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Nintendo DSi

April 4, 2009

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With the Gameboy, Nintendo revolutionized handheld gaming and conquered the world. And with the DS/DS Lite, they pretty much did it again. The DSi is not the next revolution, but it’s an intriguing evolution.

The DSi has been out in Japan since November, and it comes to US stores this Sunday for $170. It still plays the normal DS games, plus it supports new iPhone-app-like DSiWare titles, captures digital pictures/audio and utilizes SD storage.

In terms of specs, there are a few notable upgrades.

  • screens are 17% bigger than the last DS
  • two .3MP cameras (one facing front, one back) that take shots to internal memory or newly-supported SD cards
  • an ARM9E CPU clocked at 133 MHz (in place of the original ARM9/66MHz)
  • 16 MB of RAM

The DSi could could make DS gaming into something frighteningly granular. Then again, $2-$5 DSiWare quality already looks to outpace the games you get on the iPhone for the same amount.

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