This has just appeared on the PC-audio list posted by Michael Lang: The new Sony PCM-D50 could be seen as a successor to the Minidisc. One can find more info by searching the blogosphere via blogsearch.google.com. The Marantz PMD620 might be kind of an Edirol R-09 with a built-in speker. Somebody already described the button layout of it, see here: http://familyoralhistory.us/news/view/marantz_introduces_new_portable_ digital_recorder_pmd_620/ (Having searched the 'blogosphere' here's a page with info about the two new recorders: http://rekkerd.org/field-recorders-announced-sony-pcm-d50-and-marantz- pmd620/ Cheers, Ray. mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx