Just caught wind of a new DSi coming soon....the DSi XL http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/30/dsi-xl-faq-sized-up/

A larger screen would be very nice to have for sketching...of course I'm not sure if the increased size would be so nice....bigger pockets required. I'll take a wait-and-see attitude for now...but I just may have to start saving for a new sketchpad.

For those unfamiliar with why I would mention that here on an art site...I use a homebrew app for the DSLite to paint and work on thumbnails with called Colors

here's the Colors homepage http://colors.collectingsmiles.com/index.php

edit: My avatar over there was painted using it.

Nice find on the new dsi. I'm glad I didn't plunk money on it now. I would love to have a larger sketch area.

also there is an IFX DS colors thread

NDS Colors

Yes...a thread that hasn't had any posts for nearly a year

On the plus side is the fact that it looks like a few flash cartridge makers have re-worked their cards to work on the newer DSi...and hence also the DSi XL.