Archive for the ‘Buying’ Category
Cheapest UK Price for the Samsung Galaxy S
I have decided to buy the Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone which is exclusive to Vodafone. It is currently the highest spec mobile phone running the Android operating system in the UK. It came out yesterday so I walked into my local Vodafone shop (in Milton Keynes) but they didn’t have one in stock – [...]
Decisions – Which New Mobile Phone Shall I Get?
I currently have an HTC HD (running Windows Mobile 6.1 OS) on the O2 network and my contact expires at the end of this month, which means that I can get a new phone. My preferences for a new phone fall into 3 categories: Android based, iPhone 4 and Windows Phone 7 based. Android I [...]
Present ideas (for me!)?
It’s my birthday on Tuesday (31) and I can’t think of anything I want for a present. Any ideas? Backup plan is a Herman Miller Mirra chair.
My first Triathlon is Looming – Sooner than I Thought!
Last Tuesday (9th June) I got an e-mail in my inbox telling me that I had won a prize in a competition… Me: Fantastic! Reading on: The prize is free entry into a Triathlon Me: That’s good I want to enter a Triathlon Reading on: It’s a Sprint Triathlon – 750m swimming (in a lake), [...]
I’ve Bought a Road Bike! (Trek Madone 4.7)
I bought a new mountain bike in January and just 5 months on I’ve bought a road bike! Over the past 18 months I have competed in several Adventure Races which are great fun, but there is always an element of luck in them because competitors can choose multiple routes. So I would like to try [...]
Going Tubeless!
In my last Adventure Race, I got 2 punctures. The time it took me to fix them resulted in Steve and I ending up in 17th place when we should have been in around 8th place. I think the punctures were just a result of bad luck as I was using good wheels, tyres and [...]
New Camera – Canon 40D!
A few months ago I heard that the Canon 450D was coming out, so I sold my Canon 350D on ebay and eagerly awaited its release. Then once the 450D came out I did a little research (here and on other websites and magazines) and found out that the 40D (which had been out for [...]