Sony ICD-UX80 (2048 MB, 9.5 Hours) Handheld Digital Transcriber / Recorder

Despite of ad Sony ICD-UX80 should not be considered as recorder. It is just another mp3 player from Sony, darling and not very practical for recording needs.Yes, stereo, but microphones are poor and take voice from max 0,5m or you have to buy external microphone, better from Sony. I had chance to compare it with Olimpus, costs around 35 USD against 125USD for Sony and the last Olimpus works better, easily takes conversation from a three meters while been in a pocket. One may just compare duration of high quality recording- Olimpus has more capability. In addition Sony has only AAA power element, which is also disadvantage if you need long and reliable device. Both recorders are easily read via USD and any voice processing software may easily convert internal Olimpus format to mp3, while Sony offers mp3 by defalt. Olimpus has more convenient interface to operate than Sony.