anyone try the above app from the app store yet? I am trying it out now at work but I'm having a hard time tweaking the settings just right but I think the concept is brilliant. the app runs in the background and monitors the ambient noise in the room you are in. when the noise exceeds a user defined or automatically preset level, it activates the microphone on your iphone or the microphone on your headset if it is equipped with one, and then mixes the microphone input with your music so you can tell what is going on around you.
you can tweak how many decibels it has to detect to activate the microphone and the ratio of the microphone input that gets mixed into your music through your phones.
this is working ok so far. I usually have a pretty quiet environment in my office, but I need to know when someone is paging me on my office phone. I just set my iphone by my office phone while I'm listening to my music and when the office phone rings or if our receptionist pages me, I can hear it!! like I said, I just have to dial in my settings but it looks like this could be useful!!
