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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Geek Gifts 2011: Nintendo 3DS ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[But consider the iPod Touch]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Nintendo 3D stuff is VERY cool, and the augmented reality stuff is nothing short of amazing.I admit I know the internals of the DS Lite and DSi very well, having swapped or repaired everything from screens, to digitizers, fuses, should buttons, etc. HOWEVER, from a cost perspective, consider the fact that each of those little Nintendo plastic game chips costs $40 a pop, versus LOTS of 99 cent (or free) downloadable games for the iPod touch (or iPhone).  The camera, video capability, and web-browsing capability of the iPod are all much better than what Nintendo offers. However the Nintendo product is more rugged.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[robo_dev]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:14:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One nice thing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The DS line has a decient amount of community support. I purchased two DS lites as gifts for family at Christmas. Shortly after, maybe a couple of weeks, one of the screens broke. It was easy for me to find replacment parts, videos for the replacments and written instructions. It became appearant that all of the DS line has a large amount of support.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[poultrygeist]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:47:47 -0700</pubDate>
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