Epinions Recent Reviews for consumerdude

Reliable companion but short battery life

Tue, 12 May 2009 01:01:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - ===background===First, let me say that I am not a hard-core hiker and we don't geocache. I just wanted something that would help me feel empowered on a easy short hikes to get back to where I started. We have 3 kids, so I really...

Better than Palm OS, but still sometimes frustrating

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:36:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - Overall< b>If you're moving from a Palm OS phone like the Treo 755p, this phone will take some time to get used to. Once you're over the learning curve, it's a huge improvement over Palm OS. Palm added some nice tweaks to the Windows Mobile 6.1...

nice 28mm wide angle lens. great camera with fast responses

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:11:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - So now I own 2 Canon digital cameras. After owning digital cameras from Sony(3), Panasonic(3), and Nikon(2), I'd have to say that I am very impressed overall with the SD850 IS as a point and shoot camera. I usually start reviews with problem areas,...

Great Looking, Challenging to Use

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:44:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - Initial Impressions Of the eight digital cameras I've had, this was the only one where the Mrs. said "wow!" upon seeing it. It's got a very nice finish and a very cool look to the camera. Externally, the only disappointment is in the very cheap...

Buggy, Unreliable, Slow Repair Time

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:53:45 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - ==Why did you buy this product?== It's the only compact 10x zoom with image stabilization. It's a very affordable $300. The new Canon S3 IS and SD700 cost around $500. ==What do I love about this product?== I had a Canon S2 IS...

Not very well designed. You get what you pay for

Tue, 10 May 2005 17:50:25 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - We successfully used Avent brand and Gerber sippy cups for our first child. However, our second child did not like the hard surfaces, so we tried the Nubys. Our second child seems to like chewing on it, but she hasn't really drank anything out of it...

PDA=great, Phone=AVG, Email=GREAT, mp3=GOOD

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:24:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - Versamail with v1.08 patch On March 23rd, 2005, PalmOne release the long awaited patch to fix a number of known bugs with Versamail. After four weeks of using it, I can say that Versamail is tremendously improved. It's finally a viable...

Excellent

Mon, 7 Feb 2005 01:41:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - FIRST OFF.... 1. Tmobile sets the default display theme to Tmobile's own color scheme. Very deceptively, this scheme's background shows five full green bars even when there is NO SIGNAL!. It's actually the # of black bars overlaying the green...

Motorola V600: Disappointing

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 01:06:30 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - AUDIO QUALITY: Quite good when not using a handsfree kit. And the speakerphone is quite usable for a cell phone. MULTIMEDIA: The phone can play short video clips, but there's no way to record them, nor transfer them from the PC. The only way is to...

Static & Echo

Sat, 8 Jan 2005 22:38:36 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - For three years, we were happy users of the Vtech 2431 2.4GHz cordless phones. The speakerphones worked well and they sounded good, but we lost a few handsets and the battery started to die on another. After reviewing the feature sets of various...

Good, but not best in class

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 02:35:22 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - OVERALL I like the camera, but 2 annoyances really keep me from giving the camera 4 stars. In fact...

Good tool, but get the non-pivot VP730 instead

Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:04:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - GENERAL I've come to expect so many good things of Black and Decker products. The pivotdriver is n...

AT&T Mobile Phone Service in New York: always had bad call quality...now bad customer service

Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:50:45 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - I've been an AT&T Wireless customer (some would say victim) for nearly 7 years now. I've been on their analog systems, their TDMA, and just in the past 3 months, their GSM system.

===WHY I MOVED TO GSM===

It's late 2002, and we had been...

Very Very Very very cool...is this the future?

Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:55:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - After paying our landscaper $100/month to cut grass once a week on our 1/4 acre property, we started thinking about cutting our own grass. We don't like the periodic maintenance hassles of gas mowers, and the storage of gasoline, so we looked initially...

too inconsistent to recommend

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:45:08 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - With the emergence of smaller wireless optical mice designed for laptop users, I have been very tempted to buy one. However, I wasn't willing to shell out the $50 to $60 that most were asking. Nor was I willing to pay $30 for some of the non-name...

Fabulous value with some shortcomings

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 03:33:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - Dell is at it again. Their mode of operation is to take industry standard components, and slap them together and offer it for magnitudes less than their competitors. For most consumers, like myself, it's a great value proposition and makes 80% of the...

Perfect 2 take anywhere anytime

Mon, 2 Dec 2002 00:56:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - Having owned the DSC-P1, I traded in my P1 for a DSC-P7. Although the megapixel count was the same, it was a big step up for several reasons.

Thinness

The camera is thinner than the P1 and definitely fits into a pants or shirt pocket...

cool watch - horrible interface

Mon, 22 Jul 2002 01:20:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - Case & strap:

The titanium body is very cool, albeit borderline ugly. The watch is so light I barely ever notice that it's on. The face of the watch is just about a "normal" size, not the huge expedition size Suunto's that look like land-mines or...

Do You Like Inhaling Carpet Liquids?

Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:44:09 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author consumerdude - I bought it for quick cleanups, however it's cumbersome to use. Here's why I don't use it much: 1) Uncoil the powercord. Since there's no quick release hook like on a vacuum, you're left with making numerous revolutions around the base of the unit to...