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 $70 USD mark for the 2GB capacity. Stay tuned for more coverage; however, I make no promises that I’ll be able to keep it in one piece.
7 Comments
Kas on June 20, 2007 10:12 PM
Well, are we gonna see an iPod Shuffle + now while we’re at it?
Skippyg on June 20, 2007 10:15 PM
heh no. i like this player a lot now. where does it mention the recording over music for your own mixes? thats pretty kick ass.
josh on June 21, 2007 6:53 AM
finally, creative returns to UMS
Gar on June 21, 2007 8:27 AM
an ipod plus? no way, apple wouldn’t do that >_>
kratonator on June 21, 2007 10:33 AM
That makes the normal Stone useless. Who will buy a regular Stone if the one with display costs only 20$ 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…