Shazam Announces Promotion for Ovi Store by Nokia

Summer kick-off - 'Shazam for Free' - promo application connecting to millions of tracks inside Nokia Music Store

London, UK - August 18th, 2009 - Shazam, the world's leading mobile music discovery provider, and Nokia, the world's leading maker of mobile devices, are today celebrating the release of the Nokia N97 by offering the Shazam application on a free to use basis until 30th November inside Ovi Store. This promotion will run on a limited - first come first served basis - so fans need to be quick if they want to snag Shazam for free to discover, share and purchase music through Nokia Music Store anywhere they go this summer.

The promotional limited version of Shazam allows Nokia users to:

• Identify music anywhere: from the radio, TV, film, or in a store by simply holding their Nokia towards the music and selecting 'Tag Now'

• Buy music immediately when it's heard: Tag details link directly to the Nokia Music Store giving users access to download the music they like

• Share the experience *: send tags to friends who share same musical taste via SMS

• Learn more about the music *: read track and album reviews and artist biographies plus find other music available from the same artist

• Options to find similar music: discover other music similar to the tracks users like, to enhance their music collection and knowledge

• Find out what's hot and popular *: access Shazam music charts generated by millions of in country users

 

Shazam is available for Symbian OS, S60 5.0 devices (* features not available on this platform) including the Nokia N97 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and many Symbian OS S60 3.1 and 3.2 Nokia handsets including the popular Nokia N95 range and Nokia E71.

Users can download the special limited free version of Shazam from Ovi Store by Nokia now. At the end of the promotional period, if they want to keep and continue to use Shazam they will be given 30 days to upgrade to the fully-featured version for a one-off fee of £4 / €5 depending on location. Alternatively, users can upgrade to continue Shazaming for free on a limited feature and tagging basis.