Digital Voice Recorder

Hello,
I'm looking for a digital voice recorder whose USB connectivity will work with OS X.
Olympus seems to pop up a lot in my searches:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_vrdigitalrecorders.asp
Sony, too:
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SYDisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=ICDP110&Dept=audio&CategoryName=pa_Vo iceRecordersDigitalVoiceRecorder
And Panasonic:
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelListByAttribute?storeI d=15001&catalogId=13401&itemId=68039&catGroupId=25026&attributeId=63372&attribut eValueId=590699&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702
Has anyone had any luck with using any of these recorders on a Mac? It is not very specific on any of their websites as to whether or not the product is compatible. I am going to try and dig up some more info from the companies directly, but figured here would be a good place to check for hands-on experience and recommendations. The Olympus one with the camera (W-10) looks pretty nifty to me. Don't need a digital camera specifically, so it would just be an added bonus.
Let me know if I'm going at all in the right direction or if there is somewhere else I should be looking.
Thanks for your help
Ryan

Olympus seems to be the only one that supports Mac and has a nice OS X native connection software. My girlfriends Panasonic does not work on Mac. So to play safe, get Olympus.

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Digital Voice Recorder for MAC?

I recently switched from PC to MAC and am very happy I did.
I just have 1 thing that still need to use my PC for - I use a digital recorder almost daily, and then email the recordings to different people.
I use a Sony so I can't use it on my MAC.
I am looking for a digital voice recorder that is as easy to use as my current one, I just plug it into my PC, open the software it came with, and it converts it to MP3 and then I attach it to the specified email and away it goes.
I tried an Olympus but the effort it would have taken to convert it to MP3 was ridiculous.
I would love some suggestions...
Thanks!
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I use an older Olympus myself, rather similar to this one, and though it records in WAV format rather than mp3 it is really pretty simple converting the files if you wish. The ones that Dave Sawyer links to look better for your purposes , though.
Sony make Mac compatible recorders which record directly into mp3 these days, too, though. See here, for example. Or this one.
eww's suggestion looks good , too.
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1. With the particular digital voice recorder you have, I suspect you are going to be out of luck. Olympus offers DSS Player for Mac OS X for their higher-end units, i.e. their DS-series digital voice recorders.
2. I presume you've tried connecting the VN-960PC to your Mac via USB cable and found that its built-in storage does not mount on the desktop. True?
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VN 2100: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_supportfaqs.asp?id=1269
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