summary: comes in a sleek handy design making it easy to carry and use for daily recordings and professional dictations.
the software and file format are designed to work with windows only.) battery life is very good, and the two aaa batteries required are cheap and easy to replace when necessary.
even though this recorder is designed primarily for recording voice, it does a fine job with music.
the product arrived quickly and works beautifully.
i bought it for college lectures and have one professor that i was concerned the recorder would not pick up, but it picked her up beautifully without any external mics.
an accessory which you should consider if you want to record phone conversations, it works beautifully as a cheap phone recorder.
it is excellent for traveling because of its light weight and inconspicuous design.
i sing in a women's barbershop quartet and it's so easy to use and records so clearly and beautifully.
(caveat: there were some power-saving decisions made by the design team apparently as a consequence of this single-battery design.
designed well.
it is small, has a long battery life on rechargables and does well what it was designed to do.
it's like it was designed by elves so everything is painfully small - you get used to it but if your vision is not 20-20, you'll need your reading glasses to use it but then everything is like that
pros: built-in usb design, good voice recording quality, simple to use cons: poor battery life, lcd screen scratches easily.
purchased product after several weeks of research a few weeks ago; for use in large lecture hall at law school; though i sit in the front of the class nearest the professor, i doubt product couldn't
pros: excellent design, light-weight, interfaces easily and without middle-man software, small size, superb sound quality, features (such as noise filtering) which actually work and aren't simply
the ds-40 has great battery life, and ergonomically it has a much better design because button operation is much more positive, and since the screen is very clear, it is easy to see at a glance what
interface: controls are a bit clumsy but a small price to pay for this quality, and given the extremely limited real estate on this tiny thing, i suppose they did a great job with design.
pros: built to tolerate abuse, compact design, great recording quality, intuitive user interface, long battery life, plenty of feaures, reliable cons: cost, external mic feels flimsy, mediocre mp3
also, the design of the single wheel button on the sony probably would make it vulnerable to be rendered totally unuseable if damaged.
modest pricing, good recording ability, long recording memory, small and nicely designed.
two design improvements i would make: put the mic and headphone jacks in two different places, and put the headphone jack away from the internal mics because rubbing the wire (if recording while
it is a great idea and design, but just very flimsy.
it's not really designed for professional-style, stereo recording.
this is an attractive looking, efficient, and moderately priced audio recorder.
this sleek body is well designed with everything you need right on the front...stop, record, erase, ffwd, rewind...this baby does it all except think...now that part is up to you.
it does that beautifully.
i e-mailed them to my second computer, loaded them up in express scribe (also nch freeware) and they play beautifully.
the design is sleek but it has not substance.
this is a pretty dumb design for a very good recorder.
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