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As usual at Christmas, there is a lot of talk about what will be this year's must have toy. Toys such as Elmo Live by Fisher-Price are, as you would expect in many experts prediction list. This year however, the crown of most wanted toy may not go to any of the well established multi-nationals. Instead this year the most wanted Christmas present may be the intruding R4 for Nintendo DS.

R4 unlocks the ability for a DS to read from an SD card. This opens up a whole load of possibilities. One of these is that the Nintendo DS will now be compatible with homebrew applications which can be stored on the SD and inserted into the R4.

Since the R4 gives its users so much potential to use their DS in lots of new ways, it has been seen creeping up the Amazon best sellers lists. Although it will probably not be on the news as the best selling toy of Christmas as it is not stock in high street stores yet, it could be facing stock problems like all the best toys.

An example of the type of application available for the R4 is DSOrganize. This piece of software allows you use your DS as a basic office suite. It includes a file browser, web browser, text editor, image editor, calculator, calendar, contact list amongst other useful features.

Moonshell is an operating system for the R4 which lets you browse homebrew applications as well as integrating an MP3 player, video and photo viewer. There are several operating systems available but Moonshell is the most popular.

The R4 even lets people stay in touch with their friends and family. Homebrew applications allow users to connect to their MSN, AIM or yahoo messenger. Most interestingly of all, Skype can also be used with the R4. This means that a DS can pretty much be used as a mobile phone as long as a Wi-Fi connection is available.

DSLibris enables the DS to display ebooks, turning the machine into a small library of books for you to read at your pleasure. DSVNC can be used to control a PC. DS Boro is a web browser. The list of new ways to use a DS with an R4 goes on.

Nintendo really missed a lot of potential for the DS originally by not including a flash drive as the PSP has. The R4 has fix that problem but Nintendo are keen for to have people use their own device for reading flash card, so they have introduced a new model of DS, the DSi.

The primary reason for the flash reader in the DSi is to store photos taken on the DSi's new cameras and music files. It seems unlikely that Nintendo will allow homebrew applications to be ran through the DSi without an R4 as Nintendo have a history of strict control over what is released on their systems.

Nintendo's strict controls possibly steam from the early 80s when the video game market was in decline due to a large amount of poor quality games which flooded the market. In response to this, the Nintendo Entertainment System was the first console to include a chip which prevented games being manufactured without Nintendo's approval.

This however took away from consumer choice. The R4 brings this choice back.

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New Nintendo Dsi

No one can blame Nintendo for not wanting to move on to another generation of consoles too quickly. It's easy to forget where Nintendo were in the last generation of console wars. The GameCube gave them impression that Nintendo would shortly be following their old rival Sega out of the hardware market. The Wii and DS quickly turned this around and put Nintendo back in the Number one spot where it had not been since the Super Nintendo. It's taken Nintendo a long time to regain its crown, and they don't want to take any unnecessary risks.

The new hand held console has a range of features which Nintendo hope will encourage more people to by the DSi than the already popular DS. The most prominent feature of the DSi is the two digital cameras built into it. Both of these feature a VGA resolution (640 x 480) sensor. One of these cameras will be located on the outer casing while the other camera will be positioned between the two screens focusing on the user.

The cameras are expected to be used for features integrated into future games, especially the internal camera which will be able to capture players' movements. The main purpose of the VGA camera however, will be to stream a video of the player to other plays around the world when the camera is connected to a wireless hub. Photos taken on the cameras can also be sent to the Wii's Photo Channel via the Wi-Fi connection.

Nintendo are playing-up the fact that there are 11 different filters which can be used in-real time when taking photos. This does seem rather to be a gimmick and something that will not be used by most on more than a handful of occasions.
To store these images, the DSi includes an SD card reader/writer. It is unknown what capacity memory card the reader/writer will be compatible with. A further unknown is whether Nintendo intend to allow homebrew applications to be used through the SD card as is the case with card readers such as the R4DS. This could potentially open up the door for all manners of mp3 players, video players and office applications to be used with a Nintendo DSi. If Nintendo do allow homebrew applications, this could be the most important selling point of the new console, however in an effort to avoid piracy, this seems unlikely.

The size of the new DS is a further reduction from the DS Lite's size. The new model is 12% slimmer but with the reduction in size and the new features, something has to give
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, and that is backwards compatibility. Unfortunately the DSi will not be compatible with GameBoy Advance cartridges.

The screen has also undergone an upgrade and is now 17% larger. Speaker and volume quality are said to have been improved making in game effects and music produce a high quality output. The DSi Shop is a new feature designed to allow users to download software and carry it around with them. This would not have been possible on the previous generations of Nintendo DS due to their lack of memory.

By: David Tube

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The DSi is due to be released in the UK in spring of 2009 although an exact date has not been confirmed. A price has not been given either but estimates set the new system at around £110 in combination with a slight price reduction for the DS Lite. Whether the new features are put to use well enough to justify an upgrade for current DS owners remains to be seen, but for most that do not already own a DS, the DSi seems like the best all round pac

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