Gvido Dual-Screen Sheet Music Reader Debuts in Cannes
Gvido is a sheet music reader based on a pair of 13.3″ Mobius E-ink displays. it was announced on Friday, and according to the press release it was being shown off at a music industry conference in Cannes (said conference ended on Monday – today).
Weighing in at 650 grams, the Gvido measures 48 cm by 31 cm when unfolded. It has a Wacom touchscreen, Wifi, Bluetooth, and supports PDFs. You can use the Wacom stylus to annotate the PDF, and even save the notes and bookmarks for future use.
Gvido is the work of Terrada Music Score Co, but AV Watch also notes that it was designed in partnership with Fujio Noguchi, the former head of Sony’s ereader division.
This is not a Sony product, but it is going to be manufactured in a Sony plant in Nagano and is running software licensed from Sony.
It’s hard to say what that means in terms of software features, however.
Over the past few years several startups have teased us with dual-screen document viewers. So far neither Printless Plans nor NotesNote have brought their devices to market, but now it looks like one might.
But when will the Gvido hit the market?
Terrada isn’t saying. They have, however, released this nifty demo video showing the Gvido in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209Y6cspMAA
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