Great for Skype (using Ipod Touch)

Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: more than 1 month

Pros:This is a great little microphone that allows you to use your Skype program on your Ipod Touch. (Ipod Touch doesn't have a microphone) Get more than one because they are cheap, and easy to lose!!!

Cons:Can't think of any, but it would have been nice if there are other colors than black.

Other Thoughts:How to use a mini microphone for your Skype via Ipod Touch.Your Ipod touch does not have a microphone, only speaker. In order to use it for your Skype call, you can either attached a pair of phone headset (3.5mm) or use a Mini Microphone. This article is about using a mini microphone, which is more reliable than the phone headset. A) Turn on your Ipod touch. B) Carefully plug in your mini microphone to your Ipod touch. C) Turn on Skype program, you will hear nothing when it comes on. D) Tap on "Contact" or "Call" to make your call. E) If "Contact" is chosen, tap on "All Contacts" and tap on a number (person) you want to call. F) His number will come up, tap on "Call". G) If "Call" is chosen, use the keypad just like your phone. Don't forget to type 1 + area code, then phone number, then tap "Call". G) You will see your Skype program calling that number, quickly tap on "Speaker" icon on screen. It will turn on your Ipod touch's speaker, allowing you to listen to the other perso

Bottomline:Buy a bunch of them because if you lose them, your Ipod Touch is useless when it comes to Skype. How would you like to call home when you thousands miles away and misplace your mini microphone?

Pretty useful when I want to record lectures

Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Pros:Such a nice small shape. Comes with a cap that fits snugly around the jack (is that what it's called?) and protects it. I tested if my ipod 2G could record my voice from 10-12 feet away and I could hear myself pretty decently when I replayed the recording. It doesn't come with a keychain, but on the cap, there is clearly a loop where you can put one around it. Now I have a black pill-shaped microphone keychain!

Cons:Not really a con of the product itself, but you're going to have to unplug the microphone before you try to listen to the recording.

Other Thoughts:It tells you in the instructions to upgrade your ipod to some sort of new software version. However, I didn't upgrade my ipod 2G and the voice memo worked just fine. Not sure on how this microphone would on other apps.

Bottomline:Convenient size and a useful function. Sure beats spending another $200 on an iphone or carrying around a tape recorder.

Not bad for this price

Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Pros:cheap as hell: I've seen this mic in a wal-mart for $14,99looks: it's black and looks great with my ipod touch 2nd generation. (my friend ordered one and it was yellow)small : it's quite small and compact no wasted space there, it could'nt possibly be smallersound quality : the sound quality is very good crisp and clear.

Cons:disables audio : When I bought this i was mainly thinking of VoIp. but it turns out this mini mic COMPLETELY disables this audio. Even disables bluetooh headphones

Other Thoughts:I am quite satisfied with this product

Bottomline:don't buy one...buy three

greath

Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Pros:If you want to boost the microphone of the iPhone, or add an iPod Touch, this "Mini Microphone" China is good for his duty.This enhancement improves the quality of any audio recording made via iPhone.

Cons:If you want to boost the microphone of the iPhone, or add an iPod Touch, this "Mini Microphone" China is good for his duty.This enhancement improves the quality of any audio recording made via iPhone.

Bottomline:If you want to boost the microphone of the iPhone, or add an iPod Touch, this "Mini Microphone" China is good for his duty.This enhancement improves the quality of any audio recording made via iPhone.

Works OK as a mic, but it does one bad thing.

Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Pros:1. Great price. You wouldn't believe what some companies charge for this kind of thing.2. Nice packaging. Plugs into a plastic "socket" so the whole thing becomes a sealed capsule when not in use so the plug won't poke a hole in your pocket. There's even a place provided so you could hang it from a string around your neck.3. Works fine in many programs, unfortunately, the built-in voice recorder in the 3.x version of iPod touch software is not one of them. Use iTalk (free) instead.4. Great build quality, quite decently made AFAIK.

Cons:When you plug it in, it *disables* the earphone completely! Yes, I know that it plugs into the earphone jack, but it even disables listening via Bluetooth headphones, so you cannot reasonably use this for making VOIP phone calls at all! I'm not sure if this is bad design of the mic or Apple's fault.

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Bottomline:Great for quickly plugging in and making voice recordings or Evernotes, but then you will have to *unplug* it every time if you want to listen to make sure it worked.