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Nintendo conceived a third iteration of the Nintendo DS hand-held at the end of 2006, around the time of the Wii's release. Following instructions from his supervisor, Masato Kuwahara of Nintendo's Engineering Department began development on the DSi project. During production, Kuwahara reported that the team had difficulty marketing the hand-held, as it was based on-and meant to supplement-previously existing hardware. "We have to be able to sell the console on its own. It also has to be able to meld into the already-existing DS market," he said.
The idea to add cameras was conceived early on: Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata said that the touchscreen was the handhold's sense of touch, and the microphone was its "ears". A co-worker suggested that the device should have "eyes". Yui Ehara, the designer of the DSi's casing, advocated a change to the speaker apertures, because of the redundancy of the design's circular perforations. The team believed that this alteration signaled a clearer distinction between the DSi and its predecessors. Ehara wanted to include new features, but also to keep the unit "neat" and "simple".
Due to demand from fan communities and Nintendo employees, the DSi's original design included two DS game card slots. However, speaking about the console's in-company unveiling in October 2007, Kuwahara said that "the response wasn't that great, and,... we'd sort of been expecting that". The secondary game card slot was removed, which slimmed the system by approximately 3 millimeters (0.12 in); this version was revealed to the public at the October 2008 Nintendo Conference in Tokyo, along with its Japanese price and release date. Since its release, the Nintendo DS Lite had surpassed the competition in yearly sales figures worldwide;however, slowing sales of the console in Japan caused Nintendo to announce its new iteration. The company was less concerned with releasing the DSi in other territories, where market demand for the DS Lite remained high.
Nintendo had developed 3.8-inch screens for the DS Lite, and the idea of a DS Lite with larger screens advanced far enough that the company could have started mass production. However, the Nintendo Dsi's commercial success stalled its release, and the company later began efforts on the DSi. Iwata pitched the idea of a simultaneous release of a large and small version of the DSi, but Nintendo's hardware team was incapable of developing two versions concurrently. Various names for the DSi XL were considered, including "DSi Comfort," "DSi Executive," "DSi Premium", "DSi Living" and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto's "DSi Deka" (Japanese for "large").
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Various names for the DSi XL were considered, including "DSi Comfort," "DSi Executive," "DSi Premium", "DSi Living" and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto's "DSi Deka" (Japanese for "large").
New xbox 360 build coming out?
Ok, I know the Jasper is coming out in August, does any one have pictures of the prototype? Any info on how to tell it is a Jasper chip? Or any info on it besides the 65nm GPU chip?
Thanks
umm, pictures of the prototype GPU 
sorry about the confusion
It will look exactly the same. Jasper is just a name for the chipset. They are hopping that it will fix the overheating problem.
Homestead: Series round two preview
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 2, 2010) - The Grand Prix of Miami returns to its traditional spring date Saturday for Round 2 of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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