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You know how it goes — you’ve heard the song on the radio and liked it. The problem is that you don’t know which song is that, thus you can’t get it. This is the exact problem Verizon Wireless’ new service is trying to solve. The carrier’s V Cast Song ID enables subscribers to identify a piece of music by capturing a 10-second sample via mobile handset and seconds later receive title and artist information. It’s only natural that Verizon bundles this service with its mobile content store — after the song is identified you’ll be able to buy the song. According to Verizon, Song ID can identify more than 4 million songs from across genres and decades.
Mike Lanman, Verizon Wireless CMO, said, “Mobile services should provide music lovers with choices on how to buy new music. When customers have a choice of buying new songs from the PC and side-loading it to their phone, or to buy music spontaneously over-the-air, they choose immediacy almost every time. Music lovers want their new songs now and V CAST Song ID helps make it happen when they don’t know the name or artist of the song.”
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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