shazam on the iphone
I have been wanting to blog some on the new applications on the iPhone. This is really my first and it is first because it has to be my favorite application.
The application is called Shazam. Shazam is an application that listens to a song on the radio or playing from anywhere else and queries a database of music and tells you the name of the song, the album and the artist. It then allows you purchase the music from iTunes.
It does not work so well when you sing the song, in fact it never worked for me. But, I cannot sing either 
From the description though it can only index the original music from an artist.
You can visit www.shazam.com for more information but they really do not say much about how they do this. It is amazing to me that they can identify music in just a few seconds. So far I have had a great experience. More than 9 out of 10 songs I have used shazam on are found. And in one click you can purchase right from iTunes.
Of course that quick access to iTunes can be a dangerous thing for some people
There is no charge for the iPhone application and it can be downloaded right from the app store on the iPhone or in iTunes.
If you have an iPhone and have not yet downloaded Shazam, I recomend that you do. You will be amazed as well.