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Realtime Concert Program Notes on a PDA

Posted by michael on from the peter-and-the-wolf dept.

PoisonousPhat writes "NPR has an article on a new idea for concertgoers at the Aspen Music Festival. Dubbed the 'Concert Companion', the concept used a PDA (a Sony Clie PEG-NX73V for those of you that MUST know) as a 'listener's guide...that updates you with information about what you're hearing, in real time.' The concept seems similar to the audio headsets available in museum tours. Read the bleeping article here."

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  1. Or get a bloody booklet by Brahmastra · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get a bloody booklet about the concert before the concert and read that. Keep your shitty, glowing, backlit crap out of theaters. Cell-phones are bad enough

  2. Streaming Video by javatips · · Score: 2, Funny

    Next thing they are going to stream you the video of the concert to you PDA!!!

  3. Excellent, innovative idea, but -- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    -- are there any games on it in case the performance sucks?

  4. Encore! by dexter+riley · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite piece from the concert was "Your Battery is Low!" but I also liked "Unexpected Application Error."

  5. Sample commentaries by Atario · · Score: 4, Funny

    Listen to this...this is where the violin section can never quite get the staccato right. Hear that? See, it should sound like this...[MIDI plays, loudly]

    Oooh, now here comes the soloist. Did you know she's having an affair with the conductor? And they're both married! Can you believe it? I KNOW!

    Ahhh, I love this next part. It reminds me of the time I went to Aspen. It's SO nice there. Have you ever been? [Click here to book a flight now!]

    --
    "A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
  6. In other news by LupusUF · · Score: 2, Funny

    Geeks start raising their PDA's over their heads with the backlights on as a safe alternative to using a lighter.