Music recognition tool Shazam, which is definitely what you’d term a SURVIVOR in the tech world, has split its Android app in two – launching a “Freemium” version limited to five free song IDs a month, plus Shazam Encore, which delivers unlimited memory jogs for a $4.99 flat fee.
Shazam’s Android sub-site hasn’t been updated yet. So here’s what it looks like:
Frankly, we prefer spending a tortuous three weeks thinking and thinking and THINKING until we remember what the song was called ourselves (and it was the Ace of Base). Link via Android Guys.




j2h
/ July 14, 2010so what they’re doing here is taking what used to be free and charging $5 for it, while crippling the free version to the point of uselessness? lovely.
b33
/ July 14, 2010*agrees with j2h*
Matt S
/ July 14, 2010Cue free alternative…people don’t like limits even if they dont go near them.
Peterdk
/ July 15, 2010I will definitely buy the software, it’s just really cool stuff.