Sony ICD-U70

Pros: Plenty of storage for long lectures. USB drivers on unit, worked fine.

Cons: Impossible design for erasure of messages. Poor sound quality/ volume on built-in speaker.

The Bottom Line: Buy this unit if you are not going to have a lot of short messages, or if you want to listen on the built-in speaker.

Review: I use recorders in daily work. My workhorse is the old Olympus v90, which is no longer made but has simple design and easy erase function. Get 'em on eb*y for 30 bucks usually.

On a daily bases I record 70-120 short notes, some as short as...

Pros: Design, capacity and brand name

Cons: Sound

Review: I bought this recorder because of its design, capacity and brand name.

The problem is the sound. Its bad. I know because I had an olympus WS-320M before. And the quality of sound is much better in this recorder. The difference was huge...