Gracenote to Power Next-Generation Music Handsets for LG Electronics Gracenote File ID and Playlist Technologies Are Embedded on Mobile Devices for the First Time, Enabling Users to Easily Ident
2008-04-02 05:00:00
Gracenote to Power Next-Generation Music Handsets for LG Electronics
Gracenote File ID and Playlist Technologies Are Embedded on Mobile Devices for the First Time, Enabling Users to Easily Ident
LAS VEGAS, NV–( EMWNews – April 2, 2008) – CTIA Wireless 2008 — Gracenote®, a global
leader in embedded technology, enriched content, and data services for
digital entertainment solutions, today announced it will provide its music
services embedded into handsets of LG Electronics, a worldwide technology
and design leader in mobile communications. The services include its
popular Mobile MusicID® and two other services embedded in handsets for
the first time, File ID and Playlist. Together, these services will bring
music identification, discovery and navigation to the mobile phone like
never before.
Many of LG’s new handsets will now come standard with Gracenote’s popular
Mobile MusicID, allowing users to instantly identify songs playing at a
party, in the car or even at a club. Whether it’s the latest pop single, a
forgotten one-hit wonder, or an album name under debate, users will be the
first to know just by holding their phone up to the music and having the
Gracenote Mobile MusicID service retrieve the song, album and artist
information in just seconds.
“LG is one of the leaders in music-enabled phones and is known for bringing
innovative and stylish products, such as the Chocolate Phone and Shine
Phone, to the mobile market,” said Jim Hollingsworth, senior vice president
of sales and marketing for Gracenote. “We are really excited about being
able to power LG’s next generation of music handsets.”
Gracenote’s File ID, embedded for the first time in a handset, lets users
identify any music file that is imported into their phone. Regardless of
whether songs are downloaded from a website or transferred via memory card,
users can now be assured that their entire collection of music will have
complete, correct and consistent information, making labels like “Unknown”
or “Track 1” a thing of the past. Additionally, LG’s handsets will also
feature Gracenote Playlist, another first-time feature, to provide
one-touch More Like This™ mixes. No more scrolling through endless menus
to find the music you want — with Gracenote’s More Like This™ feature,
when users hear a song they like, they simply hit a button to create an
instant mix of similar music.
All of the new features from Gracenote will come standard in LG’s handsets
at no extra cost to the consumer.
“As our handsets continue to evolve to include the latest in advanced
mobile entertainment, Gracenote was a natural provider, as it is the only
company to offer a complete set of innovative technologies as well as a
global content solution,” said Doo-whan Sang, vice president of LG
Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “By embedding Gracenote’s
mobile music services, we are bringing the largest, most comprehensive
music database in the world and accompanying music features to our devices,
while raising the bar for the entire industry.”
Gracenote Showcases Mobile Music Solution at CTIA 2008
Gracenote works with the top device and service providers in the mobile
industry; thus, LG marks another leading handset provider implementing
Gracenote’s mobile music solutions on a global scale. Gracenote-powered LG
handsets will be introduced at CTIA this week in Las Vegas, at booth #449.
Gracenote’s technology is featured in hundreds of millions of mobile phones
and media players around the globe, through partners such as Nokia,
Samsung, Sony Ericsson, AT&T, KDDI, France Telecom/Orange and many others.
The company’s Mobile Music Platform combines products and services for
content search and discovery, music recognition, playlisting, and
e-commerce, and allows for easy movement of music between a PC, the Web and
a mobile device. The Gracenote Global Music Database contains audio
fingerprints for millions of the world’s most popular tracks.
About Gracenote
Gracenote is a global leader in embedded technology, enriched content, and
data services for digital entertainment solutions within the Internet,
consumer electronics, mobile, and automotive markets. Formerly known as
CDDB®, Gracenote delivers a substantially improved consumer experience in
digital media devices and applications, plus media monitoring and other
data services to the recording industry, making it an integral part of the
digital media economy. Gracenote powers leading services including Apple
iTunes, Yahoo! Music Jukebox, Winamp; home and automotive products from
Alpine, Panasonic, Philips and Sony; and mobile music applications from
Samsung, Sony Ericsson, KDDI (Japan), KTF (Korea), Musiwave (Europe), and
others. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, Gracenote has offices in
New York, Tokyo, Berlin and Seoul. For more information about Gracenote,
please refer to www.gracenote.com/corporate/.
Gracenote and MusicID are registered trademarks of Gracenote. All other
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.
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