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I can remember back in 1985, we synchronised the playback of "Dire Straits" - "Brothers in Arms", the LP, with the 'DDD' (Digitally recorded, Digitally mastered, and Digitally stored) CD. Then someone else hid the selector and played back, through a JVC amp and some Mission speakers, both sources. At the time I got them mixed up. I thought they sounded equally as good as one another. I honestly could not tell the difference, they both sounded great. It was the Amp and the speakers in that set up that took the source and made something listenable. So with that in mind the sound quality debate turns it's head to MP3. We'll call it a draw between Vinyl and CD as my opinion hasn't changed, (although I much prefer CD because I always hated the pops and inevitable scratches Vinyl produced. Progress made with CD's, for me at least, was progress ). At this point it's worth considering something important. A CD is a 750mb data source. Stream

Sometimes, websites fail to give you a proper idea of the specifications of a phone. For these situations, use GSM arena .

Just transferred both my kids onto this 30 day sim only deal, which trumps my previous favourite sim only deal from Virgin. Not sure how long this deal will be on, but this sim only deal could be all anyone needs for a very very long time to come. Talkmoile sim only deals  

Lots of manufacturers trade handsets to the UK. This is great, more competition means lower prices for us consumers. But I've resisted buying many a good handset because the frequencies for usage don't marry up with UK frequencies. This link here shows frequencies licensed to be used in the UK, from GSM arena http://www.gsmarena.com/network-bands.php3?sCountry=United+Kingdom If the phone you're looking at buying doesn't include these, it probably wasn't designed to work in the UK. If it has these frequencies, it has amazing specs, and its a great price, buy with confidence! Here are some places you may not have thought to look, for superb specced reasonably priced cutting edge technology. banggood.com     Link to their european warehouse deals. Shipped quicker than from Hong Kong, some staggering high spec Android hardware from China. Motorola shop   - Motorola have made a tremendous come back, buying direct can mean special offers and unique personal

My network charges me for data and my phone stores data, and I have 2gb from my network and I get 16gb on my phone, what? Many people I speak to don't even know what their data allowance from their network is or what it actually means. Some people find the whole concept of data perplexing, I know because I have nonsensical conversations with people who's brain I can sense is suffering a meltdown when it comes up. But the same word (data) has been used by both phone manufacturers and networks to describe two totally different things. Even though somehow, they're sort of the same. It's easier to think of Data like this. Disposable data - Incoming data from the network (or over WiFi), watching a video (but not keeping it) reading a news article, searching the internet, finding pokemon or playing a multiplayer online game.  Permanent data - The photos you keep on your phone, the videos, your emails, your account details and apps. This is all data that the phone n

I'm getting a lot of requests for Mobile phone buying advice, handsets and mobile deals. To be honest, there has never been a better time to buy a mobile with cheap running costs, but people who want big savings, need to get used to a new way of funding them. Truth be known, there has been very little innovation in the past few years with mobile phones. Very few innovations that most of us would consider 'must have's anyway. 3D touch, fingerprint sensors, flexible or curved screens are far less significant than a great camera, good battery life, fast processor and a great screen. Speaking of screens, most cheap phones now have screens with better resolution than top notch handsets. This is where most phones get their wow factor. Although I will make some recommendations, I'd like to help people find their own deals (and share them with me). Both sim cards and Phones. I'd urge everyone to look for a great spec handset for a low price (I'll explain how