| Manufacturer | Nintendo |
| Released | November 21, 2004 |
| Dimensions | 148.7 × 84.7 × 28.9 mm (5.85 × 3.33 × 1.13 inches). |
| Weight | 275 grams (9.7 ounces) |
| Dual Screen | It features two separate 3-inch TFT LCD screens, each with a resolution of 256 × 192 pixels, dimensions of
62 x 46 mm and 77 mm diagonal, and a dot pitch of 0.24 mm. The touch-screen technology allow you to interact with games. |
| Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection | You can connect wirelessly, chat and play with Nintendo DS owners across the globe. |
| Procesor | The console uses two separate ARM processors, an ARM946E-S main CPU and ARM7TDMI co-processor at clock speeds of
67 MHz and 33 MHz respectively, with 4 MB of main memory which requires 1.65 volts. |
| Touch screen | Registers pressure from one point on the screen at a time, averaging multiple points of contact if
necessary. |
| Graphics | The system's 3D hardware performs transform and lighting, texture-coordinate transformation, texture mapping,
alpha blending, anti-aliasing, cel shading and z-buffering. The system is theoretically capable of rendering 120,000 triangles per
second at 30 frames per second. It has a limit on the number of triangles it can render as part of a single scene; this limit is
somewhere in the region of 4000 triangles. |
| Compatibility | Is compatible with Game Boy Advance (GBA) cartridges; the smaller Nintendo DS cartridges fit into Slot 1
on the top of the system, while Game Boy Advance games fit into Slot 2 on the bottom of the system. |
| Battery | Contains a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery. The expected battery life ranges from 6 - 10 hours on a full charge. |
| Supported Cards | It currently supports cards up to 1 gigabit. |