Epinions Recent Reviews for elybeck

Motorola Timeport 280: Much improved Motorola worldphone

Sun, 9 Dec 2001 18:41:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - While on a short-term assignment in Asia, I purchased Motorola's first attempt at a tri-band phone. That phone was a L7089, however this phone, the Timeport 280 is a good attempt to address the L7089's bugs.

The 280 offers voice activated...

No support - Windows XP; Tiny camera works flawlessly

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:36:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - July 2001 update -- Windows XP does not support this camera out of the box. Canon support will not provide a beta driver to ensure the camera will even support Windows XP. If you plan to use Windows XP; shop for a different camera.

This is an...

Bangkok's Fine Swiss Lodge

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 05:01:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck -
Review Topic: Accommodations

Being based in the nation of Singapore for a few months, I had the opportunity to travel to Bangkok several times. When staying in Bangkok, I had the fortunate luck to stay at a hotel called THE...

Bait and switch interest rate

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:34:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - I became a Fleet customer after being offered an unbelievable fixed interest rate. I knew when I signed up for the card that I would probably cancel the card if they raised the rate, and that is exactly what I did.

The rate was something like...

Only works at 2X

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:10:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - After reviewing the available USB equipped CD-RW drives on the market, I found this drive, which offers support for the Windows 2000 Professional operating system. I was excited to be able to have a CD-RW drive that I could attach with USB to my laptop...

Go with the 930C series

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:05:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - This is an older printer, without some of the more recent refinements found in HP's newer printer line. The 930C or 932C printer models offer improved printing speed, better printouts (double the resolution), and USB support.

If $200 is out...

Hewlett Packard HP DeskJet 950c Ink-jet Printer: 930C series a better value

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:50:29 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - HP offers the 930C, 932C, and 935C printers for a list price of about $100 less than this model. This model, the 950C offers a 11 page per minute black print speed, instead of 9 pages per minute. It allows you to put 120 sheets of paper in the paper tray...

Problems at first, but now great

Sat, 20 May 2000 20:12:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - When the modem was first set up, I had a variety of problems with MediaOne. They had a hard time running cable to my house, and once that was done, they hooked the modem up. Once the modem was hooked up, it would periodically (after 30secs to 5mins) stop...

It will never be perfect.. but

Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:50:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - Nothing Microsoft writes these days will ever be perfect. The team of programmers who put this product together spent years, wrote millions of lines of code, and participated in the largest beta program in the history of software testing. But, bugs still...

2000 support is available

Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:47:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elybeck - Choosing a printer for my laptop, running Windows 2000, I figured a printer that claimed to have "Windows 2000 Professional" support ON THE BOX, would have Windows 2000 support. After connecting the printer to my computer, I found out it did...