Sony has introduced a new portable audio recorder, the PCM-M10 Linear PCM Recorder.

The PCM-M10 is designed to be small and rugged, but offer an extensive range of features, including:

• dedicated transport buttons;
• a five-second pre-record buffer;
• WAV and MP3 format record and play;
• USB port for easy upload/downloads;
• Digital Pitch Control;
• a MicroSD/Memory Stick Micro slot;
• 96 kHz 24-bit recording; and
• 4 GB built-in flash memory.

The PCM-M10 is powered by standard AA batteries.