Apple just released the iPhone 3Gs and a new version of the iPhone software 3.0. They each deliver new features and one of the things that all iPhone users now have available directly from Apple through the new 3.0 software is the Voice Memos app. While there are several voice memos apps available in the Apps Store, and the one I used was pretty good, like most things Apple does, this included App looks and works a bit better than most. It’s also free.
With Voice Memos you can record, name, and attach descriptions to each memo. Once recorded each can be trimmed, imported into iTunes, or more likely, emailed directly from the iPhone. I always thought carrying a recorder would was a good idea but always forgot to take it along. Now, with he iPhone, there is no need to remember. Of course, the same observation also applies to a video camera, iPod, calendar, map, address book and several thousand other things and all the information on the internet.
The problem I have found with modern technology is not the lack of capability but figuring out what to do with it and then remembering that it is there to help. Making that calculation in such a way as to alleviate the need to remember seems to be the trick. Having an iPhone concentrate so many things in one place is a step in that direction and one I certainly recommend.
