Comments on: Name that Tune in One-Click! BlackBerry Gets Shazam! http://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/04/name-that-tune-in-one-click-blackberry-gets-shazam/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jasonreesehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/04/name-that-tune-in-one-click-blackberry-gets-shazam/#comment-43507 jasonreese Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:07:46 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=24230#comment-43507 Hi Paul - the $4.99 is a one-time flat rate fee. There's monthly subscription for the app. You can download and trial Shazam on your BlackBerry for 60 days to see if it's something you use enough to pay the $4.99 to use after the trial concludes. Hi Paul – the $4.99 is a one-time flat rate fee. There's monthly subscription for the app. You can download and trial Shazam on your BlackBerry for 60 days to see if it's something you use enough to pay the $4.99 to use after the trial concludes.

]]> By: paulhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/04/name-that-tune-in-one-click-blackberry-gets-shazam/#comment-43462 paul Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:09:16 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=24230#comment-43462 is that 4.99 flat rate or per month? is that 4.99 flat rate or per month?

]]> By: Jason Reesehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/04/name-that-tune-in-one-click-blackberry-gets-shazam/#comment-43214 Jason Reese Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:35:55 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=24230#comment-43214 I agree that listing programs as "free" when they are actually a trial for purchase is misleading. I can only guess that RIM is going this route on many of the apps being offered to drive traffic to App World. Let's hope that in the (near) future, there is a "trial" noted in the category or app description. I also think $4.99 is a bit much for Shazam -- especially since it is free for the iPhone. RIM's app store starts at a baseline of $2.99 for paid applications. I think the $2.99 price is a bit more palatable for this type of application. I suppose we'll how Shazam and other 'berry applications fair once the BlackBerry App World has been running for 60 or 90 days (especially given the current PayPal-only route method of payment). Hopefully RIM will be implementing additional m-commerce payment schemes in the near future; such as your recommendation for tying App World with the BlackBerry Wallet. As far as Shazam goes for a mobile application on the BlackBerry platform, it does exactly as advertised and it does give BlackBerry users more variety in 3rd party application offerings. If it was listed as a trial and then offered for $2.99 I think it would fair better long-term as a popular purchase. While I love Shazam, it's not going to replace the Pandora or Slacker Radio on my mobile as far as finding new music :-) Both Pandora and Slacker have free offerings as well as premium subscription services. I believe the subscription model is going to be more prevalent for "premium" versions of these applications. As for iPhone apps, I like that Apple's App Store has a bit of competition from RIM, Google (Android Marketplace), and Nokia's upcoming Ovi application store. It will be very interesting to see what affect these different platform-based stores accomplish. It is a very exciting time in the mobile space now, and we'll see many more great mobile applications. I agree that listing programs as “free” when they are actually a trial for purchase is misleading. I can only guess that RIM is going this route on many of the apps being offered to drive traffic to App World. Let’s hope that in the (near) future, there is a “trial” noted in the category or app description.

I also think $4.99 is a bit much for Shazam — especially since it is free for the iPhone. RIM’s app store starts at a baseline of $2.99 for paid applications. I think the $2.99 price is a bit more palatable for this type of application. I suppose we’ll how Shazam and other ‘berry applications fair once the BlackBerry App World has been running for 60 or 90 days (especially given the current PayPal-only route method of payment).

Hopefully RIM will be implementing additional m-commerce payment schemes in the near future; such as your recommendation for tying App World with the BlackBerry Wallet. As far as Shazam goes for a mobile application on the BlackBerry platform, it does exactly as advertised and it does give BlackBerry users more variety in 3rd party application offerings. If it was listed as a trial and then offered for $2.99 I think it would fair better long-term as a popular purchase. While I love Shazam, it’s not going to replace the Pandora or Slacker Radio on my mobile as far as finding new music :-)
Both Pandora and Slacker have free offerings as well as premium subscription services. I believe the subscription model is going to be more prevalent for “premium” versions of these applications.

As for iPhone apps, I like that Apple’s App Store has a bit of competition from RIM, Google (Android Marketplace), and Nokia’s upcoming Ovi application store. It will be very interesting to see what affect these different platform-based stores accomplish. It is a very exciting time in the mobile space now, and we’ll see many more great mobile applications.

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/04/name-that-tune-in-one-click-blackberry-gets-shazam/#comment-43210 Wayne Schulz Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:07:04 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=24230#comment-43210 I'm not too keen on the BlackBerry App World listing these programs as free. With respect to Shazam you don't see anything about a 60 day free promotional period until you scroll down about 60 feet on the the BlackBerry App World or actually install the program. Not cool. The app on the other hand does seem to work and while I usually am not that curious about the song titles - my kids however always want to know... Since the iPhone App Store has a similar program which is presently priced free (although some have commented that there may be some wording about the iPhone app going pay in the future) - I'm inclined to use the iPhone app. I’m not too keen on the BlackBerry App World listing these programs as free. With respect to Shazam you don’t see anything about a 60 day free promotional period until you scroll down about 60 feet on the the BlackBerry App World or actually install the program.

Not cool.

The app on the other hand does seem to work and while I usually am not that curious about the song titles – my kids however always want to know…

Since the iPhone App Store has a similar program which is presently priced free (although some have commented that there may be some wording about the iPhone app going pay in the future) – I’m inclined to use the iPhone app.

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