Guitar Recording on iPhone

The iPhone is one of the most versatile mobile devices ever released, however it soon becomes frustrating if, as a musician, you try and record your work on teh iPhone.

Fortunately there are ways you can not only record sound perfect guitar recordings on your iPhone, but also mix your recordings on multitrack iPhone software applications to give you a powerful platform for any musician.

The bad news is that this kind of technology is not cheap,  running to around $200!

Sonoma Wireworks is probably the most popular iPhone guitar recording solution, which provides a great high quality recording system for your guitar (You can also buy an adapter for 1/8 inch input as well as the guitar’s 1/4 inch connection).

Sonoma Wireworks adapters work really well with iphone apps such as FourTrack, which costs around $10, but provides a fantastic fourtrack music studio for your iPhone!

As of yet we have received no details as to the innards of the latest test version of apples upcoming iPhone replacement, nevertheless we will keep a close eye on the preceedings for you to make sure you know the latest about the Apple iPhone 4G!

Let me reminisce for a few seconds.

Several years ago I was walking through York on a night when me and a friend came accross this young blonde girl having an asthma attack on a bridge.  Needless to say we called an ambulance, but in the meantime what were we supposed to do? Keep her warm or cool, give her water? We did not know.

This is where the new medical iPhone application comes in, it’s a hefty file, so i suggest you wait till you have a decent 3G or WiFi connection. But Download this!  It contains all the medical information you will need to cope with a basic medical crisis, something that could one day help you save somebody’s life!

In my eyes that makes this medical iPhone application the worlds greatest iPhone App!

The Truphone currenly only lets you ring other Truphone and Google talk users via a WiFi network. (So slightly more limited than an iPohne as you need ana vailable connection)  This is all via VOIP so once you have converted you iPod touch to an iPhone you will be able to make 100% free calls to other users.

Truphoen have also announced that the app they have created to allow calls from an iPod Touch will soon be able to make calls to landlines and mobiles, current pricing structures are currently in creation.

Personally I think this is great news for iPod Touch users who wanted a bit more flexibility with their device.  The Truphone iPod touch to iPhone conversion software is available to download on the Apple iStore! for Free!

The MP3 player itself has a standard but adequate 16gb hard drive and 1.6 inch lcd screen.  When teh sun isn’t out it has a USB power adapter to refill the old power cells!

Many users may find it’s control system unintuitive though, especially in the face of products such as the iPhone!

This iPhone 3G utility is showing incredible power, as you can create lists, swipe off notes you have finished with and send htem on to others who need the information, in the future I would not be surprised if this is modified to allow for voice commands as well!

This is however one of my top iPhone software applications, its usability and usefulness have made this tiny little applicaion indespensible to me on a day to day basis!

Of all the tools so far Jott is by far the best iPhone application, for both work and personal life have allowed me to quickly say what I need to do rather than type in and organise, a nifty little prioritisation feature makes sure that I never forget the things most important and I am hoping soon they will insert calendar functionality!

But of course the best thing about this piece of iPhone 3G software is that its 100% Free to download!

You can get the Jott Dictaphone tool for the iPhone 3G Here for Free!

This week the Release of the Apple iPhone 2 3G was announced by Steve Jobs at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference.

The news was both sour and sweet, the sweet being 3G download speeds, GPS Tracking and Third Party applications, the sour however was very sour indeed.

Apples iPhone 2 can now only be bought on a 24 month contract, how many people keep one phone for that long? The worst part is may iPhone users will still be locked into an 18 Month contract they signed for a free iPhone.

The reasoning behind this is to keep a strangle hold of power on the distribution of the iPhone so the right people are making money out of it, and in the near future many people are forseeing a u-turn by apple similar to the removal of Apples DRM systems last year.

There are other little quirks that still have not been fixed, including thnigs such as Video capture capability, or even Multimedia messaging, something found in the most basic of phones for the last 5 years.

All in all there is a lot of disappointment in the air, though I do not doubt that apple will still shift a huge amount of these when the iPhone 2 is released on the 11th of July.

Fans of the Apple iPhone went frantic this weekend as pictures were released showing the Apple iPhone 3G in all its slim lined Glory.

While specs have still not been confirmed for the Apple iPhone 3G they are set to be impressive. One of the major drawbacks of the original iPhone was its slow download speed from the iTunes service, this looks set to be fixed with the broadband speed downloading offered by 3G. the Apple iPhone has been a fantastic product and has excelled in bot the US and European markets. Seeing a new, sleeker faster version of the IPhone 3G is something we are all looking forward to! It is however expected that the new Apple iPhone will be fully WiFi Compatable

Of course as with many early release photos there is a high chance that these may be fake, several people have noticed that the lock button is missing on the red phone. THere is however some Contention over this though as it would be expected that the ‘red’ version would be released later, as part of the anti – AIDS campaign.

Icetech, a leading Energy Technology Specialist have released the Solar i9005, a reliable hard wearing Portable Solar Charger. The Solar i9005 is not quite as portable as many would like, but measuring in at less than 6 inces long and around 3 inches wide you do not see many people complaining.

The charger comes with a massive array of attachments, not to mention USB charging capability. This means it is possible to charge anything that requires upto 9v of power, so its got your phone, MP3 Player, iPod or even many portable DVD players covered.

While most people wouldn’t use this it costs as little as $70, making it a great utensil for anyone on the move. I know when I am doing a two week road trip around Europe this year, one of these babies will be on the car dashboard all the way!

LG has released VX10000 or simplt known as Voyager in hopes that it would be the “iPhone killer”.

The Voyage trumps the iPhone by offering faster wireless Web access. But in a nod to the Apple device it has a large touch screen and full Web browser, as well as a two megapixel camera. Not only that, you also get a QWERTY keyboard which is revealed the moment you flip it open as well as a secondary display for email, text messaging, and games. Other features include a microSDHC memory card slot, 3G connectivity, and support for V CAST TV for live digital TV.

Full review at Engadget

Everybody knows that the iPhone can make phone calls, play movies & music, surf the web, and a lot more. But, Will It Blend? That is the question.

Find out the answer here.

The madness over Apple’s latest gadget continues as the iPhone is released to the public, there was long lines on almost all the places where the iPhone was on sale.

Apple has set a target of selling 10 million units worldwide by 2008 and i think that’s not a hard target to reach.

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A lot of people are gearing up to purchase the iPhone and I might just be one of them, theiPhone accessories are already rolling out and among them are the Bluetooth headset and wired headset. The new iPhone Bluetooth headset will work with other mobile phones in addition to the iPhone. It is expected the Apple will release additional iPhone accessories, but no word on whether they will be available at launch.

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What Is Open Moko?

OpenMoko is an open source mobile communications movement on a mission to create a platform that empowers people to customize their phone, much like a computer, in any way they see fit. It is a platform that focuses on innovation, usability, reliability, and quality.

OpenMoko’s heart lies deep into the components and resources of the Open Source and Free Software Movements. Moko is short for Mobile Kommunikations. ‘K’ is a tribute to all hackers around the world that build software that drives innovation into the platform. Open means that developers around the world can evolve the platform in anyway they like.

For more details via the press release -click here.

The iPhone is finally here!

It’s pack with features and comes in either 4GB or 8GB and runs on OSX.

Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device (that’s frickin’ thin, by the way) include a 3.5-inch wide touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the sensor when it’s close to your face, 2 megapixel cam, 4GB or 8 GB of storage, Bluetooth with EDR and A2DP, WiFi that automatically engages when in range, and quadband GSM radio with EDGE.

More pics, specs and such at Engadget

A handheld computing device is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a ceramic material that is radio-transparent.

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A rather intresting news concerning Apple’s forray into the phone market with it’s iPhone is that the company plans to sell the phone ‘unlocked’ which simply means that you are required to insert a GSM subscriber identity (SIM) card, the good thing about this move is that it now opens up most of the world as the target market instead of just the US.

If Apple decided to be tied down by the likes of Cingular or T-Mobile than there will not be marketing for the iPhone abroad, Apple could potentialy stand to make alot of money if they decided to go with Cingular or T-Mobile but they have decided to leave it ‘unlocked’.

On another note the iPhones are expected to be released within the first six months of next year as Apple has assigned the task of completing 12 million units of the iPhones to Taipei based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.

This is cool news indeed, i’m looking foward to owning an iPhone sometime in the future

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