Is Shazam available on Blackberry?”
Music recognition service Shazam has launched an app for BlackBerry handsets that allows users to quickly identify music tracks and even send the title and artist info to their friends with the touch of a button. As soon as the Shazam on BlackBerry app, which is available from RIM’s BlackBerry App World, is opened, the handset can be held up in front of music playing to identify a track. According to Shazam CEO Andrew Fisher, this process takes 10 seconds rather than the average 20 seconds it takes to use the service in the standard way, which involves dialling 2580, waiting for the call to connect and then holding the phone up to music. Once the song has been identified, the track name and artist information – known as a ‘tag’ – is sent straight to the user’s phone, along with album artwork. The app even lets handset owners send this information to their friends by email, text or BlackBerry messaging, as well as access other related content including track and album reviews and lyrics
