Ho ho ho! The iPill. It looks like a pill. Do you see?
Bad, pun-tastic name aside, the iPill is a cheap solution for sound recording on the iPod. Compatible with the iPods Nano 4G, Classic 120GB, and Touch 2G, the little capsule breaks open to reveal its jack plug, which you than shove into the headphone socket to enable mono recording.
The little $13 mic has been tested by iLounge and the verdict is that it is actually better than Apple’s own microphone. This isn’t a surprise. In the realms of accessories, Apple pretty much sucks. The company has never made a decent mouse, and its headphones seem engineered to break after a few months of use.
So, should the iPill show up in the US in useful numbers rather than the trickle currently dripping in, it might be worth picking one up. Just don’t try to take it through customs yourself.
(Via Gadget Lab.)
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