Creative Zen Stone: Tiny screenless MP3 player
In breaking news, Creative has announced a teeny tiny little screenless MP3 player that looks rather similar to the iPod Shuffle, only slightly larger and considerably glossier. Called the Zen Stone, this 1GB flash player sports a 10-hour battery life, a 0.0mm (0-inch) non-existent screen, support for WMA- and MP3-format music and it comes in six colors.
(Credit: Crave UK)These specs may not sound immediately stimulating, but wait--this little chap is going to go on sale for 27.99 pounds (about $56). Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is a price not even the homeless would balk at--it's half the cost of the Shuffle.
Creative suggests this player is not a replacement for your primary music player, but a complementary model that's handy for joggers, fitness enthusiasts or--and Creative didn't envisage this one for some reason--little people, for whom hard disk MP3 players are uncomfortably gargantuan.
The Zen Stone only weighs 18 grams, and we're told sound quality is going to be exceptional. We'll judge that for ourselves in our full review, which you can expect only too soon.
(Source: Crave UK)
- half the price??
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by dpmorri
May 3, 2007 4:13 PM PDT
- how is $56 (zen) half the cost of $79 (shuffle)?
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