Sony ICD-MS1 (8 MB, 2 Hours) Handheld Digital Voice Recorder

Pros: Convenient data collection and storage; easy message organization; high quality sound; superb translation capability.
Cons: Time-consuming set-up; not compatible with a variety of popular OSes; requires expensive adapter accessories.

Note to self: Purchase Sony Memory Sticks and adapter, just in case. With so many of Sony's new toys being MS media-card equipped, any technophile will be subject to severe fits of gear withdrawal without this little purple stick. The latest MS-dependent...

Pros: Voice quality, range, display, memory card, convert to WAV, easy to use
Cons: not many, just battery could be a bit better, read on..

One of the best investments I have ever made. I use it for my job as a DBA in meetings and originally bought it to record classes I took for DB stuff and now that I have that information on my PC, that investment pays in itself over many times. I then...

Pros: Easy to use, good sound quality
Cons: Poor durability.

Sony ICD-MS1 is a compact recorder with good sound quality and recording time. It is easy to record and the messages are separate and easy to handle in PC through Voice Editor program.

Several different formats of sound files can be converted to the Sony proprietary MSV file format to be played in the ICD-MS1 and the MSV files can be converted to several different format sound files. If CD sound files are converted to MSV files then each 128MB Memory stick can store about 7 CDs.

The concept to use Memory stick is good. This should be a great recorder if the construction quality is good.

I did not use my ICD-MS1 often but soon after warranty expired it could not record any more. It can still play music in the Memory Stick so I convert sound files to MSV files and download them to Memory stick and use my ICD-MS1 as a music player. A pair of AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries can last about 3 hours if the volume is turned to maximum.