Nintendo just put out a new gaming bundle for their Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS game that packages a Bluetooth keyboard and Bluetooth adapter (since the DS doesn’t have built-in Bluetooth) along with the game. Yeah, not everyone’s into Pokemon (we’re not), and a lot of people don’t even own a Nintendo DS (we don’t), but here’s why this thing looks really interesting: you can use that wireless keyboard with your smartphone as long as it has wireless keyboard support. That means it’ll work with iOS and Android phones. That’s interesting to us; seriously, ever since we’ve made the switch to a full touchscreen phone, typing a simple message on a virtual keyboard has proven to be quite a chore. And it looks good. Nintendo didn’t release pricing details yet, but the game bundle is due out in Japan in April. We just hope they decide to put out a stand-alone keyboard without the game bundle. That could save some of us non-DS owners a few bucks.
While amateur coders and mobile enthusiasts were exempted from the DMCA when a court ruling judged that it was okay to root or jailbreak your mobile devices in the US, mobile gamers in the UK, Nintendo DS users in particular, aren’t that lucky. The London High Court has officially ruled that it’s now illegal to import or sell R4 cards in the UK.
The people over at HDRLabs have found a way to use their Nintendo DS to control their Canon DSLRs. The Open Camera Control project isn’t just a cool new way to press the shutter button though, they also came up with new software that’ll let you add new features to your predictable old cam. Now, we’re pretty sure that not a lot of people will have an extra Canon DSLR and Nintendo DS just lying around, but if you’re in the mood for some tweaking—along with the time and the balls to go for it—you might want to check this out.
