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Creative Announces the Zen Stone Plus

By: Grahm Skee on June 20, 2007 9:45 PM

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Just shortly after the release of the Zen Stone, Creative has announced the Zen Stone Plus, which turns out to sport nearly the same form factor but adds a display and a slew of other new though relatively typical features. The screen is a blue OLED screen that helps it achieve a 9.5-hour battery time. Additionally you will get an FM radio, a stopwatch, and voice recorder. You can also listen to your voice over a music track to make your own karaoke. The good news to all you UMS/MSC fans is that like the Zen Stone, the Zen Stone Plus will be drag and drop for any OS.

The ZSP goes on sale soon in Singapore for S$99 but will likely drop in the US, possibly hitting the $70 USD mark for the 2GB capacity. Stay tuned for more coverage; however, I make no promises that I'll be able to keep it in one piece.

[Product Page | Press Release]

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Comments

Kas on June 20, 2007 10:12 PM

Well, are we gonna see an iPod Shuffle + now while we're at it?

Skippyg on June 20, 2007 10:15 PM

heh no. i like this player a lot now. where does it mention the recording over music for your own mixes? thats pretty kick ass.

josh on June 21, 2007 6:53 AM

finally, creative returns to UMS

Gar on June 21, 2007 8:27 AM

an ipod plus? no way, apple wouldn't do that >_>

kratonator on June 21, 2007 10:33 AM

That makes the normal Stone useless. Who will buy a regular Stone if the one with display costs only 20$ more?

Alex M on June 21, 2007 1:38 PM

"achieve 9.5 hours"...wow that's just depressing...i like my yp-t8...the battery is at least half way decent...this if anything seems like a samsung yp-f1

Lukas on June 22, 2007 11:14 AM

I was just about to buy the Zen Stone when I saw these news...
Great news, of course. I don't want to spend several 100 $, therefore Stone looks like a great choice for me.
Does it have good sound quality?
And is the normal Stone likely to fall in price; here in Denmark it only costs $40...

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