Nintendo DSi Has Built-in Music Player, Camera & Browser

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Nintendo’s latest handheld console, the DSi, hit the British high street today.

The latest version of the DS confirms the console has moved beyond a simple games player with two cameras, internet browsing and a music player.

It is priced at £149.99, although Tesco and Amazon are selling them for £144.97. Retailers are warning of a shortage of the new console and all the major retailers have found it necessary to create waiting lists for customers wanting a DSi.

Available in black or white and is the lightest member of the Nintendo DS family. It has a 3.25″ screen and is 12 per cent thinner than the Nintendo DS Lite.

The latest version can connect to the internet via a WiFi link allowing users to download games and software from the new Nintendo DSi store and play friends wherever they are in the world.

The console has two built-in cameras, which detect facial features and body movements. This means users can play Wii-style games, such as WarioWare using movement alone rather than relying on the traditional buttons and stylus.

Although the cameras are crude by new mobile phone standards, they come with 11 special camera effects.

Volume and sound quality have also been improved and users can use the DSi as a music player using an SD card to store tunes. However, although it lets you play AAC files (with .m4a, .mp4, and .3gp file extensions) it doesn’t support the MP3 format.

Nintendo had sold 96million DS consoles worldwide by the end of 2008.

Posted on April 2, 2009 | Filed Under Tech