miniMusic Releases BugBand Educational Music Software for Palm OS Platform
 October 14, 2000Today miniMusic(tm) will release
BugBand(tm), an educational game for learning to read and play music. The
correct notes must be played before the bugs crawl across the musical staff
on the Palm(tm) handheld computer screen. Notes can be played on either an
on-screen piano keyboard, or guitar fretboard. Last year miniMusic
revolutionized the industry with its first portable music notation
software, NotePad, followed by the powerful and interactive BeatPad. Now
miniMusic offers the first of their educational series.
BugBand is animated and musical. It is an educational program for the Palm
OS(r) platform that appeals to both children and adults. Anyone who wants
to learn to read music will benefit from this software, and have fun doing
it. Users can be drilled on both the treble and bass clef, sharp and flat
notes, and piano and guitar. Notes can even be written in with Palm's
Graffiti(r) alphabet to teach the letter names of notes (and teaches you to
write Graffiti characters fast!).
"Handheld computers have been reserved for the business world long enough,"
says Chad Mealey, president of miniMusic. "BugBand is reaching new users
for Palm handhelds: children, students, and musicians. Education should be
a part of everyone's lives; now you can take a powerful educational tool,
put it in your pocket, and have it with you everywhere you go. Learning
music will become more accessible for everybody."
The new software will run on any Palm Powered(tm) handheld running Palm OS
2.0 or higher, including handheld computers from Palm, Handspring, IBM,
TRG, Qualcomm, and Sony. BugBand can play notes on the built-in speaker,
or any attached electronic music instrument using the industry standard
MIDI protocol.
Pricing, Availability, Distribution, and Support
The miniMusic BugBand 1.0 software becomes available for $11.95 U.S. on
September 27th, 2000. At this time the software will only be available on
the internet, but will soon be available through other channels, including
retail. A free demo is currently available for download from the miniMusic
web-site at http://www.5thwall.com/minimusic and from other Palm software
distributors such as PalmGear H.Q., Handango, and Smaller.com. For more information, visit their web site at www.5thwall.com/minimusic. |
