It's not often that we actually get to use a product to create a video of an interview, but that's exactly what happened last Friday when I interviewed Starr Ackerman of IK Multimedia about the company's products for musicians. I had neglected to put the SDHC card back into my video camera before the interview, so we were forced to record it using my iPhone 4 and the new iRig Mic.
While it's not shipping yet, the iRig Mic (US$59) features a high-quality condenser mic along with a special adapter that plugs into the headphone jack on any iOS device. The adapter has an output port so you can monitor the recording that's going on. That's not all you get; the mic will also ship with a copy of