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

We like the ambition of producing a low-cost BlackBerry, but until it drops in price there’s too much competition.

A hugely likeable phone that excels at web browsing and manages to just live up to its ambitious name.

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.

Feeling the need for a second screen? This little gadget allows you to add a second screen to your computer over USB rather than D-SUB or DVI

This feature is for anyone who's finished a working day with the horrible sense of dissatisfaction that things didn't go to plan, that you've been ineffective. That you just didn't do all the things you wanted to.

After the disappointment - perceived or otherwise - of Windows Vista, many are pinning their hopes on a revival with Windows 7. And from our first impressions of the pre-beta code, that's exactly what they can expect.

A striking laptop that’s incredibly portable and has good battery life. But the screen is a big disappointment

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