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October 14, 2004
AT&T Mobile Music Store
We all know how frustrating it can be to hear a song on the radio that you like, but not know the name of it (or the artist who sings it). What if you liked it so much that you wanted to purchase it? Well, with AT&T's new mMode Music Store along with the Music ID service, all you need is your cell phone. All you need to do when you hear a song playing is dial #ID on your phone, and hold it up to the speaker for 15 seconds. You will then get a text message giving you all the 411 on the track, as well as the option to purchase the song (or a related ringtone). Sounds interesting. From AT&T:
"Now consumers no longer have to scribble down the names of songs they've discovered and wait until they get home to download them onto their computers," Sam Hall, vice president of mMode services for AT&T Wireless, said in a statement. "The convenience and immediacy of our mobile digital music store lets users remotely explore and buy digital music while on the move."
Posted by Andru at October 14, 2004 11:20 AM
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This has got to be one of the coolest new features on a phone I have seen. The fact that the technology is out where you can just hold a phone to a speaker and it tell you the song is amazing. Not sure the practical use of this aside from getting the name of a song you hear on the radio and maybe downloading it, but the technology and idea is amazing.
Posted by: Doug Kaplan at October 14, 2004 01:05 PM