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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: samxiao on November 19, 2004, 03:40:07 am

Title: Zaurus and Piano?
Post by: samxiao on November 19, 2004, 03:40:07 am

clip here (http://xgen.vitalstream.com/mcasx.asx?media=1880761&package=1832787)
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Yamaha’s new Disklavier Mark IV player piano looks pretty much just like any other baby grand piano, except with one difference: you can hook it up to your home wireless network. Alongside all of the strings and felt hammers, they’ve added a bunch of circuitry and a WiFi connection to the Disklavier Mark IV so you can wirelessly control the piano and what it plays from a WiFi-enabled Pocket PC or Tablet PC. There’s even a hard drive for storing all the songs you want it to play, and they also include their SmartKey technology to help you learn how to play the piano, with the Disklavier Mark IV moving the key you’re supposed to press and then waiting for your to strike it.

source: engadget.com

Title: Zaurus and Piano?
Post by: bgsfh on November 19, 2004, 02:21:16 pm

IMHO, this qualifies as the largest purpose built Zaurus peripheral yet.  Anyone seen anything larger?  (The trebuchet do not count as I believe they were made for Win/Palm devices.)

Title: Zaurus and Piano?
Post by: samxiao on November 20, 2004, 09:55:07 pm

i think Yamaha mod this Zaurus themselves

Title: Zaurus and Piano?
Post by: lpotter on November 22, 2004, 04:32:51 pm

Here's the press release, with a realplayer movie.
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/yamaha/20680/ (http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/yamaha/20680/)

I have confirmed that this does indeed, ship with a modified Sharp Zaurus, rebranded as Yamaha, and can be seen in the demo movie.

This rocks!