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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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