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Microphone for Ipod Touch

madofrain

madofrain

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Sep 14, 2006
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/21/ipod-touch-audio-in-reportedly-working/

Well nearly.. Encouraging though.. :)

Skype client alrerady running on Touch for instant messaging: http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=skype

Where I live I have blanket wifi coverage and voip would obviously be a great addition to my pod.

I dont use my mobile phone enough to warrant an 18 month contract or anything above the bare minimum I pay currently to O2. VOIP would allow me to make the limited phone calls I currently make home for free to my mac.

Here's to hoping it all comes together soon.
 
Wow. If this is seriously exploited and used by thousands of people for skype, the only real difference between the iphone and ipod touch would be the camera...
 
i want a tiny little speaker i could plug into my ipt thats all i really want a damm speaker it would be so good like that
 
Aaleck said:
Wow. If this is seriously exploited and used by thousands of people for skype, the only real difference between the iphone and ipod touch would be the camera...
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... and lack of radio. WiFi isn't everywhere. There are still a lot of things you'd be missing.
 
verbalist said:
i want a tiny little speaker i could plug into my ipt thats all i really want a damm speaker it would be so good like that
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There are many small speakers that you can plug in to an audio output headphone jack- you'd just need one with a battery. I'll sometimes plug my computer speakers to my iPod at my desk. Most any 1/8" will work.
 
tonybeyondo said:
There are many small speakers that you can plug in to an audio output headphone jack- you'd just need one with a battery. I'll sometimes plug my computer speakers to my iPod at my desk. Most any 1/8" will work.
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yeah i want something that can be and add on and i can keep in there macally makes what i need but way to big
 
Aaleck said:
WiFi is everywhere I go... Drove through town and there where tons of unsecured access points available and theres one at work
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And when you leave town? An iPod Touch could never replace a phone, but it could be a nice Skype phone for home/work.
 
Hopefully this is promising for when the 3rd party apps starting coming in.

Official Skype client for iPhone/iPod Touch anyone? That would be awesome. And Apple wouldn't lose anything either since the people who need phones will still get phones. Wifi isn't everywhere, after all.
 
Ipod Touch Mic For Sale!

Same guys developing the mic finally having something for mass consumption..

http://touchmods.blog.com/

They're sending them to developers to assist with the notes and voip apps...

:)

Appy days!
 
contact yet?

I emailed last night also. Just the usual, congrats on the great work etc.
Also asked if they had plans to sell it. Set up an online store etc.
The demand i'd wager will outstrip supply. I think somone is going to be very busy over the next few months. :)
 
I have been contacted...
Well the contents of the e-mail say that it is available for $45 and I have to wire the money to their bank account. The price includes shipment to the EU and US, and he says I should receive the Mic in 5 - 10 days, and I can call back the money for a month if something should go wrong but there is "no risk for me".


I am a little spectacle that there is no PayPal or Ebay but I am not sure... :cool:.
 
Texas04 said:
I have been contacted...
Well the contents of the e-mail say that it is available for $45 and I have to wire the money to their bank account. The price includes shipment to the EU and US, and he says I should receive the Mic in 5 - 10 days, and I can call back the money for a month if something should go wrong but there is "no risk for me".


I am a little spectacle that there is no PayPal or Ebay but I am not sure... :cool:.
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yeah it kind of scares me that he wants you to wire the money.....but i might consider it....but i don't know how useful it is now... are there apps that use it?...hmmm
 
Hmmm

I received the same email..

'you can have one (or more) of those mics very soon if you send 30 Eu (USD 45) per piece in advance to my bank account. Or you can get the parts in the "do-it-yourself" package for Eu 20 (USD 30). I do not have an ebay neither a PayPal account. I do not trust them.'

Correct me if I'm wrong but Paypal exists to facilitate transactions between strangers that you otherwise maybe wary of?
A third party like paypal ensures that if anything should go wrong they are liable to someone.

I'm sorry, but i think this is really,really dodgy.
Apologies for posting this here.

:(
 
madofrain said:
I received the same email..

'you can have one (or more) of those mics very soon if you send 30 Eu (USD 45) per piece in advance to my bank account. Or you can get the parts in the "do-it-yourself" package for Eu 20 (USD 30). I do not have an ebay neither a PayPal account. I do not trust them.'

Correct me if I'm wrong but Paypal exists to facilitate transactions between strangers that you otherwise maybe wary of?
A third party like paypal ensures that if anything should go wrong they are liable to someone.

I'm sorry, but i think this is really,really dodgy.
Apologies for posting this here.

:(
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I agree, :(
 
madofrain said:
Skype client alrerady running on Touch for instant messaging: http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=skype
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That is *not* a full Skype client. Yes, it logs into Skype and you see your buddy list, but you can't just start talking to them. You have to enter a "callback number" for the service to call you back at. (So basically, this still wouldn't work on an iPod touch.)

You could have it call you back on your iPhone... but what's the point, then, you're still using your cell minutes!

Ideally, it'd be nice to see a real, full-fledged Skype-VOIP client that relies on no middle-man. My hunch is we won't see that for awhile... if ever.

This mic would be good for voice recordings, though.
 
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hey thanks for the links bro i had the mcally one adds to much weight and awkwardness when holding a lil smaller with be awesome liek a small headphoen speakers with a 3,5mm hook up
 
I'm sure that Griffin or one of the other "Made for iPod" players will eventually come out with a high-quality, mass-produced (and thus reasonably priced) microphone for the touch.

I salute this homebrewers, though.
 
There will never be a way that apple would let people use the IPT as a phone
this way people would stop buying the Iphone and they would lose alot of money. They make tons of money every month from ATT for people who has iphones. If there was a phone on the IPT they would want money MONTHLY
 
Aaleck said:
WiFi is everywhere I go... Drove through town and there where tons of unsecured access points available and theres one at work
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Must be nice to live in a modern country. Here in Tokyo, I've found ONE unsecured network that I could connect to. That's right, just one, and I check everywhere I go. I'm not even talking about the suburbs, either - I walked all around Shibuya last week trying to get a signal but found absolutely nothing. You would think, in the heart of Tokyo Japan, one would be able to pick up an unsecured wifi network. :mad:
 
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