Advantages: Sleek design, great features
Disadvantages: Very common phone now, sensitive keys, problems with phone crashing

...My previous phone had been a sony ericsson K800i, and although in it's own right was a very good reliable phone the styling never appealed to me. I therefore jumped at the chance to own one of these sleek Samsung phones when I took out a new contract with Orange through phones4u last October. I loved the aesthetics of the U600, and the features it boasted in such a slim design. Generally I have been very pleased with the phone, however there is one annoying problem I have been faced with over the last month or so. At first when composing a text of sizeable length, the phone would freeze up then switch itself off and on. This only happened sporadically so I put it down to the fact that the messages I was composing were too long. Then about 3 weeks ago the phone would only let me type about 3 or 4 characters before the same... Read review

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Advantages: easdy to use,USB connections,up to 4 pc's
Disadvantages: not pretty,

...,most previous switches used ps2 connectionsfor keyboard and mouse which was a real pain,the move to USB is both obvious and overdue and really puts the switch into the must have bracket for multi users. Im no lover of Belkin products,they often run hot and have poor documentation but the KVM switch is quite simpe to set up and dead easy to use so the manual is not a problem and as a switch it has no real heat problem. Its not a pretty thing,but switches rarely are, they have by definition 'untidy wires' sprouting out of them so they are best hidden away. The Belkin switch makes a good effort to be easy to use via your keyboard and easy to handle as far as cable plug ins go. The second point is a bit unnessary as once its set up u can forget it. Most KVM's handle only two pcs but this one will do up to four(although i havent tried more than... Read review

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Advantages: Simple-to-use, reliable site, which could save you quite a bit of money!
Disadvantages: You might need to pay your current supplier quite a bit of money too!

...Has someone knocked at your door and suggested you could save a small fortune if only you'd allow their employer to supply your gas or electricity? Sometimes they appear in a fluorescent yellow jacket to "check that all's well with your fuel supply and ensure that you're getting your discounts". They tell you about the savings that you can make by signing up with them, but what they never do is show you that they're offering the best deal available. So, how do you find the best deal? The simple answer is that you visit www.uSwitch.com and use their calculators to find the best deal. The site has no links with any of the suppliers that you see on the site – in fact it's owned by private investors and company employees, so it's unbiased. There are details of all suppliers too, and not just those who pay them commission, which, I... Read review

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Advantages: Quick and easy to use
Disadvantages: Provides inaccurate price comparisons

...As an employee for a major utility company, I checked out this website and used it to compare against another supplier. I entered information into the comparison calculator and also worked out the comparison myself manually. I calculated a difference on annual billing between the two suppliers of £13.27. The uSwitch website claimed savings of £35! I sent an email to uSwitch with the calculations advising them of the discrepancy and asked how could they make claimed savings of £35 when clearly the difference was almost only a third of their claims? They did reply, saying it depended on usage!!! What? I had entered all this information in, of course it depends on usage. Pathetic! I can only advise people that are looking to compare suppliers not to use this site, as its claimed savings are false. It was strange to notice that the site... Read review

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Advantages: Involving, well written, tons of info for casual and longterm fans
Disadvantages: Long (600 pages; not a disadvantage for me, but may be for some)

...to alleviate back pain infuses an air of humor into Flanagan's lines. The interviews with Bob Hewson help explain the somewhat strained relationship between Bono and his father, and Edge's budding romance with Morleigh Steinberg, his current wife, is a pleasure to read. For the duration of the 'U2 At the End of the World' Flanagan flaunts his ability to switch from amusing tales of barhopping with the band to serious accounts of AIDS and post-Cold War Europe. Like U2's music, he pairs the grand with the intimate, somehow mixing these polar opposites into an appealing form. Had Flanagan rushed to publish the book amidst the Zoo TV hoopla, his hurried work would have likely suffered. Instead, Flanagan waited until 1995 to treat us to an account that is simultaneously active and reflective, worldly and personal, and completely worthy of the hype... Read review

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Advantages: It was U2
Disadvantages: The barrier, all those people who insisted on travelling by car........

...Browsing Ebay as you do, I can across a very odd phenomena - U2 tickets for 99p a pair and 2 hours to go before the auction closed. Ok the non U2 fans will be saying too right too! But to me I thought this a bit odd. After typing in the words U2 Manchester - I was greeted by 1200 auction most for p