COOL CAR(D)S

Advantages: Cheap, easy to learn, portable, fun
Disadvantages: Possible limited appeal if you don't like cars

...of a cool car from the other, and think that a Dodge Viper is a reptile avoidance dance, then you could struggle a bit, but Top Trumps is as much to do with remembering statistics and noting a particular car's strengths and weaknesses as it is about prior knowledge. For those that do know cars there are a couple of unusual additions to this set - I for instance never thought I'd see a Vauxhall Vectra card nestled amongst the Astons, Porsches and Ferraris. One can only presume the chaps on Top Gear were having an off day when that particular car slipped through the cool net! For the most part though the cars featured are the stuff of boyhood dreams and Athena posters; cool, expensive and powerful as can be. Each car is pictured brightly on each card, and all the statistics are displayed clearly for ease of reading. Final thoughts Four...

tractor-boy 30.01.2009 · Read review
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Navman S30 3D Satnav

Advantages: Good sound quality, Excellent re-route calculation.
Disadvantages: Gets a litte confused in busy cities due to the volume of roads.

...With the low price satnav market becoming saturated, i found it difficult to find a satnav that would suit me. Someone i knew had one of the older Navman models so i thought i would buy the updated version. Navman's new baby navigator, the S30 3D has its work cut out to compete in such a tough market, so it's good to see that it has got the most important thing right and set the price at a competitive level. The navman can be bought for under £100 which is much less than the equivalent Tomtoms and Garmin's which start at around £150. Its not only the price that makes this product better than the rest. One thing that you will not find on other equivalent satnavs is the feature that not only gives you the direction by voice, but shows the next direction with an icon in the top left hand corner. As well as this, it will give you...

lukealdridge89 25.02.2009 · Read review
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The nikon d70s is unbeatable!

Advantages: easy to use - quality of product -speed - just cracking! better than canon or nikon 50
Disadvantages: Price but then SLR digital cameras are all dear! No memory card included

...I purchased my camera just before the summer in anticipation of a trip to Venice - a photographer's paradise. Having compared the available digital SLRs it was so apparent to me that the NIKON D70S was by far superior in many respects. The size of the camera means that you can hold it without fear of it dropping or slipping out of your hand - I found other cameras too small. The feel exudes quality - there are no flimsy bits, the lens supplied (nikon) is a top quality lens - not a budget version found on the cheaper d50 or on the canon 350d. The speed of functions is stunning compared to my previous digital camera (pseudo SLR Olympus) - formatting of memeory card is done in a flash, readyness of integral flash is very fast and write speed to memory card is also very quick, even with a slow er version of the compact flash card. Image...

averycrossman 23.09.2005 · Read review
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Charlie's Angels With P.M.S!

Advantages: Light, fluffy entertainment
Disadvantages: Very contrived

...Amy Bradshaw (Sara Foster) is what?s known as the perfect score, meaning that she has all the perfect attributes to be a secret agent. To determine this, all students sit their SATS and hidden in them is a secret test measuring their ability to lie, cheat, fight and kill. Along with Max (Meagan Good), Dominique and Janet they make up the D.E.B.S (discipline, energy, beauty and strength). When the D.E.B.S hear of an old nemesis?s return they are summoned by their boss (Michael Clarke Duncan) to hunt down master criminal Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster) and bring her to justice. While staking out a restaurant where they think Lucy Diamond will be, they stumble across her blind date with a Russian assassin, the Russian turns out to be a girl. When Lucy bumps into Amy she should have been killed because no one has ever fought Lucy Diamond...

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Belkin Wireless PCI Card

Advantages: Simple setup, manages itself
Disadvantages: Very occasional low signal

...Following on from my review of the Belkin wireless router, this is the piece of kit at the other end of the link. The PCI Desktop Card is whats required to allow the PC to communicate with the router. This product cost me £25 when I bought it. I was interested in the Belkin wireless router, so I played safe and used the same manufacturer for both items that would allow the router and my PC talk to each other. --Whats in the box-- On opening the box, there were no real surprises. There was the PCI card, the antenna, a quick installation guide and a CD which contained the drivers and a full manual. --Installation-- On reading the quick installation guide, it was apparent that the software had to be installed before the card was plugged in. The reason for this was because, when the hardware was detected, the software would...

craggybuk 21.05.2007 · Read review
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Nikon D70s

Advantages: Solid, professional class images; fast
Disadvantages: Not overly simple to use; small LCD screen; auto settings can disappoint

...No questioning the Nikon quality..it's robust and solid like it's reputation but not the best buy in it's class for the amateur. I should state at this stage that I'm no professional although I do use the camera to back up my magazine articles so I hope you'll find my views useful. The D70s is fast and produces great images but you need a good understanding of light and exposure to get the best out of it. To this end I would recommend weaning yourself off the automatic functions as soon as possible. I use the camera with a DX AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm for general use and back it up with a 55-200mm for more precise work. One downside of the first lens is that you do get some vignetting at the widest angle - especially with a filter. The camera uses a D lens mount so will take a wide range of other manufacturer lenses. The camera offers...

roddersontheradio 01.06.2007 (16.06.2007) · Read review
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Card Factory

Advantages: Great products at low prices
Disadvantages: Long queues and some products a little tacky

...Card buying can be an expensive thing, especially at this time of year and as much as I love the quality of the cards in stores such as Clintons, with my large family I just cannot afford to buy all my family cards from stores such as these at Christmas. So I was pretty impressed with Card Factory opened up a store in my local town recently. For me this store offers good quality products, but at really cost effective prices. Obviously their main market is the card market. They offer cards for all occasions including birthdays, anniversaries, moving, sorry, thank you and general cards too. Their cards are priced at 59p for a small card, 89p for a medium card and 99p for a large card, which for me is excellent value for money. They do extra large cards which do cost a bit more and they also do a couple of cards in each range for just...

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Not just a credit card, it's an M&S credit card!

Advantages: 0% for 12 months, loyalty points and bonus vouchers
Disadvantages: None

...use the card often, it's surprising how quickly the points add up. To help get you started and as a thank you for applying for the card, you receive two vouchers - one for 500 bonus points for spending on clothing (from M & S of course!), the other for 300 points to spend on food. So effectively, you are getting £8.00 for free - not bad eh?! When your points total reaches 100 points you earn £1 in reward vouchers to spend on anything you want instore at M & S. Reward vouchers are sent to you four times a year. As a &More cardholder, you can also enjoy a range of other benefits, including: * 10% off your next holiday with over 150 tour operators to choose from; * Fantastic deals on travel money, with preferential exchange rates and no commission on foreign currency and foreign travellers cheques; * Commission free...

rowei 25.03.2007 · Read review
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Oyster Card

Advantages: Convenient
Disadvantages: You could lose it!

...deposit, was first issued to the public in July 2003, in a limited format, but by March 2007 over 10 million Oyster cards had been issued?how this quite works out I?m not sure as I swear there?s no more than 8 million residents in London?? Clearly the tourists are doing their bit too! Firstly, London is broken down into ?Zones?. Naturally, the further out of the centre of the city you are, the higher your zone number. To use a tube map as a diagram, the entire Circle Line is based within Zone 1, which means places such as Victoria, Paddington, Kings Cross, Westminster, Liverpool Street, High Street Kensington, Notting Hill, Sloane Square, Baker Street etc. etc. are all based in this zone, as are the likes of Oxford Street, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and St Paul?s Cathedral?basically what you?d call ?central? London. As you go further out...

carl.mcqueen 26.07.2009 · Read review
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Quality card at a budget price

Advantages: Reasonable price
Disadvantages: No Linux drivers

...I finally took the plunge and bought a wireless router (Netgear DG834G) but then needed either a usb dongle NIC or PC Card (PCMCIA) NIC. At first I borrowed a USB dongle from a friend. This worked fine but the connection to the back of my laptop appeared weak. That made my decision for me....it had to be the stronger PC Card variant. I chose the Belkin F5D7010 as it was cheaper than the other branded rivals, and I could pick it up from my local Argos that day (We have no decent computer shops round here). Installation was a little different to the supplied instructions and I found it important to follow the installation program. Also when using XP you need to select the option to use the built in XP configuration software if you intend to use WPA security as only WEP is supported by the Belkin software. Once installed configuration...

scarymonkey 06.02.2005 · Read review
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