Attractively small and aggressively priced, the Ultra Slim is an interesting proposition for businesses

Good looking and easy to use, the Squeezebox is also well featured. The only downside is the price.

We did a double take this month. Not only are Pioneer and Protac's chassis identical but the inside specs are too.

Designed with portability in mind, this notebook is slim, sexy and versatile, enabling basic office usage, DVD playback or even some weekend gaming.

Slim, sleek, powerful and good value, but poor battery life rules this phone out of the running

Slim and well connected, but ease-of-use issues limit its appeal.

Stunning design and innovative features make the Squeezebox extremely desirable, despite the price.

Slick looks and astonishing battery life make this the pick of the bunch for travelers, especially for the business person on the go.

It's very, very thin, and very light. MSI’s X340 somehow manages to be sleek, sexy and undesirable all at the same time.

The faithful old PS2 isn’t knocking on the door of the retirement home just yet and the new look has knocked years off, but it’s the consistently brilliant games that are really keeping the biggest selling console ever from slipping six feet under.

With its slim dimensions, the FinePix F700 is almost the odd one out in this test. It’s certainly no IXUS, but the F700 will still fit into your pocket and the brushed metal casing looks the part. But the main reason the F700 costs more than the bigger S5000 is because of the new Super CCD SR. Instead of one photodiode per pixel, this fourth-generation CCD has two: a high-sensitivity one for shadows and mid-tones, and a low-sensitivity one for highlights. Fujifilm claims this gives a greater dynamic range, aiding tricky lighting situations by capturing shadow detail without bleaching out highlights.

No high-speed internet or bells and whistles, but an easy-to-use and pocketable email phone nonetheless

You can't help but to notice the slim-line chassis with its brushed aluminium finish this machine sports. Flipping down the front panel reveals the front-mounted audio, USB, and infrared port, which is a nice inclusion for those corporate customers using PDAs or mobile phones with IR synching.

A super-light laptop with great battery life, but the screen is both its stand-out feature and, for some, its Achilles heel

Light, packed with features and with superb battery life: the ideal business notebook.

Wants Windows Mobile without all the bells and whistles? This cheapie is under $500

Beautifully designed with excellent battery life and generous features – but it’s expensive.

Purely because of its size, even the smallest PDA isn’t something you’re likely to feel comfortable holding to your ear as a phone for long periods of time. And, despite its slim curves and great physique, the Xda II is no exception.

The Optio 550 is the first Pentax camera we’ve reviewed in the Labs. It’s the cheapest 5-megapixel device here and, despite the slim dimensions, crams in a 5x optical zoom.

High-performance digital cameras are appearing thick and fast at the moment. Take the innocent-looking Fuji MX-2700 (reviewed issue 21) and the Sony CyberShot DSC-55E (reviewed issue 22, p95): both are slim and sexy, yet boast resolutions of over two megapixel and features by the truckload.