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CAT B15 – the ruff with the smooth

CAT B15 – the ruff with the smooth

Caterpillar’s tough new handset – which has particularly admirable specifications for the notoriously low-spec ruggedised device market – is thrown to the dogs as part of our scientific survivability tests

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Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ – e-reader with extras

Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ – e-reader with extras

Amazon plunges into the budget tablet market again with a souped-up e-reader with an attractive screen, a good quality camera and impressive video streaming capability. Can it replicate the original’s success?

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HTC One – in a class of its own for design

HTC One – in a class of its own for design

With its stunning design, amazing screen and respectable camera, HTC’s new flagship handset should bring it back into the smartphone A-list and scare both its Android rivals and Apple

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Sony Xperia Z – big can be beautiful

Sony Xperia Z – big can be beautiful

Sony’s latest is a powerhouse phone which runs like a breeze and has a great screen and good battery life – but it does have design niggles, including a mammoth screen that looks strange on calls

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Mystery Shopper: Chelmsford

Mystery Shopper: Chelmsford

Mystery Shopper’s dad is in need of a new handset and contract. He wants a lot of minutes – 800 at least – but doesn’t want any data as he doesn’t use the internet. Handset-wise it has to look good and be quite modern

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Samsung Galaxy Camera – future flash

Samsung Galaxy Camera – future flash

The future of all cameras: a compact running on a smartphone operating system with a fantastic feature set plus excellent integration with services such as Dropbox and Facebook – it’s just not quite there yet

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HTC Windows Phone 8S – best in show

HTC Windows Phone 8S – best in show

HTC’s latest device for Windows Phone has a striking build, easy-to-use software and a small form factor, and it’s the most convincing argument yet to try Microsoft’s new OS – if only it had a front-facing camera

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BlackBerry Z10 – the moment of truth

BlackBerry Z10 – the moment of truth

Described before launch as a make-or-break device for the struggling manufacturer, the new Z10 touchscreen handset, powered by BB10, is a decent enough piece of kit, but it is marred by some strange interface decisions

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Google Nexus 4 – a bargain in disguise

Google Nexus 4 – a bargain in disguise

The new Nexus may not turn heads, but with a feature set that’s full to bursting and the sort of hardware more commonly associated with top-of-the-range handsets it’s the best value Android phone we’ve tested

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Microsoft Surface – promise bubbling under

Microsoft Surface – promise bubbling under

The software giant’s new tablet is a curiously unfocused device with one or two strengths but also some significant flaws, not least its horrendous back-end desktop mode – it is not without potential, though

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