In South Africa The Core Group and Nintendo are more or less one and the same which makes this story even funnier.  Both major hardware companies have release that same statement in the last few weeks. Apple is bringing out an iPad which is just a bigger iPhone or iPod Touch. Just the same as the DSi XL is just a bigger DSi.

Let’s take a look that the products compared. In size the DSi XL is 160% larger than the DSi and the iPad is 799.8% bigger that the iPhone or iPod Touch. In compatibility the iPad is compatible with all iPhone apps that don’t use the camera. DSi XL is compatible with all DSi and DS games that don’t use the Game Boy Advance slot. The new accessories for the iPad are a dock-in keyboard and the DSi XL comes with a bigger pen-sized stylus.

Here comes the real laugher. When Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced the DSi XL he used the words: “an improved view angle on the screens to make it a first portable system that can be enjoyed with people surrounding the gamer,”. Then a few weeks later in a promotional video Bob Mansfield, Senior Vice President of Hardware says, “not only a great experience looking directly at the device, but also off-angle when you’re sharing the device with someone else.”

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Nintendo's President Satoru Iwata disappionted at the new iPad tablet saying that "It was a bigger iPod Touch".