Creative’s newest creation, ZEN Stone is the latest entrant to compete with the iPod Shuffle. This screen less player will come in six different colors with 1GB of internal memory. Stone supports WMA/MP3 formats and has a 10 hour battery life. It is available now from Creative’s website at a price of $40 (almost half of Shuffle).
Let’s take a look at some of the differentiating factors between both these competitive products.
| DAP | ZEN Stone | Shuffle |
| Colors Available | Six (Non Glossy) | Five (Glossy) |
| Formats Supported | WMA and MP3 | MP3/AAC/WAV/AIFF |
| Weight | 18.5 grams | 15.5 grams |
| Price | $40 | $79 |
Ok. We all know that iPod Shuffle is the best. But if you’re a bit price conscious and could do with only WMA/MP3 songs, ZEN Stone is the one for you. What to do of the extra $40 you saved by not buying Shuffle? You could get Stone accessories well under $40.
I accidentally washed and dried my zenstone today…
I was mad.
but I figured $30 I could have another.
for giggles I blew it out with my compressor in my shop (I paint cars)
and plugged it into my cpu…. let it charge/
and I’m listening to it right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m frickin amazed.
I would buy 10 more if I needed to… the reason I got an MP3 in the first place was because I killed 3 cd players with overspray from painting…. the zen stone has a fat coat of overspray on it and it still works ( not to mention the washer/dryer incident)
my only beef is the volume doesn’t go up load enough for my stereo.