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melodis.com (the maker of midomi) is a lot more impressive than Shazam.

Here's a brief description about its proprietary search technology.

http://sev.prnewswire.com/multimedia-online-internet/2007012...

Here's an article that compare the features of both iPhone apps.

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/11/05/app-app-shazam-midom...

Shazam works much better than Midomi in my incredibly informal, anecdotal experiences... never got any of the extra midomi features to work when I could use them, either.

When was the last time you used Midomi?

I think it's pretty well established that Midomi is faster and has better music recognition than Shazam. There's a few video comparisons out there that show this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-EK50DWDn0

http://revision3.com/appjudgment/ip_mau_shazamvsmidomi

Yeah, I used it way back when it first got posted on the App Store.

I reinstalled it based on your post and used it in Starbucks earlier, where it definitely worked better than Shazam.

Still can't recognize my humming, but that might be my fault more than Midomi's...

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