I was blown away by the iPod Touch!

Advantages: Massive range of features, wireless internet, ease of use
Disadvantages: Now I want an iPhone!

...This is a repost as I set up a new account only to be reconnected with my old username. Apologies if you have seen this before but the username this was originaly posted under has been deleted. Sorry! There have been very few points in my life when a piece of technology has left me gobsmacked. The first time I returned from lunch to find my ZX Spectrum had managed to load a game, my first mobile phone, Satnav (in a negative sense) and this iPod. I was given this iPod as a wedding gift so it would be impossible for me to talk about where this item was purchased and rude to discuss the price (although I'm sure the wonderful web has a million and one places to buy it at a variety of prices). Instead I will try and convey my utter delight at this products' range of uses. Think of it as a digital media Swiss Army Knife and you will not be...

tallpaul1983 01.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPod touch 8 GB

I was blown away by this iPod!

Advantages: App store gives incredible range of featues, Great value for money
Disadvantages: Makes me want an iPhone for the 3g aspect

...There have been very few points in my life when a piece of technology has left me gobsmacked. The first time I returned from lunch to find my ZX Spectrum had managed to load a game, my first mobile phone, Satnav (in a negative sense) and this iPod. I was given this iPod as a wedding gift so it would be impossible for me to talk about where this item was purchased and rude to discuss the price (although I'm sure the wonderful web has a million and one places to buy it at a variety of prices). Instead I will try and convey my utter delight at this products' range of uses. Think of it as a digital media Swiss Army Knife and you will not be far from the mark! Victorinox eat your heart out. KEY USES Music Well obviously I hear you say, but what this does better than any previous MP3 player I have owned is allow you to access you...

thetallpaul 30.07.2009 · Read review
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If Only I Was The BOSS!!

Advantages: A book full of humour for children.
Disadvantages: May not appeal to boys as this series of books is all about a girl called Daisy.

...This book is one of a series of books all about Daisy, written by Kes Gray and illustrated by Nick Sherratt. ************** Daisy Books ************* This series of books is very popular amongst the 4 - 5 year olds I teach. Daisy is a little girl with a 'frighteningly' straight bobbed hairstyle and her adventures are really popular with most little girls as they can relate to her mischievious humour and 'goings on'! Daisy doesn't 'do' dresses, e.g in the book entitled YUK! she wants to wear a baseball outfit or a leopard skin suit rather than a bridesmaid dress! Some other books in the series are: * Yuk! * You Do! * Eat Your Peas * Really, Really * A Bunch of Daisies **************** If I Was BOSS **************** In this book, Daisy talks about all of the things most young children would love to do in the house...

neenn 30.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of If I was Boss - Kes Gray

Teenage Quicks

Advantages: Quick paced, great for a children's book
Disadvantages: Might not appeal to everyone, too short!

...Introduction This isn?t a book that I chose to read of my own accord ? it?s actually one that someone else chose for our book club. This in mind, it?s worth knowing that it?s usually grouped in with the teenage book section and isn?t really seen as so much of an adults book. Unless there?s a lot of hype about a book (Harry Potter, Northern Lights, etc) it?s not often that I venture in to this section and I think it?s highly unlikely that I would have picked this up without a firm recommendation. That said, the person who chose this book had never actually read it? so I was a bit dubious as to how good it would be when I took it away on holiday with me as one of my books to read by the pool. What It Was Like What I Was is a short novel about a young boy at public school in the 1960s. He doesn?t get on well with his father...

tac20 13.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of What I Was - Meg Rosoff

iTouch

Advantages: Brilliant
Disadvantages: Nono

...I am not going toi pretend that I can inform you of everythng there is to know on the iPod Touch, they are so extensive in there functions i think it would just be boring you anyway! Let me start from the beginnning, I saved up for the christmas just gone, and i wanted to buy my two younger brothers something which they would really appreciate and enjoy. A friend said why don't i buy them one of these, now don't get me wrong, i know what an iPod is, but i had no idea about an iTouch, therefore I was reluctant to spend £170 each on them. When I first saw them, I was a little disappointed, I would have thought that Apple would offer you some inclusive accessories with the £170 iPod that you are buying, but really i was just a black thing in a small clear case. On inspection of the item i realised that it is a very smart and very...

amyloop 31.01.2009 · Read review
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iTouch!

Advantages: Packed with applications, very handy and easy to use.
Disadvantages: Keyboard is hard to use, no flash player and not very durable without a case.

...If it was not for the fact that I needed more than 16GB at the time of buying my 160GB iPod Classic, I would've bought one of these. Obviously now, there is the 32GB iPod Touch, but this is still not enough. The iPod touch therefore is for people who have some money to spend and just want to put their CD's onto the iPod. It is packed with features and in essence is a PDA without the office applications. It comes pre-loaded with Safari (Apple's own web browser), the iTunes store, built in iPod, a special YouTube application for viewing Youtube videos and many other features. Firstly, while I'm thinking about it, the iPod touch doesn't come with a flash player, which is the reason why there's a special YouTube application. This means that when browsing safari, you can't watch embedded video clips or clips off other video sharing sites...

Timothij 18.08.2008 · Read review
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the apple of my "I"

Advantages: touch screen, lightweight, good battery life
Disadvantages: possibility of getting the screen or the shiny back scratched

...I purchased this product in November 2008, as a Christmas present for my fiancé. She had hinted at getting a new ipod, as her previous one was the 2 GB ipod nano from a few years back. I walked into the apple shop that had recently opened up in Belfast, surrounded by the whole apple range I looked at a couple different models from the new 8 GB nano to the ipod classic. But my eyes finally came to a halt upon the shiny surface of the 8 GB ipod touch. I knew instantly that this was the present that I was to buy her. So I went to the counter, the cashier asked me what I wanted and I placed my order, at which point he turned his back to me and started looking through some drawers, a few seconds later he turned around and handed me a very small rectangular box with curved edges. Hmmm, I thought to myself, it?s rather small? so I handed...

garyt84 28.05.2009 · Read review
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iPod Classic truthful review

Advantages: Easy navigation, clear large screen, huge capacity, great looking, excellent value for money
Disadvantages: iTunes a little annoying, dodgy earphones

...**UPDATE** After having this iPod for 18 months now, I thought I'd update my review as parts of it are no longer true. This review was updated 22.07.09 :-) ** UPDATE** I'll have owned my iPod Classic for two years when December comes, so at the end of this review I'll give you an update on how it's running almost 24 months after it was first purchased. I was hesitant about buying an iPod as my first, an iPod mini a few years ago, broke and never mended itself as soon as I bought it. It was sent back and I've been using other (decent) players since. But iPods are so popular I decided to give them another shot and, truthfully, am very pleased that I did. After using a perfectly good Samsung YP-Z5A 4GB Mp3 player, I was bought the iPod Classic 80GB (in black) for a Christmas present. Firstly, I would order it off the official...

Sonic4290 30.12.2007 (21.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Apple iPod classic 80 GB

I Was Duped

Advantages: Paul Giamatti, the idea of the plot is good
Disadvantages: The main actors, the pace, the flicking back and forth in time, confusing, boring

...Claire Stenwick used to work for the CIA, and Ray Koval used to work for MI6. The pair had an affair many years ago, and now they're released from their respective agencies, they decide to do a job all of their own. Claire decides they should go to work for rival pharmaceutical companies and con them both to the tune of $40 million. Both bosses are desperate to get the new product from each other, so Claire and Ray twist things to get the product for themselves without anyone else knowing. But can they ever really trust each other, and will their competitive streaks be the making or breaking of them? This was a film I've been eager to see after all the adverts on TV a while back, and then I've seen it on the beginning ads of several DVDs I've rented lately too. I love Julia Roberts as an actress and Clive Owen is growing on me too so...

mummy2harry 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Duplicity (DVD)

I was forced to answer the call.. Honest!!!

Advantages: Great story, graphice on line play
Disadvantages: Can't find any yet

...Ok I know I said that after my last game review I would grow up and start finding something more constructive to do while my foot is healing but when my eldest monster bought this game I couldn't resist having a little play, I mean a girl is allowed a little fun isn't she? As I have mentioned before I really enjoyed Call of Duty 3 and I wasn't too sure how they could improve this series, especially the on-line play. I felt that another game could push the series a bit thin a bit like some sequels to films. So after playing this now since its release was I left disappointed or did it completely stop my quest for finding something constructive? THE IDEA BEHIND THE GAME Ok I knew before I played this game that the makers had finally realized that they had squeezed the last drop out of the WW2 genre and had moved on to a more...

lisa8871 10.02.2008 · Read review
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