Comments on: App Store Day: Cooliris and SpeakEasy Voice Recorder

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:32:37 +0000

Is there a way to turn a recording you make using one of these apps into your ringtone?

By: Milind Alvares

Milind Alvares — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:43:28 +0000

Well I’m not sure. First of all there weren’t any free apps at the time of reviewing. Besides, most of the recording applications that we’ve tested also have equally ‘good’ interfaces. May not be as flashy, but they’re good. I’d suggest you stick to the free ones if they work for you.

As for your second query, no. Officially at least, you cannot run applications in the background so the voice recorder will not work. However, via jailbreaking there is an application that allows you to run apps in the background. I will look into the matter and let you know whether it works with the recording apps.

By: Clemente

Clemente — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:29:25 +0000

I liked your review, but I wasn’t convinced. Especially I don’t see what does this app offer that the free ones don’t, apart from the UI. Any actual functionality not found in other apps?

What brings me to a question I have about these recorder apps. Is there one that allows you to record while doing other things with your iPhone? That is a recording app that can work on the background?
I would appreciate any hints on this.

Thanks a lot.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:59:48 +0000

Cooliris is super cool! Definitely a ‘wow’ app that is actually useful!

By: Milind Alvares

Milind Alvares — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:53:44 +0000

Thanks for letting us know about iTalk being free. Immediately tweeted about it. I tried out Recorder (which was free on 24th Oct) and didn’t find the UI so pleasing. SpeakEasy has served me well (for the limited recording that I do), and since I don’t need to transfer those files to the Mac, I don’t miss much.

By: Robert1014

Robert1014 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:43:00 +0000

You know, I had had my eye on Speakeasy since first seeing it reviewed on iLounge. I waited until they added the capacity to transfer recordings to one’s computer. When I did go to purchase Speakeasy, my attention was also drawn to iDicto, through a favorable review I happened upon on the web. It was—as is iTalk at this time—temporarily Free, so I downloaded iDicto when I purchased Speakeasy. I like both apps, but I prefer Speakeasy because of its clean, modern and attractive interface. Your review of Speakeasy brought my attention to Griffin’s iTalk, which I had been unaware of. Being only temporarily free, and liking it’s interface, I downloaded it tonight. After brief testing, I think I like iTalk the best of the three!

Like Speakeasy, it has an attractive and intuitive interface, virtually foolproof for understanding functions. Whereas Speakeasy’s interface remains the more beautiful, I prefer iTalk’s means of syncing better. With Speakeasy, one has to back up one’s iPhone before one can transfer new recordings via Speakeasy Connect. No big deal, and it’s easy enough, but it does require some extra fiddly steps, and a backup can take several minutes (at least). iTalk’s wireless syncing using iTalk Sync is, by contrast, much simpler and quicker. (iDicto’s wireless syncing is also very easy.)

Funny…your laudatory review of Speakeasy, which I already used and liked, turned me on to another recording app which I think I like better!

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