Review on 8GB Mini Digital Voice Activated Recorder - HD Sound Portable Audio Recorder with Playback, USB, MP3, A-B Repeat, for Lectures Meetings Interviews Class (Black) by Jeremiah Whiteley

First impression after 24 hours: Good hardware with patchy software Pros: Very good audio quality Very good volume Compact, portable Backlit display with illuminated record button Relatively easy to use Cons: Cannot be rotated the cycle function. It always plays the same file instead of just once, and there's no way to disable the loop. To stop playing a file, you need to press Stop twice instead of once. Garbled confirmation when deleting a file. You can specify a file number to delete, but confirmation gives a date instead of a file number, which is unclear as there may be multiple files with the same date. The date is incomplete without scrolling to the end of the list. Typical poor documentation with unclear or non-existent description of some features. Still to be determined: battery life durability Conclusion: I would buy it again for everyday use. However, this device could benefit from polishing the operating system software. More attention to detail is required in this area, including documentation.