Advantages: Small, Compact, Looks great and its a Sony
Disadvantages: Low earphone volume

..., MiniDisc users are no longer stuck with real-time recordings, but can use a computer to transfer an hour's worth of music in just a few minutes. After a long search I finally decided for a stationary Sony MiniDisc deck to add to my Sony QS home stereo system and a matching Sony MZ-N710 MiniDisc Walkman to take along when leaving the house. First impressions The MZ-N710 is Sony's middle range NetMD MiniDisc recorder/player, mainly aimed towards the European market. Here in London, the price is still pretty steep and I suppose many presumptive buyers with limited budget will shy away from spending that amount of money for such a small device. Blank discs are also a bit pricey when compared to blank CD's, but nowhere near as horrendously expensive as memory cards. The player comes in two different flavors - blue and silver. I... Read review

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Advantages: Sleek, Stylish & Crammed Full of Features
Disadvantages: Not the best battery life (but adequate). Replaced my phone due to faults!

...**Update 21/10/04** I have had my E710 replaced as it keep getting faults. Hopefully this was just my phone, but a word of warning first... 1st fault - corrupted software (due to bad data from samsung wap site), 2nd fault - lines on screen 3rd fault - interference in earpiece. Now, in all fairness the first 2 faults were repaired without any hassle but after the 3rd time of sending it to the engineers, they decided to replace my phone instead. However they had no E710s & so I got a free upgrade to an E800 (review coming soon). As I previously mentioned, hopefully I just had the dodgy phone in the batch & this was just an isolated problem!! ************* This replaced my Nokia 6100 which my fiancée had, as there was only a couple of months left on my contract, & so it was cheaper for her to pay that of than buy a new PAYG phone... Read review

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Advantages: Nice, crisp picture and good price (if you shop around)
Disadvantages: It is large (well it's a 17" screen) so make sure you have the space

...to help in deciding whether or not to buy a piece of kit it's seriosuly annoying. I set a budget of £200 for my new monitor, and then started the onerous task of trawling the internet, looking at various models within my price limit on various sites such as buy.com, jungle.co.uk, insight.com and dabs.com (I found these to be the best ones). It took almost a week to narrow the search down to a few models, but I eventually picked the Hansol 710P from the vast selection on offer. As far as the particular site that I bought it from, there wasn’t much to choose between jungle.com and dabs.com for price in the end. I picked dabs.com as they were slightly cheaper (at £159.79) and had the quickest delivery time (so they claimed anyway). The nearest comparative monitor I could find to the 710P was a full £35 more for a similar specification... Read review

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Advantages: Cute, small and easy to use.
Disadvantages: Front LCD never turns off.

...I upgraded my phone to the E710 mostly because my other half has the E700. I thought it would be nice and simple to transfer data between the two, and that as he'd had his for a while he could show me how to work it. Well, it's nothing like the E700 especially as we're on different networks. It's got some pretty nice features. The analogue clock on the front LCD is nice, and the integrated "flash" also makes pictures that little bit clearer. It's provided with options so that you can have a (very annoying) service light and options on whether to have a melody, melody and vibration, vibration, or just a light flashing when the phone rings. The interface of the phone is nice and there are three options allowing you to choose what style of menu suits you best. Short cut keys are provided. The phone is supplied with the standard... Read review

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