Wow, fantastic post at Create Digital Music about Smule Leaf Virtual Trombone for iPhone: Multiplayer Judging Fuses Instrument, Game
"Oh, yeah, and got any doubts about the business model for open source? ChucK is a completely free, ridiculously powerful programming language for synthesis. It?s infinitely deeper than Leaf Trombone. But that power, packaged for a broad audience, can become a hit business ? and likely to be popular well beyond musicians. If that?s possible, I imagine more could be soon. Remember, too, that whatever the Apple fanboys tell you, the iPhone is not a dominant mobile platform ? nowhere close. Apple?s proprietary hardware means it isn?t really intended to be.
I hope someone working on platforms like Symbian and Google Android takes note: pack in geeky, nuclear-powered synthesis features, and people will find ways to put them to use in consumer apps that appeal to everyone. Leave them out, and you miss the boat. Or the trombone, anyway."
Ok, in my spare time, learn Google Android.
