A great conference venue but not ideal as a hotel

Advantages: Good rooms, well organised conference facilities
Disadvantages: If you aren't there for a conference, you could feel very 'left out'.

...'t appreciate about this hotel was the check in and check out service. To try to keep things simple for the hotel, all the delegates who had booked on the official conference rate were asked to complete their registration cards during the meeting so that the reception could get everything ready more efficiently. It didn't work at all. I was one of the people who'd booked my hotel online because the hotel wouldn't match the price I'd found with a booking site and fortunately I got to the desk before a lot of other people. Even so, I had a long wait. A single member of staff was dealing with the registrations and didn't appear to have taken any advantage of being given most people's details in advance. She was happily answering the phones and keeping everyone waiting even longer. Once I'd got my key I asked her to please try and get some more staff to...

koshkha 25.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Ettington Chase Hotel and Conference Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon

iPhone I like

Advantages: Modern technology, amount of software and number of devices.
Disadvantages: No protective case.

...for contacts, hold, keypad and add call. The last allows the facility of "conference calling". For e-mail you require wi-fi connection but I have not yet tried this out. A range of networks is listed ,google,AOL,Y!Mail and mac Next is safari the internet browser. I have used this to browse wikipedia,BBC and our own CIAO. It is slow at first but quite well organised once you get the hang of it. For more advanced browsing such as videos and media stuff you will need wi-fi. Last is the Ipod. This shows the songs you have downloaded in different forms, by playlist,artist,album or all by song. You can thumb through the albums, Press an icon to get the album or song and then press again to play the song. Also you can pause the play button if needed. When you buy the phone first check that you have a friend who can register it for you...

damien.gallery 28.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone

The best iPod / Phone!

Advantages: unbelivably sexy and beautiful, wonderful internet and video / music
Disadvantages: needs a couple of firmware updates to become the perfect phone

...Given the rather briefness of the other iPhone reviews on Ciao, and given I've actually GOT one, I thought I'd do a proper review prior to the iPhone being launched in the UK. Some history: Apple have been making computers since the 1970's and were the first people to launch what we now call a home computer with the Apple II microcomputer in 1977. Since then, they have been at the front of design and innovation, despite having a few failures along the way, such as the Apple Newton in the 1990's. Apple have recently had two turnarounds, the first being the launch of the iMac in 1998 (basically a portable TV size computer with screen, but with funky colours and all in one design) and the other in 2001 when Apple launched the iPod... The rest, as they say, is history! iPhone history: During late 2006, rumours were...

pefidler 27.09.2007 (26.09.2007) · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone

iPhone

Advantages: Great interface. Excellent Music Clarity.
Disadvantages: Limited Official Apps

...iPhone. The greatest device since GSM was first created? Yes and No. I've had the iPhone for just over 4 months and I have mixed feelings over the device. I used ZiPhone to unlock mine from AT&T in the US for use in Ireland. Out of the box the iPhone is intruative (It has to be as a Manual is not included in the box). The box included a small quick start guide, a headset and the various connectors. Set up with iTune is a breeze even for a newbie. The Home Screen on the iPhone differs from most WIndows based Smart devices as a simple press closes the running program down. I own a HTC Touch aswell and found it much easier to upgrade and customise than the iPhone. While the iPhone has a huge and diverse 3rd party App community you may have to wait a long time until an App you need comes about. However, once they are released you can...

cbcjock 17.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone

iPhone; Modern day Beauty and the Beast

Advantages: Touch screen, games, web browser, utilites, music, pictures
Disadvantages: Price, can not copy and paste, battery life, camera

...In a nutshell: IT?S A TOUCH SCREEN. No other phone have I ever come across since I laid my hands on has so much capabilities as this beautiful beast. It?s a phone, it?s a music player, it?s a camera, it?s a web browser, it?s everything all mashed together into one beautiful device. However its not cheap and it has many limitations so unfortunately its like my last girlfriend; a imperfect beauty. When it comes to the iPhone, I never can make the decision over whether I hate it or love it. It?s a beautiful little device with operates on Apple?s OS X operating system. Its all touchscreen so instead of using buttons the phone has icons that appear on the very touch-sensitive screen, and this screen is big, actually its bigger than big its HUGE. Apple claimed that the iPhone was five years ahead of the competition and when you have a play...

gumjoy 22.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone

iPhone - uPhone - wiiPhone

Advantages: Apps are addictive
Disadvantages: MT must provoke a security package

...iPhone - uPhone - wiiPhone URL - http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/ Type - Candybar smartphone Original - iPhone 3G To make an attempt in registering a knowledge in MT (mobile technology); is similar to sticking your head in a tumble drier and reciting the Greek alphabet backwards. So, I've stuck my hand in the air and admitted defeat; but I can hasten a calculated guess that all digital devices will eventually be compact to one palm sized object that will sit sweetly beside your thumb, feeling like a silicon silk and smells delicious with an accustomed aroma at different levels of eroticism. No I've not stuck my head in the tumbler nor can be bothered to Google the 'Greek Alphabet'. - But it wasn't that long ago when the idea of Smart-Phones was a brain-storm fantasy, to a lot of mobile phone manufacturers they...

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Review of Apple iPhone 3G

Aye it's an iPhone

Advantages: Great gadget
Disadvantages: A bit bulky

...As usual I'm miles behind everyone else when it comes to technology and I've only just entered the world of mobile browsing by buying myself an iPhone. Here are several versions of the phone some with more memory than others but I plumped for the 8 gig version because that's more memory than I need The iPhone is quite amazing, what differentiates it from other phones are the applications, the sheer amount of applications is phenomenal, you can get an app for just about everything whether it's something as simple as accessing Facebook or googling, to apps for purchasing from Ebay or Amazon. There are also plenty of applications for games and music, or word processors and spreadsheet applications. Lots of the apps need to be paid for, ranging in price from approx 49p to over £5. But many apps are free, in fact this review is being...

Fiver29 03.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone 3G

The iPhone 3GS is a rare thing; a product that beats the hype!

Advantages: Incredibly easy to use with huge selection of quality dowloadable apps. Almost perfect...
Disadvantages: Battery life it at best acceptable

...A couple of months ago I bought an Apple iPhone 3GS 16Gb. It is my first iPhone, and also my first smart phone. I was tempted by the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G, but was put out by some key feature omissions, notably lack of MMS and voice dialling. The iPhone is immaculately presented in a surprisingly small, well designed box. The contents comprise the iPhone, wired headphones with microphone, a short USB charging cable and a charger. The chunky instruction manual that seems to come with every other phone on the market is notably absent; there is just a concise quick start leaflet. As always with an Apple product, EVERYTHING is meticulously designed to the same high standard. The charger is very discrete and is no bigger then a standard 13amp plug, the USB cable has incredibly small connectors at either end...

Vmanc 10.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone 3G S (3GS)

iPhone

Advantages: Touchscreen, easy to use
Disadvantages: Slightly confusing menus

...Previously had a Samsung, loved it's simplicity and the fact it was flawless. Everything worked, easy to use yet still up to date with technology However, I recently lost the it and was given an iPhone, this phone is way 'cooler' than any phone I have ever had. Apple are taking technology in mobile phones way further than other brands I feel, ok there are flaws but where there are flaws there are exceptions with other cool gadgets that have made me completely forget about comparing it to my previous mobiles. For example, Google Maps, easy to use and very sufficient Internet use, amazing screen quality with touch screen buttons that actually work... really well too! In fact the touch screen buttons is one of the main reasons I recommend this phone, although Sony Erricson and other brands have reached into touchscreen I don't feel any...

harrypuk 12.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone

Advantages: read review
Disadvantages: read review

...As everyone know, iPhone became really famous after this product got in the store. In a sense, It's a copy of iPod touch, at least, because of the outlook and of course, because of music player. Here is my review about iPhone. Why iPhone is good? Of course iPhone is very famous, because of It's outlook. Of course outlook is great, there is a one big touch sensitive screen and one button, what has only one function - bring you back to "home". You don't need some stick to move menus, It's really easy to surf in menu with your finger. All things functions so coherently, and It's really unfamiliar, example, to use WiFi, you don't have to change any options or retool profiles and you don't have to worry. All things what you haven't done, and you want do continue it later, it always opens from same place and everything is auto...

ihate22 30.11.2008 · Read review
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