SoundClip Will Make you Remember that You Paid $8 Bucks not to have your Finger Cover the iPhone Speaker

Sunday, August 23, 2009

We have all experienced those times when we accidentally covered the iPhone speaker with our fingers while playing games or using apps. That feeling of Ouch! is quite annoying, especially in the middle of a game. But it looks like the folks at Ten1 has found a fix for this annoying behavior. They made a special plastic clip named SoundClip [Amazon Link]that clips onto your iPhone’s sync port. Clipping it on will allow SoundClip to cup the iPhone speaker.

Ten1 promised that the SoundClip will not only prevent against accidental audio loss from your fingers, but also amplify sound. They claimed the volume will be increased by 10dB between 6kH and 20kHz. The amplification in sound is accomplished by reflecting sound waves back to the user. For convenience, SoundClip can also be clipped to the USB sync cable when the sync port on the iPhone is in use.

Even though SoundClip promised sound amplification, in reality many people do not notice an improvement in sound amplification. So don’t expect too much volume enhancements from this simple device. However everyone did solved their naughty finger problem. No longer do users need to worry if their fingers will accidentally cover the speaker when using the iPhone.

Priced at $8 dollars, the SoundClip may seem reasonable to some (and too expense for others) for the ability to protect the iPhone Speaker from accidental covering. But if you need an accessory to truly amplify sound well, you may need to look at other accessories such as the Griffin 9696 AirCurve Acoustic Amplifier [Amazon link]. It is up to you to determine if preventing temporary sound loss from your naughty fingers is worth the $8 price.