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	This Just In: iPod Still Has No Built-In Mic

Forbes Business

7-23-2007 9:45 AM

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technology, apple, ipod, mp3

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Apple's iPod still lacks one feature that virtually every other MP3 player on the market already has: a built-in mic. Having to shell out an extra $50 to $70 for an iPod attachment that can record would seem to be something to poke fun at, not celebrate. - Louis Hau

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