http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/ Engadget Comments for Nintendo DSi now up for Amazon and GameStop preorder http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
N, you get a big and uncelebratory, meh.

NEXT.]]>Feb 19th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
Great business strategy though... find ways to sell your product to your customer 3 times over...]]>Feb 19th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Big question though... what size of SD card will it recognize? 2, 4, 8 or 32gig??]]>Feb 19th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/I still have a nice white DS Lite, works great, even late.]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/I am lazy to google it up.

Thank you!]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
Well, thank you for your opinion about me. My question implies that I think of DSi as a handheld computer. That's the whole point of having a web cam, music player on DSi, isn't it? You can do that and play games on netbook too, so my question was: any __advantages__ over netbook?

DSi must be smaller than netbook, isn't it? So my questions are:
- Can you run apps on DSi for chat, VOIP, web cam, text editing, etc.?
- Is it fast and powerful enough to run those apps?
- Is a selection of DSi games better than comparable XP/netbook games?

My friend's boy has a birthday (10 years old), but his father already has Acer Aspire One. So is it worth buying DSi for his son?]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
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You're missing the point. Game consoles, including handheld ones, are not open platforms. The only software that runs on them is software authorized by the console manufacturer (99.9% of which is games). There is no voice app. There is no text editor. There is no webcam ap. So no, they're not really all that much like handheld computers. It will run games and a small suite of novelty apps that Nintendo has made specifically for the platform, that's all.

That said, there are a few advantages that such a device has over a netbook. It's smaller, lighter, cheaper, and the battery will last significantly longer. It's also braindead simple to use, which makes it great for children. If you're looking for something that plays games and is portable and little more, then this is your machine. If you're looking for something that will perform traditional PC functions like text editing, webcams, and voice chat you need to stick with a netbook.]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
Wow.. thanking me for my opinion? My, how that brightens my day. Look, when you post on a bblog saying "I'm too lazy to google this myself", what it says to readers is "I'm too lazy to google this myself, so instead of getting the answer in about 13 seconds using google, I'll post this question on engadget, and have to wait for other people answer it for me, only to get pissy piss about people flaming me for said laziness, then I'll see if I can justify the whole thing."

You seem to know an awful lot about the DSi, yet you asked the similarities between it and a netbook.. 'tis not stirring the Kool-Aid man.]]>Feb 19th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
However, I'm now a Pandora preorderer, so I guess my hand-held budget is spent this time around.

Also, there are far too many good GBA games out there to give up backwards compatibility. Hmm... perhaps I can find a dirt-cheap LCD replacement...]]>Feb 19th 2009 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 20th 2009 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
Are they going to have Skype and wifi built in and a web browser? That would make me want to buy it.]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
I have the DS Phat, it's ugly and the screen is pretty dim in contrast to the DS Lite. I've been wanting to get a DS Lite for a while but wanted to wait and see what the DSi was all about. Then I learned that the DSi had all these features which are a bunch of space wasters, but what it does offer that no other DS does is a built in camera and an SD slot. You can download things online too, so what does that mean? Security holes ;)

So much so that I'm willing to bet that within the first month of the DSi's release, someone will break through the DSi's security and allow anyone with an SD card to upload emulators etc.. Why did I mention the camera as a cool thing? Gesture recognition homebrew fun =P So being that the screen is bigger, the battery lasts longer, it's brighter, sleeker, and has potential for hacking without the need of special ROM cartridges, then yes, I am kinda excited for it. I'm excited to play cooking mama 3, horsez 2, and brain age 3.... OK.. Maybe I'll just invest into a PSP and hack that one out for the same price since I already have a DS =P]]>Feb 19th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
...and im getting a raise so what the hell :\]]>Feb 19th 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Big question though... what size of SD card will it recognize? 2, 4, 8 or 32gig??]]>Feb 19th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
However - don't get me wrong, I hate ipods, love DS, and I'll almost certainly be getting a DSi - but if you were thinking of seriously using DSi as a media player, um, I'd think again.]]>Feb 19th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 19th 2009 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/Feb 20th 2009 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&langId=-1&q=NINTENDO%20DSI&]]>Feb 20th 2009 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/nintendo-dsi-now-up-for-amazon-and-gamestop-preorder/
I'm so over Nintendo. They don't innovate anymore. They're trying to get by purely on nostalgia and gimmicks that add little to the gaming experience. There will be a whole bunch of DS shovelware that uses the camera for some purpose, followed much later by a Nintendo first-party Mario game that uses the camera well, followed for several years by a ton more shovelware.

None of the portable gaming systems on the market right now are good. PSP is too big (still) and has a poor software library. DS is the right size, but is almost all shovelware and kids' titles.

Call me when someone makes a game system that fits in a jeans pocket, plays games that look as good as a PSP's games, and isn't aimed at 10-year-olds stuck in the back seat of mom's minivan.]]>Feb 20th 2009 3:11PM