A terrific player for a terrific price. While not as stylish as the ipod, the Zen Stone Plus is offered at a bargain price and comes packed with more features and better sound than anyone would expect a player of this size to have

The circular OLED screen is about the size of a 1p coin and shows track info and a battery indicator during normal playback.

The controls however are painfully slow, turn on the Plus and it like to have a good old think before it's start pumping out your tunes.The menu system is equally slow on the uptake.

The plus also has an FM radio and voice recorder. Sure, they add versatility and the 10 hours of voice recording could come in handy if you're a spy, but i bought an MP3 player to escape the radio.

Even so, with respectable battery life, easy-to-use software and compatibility this is but a stone's throw from MP3 sports perfection.

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Better headphones; sports accessories.