Fun, but screen-tapping is no match for air guitar

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The ocarina application they use, which mimics the flute, looks like great fun, letting you blow into the iPhone's microphone like a futuristic recorder.

As a proper instrument, though, I'm not sure it will catch on. Beyond just playing the right notes, pop musicians have an ingrained need to look spectacular, and fiddly screen-tapping is no match for a windmilling guitar arm - they look more like four friends standing around texting their mates than real performers.

Unlike the age-old guitar-bass-drums rock template, the world of live electronic pop music is still moving forwards in exciting directions. On Björk's last tour her band member played a reactable, a glowing table that makes sounds when you slide objects across it.

And artist Little Boots plays the Tenori-on, Yamaha's LED screen that creates music with light patterns. These objects prove that in live music at least, there is still something cooler than an iPhone.