Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS released in 2004


Features

• Clam shell design similar to Gameboy Advance SP
• Two 3 inches LCD screens with the touchscreen bottom side
• Built-in Microphone
• Slot 2 for Gameboy Advance game cartridge
• Wireless IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standards, allowing players to interact with each other within short range (10–30 m, depending on conditions)
• Online with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service

Nintendo DS Lite released in 2006


Features

• Redesigned Nintendo DS (mostly button and IO locations)
• Slimmer and Lighter
• Brighter Screens

Nintendo DSi released in 2008 (Japan)


Features

• Redesigned Nintendo DS Lite (mostly button and IO locations)
• Thinner than DS Lite
• Larger screens from 3.00 to 3.25 inches
• Gameboy Advance cartridge slot replaced with SD card slot
• AAC playback capability Music player
• Built-in Web Browser
• Two cameras, one embedded in the interior hinge, and one on the exterior shell (both 0.3 megapixels, or VGA resolution)
• DSi Shop" (similar to the Wii Shop Channel) where customers can purchase DSi-exclusive games and applications
• An ARM9E CPU of 133 MHz (in place of the original ARM9 of 67MHz) and has 16 MB of RAM--four times as much as previous models
• Internal storage capacity of 256 MB flash memory for DSiWare downloaded to the system.
• Updated WiFi also supports WPA/2

Screen Display
DS - 256 x 192 screen resolution with 260,000 possible colors
DS Lite - 256 x 192 screen resolution with 260,000 possible colors
DSi - 256 x 192 screen resolution with 260,000 possible colors

Battery Life
DS Lite - The lowest brightness (15-19 hrs), low brightness (10-15 hours), high brightness (7-11 hours), highest brightness(5-8 hours)
DSi - The lowest brightness (9-14 hrs), low brightness (8-12 hours), medium brightness (6-9 hours), high brightness (4-6 hours), highest brightness(3-4 hours)

Charging Time
DS Lite - Approximately 3 hours
DSi - Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes