Philips and Gracenote have teamed up to provide Gracenote Mobile – the world’s first ‘global music recognition and content delivery service.’ And yes, I think you’ll find that Shazam is UK only at the moment.

‘When a music fan hears a song they’d like more information about, they simply dial a short code provided by the carrier or portal and point their mobile phone towards the music source for 5-10 seconds. Depending on their phone, the user will receive a message with related data, such as the album cover, artist and song name and links to purchase the download or ringtone.’