I personally think 2010 is a possibility, 2011 is fairly likely, and I'm almost certain we will see it before the end of 2012 ...
As much as I think Nintendo will enjoy the bragging rights of having the best selling dedicated gaming machine ever, their primary goal is to grow their revenues through game sales by growing the market and I'm not sure they can do much more with the DS to meet these goals. While I don't want to suggest that they're in a rush to abandon the Nintendo DS, I'm fairly certain they're trying to decide the timing for their next system and its not that far into the future.







