Excellent quality and speed for reflective media, but the V200 makes heavy work out of transparencies

Not a stylish machine, but it’s good value, well built and boasts surprisingly impressive battery life

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

A stunning design backed up by great performance and good value for money.

Some interesting technology, married with superb performance – and a huge price tag.

A useful card for more relaxed gaming, and a quiet cooler to boot.

UMPC-like features and a spacious hard disk make the Archos appealing, but it’s only good for entertainment.

Not very competitive on price, but there’s plenty of scope for performance

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

Slim, good-looking and affordable – and you can even work outside in sunlight. Just note the niggles.

An interesting new technology, but cheap running costs are let down by poor quality.

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

A desirable form factor that doesn’t compromise on usability.

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

A slim Blackberry that doesn't dispose of what makes Blackberries so popular and effective.

A few odd omissions can’t disguise the fact that the iPhone has arrived to overwhelmingly positive reviews.

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

Excellent support for PDF files, an intuitive user interface and a low price make Readiris the best choice for the majority of people.

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

750GB of storage. Backups may be problem.