Upgrade to a vibrating phone cheaply

Advantages: Feel your phone whenever you are
Disadvantages: It can shoot your phone across a hard surface and does make a bit of a noise.

...I had, which was a slim line one, thinner than the standard 5110/6100 battery. It was also Li-Ion which meant I did not have to run it down every time I wanted to charge it. The battery cost £15 plus delivery, sorry can not remember the online shop but it was based in America. But I have found www.cellsavers.co.uk do them for £13.99 plus delivery is free at the moment....

JamesMoore 19.03.2001 (13.12.2001) · Read review
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Review of Nokia 5110/6110 Li-Ion vibrating Battery

Nice in principle, crap in practice

Advantages: Light, makes the phone a lot better physically
Disadvantages: Noisy vibration, battery life is rubbish

...I saw this battery at a computer fair, and i thought it would make a nice addition to my 5110. I picked it up, and on feeling it's weight, had to buy it. Got it home, charged it up and rang it from my home phone. On discreet, the vibration is noisier than the phone on 'personal' tones. I was appalled as to how noisy it was. i was not to be put off by its loudness, however, so i thought the battery life may be a lot better than the standard NiMH cell. Again, i was proved wrong by this awful accessory as the battery life is about 2 days with this battery: the standard 1 is about 5 days to 1 week. So, all in aleft with is a short-life, noisy-on-silent phone. it does have one saving grace: my phone is now lighter than the 3210. Kiss my ass 3210 owners !!!!...

chrislowery 13.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Nokia 5110/6110 Li-Ion vibrating Battery

Energizer AA 2500 mAh Rechargeable Batteries

Advantages: Long Life
Disadvantages: Exspensive

...Hi today I will be reviewing Energizer AA 2500 mAh Rechargeable Batteries. Price You can buy these from Amazon for cheapest £7.05 I got them for £10 from B&Q and I got a charger as well. Life I recommend fully charging these for first time use. I put them on for a day. From the full charge I managed to get a week use out of them. I use them in my Xbox 360 Controllers which are used by me and my brothers so they were on for most of the week. Charge While using the official charger for this product it takes around 6 hours to charge fully (Overnight). Size I find that these batteries are a little larger than the usual AA batteries because in my Xbox controller when I first got them in they took quite a lot of force to get them out again. After using them for quite a lot it seems to have stretched the battery pack so it...

coolguymcd 23.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Energizer Batteries

The Energizer Battery Charger

Advantages: Good value for money
Disadvantages: Takes a long time to charge batteries

...I had been intending to purchase a battery charger for quite a while. In fact I had even dropped hints to certain family members around Christmas time, but to no avail. I was recently reminded of this missing piece of equipment in my life when I rediscovered the PC lead to my digital camera. Remembering that a pair of standard batteries lasted for only about 30 photos in this camera I decided that it was certainly time to invest in a battery charger and some rechargeable batteries. I purchased an Energizer CHDCW8 ? 4 battery charger from Argos for just £9.99. This decision was based on several factors, the most important of which was the price and what I considered to be the best value for money. The design also played a part in my decision process, but in the end it was the price/value that were the strongest influencing factors...

micksheff 31.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Energizer CHDCWB-4 Battery Charger

MT50 - A PHONE I CAN (still) TRUST!

Advantages: Storage of multiple SMS (text messages) in Archive; blue screen; phonecode; makes clear calls
Disadvantages: Only stores 50 extra telephone numbers; cannot create OWN ringtone (although CAN download from internet); no camera, no bluetooth

...replacement was ON! The problem is this: mobile phone preferences are SO personal. It took me nearly THREE months to finally give up the search for a C35i and accept a new model - a PAYG MT50 (£30 off retail price at Tesco with voucher from August Clubcard Statement) to put my chip in while I sent my broken C35i to have the screen mended. The surprise is, I now use the MT50 (or a subsequent MT50 WAP) as my main contract phone - and hardly miss the other - HOW ON EARTH DID THAT CHANGE COME ABOUT? ≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡...

jesi 11.03.2004 (04.06.2006) · Read review
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Review of Siemens MT50

Let the Sun save your battery

Advantages: Helps prevent flat batteries; achieves longer battery life
Disadvantages: None

...As a student with an ageing car, my mileage was irregular and the car was often parked outside, so keeping the battery charged was a continual challenge. The car could be guaranteed not to start at the most awkward of moments. A trickle-charger was an essential piece of equipment but even it was of no use if I couldn?t find anywhere to plug it in within reach of where I could park the car safely. Removing the battery was a cumbersome alternative. I became adept at using jump leads too but there were times I wished I didn?t have to. I wish someone had thought of the solar-powered battery saver at that time. Nowadays my battery is more likely to run down through all the so-called ?key-off electronic drains? (radios, clocks, alarms and use of other devices that work through the cigar lighter), or through doing too many short...

Discerna 23.05.2003 · Read review
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Review of ICP Solar Battery Saver

360 Rechargeable Battery

Advantages: battery life
Disadvantages: cost

...Here it is, the solution to the hassle of constantly swapping out batteries from the xbox 360 controller's battery pack. This product will definitely save you money as you'll be spending much less on AA batteries especially if you play your 360 a lot. This battery pack however is absolutely useless without the recharging chord or recharging dock. The rechargeable battery pack is very convenient but if you're playing with the controller while it's recharging the controller becomes a wired controller for a couple hours which is not necessarily a bad thing. Also I feel the price for this product is a little steep but I guess it does save you money in the long run. The batteries do last for a long time and I rarely recharge my batteries. This product is a must buy for hardcore 360 owners but for the casual gamer who only plays every...

clra2 23.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack

WIRELESS BATTERY PACKS!!!

Advantages: WILL SAVE YOU MONEY!!!
Disadvantages: COST!!!

...built into the controller. So microsoft came up with the idea of... NUCLEAR POWER CONTROLLERS. But then they probably realised this would be to dangerous and powerful so they just settled for double "A" batterys. : ) The batterys will last for around 12 - 20 continuous hours depending on the type you use, but changing batterys almost every day gets very annoying, and expensive. If you have rechargable batterys you will save money instead of always throwing batterys way but why wait for batterys to recharge? Microsoft then came up with the idea of the battery pack. On a full charge it will last around 24 hours of gaming and can be on charge while in use! It will add a small amound of extra weight to the controller but not so that you would notice. This is all good! you can now have a charging pack so you no longer need to buy batterys...

Roguey-117 04.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack

mutant mt2000 a serious alpine contender

Advantages: mosfet technology (subwoofer compatible headunit with no amp), mp3 capable, auxillary input, 2 preouts
Disadvantages: -none-

...Where to start with the mutant mt2000 i purchased this product in my local motorworld (barking) for £35 and have never looked back on my desicion. I reguarly see these unit on sale for around £60 and even at that price i would consider it a good purchase. The main feautres that attracted me to this product are its mp3 capability, front auxillary input and 2 sets of pre amplified output on the rear for 2 or more amplifiers. Capable of playing both regular cds and mp3 discs this unit is a dream to use it is only once an mp3 disc is loaded that the full capabilities of this unit are discovered with track searching feature and charachter searching features you no longer need to flick through all 120 songs on a disc to find the song your are looking for. The auxillary input on the front is also handy for connecting an ipod or mp3...

samrainey 07.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Mutant MT 2000

Recharge your batteries the compact way.

Advantages: Compact, charges AA and AAA
Disadvantages: No European plug adapter

...~<*>~ Energizer ~<*>~ Engerizer have been around over a hundred years and made the first consumer batteries so should know a thing or two about batteries and chargers. ~<*>~ Price ~<*>~ Bought mine from Maplin at a reduced price, £12.95 Jessops online £10.99 + £3.99 p&p Tesco online £29.99 As you can see there is a huge variation in prices so check them out before you do. ~<*>~ What you get ~<*>~ Ultra Compact Charger. 4 X AA 2500mAH batteries. Instructions. The packaging is that tough moulded plastic that is impossible to open without scissors. Tried to open with my bare hands with no success, i am very stubborn. ~<*>~Instructions~<*>~ Are very basic and come on an A4 size piece of paper in 16 languages. The GB instructions would fit on one side of a credit card and the text is very small and people with poor...

oldwasp 22.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Energizer CHDCWB-4 Battery Charger