Advantages: Good Price, Ease of Use, Good Features, Portable (Lightweight), Good Battery Life
Disadvantages: Poor Durability, Low Memory Capacity, Manual Needs Improvement

...: Zire™ 31 Handheld w/ Rechargeable Battery Stylus Protective Flip Lid Mini-USB HotSync® Cable Power Supply Cable Desktop Software CD-ROM with Palm™ Desktop 4.1 PIM software, bonus Software Essentials software, and interactive tutorial Easy, 3-step setup instructions and electronic Getting Started Guide Overall Summary: I think this is a great product for the first time buyer - I would recommend it and it is bundles of fun!! Best Wishes, Robert.... Read review

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Advantages: Fast processor; 16MB of memory; color display; MP3 and RealAudio playback; expansion slot
Disadvantages: Battery not user-replaceable; no camera

...Entry level model but it has everything you need and expect on PDA's. Good softwares, RealOne as MP3, SD card - to organize my daily busy life, I don't think I need anything else on this. If I . Wanting to take photos, I take my digital camera. Needing to make phone calls, I use cell phone. I didn't need to buy an all-in-one expensive device. it even comes with the hard case (plastic, though), . I don't know if this is a sign of newer models coming up soon or not but I have no complaint. I love my Zire 31. the location to store a stylus - it is in the back almost. It is hard to take it out when Zire 31 is placed in the hard case. Manual - to understand all programs and how to use them, the hard copy manual would be nice. You can download the basic guide from the installation CD but in this case, you can not go through a program... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap Price
Disadvantages: Less than spectacular performance

...Upon the purchase of our new Mitsubishi Pajero (Shogun), we were given a Zire 21 as a bonus gift. I didn't feel that I needed a PDA but I used the it for a while anyway. This is the summary of that experience. The Zire 21 was released by PalmOne as the entry level PDA of its home consumer Zire range. It only costs 69.99 pounds direct from PalmOne and can probably be found considerably cheaper elsewhere. But does the Zire 21 pay the price for its low cost? I think it does. Obviously, being so cheap, you have to have realistic expectations of what this PDA is going to be able to do. It is really just a beefed up organiser. Although you can download more software, it only has 8MB of onboard memory and of this, only 7.2MB is available as actual storage capacity (0.8MB is required to store the operating system). Not only... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, small, inexpensive organiser.
Disadvantages: No memory expansion, No Backlight

...The Palm Zire is one on the handiest pieces of technology I have purchased. Though I have heard bad comments about the Zire compared to its fellow palm bigger brothers, the Zire is an excellent piece of equipment at a low price. To sum it up, it is Microsoft outlook in your hand! But there is more! . . . As well as having an address book, diary alarm clock, note pad, to do list and calculator, it also boasts expenses chart, an infra red port to speak with your mobile phone etc., Games when you get bored, and the opportunity to down load loads of games and programs, lots of which are free. I have managed to get Microsoft excel and word on my Zire as well as some games for very cheap, and still have room on the 2mb memory. Admittedly 2mb of memory is small, and it would be excellent if the Zire was to have a removable media... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, very small, affordable, battery lasts long
Disadvantages: not too many applications, basic features only

...Recently I’ve bought a Palm Zire because I ‘ve got fed up using ‘pen and paper’ and not be able to find either pen or paper when needed to jot something down or to have to buy every year a new diary for my phone numbers/ addresses and appointments. Besides I’m the sort of person who likes these new small gadgets and which, supposedly, make your life easier. So I’ve decided to get one of those ‘little thingies’ which you use a stylus to tap on the screen as I thought they looked ‘cool’ (yes I know, pathetic!) But as I was and still am in a very tight budget I couldn’t afford anything too extravagant with spreadsheets or word documents or emailing or making coffee and tea as I can do all these at work or at home. I wanted something simple to use with basic features and very small so it could fit in my very full otherwise handbag... Read review

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Advantages: Looks good, rechargeable
Disadvantages: cheap stylus, cheap cover, tiny screen, not colour

...I was utterly disappointed with the Zire. It cost me £70 new, and was no better than my Vx, which cost less. I ended up selling the Zire after a week, and went back to my Vx. I found every aspect of it cheap, except from the price. The stylus was poor. The cover was flimsy, to say the least. The screen was tiny. There were only 2 appliction buttons. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! The only upside was that the charger and USB were separate, as I disliked this on the Vx. I also found out it is a development of the m series. I owned an m105, and liked it except the stylus, small screen and it was not rechargeable. At least they got the rechargeable bit right in the Zire/m150. I definaely would not recommend this if you lose your temper easily. It could well end up being broken......... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, Fast, Not a windows wannabe, digital camera built in!!
Disadvantages: not that many programs available

...The Palm Zire 72, the powerful PDA for those on a budget. I use it all the time in school for keeping an eye on timetables, meetings, clubs and homeworks set. It has a simple menu system and fantastic hand writing recognition. It does truely put Pocket PC systems to shame. I borrowed an Ipaq H5555 for an evening to compare to this Palm Zire and have to say that it was slower and a lot more bulkier than the Palm. Yes it does have wi-fi but i don't want to use the internet on my PDA. The machine looks the part, forget silver you want blue!! And not matt blue ooooh no... metalic blue. Fantastic looking piece of kit A fantastic machine for the price, and some cheap ones can be picked up on ebay for silly prices. Mike... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic audio performance, small, stylish, durability
Disadvantages: Lacks DAB tuner

...Denon have an excellant reputation of producing home entertainment components of an awesome standard. They have produced over the years some fantastic benchmark products, and the Denon DM30 is no exception. Voted as the best micro hifi for atleast three years, Denon DM30 is an excellant product. With micro systems available from just £50, some people may find it hard to justify spending about £220, but for those who desire good audio perfomance this is an essential product. I can provide three good fundamental reasons to spend more money when purchising a micro hifi, they are 1) Sound. A more expensive micro system, such as the Denon DM31 will provide MUCH better audio performance. You will be more enganged in the music and will want to listen to more music. 2) Durability. The lifetime of cheaper micro hifis under £150 is litte... Read review

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Advantages: RESOLUTION, speed, ease of use, price
Disadvantages: no

...The Lexmark Z31 comes from the Z-series line of lexmark inkjet printers. There is also a Z11 and a Z51. The feature that attracted me to the Z31 was the high resolution. When printing in best mode the resolution is 1200x1200. It is a rather fast printer also. It can spit out up to 8 pages per minute in black ink and 3.5 pages per minute in color. The Hewlett Packard 880C which can print 9 pages per minute black and white and 6.5 pages in color has a resolution of only 600 dots per inch in black. (The Lexmark Z51 can print 10 pages per minute in black and 5 in color) Paper feeding is easy. It has a better paper tray than the Lexmark 1100 which many people are familiar with. Although, it is different than the Hewlett Packard printers in that the tray is upright behind the printer. Although the tray only holds 25 pages of paper at a time... Read review

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Advantages: No defrosting
Disadvantages: None as yet

.... There are four larder fridge models, ours is a RLA31 which has a 5.3 cu. ft capacity; although outside measurements were the same as our Electrolux, height 85cms, depth 62cms, the capacity was slightly bigger. It has glass shelves edged in white, one of which can be split, which has proved an asset for taller items, a reversible door and auto defrost. There are several commodity racks which can be repositioned in the door to suit your storage requirements, one of which is lidded for storage of dairy items, such as butter, margarine and cheese. There is also an egg rack if required. Delivery We received confirmation of the order and delivery information direct from Hotpoint by phone and another call early Tuesday morning to say that it would be delivered first thing the next day. It arrived dead on 9.00 am Wednesday morning... Read review

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