I agree. Nintendo has never included large storage space in their consoles, so I doubt they'd start including it in their handhelds. While internal storage would be nice, Nintendo would be smarter to rely on the SD slot, to cut down on costs.Midna said:8 Gigs? The Wii has 512MB. Sure, they realized this is not enough later and added a half assed SD card system, but still. I expect minimal storage space, maybe 1 or 2 Gigs, and an SD system.
While it hasn't been announced yet, I have a strong feeling the 3D movies will release in the form of full retail carts, packaging and all (much like UMD movies for PSP). If movies are download only, then I could understand the need for large storage space, but I feel the downloadable content will be suited for SD cards in the 2-16gb range. We'll just have to wait and see.
As for the OT, I've never noticed my DS(Lite) making noise before, and I doubt this will be a problem unless your environment is insanely quiet. It can't be as loud as my Dreamcast or original Xbox 360, that's for sure.