Do ALL Creative MP3 players have Bookmarking capabiliti

I currently have a 28 MB MuVo but am looking to upgrade to to a newer model. Before I buy a new model I need to know the answer to the following question.
Question: Do ALL of the Creative MP3 players have the bookmark feature including the Zen models?
If all of them do not have this feature, which Creative models do or do not have bookmarking capabilities?
Thanks for the info!

What is Bookmarking?
Imaging you are listening to a 5 hr audiobook file and you decide to stop and turn off your device at 2:34:22 into the file. Later you desire to listen to the file where you left off, only you discover that you are the beginning of the file and must fast forward to the point where you left off.
Bookmarking allows the MP3 device to continue where you left off listening when either switching tracks or turning off the device.
WARNING:
I have discovered two types of bookmarking that I call
.) firmware bookmarking - MP3 players that will bookmark ALL file types
2.) software bookmarking - MP3 players that will bookmark SPECIFIC file types ONLY. Some audio providers like Audible.com appear to get around the MP3 firmware limitations by downloading drivers and software to interface with their specific audiofiles.
For example:
Creative 28 MuVo has firmware bookmarking capabilities and works on ALL my audiofilesSanDisk
Sanza e40 software bookmarks audiobook files from Audible.com.
HP IPAQ software bookmarks audibooks from Audible.com.

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