snowman - 4:12 pm on Jan 18, 2005 (gmt 0)

What would make the iPod attractive?

The ability to plug a good quality mic into it (or have a good condenser mic built-in) and record live material.

I know a guy who does audio work for university lectures, college radio and the like, and he is restricted to using a mini disc recorder with a limited recording time. It's expensive!

The iPod, if it would record to MP3 format on the fly would be a helluva tape recorder and then you could download the recorded material via USB to your computer.

Otherwise it's just a cute and expensive toy.