Smule and Apple are announcing the availability of the critically acclaimed Leaf Trombone: World Stage exclusively for iPhone OS 3.0.
• That’s right: 3.0 required
• New Duet Mode features iPhone OS 3.0 Gamekit peer-to-peer Bluetooth
• “Achievement Alerts” via iPhone OS 3.0 new push service
“iPhone OS 3.0 fundamentally changes the mobile social experience,” said Dr. Ge Wang, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Smule, and Assistant Professor at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). “With OS 3.0, mobile applications are not limited to passive, isolated experiences, but instead may achieve a new level of social engagement.”
To celebrate the arrival of OS 3.0 and the new Leaf Trombone, Smule is hosting a contest: “Feel The Love”.
Contest Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNUh5K-Uic&fmt=22
Every other week for the next eight weeks, Smule will be awarding $500 in cash to the user with the most love:
1. Signup on http://leaftrombone.smule.com/;
2. Perform a song on “Leaf Trombone: World Stage”, and note of the “Session ID” once your performance is judged;
3. Get loved from any users viewing your performance
Encourage your biggest fans to download the free version of Leaf Trombone at:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=314456356&mt=8”>Leaf
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=309080428&mt=8”>full
Enter the Session ID in the Observe menu on the World Stage, and then heart your performance.
Interesting leaf trombone stats since launching the product six weeks ago:
•Leaf Trombone users have judged in approximately 850,000 sessions online
• Using the online composer, Leaf Trombone users have contributed more than 4,250 songs to the user community
• The top jurist, Gabe, hales from the upper east side of New York City, and has judged 1,945 sessions thus far
• The top performer, Daniel, hales from an Indianapolis suburb, and has performed 490 times on the world stage; on the negative side, Daniel has “chicken exited” 115 times
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star remains the most popular song among leaf trombonists, and has been performed 19,803 times