It has 24 frets and a large multifunctional touchscreen which hooks-up to the appropriate software on your pc.
It is an advanced type of MIDI controller that is powered by a 500MHz AMD Geode CPU and runs Linux under the hood – you don’t need Linux to use the guitar though.
The Linux firmware code is open source, which allows programmers to modify it to their liking.
While MIDI controllers and guitar-emulating synthesizers are nothing new to the music world you have to admit that the Misa does look rather more special than a short keyboard with dials and knobs.
I am obsessed with digital guitar. But I also love electric guitar, and I have learned what it’s good at and what it’s capable of. Some of its most important qualities and characteristics stem from the very fact that the electric guitar is made out of wood and strings. A guitar string is “beautiful” – because the sound generated comes from the very vibration of the string, interfering with a magnetic flux and inducing an electric voltage, which is then amplified. Why would you want to emulate that? It is perfection. It is pure nature. It is in the analog domain. I did not intend the Misa digital guitar to replicate a traditional guitar.
That mythical, legendary and oft rumoured handset that has taunted the iPhone from the safe confines of non-Apple-lovin imaginations for the last couple of years.
That is all set to change next month as the G-branded blower is (allegedly) ready to drop in a few weeks.
Twitter reports from a CNet staffer and some Google employees suggest the phone, built by HTC and running Android 2.1, could be available in January 2010.
There are even versions out there that are unlocked and have been groped by Googlers at an all-hands meeting.
-”Capacitive touch screen and on screen keyboard only, yes. Re: AT&T, it was unlocked. Dude just put an AT&T sim in it 2 test it.”
–”It was thin. Dare I say as if not a bit thinner than iPhone. Scrolly ball like on the hero. This one was running on AT&T. #googlephone”
–”Wasn’t able to gander @ h/w specs unfortunately. Supposedly, Google employees were given tons of these phones today. unlocked. #googlephone”
–”Supposedly we should start hearing a lot about the new Google phone over the next few days. Its slick in an HTC hero sorta way.”
–”The new Google Phone runs on HTC hardware. I saw it w/ Android 2.1. Homescreen has new visual enhancements like animated desktop wallpaper.”
–”…I just had my hands on the Google Phone. I feel so priveleged!”
A tweet from Leslie Hawthorn, a Product Manager at Google’s Open Source Team seems to back up Howell’s twitterings:
–”Stuck in mass of traffic leaving work post last all hands of 2009. ZOMG we had fireworks and we all got the new Google phone. It’s beautiful”
If this all above board and not some clever hype-machine at work then an actual and read Google handset would give Google the kind of brand kudos the likes of which the iPhone bathes in.
Does anyone know a Google employee that has been given a new phone as Leslie has?
There could be a backlash, however, as Google may be tempted to put more emphasis on the gPhone rather than all the other phones that it’s trying to get the Android platform on.
What do you think? Could an actual Google Phone be here next year – we have been listening to this kinda thing since 2007 remember
Remember that Zii chip that had all that stem cell marketing stuff going on?
When I heard that Creative were going to shove it into an egg I was mightily confused….
Until I discovered that the Creative Zii EGG is actually a PMP that will be packing Android.
Not only that but it’s set to taunt the Touch [...]
Most of you will have used Wikipedia at some point – and generally the information is correct.
As a resource it is actually quite handy as it contains easy-to-get-at text and pics, but it’s lacking when it comes to videos.
This is all going to change in a couple of months, as Wikipedia has plans for video [...]
I think Google’s Chrome browser is pretty good – I now tend to use it instead of Firefox, and that’s a big step for me!!
But they’re not resting on their shiny laurels, oh no!
Google are now stroking their collective chins and figuring out another way to take Microsoft’s profit away – they’ve decided an all-new [...]
It has been reported that there’s more than 30 products lined up that will be packing Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon chipset.
Qualcomm claims the 3G chipset, which incorporates graphics capabilities as well as a CPU, will enable low-power, always-on devices – these hybrid laptop-cum-smart-phone thingies Qualcomm has named ‘smartbooks‘.
Snapdragon will enable mini laptop style devices – with [...]
Get your credit cards ready people – the “Lego of Gadgets” store is now open and awaiting your orders.
For people unaware of what Bug Labs is all about here’s a quick taster: Their vision is
“…a future where CE stands for Community Electronics, the term “mashups” applies equally to hardware as it does to Web services….”
It’s [...]
If you don’t fancy queuing up for an iPhone/Pod/Mac, hunting for that ellusive Wii or bored of waiting for that XBox 360 limited edition thingy – why not try something different for crimbo?
My cousin mentioned this stuff last night and I’m really tempted to try some of it out so thought I’d share the wealth [...]
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