DS Turned into GPS

<p>Japan uses the Nintendo DS in school&comma; why not take the handheld and make it even more mobile&period; Toyota’s newest Smart Navi car navigation system lets driver turn the Nintendo DS into a navigation remote control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kuruma de DS&comma; loosely translated into &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;use the DS in the Car” allows passengers to use the DS to input destinations&period; The DS then gives map and sightseeing information&period; The DS also lets users save places where they have visited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Kuruma de DS card is Bluetooth enabled&comma; which lets DS owners pair the handheld with the car&period; After pairing&comma; the DS is ready to be used as a remote control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The DS navigation remote does not come cheap though&period; The high end Smart Navi is ¥206&comma;850 &lpar;US&dollar;2&comma;586&rpar;&period; Kuruma de DS has to be purchased separately from Toyota for ¥7&comma;329 &lpar;&dollar;92&rpar;&period; Neither price includes the DS &lpar;assuming one is not already owned&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5910724&sol;toyota-just-turned-the-nintendo-ds-into-a-navigational-system&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;socialflow&lowbar;kotaku&lowbar;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;kotaku&lowbar;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;socialflow">Kotaku<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;