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Electronics Creative Zen Stone 1 GB MP3 Player (Black)

Domain Name Com's - Electronics : Creative Zen Stone 1 GB MP3 Player (Black)

- awesome
the stone is sooo durable! ive had it since may 2007 and ive dropped it, washed it, etc. just last week i washed it in my pants and a couple of days later it was back to normal. i love my stone!

Rating:

- Good, but....
The zen stone definitely competes with the Ipod shuffle, but there are a few quirks.

Pros:
-Size/Weight: At first I was bothered by how light the stone was, made it feel sorta cheap, but the fact that I can actually have it dangle from the headphones (especially if you get the lanyard style) makes it sort of a plus. Unfortunately, you can totally tell this thing cost creative like 5 bucks to manufacture.
-COMPLETE TACTILE USAGE! This is where you pay the extra money. While the materials are cheap, the R&D department at Creative definitely thought the controls through. You can control every part of the Zen stone without ever taking it out of your pocket. Not sure how to explain it, but you know exactly what to press where and there is no confusion. It even has a folder skip feature which I find really handy as I can seperate my music into folders by "mood" (gym, bus, home, etc). I just wish it would let you have more options for the repeat feature such as a single track, folder, or all songs.
-Sound Quality - No EQ settings here, but I've never had any problems with distortion or lackluster sound.
-That LED light, it just amazes me how much information a two tone LED light can tell you, from battery power to song transfers, to charge status, etc.
-Drag n Drop - you can easily load songs and even files for transfer. Uses a standard mini-USB plug, so if you lose the one it comes with, a replacement isnt too big a deal (I have at least 4 products that use that plug). Good thing Creative didnt go all propriety on us.

CONS:
-The repeat button (read above)
-The material - the plastic scratches very easily, kinda annoying. Not that theres a screen to look at.
-The Skins- my most major issue. I have no clue what creative was thinking. Do you honestly think someone frugal enough to buy such a cheap mp3 player is gonna dish out 1/4th the price for a belt clip? c'mon Creative, we're not fools.

Overall, I'm happy with the purchase, but primarily cuz I got it open box at a good discount. I would never consider this my main MP3 player, I do however, recommend it for the gym as it is excellent when you only want a handful of songs to listen to while you work out. The belt clip isnt too much an issue since its so light and would actually fit into the small "key pocket" most pocketless sport shorts have.

Rating:

- Could have been four stars.
I picked one of these up after losing my shuffle due to it's unacceptably weak clip.

The Good

It is half the price of the shuffle. It is very light and small although a bit bigger than the shuffle. It looks pretty good.

You can drag and drop folders and files to the player directly from explorer. Folder support is great so you can create folders for different moods, genres, etc. I did not understand why the shuffle required syncing when it forced you to dump everything in one folder anyway.

The Bad

I liked that the headphones were long enough that I could keep the player in my pocket. Unfortunately, they are the type where the right earbud is supposed to loop around the back of the head. I prefer the earbud cords to be even length. It does not matter though, since the headphones literally started falling apart within days. The rubber on the buds kept falling off and you were left with piece of metal covered with tacky glue to shove in your ear. Not fun.

I was willing to forgive the headphones though. The major problem is despite the recessed play button and the fact that you have to hold said button in for several seconds to turn it on, I found that it repeatedly ends up turning itself on in my pocket. So of course the battery is drained when I want to use it on the way home since it has playing music for no one all day while I work. I would have returned it but already tossed the POS headphones.

Other issues are minor, the slow startup time and the LED flashing every few seconds while playing.

Overall, though I wanted to like this player, I can not recommend it. Maybe if I could find a pair of headphones that allowed me to wear it as a pendant, I could use it. Assuming the powering on is happening due to movement in my pocket(with my wallet, nothing else bouncing around)and it is not just turning on completely on its own. My nano used to do that occasionally, even when sitting unmolested on my desk.

Rating:

- Made cheap
Came with ear buds that one wire to one was way longer than the other, luckily I had other sets. It has flaws in the music that is loaded into it, even though I know the songs are flawless on the PC. I do not recommend buying this product and am most likely going to return it.

Rating:

- The Way MP3 Player Should be at
First off, I am the kind of person who thinks that MP3 player should be small, easy to carry because it doesn't need to become big as CD or Cassette to hold, yet it only need to have memory card to store files as a music format which is called MP3. The small, the better, you know. Therefore, what all MP3 player I have been looking for is required is to play music with low cost and be small. I have been looking at Ipod shuffle and Zen stone, and now I am happy with my decision.
Pros:
1. Small, it's about same size as iPod shuffle. light weight.
2. Nice design
3. Easy interface as well as iPod shuffle. However, it has 1 more interface than iPod shuffle which is able to skip the folder, it's like you can make book mark and you don't have to skip whole lot of tracks to find what you want to listen. Once you get used to this, you will love this interface.
4. Easy to transfer files. You can use Zen stone just like regular flash memory cards, you have no regulation doing this work unlike iPod which have so many regulations that hackers had to crack iTune for freely transfer music files. In Zen stone, you don't have to worry about this issue. It's all your own and you can transfer any type of files to anywhere you want. You don't even need to use a software to transfer. With copy and paste, you can do all you want. However, it would be much easier if you use a software Creative provides on their website. It's easy and has a tool for ripping CD which is my favorite.

Cons:
Only downside is it would be much better if it has a clip just like iPod shuffle. I had to buy an arm-band. Extra cost.

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