Voice Record
Voice Record was one of the first 500 applications on the AppStore when it launched in July 2008. It immediately found success and held onto a spot in the Top 25 Paid Applications for over two weeks. David Pogue featured the app in a video on the front page of The New York Times in July 2008. Currently, Voice Record has been downloaded onto over 37,000 devices and has over 1,100 reviews. This app does pretty much what you would think…it records your voice (or any sound for that matter). It also allows playback, renaming, re-ordering, and note association. After some trial and tribulation (a.k.a. socket programming), the app was expanded to include the FTP transfer of files and eventually direct WiFi transfer. Apple has since released a far more powerful recorder that comes free with every device, but Voice Record continues to sell moderately well. Some people write in who appreciate the advanced features such as the ability to specify the sampling rate or to perform FTP transfers. This app isn’t terribly exciting (like Forgotten Favorites), but it was created before there was much documentation or standard practices as far as iPhone apps were concerned.
