3 Pay monthly contract: A positive experience

Advantages: Good coverage, Lots of anytime, any network free minutes, great free phone
Disadvantages: none

...I joined 3 (pay monthly) from T-Mobile pay as you go 6 months back. I am completely satisfied with their service, the free phone and the tariff. I think they provide one of the cheapest tariffs. Yet the service is very good. I used the phone in South, South-East and South West region and never had any coverage issue. I went to Scotland for a few days and did not have any coverage problem there either. It works fine even in fast moving train/bus/car. I can also browse internet or send MMS (by paying extra as these are not included in the free time) without any problem. I pay £15 for free 500 minutes anytime any network talk time and 100 any network texts. I had to sign a 12 month contract. I also got a fantastic Motorola Razor V3 phone free with this connection. I heard from my 3 user friends that they offer new free phone...

data_ray 26.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of 3 VideoTalk 500 12 Month

3 Months Spanish without the CDs

Advantages: Good value for money and thorough with practice exercises.
Disadvantages: Frightening for the non-academic student and no CDs are included.

...and repeat the word or phrase. In terms of the book itself, Hugo Spanish in 3 months should have 'Basic' in the title as it teaches you enough to get you started but to be fair, it does state 'Beginner's CD Language Course' on the front of the box. If you have never learnt Spanish or know some basic words, then this product may be for you - it's certainly more in depth than a phrase book. The contents are split into 13 weeks with week 1 starting with the alphabet pronunciation, articles, genders and subject pronouns and the following weeks working through numerous verbs, past, present and future tenses, adjectives and varius grammatical pronouns. If you were never any good at understanding the meaning of 'subjective pronoun' and 'absolute superlatives' then just looking at the contents would put you off. However, the book does explain...

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Review of Hugo: In Three Months: Spanish - Isabel Cisneros

italian in 3 months

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: --

...****Hugo in Three Months: Italian**** I took a crash course in higher Italian in 5th year at school and this is one of the main resources the teacher used. **About** Hugo sell a wide range of language learning courses including french,German and Italian.The book can be bought on its own for £5.99 or you can buy it with cds for RRP of £25. **Who is it for?** This course is intended for people studying on their own who want to gain knowledge of the language in a short space of time and is also suitable for those who are studying Italian at gcse level. **Layout** The book is set out in weeks-and has what you should learn each week in order to complete the course in three months.I would say that you would need to dedicate at least a couple of hours a week to this to get the full benefits/learn everything well Each section...

katie22008m 17.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hugo: In Three Months: Italian CD Course - Milena Reynolds

PS3 slim

Advantages: Blu-ray, free online, nice extras like vidzone & iplayer. Almost silent operation
Disadvantages: Rubbish controller, still expensive, online nowhere near as good as xbox live

...Well, had the slim for a few weeks now (my 1st ever playstation), personally, I'm a little underwhelmed by it, I've been a gamer since the nintendo game & watch days & owned @ least 1 of the current gen consoles since the Mega Drive(Genesis). Graphically the system has the potential to wipe the floor with the 360, but this is really only going to apply to PS3 exclusives as any software house making a multi-platform game is going to be as cost effective (lazy) as possible & use the same graphics on all the games where possible(ok, they need to dumb them down for the Wii). My problem here is that I have yet to get a game for it that runs in 1080P, they all seem to be in 720P! Why???? I'm sure they are out there, but I haven't found one yet. I guess this is down to most HD tv's being HD ready rather than Full HD. Sound-Yeah, ok...

andyamn 27.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 Slim (PS3)

Just 16 more months of 3's rubbish!

Advantages: the phones are nice looking
Disadvantages: you name it, with 3 mobile its rubbish

...I WANT T MOBILE BACK!, I made a HUGE mistake going with 3 mobile!. If I could turn back time, id slap myself silly for even considering 3 mobile. Shall I start at the beginning??...ok then. The first day I got my mobile, oh my I was excited the brand new INQ1 and at a real good price £35 a month unlimited internet access 750 minutes, 600 free texts ok not as good as my price plan with T mobile, but it was worth it having the unlimited internet, plus i dont really call or text much so this price plan suited me just fine. I immediatly plugged my phone in, first thing i noticed is the charger port on the phone was upside down..the drawing on the cable had to point downwards when their supposed to point upwards, i just laughed thinking someone made a little error. the next day, It was time to turn on my mobile! excellent! I...

pyroarcher 13.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of 3 (Three mobile)

playstation 3 slim: the facts!

Advantages: very powerful, multifunctional console
Disadvantages: No real price cut

...The PS3 Slim is the latest PlayStation 3 games console, but it is essentially the same console as before, but with slimmed down components and a new, smaller body. The key improvements in the PS3 Slim are the 120GB hard drive, up from 40GB, 60GB and 80gb in previous UK versions and making it slimmer has made it 36 per cent lighter, 33 per cent smaller and it consumes at least 34 per cent less power (for you know worry about you electricity bills). The PS3 Slim represents a new console just in time for x-mas, one that could start to make sony some profit because up to this is due to the vast majority of PS3 sold so far (around 24 million of them) have been sold at a loss. However, new manufacturing procedures have changed this recently, and a redesigned 45nm Cell processor along with other similarly small and power efficient components...

jonnyhal 29.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 Slim (PS3)

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3)

Advantages: Best Entertainment System Avaliable, Region free games only
Disadvantages: 4GB file limitation External Storage, Cant read NTFS

...feature as this allows the PS3 to be updated if connected to the internet. Sony release a firmware every month that fixes bugs and enables new features and these can be acquired through system update. Now there have been some cool development by Sony as they have increased functionality by releasing firmware's that have added DVD/PS1/PS2 upscale. The upscale have been great as the DVDs look much sharper and the games too. Sony has also released a firmware that added themes which is great as you can make it look different to what you like. To get the themes you can either download them from the internet or PS3 store. Future Firmware includes listening to music while playing a game which is currently not possible but due to release hopefully soon. The updates are about 100mb takes me less than 1 minute to download as I have 16mb broadband. But it...

dharma.roy 30.11.2007 (03.12.2007) · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)

Playstation 3 Great Product

Advantages: Useful, Multimedia Functions, Entertaining, Internet
Disadvantages: Does have the odd problems mostly HDMI issues.

...The Sony Playstation 3 is a great console, due to the fact it has alot exciting new features from the previous sucessors. One of the main reasons the PS3 has done well in the war against other consoles is that the games available on the this platform are much vast. The also have a quite alot of games which are exlusive to PS3. Some buyers only buy the ps3 because a certain game is availiable on this platform. Thats one of the main purposes i purchased the ps3 because i liked previous games which were on the previous console. I have played all rival consoles and compared to the xbox i would have to say the graphics look better on the PS3. I tested playing the same game on HDTV at 1080p even though the game was out putting at 720p. The contrast of colours and the detail stood out more on the PS3. The XMB( Xross Media Bar) developed...

GStar_ 19.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)

Hugo Spanish in 3 months - A basic course

Advantages: A good basic structured Spanish course.
Disadvantages: Off putting for those who do not understand English grammar terminology.

...Hugo Spanish in 3 months should have 'Basic' in the title as it teaches you enough to get you started but to be fair, it does state 'Beginner's CD Language Course' on the front of the box. If you have never learnt Spanish or know some basic words, then this product may be for you - it's certainly more in depth than a phrase book. The contents are split into 13 weeks with week 1 starting with the alphabet pronunciation, articles, genders and subject pronouns and the following weeks working through numerous verbs, past, present and future tenses, adjectives and varius grammatical pronouns. If you were never any good at understanding the meaning of 'subjective pronoun' and 'absolute superlatives' then just looking at the contents would put you off. However, the book does explain the meaning of these in plain English and if you want to...

Scarytrousers 24.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hugo: In Three Months: Spanish CD Course - Isabel Cisneros

PS3, for you and me?

Advantages: Stylish, good games available + lots more on the way, blu ray
Disadvantages: No HD cable in the box, no rumble, limited BC

...The PlayStation 3 is Sonys third generation of home consoles. After the stellar performance of the PlayStation 2 and launch of its two rivals the Wii and Xbox 360 the PS3 has a tough act to follow. Sony are clearly not worried as according to their marketing the PS3 is a "supercomputer" and is capable of "4D" graphics, with such bold claims I had to pick one up for myself and see if it was true! Unboxing The first thing you will notice about the PlayStation 3 box is that it's huge! The Xbox 360 had a rather large box but this is incredible being about 1.5x as big. The box design itself is worth a mention as it is pretty neat and the front has a picture of the console floating with the wireless sixaxis controller on a black and red background. On the bottom left hand side you will see the model you have purchased which will be either...

hackersupr 08.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)