I am kind of fond of the ipods, and I'm off to the States soon and could get one there while the exchange rate is still vast (Customs and Excise please disregard this comment). I'm fairly sure there's a voice recorder for ipods these days. Think I need to go and visit the apple site...
I had considered a MD, but the disc part annoys me - I'd love to manage it all with just a couple of cables...