Nintendo is slated to discuss their attempt at a 3D DS at this summer’s E3. More ambitiously, they’ve set a release date for the platform in March 2011.
Although early, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reports that the device will have some kind of 3D joystick as well as force feedback. One confirmed feature is full backwards-compatibility, so don’t start selling off your current DS library just yet. It will presumably have cameras to accommodate the DSi library, but other features are sketchy for now.
It’s interesting that Nintendo would head this direction. The pop-out kind of 3D hasn’t been used much in gaming–3D usually means 3D modeling, 3D characters. Developers and industry experts are optimistic for now, but skeptics are already comparing it to the old 3D movies. E3 should give the public a better idea of whether or not this new DS will crash and burn, so keep an eye on Nintendo this summer.
How much is it?
Comment by Brianna — March 24, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
Neither HTC or Sprint have hinted at the price yet
Comment by savanthongvanh — March 24, 2010 @ 1:33 pm
6 Megabits? In Hong Kong we already have 21 Megabits! and it's still considered 3.5G…our 4G speeds are forecasted to be in the range of 50Mbps!
Comment by Max — March 24, 2010 @ 1:52 pm
Max, yes, US speeds suck. According to Sprint their 4g speeds will average 3-6MB/s http://www.nextel.com/en/solutions/mobile_broad...
Comment by savanthongvanh — March 24, 2010 @ 2:11 pm
I'm still using dial up. Damn dats fasssssst
Comment by 4gfool — March 25, 2010 @ 1:41 am
Well, I've been obsessively checking every day, all day long for news of a 2.1 upgrade for my Hero. To be honest, I didn't think we would see a 4g phone until the end of the year. It may be impetuous and ridiculously optimistic, but I'm planning to buy the Evo for myself and my boyfriend just as soon as it hits the shelf. I've been waiting a long time for this kind of hardware on an Android device. I was an early adopter. I've had a G1, a myTouch and now a Hero. My dad has my boyfriend's old G1, My boyfriend and I both have Sprint Heros now. We had to switch networks when we couldn't get voice or data coverage in our home or offices. We have Clear Networks as an ISP, so I'm super psyched to see Sprint partnering with them. And I'm way excited about the possibility of simultaneous voice/data services. Anyway, glad to find a community like http://www.Evo4Gforum.net with full of people as anxious as I am for the release of the Evo.
Comment by coolfx35 — April 5, 2010 @ 1:49 am