The Creative Zen Stone is basically an imitation of the apple ipod version.
The Zen version offers the same characteristics of the ipod shuffle. It has only 1gb of memory.
It is available in many colors, but i gotta
say that when i compare it to the shuffle the zen seems a bit more sloppy, less professional. The Zen seems a bit bigger and heavier, the sides seem a bit to awkward, the Ipod shuffle seems more in ’shape’, it fits much better in the hand and it is also easier to access the function.
It is a bit cheaper than the Ipod shuffle, but my personal experiance taught me to go for quality rather than price ...