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If you ever need to, or plan to, record calls on your cell phone, you will need a cell phone recorder. Most recorders designed for land lines don’t work on mobile phones, so you will need to purchase a device that works with your cell.

Phone call recording may seem a little shady, or something out of a spy novel, but there are a lot of good reasons for recording calls. If you need to keep a record of something a client or supplier says, taping or digitally recording the call can help you keep up with the details.

Recording calls on your cell phone is a really useful function because you may be away from the office, unable to take notes. When you get permission and record the call for later, you can refer to the conversation later to make sure you handle everything you discussed in the call.

As more and more business moves out of the office, and smart phones and laptops replace our desks and land lines, recording calls on your cell phone becomes even more important as a way of keeping up with project discussions and agreements with clients and suppliers.

Most recording devices for cell phones are also small and lightweight, so that you can carry your recorder with your phone and be ready to capture a conversation anywhere and anytime you’re doing business. This is nice, because once you get in the habit, you’ll want to record calls all the time.

Using a cell phone recorder as your personal secretary away from the office lets you take notes later, or refer to the call instead of calling notes. You won’t miss the details, and the people you work with will appreciate your attention to the little things. You’ll be more effective and efficient, and spend less time putting out fires.

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If you’ve ever seen those celebrity match-ups with Superman vs Batman and the like, digital telephone recorders vs cassette telephone recorders will sound familiar. If not, you’re about to see a non-celebrity match-up of two recording devices. Not the most exciting lineup, but Cher and Madonna were unavailable.

Recording Time:
In our first contest, we’ll compare the recording capacity of a cassette vs digital phone call recorder. It’s a knockout for digital, which can hold dozens or hundreds of conversations. Cassette, on the other hand, staggers under two hours of conversation on a 120-minute cassette (60 minutes per side).

Duplication:
Ouch. Need to copy a cassette? First, very carefully preserve your master, and record only from the master. Copies of a copy will sound horrible, and the master will wear with time. Digital copies? No problem. Duplicate the original file endlessly with no loss of quality.

Sound Quality: You may not notice much difference in the quality between cassette and digital, actually. The cassette may leave a slight hiss on the recording, but some cassette recorders have pretty good quality. Let’s call this one a draw.

Size: If you need to carry your cassette phone recorder, get a microcassette, which is the smallest available. On the other hand, you could go digital and get a recorder the size of a cigarette lighter. Oooh. Another one to the digital side, though admittedly size is probably not a huge factor for most people.

Archiving: This is the knockout round for digital. If you’re planning to archive your cassette recordings, you should set aside a lot of room for the tapes. Archiving digital files is simply a matter of setting up a new folder on your computer. Pow.

It looks like the match goes to the digital telephone recorders. Seriously, if you are currently using a cassette recorder and want a lateral transfer, that’s fine, but if you’re upgrading, you’ll want to switch to digital for a number of reasons.