Importing WMA files from an Olympus Voice Recorder

I am considering the purchase of a digital voice recorder, possibly one of the inexpensive WMA recorders from Olympus.
I would like to be able to import the voice recording files onto my Mac, possibly for editing them in Garage Band. I may make podcasts or other voice-message multi-media projects out of the recordings.
I heard in another forum that the WMA files may be problematic to import onto my Mac. Does anyone know what the issues are? What are the possible fixes? Any freeware that can convert these kinds of files to something useful on the Mac?
A couple of possibilities I'm looking at for handheld voice recorders:
Olympus VN-6200 PC (nice deal on this model on the web)
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1459
Olympus DS-40 (I found a nice deal on this one as well)
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1277
Thanks in advance,
--WA

The primary issue is that Mac OS X does not natively support WMA, so you will have to convert the WMA files to another format before they can be played. Possibilities for conversion include EasyWMA or QuickTime Player and the Flip4Mac import codec (not the free version).
I'm not aware of any freeware for Mac that can convert WMA, though I can't say that none exists.

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