1.5 Million Shazamers on iPhone

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on September 26, 2008 9:57 AM

Shazam rported its application for the iPhone has been downloaded by over 1.5 million people in the first six weeks of its availability on the Apple App Store. The applications allows users to play a song into an iPhone to be identified and shared.

The application has been one of the most popular applications available for the iPhone and its ease of use has made iPhone users some of the most prolific Shazamers having identified more than 20 million music tracks in the last two months.

The application allows users to identify music tracks, watch the related videos on YouTube, and buy identified tracks through iTunes straight to the iPhone. Users can also tag the identified tracks with photos to instantly capture the moment and share these memories with friends.

Shazam is focused on continuing to improve its iPhone application and will be launching a premium application, based on user feedback, with additional features and functionality in the coming months; as well as increasing monetisation of the application through mobile advertising.

Shazam on the iPhone is currently available free from Apple's App Store or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. For more information on Shazam, www.shazam.com