Creative Zen Stone Plus
Filed Under: Gadgets
At less than $70, the Zen stone MP3 Player, available in blue, black, pink, green, pink, red or white looks like a safe bet for a Christmas stocking filler this year. The 2GB version retails for $69.99 and the 4 GB version, $89.99.
The 2GB version holds about 500 tunes, comes with a built-in radio, has a built-in stopwatch, countdown timer and clock. The 4GB version has all the same features , holding twice as many tunes (sic) but for some reason is only available in black. The casing looks identical to me so I am not sure why that’s the case.
It’s a good looking, solid little player, although, as usual, let down by crappy headphones so first order of business the day after Christmas will be to go out and buy a decent pair. You could do worse than invest in a pair of Bang and Olufsen A8s.
I like it, but find it rather odd that Zen are selling an extended warranty for $19.99 – to me, that kinda says they think there’s a one-in-three chance this player will go pop – not very good odds as far as I’m concerned. Their website is here.
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