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Nintendo DS Review and Internal Pictures

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the look-at-my-guts dept.

OctaneZ writes "Lik Sang couldn't help themselves, and have already torn open their Gameboy DS. Among other things they found, the DS shares both its power and battery with the GB, and the 802.11b range is 10 to 30 meters, depending on the surroundings."

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  1. Dupe, same error as last time too by Locky · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/20/ 2351253&tid=207&tid=137 It's the Nintendo DS. Gameboy is a completely different product line.

    1. Re:Dupe, same error as last time too by sakasune · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nintendo may not be applying the "Gameboy" brand to their newest portable console themselves, but if it has an LCD screen and a D-pad+buttons controller layout and a GB Advance cartridge slot and plays GB Advance games...

      ...then, its a duck? No wait, lemme figure this out, I love riddles.

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  2. Double screens means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Duplicated articles!!

  3. Yes! by Ambient_Developer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait for warDriving DS to come out.. It will be the BEST GAME EVER!

  4. wireless internet? by brw12 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but will it have wireless internet access? is it capable of rendering websites via html, wml or perhaps msntv techniques? and can its 802.11b hardware act as a repeater, so wireless games and wireless internet can be daisy-chained?

    1. Re:wireless internet? by chris462 · · Score: 5, Interesting
      I'd very much like to see a DS PDA card to give it PDA/PIM type capabilities and web browsing and email.
      Ditto that.

      I was talking last night, actually, to a friend about the PDA possibilities of the DS and speculating what Nintendo had in mind, long term, for this sort of hardware.

      It already has all the basic PDA hardware needs. Nice display, touchscreen w/ stylus, internal clock/calendar, and wireless connectivity. Add a USB connection (via the expansion port?) and you're gold.
  5. Anecdotal Evidence Theatre by mcc · · Score: 5, Informative

    From what I've heard so far:

    It seems the shortages are real, not hype, but it is not really something to worry about. Basically there are serious shortages in some areas but no problem whatsoever in others. It seems that outlets of the big video game chains (EBGames/Gamestop) often had shortages, and sometimes didn't even get enough units to cover their preorders, but more general stores that don't generally do the preordering thing (Best Buy, Target) you can just walk in and buy one.

    There are also reports of shortages of a couple of the games, specifically Feel the Magic and Mr. Driller. I don't know how accurate these reports are. It's unfortunate it seems there's been a shortage of the good games but no problems getting the EA stuff :(

    Now, whether there will be shortages after Black Friday is another question altogether.

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