MSI’s Wind Top AE1900 takes on the touchscreen nettop competition, but singularly fails to excite.

Jam-packed with features, but it struggles to compete with the best.

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

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

Yet another solid HP laser, but it’s beaten by ?rivals in virtually every key area.

It may be lovely, but Sony’s under-powered P-series costs too much and features features poor battery life.

Sleek and professional, the Hp Mini 5101 is another attractively pitched netbook that can't shake its very poor battery life. When will manufactuers learn that battery life is all-important to netbook success?

While it might seem like a good idea, the Seagate FreeAgent Theater is more novelty than useful. And the price point is not as competitive as others in this range.

Packed with features, but the keyboard is terrible and the touch-enabled OS confusing.

Neither cheap nor beautiful, MSI’s Atom powered nettop is sadly second among equals.

MP3 fans will either love or hate the Cowon D2+ design, a player squarely aimed at the iPod crowd - but with more multimedia options that most Apple offerings for the same price.