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Gear» MP3 Players

Creative ZEN Stone Plus

With all the attention that the iPod and iPhone receives that there are other decent audio players out there. A flyer in the Saturday Guardian (I miss those sales flyers here in Asia) revealed this cute player from Creative. The ZEN Stone Plus holds 500 songs (2 GB), has an FM radio, with 32 station presets, and a built-in stopwatch, countdown timer, voice recorder and clock. The downside is that the included software is Windows only so if you use a Mac and have a large library of music it can be a pain getting the music onto the player - you have to drag and drop. The cool bit is that unlike the iPod shuffle you actually get a small menu display.

Available at Amazon for $70.00US.

The keychain case might be a welcome addition.

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