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On the face of it, the iPad is a donkey. There's no keyboard, no camera, it doesn't multi-task or support Flash (so no BBC iPlayer, then) it can't play DVDs, you can't upgrade it, it connects ...

Want a giant iPhone that can't make calls? Happy to buy the first version of something before the manufacturer gets it quite right? You're going to love the iPad. Looking for a funky alternative to a low-cost laptop for a bit of e-mail, web surfing ...

Electronic book readers are widespread enough these days that you can pick and choose between them on the basis of more than simply their ability to present text on screen. The BeBook Neo adds in a ...

Manufacturers of ereaders are falling over themselves to add eye-catching features that differentiate their products from the rest. The BeBook Neo is our current favourite. Its Web browsing capability is a superb extra and would be enough to sway us ...

Ereaders are, apparently, going to be one of the hit technologies of 2010. There are certainly more to choose from today than there were a year ago, and in the UK you can even buy them ...

With no really fancy features, and a small and pocket-friendly design, the Cybook Opus is one of the best ereaders we have seen.

EBook readers are on the up, and while the jury's still out on whether they'll truly break into the mainstream, there is now no shortage of choice for those who like to carry a book collection ...

Its designers have done a good job with the Story, and despite some minor niggles it remains a flexible, comfortable reader that's easy to operate and offers a range of genuinely useful advantages. However, considering many people speculate that the ...

Ebooks have been around for a long time, but they've never really captured the public's imagination. One way to get over that hurdle is with well designed, easy to use, cool-looking kit. Sony's Reader PRS-505 is ...

The Reader PRS-505 is the most elegant device of its type we have seen. It is expensive, though, and you may want to abandon Sony's PC software. If you are a Mac user you'll need to find another software solution anyway, as the Mac is not supported.

It is rare indeed to see a Windows Mobile handheld device without a SIM card slot these days. But Hewlett Packard clearly thinks there is a market for such a device, and has come up with ...

With no SIM support or camera the iPAQ 214 is not what you'd call cutting edge. But its large screen means it is better at some visually demanding tasks than many other PDAs.

Hewlett Packard was around at the very birth of Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. In those days there was no such thing as a PDA with an integrated SIM card, Wi-Fi was a blip on the ...

A PDA that doesn't also act as a mobile phone is not everyone's cup of tea. But if it is what you are looking for, then the iPAQ 114 Classic is a solid performer.

phone-less PDA with large screen: There has been mumbling heard for some time that the standalone PDA is a dead duck, and that people either want their handheld computers to be connected to the outside world via GSM or 3G, or...

The Pocket LOOX C550 might not shout 'look at me', and its lack of a camera will annoy some people. But all in all this is a real workhorse of a handheld computer, with some very strong features.

There has been mumbling heard for some time that the standalone PDA is a dead duck, and that people either want their handheld computers to be connected to the outside world via GSM or 3G, or ...

The Pocket LOOX C550 might not shout 'look at me', and its lack of a camera will annoy some people. But all in all this is a real workhorse of a handheld computer, with some very strong features.

There may be a PDA that has sleeker lines than the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX N520 but off-hand we are unable to think of one. It measures 71 x 116 x 14mm and much of the ...

We liked the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX N520, both as a PDA and as a GPS device. It's amazingly stylish and understated, so you don't feel as though you are using a 'bling bling' gadget but instead you have a business tool at your disposal. A cheap ...