After tinkering with the SanDisk MP3 player a little more, I decided that the voice recording functionality is nearly useless, and I put it up on eBay. However, I discovered the Neuros Audio II, which is a bit large for a flash-based MP3 player, but it has terrific recording capability (up to 160 kbps MP3 or 48 kHz WAV), and it should be more than adequate for my purposes. It will also take an external mic.

Why all the fuss about mobile recording? There are a lot of instances where I would like to capture audio, most of them involving the things Anna says. Mind you, a lot of the things she says are things Jennifer and I say, but things like “How about a big bowl of nothing?” or “Tick-tock, sister, move it along” are much cuter when a three-year-old says them. I try very hard to capture precious moments in still images, but even I have to face the fact that life is a multimedia experience.