one question about nds wireless function!

[bioplayer]

I heard that NDS have two kinds of wireless connection,BULETOOTH and 802.11b,but on the NDS official website,we can only see 802.11b wireless connection confirmed by nds official description while no buletooth, so i want to ask whether NDS have both 802.11b and bluetooth wireless connection?

[richjwild]

this shouldnt be in the psp forum

what would the DS use bluetooth for? oh yeah . gaming against each other. what else?

[dryclean only]

I'll gladly answer this. The NDS uses 802.11b last time i heard the specs. Only 802.11b. And this is fine to put in these forums. it fits the same shape as all the PSP stuff.

[limbfilter]

I wish the psp had bluetooth...Then I could get online no matter what...

[games_ fan]

The DS also packs Wireless capability - DS users will be able to connect with a local wireless network of up to 16 players. Nintendo's guaranteed minimum range is 100 feet, although this range can be farther extended depending on the circumstances.

This ensures the high response rates required for real time game play will be achieved; the DS makes use of both IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary communication protocol, which makes for low battery consumption. Players will be able to chat and play games without any connecting cords, completely untethered. Even better, the DS uses Wireless Game Sharing, which means that multiple players can compete in the same game, even though only one player has a game card inserted. Staggeringly, this means you can test-play a game for yourself as long as you stay connected.

The DS technology also offers a wireless LAN connection, which theoretically means that an infinite number of players could connect via a hot spot and compete at a central game hub on the Internet, even if they're thousands of miles apart. Meanwhile, chat software lets users transmit text messages, handwriting and even drawings to one another.

In-game visual quality is also of the utmost quality; with the newly developed graphics engine, the DS can reproduce impressive 3D visuals surpassing the quality of images displayed on the Nintendo 64. Games will run at 60 frames per second, and there's ample room for details like fog effects and cel shading. Sound is an important factor too, with 16-channel sound allowing for greatly expanded use of voices and music, and a richer, more immersive game experience. A plug for headphones transmits stereo sound.

thats whats on the nintendo website about wireless
http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=94a8eca3-a1dc-493c-96f6-df231fa06af4


Other revealed tidbits are the existence of two cart slots on the machine - one for GBA cartridges and one for the new, smaller DS games - and the confirmation of integrated Bluetooth for wireless communication.

http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=30154&subsectio nid=1587

[Kiwi]

I wish the psp had bluetooth...Then I could get online no matter what...

Bluetooth has more or less been scrapped now anyway, simply because it's not good enough. Intel are developing something they're calling "Wireless USB" at the moment.

[solidus]

I wish the psp had bluetooth...Then I could get online no matter what...
If you were in the range of 10m of your PC and have a bluetooth usb device, than yeah. But Bluetooth won't go online in any other way else.

[Xx Da Twig xX]

I heard bluetooth uses less power (electricity).
Source: PC World Magazine

Also, I heard that the SP was supposed to have wireless to connect to GCN and other SPs. That would've been really revolutionalry. But they scrapped it last minuite.
Source: I forgot, probably GFAQS or a nintendo website.