Front or top of the DSi

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Back or bottom of the DSi

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Inside the DSi

Here you can see the upper and lower LCD screens. On the top half, in the lower left corner, are the indicator LEDs for wireless, charging, and power.rn

rnOn the bottom left half is the +Control Pad and Power / Reset Button. On the bottom right half is the A, B, X, and Y Buttons, plus the Start and Select Buttons. rn

rnIt’s difficult to see in this photo, but on the bottom right edge in front are the Headphone / Microphone Connectors.rn

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Fully opened

Here is a better view of the lower screen and buttons.rn

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System turned on

When you first Power on the DSi, a Health and Safety warning displays.rn

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DSi Sound

The Nintendo DSi Sound application.rn

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Record and edit sounds

DSi Sound allows you to record and edit audio. In this photo, the dialogue bubbles that have color contain recordings. You can also alter .mp4 or .m4a music files that you’ve saved to a SD card.rn

rnTo hear a sample of the things that you can do with DSi Sound, listen to this mp3 file.rn

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DSi Camera

The Nintendo DSi Camera application.rn

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Take or view photos

You can take and edit photos with the DSi camera or you can modify photos that you’ve already taken and which are stored in the Album. You can also import or copy images to a SD card, as well as exchange (or send) images to another DSi that’s in wireless range.rn

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Game photos

Some games take a photo for the user profile.rn

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Michief

There are eleven different lenses to choose from in the Camera application. Here is an example of one of the options in the Mischief lens.rn

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Another Mirror photo

Here’s another example of the Mirror lens.rn

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Resemblance - unrelated

When two faces have been identified, the Resemblance lens takes a photo and gives a similarity percentage and determination of whether or not the two people are related.rn

rnAs you can see in this example, my friend Jack and I are not related, which is true. rn

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Resemblance - also unrelated

In this example, my friend Jack and my son Andrew are also not related, which is true.rn

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Resemblance - related

The DSi Resemblance lens did detect that Andrew and I are related. Three out of three isn’t bad!rn

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Emoter - happy

The Emoter lens makes a face look happy (or really old, in my case).rn

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Emoter - mad

The mad Emoter face is equally scary. rn

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Distortion

If you’ve seen the previous photos in this gallery, you know that Jack doesn’t normally look like this. The Distortion lens is to blame!rn

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Distortion fun

Andrew had quite a bit of fun with the Distortion lens.rn

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Distortion surprise

With one nostril, there would definitely be less to blow.rn

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Distortion alien

I always knew my child was out of this world, but I didn’t know he was from another galaxy!rn

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Distortion continued

Even I had to check out the Distortion lens, and I laughed the entire time I was playing with it.rn

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Distortion in the family

Mother and son — the Distortion family.rn

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Hours of fun with Distortion

The cool thing about editing photos is that you can edit as little or as much of the image as you want. This particular photo pretty much portrays a typical day at my house.rn

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