Using Your Cell to Name That Tune

Can't identify that catchy song playing in the bar or on the radio? Several new services will do the job through your cellphone for a fee, reports the WSJ in an article on several music recognition services available in the US.

"Song-recognition services have been available abroad for a few years, but have only recently become widely available in the U.S. Rocket Mobile Inc says more than one million people have downloaded its Song Identity cellphone program since November,

New York-based NMK Inc. says it has fielded more than 80,000 calls for its 411-Song service since its April launch. That service can be used by customers of all major carriers.

Related services:

-- Song Recognition Application Included on Select Motorola Mobile Devices

-- MusicKube Launches SongLink'd Service

-- Fido Names That Tune

-- 411-SONG

-- Asia's First Mobile Music Recognition Service

-- Shazam in the UK and Europe

-- Gracenote's service with Philips, in U.S.

-- Dial-That-Tune Comes to U.S.

emily | 9:15 AM | Reports and Studies |
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