So I'm watching TV while catching up, from a weekend in LA, on some reading and I had to rewind the DVR for this one. The commercial started out in a narrative of a "music hunter that prowls the streets" (paraphrasing). The guy in the commercial stops in front of a shop were a creepy guy stands watching, seemingly, for potential suckers and a small boom box is playing a song that catches the guys attention. He raises his phone and clicks a button. A second later he looks at the phone and in its display reads - "Song ID: Song Identified": with the songs name.
Oh - that's frick'n cool!
The commercial was for one of Verizon's V Cast phones. However, after some quick, and very light, research I find that the technology isn't brand new (no big surprise - coming out of Verizon) or limited to any provider for that matter. Take a look at the Verizon feature and here's a good post on the subject where the writer describes the possible technology behind the Verizon implementation as well as some alternatives for non-Verizon customers, like me.
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