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Comment on UK Cheap HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio Sim Free Smartphone Lowest Price by newbie "newbie"

newbie "newbie" — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:55:54 +0000

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Simply brilliant!, 5 Dec 2011

This review is from: HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio Sim Free Smartphone (Electronics)

I didn't buy the phone here but on the worlds biggest market place.

I upgraded from my first HTC phone (the briliant HTC Desire) to this one because the moment I saw it released I knew that it would be my next phone. And what can I say, I made the absolutey right choice. I couldn't ask for more in a phone.

It feels solid build as every HTC phone. The design is finally an eye catcher (compared to the other grey models available or the brown Desire I had before). HTC Sense has evolved nicely and I like it even more now. Granted I still have to get used to the screen/phone size but that will come with time. No Micro SD-Csrd slot? Not a problem for me. My small music collection of around 4GB still leaves me with enough available storage for apps and the odd photo. No dual core? Don't care, because how much does the android system really use them? The angry birds are still flying smoothly without any delay. :-) The phone is fast and responsive and using it is sheer bliss.

The music really does sound better with Beats and as soon as you make the test and switch off the sound profile you hear the difference.

Having been 'burnt' by HTC with the update of the Desire to andorid gingerbread my only hope is that future updates for this phone won't be a problem.

No need to say that I highly recommend this phone to every HTC fan or to those people thinking about becoming one. ;-)

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Comment on UK Cheap HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio Sim Free Smartphone Lowest Price by Beatlebum

Beatlebum — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:31:08 +0000

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Good phone, 22 Dec 2011

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This review is from: HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio Sim Free Smartphone (Electronics)

This is a really nice phone that does what it needs to and does it well. Web browsing, watching films and playing games is a joy with the large screen, and the mp3 player is excellent. Maybe could do with a bit more internal storage, what with no SD card, but to be honest I have yet to find this a problem, and don't anticipate it becoming one. Have a look at the specs, if it's enough for you, you'll be very pleased with the performance of the HTC Sensation XL.

This is probably a 4 star phone for me, but since the current bizarre trend is give a score to 'counterbalance' other people's scores, I'll give it a 5 star rating to counteract the person who felt it neccesary to to give 1 star because a few people have really been enjoying their new phone and wanted to let others know about it.

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Comment on UK Cheap HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio Sim Free Smartphone Lowest Price by BHP

BHP — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:56:47 +0000

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

Amazing phone, fantastic Sense 3.5 interface, 4 Dec 2011

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This review is from: HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio Sim Free Smartphone (Electronics)

In the last week I have tried both an HTC Titan (Windows 7) and the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus (running Ice Cream Sandwich). The Sensation XL is much nicer to use, largely due to the fantastic Sense 3.5 interface. Don't be influenced by technical reviews. Yes, some of the specs are less high than the Galaxy Nexus (not the camera, though, which is much better on the Sensation XL), but in practice it runs beautifully, without a hitch. The screen resolution is lower than on the Nexus or the other Sensation models but to the naked eye it doesn't make that much difference.

What really makes a difference, at least to me, is this:

1. Solid feel, beautiful design, as opposed to the 'plasticky' Samsung phones.

2. Fantastic Sense interface, very intuitive, again beautifully designed and very simple to use yet providing much more fine tuned settings than either Windows 7 (which has been simplified to the point of being moronic) or the bare Android interface.

3. In particular, it is the ONLY of these phones which allows to you to set a limit to the size of the messages you download (from 'Headers only' to to 2KB and upwards). The Galaxy Nexus can set a limit to how much data you download in general but the lowest figure is 5MB. If you're roaming outside Europe that's already about £40 of data! So if you want to check email using a data connection (sometimes wifi is not available) then it is ESSENTIAL that you should be able to cap the size of emails, not to mention attachments. The HTC email client is the only one I found which allows for that (Gmail doesn't). That per se in invaluable to enjoy the benefits of the phone everywhere in the world but avoid huge roaming charges. More generally speaking you can fine-tune most settings much more than on the other two phones to maximise battery use or again (sorry, a bugbear of mine I guess) minimise roaming charges. I was in the US last week and checked email several times a day (about 40 messages per day): over the course of 4 days I spent less than 1MB in charges.

4. There is a Dropbox deal which increases your storage capacity by 3GB (from 2GB).

5. You can set several languages for the keyboard and toggle between them from the keyboard (you can set different languages on the other two but not toggle easily) and -- wait for that -- the text prediction can be set to be bilingual (you get suggestions in both your selected languages). If like me you have to type messages in different languages this tool is invaluable, and it is unique to this phone.

6. The camera is great.

In short, in terms of comfort and precision of use this is by far the best phone I've found so far. I am totally delighted with it. It is fast, very finely tunable up (so to speak), precise, and aesthetically pleasing.

PS: I am that positive without even having tried the Beats audio system, one of its main selling points!

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Comment on UK Low Price Digihome LED16913HD 16-inch Widescreen HD Ready LED TV with Freeview Deal by Mr. John Kimber

Mr. John Kimber — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:21:58 +0000

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

Size isn't everything, 24 Sep 2011

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This review is from: Digihome LED16913HD 16-inch Widescreen HD Ready LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Well maybe size is important after all. This compact little TV is ideal where space is limited. My previous TV in the kitchen went wrong and breakfast in the morning isn't the same without the news! This little set with its built in Freeview did away with the digibox and scart leads etc and has given back some worktop space as a result. Just a pity that it doesn't have a "tilt" facility, but otherwise a really nice little set.

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Comment on UK Low Price Digihome LED16913HD 16-inch Widescreen HD Ready LED TV with Freeview Deal by Ally

Ally — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:45:24 +0000

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful

Wee Telly, 7 Sep 2011

Ally -

This review is from: Digihome LED16913HD 16-inch Widescreen HD Ready LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

For the price a excellent small television for use in a confined space. Took it out the box switched it on and everything happened flawlessly, and within five minutes it was tuned in and working. And I can even look at the family photos of an sd card.

Why it did not get a five is that the screen is quite reflective (more than my other flat screen tellies)

My wife & I are very happy with it

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Comment on UK Low Price Digihome LED16913HD 16-inch Widescreen HD Ready LED TV with Freeview Deal by Alan

Alan — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:51 +0000

80 of 80 people found the following review helpful

Digihome TV, 31 Aug 2011

Alan -

This review is from: Digihome LED16913HD 16-inch Widescreen HD Ready LED TV with Freeview (Electronics)

Bought this TV to use in my caravan. First impressions were very good. Styling nice and due to being LED backlit this TV weighs next to nothing. Connectivity options are very well covered for such a small unit. You will not get high audio output or multi angle view but lets face it, do you expect that for a TV of this cost. The Audio can be improved by going through an amp if required.
Altogether this is a great small TV for caravanning etc or a small bedroom and at a very bargain price.
Recommended.

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Comment on UK Sell Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer Best Price by wildwillow

wildwillow — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:19:07 +0000

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Packing issue has been addressed, 14 Sep 2011

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This review is from: Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer (Accessory)

I bought this to run along side an SSD, not in raid but it works a treat. I'm using it for mass storage of music, photos and movies and duplicating them on WD live 1TB. The read and write speeds are great considering the programs used are on the SSD. I found it quiet and formatting the drive was simple. I read reviews on the WD raptor 10000rm drives (which are twice the price) and people havent noticed a great deal of excess speed using the raptor, once instance a person stated that a stop watch would be needed to see the difference and also the noise from the raptor is excessive. So overall a value for money purchase and will add another barracuda or momentis from seagate later. Oh and it came in a sturdy foam packed box.

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Comment on UK Sell Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer Best Price by Maj

Maj — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:39:09 +0000

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Did not quite live up to expectations, 11 Oct 2011

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This review is from: Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer (Accessory)

Having owned a couple of these drives in the past (older models), I bought two of these up-to-date drives with great expectations. Unfortunately they did not quite 'cut the mustard' for me. Both 1Tb drives went into my machine, with an existing Seagate Barracuda from a couple of years ago. I found the new drives to be very noisy, and at least one of them has now also started to make peculiar screaming nosies at start up. Having spoken with the very helpful Seagate support services, they suggested the drives are returned, and thats just what I am doing, returning them back to Amazon. Putting the 'peculiar' noise aside, the constant hum and vibration from the new drives is just too distracting for me to work with.

On a positive note, these are very fast drives, and I did notice a swift change in startup and general use of the machine, with a newly installed system on one of the new drives. Would I buy another? Probably not this model, but I do not think it would put me off future purchases of Seagate drives. I base this on how good the older models I own have performed.

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Comment on UK Sell Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer Best Price by Discerning

Discerning — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:30:35 +0000

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Started off well but it is becoming noisier, 13 Oct 2011

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This review is from: Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer (Accessory)

I have or have had most brands of hard drive and it's been a couple of years since I last bought a Seagate, so I thought I'd try this one. I put it in an enclosure, formatted it and copied 542 GB of data to it via Firewire 800 from my iMac, using SuperDuper to produce a back-up clone. The average copy speed was 43.51 MB/s (it took about 3 and a half hours) which is fine for a sustained FW800 data transfer rate and it was quiet. However, 2 weeks later, the drive is becoming noisier so I will be keeping a close eye on it. All hard drives fail at some point so just be prepared and BACK UP your data on a different drive. It seems that it has a 2 year limited warranty and according to Seagate the annual drive failure rate of the current Barracuda range is less than 1%.

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Comment on UK Cheap Sony DSCW530 Cyber-shot Digital Still Camera – Silver (14.1MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD Best Price by Bugsy "Eve"

Bugsy "Eve" — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:42:21 +0000

48 of 52 people found the following review helpful

Excellent, compact quality camera, 30 Mar 2011

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This review is from: Sony DSCW530 Cyber-shot Digital Still Camera - Silver (14.1MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD (Electronics)

Ordered this camera and received it two days later. Very impressed with the quality of the pictures taken to test the camera. It seems well made, easy to use and can be carried in a shirt pocket easily and doesn't weigh very much even with the battery inside.

One point to note is that the description advises it has a 3 inch LCD screen, it is actually 2.7 which is fine for me but something to bear in mind. Otherwise excellent value for the money.

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