The Nokia Lumia is not only great for social networking and enjoying photos and videos, it is also perfect for enjoying music on the move. With its amazing Bing Music tool, you can instantly identify and buy songs wherever you go, making the Nokia Windows Phone the perfect phone for music fans.
While many smartphones have third-party apps, such as Shazam and SoundHound, that let you identify songs wherever you hear them, Windows Phone 7.5 packs this great feature as standard right out of the box, letting you use your Nokia Lumia 800 to name a tune in seconds, no matter where you are when you hear it.
Using Bing Music is as easy as all other features of the Windows Phone 7.5 OS. To get it started all you have to do is just tap the hardware search button below the Nokia Lumia 800’s 3.7-inch screen – illustrated with a symbol of a magnifying glass - and the Windows Phone Bing Search tool will launch.
From there you can tap the Bing Music button and your Nokia Lumia 800 will instantly start listening to any music that is playing nearby. Within just a few seconds of recording, it will then match the song that you’re hearing to the Bing Music database and tell you the name of the song, artist and album.
Not only that, but your Nokia Lumia 800 can then connect you to the Windows Phone Marketplace and let you buy the song you’ve just heard and add it straight to your smartphone’s music library, helping you to hear, identify and buy new music in a matter of seconds with your new Nokia Windows Phone.
Bing Music is one of those tools that many of us have dreamed of for years. And once you’ve tried it, you’ll find you’ll be using it every day. Just one of the many fantastic features of Windows Phone 7.5 on the Nokia Lumia 800, Bing Music is yet another reason to love Nokia’s gorgeous new Windows Phone.
And if you want to use third-party apps such as Shazam and SoundHound alongside, or instead of, Bing Music to identify songs, you still can. Windows Phone 7.5 offers these great apps for download through the Windows Phone Marketplace, giving you full freedom to use your Nokia Lumia 800 exactly as you please.
Are you already a big fan of Bing Music, Shazam or SoundHound? Or is this the first time you’ve heard of these great tools and you’re now itching to give them a try? Why not let us know in the Comments below.