gadgetshow.channel5.com Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:15
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Creative Zen Stone Plus 4GB is an MP3 player with built in radio. It measures 55.6 mm (width) x 12.8 mm (depth) x 35.4 mm (length), and weighs 21 grams. The player has a maximum memory capacity of 4 GB, and can hold up to 1000 songs. The audio formats...
So, has this MP3 player got the stones to take on the iPod Shuffle? In short, yes. Two hefty stones to be precise. And by stones, we mean gigabytes. For £2 more than a 2GB Shuffle, you get double the amount of storage – that’s effectively...
The lack of a hold button is frustrating, and the headphones aren't much to shout about, but considering that this offers 4GB of storage and costs just shy of a demi-ton, we’ll forgive it.
Easy to use, plenty of storage space, tiny, and available in a variety of different colours – there’s not much to dislike about this rock-solid MP3 player. Creative Zen Stone Plus 4GB is tagged with MP3 player, creative and portable. Select a...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:15
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Whatever next - a singing pebble. Makes the iPod shuffle look a lot less smart. Unless you commute to Venus, its debatable how many hundreds of hours of music you need on your MP3 player. Flash-based units like the Zen Stone Plus are a cheaper and m...
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techradar.com Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:15
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The iPod may be a cultural phenomenon, but that doesnt mean its the best media player ever. Take the entry-level model in the family, the iPod shuffle. Its cute, cheap and easy to use, sure, but its been rightly criticised for not including a scree...
Product Summary Zen Stone Plus Best Price Unavailable Key specs Price at Launch | MPN 70PF219100HH5 | Full spec...
Product Summary Zen Stone Plus Best Price Unavailable Key specs Price at Launch | MPN 70PF219100HH5 | Full spec...
Creative Zen Stone Plus Our Score (Unrated) User Score Be first to review this! Last reviewed:...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:15
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updated version of the cute little iPod Shuffle competitor: Earlier this year Creative released a simple music player called the Zen Stone, as an obvious rival to Apples iPod Shuffle. The big advantage of the Zen Stone was its price, but it was quite basi...
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webuser.co.uk Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:15
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Small can be beautiful, as Web User finds out when playing his favourite tracks through this minuscule MP3 player... more...
Creative is in the habit of taking Apples digital music proposition and offering a higher-specified device for less money. The Zen Stone Plus falls neatly into this category with its Shuffle-beating set of features, though you have to accept life with...
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Founded in Singapore in 1981 and famous for its Sound Blaster sound cards and for launching the multimedia revolution, Creative is now driving digital entertainment on the PC platform with products like its highly acclaimed Zen and MuVo lines of digita...
Sleek 64 x 64 resolution blue OLED display, Feather light 21g, Voice recorder, Radio, Draganddrop device, 9.5 hours playback, Multilanguage...
Bit plastically, Scratches easily...
Having come to the end of this review the Stone Plus has been fantastic and I’ve enjoyed using every single one of the features to hand, so light and easily to use in just one smooth touch you can really forget you’re carrying anything at all...
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T3.com Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:16
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No, we havent reviewed the same product twice in two months - our new medication prevents that. This is the Plus version of the Creative Zen Stone. And, to recycle the pun we used last month, it rocks. Sorry, but it does. For the same wodge as an...
LCD screen. FM radio. Great battery.
Theres no hold button. No gapless playback. Plasticky chassis.
The best player 50 quid can buy.
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Another player so soon?...
Screen, 2GB, USB socket...
No built-in clip like the shuffle, loses skip folder option...
Top marks...
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Targeting the iPod shuffle on its own ground, the Creative Zen Stone Plus brings a petite chassis, 2GB capacity and bargain price tag to the party – and trumps its Apple rival with a built-in speaker and screen. With its cute, rounded body and range...
A superb package that has value for money written all over it, Creatives Zen Stone Plus With Built-In Speaker is pretty much an iPod shuffle plus a screen – and the bonus of a small speaker. It looks great, does everything you ask and costs just...
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The Zen Stone Plus is an update to the recently released Zen Stone, which was a screenless MP3 player to rival the iPod Shuffle, but not enough of an update. Its the same size as the Zen Stone - about as thick as your little finger, and about as long...
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Creatives ZEN Stone Plus is a revision of their successful ZEN Stone. It keeps the same petite and stylish design but this time packs in added extras like an FM radio, voice recorder, stop watch and a small OLED screen. These improvements are welcome...
Stylish small design, Some nice features, Drag and drop, Now comes with a screen...
Screen a little small, Interface sluggish, Poor battery life The Final Word Creatives ZEN Stone Plus is another good entry into the digital music market. It does suffer from poor battery life and a slightly slow interface, but if youre after a small...
Creatives ZEN Stone Plus is another good entry into the digital music market. It does suffer from poor battery life and a slightly slow interface, but if youre after a small and relatively stylish unit, it is a reasonable choice.
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The original Zen Stone followed the iPod shuffle's philosophy: if you've only got a limited amount of songs stored, you don't need a screen on your music player. It's a heavy-handed we tell you what to like' approach that Apple pulls off w...
sound quality...
Navigating through lots of music can be frustrating...
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Video review: A Zen Stone with a screen and double the storage sounds like a recipe for success, but too many ingredients have spoiled a potentially Shuffle-beating dish...
Double the storage of the Zen Stone. Ability to display battery life and track info is handy...
Clunky operation. Skip to next folder button is sorely missed...
A Zen Stone with a screen and double the storage sounds like a recipe for success, but too many ingredients have spoiled a potentially Shuffle-beating dish...
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Our winner is the Creative Zen Stone Plus, a player we would dare to term ‘ultra-cute’ if it weren’t for its great sound performance and the amount of noise its tiny speaker can produce. The Zen Stone Plus is named that way for a reason, it looks like...
Small Size, Good Audio Playback, FeatureRich, Inexpensive...
Overly 'Cute' Looks, Average Earphones, Interface Could Be Better...
The Creative Zen Stone Plus impresses with its small size and sound performance. A bunch of helpful features and a cheap price seals the deal...
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tcmagazine.info Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:15
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The bad thing is that the Zen Stone plus doesn’t feature a hold button while there is brief gap between tracks. The screen is also impossible to see in sunlight and the plastic casing scratches easily. It costs 53 Euros, almost the half of an iPod Shuffle...
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The original Zen Stone followed the iPod shuffle's philosophy: if you've only got a limited amount of songs stored, you don't need a screen on your music player. It's a heavy-handed we tell you what to like' approach that Apple pulls off w...
sound quality...
Navigating through lots of music can be frustrating...
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Howstuffworks.com Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:15
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The Creative Zen Stone Plus is a tiny MP3 player which, despite a few lingering issues, offers a dependable music listening experience for those leading active lifestyles. This skipping-stone sized player is just a half-inch thick and weighs less than...
Value price, good sound, LED display...
Not large finger friendly, light user documentation, low battery life...
The Creative Zen Stone Plus is a tiny MP3 player which, despite a few lingering issues, offers a dependable music listening experience for those leading active lifestyles. This skipping-stone sized player is just a half-inch thick and weighs less than...
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Shortly after the advertisement of a screenless Zen Stone, which we have reviewed earlier, Creative has announced the release of an improved model - Zen Stone Plus. It is equipped with a small monochrome OLED display. As we may recall, the previous mod...
Beyond any doubt, Creative Zen Stone Plus is a rightful addition to the budget Stone series. The series so far consists of two modifications - the one we have examined in this article and an earlier one. Frankly speaking, the new model has left quite...
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Weve already taken a look at the Zen Stone from Creative. Coming from Creative, it seemed wed an iPod Shuffle killer, but that didnt happen. Some minor features that most expected to see in the Stone were missing. Creative has now released the Zen S...
Good Sound Quality, Good FM Tuner, Screen, FM Tuner, 2GB...
USB 1.1, Slow and Poor Menu...
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Ever wonder how companies sometimes manage to cram so many features into a small device? I do too. And here’s another for your amazement. If you thought the Zen Stone was a tiny powerhouse for music, you’ll love the Zen Stone Plus. DesignThe d...
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Creative has its eyes on Apples shuffle. The companys Zen Stone, released earlier this year, is a testament to the fact that Apple is a leader in industrial design. But the followers arent necessarily doing a bad job; we found the Zen Stone to be a...
A screen thats worth looking at New features: EQ, stopwatch, radio Small, cool, cheap Excellent sound...
Im serious about wanting a clip! Navigation and volume control require more clicks than necessary...
Weight has increased from 0.65oz on the original Stone to 0.74oz on the Plus, but the unit is still a featherweight and is simple to forget in a pocket. I also tested it with Creatives armband and found it perfect for long jogs. The Plus is clearly ma...
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Video review: A Zen Stone with a screen and double the storage sounds like a recipe for success, but too many ingredients have spoiled a potentially Shuffle-beating dish...
Double the storage of the Zen Stone. Ability to display battery life and track info is handy...
Clunky operation. Skip to next folder button is sorely missed...
A Zen Stone with a screen and double the storage sounds like a recipe for success, but too many ingredients have spoiled a potentially Shuffle-beating dish...
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Creative has given its barebones ZEN Stone a radical update. The new ZEN Stone Plus adds several features the original Stone lacked: an OLED screen, twice the storage (i.e., 2GB), an FM tuner, voice recording, a stopwatch/clock, and EQ options. Not s...
Small and lightweight. FM radio. Voice recording. Stopwatch and clock. EQ options. Can delete songs on device itself. Snazzy date/time display.
Short USB cable. So-so earbuds. Annoyingly long start-up time. No way to monitor voice recorder.
The ZEN Stone Plus, at 2GB, has twice the storage of the original ZEN Stone, a screen, FM radio, and voice recording. This is about as cheap as it gets for a reliable 2 GB player (the screen-less 1GB iPod Shuffle is $80), but if storage isnt your main...
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mp3.com Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:16
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The Creative Zen Stone Plus comes in a choice of six colors and offers 2GB of storage for less than $70. It includes some handy extras, such as an FM tuner, a stopwatch, and a voice recorder. The player also has good sound quality.
The Creative Zen Stone Plus comes in a choice of six colors and offers 2GB of storage for less than $70. It includes some handy extras, such as an FM tuner, a stopwatch, and a voice recorder. The player also has good sound quality.
The Zen Stone Plus interface is not totally intuitive, and the screen is too small to display full track info. It also doesnt offer full ID3 tag sorting for music, and the rated battery life is unimpressive.
For those who want a super small and cute MP3 player that offers more than just simple music playback, the Creative Zen Stone Plus fits the bill nicely.
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If you can't work out that Creative's latest micro-sized MP3 player is aimed at giving Apple's Shuffle a well-aimed kick up the rear end, you need glasses, because it's about as obvious as it gets. In fact Creative seems to have taken a checklist of the...
Apple probably won't lose any sleep over the Zen Stone Plus. It may have more capacity, features and slightly better sound quality than the Shuffle, but it's fiddly to use and the screen is more of an adornment than a truly useful addition. It doesn't loo...
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anythingbutipod.com Updated:
2011-09-26 03:09:16
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Shortly after Creative released its screenless Shuffle competitor, the Zen Stone, they upped the ante and released the Zen Stone Plus. For around thirty dollars more, the Stone Plus added a screen and a few fairly standard MP3 player features such a...
Shortly after Creative released its screenless Shuffle competitor, the Zen Stone, they upped the ante and released the Zen Stone Plus. For around thirty dollars more, the Stone Plus added a screen and a few fairly standard MP3 player features such a...
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