Sony ICDSX68 Digital Voice Recorder Triple Microphone Design

I just bought ICD-SX68 recorder, and these are my thought about it:
The metal shell is paper thin. Since it has textured surface, if you touch the recorder while it is recording, it will result in loud popping sounds.
The battery cover is made out of plastic. Very poor design. While recording, there is a lot of white noise( I tried recording in highest quality mode). It is hard to use buttons since they are on the side and hard to see. Overall, the entire unit looks cheap. I think I will go back to Olympus WS recorder. Olympus has much higher quality of voice recordings.

Pros:
Charge batteries through USB cable. Big advantage over Olympus.

Cons:
Proprietary format of voice recordings.
Small screen.
White noise.
Plastic battery cover.
Textured surface affecting the quality of recordings if touched.

The unit is lighter than it looks. If you want a high end recorder that fits in your pocket this is an excellent choice. Very sleek and fits nicely in a shirt pocket. Has all the bells and whistles you would expect for a recorder of this quality. I was very impressed with the record and play back quality.
Pause button not easy to turn on or off without searching for it. Otherwise this is a 5 star product.

Product does everything we want it to do, and that very simply. Software manages filing and editing. One downside for us is the fact that the that the documentation said something which led us to believe that the recorder has an input plug for an external power supply. It does not. We have found it cost effective and handy to plug into an external source because (1) it saves buying batteries; (2)every presentation is recorded week in, week out. The battery meter does work well and, as long as one watches it, the batteries can be replaced. Also, the plug for external power does allow one to charge rechargeable batteries (but the recorder cannot be powered through this plug).