I was linked to this earlier.  It's pretty impressive.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=50149

 Something so obviously useful will likely become industry-standard, especially once they can produce it for a reasonable cost.  One day soon, playing video games in the bath may not be such a risky venture after all.  Thoughts?

that would be awesome, i would totally play video games in the shower lol

Wasn't the original gameboy waterproof? Sorta. I mean water got in... but that thing would still run. Don't know what the hell that thing was made out of.

imagine the adverts! "The DS Water Proof, for the times youre underwater and need a touch screen gaming experience"

Yes, because that is obviously the next greatest step in gaming.

This is one seriously bad ass product.

If you had a touch screen and you were in water, or had water being sprayed at you, that wouldn't really work out at all. It'd mess with the touchscreen (the water would press against the touch screen and make it react).

So why was the iphone/ipod touch working just fine?

be a neat addition but probably not a major selling point.

The original Game Boy wasn't waterproof, it was just a tank of a game system. Almost literally; there was one that survived being burnt crispy-toasty during the Gulf War, and it still works.