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New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs

Posted by samzenpus on from the name-that-tune dept.

Coolnat2004 writes "Ever get a song stuck in your head, but you missed the DJ announcement of the song name? That's the idea powering a new cell phone-based service called 411-SONG. Just call 866-411-SONG, and hold your phone up to the speaker. 15 seconds later the call ends and the information on your song is displayed on your phone's screen. This comes at a price, though. 99 cents for your first 5 songs, and then 99 cents a song after that. However, nbc4.com reports that a subscription model may be coming soon. Wouldn't this technology be great for fixing up all those ID3 tags?"

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  1. UK has Shazam Already by dan_polt · · Score: 5, Informative

    This type of service been available in the uk for a few years now with shazam, it works reasonably well for currently popular songs, fairs a bit oddly with some older stuff though.

    I have actually used it for mp3 tagging too :)

  2. Been there, done that .... by Paul+Lamere · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wouldn't this technology be great for fixing up all those ID3 tags? MusicBrainz

  3. AT&T already did this by Logic+Bomb · · Score: 4, Informative

    AT&T Wireless did this a year ago. See http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C2723/ for a typical summary

  4. Re:as usual, America is late by commanderfoxtrot · · Score: 4, Informative

    This sounds rather like MusicBrainz software.

    Yes, this sort of service has been around in the UK and France for several years now.

    Giles.

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