So apparently the web-browser comes without Flash or HTML5. That means, no web-video. It means the 3DS web-browser is a castrated bull. It's what the internet was like in 1996. It's what the web would be like, if net-neutrality was abolished, or the entire world was Chinese. Yes, it's pretty lame. Nintendo missed out on a big opportunity here, to provide 3DS users with convenient, portable web-video, some of which is even in 3D (which would have made it the only portable device capable of providing 3D streaming-video). That alone could make the 3DS worth purchasing (for some people). With 4G spreading everywhere, portable (3D) streaming video is that much more viable.

Maybe Nintendo will wise up and add HTML5. Flash is probably a bit shitty, although that's debatable. It works fine in regular computers, but has some problems in small-devices. Hard to say why Nintendo made such a seemingly poor decision. Their customers are certainly upset. They all have different speculations on Nintendo's apparent failure: some suggest flash or web-video wouldn't work with the multitasking aspect, but of course, to solve that problem, Nintendo could just use a lite version (with no video and multitasking), and a full version (with video and no multitasking); wouldn't even require two separate versions of the browser, just two different implementations with different rules and different shortcuts. Others suggest it's a porn thing; pictures are enabled though, and yes, you can view porn in photographic form. Whatever reasons they come up with, there are simple explanations to the contrary. One thing is constant though - no one can quite understand or agree with Nintendo's thinking.

Well, we'll see how it goes. Certainly would raise the value of the product, if at least HTML5 was enabled.