A good buy? SAMSUNG SGH-U900 SOUL

Advantages: Most of the features: cameras, bluetooth, size, display
Disadvantages: The volume of the sound, battery power

...system, you can crop, rotate, blur etc., any pictures you capture and/or receive. The tiny pin-like hole at the front-top-left of the phone is also a camera (yes, it has two) - the function of this is to allow "video-phoning". Other benefits I have found of owning the Soul include: - bluetooth. - FM Radio. - JAVA Games. - a music player & library (which plays a variety of music file formats). - multimedia messaging. - the inlcuded USB cable for connectivity to a computer/laptop. - voice memo/voicemail. - the ability to store over 1,000 entries to your phonebook and store up to 500 text messages. ...and many more. A couple of criticisms I have of the Soul: - the battery power: needs charged daily if the phone is used a lot. - the volume: I was a little disappoiinted with the volume on the Soul - it could be slightly higher...

CChurch 27.09.2008 · Read review
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Astropolis: Earth Ascendant.

Advantages: Strong characters, tightly written
Disadvantages: The occasional glaring line, probably best to read Book One first...

...Science-fiction has come a long way since H G Wells first looked up at the night sky and thought how cool it would be to have giant Martian tripod war machines trampling all over the Home Counties. Now that the most daring innovations of even quite recent science-fiction can be found readily in your home - from videophones to genetically modified food - the genre continues to evolve and develop. 'Space opera' is just one of the newer sub-genres of science-fiction - and covers just about anything that involves a galactic empire while pretending frantically that it's not just knocking off Dune or Star Wars. Sean Williams manages to steer clear of the Herbert/Lucas influence better than most, as his Earth Ascendant focuses more on what it means to be human in a universe where you can live for tens of thousands of years and split...

Olly_Plimsoll 10.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Earth Ascendant - Sean Williams

Great business or personal phone

Advantages: Easy use, Ergonomic design, Works well with PC suite
Disadvantages: Casing has a tendency to scratch easily

...I had this phone on a contract, and was impressed immediately about it's look. It has a very ergonomic design that for it's size is quite an achievement! Its a little bulky compared with some handsets, but also is a 3G phone, with a 2MP camera at the back and a good VGA camera at the front. So long as the lighting is right, it runs VideoPhoning very well. Comes with a good media player, video / picture editing software, and synchronises well with your PC Suite. Can have the odd tendency to crash though, due to a lack of internal memory. Comes with a 64Mb expandable memory card, and this is upgradeable, but the only trouble with that, is that you can only buy the correct memory card from Nokia! Loads of freeware theme's, games, and general software on the internet, so thats an advantage. General pro's and cons are, that it's easy running...

davidbarnes25 07.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Nokia 6680

I Love Samsung D500

Advantages: Size, Shape, Features, Ease of Use, Camera & Videophone
Disadvantages: Scratches easily, battery could be better

...I think are great, I have spent so much time using the camera and videophone, I know there are greater cameras out there but this is still a good one. Having an MP3 on the phone has also come in handy not only does it beat the 'morning travel to work' blues but you can also use the music as a caller id. The phone also has browser, where you can access the internet, bluetooth and games. Finally, I especially loved the message tone that I used, I have moved onto the D600 now and unfortunately they have new ones. DISLIKES: I have a few scratches to the screen but that is mainly my fault from drunken nights out and simple clumsiness and refusing to buy a cover. That said it does scratch easily but I have found it durable and no other damage has been done. With most samsung phones the batteries need charging constantly as they are only...

emz2468 11.04.2006 (13.04.2006) · Read review
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Review of Samsung SGH D500

This 'phone has been nothing but a pain!

Advantages: Colour graphics are of a high quality.
Disadvantages: Too many to mention!

..., the Videophone facility is actually only available in 3G areas. I don't know how this works with other network providers but I imagine it is something similar. Needless to say, I cannot use my videophone at home - a 15mins drive and I can use it. I know this is as much of an issure with my service provider as it is with my 'phone but nevertheless, I agreed to this 'phone because I thought I could videophone my boyfriend who lives 3 hours away. I can, if I get in my car and go to the next town!! To sum up, I guess I am saying DO NOT BUY THIS 'PHONE!!...

Pinkness1978 16.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Motorola V975

Z500, oh so pretty

Advantages: loads
Disadvantages: none

...you phone freaks out there will find this review completely useless, so here they are. Size : 89 x 44 x 24.5 weight : 95 g. screen (both): 262144 colors 1st screen resolution : 176 x 220 2nd screen resolution : 80 x 64 This could be fun too...Photo call, Videophone Mp3, loads of good sounding ring-tones. Agenda : 1000 + SIM Connexion : WAP, GPRS, 3G (wow, you're impressed now, no?) SMS, EMS, MMS, E-mail Camera :1Mpixel Video VGA : Mpeg memory card : Trans Flash / Micro-SD, Internal memory : 50 Mo Connectivity : Cable, Infrared, Blue-tooth 2 games + down loadable ones Battery : 800mAh Lithium 260 hours or 3 hours of use 2nd camera for video chats... ☺☺☺ So there you go. I've got a lot to discover yet, as I know nobody else with 3g or videophone, so that's completely useless...

bodsquidge 03.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Samsung SGH Z500

Incommunicado? not with this fella!

Advantages: ease of use, 64 mb mem card, phot quality/functions
Disadvantages: tendency to freeze

...Having spent the last to years of my mobile life with Motorola phones, I felt almost that comforting feeling of coming home when I first started to play with my new Nokia. It's almost like falling off a bike with a Nokia - no matter how many new functions there seem to be, you can always find what you want and it's usually where you expected to find it! Before I get carried away, here are its main functions (other than telephone!): Videophone, Bluetooth, mp3 player, wap, camera (still and video),email, calendar and obviously a contact book. The phones looks are suitably suave for you to impress you mates at first glance and things only get better when you show them the smooth way that the phone operates. Another thing worth mentioning is that it is one of the hardiest little beggars I have some into contact with, especially if...

soamiguy 10.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Nokia 6680

A nice simple one from a simple reviewer

Advantages: stylish, tactile, 100's of features, easy to use, modern and has a camera of course
Disadvantages: some people may find the prices expensive for a mobile phone

...Well the nokia 6600, this is the third mobile phone I have ever got and I can say with ease it?s the best. I?ve had my phone now for just over 2 months, I always wanted a camera phone ever since they arrived but I never expected the quality of the pictures to be so good and so easy to use and print etc. The camera is an Integrated VGA digital camera; there are so many things you can do with the photos after u have taken them. You can add them to your mobile phone gallery, turn them into puzzle on your phone, or save them onto your external memory (which is included in most deals) and take it into any boots store and ask them to print them for you, HOW COOL IS THAT! But wait you can even take moving pictures with the camera, although only lasting 15 seconds or so the quality of picture and a sound are as good as any new videophone I...

mr.stubbs 17.07.2004 (28.07.2004) · Read review
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Review of Nokia 6600

P is for Predictions

Advantages: See opinion
Disadvantages: See opinion

...people to play the sport that little bit better. Way back in 1979, a golf magazine asked him to forecast what golf would be like in the year 2001, and of the 18 predictions that he made, 14 were uncannily accurate. Among those predictions he foresaw the concept of cable television, and of channels given over exclusively to one sport or another. He also predicted the coming of golf instruction electronically, although it has to be said he didn’t foresee the Internet, but envisaged more of a “videophone” concept. ~ ~ So I read with some interest his predictions for this wonderful sport of mine for the year 2022. Mind you, by that time I’ll be lucky if I can still WATCH the sport, never mind still play it!! (But you never know) He foresees many more golf courses being built using a form of artificial grass, and also...

the_mad_cabbie 06.01.2002 · Read review
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Review of Everything that starts with P ...

Greater than the sum of its parts!

Advantages: Comprehensive features yet still easy to use and not too big
Disadvantages: Battery (as you'd expect), a couple of minor bugs

...noting here that although the N95 has a screen resolution of 320x240, storing the larger format videos is ideal for playback on TV using the supplied TV-out cable. I reckon a 4Gb card could hold over 3 hours of mp4 video possibly more using DivX! Videophone: I made my first successful video call with my N95! I've had two other phones that claimed to be able to but I couldn't get the settings right. The cost of video calls to other networks is so prohibitive I probably won't do it again but I get some odd satisfaction from knowing the feature works. Similarly, being able to use the second camera for VGA quality stills isn't something I need to do often but I like the fact the N95 allows me to do it. GPS: It really works and has helped me out a number of times. The GPS sensor is under the keyboard so the phone needs to be open...

Gadgerz 09.04.2008 (17.04.2008) · Read review
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