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neo2046 from NeoGAF is claiming that a newspaper in Japan is reporting about some new DS rumors.

Nintendo DS Next model

• (digital) Camera included
• music playback function
• Wireless connection function power up
• larger screen
• to be released this year in Japan
• under 20000 yen
• new types of games by using the camera
• get/exchange data from Wii and SD card (SD card slot included?)

If you have the Japanese character set, you should be able to see the text below:

任天堂がＤＳ新型機、カメラ音楽再生機能付き　２万円以下で 2008/09/28, 02:00, 日経速報ニュース, 620文字 任天堂は年内に携帯型ゲーム機「ニンテンドーＤＳ」の新型機を投入する。ゲーム機では 初めてカメラを標準装備し、音楽再生もできる。無線通信機能を強化し情報端末としての 利用も促す。ＤＳは発売から4年で、全世界の販売台数が7700万台に達した。新型機は ゲーム業界の枠を超え、携帯電話機などとも競合することになりそうだ。 カメラで撮影した画像をゲームに活用するなど使い方を広げる。音楽再生について、ＣＤなど から楽曲を記録装置に取り込んで聞くことができるようにする見通し。 価格は現行の1万6800円とほぼ同程度の2万円以下とするもよう。まず国内で数十万台規模を 先行販売し、海外での発売も検討する。

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[throwingks]

Here is more from Reuters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE48R09X20080928

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd plans to launch a new model of its DS handheld machine that can take pictures and play music by the end of the year, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.

The move would pit the top-selling portable game gear with Apple Inc iPod and camera-embedded cellphones in general.

The price for the new machine, which will also be equipped with advanced wireless communications functions, is expected to be below 20,000 yen ($189) in Japan, compared with 16,800 yen for the current model, the Nikkei said.

The Wii game console and DS have been Nintendo's twin growth engines, helping its share price to grow more than three-fold over the past three years.

The DS far outsells Sony Corp's rival machine, PlayStation Portable (PSP), globally.

But in Japan, the PSP's unit sales exceeded the DS's in five consecutive months through July, according to game magazine publisher Enterbrain, in a potential sign of slowing momentum for the current DS model.

Nintendo officials were not immediately available for comment.

($1=105.97 Yen)

[WB3000]

If it has an SD slot and Nintendo hasn't learned anything about security, this thing probably wouldn't need flashcarts.