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Creative Zen Stone (1GB, red)

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  • Device type: Digital player
  • Flash memory installed: 1 GB
  • Digital player supported digital audio standards: MP3 WMA Audible Protected WMA (DRM 9)
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The good: The Creative Zen Stone is an exceptional bargain, and it comes in a choice of six colors. It offers good sound quality, is easy to use, and includes a standard mini-USB port for syncing and charging. It supports Audible files and has a Skip Folder function that makes it easy to skip through groups of tracks.

The bad: The Creative Zen Stone has no screen, no extra features, and no built-in clip like that of the iPod Shuffle. The rated battery life is unimpressive.

The bottom line: The Creative Zen Stone is a fantastic choice as a secondary MP3 player or for first timers on a budget who want a simple, great-sounding device with limited features and a bargain basement price tag.

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  • Reviewed on: 05/09/2007
  • Released on: 05/03/2007

In a world of iPod domination, you can't really blame competitors for taking cues from the MP3 player giant. Such is the case with the Creative Zen Stone, a simple and diminutive flash player reminiscent of the second-generation iPod Shuffle. Though the Stone may have taken its design cues from the popular iPod, it outshines the latter in sound quality and costs only half the price: the 1GB Stone lists at a mere $39.99.

The Zen Stone is swathed in the same shiny-plastic casing as the Zen V Plus and that, combined with its rounded-rectangle shape, does rather give it the appearance of a pebble; too bad that name was already taken. As with the Shuffle, the Stone's user interface has no screen and uses a tactile control pad consisting of volume controls and track shuttle keys circling a play/pause button. You also get a choice of colors: black, white, blue, pink, red, or yellow. The similarities pretty much end there, though.

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  • alaTest.com

    Editors' rating: 93

    Summary: alaTest has collected and analyzed 3417 reviews of Creative Zen Stone from international magazines and websites. Experts rate this product 74/100 and users 87/100. Comparing these reviews to 480474 other MP3 Players reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 93/100 = Excellent.

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  • computershopper.com

    Editors' rating: 72

    Summary: Move over, iPod Shuffle—Creative's Zen Stone offers a similar (read: bare-bones) feature set, plus great audio quality, for half the price.

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  • mp3.com

    Editors' rating: 70

    Summary: The Creative Zen Stone is a fantastic choice as a secondary MP3 player or for first timers on a budget who want a simple, great-sounding device with limited features and a bargain basement price tag.

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  • stuff.tv

    Editors' rating: 80

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  • tech.co.uk

    Editors' rating: 80

    Summary: It has twice the capacity of the iPod shuffle and costs half as much. There really isn't much more to say

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  • pcformat.co.uk

    Editors' rating: 80

    Summary: A strong all-rounder that really does have the measure of the iPod shuffle

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Creative Zen Stone (1GB, red)