The Nintendo DS (lite) has been a welcomed toy, I mean tool for Japanese language learners.

I didn’t realize it until just now, but Nintendo has just released a new version of the hardware called the DSi (Hmmm… a mirror image of Apple?).

It sports two video cameras, a smaller frame, bigger screens, an SD card slot, better sound, and a built in Internet browser.  Sounds nice, but unless the screen is markedly improved, I’ll sit on my (old) DS for now.

It would be nice if the screen had a higher resolution–and it may well be; my only dislike about the current DS is reading small text can be a chore.

Here is the Japanese site and there are several English sites with information (do a Google search for ‘Nintendo DSi news’).