The pix of the Tyros II were real. Yamaha wouldnt have gone to such drastic measures if they weren't (lots of doctored pix of fake Tyros and other keyboards float around the web all the time and nobody cares).

The only question is whether Yamaha may now decide not to release the Tyros II. Those Yamaha guys are no dummies, despite what I may otherwise claim sometimes... it's not beyond them to leak some info to both build up speculation and to get some initial feedback. In this case, the feedback is bad... a few minor additions have been mentioned such as digital outputs, playable MegaVoices and basic sampling capability, but the major upgrade is the price which has been floated around as $4600 MSRP. If we were all smacking our lips in anticipation and ready to place pre-orders then we'd see a big Tyros II roll out soon, but since we're all wondering "what are these people thinking?" then Yamaha has the option of pulling the Tyros II altogether without the risk of looking bad by putting a turkey on the market.