Due to the proliferation of mobile phones, iPods and other portable devices, as well as the advent of open platforms for software developers on iOS and Android etc, there is the opportunity for any bedroom programmer to develop software and sell it in the market place.

This article is by no means exclusive, and will undoubtedly date quickly, but it provides some starting points for how teachers might consider using this technology within the classroom.

Tim Hallas also has a website here where he regularly provides reviews of Apps suitable for music education