Nintendo DS.....i?

Nintendo has announced the next generation Nintendo DS known as Nintendo DSi.  The Nintendo DSi will feature a camera, an audio player, memory card, bigger screen, and is thinner than the original.  Nintendo DS is huge in Japan with 1 in 6 citizens owning the portable system.  Nintendo's goal in releasing the DSi is to broaden the audience of the system even more.  The DSi can serve as the first camera for children, a means of networking for older people, and just a gaming toy in general.

I find Nintendo's strategy with its portable gaming systems interesting and reflective of the times.  It used to be in the good old days, if you wanted your Gameboy to take pictures, you had to use Gameboy Camera. 

More and more handheld devices are offering more functionality.  For example, you would be pretty hard pressed to find a cell phone without a camera these days.  As technology advances, it seems as though the need for multiple devices to accomplish multiple tasks diminishes, which begs the question what's next?  The Nintendo cell phone?