In a world first, we've managed to get our hands on a review unit of Sony's stunningly thin ultraportable. Most surprisingly, it sports the newest Atom chip from Intel - the Z550 2.0GHz and GMA 500 graphics.

So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

Sony’s new laptop sports a Blu-ray writer and one of Intel’s latest Penryn processors, but it’s overpriced.

The marker has been laid down. Sony's pulled off another AVCHD stunner that will be hard to beat this year

It’s gorgeous, but it can’t match Sony’s own Z-Series for sheer ultraportable excellence.

Great looks, superb build quality and a world beating software package. It would threaten the A list if it were just a little cheaper.

The Sony HDR-XR200VE mini cam uses gyros to provide image stabilisation, and has an inbuilt GPS receiver

Dreaming of a super-skinny touchscreen compact for Christmas? For around $400, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T77 has finally convinced us touchscreen cameras are a good thing.

A stunning piece of design matched with excellent battery life, but with an Atom inside the price is surely too high

The A330 is a competent, fully featured and easy to use DSLR, but a backward step in some respects.

Sony’s Z-Series is an ultraportable to aspire to, even if there are a couple of areas where it could improve.

Where incremental steps forward are becoming commonplace, the Sony is a giant leap – simply stunning

An older screen that was one of the best we'd seen, but with a price premium that was too much for us – haggle hard

Sony has raised the bar for action and sports fans with the first 200Hz television promising silky smooth motion. So how noticeable are the results?

We all dream of owning a huge television, but is a 52 inch high-def giant like Sony's KDL-52W4000 Bravia all it's cracked up to be?

The Sony bandwagon rolls on; this is another simple to use set that produces brilliant big-screen images

It may be pricey, but Sony's Walkman is a fine MP3 player and a good alternative to everything Apple

An inexpensive laptop that, when it comes to style and quality, more than punches above its weight

Good to have WMP compatibility, but it needs better sound.

Homer Simpson’s home town of Springfield’s motto is: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. There must be a glut of noble spirit at Sony