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Verizon Wireless announced that their song-identifying app, Song ID, has been downloaded for 10 million times. Furthermore, since it was launched in May 2007, users have requested more than 100 million titles using Song ID.
V CAST Song ID can identify millions of songs from genres ranging from the latest chart toppers to ’80s rock classics. When the phone is placed near a music source like a stereo speaker or car radio, V CAST Song ID names the artist, song and album title. After successful recognition, the application will determine if the song is available as a full-track song, ringtone or ringback tone and, when prompted by the user, directly launch either Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music store, where the user has the option to purchase and download the full track or the VZW Tones store, where the user can purchase the track as a ringtone, ringback tone or both.
Verizon also used the occasion to share the list of top 10 identified songs that have been downloaded as ringtones, and top 10 songs identified, downloaded and purchased as ringback tones. We won’t repeat those — here’s the link to the official release from where you can get that information, if you care that much. 
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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.
