What Song Is That? Ask Your Cell Phone

[JackSpratts]

shazam! for 75 cents cell phone users in the uk can now get instant song ids when they hold their phones close to a sound source. just dial 2580, hold the phone up to the radio (or tv) playing the song and within seconds you'll get a text message with track title and artist name. all this so you can buy the tune obviously but the record companies should make it free since it facilitates a sale. ahem. presupposing crafty netizens don't use it for the name of their next download of course.

- js.

[nappy4eva]

Wow.... Hard to believe this would work for the obscure stuff. I didn't know noice recognition had come this far. Really neat idea.

But I guess for now, it's only for the Brtis. I'm from Connecticut, too Jack (in case you forgot)

[JackSpratts]

we could always call the uk nappy4eva. btw, some of us on another board, dslreports, just did a ct hike. we (nine of us) went to the top of sleeping giant sp in hamden on saturday and relaxed at the castle. we had a good time. let me know if you'd like to join our next one. same for any members local to the area. we'll start a ct/northeast chapter of nu.

- js.