Should School Music Classes Go "I-Phone"

"The iPhone may be the first instrument —electronic or acoustic — that millions of people will carry in their pockets."

That being said should they be used in school music classes? Professor Wang thinks so.
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Google Gives Apple A Run For It's Money

Google has launched it's music service quietly, without much fanfare. The company has partnered up with imeem, Lala.com, Myspace,Pandora and Rhapsody. Apple wasn't invited to the party. Taking a closer look it's evident that Apple's i-Tunes just got whacked with a sucker punch. Google's service is subtle. If you search for an artist and/or song using Google's regular search engine, the appropriate match will now be displayed as number one in the results complete with a player provided by LALA that will play any song once through and then any number of times as 30 seconds samples.

Purchasing the track is made simple especially if you use GOOGLE CHECKOUT. Tracks are, on average, .40 cents cheaper than i-Tunes tracks (.89 cents instead of the $1.29) and are delivered as Mp3's for universal playability.

Coming soon: an i-phone app and wireless streaming. That giant sucking sound? That would be digital music market share being transferred to the Google side of the fence. Great times, these, since this is probably not the end of the story. If .89 cents is the new 1.29, could .49 be far away? When all the world is streaming music only, what's that cost? .10 , .05? Nothing?

It all just might become FREE.

The i-Phone As A Musical Instrument

Ever since Apple opened up the i-Phone, apps for it seem to crop up daily. I don't think too many people saw this one coming: The i-Phone-As-Musical-Instrument. True enough, this app "senses" the pressure of one's breath on the microphone. Digital keys show up (in the classic ocarina pattern) on the face allowing an individual to play the i-Phone. Really! Check it out.

The I-Phone More Popular Than Kindle E-Reader

I write some time ago whether Apple would be able to compete with Amazon's Kindle E-Book Reader by creating a similar (read: better) device. Looks like they don't have to.

Forbes reports that...

It's official: The iPhone is more popular than Amazon.com's Kindle. And not just in the obvious categories like listening to music, browsing the Web or the other applications where Kindle barely competes. Now, the iPhone is also muscling into Amazon's home turf: reading books.

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