Creative Zen Stone 1 GB MP3 Player (Black) by Creative
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Digital camera reviews of Creative Zen Stone 1 GB MP3 Player (Black)
Digital camera Review: A Great MP3 Player That Works Seamlessly With Windows Explorer
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been waiting for a long time for a more mainstream, non-Mac MP3 player that would work with Windows Explorer. This one is great. I use it in my car. It is highly recommended.
What baffles me is that no one seems to think very much of the fact that this player works seamlessly with Windows Explorer. Even Creative doesn't do much to advertise the fact. It is more than a matter of convenience. It is a matter of principle. Countless MP3 services and MP3 player, CD, and DVD manufacturers think nothing of imposing needless restrictions on their customers. This is how we end up with CDs, MP3s, and DVDs that we've purchased legally and cannot make copies of. This is how we get DVDs that install malicious software on our PCs (thanks Sony).
The Zen Stone is untainted by any of this nonsense. You plug it in via usb, it appears as a new storage drive, and you drag MP3s onto it. It's as easy as that. It doesn't impose any DRM or format restriction. It is a pure, unrestriced computational process, which is exactly what it should be.
Digital camera Review: A great gadget. End of 5 Stars
I bought my Zen Stone 2 years ago. Zero problems. I use it 5 days a week in my work truck and plenty much around the house and yard.The sofware is simple,the device is easy to use. You can skip tracks and folders and the battery lasts plenty long.
Yesterday, by mistake, it went through the washing machine. I dried it out using my truck heater vent and within minutes the power light came on and I listened to it the rest of the day.
Screw the ipod. This one costs less and has better features.
Don't be an idiot. There are alternatives to the ipod. Choose wisely and get a Creative product.
Now I'm shopping for another mp3 player....guess wich company? camera Review: A tiny, lightweight player with standards
Summary: 5 Stars I love this thing! It uses standard mp3 files and mounts as a standard portable drive, so there's no need for any additional software to load it up--just drag and drop from Explorer or Konqueror or whatever. It connects to the computer via a standard small-format USB cable, the same style as used on my digicam, which will be handy if I ever lose the cable. And it weighs literally 15 grams--about half of what my already-lightweight eyeglasses do. My experience with the battery life is somewhere in the neighborhood of 6-10 hours depending on how loud I have it, which for me means I charge it up about once a week.
Digital camera Review: Affordable and works wonderfully.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this as a present for my mom and she loves it. It's lightweight so she can slip it in her purse anywhere. She's also not a techy person so this MP3 is just the right thing for her since it has only a few buttons so she can't go wrong in learning how to use it. Transferring music is very easy and manageable through the computer. Sound quality is excellent and battery life so far has been good. It's definitely a good buy for the price.Digital camera Review: Amazing MP3 Player for this price!
Summary: 4 Stars
I received my Zen Stone within two days. It's incredibley small, about the size of a .50 cent piece. It's big on sound, storage space and battery life though.
I wanted something cheap, but durable and with decent sound quality for exercising with. The Zen Stone delivers all of that and its lightweight and easy to navigate in spite of having no graphic display menu. You can set up several playlists and skip through them with the touck of a finger or you can let it play shuffled files and get the random feel.
Recharging and swapping files is as easy as plugging it into your USB port and then drag and drop your files where you want them. You can set up the folders the way you want and number tracks to arrange the playlists to your preferences.
The only drawback to this system as it ships is the ear buds. They sound amazing, considering, but they are very uncomfortable and fall out if you blink. They are less than ideal for running. I purchased a Altec Lansing behind the neck headphone to replace the ear buds and they are perfect. They are also available on Amazon.com for around $15.
Overall, this is an unbeatable player for this price. I deducted 1 star for the ear buds.