Creative Zen Stone Plus 2 GB MP3 Player with Built-in Speaker and Clip (Dark Blue) | List Price: $79.90
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Brand: Creative Labs
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Product Type - MP3 Player
- Connectivity - USB
- Memory - 2GB
- - Voice Recorder
- - Shortcut Button
wonderful [Posted on 2008-06-30]
This is a delightfully useful tool for listening to audiobooks like Max McLean's narration of the Bible when working, walking, biking, or just resting. The speaker makes it useful to share with a small group or just to avoid the need for earphones. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! I like the name Creative Stone since Christ is the Chief Cornerstone and the Rock of our salvation, the Creator of all creative companies and people.
Fun Toy for a Great Value [Posted on 2008-07-17]
This delivers on everything I was looking for in a small MP3 player. It's tiny, but the LCD screen and even the built-in speaker are more than sufficient. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality. The drag and drop software included couldn't be easier to use, and is included in the player, so you don't have to pop in a separate CD to set up. It comes with a silicon cover with a handy hook that you can easily snap on to your shirt or pocket, and you're ready to go.
Great Birthday Presents [Posted on 2008-08-01]
This is my second player, and it makes great birthday presents for the money! It is a big hit, and very small, but everyone loves the sound quality. I am very happy with it.
DB
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.
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