At $9.99 I think this app is a little over priced.  $4.99 would be a little better price range for this app.  You can’t blame the developer though, it’s not often you get to walk on stage at an Apple press event to announce your new app…I might over price my app by a few bucks too.

The app allows you to record and lay multiple tracks down which is kind of cool.  It also has a few pre-recorded songs.  The nice thing about the pre-recorded songs is that it highlights the guitar licks or piano keys as they are played so you can learn from the sound track how to play the song.  Since I am not too musically inclined I wish there were more sound samples to help teach me a few of the ropes.

Overall this is a fun app for the musical novice, it may be more useful for someone who actually knows and understands music.  Somewhat overpriced…I give it a 3 out of 5 stars.

According to the Financial Times, Apple is considering a “all you can eat” music option for the iPhone. Music would be subscription based or payed as a premium up front at the time of purchase of the iPhone.

Users would then have full access to all music on the iTunes store for the life of the device. The music industry and Apple are negotiating over royalty fees at this time and it is not clear if or when an agreement will fall in to place.

Here is a handy hardware solution for the iPhone / iPod Touch owner who needs a little more volume.

Speakers from LiveSpeakR, they are due out this summer, pricing not yet available.  They hook in to the USB port and provide a stand in the back to keep the iPhone upright.

It has dual power supply (batteries or AC).

(iPhoneAppReview comment)  If they made this in black and moved the speakers to the top corners they might get a certain endorsement from a well known mouse over at Disney… M-I-C-K-E-Y

Just thought good luck to you LiveSpeakR, if you ever want to advertise here let me know…