Comments on: Jump-Starting the iPod Touch http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/07/jump-starting-the-ipod-touch/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Vice http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/07/jump-starting-the-ipod-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-146836 Paul Vice Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:38:26 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4326#comment-146836 Interesting, I've seen some pictures of this microphone setup -- Bless the icommunity, where there is a way the community will play http://www.apple-touch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/touchmods_microphone_for_ipod_touch.jpg Interesting, I’ve seen some pictures of this microphone setup — Bless the icommunity, where there is a way the community will play

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]]> By: George http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/07/jump-starting-the-ipod-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-146657 George Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:39:31 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4326#comment-146657 Truphone isn't exactly new technology for the iPod Touch - Fring has been doing the exact same thing for a while now, except that it also incorporates IM and Skype functionality. The microphone is a bit of a problem, as you note, since Apple didn't build one into the device. Third-party microphone hacks have been commercially available for about six months now, and the new Apple in-ear headphones that have finally been released include a microphone built into the cable. Truphone isn’t exactly new technology for the iPod Touch – Fring has been doing the exact same thing for a while now, except that it also incorporates IM and Skype functionality.

The microphone is a bit of a problem, as you note, since Apple didn’t build one into the device. Third-party microphone hacks have been commercially available for about six months now, and the new Apple in-ear headphones that have finally been released include a microphone built into the cable.

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