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[Atomica]

Well i kinda have been looking at the ds since i first heard it was gonna come out, and for some reason it atracted me....alot as you will see..... heres everything you want to know about it.

This wicked gaming device comes to us on the 21st of November in the US and the 2nd of December in Japan, and sometime in the beggining of the year for Uk
and Australia.Although it is rumored to go on sale in Japan first.

Price tag; $149.99 us dollars, 15,000 yen.

Games will come from over 100 different companies which have already agreed to develop titles for the device.Nintendo will produce the first 20 titles.

Nintendo has confirmed that the system will be backward compatible with Game Boy Advance games, but will not support system-link multiplayer in GBA games due to the DS' lack of link cable port.

Stats:
Size (closed): 148.7 millimeters (5.85 inches) wide, 84.7 millimeters (3.33 inches) long, 28.9 millimeters (1.13 inches) tall

Top Screen: A backlit, 3-inch, semitransparent reflective TFT color LCD with 256 x 192 pixel resolution and .24 mm dot pitch, capable of displaying 260,000 colors,
A 3D graphics system which, the spec. claims, is capable of drawing 120,000 polygons per second, representing a fill-rate of 30 million pixels per second.
Graphics will be slightly better than 64 graphics.

Touch Screen: Same specs as top screen, but with a transparent analog touch screen

Wireless Communication: Uses Bluetooth to maintain communication ,IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary format; wireless range is 30 to 100 feet, depending on circumstances; multiple users can play multiplayer games using just one DS Game Card.Free phone calls at wireless network hotspots.
The DS wakes up if it senses another console in transmitting range

Controls: Touch screen, embedded microphone for voice recognition, A/B/X/Y face buttons, plus control pad, L/R shoulder buttons, Start and Select buttons

Input/Output: Ports for both Nintendo DS Game Cards and Game Boy Advance Game Paks, terminals for stereo headphones and microphone

Other features: Embedded PictoChat software that allows up to 16 users to chat at once; embedded real-time clock; date, time and alarm; touch-screen calibration.
You can receive and send text and pictures wirelessly to nearby DS systems.

CPUs: ARM-9 CPU running at 67MHz and an ARM-7 unit running at 33MHz and 128MB of RAM

Sound: Stereo speakers providing virtual surround sound, depending on the software

Battery: Lithium ion battery delivering six to 10 hours of play on a four-hour charge, depending on use; power-saving sleep mode; AC adapter

Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian

Color: Silver and black

:Notice: If you want to use this info that i have put together on another site, please email me for permission. Thank you _Insanegraphix

[Gio]

Forget the ds, wait for the playstation handheld.

[Atomica]

lol...ok... meanwhile while waiting a year for the psp ill have a DS to play for a whole year! and in that amount of time, ill have more money...hmm thought about that?
edit-plus that is soo off topic( as is this post)

[Unreal]

forget DS and psp, wait for GBA 2

[JamesPickens]

wait for xbox2, btw i already made a thread bout this last time so ur alil late =)

[Unreal]

PS3 will be the powerfullest console and computer when it is relesed ( apart from those nasa computers and shit ) the chip, codenamed Cell, has the power of 20 PS2 processers, and graphics, and looking at the early screenshot they look like photographs..

[Atomica]

alright, you guys need to stop.... please... your posts are way off topic...
and this post is not about what console or system is going to be better in 5 friken years. This post is to inform everyone about the Nintendo DS....