Olympus will soon release two new Voice-Trek voice recorders, the V-50 and the V-40. Both model can functional as an MP3/WMA players. They are also support SRS Wow. Planned to hit the market on 28 October, V-40 is expected to sell at ¥20,000, while V-50 is at ¥30,000.

Voice-Trek V-40 model has 512MB storage capacity and come in gold color. V-50, with 1GB capacity, has an elegant black color. Both have four built-in preset equalizers, and repeat and random playback functions. The battery casing detaches from the body of the voice recorder; exposing a USB plug. This design makes it very easy to plug into devices like your computer to transfer recordings, MP3 files, etc.

When connected to a PC, the recorder appears as a USB mass storage class device. You can easily transfer your music files using drag and drop interface. Windows Media Player can be used in conjunction with the recorder as well, when DRM transfer is necessary.

The Voice-Trek records via the internal stereo microphone and can record at 4 different modes: SHQ, HQ, SP, LP. The Voice-Trek can only record in stereo using the SHQ mode, and of course records in WMA format. In SHQ mode, the V-50 can record up to 35 hours and 25 minutes, and the V-40 can record up to 17 hours and 40 minutes.

Voice-Trek requires a single AAA battery. It has around 11 hours (stereo) / 15 hours (mono-aural) recording life and around 7 hours for playback. The external dimensions are 94.8 x 38.2 x 11mm and weighs only 46 grams.

[ Via TechieDiva ]