Re: Any Good Cell Phones for Recording?

["Mike Feldman" gidney_n_cloyd]

losangelesprofessor wrote:

> It does not have to be stereo, but needs to accept an external
> microphone, adjustable gain. The idea is to have a recorder I always
> carry with me.

I'd think that most cellphones that have a voice-note feature would
serve as your always-there recorder, and they all have built-in mics.
And most would have have a headset adaptor for an external mic, and
probably provide 2v bias voltage for the mic.

But good luck finding one that allows you to defeat the AGC and
set the mic gain manually.

No, if you're going to carry around an external mic, and your phone
supports Bluetooth headset profile, you can go high-end with:

http://www.jkaudio.com/daptor3.htm