The Nintendo DSi - A summary of technical improvements over the DS Lite

The Nintendo DSi - A summary of technical improvements over the DS Lite

The Nintendo DSi is the third incarnation of the popular Nintendo handheld gaming devices. The original Nintendo DS was launched in 2004 with his successor, the DS Lite lauchched, from 2006. The DSi is, at the time of writing, only available in Japan, where it was launched in October 2008. It is expected that the United States and Europe as published in May 2009. The DSi is a series of technical improvements over its predecessor, the DS Lite. The purpose of this article is toThese improvements enable the reader to decide whether the new Nintendo DSi meets their needs.

The first improvement to the user is welcome to the new DSi is thinner coat. It is 2.6 mm or about 12% thinner than DS Lite. This is partly achieved by the removal of the cartridge slot of the DS Lite Game Boy Advance found, making the new units compatible with these games.

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The second major visual improvement is greater than twice the 3.25-inch LCD screenscompared to 3-inch screens of the DS Lite. Despite the large screen of the DS is still the same case, the width and height of the DS Lite. While the new screens are a range of 17% more visual, the disadvantage is a reduction in battery life of about 19 hours to 14 hours the lower screen brightness. The new screens also have five levels of brightness compared to the previous four. The bottom screen is still a touch screen as in the previous generationUnits.

The sound is another area of ​​improvement for the DSi. The device has improved over the DS Lite speakers, even if the units to be compared directly to us we can not know how big a difference to the quality of improvements to make the sound mirror. The DSi now also an MP3 player as standard with the new SD card slot as the source. The music must be in AAC format will be detected by the device.

The new device has cameras for the first time on Nintendo's handheld.The DSi has two, one on the hinge between screens (to you) and one on the outside of the housing. New DSi software can manipulate photos in real time, even if it is clear that the cameras a lot more fun than an accessory, contained for professional photography, as they are only 0.3 mega-pixel resolution.

Nintendo has also developed a series of improvements under the skin of the DSi was. The ARM9 main processor is still a model, but now works at 133 MHz, twiceSpeed ​​of 67MHz DS Lite units. The co-processor is still running at 33 MHz ARM7 units. The DSi has 16 MB of RAM (compared to 4 MB in the literature) and 256 MB of internal memory. The 802, 11 wireless connectivity will be made from the old one, but with improvements in speed, if purchased with DSi DSi software from the store (see below) used.

A new feature is the DSi DSi Shop, similar to full-size console, such as the useSony PS3, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo Wii right. Here users can download both free and purchased content on their device. One of the programs will be a free web browser, access to the DSi over the Internet. Another first for the DS, the ability to update the firmware (operating system) device, which was never before available on a Nintendo portable.

We trust that the article has served to highlight the technical improvements found inNintendo DSi compared to the previous generation of DS Lite. New users looking for such a device would be in a good position to start waiting for the units in their region. Existing users should be able the DS Lite, the above information to decide whether to use update their current units.

The Nintendo DSi - A summary of technical improvements over the DS Lite