Nintendo DS Gaming System: Killer
feature set includes Wi-Fi and dual
processors. Did I mention you can
play games on it?
[ Photo: Amazon.com ]

Leave it to BargainPDA.com to use a review of the Nintendo DS gaming system to prod PDA manufacturers to incorporate more cutting-edge technology. They point out that the Nintendo DS has features like:

• built-in Wi-Fi,
• dual ARM processors,
• dual LCD screens,
• chat collaboration software,
• a stylus, and
• a built-in microphone

... all for a price of around $149. Of course, they can probably afford to price a gaming platform very aggresively because they're going to make money on the games that customers buy. Hey wait a minute, isn't that the rationale that the wireless carriers use to subsidize mobile handsets? Hmm....