I am particularly prone to get musical ideas when I am away from my desk. More often than not, though I may have worked something out pretty thoroughly, I lose part, most, or all of it before I can get it down. I have tried, without success, a variety of dictation related devices--they tend to have horrible sound quality, and don't really allow me to work with multiple parts. I have seen ads for several of these little ministudios or pocket studios or palmtop studios, and am beginning to feel like I am a little kid again, looking at the Sears Christmas Toy Catalog of days gone by--

Anybody use one of these things? What have you been doing? Are practical or just another musical gizmo?