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Say Hello to the Zen Clone Plus
comment: 9 | Friday, October 19 (2007) 12:28AM | Posted by Michael
You know what we don't see enough of? Companies cloning Creative players. There's like a thousand variations of the iPod Shuffle out there, but I want to see some fake Zens too! After all, they say imitation is the best form of flattery. With that said, Chinese company " Yuantong" is flattering Creative very much with their Yoto Q14, a Zen Stone Plus clone.



The Clone Plus has most of the same features as the original, including an FM tuner and Voice recorder. Capacity-wise, the Q14 surpasses the Stone Plus with a 4GB model. The last notable difference is the screen orientation. The Q14 is used in a vertical manner, while the Stone Plus is controlled horizontally. It is unfortunate to see these shameless companies blatantly ripping off major companies, but this is merely a fraction of the types of piracy that transpires in China and other such countries. It's sadly a problem with no end in sight.

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Saijin_Naib
Location: Warren, NJ
Comments: 893
Oct 19 (2007) 12:37AM  

:\ How many people buy this shit?




Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
Oct 19 (2007) 03:29AM  

Wow, you can actually make the Zen Stone Plus look good.




Captain Ødegård

Comments: 6
Oct 19 (2007) 10:38AM  

There are 4GB stone plus's




Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
Oct 19 (2007) 07:13PM  

Have a link Captn?:)

So far Creative has only announced a 2GB model, but I'm sure higher capacities will come out (since that's Creatives way).




Captain Ødegård

Comments: 6
Oct 21 (2007) 12:28AM  

[Linky]
[Linky]
(all in norwegian)
due for release on nov 1.





Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
Oct 21 (2007) 02:05AM  

Thanks




zip22

Comments: 1809
Oct 21 (2007) 10:24AM  

theres this page too
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Pondlife

Comments: 507
Oct 21 (2007) 10:51AM  

That amazon link suggests a 8Gb version too in the description text.

£70 seems a lot for a stone + though when the Zen 4Gb is only £10 more.




Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
Oct 21 (2007) 05:07PM  

That description on the Amazon UK page is for the Zen V Plus. I don't think an 8GB plus is coming, but I'm sure the 4GB is.




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