The good Excellent keyboard and touch pad Compact body Bright display The bad No optical drive Limited configuration options Do looks matter in a budget business notebook? Budget laptops are necessary for the self-employed and those without lots of money to burn, but those same users might also be entrepreneurs who prefer affordable, nicely designed machines that do double-duty as personal laptops rather than boxy generic systems. Lenovo clearly felt the same way: the uptight ThinkPad image has been taken in a relatively bold new direction in the new Edge line.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge (13-inch)

If you thought chunky phones were dead, you'd be way off the mark as far as the industry is concerned. Although if you were to believe Motorola, this isn't a phone — it's an "industrial rugged mobile computer for field mobility". That's overselling slightly, to say the least, but then it seems Motorola has come up with a whole slather of hyperbolic branding (check out the video under the "Reinventing Backroom Management" section) for what is essentially a ruggedised phone with a barcode scanner; GPS; 3.7-inch, 640x480 touchscreen; and stylus

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Motorola MC9500

The good Rugged construction Single USB cable Decent transfer speeds The bad Single cable provides a single source of failure Installs annoying web toolbar unless you tell it not to Design There's a saying in backup circles that there's really only two types of hard drive. Those that have failed, and those that have yet to fail. We've seen it attributed to many sources, but no matter the original author, it's still stunningly true.

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Hitachi SimpleTough 500GB

The good Solid case design Includes backup software The bad Split USB cable required for power Installs annoying toolbar by default Design Hitachi's SimpleDrive Mini is, like most basic portable external USB 2.0 hard drives, not that exciting to look at. Our review sample was a slightly dirty blue colour.

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Hitachi SimpleDrive Mini 320GB

The good Has fast throughput speeds A large capacity A portable and sleek design at an affordable price The bus-powered device is backward compatible with USB 2.0 Comes bundled with backup software A generous five-year warranty The bad Doesn't have FireWire or eSATA connections The included backup software only works with PCs The Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 is the first USB 3.0 external hard drive we've reviewed and it proved itself to be an excellent storage device. The drive is bus-powered and works with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connections. Externally, the Black Armor PS110 USB 3.0 looks the same as the USB 2.0-based BlackArmor PS110 — that is to say it's very sleek and portable

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Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 USB 3.0

The good Rapidly prints graphical and text documents Includes Wi-Fi and Ethernet networking Attractive design despite its bulk Easy to set up The bad Slow to print photos Large footprint Lacks automatic duplexer The Epson Stylus Office TX610FW has a versatile mix of features such as an auto-document feeder on top of the printer for hands-free copying, scanning or faxing of up to 30 sheets of paper, wireless and wired networking, and a comprehensive control panel that offers one-touch access to some of the printer's most popular features. While we continue to applaud Epson for its consistently fast-paced output speeds and easy printer set up, we are disappointed that the TX610FW lacks an auto-duplexer, an extra hardware add-on that can print on both sides of a sheet of paper

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Epson Stylus Office TX610FW

The good Simple set-up Works well Supports up to five clients microSDHC storage The bad Comparatively expensive One button approach limits on-the-fly tinkering Design Internode's entry into the personal Wi-Fi-enabled 3G modem category carries about the least catchy name possible, as it's labelled simply as the "MiFi", a title used often for this entire category of devices. Then again, if you can own an entire category by name alone, it's probably not a bad marketing strategy

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Internode MiFi

The good Compact touchscreen handset Great web browser Cheap as chips The bad No 3.5mm headphone socket No bundled memory card Poor 2MP camera Design The Corby may not be the sharpest looking tool in the shed, but don't forget its low price tag. For your AU$180 you get a solidly built plastic handset with a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen. The screen has a QVGA resolution, meaning it will look a little duller to those who are used to the higher-res screens found on the Samsung Icon family of phones, but it doesn't mean it's any less responsive

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Samsung S3650 Corby

The good Exchangeable, intelligent covers Wi-Fi HSDPA GPS The bad Keypad could be more defined If you're a fan of exchangeable covers, the Nokia N79 might just be the phone for you. Boasting similar features to the Nokia N95 , the N79 uses an intelligent-casing system that adds a little extra to an otherwise mundane accessory

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Nokia N79

The good Impressive 3D mode Attractive design Decent built-in speakers The bad Light on features No USB port No height-adjustment option Pricey Nvidia's GeForce 3D Vision Kit allows full-colour, stereoscopic, three-dimensional gaming and video playback on your PC. ViewSonic's 22-inch VX2268wm is currently one of very few monitors capable of operating in 3D mode

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ViewSonic VX2268wm