Mini Microphone for iPhone 3G/iPod/touch/classic
by Kingsmart
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Customer Review: Surprise, Surprise
Summary: 1 Stars
updated review October 2009: I changed my stars from 5 to 1. The mic is not working anymore. I don't understand why. I take good care of my ipod and the mic and both experience regular wear and tear. It occupies memory space in my iPod but, there is no audio. Warning: Buy item at your own risk. You get what you pay for!
In Sept 2009 I said"It's cute. It's functional. I use it to record lectures with my ipod classic. It works great. I plug in my ipod to charge and the lectures go straight into my voice memos folder in iTunes. The downside is, the battery usage. Once I 'turn on' the voice recorder mode in my ipod, it totally drains the battery much faster than when I use my iPod to play regular songs. There's a little lag and also some freezing that happens on occasion, but not enough to bother me, since I paid less than five bucks for the gadget."
Customer Review: Cool Mic
Summary: 5 Stars
I have an iPod Touch 2G. Got this to record my stand-up classes and ended up using it for interviews as well. Great recording quality, easy to use.
You do need to purchase the iTalk premium app ($2 or so) and make sure you download Italk Sync to your computer.
Great quality, even in less than stellar rooms with lots of background noise.
Can't go wrong with this, esp considering the price.
Only drawback: you can't listen to it while you're recording because it uses the headphone jack. But, I just set it and forget it until I'm done recording.
Then I sync with my Mac and open with iTunes. Done. I've even dropped it into Bias Peak and other audio editing programs so I could send portions of the audio to classmates.
All very convenient and quick.
Customer Review: Some limitations and quirks ...
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought this would be a nifty device to not only use for recording but also perhaps as a microphone for live chat on Skype using my iPod Touch g2. Unfortunately (unless I am doing something incorrectly with the plug in of this device), since it is plugged into the ONLY mini jack on the iPod it seems to record but while the device remains plugged in it cancels the sound, so you cannot hear what you just recorded unless you remove the device first. And so maybe a Skype conversation would be one way unless you removed the device between sentences "walky-talky" style. "Over...." Not an option. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
As far as the footprint of the mic, I take ALOT of vitimin supplements. I'm a bit scared this will go down the hatch some morning when I'm not paying attention!
Customer Review: Saved me $50. bought this instead of olympus 400 s recorder
Summary: 5 Stars
I was going to buy a $50 digital voice recorder, the olympus ws 400 s.
But after purchasing the recorder iphone app ($1) and purchasing this microphone attachment ($4), i have saved $50 and now i have a recorder that is just as good as olympus ws 400s and even better.
The recorder app + iphone + $4 microphone can:
1. transfer files to my computer via wifi or email,
2. can record phone calls,
3. i can see the level of the recording with the on screen display of the app,
4. you can edit the recording (trim at specific points,
5. no need for another device because its an app in your phone.
I will post a picture of the microphone attached to the iphone running the recorder app.
Customer Review: It works, but at the same time is kind of useless
Summary: 2 Stars
It works, but the problem is that when plugged, the speaker in the iPod touch 3G I have will not work. I found that only Skype can use it together with the speaker, but you need to have it plugged until the call connects, and then unplug it and plug it again.. it's not gonna last (don't care about the mic, but the connector on the iPod).
I would return it, but the cost of doing so is bigger than what I paid for it.
Finally, the form factor is less than ideal... looks like a big medication capsule. Very easy to loose and I wonder where to keep it when carrying my iPOD.
Sound quality is quite good (for a mic). Just does not seem evolved enough.
Be aware what you are getting when you buy it./