A great choice for offices that need to recognise batches of documents, with its only real weakness being poor automatic zoning on complex documents.

A decent compromise between OCR value and features – especially as you can upgrade from the Sprint version.

Superb build quality and performance make this a worthwhile upgrade for serious amateurs.

An expensive camera, but one offering superb image quality, features and handling

The Canon EOS 500D is capable of great results, but a wallet-draining way of getting HD video on a DSLR.

A splendid bit of design that will please the most commited enthusiast, and a godsend for artists on a budget.

A decent notebook but too expensive for the features on offer.

A good first stab at the semi-ruggedised laptop market. It isn’t up to the tough standards of others, though.

A decent machine with plenty of power, but it’s not earth shattering in terms of features and value.

A remarkably tough machine that will endure almost anything thrown at it, although this comes at a price.

A good laptop for business, with superb design touches but some unfortunate omissions.

Small but perfectly formed, the D420 has hours of battery life and loads of features and great ergonomics.

Fast, well built and superbly featured - our business laptop of choice.

Solidly built and packed with features, HP's flagship nx9420 is a very good notebook.

Canon continues the good work and delivers another winner with the MP610.

Still one of the best examples of laptop design in the market, but there are compromises

An excellent all-in-one, particularly when it comes to photo quality, but it’s possible to get more features elsewhere.

There’s a good range of software and excellent image quality, but you pay a lot for the durability and ADF.

A hint of things to come, but the first HD DVD and Blu-ray combo drive is very expensive.

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