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Robert M.

Robert M.

Joined on 10/08/04

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Most Favorable Review
Battery-Biz AC-5001H 90W AC adapter for HP/Compaq notebooks
Battery-Biz AC-5001H 90W AC adapter for HP/Compaq notebooks

Pros: The adapter fits my EVO n600 laptop without complaint from the rest of the hardware, for a lot less than the retail replacement would have cost had anyone had one in stock.

Cons: The cable is thicker and slightly shorter than the original adapter. The plug lacks a grounding wire, which does not inspire the highest feelings of security despite the number of fuses and circut breakers already in the loop where I normally plug it in.

Most Critical Review

You Get What You Pay For

JATON iRok Silver 1GB MP3 Player AV-AST50338
JATON iRok Silver 1GB MP3 Player AV-AST50338

Pros: The sound quality is excellent, even when compared with more expensive units. Plugging it into both an XP Pro and a Pro x64 box, it was recognized at once as a "USB Mass Storage Device" which was all I needed to dump files on it. The display has two monochrome bands which gives it an appearanch similar to some mainframe interfaces I've used. Personally I find this a positive aspect. The weight is rather miniscule, I've had it hanging from the earbuds without noticing it any more than I would the weight of an audio cable.

Cons: The Instruction manual is written in very bad Engrish andis next to useless. To operate the device you have to teach yourself. The text on the display can be regarded as small by some standards. The controls are too small, and the designers tried to cram too many functions on each control. Holding down a control gets a different reaction than a quick press, which is one of my pet peeves about interface design. I prefer one function per control (within reason).

Overall Review: I gambled on an unreviewed device and got more or less what I was expecting. It did what was advertized and nothing more. For a device that's not even twice as wide as my thumb, I can't really expect space for a full set of keys of any appreciable size. Do read and translate the instructions, because what they do cover is important, it's a shame that they leave out most of the "how-to" portion that covers regular use.

A Phone

Samsung Stratus Black unlocked GSM slider phone with Video Camera (C3050)
Samsung Stratus Black unlocked GSM slider phone with Video Camera (C3050)

Pros: As far as I can tell it works as advertised.

Cons: "Manual" lacks any actual information on the phone's menu options or their effects. This was a problem because the phone arrived configured to display in Spanish. After failing to find the language options by stumbling around, I looked online and found I was not the first person to have their phone arrive configured for a language other than the dominant one for their region.

Overall Review: When I get this phone, it arrived in monolingual packaging, the box, the labels and the quick start guide were all English-only - despite the phone itself being set to Spanish. It came with continental Europe and US power adapters, but not the UK power adapter shown in the Picture gallery on NewEgg. Also - it was smaller than I was expecting.

ASUS WL-167g WLAN Adapter (pen-type) IEEE 802.11b/g USB 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates
ASUS WL-167g WLAN Adapter (pen-type) IEEE 802.11b/g USB 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: When it worked, it worked well.

Cons: The adapter did not get along well with windows and had issues conencting to networks that did not broadcast their SSIDs, then after two months of ownership - it died and is no longer recognized as a device in any machine I plug it into.

Overall Review: After having all of the products with their branding fail mere months after purchace, all of my faith in the Asus name has been killed.

LITE-ON Black 52X CD-ROM IDE CD-ROM Drive Model LH-52N1P-185
LITE-ON Black 52X CD-ROM IDE CD-ROM Drive Model LH-52N1P-185

Pros: Cheap, does the job asked of it.

Cons: The one I recieved was as loud as a lawnmower. fortunately, it is only needed to install the OS as the machine it sits in is intended as a server rather than a desktop.