Uh-oh, new Android Users... Shazam's going freemium...

[whitenack]

I've never had it take more than 10-20 seconds. If it took you 2-3 minutes, I'd venture to guess it was a result of a poor data connection.

Could be. Wasn't sure if it was that or a hard section of the song.

 

[franked]

As I said earlier, on the details page of the update, it says "If you've used Shazam on your phone prior to 13 Jul 10, you're still entitled to unlimited tagging".

By the way, Soundhound limits you to 5 songs a month, too.

I even removed the app Monday and reinstalled it yesterday to see if it was gonna limit me to 5 tags. Nope. Unlimited. Pretty cool.

 

[whitenack]

I even removed the app Monday and reinstalled it yesterday to see if it was gonna limit me to 5 tags. Nope. Unlimited. Pretty cool.

Yeah, that has me wondering if that billing screen is reliable.

 

[TurboCam]

I find shazam is one of those apps that's cool to show off to people, but other than that I find it totally useless. Maybe it's because I hold too much useless knowledge in my own memory and can remember who sang most songs on the radio. Additionally, for those VZW customers, I think verizon has a free shazam-like app that does the same thing as shazam.

 

[franked]

I find shazam is one of those apps that's cool to show off to people, but other than that I find it totally useless. Maybe it's because I hold too much useless knowledge in my own memory and can remember who sang most songs on the radio. Additionally, for those VZW customers, I think verizon has a free shazam-like app that does the same thing as shazam.

Same here. Besides, if I don't know a song, I typically can't drop what I'm doing to "Shazam" it. It's fun to show, but not much beyond. I wanted to see if it would honor the wording "was used on the phone prior to X date".

 

[milominderbinde]

How does the music-identifying app Shazam work its magic? - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine

Wow. As I have been tagging songs, I have wondered how Shazam can pay for the Server and the bandwidth. As much as I hate to see them set a 5 song per month limitation the free version, I totally see why they have to do it.

 

[Menno]

If the product works good for you, instead of jumping ship when they try and recoup their losses, you could just... you know, buy the app you enjoy so much?

 

[Bujin#IM]

I find shazam is one of those apps that's cool to show off to people, but other than that I find it totally useless. Maybe it's because I hold too much useless knowledge in my own memory and can remember who sang most songs on the radio. Additionally, for those VZW customers, I think verizon has a free shazam-like app that does the same thing as shazam.

I actually use it more than I thought, mainly because my boys are constantly listening to the car radio and saying "cool song...who's it by?"

 

[Nebilim]

WOOO i have unlimited tags too...maybe because i had it on my phone before and it was removed due to my hard reset

 

[Rhoq]

Me too. I downloaded it a couple of days ago, but never opened it up until today.

Don't worry. I had downloaded Shazam about a week or so ago, but never opened it. Applied the update this morning. Just checked the payment status and said it's paid/unlimited. You should see the same.

 

[whitenack]

Don't worry. I had downloaded Shazam about a week or so ago, but never opened it. Applied the update this morning. Just checked the payment status and said it's paid/unlimited. You should see the same.

I haven't heard from anyone who hasn't seen this in their payment status...even those who downloaded it for the first time AFTER the deadline.

 

[GlitchZero]

I just downloaded this July 12th at 11pm. And ran it a few times..good to hear it's working for other people too.