Shazam Launches On The BlackBerry Storm Smartphone

Shazam is now available for the BlackBerry Storm series.

• Free version features:
  • Identify music anywhere:
    from the radio, TV, film, or in a store by simply holding your BlackBerry smartphone towards the music and selecting ‘Tag Now’.
  • Buy music immediately when you hear it:
    your tags link directly to Amazon, and other merchants as available, to give you instant access to the music you love and related music merchandise.
  • Share the experience:
    send your tags to friends who share your musical taste via SMS, email or BlackBerry® PIN messaging.
• Additional Premium Version ($4.99) Features:
  • Learn more about the music:
    read track and album reviews, artist biographies and (starting in North America initially) view song lyrics, plus find other music available from the same artist.
  • Options to find similar music:
    discover other music similar to the track you like, to enhance your music collection and knowledge.
  • Find out what’s hot and popular:
    access to Shazam music charts generated by millions of other users in your country.
  • Music search capabilities:
    enabling you to easily find music by artist, album or track from a database with over 8 million songs.

Shazam also has direct downloads for their application, instead of being available only through the BlackBerry App World. You can download it now OTA by visiting is.gd/IWHh from your BlackBerry Browser, or go to Shazam.com for more info.

Read the full press release after the jump.

Press Release

World renowned mobile music discovery application now available for the popular touchscreen smartphone

London, UK – June 24 2009 – Shazam, the world’s leading mobile music discovery provider, today announced the release of Shazam on the BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone. Shazam, which has supported BlackBerry® smartphones since launching on BlackBerry App World™ on April 1, is now compatible with the award-winning BlackBerry Storm. The application features full SurePress™ touchscreen support and is available to BlackBerry Storm smartphone users in the U.S., UK and Canada.

“Since launching on BlackBerry this April, we have maintained our status as one of the most frequently downloaded applications on App World,” said Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam.

“BlackBerry Storm users have voiced their eagerness for Shazam and this type of demand highlights the worldwide popularity Shazam has achieved through our mobile music discovery application. We’re thrilled to continue delivering the applications and features our customers want.”

BlackBerry Storm smartphone users will be able to choose from a free, basic version of Shazam with limited functionality or a full-featured version for $4.99 or £5 (one-off fee depending on location). The full-featured version includes unlimited Tags, Tag charts, recommendations for similar tracks, biographies of artists, reviews of tagged music, discographies and the option to buy and share discovered music. Shazam is currently offering a free, seven-day trial of the full-featured version.

All of Shazam’s applications for BlackBerry smartphones are now available for download directly from Shazam’s mobile Website (by typing http://is.gd/IWHh in the BlackBerry browser) and on BlackBerry App World (www.blackbery.com/appworld).