March 4, 2005
Nokia's welcoming Kiss to Visual Radio
Nokia is teaming up with Finnish radio station Kiss FM to to broadcast what they've called is a world first - Visual Radio [via T3 - News]
Update Apologies for comparing it previously in this post to music recognition technology, I got it all wrong. This article in InfoSync World may shed more light as well as Visual Radio's "how it works" page.
You simply turn the Visual Radio mode on your handset (you don't dial a number to identify a song like with Shazam.)
"Kiss FM Visual Radio provides visual information on the song and artist currently playing on the radio, including album information and future tour dates. By pushing a button, listeners can take part in competitions and audience polls, buy ring tones and wallpapers for their phone, and among other things book tickets for concerts."
The three phones Nokia launched earlier this week – the 7710, the 3230 and the 6230 – will be the first to feature the Visual Radio application, with more compatible handsets released throughout the year".
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