This says it All - US Patent 5491774 - Handheld record and playback device with flash memory...

And this

''IMO It is both - the manipulation and the essense of its design; a handheld device digitally porting/recording/editing audio/data via mic onto an SD/CF removable secondary storage medium.''

Should have read

IMO It is both - the manipulation and the essense of its design; a handheld device digitally coupling/recording/editing audio/data via housing/buttons/mic onto an SD/CF removable secondary storage medium.

Damned this market slump - we'd be at a buck or more....

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