The app store concept is what the music recognition business has been waiting for.
For all its undoubted progress, it’s arguable that the mobile content business has taken just two brands into the public consciousness. One is Crazy Frog. The other is Shazam.
Late last year, Fox pronounced the moped-riding amphibian dead. So that just leaves the music ID service. Happily, it’s never been in better health: Shazam currently claims around 35 million regular users.
The music ID sector, which essentially consists of Shazam and its close competitor Gracenote, always looked like a good bet for long term success.
While other mobile services could be seen as online offerings scaled down for the phone (what’s an operator download store if not iTunes but slower?), music ID is uniquely mobile: wherever you are, hold up that phone, ‘capture’ a few bars and wait for the results. Can’t do that with a Dell PC...
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