Sat nav versus App Nav

SAT NAV

Navman Panoramic

You could mistake the Panoramic for a tablet, such is the presence of its 7in display. That makes it better suited to bigger cars, vans and lorries (there’s even a Truck Mode, £70 for a lifetime activation), and the advantage is a better overview of your surroundings. Anyone hoping for a ‘large type’ mode will be disappointed, but then they probably shouldn’t be driving anyway. Speed camera info is yours for £20 a year but you’ll also need an antenna (E36) to receive TMC traffic data.

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Best For Cinema Goers 

Samsung Galaxy Beam

While we’re grateful to physics for keeping our feet on the ground and our internal organs tucked safely inside our bodies, it’s easy to curse it for not allowing us to carry a home cinema in our pockets. Samsung’s Galaxy Beam, however, bends physics’ draconian rules. Its 4in 800x480 

LCD slips into your trousers easily, but thanks to a built-in 15 lumen projector it also contains the equivalent of a 50in TV. A 5MP cam even allows you to shoot your own 720p footage to blast on to a nearby wall,

Touchscreen Pcs - Windows 8 Ready

Packard Bell oneTwo Li5871
For the cheapest machine on test, the Packard Bell oneTwo Li5871 measures up brilliantly. It’s a pared-back version of its brother- from-the-same-mother- company, the Acer Aspire Z5801, and you can get it for £200 less online, making it a real bargain.

Best Gaming Notebook

DELL ALIENWARE M17x R3
Alienware notebooks seem to be the go-to notebooks for hardcore gamers who don't like to be chained to the nearest power point in the wall. Once you get your hands on one, you'd immediately see why. It's built like a tank, has all the ports you need and has a sleek signature "alien mothership" look that will appeal to the geekiest of geek gamers out there. It's even got features that appeal to the flash ier gamers who like their

Best Ultra Book

Your first decision when ultrabook shopping is screen size, and your choices are skewed-the majority of ultrabooks have 13.3 inch displays with 1,366-by-768 resolution. If you can check out an ultrabook before buying, try picking it up by one corner or grasping the screen by the top corners, as well as typing on it with the system in your lap. Try lifting the open laptop by its screen and see if a loose hinge causes the keyboard to flop down. Look for flex or wobble. You shouldn't expect an ultrabook to feel as solid as a six-pound

The Best Android Phones

You've gotta hand it to Android. Without a doubt, Google's open source, mobile operating system truly propelled the app-based smartphone into what it is today. Even if the Apple iPhone came first and yes, it has the most cache, Android phones brought something to the table that Apple couldn't choice.

Given its open-source platform, Android gave several hardware manufacturers the opportunity to use the os on their handsets. A variety of wireless carriers could offer those phones-and they did.

8-Megapixel cameraphone

APPLE IPHONE 4S

The appears from the fifth-generation Apple iPhone doesn't depart a lot from its predecessors. Besides small cosmetic changes. the iPhone 4S almost appears like an exact replica of the iPhone 4. It sports the signature metallic frame, glass front and back, and the 3.5-inch Retina display. In terms of design, build Quality and finish, the iPhone 4S still ranks very highly in our eyes. One of the few physical changes to the iPhone 4S is

Working Mobile

Today, everything with a screen is vying for your time, promising increased functionality capable of everything from doing your spreadsheets to keeping track of your accounts. is a "superphone" really the only thing you need to manage all your daily tasks? can a tablet really replace a notebook for all your productivity needs? while it may increasingly feel like the only real difference between smartphones, tablets. and notebooks is the

Mobile platform battle

With each major mobile platform announcing significant update within mere months of each other. It's certainly an exciting time to be in mobile. Here's a quick look at how android 4.0 stack up versus its contemporaries.

Top Tablets

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Thinner and more powerful than the iPad 2, you might expect to see the quad-core, keyboard - toting. And if this were an Android- only list, it would be. But with fewer must have apps than iOS, this 10- incher fals Just short of Apple's best

Playstation Vita vs smartphone gaming

With a 5in OLED display operating at 220ppi. the VIta produces sharp, punchy pictures Movies (transferred from your PS3, PC, or downloaded from the PS Store) look lovely, but t he n:'al thrill is the gaming graphics - the four - core CPU and GPU make this a real powerhouse. All that oomph comes at the expense of battery life, though you'll get five hours max when gaming. The VIta is the first portable console with twin analogue sticks, and it's this that makes it the. perfect foil for home console- style games. It has almost all of the buttons