Comments on: DSi first day

By: guttertalk

guttertalk — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:05:43 +0000

Great! I hope you enjoy the homebrew games and apps.

By: r4 sdhc

r4 sdhc — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:11:39 +0000

Hi,
I am fond of technology this type of technology was really great i like it most.
And this will helpful me so i will definitely use it.

By: ashu

ashu — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:04:05 +0000

though, it is just not the mere revising but a lot more internel has changed.proccesing power is doubled and ram is 4*4

By: father K

father K — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:17:13 +0000

A great review, but I’ll stick with my DS for now. I can’t give up the option of playing GBA games, although the browser is appealing!

By: guttertalk

guttertalk — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:54:23 +0000

I'm holding off the likes of R4i so that I can a) how quickly Nintendo pushes firmware to block them and b) how quickly R4 responds. Plus, I'm still not sure if the R4 team is behind the R4i. I'm seeing people having problems getting the r4i to work. You might want to wait and watch for a while.

By: Squidz

Squidz — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:34:13 +0000

I wasn’t going to get one of these, largely because of the lack of a bility to run homebrew – but, after reading your review, and after the release of the new R4i and DSTTi, I think I might just buy one!

By: guttertalk

guttertalk — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:22:58 +0000

In some ways, I saw the DSi as a mistake because it is more than just a redesign. It seems an upgrade of the same form factor, but, if game devs take advantage of the upgrades, then a huge customer base is left out.

I can understand ditching the GBA slot–GBAs are so cheap on the used market that it’s not that big of a deal. I can also understand moving to a model that allows for system upgrades. I have read that the piracy market via the slot 1 carts is huge, especially in Asia.

Yet, the DSi is selling very well, so it is a success so far. But I think within the year, we’ll see a shift in the market towards the DSiware and the DSi-spec games.

By: gnome

gnome — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:55:50 +0000

a most informative review. and boy do i like the idea of downloadable free stuff on a well designed handheld. then again as you mentioned the inability to actually play homebrew and -more importantly- gba carts makes it a rather tough sell…

By: guttertalk

guttertalk — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:41:09 +0000

Sadly, no, it cannot: it can’t install the required plugin, from what I can tell. Unfortunately, gmail also fails, which is unfortunate.

By: clayton

clayton — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:27:13 +0000

just a quick question …

can the dsi`s browser play youtube? that is the thing that might tempt me to pick one up.