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Chokkan Band from Taito out and on the town
Published 11/14/2008 by Michael at Trends in Japan - CScout Japan Blog
Even before the iPhone, NTT DoCoMo was making phones with accelerometers that let you play chokkan (motion) games, send an email with a flick of your wrist, and use the phone physically to interact with applications. Recently, much has been made of using the onboard cameras to accomplish the same thing, and there are more and more cool applications coming out. For those of us without Guitar Hero we can now use our mobile phones to play Chokkan Band courtesy of Taito. The sensor on the phone detects movement, allowing anyone to use the phone as a guitar, violin, drums, or other instrument. ...

Taito presents Chokkan Band
Published 11/19/2008 by kim at Gizmodiva.com
NTT DoCoMo has been in the business long before a certain Apple phone came along. It has been dealing with phones with accelerometers that let you play Chokkan (motion) games, send an email with a flick of your wrist, and use the phone physically to interact with applications. Not all of us own Guitar Hero and some of us don't want to give in to the overly popular game. That's where we can play Chokkan Band (thanks to Taito) with our mobile phones. The sensor on the phone detects movement, making it possible for anyone to use the phone as a guitar, violin or any other instrument you can think of. You can have a nice jam ...