Nintendo DSi

Nintendo DSi is the third iteration in the series of the Handheld game consoles developed and manufactured by Nintendo the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DSi was released in Japan last November 1, 2008 and is scheduled for release in Australia on April 2, 2009, Europe on April 3, 2009 and North America on April 5, 2009. It comes with Black and Blue.

The main feature of the Nintendo DSi is its Dual Camera which the character "i" in Nintendo DSi is stands for, which is representing an "eye" and also the subject "I" and its personal individuality. As the console's official slogan "What will you and i do?"

New features

• An SD Card Slot is added as an external storage for pictures, downloaded software and AAC audio.

• A Built-in Audio Player which also serves as a voice recorder and music player for AAC audio, but sorry guys it does not support MP3s. You can also adjust the pitch, playback and add filters to the aforementioned audio.

• And using the Internal Microphone, you can also save and modify using the built in Audio player of up to eighteen ten-second sound clips from voice recordings then apply them to songs.

• Your Photos taken using the Nintendo DSi can also be synced to the Wii's Photo Channel.

• It also features the Nintend DSi Shop, similar to the Wii Shop Channel you can also connect to an online store where you can download DSiWare games and applications.Each Nintendo DSi that will accesses the DSi Shop prior to March 2010 will receive 1,000 Nintendo Points.The applications will either be free, or cost 200, 500, or 800+ (marked with a 'Premium' tag) Nintendo Points. The DSi Shop was launched with the DSi Browser, a web browser available for free download.
  

Technical specifications

Nintendo DSi was released with few technical details regarding the specific model. It has also has an improved hardware (compared to the DS Lite), such as the main CPU and the RAM.

CPUs: The main CPU is an ARM processor clocked at 133 MHz.
RAM: 16 MB of RAM (four times more than previous models)
Storage: 256 MB of internal Flash memory
Wireless: 802.11 internal wireless connectivity

Windows 7 Beta

Yes, last February 26, Microsoft Philippines launched Windows 7 Beta here in the Philippines. As a replacement to the latest version Windows Vista. There are still no specific date for the release of its final version, but software giant Microsoft Corp. plans to have it out by the second half, said Jay O. Joson, developer and platform evangelist of Microsoft Philippines.

Windows 7 as promised by Microsoft Engineers to be faster, more reliable and more compatible with more devices and applications which compared to the previous version, Windows Vista which received heavy criticism from its users for its slowness, incompatibility with many hardware devices and for hogging system resources. I do agree with that.

Ballmer said last January 9 on its official release in LAS VEGAS, that this would be the "best version of Windows ever" and pointed out features that implicitly acknowledged the problems with Windows Vista.
"We are putting in all the right ingredients -- simplicity, reliability and speed -- and working hard to get it right and to get it ready,"

Windows 7 System Requirements:

• 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
• 1 GB of system memory
• 16 GB of available disk space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)
• DVD-R/W Drive
• Internet access (to download the Beta and get updates)

Some of the Windows 7 Features:

• Improved taskbar and full-screen previews - You can set the order where the icons appear and they'll stay put in the taskbars. You can Click once on the large icons or bigger preview thumbnails and you can even see the full screen preview before switching to that window or application.
• Jump Lists - You easily access the files you've been working with. Just right click on the icon on your taskbar. You may also pin some files you want to the Jump List for easy access.
• Better Device Management - You do not have to use other window to manage all your devices. Using only one window, Devices and Printers screen to connect, manage, and use whatever printers, phones, and other devices you have on-hand.
• HomeGroup - Once you set it up you can easily use the Network and Sharing Center to choose what you share with other homegroup members.
• Windows Touch - Using a touchscreen monitor you can easily use it

For more information you may check Windows 7 Home