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Technology Lifestyle The Music Playing, Photo Taking, Enhanced Internet Connected Nintendo DS | The Music Playing, Photo Taking, Enhanced Internet Connected Nintendo DS |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Monday, 29 September 2008 | |
  
Nintendo could argue quite successfully, given sales exceeding 75 million worldwide, that is has no need to fiddle with the DS handheld gaming machine. Featured Whitepaper
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The online arm of Japanese Nikkei newspaper, the subscription only Nikkei Net, has let slip that new hardware is to be announced and possibly launched later this week. It says that the new Nintendo DS will feature a larger screen, which also ties in with another new feature: a proper built-in digital camera which will allow for in-game use of the photos taken. Pushing the multi-media capabilities of the new DS even further, it is reported that music playback functionality will also be included. And all of this, at least when the new DS goes on sale in Japan and assuming the rumours are correct, for little more than the current cost of a DS Lite. Reports suggest a price of around 20,000 Yen compared to 16,800 Yen for the DS Lite. The final leaked functionality upgrade concerns Internet connectivity, and it is suggested that it will feature enhanced WiFi for connecting to 'information terminals' and taking it outside of the gaming only realm. All will be revealed, no doubt, on Thursday at the Nintendo press conferences to be held in Japan and the USA. iTWire will, of course, keep you posted with developments. |
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