Nintendo has confirmed a new DSi

Nintendo has confirmed that it will begin selling a new version of its handheld DS console in Japan this Christmas is expected to launch in the UK early next year.

The dual screen Nintendo DSI with the camera, a digital music player and the advancement of wireless Internet.

Thinner than current models with a large screen that goes on sale in Japan 1 November 1 at 18900 yen, or about £ 102nd

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said the camera DS new players, you can edit photos, using a base color, then these files with friends.

Musical function

“We want our customers to individualize their Nintendo DSI,” he said.

The music player, users will be able to slow the speed of sound and accelerating the music and audio files stored on external memory card.

Nintendo is in the vicinity of overtaking Sony, as the largest producer of the video-game systems in the world after three years of strong growth.

Its Wii console far outsells both Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 in Japan and the United Kingdom, according to research firm VG Chartz.

On the laptop market, DS is a market leader with 81 million units shipped worldwide.

Nevertheless, in Japan, Nintendo start to lose rival Sony Playstation Portable (PSP). Editor believes, PSP Games Enter the brain has outsold DS for five consecutive months.

source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7647000/7647998.stm