Ipod touch transfers memos as AAC files

Hi All,
I have an iPhone 3G and a 2nd gen iPod Touch.
Using voice memos and syncing them to iTunes, the iPhone syncs the memos as Apple Lossless files (what I have set as my default import setting) and the iPod Touch always imports it's memos as AAC files.
I am using the same microphone and, I believe both the iPhone and the iPod Touch record the files as WAV files. I have not changed and double checked that the settings were the same, in fact, I did back to back testing and syncing. Weird, right?
I really need the iPod Touch to transfer the files either as WAV, AIFF or Apple Lossless because I am using the files for a documentary.
Thanks,
Lydia
Does anyone have a clue as to why it is behaving so strangely.

Voice memo files are recorded as MP4 files (actual extension is m4a). WAV files are not used by Apple. And while you have your CD import preferences set to Apple lossless, I don't believe that this setting is used to handle voice memos.
If you need to convert the voice memo files to another format, there are literally hundreds of programs that can do that for you.

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