Well I have two friends with hacked DSes and they have no problem with them. They have PSPs also and the homebrew community is nice. I would get a PSP if there was a release worth having for it right now. DS is mostly remakes as well with a few good Castlevania games and the New Super Mario Bros. game. Even though I can technically play remakes of FF4 and others, they aren't quite as nice as the new DS versions coming out. They should just remake every FF using the Unreal 3 engine for Xbox360 and PS3 and get it over with lol.
I feel sorry for you if you feel like leeching off of game developers is perfectly fine. I commit piracy like a motherfucker, and I can easily say that pirating music and games is STEALING. Not like I feel really sorry for them or anything. I would rather not do it to a company I actually like, and Nintendo is one of those companies (I do hate Sony and MS like crazy though). I have ROMs and emulators galore, none of that is as good as playing a fully remade 3D FF4 on my DS. My laptop isn't as portable as a DS. Handwriting has nothing to do with the gameplay, the touchscreen is merely a gimmick in most games.