Sweet new iPhone app! Listen!

[firstapple]

Check out this new app over at TUAW. Sounds interesting! I wonder how well it works??

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/08/make-your-iphone-listen-to-your-radio-and-tell-you-whats-pla/

[David G.]

If only the :apple: iPod touch had a microphone.:(

[Schnebar]

Yeah my verizon phone has had that for a while.

It is a good feature and if apple formally released it with wifi itunes store then you could buy it with one click.

Imaging hearing a song somewhere and being able to buy it without even knowing its title or artist.

[Chrysaor]

It works WAY better than I expected, found every song it listened.

[erandall38]

I clicked the link and it brought me to TUAW, but it is blank? What happened and what was the app?

EDIT:
I checked out installer and found an App called Listen.... and it works darn good.

[Daveway]

This is AMAZING!

I'm freaked out, my friends freak out about how quickly it does it. Incredibly useful app.

Findings:
-I remember this technology being integrated into Motorola phones a couple years ago, but it fell flat apparently.
-If the song isn't recognized within 10secs (on wifi) then it will likely not be found.
-Does not work as well with instrumental pieces as it does with lyrics. It seems like there has to be singing for it to work best.

[tayshodd2]

It looks like its using Sony-Ericcson's TrackID service... which is licensed from Gracenote MusicID.

From the comments on the TUAW page:
"Did a quick look at the app. The magic is done by impersonating a Sony EricssonK810i phone ("SonyEricssonK810i/R6BC Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 UNTRUSTED/1.0"), and using sony's service: http://wap.sonyericsson.com/recognize/query (which uses Gracenote MusicID technology)"

can't imagine sony will be happy with this....

[anthonymoody]

there are a few sites which do this too, one is midomi.com

what's funny about midomi at least (haven't tried listen) is that if you sing the song yourself it's pretty decent at telling you what it is :)

[mathewr]

so to clarify if ur phone isnt hacked u cant use this app right?

[cubbie5150]

so to clarify if ur phone isnt hacked u cant use this app right?

How else would you install the app if your phone is jail-broken?

[mathewr]

How else would you install the app if your phone is jail-broken?

when i went to the site the page was blank and i was hoping it was a web app but i guess its not and now i wish i had a jailbroken phone

[Killyp]

There's a phone service in the UK called Shazam which does this.

My parents blocked it from my phone because I was using it so much though :rolleyes:

[Aperture]

Man, this works amazingly well. It hit it right on every time.

[ajl917]

Beta 2 works perfectly with 1.1.1. Seeing all the apps Erica updates regularly, there is no way that this app will die...

[brando88]

Works perfectly for me!

[mrat93]

For some reason, the story isn't showing up, just a big blank area where it would be. What's it about?

[Ill Mitch]

I clicked the link and it brought me to TUAW, but it is blank? What happened and what was the app?

EDIT:
I checked out installer and found an App called Listen.... and it works darn good.

hmm strange...

I downloaded it and it just gets to "finished recording contacting info server" then the app crashes. :(

[jamesarm97]

I used it and think it can make a great app. Needs fine tuning. Crashed once on me, after that it would find about 98% of the songs I threw at it including some instrumental only soundtracks from movies. It needs an easy way to restart the recording instead of closing the app and starting it again. Song history and such, I am sure it will all be there since this is just a beta. I had bought a device years ago that you could click during a song and it would note the time and then you plug it into the pc and it would lookup on the stations playlist for that time and let you know the band name. This is much better.

- James

[saving107]

this feature worked better than I had hoped, I have some techno cds that i have never been able to tell who the original artist was, until today when I tried this app.

now I really need a good reason to get 1.1.3 when it's released because the app community has been releasing more impressive features than apple itself

[Ronnoco]

hmm strange...

I downloaded it and it just gets to "finished recording contacting info server" then the app crashes. :(

Same here...just says "Finished Recording...Contacting Server" and just stays there...:mad:

[darngooddesign]

when i went to the site the page was blank and i was hoping it was a web app but i guess its not and now i wish i had a jailbroken phone

So Jailbreak your phone.

[conshok26]

anyone having problems with the latest release. every song i try says it can't find. these were the same one i tried yesterday and they're not obscure songs either.

***edit***
erica's site says the server is down.

[IDANNY]

This works really well no other languages I think except english. Probably just cause those songs arent in the system

[Ill Mitch]

Same here...just says "Finished Recording...Contacting Server" and just stays there...:mad:

I'm running 1.0.2, are you as well? Might not be fully compatable with 1.0.2.

[Anonymous Freak]

I'll just chime in with my two cents...

Works fine on my 1.1.1. Frickin' amazing.

I knew the technology existed, but was never on the right cell phone carrier. Previous incarnations essentially had you dial a phone number, and a computer on the 'answering' side did all the work. This does it in pure data, no telephone.

[Daveway]

The newest release that came out today looks really great. You don't have to leave the app to listen to a new song, you can send the song info in an email, and the interface has seen a big improvement.
Cheers

[iphoneCDN]

I was skeptical, but after trying it out with 5 different songs I was blown away--and this was with the beta version. The new version adds a nice GUI...cool app! Working flawlessly on 1.1.1 :)

[ginsters]

I thought this app was fantastic but it seems to have stopped working. Anyone else having the same trouble?

Cheers

[ajl917]

From Erica Sadun's official site. The app will be down until the gracenote is granted. Dont worry guys, this app will continue to be developed and made better...

[anthonymoody]

Darn - it went down before I could try this myself - but maybe someone who used it can answer...if you sing a song yourself does it recognize it (assuming you're half way decent)?

TM

[Aperture]

Darn - it went down before I could try this myself - but maybe someone who used it can answer...if you sing a song yourself does it recognize it (assuming you're half way decent)?

TM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say no. :)

[anthonymoody]

I asked b/c midomi.com will do this...sort of spooky!

[josielinnea]

hmm strange...

I downloaded it and it just gets to "finished recording contacting info server" then the app crashes. :(

For me it does just that, too.
It samples, then it sends... and crashes. And I have to restart the whole phone to use anything else. Haven't tried the new update though since the server is down..

[Consultant]

Doh! Not working as of now, as ajl917 already mentioned.

http://ericasadun.com/?p=133

[Victor ch]

OOOOOOOK I had so much hope it will work and who knew? IT CRASHED MY PHONE!! wtf! seriously weird and takes like forever to boot again, shame I really wanted the app.

-Victor

[Consultant]

OOOOOOOK I had so much hope it will work and who knew? IT CRASHED MY PHONE!! wtf! seriously weird and takes like forever to boot again, shame I really wanted the app.

-Victor

It's BETA.

It won't work at this time for reasons stated above.