SIIG CyberSerial Dual PCI-E

Advantages: Versatile, fast, small, very customisable
Disadvantages: Average 2MP camera, no WIFI, no built in GPS, poor speaker

...The Touch Dual is a flexible Windows Mobile 6 based phone that combines the features of a larger PDA into a very small mobile phone form factor yet the screen managed to feel large enough for showing friends your pictures or for surfing the web at broadband speed using HSDPA. The 2MP camera, lack of GPS built in and lack of WIFI are the main weaknessess, oh and the speaker is pretty poor quality making playing music and taking calls on handsfree a less than exciting experience. I changed from a Nokia N95 as I found the N95 sluggish. The Touch is lightening fast at opening applications and for those familiar with Windows and wanting to synchronise their calendars and contacts with Outlook can do so very very easily, a MicroSD slot means your never going to run out space for storing contacts, texts, emails etc. The exterior has a nice... Read review

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Advantages: Updated Television
Disadvantages: none that I have found

...Last week our beloved old Sony television finally decided that retirement was no longer an option and gave up working for a living! To be honest, it was not unexpected; it had been fading for some time and taking longer each day to wake up, but after about twenty years faithful service, it really was like one of the family. We had been looking at new sets so now was the time to set the wheels in motion and do something about it. One slight problem we had was the size we needed. It's very easy these days to get large tv's - not the same choice with smaller ones. The one we decided on was the Dual DLCD 1905. This was not previously a brand with which I was familiar, but apparently they have been around for some eighty years, so they must have some idea of what they are doing! The fact that this was 'on offer... Read review

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Advantages: Ready for future technologies
Disadvantages: No temperature monitoring hardware, BIOS flashing only works on windows

...excellent seeing as though I didn't want to upgrade my memory right away. Up to DDR 400 and DDR II 667 is supported in Dual-Channel, meaning that two modules of the same ram can be installed at the same time. For instance, you could have 2 x 512mb DDR 400, or 2 x 1gb DDR II 667. - AGP + PCI + PCI-E - Another nifty feature of this motherboard is the amount of interfaces it supports. As with the memory, the addition of both AGP and PCI-E means that you will not have to upgrade your graphics card just yet. You can use your old AGP graphics card until you feel that you need to install a PCI-E one. You can of course use both an AGP and PCI-E graphics card simultaneously if you wanted a four monitor setup for example. The motherboard has one PCI-E slot, one AGP slot and four - Supported PCI-E Cards - Whilst you do not necessarily need to use... Read review

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