Does anyone know of a good recording solution for Windows Mobile devices that allows the user to adjust levels and avoid distortion in the recording?

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See this article:
Everything you may need to know about sound recording on the Pocket PC
(the name is quite appropriate)
and especially the section named "Sound quality", where several products are listed.

EDIT

More specific solutions are commercial in nature. Here are two that got good reviews:

ViTo SoundExplorer ($7) with a review here that concluded:

Being an audiophile, SoundExplorer turned out to be quite a treat for me. It has each and every feature I could think about and those too that I had only imagined. I haven't seen anything as advanced as SoundExplorer for Windows Mobile.

It not only has excellent playback capabilities but is definitely the best recording solution that is available for WinMo users. I could not only record voice memos easily but was also able to add bookmarks to these, not to mention its Voice Activated System that allowed me to initialize and stop the recording procedure automatically when sound ambience was at a certain level.

I also think that it is very reasonably priced at $7.00, considering the usability and loads of features it has to offer. I used the application for more than five days and could not find anything negative to talk about and ultimately ended up buying the paid version.

Resco Audio Recorder ($24.95) with a review here that concludes:

Having put this program through its paces, I believe that Resco’s Audio Recorder does pretty much as advertised. I found it to be an excellent recorder that took some of the complexity of choosing a format and bit quality down a notch for an average user (like me) but I could also see if you were a power-user, you would find all the necessary options to make you satisfied too. The sound quality was very clear and the application well worth the price. Resco offers a 31-day trial so be sure to try it before you buy it!

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a very thorough write-up, but it's unfortunately pretty outdated. also, it doesn't seem to touch on the line level issue of sound quality. any type of music recording i've tried to do with my cell phone has instantly turned into a distorted mess... – unclemonkey Oct 9 '09 at 17:36
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