stereo recording with mp3 recorder?

[kuuan]

I am looking for a portable device which can be used to record stereo quailiy sound on the road, which means it should be small and have long battery life.
Do I have to go for an MD recorder, or would an MP3 recorder do the job as well? Definitely would prefer an MP3 player/recorder which takes an external stereo mic and preferable has a lot of other faetures like an adress book and a foto viewer.
Is there any product out which fulfills my requirements?
grateful for any suggestion,
kuuan

[ilprincipe]

kuuan,
you might want to look at iRiver's H3xx range...

Check them out at www.iriver.com and for more information and a forum,this certainly is one of the best pages concerning iRiver....

www.misticriver.net

[Seanjuan]

How do the new iRiver H3xx range compare to the older h1xx range? I don't like the look of the new players.

[ilprincipe]

Seanjuan,
yes,me neither... :(

For a good comparison have a look at the forum @ www.misticriver.net

Basically the H3xx range is a big update of the already great H1xx...

Colour screen (watch pics and movies->US-version doesn't support videos),record straight from the radio,etc...

Downturns (compared to H1xx),up until now no recording in .wav,only in .mp3 format...No optical line-in (I think) ... :confused: