Lol I could have sworn I saw a video where you see your friends online and that you can message them… or did I dream that up?

Anyway there was an interview were they said that this would be enabled as well as the possibility of voice chat. Of course these things will come it is not as if they are new to Nintendo as we could do that with DS and Wii already

I go to a school of 1800 kids, and not a single one uses StreetPass. That saddened me. :(

Other then that, I'm pretty happy and looking forward to updates.

That right there is pure win

Because you can communicate with your friends, helping you maintain social relations.

It's all part of the equation, for some it's important and for some it isn't.

I am satisfied, it's a big step forward over the DS and in-line with my expectations. No messaging may be a pain but Nintendo will rectify that in the future with either a system update or a future hardware redesign.

Friend List and Street Pass is a huge improvement but I want to have a chat feature and achievements. I am not satisfied.

Messaging is sort of a given, but as a device that absolutely must be child friendly and safe (despite the Giant: WARNING - 3D FEATURE ONLY FOR CHILDREN 7 AND OVER) I don't think Nintendo can do away with Friend Codes. The prospect of being able to randomly message anyone off the street simply because they're carrying a 3DS with StreetPass enabled wouldn't exactly make it "child safe."

The thing is, Nintendo already has built in parental safety features so the codes wouldn't even be necessary if every parent who bought a 3DS for their kid bothered to learn enough about the device to set itup and implement those features. Maybe there'd be less of those "child buys over $1,000 worth of software through AppStore" stories if they did.

Depending on how the browser functions, that could open up more potential features, so the 3DS is pretty flexible between that and future firmware updates.

Things like temporary game pack sharing for multiplayer sessions would appeal to me more, but I still see the appeal of being able to walk around collecting other player's Miis and using play coins to unlock more features.

they should totally do like a voice chat across game on the internet thing and slap Sony in the face, cause I'm still waiting for that shit on PSN.

Yeah I like the street pass function. I met somenone somewhere at school and was really excited that they were playing the same game as me. I wonder when I passed them. I'm bringing my 3ds to school everyday from now on lol. I guess that was nintendos plan.

I'm not too worried about messaging yet as I'm the only one of my friends who can afford the 3ds currently. They'll probably fix it  in an update like others were saying.

i'll put it in my pocket tomorow and see if I get a hit... it's highly unlikely though as i work in a rather business/fashion district and there's nothing but suits and vuiton bags...