Mike’s Update

Great Phone For My Needs
Well, I've had my V3 Razr for about 15 months. In that time, it's been unusually trouble free. Okay, once or twice, it has freaked out with a whitescreen but I attribute this to heavy use and some cheap aftermarket batteries.

The good: Yes, it's sleek and pretty. It's well built. It's packs away in a vestpocket. The range beats most other phones in my area--I get more bars than anybody I know in concrete buildings and I actually live in one.
It has the features I need: bluetooth, speaker phone, conference call, etc. And a few features I don't need: camera--I'm a very small businessman, I'm not Steven Spielberg. Still, I keep a foto of my family as a background screen--it's a nice touch.

At 95 bucks, you can't top the price for this kind of quality. I paid 0 for my current V3 Razr when I bought it overseas. And I'm buying a second phone as backup and to take advantage of the commonality of all the accessories I now have. Plus, my wife is eying my current Razr rather hungrily and she'll probably wrench it from me before too long, anyway.

The bad: Battery life is only fair; I get a full day at the office with 3+ hours of calls and most of those bluetoothed for handsfree action. But you have to expect to recharge nightly. Even moderate use of an hour or so necessitates a nightly recharge. I can live with this. I just can't afford to have my phone fail on an important call. So I charge it daily. Often, it's on the recharger at work while I use my bluetooth headset. This works for me. It's always ready to go when I am.

Hey, I consider 3+ hours of use to be a serious workload for any cell phone. It's really not fair to beat on your phone on a daily basis and then complain about its performance.

For the benefit of those worried about the warranty, well, I live abroad. The Razr is a very popular model. There are numerous service centers with people skilled in the repair this phone. If it's not up to snuff when you open it on day one--send it back to Amazon on their 30 day return policy.
But if it works fine, then rest assured it's no big deal to get service for it in any large city abroad or in the U.S.

I give it 4 stars for all of the above reasons. To me, the good outweighs the bad. I don't need a ton of features. Just a few that work consistently. And I have 15 months of mostly heavy but trouble-free use so far. Hey, the best endorsement I can give is the fact that I just bought another one.

Decent product.
It is a decent product for regular voice users. The design is quite neat and clean. One charge of the battery gives almost one week's worth of standby hours. Another plus is that this phone has Input in Chinese.

No complaints
I recieved this phone a couple of weeks ago and I really like it. My old Sony Ericsson had a couple of features that I miss with this phone (timer, stopwatch, programable daily alarm clock), but otherwise I really like it. I'd never go back to my old phone!! This one has a much better signal and keeps a charge a LOT longer.

A 10 Year Olds Point Of Few
I had this game for awhile, but eventually my 5 year old sister lost the romote and we lost the disk! Now my older sis is 13, i'm 10, and lil sis is 6. This game has its up and downs but its a really fun game!!!! If I would rate this from 1 to 5, 5 being the best, I would give it a 4! This game lets you create a girl, creates its personality,hair,outfit, and etc. and you can creat a rooom and do chores and more! Its a girls life! I wish there was more to do... but this game is also a learning game, but what really matters is that i'm having fun! It teaches me the value of friendship,money,and more! I really want it again and my parents said that if all 3 of us will play it, its totally worth it! I'd say the range of age would be 7-14, and it would be younger but because of younger kids can't read, its hard for them! Maybe even older! My neighbor is about to become 15 and she loves it!

My daughter loves this!
My 9 year old daughter can't seem to get enough of this! I thought it was kinda dumb @ first but now I get into it with her.

pretty good toy for girls, but it isnt THAT good.
well, ive had this game for a looonnnggg time. its fun, you can dress up your girl, do activities, go to school, its pretty entertaining, but my friends quickly got bored with it after 15 minutes. the bad part is that you cant actually go to school, or through rooms, its not that interactive, you just are in room, but your girl doesnt actually move around in it, also, the quality of this game is pretty bad, with simple illustrations, the music is awlful, but overall i think this toy is awesome for pre teens or younger: it teaches you about doing chores, spending money and time wisely, socializing, and being more outgoing and a well rounded girl. but yeah, some of the stuff you get to say to other virtual girls in the story line is very shallow like "i love you necklace!"

still, if you have a girl who likes this toy, buy it for her, it has a clver place for safe keeping the remote, pretty inexpensive, nd alos easy to set up and beat. you only have to complete 100 days before you win the game.

its prety harmless, so give it a shot.

Great for little girls under 10
My little grandaughter plays with this constantly. She loves it. She can learn creativity with it -- so it can be somewhat educational, but overall I think it is just plain fun!! I have actually played with it together with her.

fun game
This game is so much fun my daughter told me. She said she would recommend this for every one. I think i would too! this game is also educational. My daughter loves this toy so much! I would buy it again for sure.

Toshiba HDDR250E03X 250GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive
Very Good for the price and portable. it works with my ps3 and it does not use external power.

it's perfect but a little expensive
I really enjoy using it.. It has veru good quality, and only requires one usb.
the only thing not so satisfying is that it's a little too expensive.. it would be more appropriate if it is 5 dollars cheaper

Toshiba portable hard drive
This hard drive is exactly what I needed to back up my large LP record files. I especially like the included software that keeps all selected files current with any changes or additions that I make. I was quite happy with the price and delivery on this item.

easy, fast, perfect
easy to use, fast reading data, perfect to carry on the go. i love it!!!

Toshiba Portable USB 2.0 250 GB Hard Drive
While I've only had this drive for about a month, so far it has worked very well.

Little pricey, but happy overall
After spending a good 400$ on the camera, I thought it better be worth it, well it wasn't so bad, I actually have a Sony Cybershot camera which I bought last year, most of the technology is the same, except for a few changes, such as
Touch screen - Which of course consumes more battery
Smile shutter - Very amusing, If this is on, the cam just clicks away by itself whenever someone smiles to a particular smile level!
Battery Charger - compact as compared to the one I carry
various other features such as photo editing on the fly, internal memory, etc...

The camera is heavier than I expected, but it can easily be carried around. This can be a good investment for the look and shoot traveler, but if you are planning on shooting a little more professional photos I would always nod to the DSLR cams from Cannon

Great except for ergonomics
Great camera except for a tendency to obscure the lens with fingers of your left hand.

Simple to use, a lot of functions and great quality
This camera has a lot of great features, and all of them are really easy to use, the touchscreen is "sexy" and the pictures in it looks good, there are a lot of predefined scenes so the light conditions and the way the camera works can be ideal, the way it plugs to the pc is really easy, the memory is great so I already have like a thousand pictures and a lot of videos and I still have a lot of memory space. Everybody is always looking at the camera, telling me that the camera looks so good, that the pics are so great, etc, etc. Is not a cheap camera, but its worth it; I really recomend this camera as the best ultra slim point and shot you can get.

Great for teens and amateur enthusiasts
If you are looking for the ideal point-and-shoot camera for your teenager, this is a superb choice. (Great for adults, too!) It fits right in with an active, portable lifestyle-- it is light-weight, user-friendly, tech-smart and smart-looking. Sleek. It looks a lot like kin to the itouch phone or itouch ipod, with its square shape and sleek surface on which you prime your menu and edit with the touch of a finger (or included pen). My teenage daughter loves it and assesses it as "superior." It fits right in with her tech-loving lifestyle. Even the low-light pictures at the skating rink are respectable.

There are a lot of cool features for preparing and editing your photos. They include include smile-detection, smile improvement (where the camera can actually sort of stretch the sides of the mouth, weird as that sounds), red-eye removal. There are also arty features such as choosing a center point and surrounding the periphery in monochrome, a starburst feature that adds flair to pics, a blurry edge feature, and ability to write captions.

It comes with a rechargeable battery, a recharger, and built-in memory stick that takes thousands of pictures. I recommend purchasing an external memory stick if you want to take photos to be printed by your local store.

The only non-user-friendly feature my daughter came across was the flash. She said that it was counterintuitive and that the manual did not help her to program it in. She did finally get a friend (who has had this camera for a while) to help her program the flash, and she has had no problems ensue. My daughter is typically tech savvy, so this is notably a salient concern.

Thanks to a reviewer on this site, I have ordered a military-grade invisible shield to protect her screen. I highly recommend it--teens are hard on electronics.

Lastly,she asked for it in grey, which surprised me. I thought she would want one of the flashy colors, but she pointed out that the flashy colors also attract sticky fingers in public places. The muted colors draw less attention.

The price keeps going down. I bought it for 9 a few weeks ago and the price has gone down twice. Cheers to Amazon for reimbursing me the discount when I wrote to them.

Love it!
I love this camera. I don't like viewfinder's so this camera is great because it's all display screen and mostly no buttons which I like. The 10.1 mexapixel while I don't necessary need it,I do still enjoy it because of all the detail in the picture I get without having to be that close. It comes with some great photo software that makes it easy for me to upload my pictures to my computer and view them immediately. And the software is also very useful in uploading them to the internet easily too. However I do kind of miss my last camera, canon powershot 770 but it had a few similarities like the display size and my new sony has some upgrades that makes it a little easier on the switch.

Overall i would say go for it! It's a pretty great camera and I'm sure you'll love it. I spent 9 on this camera and I think it was worth it. It has some great features and I don't really have any complaints as of yet.

Good for price if you prefer bass over treble
I paid about 30 dollars. It hasbeen used with an 3rd gen i pod. Bass is excellent. Virtually little to no treble. I typically like more treble than bass. Mids ok.Good design. They were for my wife who likes bass over treble. She likes them. Quality for the money.I am a soft core audiophile.

Good Quality Earbuds at a Great Price!
This is the second pair of earbuds that I've bought. I was very happy with the first pair. Unfortunately they broke and I ended up buying the same type. These earbuds create extremely deep bass when placed in your ears correctly, and also work well at removing background noise. I've even used these at night to sleep when there has been a lot of noise around me!

The only thing I don't like about these earbuds is that they can be easily broken. I've already cracked my second pair but there hasn't been any changes with the audio quality (yet). As long as you treat these earbuds well and don't put them somewhere that they could get damaged, I would recommend these earbuds to anyone with likes great audio with deep bass at an amazing price!

love the v-moda earbuds
I bought these bass freq earbuds a few days ago. LOVE THEM! They have excellent sound quality and are very comfortable. Really outdo the Griffin earbuds by far and Sony!!

Liked it so much, I bought two
I tried to use an HP multi-function printer for scanning and it just didn't meet my needs. I have lots of paper to handle, and spend a lot of time creating pdf's from paper documents for distribution. I had direct experience with the Fujitsu 5120c scanner and wondered if this lower cost unit could do what I needed at half the price.

It does. Fast scans, with duplex scanning on the fly, makes it perfect for my uses. It is set up to create pdf's directly, and comes with Acrobat Standard. Scans are great, and can be quick unless you need a higher resolution than usual.

Occasional misfeeds on the multipage documents are a small issue for me. Best thing to do is make sure staples are removed quickly and the papers are "fanned" to put some air between them.

We did have a faulty installation CD on the second scanner we ordered. Was able to download a copy of that installation program, though it was a bit difficult to find.

Installation and operation has been mostly trouble free.

Loading up a 10-15 page stack of paper, which is printed duplex and getting a quick pdf that can be emailed instantly is worth every penny.

Does more than PDF's. We did a large volume of family pictures as well. The variety of sizes were a problem, but we used the clear carrier to scan several at a time. Took a weekend to convert hard copy photos in a huge family album (boxes actually) and burn to CD for everyone in the family. Biggest problem was the sudden demand for those cd's from everyone who had any connection at all to the family.

scan-snap is amazing
The scan snap is truly amazing. I have scanned hundreds of pages of files in a very short time. This product scans both sides and automatically makes your files into PDF files. Scan time is so fast that
it's hard to believe. I would recommend this product whole heartedly.

Incredible scanner
I work with documents for a living and often need to scan hundreds of pages of documents from a variety of sources in a single session. The ScanSnap has improved my life immeasurably.

The fastest speed scan is blindingly fast, but you need perfect source material to use it -- if your document was stapled, on lightweight paper, or otherwise imperfect, the scanner will suck up pages so fast that you will have a jam or skipped pages due to more than one page feeding at a time. Fortunately, the second-fastest setting is still phenomenally fast and virtually eliminates all such paper-feed problems.

In addition to stacks of paper, I also use the ScanSnap for some non-standard uses with great success. For instance, I have cut books apart with an exacto and scanned the pages so that I can search the book. The scanner had very little problem accepting the cut pages, even when some edges were ragged. I also cut up some magazines (for the same reason) and the scanner handled the much lighter paper stock with no problem.

The software is fine, though not great. It does allow you pretty good recovery from mishaps -- i.e., you don't have to start over if you hit a paper jam or other complication.

I don't use the OCR so I can't comment on its strength or weakness -- I use and strongly recommend Acrobat for this purpose. Its OCR is the best I have tried and it's a must for anyone who has serious document management needs. Fortunately, the ScanSnap comes with Acrobat 8 Standard, and for most users, this is plenty of power.

Note that Acrobat 9 Standard cost 9 new, so this is a significant addition to the value of the scanner, which is pricier than many other models, but well worth it, in my opinion.

HArdware great, software not so much...
Been using this scanner for a few weeks now and basically, I'm pleased. Hardware works very well. I scanned-in a 300-page manual with varying thickness paper in just a few minutes without any feed problems or other errors. Works quickly and accurately. However, the software that comes with the machine is a bit lacking. It does not have a TWAIN driver, so you're stuck with the software supplied by Fujitsu. The main program, Scansnap Organizer, does an adequate job of organizing, viewing and managing scanned documents. However, it has only very rudimentary editing and modification capabilities. So, one has to run a separate supplied program, Adobe Acrobat (Version 8; not the current version 9), to do much with the documents. In addition, the OCR software supplied only works with documents scanned-in using the ScanSnap scanner. So if you want to make other PDF files searchable, or convert them to text for editing, you need to have another OCR software program available.

Great Scanner
So quick and easy to use. I had no idea scanner would work this great. Copies are clearly scanned only problem with it is you cannot put too many papers in at once they all scan together.

Good replacement..
I got this adapter for my HP Pavillion dv2000. It worked fine. It was also compatible with my friend's HP Pavillion dv6000.

The adapter has a HP logo on it. It looked exactly like my HP original. I found no difference in looks as well as its working too. No overheating problems. Way better than paying 100+ $ at HP website.

so long tv weatherman
The best purchase I made this year. Combo clock radio/weather on demand is perfect for my lifestyle. I barely have a chance to listen to the news throughout the day. With a touch of the button, I can know what to expect in the next 24 hours. I'm looking forward to winter this year for the fact that I can get the weather any time at any moment and with the large amounts of snow that we get, can determine if I should snow blow in the morning or wait till later on.
It has three memory settings for different radio stations which is adequate. I love the bluelight backlight on the display and the beeps that some people say are annoying can be, but for the most part you get used to it and it's not that big a deal. I would highly recommend the product.

Just what we were looking for in a radio for our camping trips
We have had NO PROBLEMS with this handy radio. We use ours in our pop-up camper. We don't setup up the alert on the radio unless we were to suspect that the weather is going to take a turn for the worse. It works great to turn music on softly at night to help the kids go to sleep. Granted the beep everytime you push a button is annoying and pointless; but I guess you get used to it. We love our radio so far!

...limited review...
I have only had the WR300 for a couple of months and really have not had but 2 or 3 alerts come along. The alerts were definitely for one of the dozen or so specific areas that I had programmed into the radio and that was nice. The setup was quite user friendly -though a bit long and tedious- with the instructions. I definitely agree with any and all negative reviews concerning the FM radio, the reception is horrible. I would overlook this a little if I could at least program no less than ten radio frequencies, but that is not the case. The low rating is, at this time, soley based on this one aspect. If possile then I will update this at a future time with more about what the radio is really designed and meant to be used for.

Great Value
This is the best value. I purchased one at Radio Shack that had less features and no radio, for more. Needless to say, I returned it and bought this one.

Very good weather radio
Although there are better units on the market, this radio is adequate for most situations. Midland has been a good name in the radio business for many years.

high quality
This is a great high quality filter with high quality lens and threads. Arrived quickly and without any hassle from Adorama I'm very happy with the purchase!

Works Awesome.
As my canon 28-135 mm lens and canon 30d camera are catching up dust, I thought of protecting them using filter. Based on my friends recommendation, i bought '72mm UV Haze 010 (MRC) Multi-Resistant Coating F-Pro Glass Filter by B+W'.

As soon as I got the camera cleaned up from service center, I shot two pictures (with and without filter) to judge the capability of lens. (both shot with av mode @ f/22, iso 100)

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one downside I came across is while shooting a subject with sun set as background, I saw couple of lens flare away from the sun. May be it could be been shot better, as I am just an amateur. But for me protecting the lens is #1 priority over, shooting a few pictures with bright light in the background.

Bottom line, I am happy with the purchase and this filter not only protects the costly lens catching up dust but also filters the haze.

Good Glass
It was worth it going for the MRC glass. You can compare it to other filters and see the difference. Holding them up to the light side by side and seeing the reflections you can see how the non coated lenses look like mirrors compared to this. You will not be disapointed getting this filter.

Great quality! A must have.
This B&W 72mm UV glass filter is a must have. B&W makes high quality filters. Provides great protection for my Canon 28-135mm lens attached to a Canon 40d. It does not affect the quality of my photos. Attaching the lens cap w/ the filter is no problem. Very snug fit. Worth the extra cost. Don't settle for the cheaper filters. Multi-coated glass filters are the way to go. Hope this helps.

Glenfiddich_Man
I don't take my lens out without it. Great product. I actually keep an extra around just in case.

Canon 104
So far, this product has met my expectations. It remains to be seen how it will perform over the life of the product.

don't buy non Canon
Having bought a generic cartridge, it lasted a week before making a loud noise, and so no more printing. Don't know why the other user on here said it wasn't a Canon product, this is a official Canon product, they even give details on recycling. Yes, these are expensive, but at least it works for longer than a week.

Not Original Canon Product
The description wasn't very clear that this was actually a recycled cartridge, and not a factory new product. However, I don't have any complaints as the copies are clear and clean as though it were a new product. Would have been nice if the description made that more clear.

It works, but not without its disadvantages
This toner cartridge works. It either does or doesn't. But it would earn a 5 star if it had a 3000 page capacity and a separate drum. I'm not complaining though, since I was the one who bought the printer to replace an inkjet (even more expensive to use). It's also cheaper on Amazon than in almost any other popular store. By the way, 2000 pages with 5% coverage isn't false advertising. It means that the area of the black part of the text equals 5%, not that the text takes up the top 5% of the paper. But that's still a pretty low average. With the starter cartridge, I got about 980 pages (rated at 1000), so it's off, and some of my pages barely had anything on it. But I use this for light-duty printing at home, so it doesn't really matter too much for me. Don't get a printer that uses this if you print loads of papers. If you buy here, I suggest you buy directly from a reputable seller because one of the previous reviewers got generic cartridges (I received a genuine one from Amazon).