Funny thing about Nintendo: They say this about every piece of hardware that they produce.

Anything on the market vying for consumer attention is competing with everything else. There are no exceptions.

Its good, but smells like a safe bet/cop out. Why stop short at a mediocre camera/browser? I think its weird that Nintendo doesn't go after the premium phone market. Had they partnered with a premium phone carrier like Motorola or the thing Google is making and brought DS technology to a similar-priced iPhone clone it would sell like hotcakes.

Hopefully this will blow up in their face, their stock price will plummet, and they'll be forced to go back to making, you know, actual games, instead of Waggle Quest VII. Or at least one can dream.

I don't really care about multifunctioning media devices. I still have my DS, it plays games, thats all I want.

If it automatically searches for open Wifi spots, has more compatibility and a web browser that is actually useful then it might just work however the included camera seems to be very, very useless (who wants a .3 megapixel picture??). Maybe if we could watch youtube videos on the included browser within reasonable speed and again, if the browser included the ability to automatically connect to any open wifi hotspot. Also, if the games don't use these features properly then the system will essentially be almost the same as the DS lite. Another question is what about current DS games, will the system optimize them to fit the whole screen or will we see a border around the game like when playing GBA games on a DS lite? Another question is will there be a game that uses these features that will actually be worth buying? I think Nintendo needs to include at least as many features as the PSP has in their new system (and probably add some new things too), because the PSP would still be my carry around system of choice. With the PSP at its current price point and memory cards getting cheaper and cheaper the price difference is nearly non existent now.

Losing GBA compatibility is not smart, Pokemon games use the GBA slot extensively so they probably won't be able to target this system to pokemon fans which represents a huge share of Nintendo DS players, pokemon fans already have the system they need in the current DSL.

Also if it doesn't have upgradeable firmware that just about kills it, at least with the PSP sony has upgradeable firmware so they could theoretically release an update at any time that would vastly improve the system. Oh yeah and where's my internet radio, the single feature of the PSP that I use the most. The PSP was worth buying for me for that feature alone as a stand alone internet radio would cost me more or around the same prices as the PSP.

I believe the PSP is also getting a camera in its 3000 model upgrade. We need a screen quality upgrade as well in the DSi, not just making it bigger.

Nintendo's goal is not to compete with the iPhone? Satoru, you just declared war on Apple. Get real.

"make the gaming device more essential for everyday users."

what he meant to say is that 7 year olds can now take pictures of their penises while going to the bathroom in school and show their friends

I'm buying a DSi, not necesarily because I'm going to replace my iPod and my digital camera for my portable gaming console, but mostly because I know that camera and SD features will be used to improve gaming experience... Nintendo, please don't dissappoint me.