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iPhone App Review: Shazam helps you 'Name that tune'
Have you ever heard some music, be it in the background in a shop, or played on the radio and ever wished you knew the track's name? That's the dilemma Shazam sets out to solve. By launching the application, holding your iPhone to the sound source you want to 'tag' and waiting a few seconds to sample the track, Shazam will tell you what that track is, and present you with links to buy the song using the iPhone's built-in iTunes store, as well as doing a YouTube search for the track to see if there's any related videos you could see.
In our testing here at Download Squad HQ, the application performed very well with all the music we threw at it (classical, jazz, rock and pop) and even when tested in the middle of a busy city-centre street playing music from another iPhone's external speaker, the application still correctly identified our tracks. Best of all, Shazam is a free application from the App Store and available now.
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Subscribe to commentsMiguelJul 13th 2008 5:28PM
This app is AWESOME. It works very well and in almost any condition. I used it last night at a loud crowded bar to identify a song I liked and it worked perfectly.
JakeJul 13th 2008 5:35PM
also try Midomi... It does an equally good job with extra features.
richJul 15th 2008 10:25AM
Midomi never works for me.
RocketboyJul 14th 2008 8:52AM
Not trying to thread crap, but how do you create a RSS feed for here with a filter?
Zé MiguelJul 16th 2008 8:25AM
http://www.downloadsquad.com/feeds
KolinJul 15th 2008 6:35AM
I'm not sure about anywhere else, but shazam has has a phone service here for years, If you dial 2580 and let it listen to 20 secconds of music, it will send tou a txt with the artist and track name. Im guessing the iphone app is just some kind of wraper for this
MungerJul 15th 2008 7:37AM
All Sony-Ericssen phones have done this for years with there TrackID app
toxic boyJul 15th 2008 7:49AM
it's free for a "limited time". and then you'll have to pay for each successful ID or a monthly fee for the service, just like their normal mobile phone service.
Joe | A New Band A DayJul 15th 2008 8:34AM
This is indeed a great and fun invention! I can imagine the fun you'd have in the pub with this. Yet, it's still slightly worrying in a silver-foil hat conspiracy theory-type way - if a phone can have software that can figure out what music you're playing/humming, how long til it can 'intelligently' figure out what your conversations involve?
*re-watches 'Loose Change'*
Joe - http://www.anewbandaday.com
CorkyJul 15th 2008 10:24AM
You know, this has also existed as a part of the Verizon network for at least a year: Verizon Song ID. Interesting, but not innovative or new. AND, Verizon's service is completely free, not subject to a subscription service as this app appears to be. Way to go fanboys, you are once again making something old and common seem new and flashy, and also more expensive than it needs to be...
CarloAug 19th 2008 4:24AM
The Shazam music recognition service has existed for many years. Shazam brands the service directly in the UK (2580 service) and is white labeled by other operators in many countries. The Verizon Song ID service is in fact Shazam rebranded. More recently shazam has developed phone applications for Symbian, Microsoft, Java and now iPhone. Interestingly enough many people hear of Shazam only because of the success of the iPhone app. Have a look at www.shazam.com
SoFastRRJul 15th 2008 12:33PM
V Cast Music had this years ago, way to be on the ball Steve.
TeodzJul 16th 2008 4:51AM
Old news. Sony-Ericsson has done this years ago with TrackID.
JustinJul 17th 2008 1:20AM
Does anyone who went to Stump the Experts at WWDC this year know if this is the software the guy used to name all the songs? Or if not, do you know what software he was using?
radon420Aug 30th 2008 5:38AM
can i get this app with the old iphone? if so how do i download it? thanks