There’s no shortage of external microphones available for your iPhone, but there is a shortage of handheld mics. Whereas others are content to attach to your iDevice dock port or sit lumbering on your desk, IK Multimedia’s iRig Mic is designed to be held or fit into the mic stand you likely already own. After all, if you’re considering a microphone for your iDevice, I’d hope you already have a reason to be singing into it. Or speaking, really.

If you find yourself hampered by the limited recording capabilities included with Apple’s Voice Memos application (and if you do anything more complicated than record a simple “pick up milk” type memo, you will), Audiofile’s excellent FiRe is the definitive, gold standard, stereo audio recording app. Packed full of enough features that are well laid out, thoughtfully integrated, and super responsive even on older iPhones/iPods, FiRe could easily replace more complicated (and heavier) audio recording gear.

At the last iPod event, it was widely speculated (by me) that the iPod touch would get a camera addition. When it didn’t show up, the press (me) rationalized that Apple was worried it would cannibalize iPhone sales, since the major difference between the iPhone and touch is the phone, the camera, and the microphone. But now, Apple has to offer Facetime on the next iPod touch.

According to a new story from Wired, Apple is currently producing new iPod Touch models that feature a camera and microphone much like that of its iPhone counterpart. With these two added hardware features, it appears as if there would be little differentiation between the iPhone and iPod Touch in future models. Unless Apple is also preparing a big iPhone hardware change as well, all the iPod Touch would be missing was a cell radio to make calls with.