Next Nintendo DS Step Impacts PDA Market

The next step in the Nintendo DS technologicalThe entrance of the video iPod means yet
evolution will be handwriting recognition capability inanother contender, hijacking a fraction of the
games.undecided who would have probably picked up a
Nintendo Co. Ltd. has just inked a licensingPocket PC for its MPEG-4 capabilites instead.
agreement allowing it to harness this technology,Emerging hardware acceleration capabilities for
previously most prevalent amonst the PDA andPocket PCs allows such PDA owners to harness
smartphone masses.power previously restricted to the dedicated
Full details in a Nintendo DS National Post articlegaming Nintendo DS and Sony PSP handheld
were announced today.crowd.
Seasoned gamers are well used to split decisionIt appears that handheld devices are becoming
thinking, and now mastering quick cursive script ismore uniform in development.
yet another bid for even more speed.WiFi access, MPEG-4 playback, handwriting
Ambiguous PDA shoppers may be lulled by therecognition ... it may all sound a little too familiar.
idea of Palm shorthand gaming on the NintendoYou can probably think of half a dozen devices
DS, thus hijacking a portion of the Palm andperforming similar functions.
Pocket PC gaming market.My iPod upgrade trauma article speaks of the
There's a great deal of functional convergenceblistering technology evolution unfolding with this
taking place in today's handheld technology wars.device.
My recent WiFi hotspots gaming article mentionedWith concurrent upgrades taking place amongst
the recent McDonald's and Nintendo jointvarious platforms, only time will tell whether or
agreement to provide some wireless gamingnot devices like Nintendo DS will be distinguishable
action to the former's high-calorie consumers.from any other.