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Shazam Announces Application for iPhone

London, 10 July 2008 - Shazam, a leading mobile music discovery provider, today announced a native version of its mobile application will be available for iPhone on the new Apple App Store beginning today. Already an industry standard, Shazam fully integrates with and complements the iPhone, allowing users to seamlessly discover, buy and share tunes simply by holding their iPhone to music for just a few seconds.

"Shazam on the iPhone allows users to discover, capture and share their experiences through music and images to fully encapsulate that moment." said Andrew Fisher, Shazam's CEO. "Shazam is inherently linked to the one device that is always with you - the mobile phone - and as such provides an instant link to the emotions and memories that sound evokes."

The Shazam mobile application enables music lovers to tap into a vast database of nearly five million tracks, giving instant satisfaction for those times when users want to know the tune that is playing, learn more about the artist, buy the song immediately - or simply add it to their playlist. Shazam also exploits the iPhone's rich visual experience to allow users to view music videos with links to YouTube and share their memorable moments with their friends and family by attaching photos to the tag.

Following seven years of focused effort in the mobile music space, Shazam has delivered a comprehensive and easy to use music services to consumers. Shazam's one-touch service is sensitive enough to recognise tracks within just three seconds, even when the volume is low and in environments with significant background noise.

Key user features include:

  • Tag music: identify music anywhere - whether it's on the radio, TV, in a movie or in a store
  • Build one"s own soundtrack: see the list grow every time music is tagged
  • Get the music: go straight to iTunes to preview and buy
  • Music Videos: see related videos of the track on YouTube
  • Capture the moment: personalise the tag by taking a photo and adding it to "My Tags"
  • Share the moment: send track details to friends via email

Shazam is already used by more than 15 million music lovers around the world, live in over 60 countries and deployed with 75 carriers. Shazam on the iPhone is available for free from Apple's App Store on iPhone or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

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  • Art, Culture, Entertainment

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  • iphone
  • app store
  • apple

About Shazam

Shazam is one of the most popular apps of all time, used by hundreds of millions of people globally to connect to the world around them. Building on its pioneering leadership in music identification, Shazam now helps people discover, interact with, and share video, audio, or printed content on TV, radio, movie screens, magazines, newspapers, packaged goods, and retail stores -- and now Shazam lets music fans follow their favorite artists to see their Shazams and share in the thrill of discovery. The app has exceeded 20 billion total Shazams since its launch, and users Shazam over 20 million times each day. For more information on how Shazam has created new technology tools for brands to utilize data visit www.shazam.com

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