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

For this price, the Vostro’s plain looks can be overlooked in favour of its impressive battery life

The Vostro may look like a netbook to the inexperienced eye, but its more powerful processor gives it more flexibility and speed

Output quality is an undoubted strength, as are its looks, but most businesses will find the lack of capacity annoying.

A powerful phone with a superb keyboard, but it’s simply too costly to win an award

A gorgeous phone with impressive battery life, good features and a very tempting price

A great multimedia phone with surprising business features, but it feels clunky

A good effort by Palm, but it’s a long way behind the best both ergonomically and functionally

A wireless security system with good roaming support, but it isn’t perfect

Installation needs to be much more streamlined, but this is a low-maintenance security solution with quality reporting

A solidly built thin client with a good hardware specification and features, including a classy remote management act

An expensive route, but the Netgear Prosafe SRXN3205 provides the reassurance of of an SSL VPN along with a long warranty.

Respectable performance and a security assistant makes the Belkin N1 Vision a good contender for a small office.

Although it’s not a screamer at short range, the good long-range performance (at 5GHz at least) makes the Linksys WRT610N an attractive choice

The DIR-855 is among the fastest wireless routers in our tests and would be particularly attractive to all-Windows networks.

A good demonstration of the benefits of 802.11n, and a good choice for offices requiring a basic router.

Costly and fiddly to use, despite a decent keyboard and high-resolution screen.

An easily managed appliance for small offices. Performance is modest, but it offers useful remote access features

A compact workgroup laser suited to high-volume colour and mono printing, but delivering average photo quality

Powerful and decent value, but ease of use could be better.