

There is, however, an integrated lanyard hole, though Creative fails to supply a lanyard in your packaging. This standard feature of the iPod shuffle is a nice touch, and it would have been pleasant to see it in Creative’s offering as well. One notably absent feature of the Creative Zen Stone is a built-in clip. You’ll want to quickly get to know what each color/blink pattern combo means so you don’t run out of battery juice while enjoying your tunes. It blinks a lot, actually, making use of three colors that each has their own corresponding multiple blink patterns. This light blinks to let you know, among other things, when the battery needs charging, when you are playing music, and when it’s reading freshly imported music files. Returning to the front of the player, you’ll find also an LED.
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On the bottom side, you’ll find a mini-USB port, used to connect an included, somewhat short, cable to your PC for charging and file copying. There’s also a small reset button and headphone jack.

Running along the top of the Zen Stone, you’ll find a three-way switch for skipping from one stored music folder to another as well as options for repeating or shuffling music. All of these buttons offer a solid tactile response as you push them, with no lag time or feeling like the player didn’t get issued the appropriate operating command. Central to this control is a play/pause button, which doubles as the on/off switch. The front side of the player houses a four-way control circle which lets you manage volume as well as track selection. The general layout of controls on the Zen Stone seems to be well thought out. The black unit we reviewed (other color choices include white, red, blue, pink, and green) has a slightly glossy finish which seems to show fingerprints smudges very easily. It is rectangular in design, with smooth round edges. It is compact in size measuring 2-1/10” x 1-2/5” x 0.5”, and weighs a mere 0.5 ounces. The Creative Zen Stone is designed to look like…well, a skipping stone. Does Creative’s pretty new skipping-stone-of-a-player have the budget muscle to take down the shuffle? Read on to find out. This no-frills MP3 player is set to compete against the more expensive Apple iPod Shuffle.
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What does $40 USD get you in today’s consumer electronics world? How about a decent USB flash drive? How about a cheap portable DVD player? While neither may interest you all that much, Creative is betting their recently released Zen Stone portable audio player will grab your eye and wallet.
