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"Name that tune" app Shazam has indexed over one billion songs

4 replies · 2,615 views · Started 18 May 2010

The Shazam application is becoming more visible in Symbian, what with over a million downloads through the Ovi Store, and preloaded onto a number of Symbian devices either out of the box (5630) or through the firmware update (the 5800) and it’s paying off for the company. The “what is that tune I can hear” application has now indexed over one billion songs, and the user base is 75 million.

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Which firmware update has Shazam?
I have v50 and I don't have it. Maybe in another country?

I find those figures amazing because I would never feel the need to use a service like Shazam, and therefore would never imagine there could be any money to be made out of it.

what a fantastic app. cool fun and brilliant. just went to a music store in mymall centre in limassol. the guy wouldnt have had a clue what i wanted. i shazamed a track last night at the local club and got the cd today.