This is a stylish and robust voice recorder thanks to its metal case. Looking at the exterior it has a micro SD port, headphone jack and all the function buttons you would expect (play/pause/record etc). It has the ability to recorded in stereo as well as mono. You could also add external microphones to the recorder for added functionality but I have found that some of these pickup mobile telephone interference. Thankfully this was recorder has no such problems on its own. You can have over 25 hours worth of recording at good-quality and the battery lasts the days. On the subject of the battery, when plugged into a computer to transfer your recordings it also ...  Read the complete review

Olympus, very well know for their quality cameras. But very well known for their quality Dictaphones? Actually yes. I'm a fan of Dictaphones and have owned a few in my time, while most people go through their entire lives without ever owning one. Both my jobs have required me to use one of these and I couldn't have done either of them without one. The DM 450 is actually a digital note taker it has 2 gigabyte of built in memory. I know that's not much but it actually takes a lot to fill this up as standard recordings don't take up that much room as it records in MP3. However the memory can be expanded by using a micro SD card (not included). The ...  Read the complete review