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iPod touch audio in reportedly working
I'd really appreciate it if any of you own an iPod mike (iTalk, MicroMemo, whatever) could test it with VoiceNotes on a touch and see whether these pre-built solutions are also compatible.
Update:Marian writes that he's recorded from audio line in. You can find a sample he recorded here. He's now working on attaching a mike. Unfortunately, since I exclusively record using the voice-optimized AMR codec, the quality is just so-so.
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starkruzr said 3:46PM on 11-21-2007
HOLY AWESOME, BATMAN.
I wonder if this seals the deal for some people who were waffling about whether or not to get an iPt (potential for VoIPage).
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autoy said 4:01PM on 11-21-2007
Let me be the first to say: VoIP!
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abovethelies said 4:17PM on 11-21-2007
psst, internet phone for the win
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cesar said 4:35PM on 11-21-2007
Hmm interesting. Does this hold the same for the iphone? Not for Voip functionality, but for allowing a better mic for lecture recording, or better yet concert recording.
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Bubba said 4:53PM on 11-21-2007
All of you people who think VoIP is going to come to the touch—or the iPhone, for that matter—are just deluding yourselves. Don't you think AT&T & Apple already discussed what would happen if someone got VoIP running on one of these devices? If you think SIM unlocking got Apple to put the smack-down on things, wait to see what happens if a real, GUI-based VoIP app were to appear.
Besides, it'll never be free VoIP, or even Skype. Get over it, already.
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mungler said 5:08PM on 11-21-2007
bubba: you are a fool.
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uhuznaa said 5:26PM on 11-21-2007
Who cares for Voice IP? Well, maybe later. But what I would like to have (to buy) now! -- would be a headset with a microphone and volume controller. So I can do voice recording on the go *and* have a frigging way to turn down/up the volume without pulling the iTouch out of my pocket. Adding pause/play and skip buttons to the setup would score extra points.
Is this a problem of Apple not licensing the connector? Or what? I *hate* the simple fact that this great device (and I love my iPod touch) is not playing up to what it could be.
I'm sure that the first company offering an extension for the iTouch compromising a simple plug going into the dock connector and containing a microphone and a few buttons and a headset plug could sell these things for at least $50 if not $100 a piece. Let others do the dirty software work (when the SDK is out next year), I don't care. Offer me a plug with a mic and a few buttons and I'll buy it. I nearly *hate* Apple for not including a penny mic and a few buttons in these things. Everyone correcting this gets my love.
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uhuznaa said 5:53PM on 11-21-2007
Ahh, for all of you thinking that Apple hates Voices IP and loves the phone companies: I don't think so. I'm quite sure Steve Jobs doesn't like all these cellphone giants. But there's currently no way around them. The iPhone is already stirring up quite a bit of a storm here (look at Europe for details) and this will just get more chaotic over time. These things need a mighty shake-up and they're getting it sooner or later anyway.
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Josh said 7:05PM on 11-21-2007
unhunzaa, no mic input for sale yet, but in the meantime here's a remote that will let you control volume, play/pause and skip, for under $7 (free shipping.)
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/28/iphone-ipod-touch-remote-control/
https://www.kaidomain.com/WEBUI/ProductDetail.aspx?TranID=84
I ordered one last week.
Apparently there are some others on eBay with a Shuffle-type control pad, but I haven't seen that yet.
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ThePete said 7:12PM on 11-21-2007
Meh, send me an email when it can copy and paste. ;)
OK, here's my much-less-snarky comment:
Send me an email when it can record audio *and* video. Seriously, Apple, what are you waiting for? iMovie Mobile!! Let's GO!
I don't need DV quality (or even DVD quality) I just can't see buying a device these days that doesn't have a camera that records video. There's no excuse for it--the tech is so cheap.
But great find, Erica--I always love it when hackers find that devices aren't quite as hobbled as their makers would like us to believe.
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Navarro Parker said 12:05AM on 11-22-2007
Can I just say: The headline is the WORSTEST construction of an English sentence, evar??!
A simple hyphen ("audio-in") would make it so much easier to understand. I honestly could not figure out its meaning for two minutes.
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Andrew Neesley said 1:26AM on 11-22-2007
Mic.
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starkruzr said 2:40AM on 11-22-2007
Bubba, please explain why iPt users getting VoIP over WiFi is a bad thing either for AT&T or Apple.
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Ben said 3:18AM on 11-22-2007
Navarro, thank you. Now it makes sense.
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markp said 3:40AM on 11-22-2007
Belkin's TuneTalk does not appear to work :( Gives a warning that device is not supported and if I record anyway I get silence.
PS This is probably not the place for requests, but if someone could make a background app which could map taps and jiggles to commands and allow me to pause/skip while the Touch is in my pocket (based on accelerometer input), I would consider them legendary :)
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verysmallrocks said 5:00AM on 11-22-2007
um...
http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=skype&platform=none
yes, it works on the iphone + touch
/audio input would be nice though...
//you're welcome
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Four20 said 5:06AM on 11-22-2007
Does the iTalk MIC work?
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Jimtac said 5:40AM on 11-22-2007
The iTalk does not work, either through the built-in mic, or the external in. Tried the external with both mic, and line level sources.
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Jesse David Hollington said 8:44AM on 11-22-2007
The actual "Made-for-iPod" voice recorders such as the Griffin iTalk and Belkin TuneTalk Stereo will definitely not work for one very simple reason: The authentication chip that they were required to add for 5G support communicates the capabilities of the device. In essence, it says to the iPod: "Hi, I'm a Voice Recorder!" to which the iPod touch simply responds -- "Hey, I don't support you, go away." and disables communication with the device after that point.
So no "official" iPod Dock Connector based recording accessory is going to work, since in order to work with the other iPod models, they need to incorporate an authentication chip that broadcasts their capabilities to the device itself.
This is the same reason why the Nike+ adapter can be used to "cheat" video playback output on the iPod nano, yet it cannot on the iPod classic, since the latter just refuses to talk to the accessory in any meaningful way as soon as it discovers it's unsupported.
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yakso said 10:19AM on 11-22-2007
I just hope they don't find out that the iPod touch has Phone hardware as well 8-)
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