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Nintendo DS to Launch November 21

Posted by Zonk on from the dual-screens-means-more-shines dept.

mcc writes "PlanetGamecube is reporting the upcoming Nintendo DS handheld has been given a launch date of November 21st and a price of $150 ! It is also being reported that the Nintendo DS will ship with PictoChat (a sort of chat/whiteboard software) and some form of the Metroid Prime Hunters multiplayer FPS bundled in. A fact sheet is also available."

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  1. Dual Screens, Dual CPUs by YetAnotherName · · Score: 4, Funny

    And one screen is touch-sensitive; that could certainly lead to some novel applications--er, I meant games, of course ... :-)

    I wonder if you can run Linux on it? It sports an ARM9 and an ARM7 ... built-in WiFi ... tempting ...

  2. Re:Wireless Chat with Others by slashrogue · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not if you're in class and trying to stay out of trouble. ;)