TrackID shutting down in mid-September

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Ranjith Joined: Dec 07, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Saudi Arabia/India,Cochin PM	Posted: 2017-07-07 06:42 http://www.gsmarena.com/sonys[....]in_midseptember-news-25978.php Really sad to see it go. I have been using TrackID since 2005 or so with my W800i untill now on my S7E. I have history saved from 2012 too! It is such a simple and awesome app..wonder why are the pulling the plug on it

goldenface Joined: Dec 17, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Liverpool City Centre PM	Posted: 2017-07-07 07:52 Bit of a stupid idea IMO. They should be developing it further not shutting it down, the idiots. Do we know if there is any sensible reason for them doing this?
moogoo Joined: Oct 25, 2002 Posts: > 500 From: NYC PM, WWW	Posted: 2017-07-07 08:44 Probably cost to keep it maintained. This field is dominated by Shazam. Track ID was superior in my opinion but people never knew about it. Shazam took the market. That's my guess for it shutting down. moogoo Nokia 5160 -> Nokia 8260 -> SE T68i -> SE K700i -> SE Z710 -> SE Xperia X10a -> Sony Xperia S -> Sony Xperia Z1 -> Sony Xperia XZ -> Sony Xperia XZ Premium -> Sony Xperia 1ii Website: https://www.mikedoesitall.com
Supa_Fly Joined: Apr 16, 2002 Posts: > 500 From: Toronto, Ontario PM, WWW	Posted: 2017-07-08 02:06 On 2017-07-07 08:44:03, moogoo wrote: Probably cost to keep it maintained. This field is dominated by Shazam. Track ID was superior in my opinion but people never knew about it. Shazam took the market. That's my guess for it shutting down. VERY sad to see this go! Cost to maintain is most likely the reason vs the lack of mindshare and revenue keeping the program/service alive not generating sales to Sony's music. Personally I feel Sony squandered on such an amazing gem here! First MAJOR lead into mobile music access and phone access! (even for Apple's partnership with Motorola - which failed = Motorola + iTunes) No push for SE phones in the USA market - sure we had the Z520, K810, K850 on Rogers Wireless in Canada but with less than 7 Million customers that's NOT enough! No USA carrier no foothold to establish large mindshare. No push for streaming music at ALL in North America and if you recall Sony was FIRST in this almost a decade ago - but even in Europe wasted that opportunity! Wasted opportunities! Will Sony allow the code to be open-sourced for someone else to take the realms?! Shazam, SoundHound, SoundCloud and moreover Spotify took the world by storm! \|AppleTV2\|iPhone 12Mini 256GB\|iPad Pro 256GB\| Previously ... K750\|Z500\|Z520\|K700\|K790i\|K850i, :Ericsson: T18z\|T28World\|T36m x3\|T68m (Ericsson, not the rebranded T68i).
Ranjith Joined: Dec 07, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Saudi Arabia/India,Cochin PM	Posted: 2017-07-10 10:17 Its the best music reconition app I have ever used. Never bothered to try out anything much even. The last few major updates had also brought in some nice features. I ESATO I W1i T20,T65, P800(2x),K800,Z300, 800, 850 (2x),P1i(with WALKMAN)
Root Joined: May 17, 2016 Posts: 3 From: Cape Town PM	Posted: 2017-07-10 18:54 Such a shame, and i still use it. [addsig]
DarkKrypt Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: > 500 From: Melbourne,Australia PM, WWW	Posted: 2017-07-11 23:51 Shame like alot here I've been using it since K610 /w810 2006 and heaps with the w880 that was a thin phone back in the day. Alternatively are what options? \| history 5110, 8210, 3310, P900/10,8250, 5210, 1100, 3220, GA628,T105,w810,K550, K610,W880,W910,P1,G900,C905, Satio, x10 mini, arc, XS, XZ, XZ3, XZ5P,XA2U
Tsepz_GP Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: > 500 From: Johannesburg, South Africa PM	Posted: 2017-07-12 05:41 I had no idea TrackID was still around, think the last time I used it was on my SE Xperia X10 On 2017-07-08 02:06:57, Supa_Fly wrote: On 2017-07-07 08:44:03, moogoo wrote: Probably cost to keep it maintained. This field is dominated by Shazam. Track ID was superior in my opinion but people never knew about it. Shazam took the market. That's my guess for it shutting down. VERY sad to see this go! Cost to maintain is most likely the reason vs the lack of mindshare and revenue keeping the program/service alive not generating sales to Sony's music. Personally I feel Sony squandered on such an amazing gem here! First MAJOR lead into mobile music access and phone access! (even for Apple's partnership with Motorola - which failed = Motorola + iTunes) No push for SE phones in the USA market - sure we had the Z520, K810, K850 on Rogers Wireless in Canada but with less than 7 Million customers that's NOT enough! No USA carrier no foothold to establish large mindshare. No push for streaming music at ALL in North America and if you recall Sony was FIRST in this almost a decade ago - but even in Europe wasted that opportunity! Wasted opportunities! Will Sony allow the code to be open-sourced for someone else to take the realms?! Shazam, SoundHound, SoundCloud and moreover Spotify took the world by storm! +1, Very well said. [ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2017-07-12 04:43 ] Phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max Black Ti 512GB Tablet: iPad Pro 11” 2020 Space Gray 256GB Watch: Series 3 Nike Edition Space Gray Droid: Huawei Mate 40 Pro 256GB
Ranjith Joined: Dec 07, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Saudi Arabia/India,Cochin PM	Posted: 2017-07-12 06:49 On 2017-07-11 23:51:05, DarkKrypt wrote: Shame like alot here I've been using it since K610 /w810 2006 and heaps with the w880 that was a thin phone back in the day. Alternatively are what options? Shazam is the first pick I guess. Google has a music recognition feature built-in but it doesn't save history or have any of the features that TrackID did. I ESATO I W1i T20,T65, P800(2x),K800,Z300, 800, 850 (2x),P1i(with WALKMAN)
DarkKrypt Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: > 500 From: Melbourne,Australia PM, WWW	Posted: 2017-07-12 10:54 Thanks @ranjith I thought the same ~ shazam, soundhound, sound search by google which looks like has history now for discovered songs ; just had a look. Also you have music identifier which uses the gracenote api, which I believe track id uses or I know it used to use it. Food for thought, we don't have many options Just found another musicID [ This Message was edited by: DarkKrypt on 2017-07-12 09:57 ] \| history 5110, 8210, 3310, P900/10,8250, 5210, 1100, 3220, GA628,T105,w810,K550, K610,W880,W910,P1,G900,C905, Satio, x10 mini, arc, XS, XZ, XZ3, XZ5P,XA2U
S4k1s Joined: Mar 09, 2005 Posts: > 500 From: Sweden PM	Posted: 2017-07-12 16:25 On 2017-07-07 07:52:29, goldenface wrote: They should be developing it further not shutting it down, the idiots. Could not have said it better my self m8.

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