Casio phone that's a music studio

Juniper Foo | Jan 30, 2009

(Credit: kddi)

Having recently tried out the less-than-satisfactory free app for the iPhone, the honky-tonk Piano Man (one octave), Casio's upcoming flip phone naturally caught my eye. Part of KDDI au's new touchscreen lineup, the Casio CA001 ups the ante by offering an all-in-one band in a phone called Touch Session. The music creation program not only comes with a two-octave virtual keyboard, it's in an unusual two-tier arrangement that's reminiscent of the organ, which should do away with scrolling left and right awkwardly for more keys.

The program's developed by none other than Japanese music giant Yamaha, with a funky collection of 11 instruments to toot your tune and create your own compositions. The 500MB of onboard memory with microSD card slot is more than generous for taking care of recording needs.

As is typical of a Japanese phone, this flows with an overabundance of features, from a built-in pedometer to 1Seg over-the-air TV support, to an e-wallet, to name a few. However, being a Japan-only keitai, guess it's back to Piano Man or checking out some of the other paid iTunes piano apps.

Via Gizmodo

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