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

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.

The A330 is a competent, fully featured and easy to use DSLR, but a backward step in some respects.

It’s missing a couple of key features, but nevertheless, Vegas Pro is highly sophisticated and quick to use for serious video editors.

Sony’s Z-Series is an ultraportable to aspire to, even if there are a couple of areas where it could improve.

Great looks, superb build quality and a world beating software package. It would threaten the A list if it were just a little cheaper.

A Blu-ray drive is just about the only justification for the Sony’s high price; it’s poor value overall.

Intriguing styling makes this near-silent media-centre PC stand out, but it has its foibles

It may be pricey, but Sony's Walkman is a fine MP3 player and a good alternative to everything Apple

Homer Simpson’s home town of Springfield’s motto is: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. There must be a glut of noble spirit at Sony

A capable cam that'll take the knocks and matches it rival, the Panasonic HDC-SD1. It can’t quite better Canon’s HV20 on sheer performance though

A classy compact, but with a high price and some image problems

Sony’s new Active series of headphones are designed to stay on your noggin, but that all depends on how well you wear them. We put our eardrums on the line, so you didn’t have to....

Sony’s new laptop sports a Blu-ray writer and one of Intel’s latest Penryn processors, but it’s overpriced.

A stylish all-in-one media centre that effortlessly handles all tasks thrown at it. But it’s disgracefully priced.

This impressive ultraportable fills a narrow but significant niche between the MacBook Air and Lenovo X300

This notebook has been designed with classic Sony style: rounded edges, hidden IO inputs and a sleek widescreen footprint. From a connectivity point of view, this 'book has it all, boasting front-mounted Memory Stick Pro port, iLink 4-pin FireWire port and three USB ports.

Good value thanks to a decent 18-70mm kit lens and camera-based anti-shake

A Blu-ray drive is just about the only justification for the Sony’s high price; it’s poor value overall.

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