Gadget and App Reviews

Sony Xperia Tablet Z

£400 (16GB WiFi) May 2013

4 out of 5 stars

Is making a 10in version of the stunning Xperia Z enough for Sony to get back into the tablet game?

  • British Gas Remote Heating Control

    5 out of 5 stars

    From £150Dec 2012

    British Gas Remote Heating Control adds smarts to your heating – but is it hot stuff, or does it leave us cold?

  • Pioneer BDP-450

    5 out of 5 stars

    £225Dec 2012

    Pioneer's BDP-450 is here to tempt you to step-up from budget Blu-ray - and tempt you it will

  • Nyko PlayPad for Android

    4 out of 5 stars

    £40Nov 2012

    Turn your Android tablet or phone into an Ouya-style gaming powerhouse with this Bluetooth gamepad

  • Samsung Chromebook Series 3

    4 out of 5 stars

    £230 Nov 2012

    Google’s Chromebooks received a lukewarm reception on release last year. Can Samsung’s refreshed model bring the concept to the boil?

  • Nintendo Wii U

    4 out of 5 stars

    From £250Nov 2012

    The new future of consoles starts with Nintendo’s Wii U. Or does it? We hit up the latest gaming hardware to find out

  • Apple MacBook Pro 13in Retina Display

    5 out of 5 stars

    £1450Nov 2012

    Eye-watering price put you off the 15in Retina Display MacBook Pro? The new 13in model is cheaper – if not cheap – and just as impressive

  • Carmageddon

    Carmageddon

    69p Nov 2012

     out of 5 stars

    Free-flowing pedestrian mayhem comes to the iPad – but is it any good on a touchscreen tablet?

  • Bastion

    Bastion

    £2.99 Nov 2012

     out of 5 stars

    Bastion makes the move from iPad to iPhone – but does the smaller screen mute its gorgeous visuals?

  • Sony KDL-32HX753

    5 out of 5 stars

    £650Nov 2012

    Can Sony recreate the magic of its bigger TV sets further down the screen size scale? We test the 32in HX753 to find out

  • Paper Monsters

    Paper Monsters

    £0.69 Nov 2012

     out of 5 stars

    Platform games are a tried and tested formula – but is Paper Monsters a cut above the rest?

  • Far Cry 3

    Far Cry 3

    £50 Nov 2012

     out of 5 stars

    It’s a dream holiday, all sun-kissed beaches, jet skis and rum. Or at least it was until Vaas, a mohawked loon who makes Apocalypse Now’s Colonel Kurtz seem like a pretty balanced kind of guy, locked you and your mates up in bamboo cages. In true gaming tradition that’s the cue for Far Cry 3’s beach bum hero to start an action-packed, friend-rescuing adventure set in a vast open-world and for Ubisoft to take the ideas of the fabulous Far Cry 2 to the next level

  • GoPro HD Hero 3 Silver Edition

    5 out of 5 stars

    £280 Nov 2012

    A slimmed down HD Hero 2 with Wi-Fi? Yes please. But is there enough in this Silver action-cam to stop us waiting for the flagship Black Edition?

  • Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini

    3 out of 5 stars

    £300Nov 2012

    A Samsung Galaxy smartphone at a price and screen size that won't stretch your bank balance (or fingers) too much? Yes please

  • Hitman: Absolution

    Hitman: Absolution

    £40 Nov 2012

     out of 5 stars

    After a six year absence the scariest bald man in gaming is back in Hitman: Absolution – but can his garrotte and silenced pistols cut it in 2012?

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