Provided of course 3DS is hacked, I would love to see:
MoonShell 3DS. The original version was a fantastic multimedia player which handled almost every possible media format the hardware allowed it to. With additional processing power and memory, the proprietary DPG video format could be replaced with regular MPEG-4/DivX/XviD, running fullscreen @ 25 fps. It would be nice if standard 700 MB DVD-Rips could be played without any recompression... I doubt 3DS will have enough power to decode H.264/AVCHD videos, but that's OK as far as MPEG-4 is implemented.
Native email/messenger/RSS client. I know 3DS will have a built-in web browser, but using web clients with tons of AJAX and JavaScript (e.g. Gmail) will be far from comfortable. I would like to have a simple and instant client where I could quickly read/write emails, read RSS feeds and chat with friends on different communicators via Jabber interoperability.
Amiga emulator. PSPUAE manages to run some Amiga games at full speed. 3DS should have slightly more processing power, so why not port UAE there, too ? WolfChild FTW !
ScummVM 3DS. The DS version is almost perfect. However, most Scumm games originally ran at 320x200, and DS has only 256x192, so graphics can either be downscaled, or shown 1:1, but scrolled. With 3DS' 400x240, the problem should be resolved. Also, some memory-heavy games (like The Dig) will not cause any more trouble.
WiFi password sniffer. I would like to have tool which discovers nearby WiFi networks, and maybe even tries to hack into weakly-protected ones (WEP).
Remote desktop. I know there are some tools like that for DS, but they all suck. I would like to have an application which would allow me to remotely access and control my PC - display the desktop overview on the top screen, and 1:1 clickable crop on the bottom one. If it could connect to standard VNC or Windows Remote Desktop servers, it would be fantastic ! (I've seen a VNC client on a prehistoric Nokia 7650, so it should be possible on 3DS).
iRShell. As 3DS will have an infared port, it would be fun to program it as a universal remote, so you could operate all your TVs/DVD players etc. from your 3DS.
DosBox. No idea if it would be possible hardware-wise, but I would definitely like to play some DOS-era VGA + SoundBlaster games (Eye of Beholder, Prince of Persia).
Native FaceBook client.
What I think would be a waste of time:
- another drawing program
- PDF/eBook reader (who the hell would like to read books on such a small screen ? Get Kindle with eye-friendly ePaper instead)
MoonShell 3DS. The original version was a fantastic multimedia player which handled almost every possible media format the hardware allowed it to. With additional processing power and memory, the proprietary DPG video format could be replaced with regular MPEG-4/DivX/XviD, running fullscreen @ 25 fps. It would be nice if standard 700 MB DVD-Rips could be played without any recompression... I doubt 3DS will have enough power to decode H.264/AVCHD videos, but that's OK as far as MPEG-4 is implemented.
Native email/messenger/RSS client. I know 3DS will have a built-in web browser, but using web clients with tons of AJAX and JavaScript (e.g. Gmail) will be far from comfortable. I would like to have a simple and instant client where I could quickly read/write emails, read RSS feeds and chat with friends on different communicators via Jabber interoperability.
Amiga emulator. PSPUAE manages to run some Amiga games at full speed. 3DS should have slightly more processing power, so why not port UAE there, too ? WolfChild FTW !
ScummVM 3DS. The DS version is almost perfect. However, most Scumm games originally ran at 320x200, and DS has only 256x192, so graphics can either be downscaled, or shown 1:1, but scrolled. With 3DS' 400x240, the problem should be resolved. Also, some memory-heavy games (like The Dig) will not cause any more trouble.
WiFi password sniffer. I would like to have tool which discovers nearby WiFi networks, and maybe even tries to hack into weakly-protected ones (WEP).
Remote desktop. I know there are some tools like that for DS, but they all suck. I would like to have an application which would allow me to remotely access and control my PC - display the desktop overview on the top screen, and 1:1 clickable crop on the bottom one. If it could connect to standard VNC or Windows Remote Desktop servers, it would be fantastic ! (I've seen a VNC client on a prehistoric Nokia 7650, so it should be possible on 3DS).
iRShell. As 3DS will have an infared port, it would be fun to program it as a universal remote, so you could operate all your TVs/DVD players etc. from your 3DS.
DosBox. No idea if it would be possible hardware-wise, but I would definitely like to play some DOS-era VGA + SoundBlaster games (Eye of Beholder, Prince of Persia).
Native FaceBook client.
What I think would be a waste of time:
- another drawing program
- PDF/eBook reader (who the hell would like to read books on such a small screen ? Get Kindle with eye-friendly ePaper instead)
