Pentax Optio S10

Advantages: Large display screen, easy to use
Disadvantages: I haven't found any

...I was given the Pentax Optio S10 as a birthday present 2 months ago to replace my film camera and quite honestly I was convinced I would hate it and thought it was far too small and would be fiddly and not take photos as good as my SLR. Well I have to say I've been made to eat my words, Firstly the quality of the pictures is totally amazing, very crisp and clear, even when printed at A4 size they don't lose any clarity. The display screen is much larger than on many small digital cameras and makes it easy to use. The controls are very easy to use, when you click onto the mode screen there is a clear symbol for each type of operation and when you click on it, it gives a brief description of what it does which saves from having to consult the manual all the time. The battery life is a real plus as I'd heard that many digital cameras...

jellybean21 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Pentax Optio S50 is great.

Advantages: compact,well built,full manual control,excellent macro.
Disadvantages: response could be a bit faster

...I spent about 6 hours reading camera reviews in magazines and online before purchasing a Pentax Optio s50. I paid £160 in the summer of 2005, which was a bargain then and it's probably a lot cheaper now. The Good points: I would call this camera a professional compact, it is small enough to fit in your pocket but with enough professional touches to make it a tool rather than a toy. For example you can attach it to a tripod, a lot of small silver compacts don't have that ability and show them up as being 'fun snappers' rather than for someone who cares about the photos they take. Sturdy build; all metal case. Decent weight to it. Not cheap and plastic! Extensive modes of operation from full auto 'point and click' to full manual control of Focus, light modes, exposure time up to 4 seconds, light sensitivity (ISO...

victoriaelectra 09.11.2006 · Read review
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Dell Axim X50v PDA of Power

Advantages: Screen, graphics, wireless range
Disadvantages: Battery life, viewing angles

...will remedy it. Downloading files is also a little gripe as when you click on a file, it doesn't always come up with a dialogue asking you where you wish to save the file, and instead saves it on internal memory. What if I was downloading a massive file which internal memory cannot handle? Thanks to abdrewawolfe, I noticed another lacking feature and that is a built-in camera like on the LOOX 720. Thing is, the camera on the LOOX is only a 1.3MP and I tested it myself finding the quality to be less than average indoors. Outdoors it is better, but I still think that PDAs don't need a digicam built into it. Another thing with the LOOX720 and x50v is the availability of stylus' you can buy for it. The Fujitsu Siemens LOOX 720 you can buy a triple stylus pack for a relatively cheap price of around £10 - £15. The X50v though could set you over...

china_wolf 21.02.2006 · Read review
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Bt Diverse X10 twin

Advantages: Solid, Big name Number storage, caller Display
Disadvantages: Volume not great .

.... these Phones can store up to 50 name and numbers, up to 20 entry calls, 5 last number redial, has ringer melody and volume controls, keyguard lock, battery low indicater, up to 10 hours talktime and up to 120 hours standby. and are gap compatible. You can take the phone out in the garden as they have a range of up to 300 ft. the instruction book is very comprehensive and takes you step by step through setting up the phones and how to use all the functions. i found it really easy to set the phones up. The Bt Diverse X10 is a good solid phone the battery life is very good and the caller display is lit up so you can see the name and number of the person who is calling you. the disadvantages i found are that the sound volume is not very good some times you can hardly hear the caller on the other end, and can be a bit noisy...

Cassybobo 20.11.2007 · Read review
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Stand up if you love Pentax

Advantages: Solid, light, reliable, good-looking, easy to use, a name you can trust
Disadvantages: Guzzles batteries (as they all do), a bit slow to start up

...Last Christmas I was getting ready to buy my first digital camera. I didn't know what features I wanted on it exactly, but I knew that I didn't want to spend more than £300... or less than £200. I did plenty of research online before making my decision and opted for the Pentax Optio S50 in the end. This camera hadn't been out long back then. Pentax lenses are, some say, the very best in the world, so I took this fact into consideration when choosing which camera to buy. As is the case these days, we are spoilt for choice as consumers with so many manufacturers vying for our custom. I feel I've made a wise choice in going for Pentax. After all, the better the lens, the better the picture. For £255, I got the camera, a 512mb memory card, a case, a wrist strap, all the necessary cables and software, two batteries and a charger. I was...

moo-cow 06.11.2005 · Read review
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10Mega Pixels in a 2inch case - AMAZING!

Advantages: It's tiny and takes MINDBLOWING photos
Disadvantages: Not available everywhere yet as it's too new!

...When my Optio S4 was destroyed by my god-daughter I was distraught. The camera had been around the world with the wife and I (and bore the battle scars to prove it) and had never let us down, producing superb quality photos that the small size didn't seem to offer. However, give a 2 year old a glass of milk and the camera lasted only 5 minutes... broken screen and liquid damage :-( Having said that, with the joys of accidental damage cover on my home insurance Iwe have just taken delivery of the all new - and VERY IMPRESSIVE Optio S10... Pentax lenses are the best in the world and what with our experience of the superb build quality and 100% reliability we were very excited to be offered the S10 - I am pleased to say that this does not disappoint! Out of the box we got the camera, a case, a wrist strap, all the necessary...

Durahm.Dazzler 26.11.2007 · Read review
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  Pentax produces pretty perfect pictures!

Advantages: Great build quality, easy to use and good picture quality.
Disadvantages: No image stabalisation and no wide angle capability in the lens.

...rather than great quality because if you want great quality then quite simply you need a DSLR not a point and shoot. Pentax are one of the original so called big 5, the 5 best known names in the camera market, along side the likes oc Canon, Nikon, Olympus and the now collapsed Minolta which has recently been taken over by Sony, well not exactly taken over but Sony design their DSLR cameras around the old Minolta workings which allows the old Minolta lenses to work on the new Sony bodies, anyhow, I digress. Pentax having been around for so long have seen and done it all and it shows in this great little point and shoot camera, it has 10 megapixels (more than enough), a 5X zoom (more than enough) and it offers some great user settings that will keep even the most avid amateur very happy and what's more it actually produces images that...

thebigc1690 28.04.2009 (17.05.2009) · Read review
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Advantages: Latest Release of Mac OS X; Cheap for those upgrading from Leopard
Disadvantages: No support for PPC processor (which is understandable, however)

...many there are in there) of your files. Which is useful instead of having to click on the Finder. Overall if your moving from Tiger to Snow Leopard, it may be worthwhile with some of its cool new features - and because Tiger is getting a little old if I may say so myself - nevertheless, I think its a worthwhile upgrade for Leopard users, at around £25/$29 its worth it for the long run. If your transitioning from a PC to a Mac with Snow Leopard, I'm sure you'll appreciate the graphically stunning interface although may take some time to get use to the differences. The major difference is the mouse tracking speed; each operating system uses a different tracking algorithm - Windows uses a different algorithm to Mac OS X. Mouse tracking / speed may take some time to get use to in OS X, due to OS X's different algorithm....

bastones 03.10.2009 · Read review
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Samsung NC10 Review

Advantages: Good battery life, nice screen, near enough a full size keyboard
Disadvantages: small-ish trackpad

...I recieved this netbook for christmas and all i can say is 'wow'! My background with computers is vast having built many and installed multiple operating systems on each, however i have never owned a laptop. Therefore i was a little dubious about some of the things such as keyboard size, processing power and battery life. I was looking for a laptop which is very small in physical size while packing a punch so it could still carry out multiple tasks. Buying a full size (15.4") laptop seemed a bit pointlesss as i have two tower pc's which are my main machines, so this was just to be about casual surfing/ reading emails/ browsing while on the move. The Samsung NC10 is in my view one of the very best netbooks out there, the keyboard is just shy of being full size so no cramped typing (this review was written on it) Combine this...

MRob909 02.01.2009 · Read review
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Samsung NC10 Netbook

Advantages: Lots of connectivity - Big keyboard - excellent screen - Good spec
Disadvantages: bad sleeve to store netbook - battery life not that long - small touchpad

...I managed to pick up this netbook for £299 which is oustanding value - from play.com. The netbook is very light and can fit almost anywhere - it is very easy to carry around - you can set up anywhere and very easily connect to the internet where available. The netbook looks very stylish and everything is laid out well. The keyboard is the biggest i have ever seen on a netbook - its almost full size which is a bonus as I have a lot of typing to do. One disadvantage of this is that the mousepad has been made very small which is a nuisance - you do get used to it but it is not ideal. The specs for this netbook are impressive I mean a massive 160GB hard drive, a 10.2 inch screen. 1 GB of RAM and a 1.6GHZ intel atom processor. This spec allows the netbook to operate very fastly - the whole 6 months I have had this netbook - it has...

jameweights 05.01.2009 · Read review
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