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... Now size it up against the iPod touch. You know... the thing is trying to compete against?



Come on guys, we all saw the corny Zelda game they got comin out.]]>Apr 8th 2009 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/
Wait. Wait, what?

The DS (including all versions), which has shipped more than 100 MILLION units since its launch, is competing against a product that has sold 15 (I don't know the number, so I'll say around 15-25 if you include the ipod touch) million?

I would say its the other way around]]>Apr 8th 2009 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/
I think we all need to accept that there are many, many Apple fanboys that have absolutely no idea of what they are talking about. I think if we learn to ignore them maybe, just maybe, they will stop posting completely irrelevant, biased comments. That's just my opinion though...]]>Apr 8th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/
Seeing how the iPhone has been trying to mimic the DS's success as a gaming platform, it's ironic to see the DS beginning to mimic the iPhone in battery life. ]]>Apr 8th 2009 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/Apr 8th 2009 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/Apr 13th 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/Assembled Circuit Board- Check
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And the DSiLAdvanceColorTURBO will be snapped up by the masses.

Classic Nintendo tactic.]]>Apr 8th 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/Apr 8th 2009 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/
There's not really a lot they can do with resolution - the games access hardware directly, and the CPU likely isn't capable of virtualising this; so they can't increase the screen resolution without actually providing scaling hardware and increasing the cost. In addition, quadrupling the screen resolution would require use of a very much faster processor. I don't think there will be a resolution increase until there is an actual new system (that is an order of magnitude more powerful, not just twice) - this is just a new entry in the DS series.

Just personally, I think the resolution is fine for playing games - obviously it'd be crap for watching videos and so on, but who cares. As long as the games are designed for the resolution it generally works fine. I guess a bit more resolution would make it easier to tell what kind of car you're about to steal in GTA DS, but otherwise...

As for the battery I presume this smaller battery is required so everything can be fitted into the slimmer build. Bit of an annoyance though.

Since the decline in battery life seems to be roughly proportional to the decline in battery capacity, does that mean that the new supposedly faster processor is actually only using the same power as the old one, or just that most games use the new processor at the old clock speed?]]>Apr 8th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/Apr 8th 2009 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/nintendo-dsi-torn-asunder-sized-up-against-ds-lites-innards/
STEPHANIEEEEEEE.......]]>Apr 8th 2009 7:43PM