Voice recording quietly comes to Touch 2G

Many iPhone recording apps are quietly being upgraded for compatibility with the iPod Touch, second-generation.

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Oct. 23, 2008 2:05 p.m. PT

Photo of QuickVoice working on the iPod Touch 2G. — Hooray! Voice memos finally work on the iPod Touch 2G. Donald Bell/CNET Networks

What a difference a month makes. In September, we couldn't find a single voice-recording app for the iPhone that would work with the headset input included on the second-generation iPod Touch. I took a look around the iTunes App Store today and found that seven of of the 13-plus iPhone voice-memo apps now list themselves as compatible with the second-generation iPod Touch. Here's the list, so far:

SpeakEasy Voice Recorder from Zarboo Software
QuickVoice Recorder from nFinity
Recorder from Retronyms
Note2Self from Web Information Solutions
iRecorder from Simple Touch Software
YouNote from Sophiacom
iTalk Recorder by Griffin

If you find additional voice-memo apps for the iPod Touch 2G, please add them in this post's comments section.

On a side note, we're happy to report that you don't need to use an Apple-branded headset to enable the iPod Touch 2G's voice-memo capability (same goes for the new Nano and Classic). We used an Etymotic HF2 iPhone headset and recordings came out great.

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