So far in this series, each of the products that defined its sector in 2013 has also been a pointer for what’s likely to come our way next year. Not so here, for while Panasonic’s TX-P55VT65 and TX-P42ST60 each garnered five-star reviews as two of the best TVs we’ve seen all year, they mark the …

TV isn’t linear any more. Apart from the X Factor finals or the latest jungle eviction, we’re increasingly following our own schedules when it comes to watching TV. Plugging a laptop into your TV is probably the quickest way to set yourself up — unless you’re happy sitting at a desk — but we still don’t reckon it’s the easiest …

Bigger isn’t always better. It took Apple a couple of years to come around to the idea of an iPad mini, and two iterations to get it right, but 2013’s retina-equipped model is leading the field at the high end, with Google’s Nexus 7 dominating the cheaper end of the market. Choosing between them comes down to just one thing …

How low can you go? That’s what every tablet and mobile maker is asking these days. Even Apple’s made some small concessions with the (slightly) more affordable iPhone 5C. Not much, mind you. For a bone fide bargain, you’ll have to look at Android, and particularly Google’s own devices. By collaborating with HTC, Samsung and LG, Google has proved that …

When Apple unveiled AirPrint, it did more than simply announce a new driver. It made the iPad and iPhone viable standalone business devices on which you could edit, create and print out hard copies of your work… so long as you’d bought from HP. AirPrint is still — officially — only compatible with recent HP printers, but with a bit …

Ebooks have proved once and for all that the most important aspect of books is the content. Few of us who have made the switch to digital reading would ever go back to dead-tree physical books, which is great news for the environment. But unlike physical books (which, we have to admit, do look rather good on a shelf), ebooks …

Amazon’s Whispernet service does a very good job of delivering books directly to any registered Kindle. The trouble is, if anything catastrophic should happen, you’d be forced to download them all again — unless you have a backup. The process is free, but it can be time-consuming. Here we’ll show you how to save yourself the hassle of resurrecting your …

So much good content is now freely available in the iTunes Store that choosing a mere five apps for this round-up almost made us foam at the mouth. As such, we haven’t included any of the apps featured in our recent round-ups of the iPhone‘s best Twitter, photography, news and games apps. Nor have we included some of the more obvious free …

The best things in life are free. Except, of course, for the ones that cost you money, such as your shiny Android phone and accompanying mobile service charges. With these two expenses under your belt, however, there’s a plentiful supply of free wonderment available on the Android Market. Many great apps are available for nothing — either supported by advertising …

This year’s roster of game releases should put paid to any doubts about the capability of Apple’s iOS operating system as a gaming platform. There’s no doubt about it — the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are now proper portable consoles. Apple’s iDevices have played host to a string of triple-A titles from triple-A developers this year, including Grand Theft …