much money did my company make or lose over a specific period of time?
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    Which bills are due and overdue?
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    What was the cash inflow (from profit and additional cash received) and cash outflow (cash spent) during a specific period of time?
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    What transactions will need to be included on my company income tax forms?


Customer Review: QuickBooks Premier is Great for Small Businesses and Affordable

QuickBooks Pro is a great accounting program for small businesses at an affordable price. QuickBooks Premier provides additional features and specialized reports. QuickBooks is very easy to use once the program is set up for your business. Be setting the preferences and customizing QuickBooks, you can tailor to work for your business--they way you operate. With over 100 reports available, you have more information to monitor your business results, manage accounts receivable, control expenses, and much more! Having good, timely accounting information can help you make better business decisions and be more profitable! Help is readily available with over 40,000 ProAdvisors across the United States. In addition, technology has made remote support and training readily available. With over 85% market share, you're sure to find someone who can help you if you have questions.



Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA

Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business

Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Member of Intuit Certified Trainer Network

Customer Review: Quick Books Premier 2008

We have not used this product very long but it seems to be a good thing for our small business. Delivery was very great.



Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining



Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining
Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining covers everything you need to know about tiling floors, walls, counters, patios, and more. Design and planning information helps you select the right tile and prepare the site. Tiling skills, tools, and techniques are covered in detailed photos. Shows tile projects in how-to, step-by-step sequences. A complete tile-repair and maintenance guide is included. The emphasis is on solid, durable installations that can stand up to years of use in kitchens, baths, and other areas including the exterior.

  • Covers tiling skills, tools, and techniques in detailed photo sequences
  • Shows tile projects in how-to, step-by-step sequences
  • Illustrated resource guide and glossary of terms
  • More than 400 full-color photographs and illustrations
  • Softcover, 160 Pages, Published 2001

    Customer Review: Not exactly "like new" condition

    The book arrived in average condition at best and was clearly read and the cover was dog-eared and showed signs of typical use. The service was good and was shipped within 48 hours.

    Customer Review: Excellent book for beginner tile-setters

    I have been searching for the perfect book on tiling and finally I have found it. I have never done this before and have several projects in my home that I want to complete (floors, countertop, fireplace) and this is the first book that covers each one. This is a brief look into what the book holds:

    1. Tile Basics (characteristics, sizes/shapes, room prep)

    2. Tools and Matrials (prep tools, cutting tools, setting tools, basic materials)

    3. Tiling floors

    4. Tiling walls

    5. Tiling countertops

    6. Tiling tubs and showers

    7. Indoor projects

    8. Outdoor projects

    9. Repairs and maintenance

    The pictures and illustrations are clear and easy to follow. I also like that the pictures are relatively up to date and modern looking. In short, this book has set me up to succeed in all of my tiling projects.



    Nintendo DS Lite Browser



    Nintendo DS Lite Browser
    The Nintendo DS Lite Browser was co-developed by Nintendo and Opera and provides web browsing on the Nintendo DS Lite. The Opera browser software is stored on the Nintendo DS Lite cartridge, a memory expansion you caninsert into the GBA slot. The browser uses both screens of the Nintendo DS Lite handheld. While the standard screen is displayed on the bottom, an expansion will be provided on the upper screen to provide a better browsing experience. Type your Web address on a keyboard display or using the DS stylus. A parent lock function is provided to disable the access to the internet for children.

    Customer Review: Sooo slooow

    I eagerly awaited the release of the Opera browser for the DS. My girlfriend tried to talk me out of buying it, but I had faith in Opera after using the top notch Wii browser. Now, I have buyer's remorse. Before I bought it, I had already come to terms with it's lack of Flash. After I started using it, though, I realized there were bigger problems. It takes minutes upon minutes to load anything. Loading a single Facebook page takes on average 2-3 minutes with images disabled. This application is basically useless to me. I could see it being of some use if you're stranded on a deserted island with only your DS, assuming the deserted island has wifi, and you have many hours of time to kill whilst awaiting your rescue.



    I'm already eager for the next gen of the DS so that Opera can put out a real browser. Only buy this as an emergency browser, since everyday usage is pointless.

    Customer Review: Worth the buy

    The only reason I did not give the Nintendo browser 5 stars is because it doesnt play video or sound. As far as web browsing, it is beyond my expectations. I read through lots of negative comments about the browser but am very glad that i bought it. The split screens and keyboard make browsing the net very simple and easy. Text and pictures are very clear. Loading times vary. I have cable internet so it was quicker than I expected it would be.



    The only problem I encountered was accessing my hotmail account through Windows Live. It doesn't work. Some said to set it to classic but I found that was impossible. You can access hotmail through the msn mobile page so the setup is simpler and I am still able to access hotmail. Hopefully that will help someone.



    Overall, the Nintendo Browser is a good investment if you dont plan on buying the Iphone in the near future. For $40 there isnt much else out there that can give you what the Nintendo Browser offers.



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    Do you fit the stereotype of the poor college student? Maybe you are eating ramen and sucking down coffee to stay fed and awake for those late-night study sessions. It?s easy to come out of a four year university with over a hundred grand in debts because college is expensive. In fact, some private college tuitions can reach over $35,000. Of course, tuition doesn?t cover everything because college students still need to pay for things like housing, clothes, food, and books.

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    Wow, what an amazing gift. This collection rocks, sadly I heard Marvel dropped the contract with the Git Corp. They want to rent out their comics now I guess. What A wasted effort, I heard there is a water mark if you try to print it. That's cool, but come on Marvel loosen up! Your giving adults and children a gift. Young children will be reading and collecting just to smell those pages!



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    The casting is terrific with Hoffmann and Portman leading the way. Hoffmann gets his chance to play a sort of pseudo-Santa Clause, and it's evident that he enjoyed himself immensely. I've always like Portman, and it's nice to see a young woman who is both a fine actress as well as a great person. She is kind of the antipode to "bad girls" like Lindsay Lohan.



    If you are the parent of small children, I'd highly recommend this film. If you're not a parent of small children but enjoy feeling like a kid again, this one is recommended to an equal degree.

    Customer Review: My experience shows that kids love it and adults are less enthused

    OK, I didn't quite know what to make of this movie. It has its charms. Unlike some folks, I didn't mind Dustin Hoffman's choice of hair and lisp for Mr. Magorium. The man is supposed to be more than two hundred years old, magical, and imbued with a childlike wonder of life. Yet, the story really isn't about him. The story is about Molly Mahoney, played by Natalie Portman (one of the actors I always enjoy). She was a child prodigy on the piano who, the story says, played the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto. Yeah, right. No one who could actually play that concerto as a child would ever find there way behind the counter of a toy store. The sad history of prodigies does indicate a poor chance for her to progress into permanent pianistic stardom, but she would likely stay in music or head into some other intellectual profession. Oh, and the kind of music the movie has her "composing" and playing is just absurd. Portman's hands look as if they have had lessons and played the piano, but they are not hands strong enough or experienced enough for a big concerto. As the Master Thespian used to declare, "Acting!"



    Magorium hires an accountant, a counting-mutant, to help him figure out what the store is worth since he has never even seen a receipt. The hiring of Henry Weston (played by Jason Bateman - whom I also always enjoy) is one of the more delightful scenes in the movie. Of course the store is in a state beyond disarray. Magorium isn't big on explaining why he wants the Mutant (as he is affectionately called). The other delightful character in the movie is Eric Applebaum (delightfully done by Zach Mills). Eric is a lonely boy with amazing creativity, a superb collection of hats, and zero friends. Given his personality that seems as impossible as Molly's playing Rachmaninoff.



    The store Magorium runs is indeed magical, and we are given abundant evidence of it. However, it understands Magorium's secret, as do some of the toys, and none are happy about it. Magorium intends to give the store to Molly, who doesn't want it because she wants Magorium to stay. He can't or won't. The store turns entirely black after he goes and Molly intends to sell it. But Eric and the Mutant want her to keep it. The climax of the story, which is about the power of being aware of the magic that is your life and the power of believing in yourself, is whether or not Molly can bring the store to its former glory or whether she lets it slip away. Take a big guess.



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    Yet, my opinion of the movie changed when my five year old granddaughter watched it. She was delighted and mesmerized and demanded to see it again immediately. And she has watched it twice more since. So, there is obviously something about the movie that is compelling to a small child that escapes me as an adult, deeply into the realities of life. Hmmmm... take that for what you will and I added a star because of my grandchild's enthusiasm. It is not a bad movie. The special effects are a bit much. However, it is successful for the kids. Go with them, I guess.



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    Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining



    Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining
    Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining covers everything you need to know about tiling floors, walls, counters, patios, and more. Design and planning information helps you select the right tile and prepare the site. Tiling skills, tools, and techniques are covered in detailed photos. Shows tile projects in how-to, step-by-step sequences. A complete tile-repair and maintenance guide is included. The emphasis is on solid, durable installations that can stand up to years of use in kitchens, baths, and other areas including the exterior.

  • Covers tiling skills, tools, and techniques in detailed photo sequences
  • Shows tile projects in how-to, step-by-step sequences
  • Illustrated resource guide and glossary of terms
  • More than 400 full-color photographs and illustrations
  • Softcover, 160 Pages, Published 2001

    Customer Review: Not exactly "like new" condition

    The book arrived in average condition at best and was clearly read and the cover was dog-eared and showed signs of typical use. The service was good and was shipped within 48 hours.

    Customer Review: Excellent book for beginner tile-setters

    I have been searching for the perfect book on tiling and finally I have found it. I have never done this before and have several projects in my home that I want to complete (floors, countertop, fireplace) and this is the first book that covers each one. This is a brief look into what the book holds:

    1. Tile Basics (characteristics, sizes/shapes, room prep)

    2. Tools and Matrials (prep tools, cutting tools, setting tools, basic materials)

    3. Tiling floors

    4. Tiling walls

    5. Tiling countertops

    6. Tiling tubs and showers

    7. Indoor projects

    8. Outdoor projects

    9. Repairs and maintenance

    The pictures and illustrations are clear and easy to follow. I also like that the pictures are relatively up to date and modern looking. In short, this book has set me up to succeed in all of my tiling projects.



    Nintendo DS Lite Browser



    Nintendo DS Lite Browser
    The Nintendo DS Lite Browser was co-developed by Nintendo and Opera and provides web browsing on the Nintendo DS Lite. The Opera browser software is stored on the Nintendo DS Lite cartridge, a memory expansion you caninsert into the GBA slot. The browser uses both screens of the Nintendo DS Lite handheld. While the standard screen is displayed on the bottom, an expansion will be provided on the upper screen to provide a better browsing experience. Type your Web address on a keyboard display or using the DS stylus. A parent lock function is provided to disable the access to the internet for children.

    Customer Review: Sooo slooow

    I eagerly awaited the release of the Opera browser for the DS. My girlfriend tried to talk me out of buying it, but I had faith in Opera after using the top notch Wii browser. Now, I have buyer's remorse. Before I bought it, I had already come to terms with it's lack of Flash. After I started using it, though, I realized there were bigger problems. It takes minutes upon minutes to load anything. Loading a single Facebook page takes on average 2-3 minutes with images disabled. This application is basically useless to me. I could see it being of some use if you're stranded on a deserted island with only your DS, assuming the deserted island has wifi, and you have many hours of time to kill whilst awaiting your rescue.



    I'm already eager for the next gen of the DS so that Opera can put out a real browser. Only buy this as an emergency browser, since everyday usage is pointless.

    Customer Review: Worth the buy

    The only reason I did not give the Nintendo browser 5 stars is because it doesnt play video or sound. As far as web browsing, it is beyond my expectations. I read through lots of negative comments about the browser but am very glad that i bought it. The split screens and keyboard make browsing the net very simple and easy. Text and pictures are very clear. Loading times vary. I have cable internet so it was quicker than I expected it would be.



    The only problem I encountered was accessing my hotmail account through Windows Live. It doesn't work. Some said to set it to classic but I found that was impossible. You can access hotmail through the msn mobile page so the setup is simpler and I am still able to access hotmail. Hopefully that will help someone.



    Overall, the Nintendo Browser is a good investment if you dont plan on buying the Iphone in the near future. For $40 there isnt much else out there that can give you what the Nintendo Browser offers.



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