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Your Cell Phone Can Name That Tune

Try this immediately: 1. Play some music in your office (fairly loudly), 2. Get out your cell phone and dial 888-SONG-411 (that's 888-766-4411), 3. Hold the phone up to a speaker for at least 15 seconds (Don't hang up, the service will cut off automatically when its got enough audio), 4. In less than a minute, you'll receive a text message with the song title & artist's name.

The service is provided by 411 Song; see their very corny demo here.

Let's be clear: This is Internet technology at work here. Not some cell phone wizardry. Ask me for a simplified description if you like.