Advantages: Quick delivery, ease of installation, ease of use. Disadvantages: Limited 3G coverage, fragile external aerial socket, temperamental software
I bought this data card as I spend a lot of time away from home with the Army, but didnt wamt to get a landline fitted in my room in the barracks.
This seemed like a good idea at the time and although, overall I am impressed with the item there are a few points which don't make it as good a buy as you'd imagined. Ok good points first.
*Came securely packaged in a double DVD style case.
*The software that came with it was easily and quickly installed and didn't take long to get the program working.
*Receives good coverage of GPRS and a basic 56k dial up signal can usually be picked up
Bad Points
*Switchover from 3G to GPRS is NOT seamless as the product would imply. If you are in a limited 3G area the product will switch between 3G and GPRS repeatedly resulting in dropped packets, resetting your connection and slowing ...
Advantages: Great products at low prices Disadvantages: Long queues and some products a little tacky
Card buying can be an expensive thing, especially at this time of year and as much as I love the quality of the cards in stores such as Clintons, with my large family I just cannot afford to buy all my family cards from stores such as these at Christmas. So I was pretty impressed with Card Factory opened up a store in my local town recently. For me this store offers good quality products, but at really cost effective prices.
Obviously their main market is the card market. They offer cards for all occasions including birthdays, anniversaries, moving, sorry, thank you and general cards too. Their cards are priced at 59p for a small card, 89p for a medium card and 99p for a large card, which for me is excellent value for money. They do extra large cards which do cost a bit more and they also do a couple of cards in each range for just ...
bexx0907 14.12.2009
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Advantages: Lots of retailers to collect with Disadvantages: Online points may not equal amount of cashback available elsewhere
spend. To be honest I prefer to use topcashback for my online purchases as you receive money in cashback rather then points. The most useful part of the nectar online programme however is that you can earn points when shopping with amazon, whereas you cannot earn cashback with amazon on any other cashback sites (that I am aware of).
A few of the companies you can earn nectar points online with are:
Argos
Play.com
Vodafone
Virgin Mobile
Lovefilm
Waterstones
Avon
New Look
And many more....
Overall this is a worthwhile card to have as if you ever shop as Sainsbury's, buy petrol at Sainsbury's or BP or shop at any of the online retailers then it's worth signing up. Using the online website you can also redeem your points for products rather then for money off your shopping at Sainsburys. A full list of items which you can get for trading in ...
rachieb123 06.10.2009
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Product Information for "Dell TrueMobile 5100 GPRS PC Card with Vodafone SIM Card" »
Modem
Interface Type
PC Memory Card
Connectivity Technology
Wireless
Max Transfer Rate
53.6 Kbps
Cellular Enhancement Protocol
GSM, GPRS
Antenna
External detachable
Antenna Qty
1
Manufacturer's product description
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