SplashPlay is now available in the Android Market for guitar players everywhere. While the application title does portray that it is geared around music, it does not do the application justice. SplashPlay claims to have people strumming away to their favorite songs in minutes.

For those of us who have always wanted to learn how to play guitar here is our chance. SplashPlay offers a new generation of learning to play the guitar. Only G1 owners have the ability to interact with videos giving them exclusive features. Getting started is easy, just attach the pod and light panel to your guitar and download the software.

* Share and learn music on different instruments using the SplashPod and a paper-thin light panel.

* Combines freely available tutorials with optionally available hardware.

* Learn songs or chords wherever you want, on a bus or train or even in your tent at a music festival.

* Use the phone to wirelessly control the light panel using Bluetooth.

This application is very portable, SplashPlay sends information to the pod from a mobile phone or computer using a Bluetooth connection. Some features SplashPlay also offer include a guitar tuner, metronome and hands free Bluetooth foot pedal. The guitar version of SplashPlay is scheduled for early 2009, shortly followed by light panel releases for the keyboard/piano, drums, violin and many other instruments.

According to company reports, Asustek Computers are planning to launch their first Android powered handset in the first quarter of 2009.

It is believed ASUS will initially sell the Android powered devices under its own brand in the Taiwan market, before also launching customized models for overseas clients.

Currently there is no technical information available for the proposed Android handset, though ASUS tend to focus heavily on 3G data and regularly adds GPS support for their hardware.

Speaking at a media event in Copenhagen this week, Sony Ericsson’s chief technology architect Mats Lindoff spoke about the companies involvement with the Android platform and their concerns over services.

Sony Ericsson have been working with the Android platform on a number of prototypes although they seem hesitant about an Android powered handset release:

“[But] to go with mass production and working with prototypes are two different things,” he explained. “If you want to give every service away to Google, then Android is the perfect solution.”

Sony Ericsson confirmed that it has been testing Android, but does not have plans to launch handsets based on the platform anytime soon.