The S5, smaller, stylish with better sound!

Advantages: Thinner than K5, cool screen, more features
Disadvantages: Screen balck is not completely dark, smudges easily.

...Having owned several Samsung branded MP3 players over the years, I really enjoyed them so I decided to upgrade from their K5 mp3 player. I found this well built and very reliable (hardly ever crashed) and loved the portable slide out speaker. When the S5 was released a year later, also with slide out speaker, I thought this upgrade had to be a must. I was right. I decided to go for more storage from a 2gb to an 8gb. The 8gb actually costs less than the 2gb K5 cost! This player has everything the K5 missed and the few faults that the K5 had have been ironed out. The S5 now has album art, a prettier screen, video playback and bluetooth. Fair enough the screen doesn't go as dark as the K5's did, meaning it no longer becomes a seamless part of the front of the player, but it still looks stylish none of the less. The menus are more...

lea20 13.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Samsung YP-S5 8GB

Samsung YP-S5JA Mp3 player

Advantages: Very Stylish look and easy to transfer mp3's
Disadvantages: Could be arkward to use for the heavy handed

...I have had this mp3 player for just about a year now and i must admit it is possibly the best mp3 player that ihave every purchased. It has a stylish look and i'm ofter complimented on how cool my mp3 player is and asked where i bought it. The mp3 is easy to use device which uses a touch pad. For me using this is not a problem however of others this may not be the case especially for those that are heavy handed. Overall transferring mp3's from the PC is generally very simple and very suitable for those who have never had experience with using she devices. The sound quality is outstanding and allows several sound settings for different music styles. The battery live is good and does not require batteries....

Jozers 20.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Samsung YP-S5JA

Great battery and speaker.....cheap as well!!

Advantages: Good battery life, great built in speaker, quite cheap
Disadvantages: No mains charger, difficult menu and touch pad

...I have had the Samsung now for a couple of years and haven't had any issues with the player so far. The player has a few good points but is let down by a few also. The fold out speaker is a great addition and is louder than most mobile phones which answers the question, why buy this instead of using my mobile? Battery life is also very good and will last me a good week between recharges, though I?m sure there are those that will listen to their music more than I do. Battery life is obviously greatly depreciated when listening to music through the speaker instead of through headphones. I can't really complain about the storage space as if I wanted it to have more I could have just shelled out a little bit more for the 8GB version of it. The menu is easy to get along with once you are used to it but can take a while to get...

OllieBridges 02.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Samsung YP-S5 2GB

Great MP3 player, not so good software

Advantages: Bluetooth, great sound quality from both the speakers and earphones, smooth animations, sleek design
Disadvantages: Visualisations are sluggish, software may not be compatible with Windows Vista

...Early last year, a friend of mine purchased the earlier model of this particular MP3 player (YP-K5) and seemed very impressed by it so I decided to purchase this newer model once it came out. And for the most part, I'm glad I did. Overall, I am also very impressed by the Samsung YP-S5. The design is sleek and modern and the buttons (while confusing to begin with) are simple and easy to use. Regarding the buttons, as I have never owned a touch screen device or one with touch sensitive areas, it is a tad strange using the buttons and having no tactile feedback. That said, if you are familiar with that kind of input method, feel free to ignore the previous sentence. With so few MP3 players around with built in speakers, it's a nice change to be able to play audio out loud. It's also very simple to do so. While listening to music...

Godlesswanderer 30.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Samsung YP-S5 8GB

Tom's Reviews

Advantages: Excellent sound quality, stylish design, Fun interface
Disadvantages: Small screen, smudges easy, pricier than other types of same calibre.

...The Samsung YP-S5 is an update to the K5 that was released in 2006. The K5 had an unusual trait, a nifty built in speaker that was grouped with the actually mp3 player. This small and stylish player had very good sound considering and even the speaker was up to par for quality. The only downfall was the width of the player, at the time it was alot thicker than other mp3 players, but non the less it was good to be able to share your favorite music with your friends by just sliding the speaker out. The YP-S5 on the other had still uses this unique trait of a speaker but throws in alot more support and softwar which the previous lacked. They have made the sound quality much higher and with the use of bluetooth, built in photo and video support, fm-Radio, a voice recorder and alarm clock the product has many more features that show its...

Chobiling 21.02.2009 · Read review
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Snap Happy Samsung!

Advantages: Great camera at a great price.
Disadvantages: None at the price, you get a great item for what you pay!

...I bought this camera in ASDA at the incredible price of £75 in a gorgeous chrome silver colour (pictured). I am probably one of the most indecisive shoppers around, so when it came to buying a digital camera, I was thoroughly confused by the choice and newly released technology, meaning every week a new camera with more mega pixels and better zoom and a toaster built in was released! This certainly does not making chosing easy! Well, thanks to the advice of the very helpful assistant in ASDA, I was able to finally decide on the Samsung ES55 and have no regrets! Ok, so how do you chose the right camera for you? It's all about accepting there is SO much variety but making sure you know what you want, that way you can really trim down the choice. Also, pick a reliable brand and as I have been informed, Samsung are one of the best. I had...

Bojack 27.10.2009 · Read review
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  Canon S5 IS - One of the "top" cameras! My review

Advantages: Easy to use, many functions, quality, ultra-zoom... etc
Disadvantages: It's hard to find in shops, no RAW

...---------------CANON POWERSHOT S5 IS - My review------------------ MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH CANON AND HOW I WANTED A NEW ONE... I've used an old Canon Powershot A30 since 2002 and it has served me very well but with the advent of 2009 I decided that its 1.2 Megapixels and video with no sound were just not enough anymore! So I looked around for a new camera... I knew I wanted another Canon because: 1) they support rechargable batteries 100%! 2) they are excellent quality cameras (no one ever suspected that the pictures I took with my previous camera had only 1.2 Megapixel... and that's saying something) ... and I knew I wanted another powershot because they have excellent optics and reviews. The series powershot was perhaps one of the most successiful for Canon and, in general, in the World of digital cameras because...

EVIT 18.11.2008 (19.11.2008) · Read review
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Review of Canon PowerShot S5 IS

  Powershot S5 is - A lot of camera in a smallish package

Advantages: Good image quality at lower ISO, excellent specs, great for macro.
Disadvantages: High ISO noise, soft focus at maximum zoom.

...Introduction This is a review of the ?Canon Powershot S5 is? which was Canon?s top of the range bridge camera until the recent introduction of the ?Powershot SX10 is & SX1 is? models. I wanted a new camera to replace my old Sony 3.3mp camera, which although well specified and took good pictures, suffered from severe shutter lag, as all early digital cameras did, making the taking of moving subjects almost impossible, plus there was no manual settings to override the camera, not being sure whether I wanted to go back to using a large SLR type camera at the time, I went for this Canon bridge camera instead, at the time it was newly released, and it seemed to offer most of the benefits of a DSLR camera but in a smaller package. What is a bridge camera? The bridge camera or ?super-zoom? as they are sometimes known as...

Markh5682 20.04.2009 · Read review
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Samsung PS42S5HX

Advantages: Looks Good
Disadvantages: Poor picture quality

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steve200 05.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Samsung PS-42S5H

Samsung but smaller

Advantages: Very compact and lightweight, excellent value for money, great design with brilliant screen
Disadvantages: No dvd drive but this is to save on weight and you can pick up an external one for reasonable

...Having previously had a laptop my wife recently decided to buy a new computer for herself as she felt she was not taking her laptop with her due to size and weight and so decided to opt to pick up the Samsung NC10 netbook. So you may have noticed that this is a netbook and be wondering what this exactly means...a netbook is a smaller, lighter weight laptop that is simply designed to handle internet browsing, e-mail and office software. The question I was asked by my wife before she picked this little gadget up was would this be able to play games? The answer is yes but of a limited variety as this is not designed with the same level of specs in as a normal pc or laptop (you would also need to purchase a cd or dvd drive for if you are looking at playing games that use a cd). Now down to the actual netbook itself...the Samsung is...

tangoman1984 27.10.2009 · Read review
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