
Existing memos are played back by tapping on the saved memo and pressing the small play button which appears to its immediate left.

The interface is simple enough in that it allows you to quickly and easily get started recording new voice memos without a lot of effort. Starting the application presents a list of existing recordings with a Record button for making a new recording, and a Delete button for removing an existing recording, in an interface very similar to the iPhone’s own Visual Voicemail application. Voice Memos is a basic no-frills voice recording application that more or less works for its intended purpose: to record and store voice memos on your iPhone. Voice Memos ($5) from Verge23 ( iTunes Store Link)
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A near-term iPhone software update is expected to add MP3 encoding as an alternative to CAF for greater compatibility of the recorded files. The space consumed will also vary somewhat with applications that provide different quality settings, however with the monaural microphone on the iPhone, there’s no current need to record in stereo fidelity. Notably, the numbers are not directly comparable because iPhone recordings are currently made in Apple’s Core Audio Format (CAF) rather than WAV, the format used by iPods. In terms of space taken up by voice recordings, based on the apps that did provide storage information or transfer of voice memos, you can expect your recordings to take approximately 1MB per minute of recorded audio on average, versus 2.5MB per minute on the iPod 5G’s, classic’s and nano’s low-quality mode. However, for voice recording quality purposes, all of the applications that we reviewed provided acceptable quality with virtually no distinguishable differences. A few of the apps we reviewed offered higher-quality recording settings, which resulted in slightly improved fidelity when recording from music sources or from distant sources, such as in a lecture hall.

It should also be noted that the base recording quality of all of the apps that we reviewed was roughly equivalent. Further, current SDK restrictions preclude third-party applications from accessing most Dock Connector accessories, so even if an enterprising developer or accessory manufacturer wanted to bring voice recording to the iPod touch, it does not seem that this will be possible unless Apple changes the software. The iPod touch does not have a built-in microphone and there are no iPod touch-compatible voice recording accessories available. Unlike many of the App Store programs, these particular applications are designed specifically for the iPhone, not the iPod touch.
