Don't know if this has neen mentioned (I've gone through the recent posts, but not the 2004 & earlier) but . . .

I've read an article recently about some techs who have "hacked" the iPod - the models with the 20-gig hard drives and added a mic jack. None of this crippleware nonsense about not being able to transfer the recording digitally afterward. Such an operation would void the warranty, of course, but imagine the possibilities . . .