Note: Photo is larger than life-size (55.6 x 35.4 x 12.8mm)
Creative looks to be enjoying some success with its 18.3g/0.65 ounce Zen Stone MP3/WMA player, which basically competes with the iPod Shuffle but costs around half the price. Yesterday, it shipped the Zen Stone Plus (above), which is a 2GB version with lots of features Apple lacks, such as an OLED screen, FM radio, and voice recording. The US press release says:
"On May 3 we introduced a huge new market for MP3 players with the introduction of the ZEN Stone, the tiny, featherweight 1GB MP3 player priced at only $39.99," said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and CEO of Creative. "Now with the ZEN Stone Plus, we give consumers another great choice. For just $69.99, they can have 2GB of memory with a vibrant color screen for access to all their favorite FM radio stations, plus a built-in microphone for voice recording. There's even a clock, stopwatch, and customizable equalizer settings."
The UK prices are around £25 and £50 (or £24.36 and £49.99 from Amazon.co.uk).
There's also a cute Creative TravelSound Zen speaker system (below).
It doesn't come with any software: you just plug it in via its mini-USB port and drag files across, the old skool way.
