Creative Zen Stone 1 GB MP3 Player (Pink) | List Price: $39.99
Discount Price: $24.18
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Brand: Creative Labs
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Tiny flash MP3 player with smooth curves and glossy pink finish
- 1 GB memory holds up to 250 MP3 tracks or 500 WMA tracks
- Supports Audible 2, 3, and 4 formats; USB 2.0 interface
- Plays music in normal, shuffle, and repeat modes
- Measures 2.1 x 1.4 x 0.5 inches (W x H x D); 1-year parts warranty
DON'T BUY CREATIVE! [Posted on 2008-10-31]
The first mp3 player I bought was by Sony and it has worked pretty well, but since I didn't care for the design or the menu, I thought I'd buy a different brand this time around. The Stone really appealed because of its price, looks, and features. So I spent a lot of time reading reviews and despite the number of people that said theirs randomly stopped working, I still ending up ordering a Stone because of the price.
WHAT A MISTAKE! I started using the Stone right away and everything was going well. I laughed at myself for worrying. THE VERY NEXT DAY, my FULLY CHARGED Stone WOULD NOT TURN ON! I couldn't use the recovery tool that I downloaded from Creative either because when I connected the Stone, it wouldn't show up on the computer. MY STONE WAS DEAD WITHIN TWO DAYS OF USE!
So, there goes fifty bucks. (I bought the 2GB plus with speaker.)
Other reasons not to buy the Stone:
It is ridiculously hard to turn on and off and you have to press for way too long. The middle button isn't big enough or something. Whenever I try to turn it off, I end up turning up the volume super loud instead.
When you reach the end of a list, it doesn't go back up to the first one.
You can't choose individual songs in a folder.
Changing the mode it's playing (in one folder, on repeat, shuffle, etc.) takes way too long. I have to press the middle button, right towards options, down to play mode, and then up and down.
You can't browse music and listen to music at the same time. So let's say I want to go from my Carnival Ride folder to my Some Hearts folder. Well, as soon as I switch over to Some Hearts, Flat On the Floor is cut off because Wasted interrupts it and starts playing.
The clock doesn't work. When you connect the stone to your computer, it asks if you want to sync the time to your computer time and I said yes. Like an hour later, I checked the clock on the Stone and it reset. O_o Before my Stone died, I had synced it twice and both times this happened.
I think I've made my point. THE STONE IS A BAD BUY! So don't buy it.
I really liked it. . . [Posted on 2008-11-11]
However after a year the connection to my headphones got really weird. Like it would only play out of one ear, I tried changing headphones and it seemed to work for a while and then it just went back to only playing one speaker. Definitely sad, but overall I really loved it, until now.
Dies after 20 minutes [Posted on 2008-11-11]
The Zen Stone worked fine for the first two weeks. But then it started turning off after about 20 minutes of use. It could not be restarted immediately. I returned it to the store and got another. But the new one did the exact same thing on its first day of use. I think it may have to do with being out in the cold. When it worked for the first two weeks, temperatures were still in the 50's or above. The problem seems to occur when temperatures are below around 45 degrees. I would not recommend it if you plan to use it outside in cold weather.
Just what I needed... [Posted on 2008-12-27]
This little guy is JUST what I needed. It does NOT have all of the bells, whistles and whatevers that most people want. I wanted a simple player with a speaker for when I am out in the garden or with my kids playing in the park/backyard. I didn't need something that holds a bazillion songs (obviously means a pricier unit the higher the storage). I don't need a screen to search through said bazillion songs. Mr. Stone is just what I wanted. Perfect!
I do think I will buy the keychain holder since this fella' is TINY. I'm afraid that I might knock off the skin clip that comes with it.
Not a bad little unit... [Posted on 2009-01-02]
I received this to replace a creative zen nano I had that someone smashed at work.. It's a nice little player, just like the nano, it's very easy to transfer files from pc to the player. This is a good, no frills type of unit, battery life (rechargable through usb) is pretty good lasting almost two days with practically continual play. It's great to not have to worry about batteries. If you have music in your car, music on your phone but want this as a beat around to carry your music, it's pretty good. No display, no speaker, no led. Pretty straight forward, does what it was intended to do, not bad.. I don't like what apple has done, This IMHO is just as good as the ipod shuffle and not as restricted.
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