Zen Stone Plus Firmware Wishl

I have a Zen Stone Plus 4GB and I think it's a really nice and sexy device, but is lacking a bit on the software side. With just a few small firmware modifications, I think Creative could make it a much greater player.
I'm starting a wishlist for a future firmware. The list is sorted by priority, with the (imo) most important item on top. If you have any additions, please post them and I'll include them into the list.
I hope Creative's developers will have a look at this list and implement these suggestions!
Improve music browser speed
Problem: Browsing through the folders feels very slow, and often it even misses button presses so I have to press left or right twice to go to the previous / next item. This is most likely because the player starts playing the first track in the folder automatically, which slows down the user interface.
Suggested solution: I suggest the ability to turn off auto-play in the file browser.
Avoid embarrassing situations
Problem: Usually I turn on the player before plugging in the headphones. The player realizes that the headphones aren't yet plugged in and plays back music over the speaker, which isn't desirable when I'm in a lecture that isn't over yet.
Suggested solution: Make auto-play on turn-on an option or add an option to not enable the speaker when the headphones aren't plugged in.
Quick Hold
Problem: I want to put the player into my pocket and want to quickly turn on the hold feature. For this, I need to press: Menu, Right, Right, Right, Right, Right, Right, Right, Menu.
Suggested solution: Add "enable lock" as an option for the "My Shortcut" button.
Quicker turn on
Problem: When I turn on the player, I have to hold down the menu button for 4 - 0 seconds (it seems to be random) before the display even lights up.
Suggested solution: Make it turn on after one second.
Pocket usability
Problem: I'm listening to music with the player in my pocket. I want to skip forward to the next track. I press the forward button, but nothing happens the first time, because the first button press disables the screensaver. I press it again and it skips to the next track.
Suggested solution: Make it skip to the next track when the forward button is pressed the first time.

Tag support: the ability to select music by album/artist/track instead of folders
Display always on option - i know its to help save battery life but sometimes it would be helpful if the display stayed on
Display artist and song name, inst4ead of just the song name/file name
Alarm clock function: my Zen stone plus has a speaker, and a clock function. My Zen Xtra has a clock and an alarm clock function but no speaker other than headphones (if any are plugged in) for the alarm to sond through, the same is true with my visio:M? the Zen Stone plusw/speaker has a clock but no alarm, and if anything it would make a fantastic little alarm clock with a 'sound' to music or wsound to beep? function.

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    Battery Life/ Playtime: Up to 9.5 hours for continuous audio playback
    Battery Type: Rechargeable Li-Ion Polymer (Embedded)
    *CREATIVE specifications.
    I had tested on my zen stone plus battery life... I used uni'versal travel adapter for zen micro to fully charged my zen stone before began my test... I let it continuous audio playback till all battery drained
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    * Bit Rate: 28-320 kbps
    * Audio sample rate: 44kHz
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    * EQ set to rock
    * Continuous audio playback - No skipping Tracks
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    Next hrs - Left bar
    Next 40 min - Battery drained (Player shut down by itself)
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    Message Edited by hippon2 on 0-8-200707:36 PM

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