Nintendo DSi to Tout Camera, Music Features

By Geoff Duncan
October 02, 2008

Nintendo's new DSi handheld gaming device, offering a slim profile, music capabilities, two built-in cameras...and it goes on sale in Japan November 1.

Sometimes the Japanese), adding music and camera capabilities to the dual-screened gaming device, and potentially helping the vastly popular platform keep its edge over increased competition from the likes of Sony, Apple, and mobile phones.

The Nintendo DSi is slimmer than its predecessors, and offers two 3.25-inch 256 by 192 pixel internal displays. The unit will also feature an SD slot for storage (Nintendo hasn't yet said whether it will handle SDHC media), two on-board cameras: a front-facing VGA camera, and an external three megapixel camera. Nintendo says the DSi is also about 12 percent slimmer than its predecessor, but the DSi is sticking with the previous models' single touchscreen and integrated Wi-Fi. The company plans to put the unit on sale in Japan beginning ...

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