This sunny-side-up DS Lite is the limited edition result of a love-in with Pikachu and Nintendo. However, the bad news is that there’s no guarantee you’ll get your paws on one, as this yella fella with Pikachu etched on the cover is so limited that it’s only available via a lottery system (and $139). If you live in Japan, get yourself down to the Pokemon Center and on the list from July 20 onwards. – Ad Dugdale
Anybody down for a yellow DS Lite? [Akihabara News]
You been hurtin’ for a DS browser for soooo long. Well, guess what? It’s finally here. That’s not to say it’s going to change your life or anything. Super-early reviews were not so psyched. Still, a browser for the DS is a no-brainer, so it’s nice to finally see it available, even if it will cost you $30. What? Yep, follow the jump to see the press release for yourself. – Wilson Rothman
This is a Japan-only thing for now, but Nintendo’s just announced two brand spankin’ new colors for the DS Lite. The two colors are Metallic Rose, which looks reddish-pink, and Gloss Silver, which looks silver.
Although we’d really like both of the colors to hit the US, Nintendo’s held off Japan colors before. Ice Blue showed up last year and still hasn’t reached us yet. Then again, Ice Blue looked like 2000 flushes, while these two look classy. – Jason Chen
Nintendo Japan [via Kotaku]
It’s not convenient to take a tripod everywhere you go at night in order to take good pictures. This is especially true when you’re trying to keep a low profile in the bushes. So what do you do? Adjust stuff like ISO, exposure and aperture. If you don’t know what those are, the instructions will fill you in:
Aperture: F-stops are different settings allowing different amounts of light to enter your camera. This is different from exposure, in that the aperture is that funky iris/anus looking thing that is a series of connected sheets that either open or contract to make a hole get bigger or smaller.
Doesn’t everything get much simpler when it’s explained in terms of anuses? – Jason Chen
How to take AWESOME night photos WITHOUT a tripod [Instructables]
Everyone’s favorite game console mad mod genius, Ben Heck, has a new project, and it’s something that you and I might actually get a chance to play with for a change. Instead of a one-off like the Xbox 360 Laptop, he’s designing the case for the GamePort, a handheld emulator designed to play retro games.
So he’s designed it for a reputable company rather than just for fun, so we should be able to buy it, right? Well… maybe. According to the GamePort site, ” the company that would have distributed the GamePort in stores perished after legal problems. Several other options are being discussed, including selling directly online.” Awesome. Not exactly something to fill us with confidence, but who knows, maybe it’ll go up for sale at some point. –Adam Frucci
Product Page [via Ben Heck]
CheapyD from Cheapass gamer just did a super head to head video of all kinds of Japanese DS Styluses. If you’re at all interested at getting Styli that stretch, go on your finger, or clip onto your DS, then this is the video for you. It’s much better to let CheapyD do all your testing for you instead of spending thousands of yen on crappy ones. – Jason Chen
Cheapassgamer [via TechEBlog via Kotaku]
Nokia’s known for breaking out of the box from time to time, and their latest patent proves that. It describes a UMPC-like handheld with two touchscreens and a detachable keyboard. The keyboard can be slid on top of one of the screens should you need to text or browse the Web. Removing the keyboard would then let you use both screens as one display. It’s a pretty cool concept, though we’re still debating if it’s more UMPC than it is smartphone. – Louis Ramirez
Patent Monkey [via CrunchGear]
I’ve always disliked UMPCs, little computers trying to run full windows to full effect. Which is why a Palm powered UMPC rumor has so much Boom! to it.
The rumored target date for the rumoured Palm UMPC continues to narrow down, while the odds go up based on the timepeg. The Brighthand boys say it’s next week. But let’s be clear – they have 10,000 words of speculation, but little fact. It’s basically Coffee Talk (“Talk Amongst yourselves”) but with pasty Treo nerds instead of New York hags.
But at least they’ve given the device a neat-o moniker, “Hawk” after Palm founder Jeff Hawkins. Who happens to be speaking at All Things D next week. Coincidence? I don’t know, but don’t go buying any stock. Please. You wall street types are animals. Seriously, go read a newspaper. – Brian Lam
