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el 26-Mar-2009 |  Masato Kuwahara, project leader of the Nintendo DSi Hardware group, has a storied history of crafting new hardware prototypes, including a good amount of portable Nintendo game machines that never saw the light of day.
Included in those is the unreleased, dual-card capable Nintendo DSi, a hardware design that was rejected at the near-final stages of development. As Kuwahara explained at both GDC and to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, reception to thicker, dual-DS slot device was largely negative. The inspiration behind the two card version of the Nintendo DSi was born of the company's shorter session, more "non-game" type software. The thought process was that DS owners would want a game like New Super Mario Bros. to complement their copy of Brain Age. Kuwahara also showed off one of the first touchscreen-ready pieces of Nintendo hardware, a Game Boy Advance SP featuring a touchpad. 
Obviously, this is little more than a prototype. Kuwahara had showed earlier an even more hacked together Game Boy, one that used hand-wired connections to a Game Boy Camera, an extremely early version of the camera-equipped Nintendo DSi. Kuwahara explained the hand wired version, built during his spare time on the weekends, wired wired in the "yakisoba" fashion, referring to Japanese noodles. The Nintendo hardware designer also showed an early version of the Game Boy Advance. Which was huge. (And blurry!) 
That fuzzy object to the right of the color LCD equipped pre-GBA is a Nintendo DS, to give one a sense of scale.
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| Nintendo Shows Unreleased Dual-Card DSi, GBA Touch [Gdc09] |  Masato Kuwahara, project leader of the Nintendo DSi Hardware group, has a storied history of crafting new hardware prototypes, including a good amount of portable Nintendo game machines that never saw the light of day. Included in those is th [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Mar-2009 by Michael McWhertor in Gdc09 Game developers conference 2009 Nintendo Nintendo DSi Original Top
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| US HTC Touch Dual shows up on Best Buy site |  Well, well, well. Fresh off the recent FCC filing, the American version of the HTC Touch Dual has shown up on the Best Buy website. Currently available for pre-order from bestbuy.com, the handset sports support for 850/900/1800/1900MHz bands, giving us full quad-band support and making it a useful acquisition for current AT&T subscribers wishing to [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 13-May-2008 by Joshua Karp in HandsetsHTC
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| Two heads are better than one; GeoSIM prepping Dual IMSI SIM card |  UK-based mobile service provider Geodesa Limited just made a pretty exciting announcement and we can only hope this is the start of a continuing trend. For those unfamiliar with Geodesa, the company?s core product is the GeoSIM ? a SIM card with attached service that does away with insane international roaming charges across a pretty [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Mar-2009 by Zach Epstein in NewsServicesDual IMSIdual SIMGeoSIMSIMsim cardUKUS
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| HTC Touch Dual Comes to the US Sporting WM 6.1 and HSDPA |  Coming this quarter to a Best Buy near you, the long-awaited US variant of the HTC Touch Dual is on display at this year’s CTIA Wireless conference. Pure hotness. As you can see from the live pics, the latest addition to HTC’s Touch family sports some nice upgrades compared to the Touch we all know [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 01-Apr-2008 by Zach Epstein in HandsetsHSDPAGSMHTC
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| HTC announced Touch Dual for U.S. market |  Let the games begin! HTC has just announced that their Touch Dual handset will be available in the United States, beginning sometime this quarter. For those that don’t know, the Touch dual is a variation of HTC’s popular Touch handset, sporting TouchFLO, a 2 megapixel camera, and much more. In addition to the touchscreen, the [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 01-Apr-2008 by Joshua Karp in Windows MobilePress ReleaseHandsetsHSDPAHTCAT&T
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