metaxin

For a 9 year-old, I think the DS Lite is a better suit. PSP, although more technologically advanced, doesn't have the kind of software that the DS (Lite) has. The DS Lite has a slew of educational software such as Brain Age and Big Brain Academy along with games for pure entertainment purposes that suit all ages. Elderly people are even playing games on the DS Lite in Japan! Oh, the pencil thing that you are referring to is called a "stylus" and it's used on the touch screen (the bottom screen) for gameplay. You can forgo the stylus and just use your fingers, but that will surely leave so many fingerprints that will hinder viewing of the screen. The PSP has more multimedia functions like movies and music, but you'd have to be able to set everything up yourself in order to enjoy that aspect of the machine. If you don't know how to convert your own mp4 movies or mp3 music, you'd be stuck shelling out up to 30 dollars for sony's UMD movie discs (which can only be played on a PSP). PSP is manufactured by Sony and DS Lite by Nintendo. Sony is notorious for manufacturing shoddy hardware while Nintendo has a reputation for hardware that can still work after being flushed down a toilet! But it's been a while since the PSP came out so I'd imagine all the bugs have been fixed. Since the primary user is a 9 year-old, a warranty might be in order no matter which path you choose. Hope this helps!

Hey! First time posting on these forums. I think this site's BF shopping list function is awesome! I wish I utilized this site for last year's shopping spree (this is my 2nd year shopping on BF). I just hope all the early bird and rebate information is intact from the ads. As for your question, I will be going for some hard drives, power tools, and miscellaneous computer-related stuff. It looks like I will be hitting up BB, CC, and maybe Compusa. I dare not venture towards Walmart for the parking lot will probably be full the night before BF and it will be total madness according to some who have been there in previous years. I think the things that get sold out the quickest are usually the high-end electronics like laptops, portable dvd players and HDTVs. They are also in slimmer numbers so they stand to have the greatest chances of being cleared out before anything else. I guess this is normal since those deals are the ones that the retailers put out to reel in more customers during BF. While one is picking up anr HDTV, might as well buy whatever else is on sale there instead of at a competitor's store. Hm... actually, what I mentioned was for electronics-oriented stores. I don't really know, but I'd guess that jewelry sells out the quickest among other retailers like Kohl's or JC Penny.