Sanyo has launched it's ICR-RB76M Dictaphone in Japan for 20,000 Yen [$165], although a more humble one in terms of specifications: 256MB of internal memory, MP3 recording, and an FM/AM tuner. It has 19 hours of battery life with 2 AAA batteries. Compatible with OS Windows Me/2000/XP/Vista it supports MP3/WMA but not DRM audio formats with voice recording capacity of 256MB. It records sound in 4 modes: XHQ/HQ/SP/LP with sound recording time of approximately 4 hour 20 minutes for XHQ and approximately 35 hour 20 minutes for LP. The external size is 109×42×19mm (vertical × side × thickness). The built-in microphone is monaural, but using a tie-pin microphone attachment is used, stereophonic recording is possible.
