Advantages: Small and sound can be turned off!
Disadvantages: Child's interest lasts as long as the battery!

...characters). A black blob is a boy and a clear blob is a girl. Congratulations you are now the parent of a beeping, pooing spodge! --------The Icons--------- Now you are up and running you need to know about the icons. These are at the very top and the bottom of the screen. There are 10 in all. To select the icons scroll through using the first button (A), to select press B and to cancel press C. 1. The status icon. This displays the hungry and Happy meters (4 hearts that you should try and keep full), the training bar (you get further pieces of bar for praising or disciplining the tamagotchi accordingly). It also shows the age, weight in pounds, generation number, name and the number of points you have (just press B to scroll through). 2. The feeding icon. You can choose to give your tamagotchi a meal, a snack or a treat... Read review

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Advantages: No nappies, no baby clutter!
Disadvantages: I've become a Granny in my early thirties!!!

...As a teacher I vowed that I would never, ever allow my children to be swept away by silly, expensive school crazes. So here I am sitting by the computer, Tamagotchi at the side of me, checking that it has enough food and love to keep it happy and healthy, and making sure that it doesn't need the toilet. This eating, pooing piece of plastic is the ideal starter pet. It makes no real mess, very little noise but it allows a humane experiment into how long children will really love and care for something. Of course it is not real; this little device is roughly 6x5 cm, made of plastic and fits neatly into your hand. The Tamagotchi Connexion, created by Bandai, is a re-invention of its nineties sibling. Essentially it is a very basic computer game, with a blobby inanimate object hat bounces around on the screen. It has a large screen... Read review

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Advantages: Fun pet, no mess!
Disadvantages: Easy to lose.

...because it can be played together with friends. Fun? ****** This game is great fun and I would suggest best suited to children age 6 and above. It is great for car journeys (in daylight). Tamagotchi version 2 does not get boring, in fact over time you discover lots of new and interesting things about your pet. For example, the type of pet that hatches can be different each time, from a duck faced creature to an onion shaped thingy. Then there are moments when your pet appears on screen having a bath or watching TV. There are 4 games to play but you don't get them all unti you've manged to care for your baby to various stages. When you progress far enough to get the best game called slot, if you hit the jackpot of OOO, you get £9.99 added to your account and fireworks on screen!! The first time you do this you cannot be silent about your... Read review

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Advantages: teach a child how to look after a pet
Disadvantages: can be lost easily

...There probably aren't many families with children that haven't heard of a Tamagotchi in their house. Whether they've bought them for the kids or the kids friends have one, and they have played on it, one way or another there will be a connection to one of these little toys. *What are they * Tamagotchi's are a virtual pet, living in an egg shaped brightly coloured plastic case for children to look after. When you first start playing with these toys, the child creates their first pet. These can either be a boy or girl and you don't get to know until the egg is hatched. Next you will have to choose a name for your pet. Sounds simple enough doesn't it. But what's the appeal to kids? Last year these things were all the rage, and I ended up having to go into town on Christmas Eve when I thought I'd finished all my shopping... Read review

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Advantages: You may enjoy it
Disadvantages: You may want to wipe your crack with it

...G’day Ciaoder heads! Here’s one of favorite poem-type creations (I consider it a great poem. Others would certainly challenge my evaluation), revamped and re-dressed for your poetic pleasure! PEBBLES AND STARS (V4.0) I traveled the oceans to discover my worth Through uncharted nations and the bowels of the Earth. In every instance, I was rudely denied The knowledge I assumed the world could supply. I gave all I could, and paid all my prices Yet still I am left to my faulty devices. All questions asked. All regions wandered. No answers given. I continue to ponder. Perhaps it’s that people are like pebbles and stars Not knowing for sure which one they are. A few shining beacons in the sky so profound. A million stones that litter the ground. I uncovered the answer in the back of my mind... Read review

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Advantages: VERY GOOD SERVER SOFTWARE AND RELIABLE
Disadvantages: A BIT OUT OF DATE BUT HEY IT WORKS

...Windows NT Server v4.0 was the first Server OS I ever used and I must say its capabilities were amazing. It was easy to install and with the Service Pack 6a Which allowed a 60Gb Hard drive. I'm not going to tell the min spec as it is low but tell you the features that I have found. The first server OS I tried on my new network at work was 2000 Server but the 2000 workstations wouldnt work as the cashed credentials were causing a problem. I was under pressure and my only option was to try the microsoft knowledge base. It gave me a solution but it didnt work. I know very unusual. So i put on NT 4 Server and they worked. I find that the user manager is better than 2000 as you can select a differnet logon script and user profile, etc all atb once wheras on 2000 you have to do them seperatley. The server manager was good to as i could use... Read review

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Advantages: Gets Boring after A Months Use.
Disadvantages: Just Mini Games played over and over gets boring! bit pricy for an easy game!

...**The Tamagotchi DS Game Description Says... ...A shopping simulation set in the world of Tamagotchi and developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS. In the game, players open specialty shops, and develop their businesses by servicing customers through mini games that utilize the Nintendo DS's touch-screen functionality. Scheduled for release this winter, Tamagotchi: Corner Shop features a colorful, hand-drawn visual style, popular Tamagotchi characters, and a variety of different shops. In Tamagotchi: Corner Shop, players help Mametchi, Memetchi or Kuchipatchi set up a shop, with the ultimate goal of creating a "royal" shop that is a favorite of Princess Tamako. Players can select from a variety of different stores, including a bakery, beauty salon, dentist's office, flower shop, and more. Once the shop is open, players will help... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use, automatically recalculates the route if you make a mistake, MapShare technology
Disadvantages: cost

...I recently decided to upgrade my car to a newer model and while doing so decided that I needed to take the plunge and invest in a sat nav system. My only previous experiences with in car GPS systems involved out of date maps and a very robotic sounding woman screaming "you've gone the wrong way, turn around now!" so I decided to do some research and plumped for the new TomTom One v4 GB. The item came in a bright orange box complete with car charger, USB lead and set up manual. One item that I would have liked to have seen included is a charger for a mains socket so it could be charged in the house prior to driving but alas that isn't the case. The unit was charged when it arrived so at least I could turn it on in the house and go through setting up the device without having to do this sat in the car. The set up includes setting... Read review

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Advantages: Tamagotchi with good graphics
Disadvantages: No substantial differences between this and a tamagotchi aside from the graphics

...Having heard about this game I was curious to find out whether there was any real substance to it or whether it was just a more high tech version of a tamagotchi. Unfortunately it's the latter. The game is perfectly enjoyable to start with, you teach the dog tricks and the better it gets the better it does in shows thus winning more money. With this money you buy the dog toys, treats etc. You'll also need to look after the dog i.e. feed it, bath it, take it for walks. That's it. Sure you can adopt more dogs, if I remember correctly the maximum is four, but there's nothing else to the game. There's also the issue of voice recognition which is fairly poor. Having named one of my dogs I couldn't for the life of me get the DS to accept the name when I pronounced it which made it impossible to get past a certain point with that dog... Read review

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Advantages: Decent graphics
Disadvantages: Far too much like a high tech tamagotchi

...I've already reviewed the Labrador version of this game and as I've played all of them the reviews are going to be almost identical. The only difference between the different versions are the type of dogs available for you to select from. In this review I'll just do a short summary of the problems I explained in the Labrador review. If you're looking for something more than a high tech tamagotchi you will not find it here. In this game you do the usual, feed the dog, bath it, take it for walks etc. You can also enter competitions for which you will have to train your dog quite a bit which is rather tedious otherwise you have no chance of winning. If you win you can then use this money to buy the dog treats, toys etc. Voice recognition is a problem, you may find that having selected a name for your dog and had your pronunciation... Read review

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