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May 29, 2007

Creative Zen Stone MP3 player

Creative and Apple have long been arch enemies in the MP3 player market. After this culminated in court hearings, things went quiet for a while. Now it looks as though Creative fancies another go, this time snapping at Apple's foreshortened Shuffle with its Zen Stone.

Creative derided Apple for plugging a tiny MP3 player on which you couldn't select the songs you heard and that had no screen displaying details of what was currently playing. However, Creative's Zen Stone is a featherlight, pebble-shaped player that mimics precisely those non-attributes of Apple's Shuffle that Creative mocked. So the Zen Stone is a bit of a volte-face.

However, it's also far cheaper than a Shuffle of a comparable size. With dozens of dinky no-brand MP3 players undercutting each other online and on the high street, the pedigree of Creative's £27 Zen Stone ought to turn heads. The shiny black plastic Stone we were sent for review inspired non-committal umms here at PC Advisor Towers, but it's also available in juicy lime green as well as pink, red, white and bright blue.

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Creative Zen Stone scores 8.1 out of 10 based on 67 reviews

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The 2 most helpful reviews:

11 Dec 2007 Anonymous verified purchaser

8

Good Points

Very small, light excellent sound quality. Files load on and off very successfully and quickly.

Bad Points

No display to help navigate folders.

15 Jan 2008 Tammy, Guardbridge

9

Good Points

Very small, easy to use, nice design

Bad Points

none that I can think of

Overall score: 8.1

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