Other voice recorder manage to store recordings directly as mp3 files. So, it is possible. There just needs to be the will at SanDisk.
I think you’ve misunderstood me. 9 MB is for just one minute of recording. I foresee needing to record hours of speech before getting to my computer to transfer the recording. One working day of a seminar, for example, will take more than the capacity of memory in the model I purchased (4 GB). And this also means that I won’t be able to have anything else on it while recording long sessions (lectures, etc.). Converting WAV files of hundreds of megabytes or even bigger to mp3 will take a long time too. No matter how I look at it, the approach SanDisk has taken to voice recording is bad and unjustified (other small voice recorders are much better at it).
