Shazam have been at the music recognition game for a while - and we look here at the native S60 version of their flagship Shazam ID utility, which samples music snatches from the radio and then lets you know where it's from. Ewan's been trying to catch it out but ended up quite impressed.

"Ever in the situation when you hear a piece of music and wonder what it was? Then Shazam's new application, Shazam ID, is just what you need. Hold it close to your radio speaker and let it listen for ten seconds or so, and it'll come back with not only with the song, but the artist, album, and the option to purchase the track - or an associated ringtone. It sounds almost magical (which it is) and unless you're Paul Gambacinni, it's going to answer a lot of questions when not knowing a piece of music is driving you mad. Or is that just me?"

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