I had somebody asking me why none of their shipment of Mac Mini’s worked with their standard microphones. I wasn’t entirely sure either, so I had a look around on Google for some answers. I soon found the answer in the MacRumors forum.
“The Mac mini’s input is a line-level input, whereas the mic line on most analog headsets needs a mic-level input (to power the mic). The mini isn’t giving the mic any power, so it’s not going to work.
You need something to pull the level of that mic line …

Anyone who’s had the iPhone for any length of time knows about the beautiful 3rd party applications, and the way they work with the feature-rich iPhone platform. One of the most astounding API’s available to the iPod Touch or iPhone software is the location service. Using WiFi, GPS, and cellular data, it can pinpoint your location from virtually anywhere.
Obviously, there are already hundreds of applications that utilise this API, but the usage has been very different to predictions. Rather than creating enhanced map, or in-car navigation software, it has been …