Funny I had been thinking lately about getting a DS lite recently and after this thread I decided to do it.
I also ordered an
M3 Lite with a passcard. Hope to start programming some some homebrew stuff when I get it. There are quite a few good guides out there including
This One. A pretty good guide to DS programming basics, setting up a compiler, as well as source code from the guide.
Looking forward to trying Opera and MSN messenger too. I think a Scorched Tanks clone would be pretty cool. Use the touch screen and stylus to sort of "throw" your bombs with the correct speed and angle and using the built in WiFi to have multiple players. I was recently at a conference at a Hotel with some friends playing New Super Mario Brothers, one of the games/levels in it uses the Mircophone built into the DS as a control. You blow very litely to make your character jump/float around. Some other people with DSes came up to us and asked about playing together and just WiFi'd in and started playing with us. Very cool.
Looks exciting and kinda reminds me of the Amiga days with all kinds of interesting/inovated stuff to play with for very low cost.
Haven't been this excited about a computing device since Amiga.
