If you didn’t believe that Nintendo’s latest update to its DS consoles would result in a sales frenzy, think again. Japanese mag publisher Enterbrain has compiled a list of retail sales which already accounted for 170,000 out of the first batch of 200,000 units by Sunday, two days after the handheld launched. It’s probably fair to assume that it’s completely sold out by now.

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The UK’s Xbox head honcho, Stephen McGill, has been busy dousing the flames of rumours all day. First he quashed suggestions that Microsoft was working on a new 360 model, and now he’s put an end to hopes that an Xbox handheld is on the way as emphatically as possible: “No, we’re not looking to do a handheld gaming device.”

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It’s sandwich o’clock, but as well as stuffing your face, stuff your mind with the latest tech news you’ve missed so far today!

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By packing the DSi with a camera, built in web browser and SD card capabilities Nintendo has, perhaps unwittingly, unleashed the ultimate blogging tool. It’s smaller than a laptop, more fun than your phone and fits in your pocket. Need more convincing? Read on, gadget fancier.

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Stop! Lunch time! But before you chomp down on that sandwich, have a quick squiz at all the tech news you’ve missed today, there’s a good chap.

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Nintendo has confirmed that its newly-announced DS handheld console revamp, the DSi, will not allow you to play games bought in other regions. The DSi features a camera, SD card slot, web browser and larger screens and launches in November in Japan and, according to the rumours, Spring 2009 in Europe.

The region lock, stopping Japanese DSi consoles playing European games etc. is only for DSi-specific games (cartridges or downloaded from the new “DSi Shop”), existing DS games will still be region-free. So why should gamers be up in arms about such a limited region lock?

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Can’t wait to get your hands on Nintendo’s DSi? Well, you may need to prepare yourself for a bit of a wait - Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told the Nikkei business paper that the new DS will “probably” be launched in the US and Europe next year.

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Apple’s iPhone may be forcing its way into the handheld gaming market like the N-Gage never managed, but consoles kings Sony and Nintendo are hitting back, with the Sony PSP 3000 released in a fortnight, and Ninty announcing the new DSi just today.

The iPhone may have top class games like Spore on the system, but can it match up to the re-tooled, reloaded offerings from the Japanese giants? We pit these handheld heroes in a fight to the death to find out.

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