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Katharine Byrne
When Katharine's not glued to her Wii U and 3DS, she's usually found darting between tiny smartphones and huge pieces of home cinema equipment.She’s tested everything from laptops and monitors to motherboards and projectors, but she currently specialises in smartphones, games and AV.
- best buyPokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire review Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are substantial remakes that push the series forward and make Pokemon fun again£33
- best buyOptoma HD151X review A bright 2,800 lumen lamp, lens shift and optional wireless make the HD151X one of the best projectors under £700£650
- HTC Desire 620 arriving in early 2015 HTC's successor to the Desire 610 will share the same two-tone colour scheme as the Desire Eye
- Gigabyte Aire M93 Ice review The M93 Ice is an inexpensive Bluetooth mouse that's a good choice for home and office work£34
- recommendedHTC Desire Eye review A fun and fast smartphone that rivals the very best flagships, but the Desire Eye's dual 13-megapixel cameras aren't without their problems£410
- Yotaphone 2 review The Yotaphone 2 has lots of great features and its rear E-ink display gives it a huge battery life, but it won't replace your eReader£555
- recommendedFinlux 42FME242S-T review The remote control isn’t great, but the FME242S-T’s great picture quality surpasses many of its more expensive rivals£330
- Panasonic Viera TX-42AS740B review The Panasonic TX-AS740B has good image quality and great catch-up services, but it's not the best value£699
- Paradigm Soundscape review The Soundscape is expensive, but its sound quality is stunning and its virtual surround sound is the best we’ve heard£1295
- Samsung's 'eye mouse' lets you control your PC with a glance The latest version of Samsung's EyeCan technology is now glasses-free and sits below your monitor in a self-contained portable box
- recommendedHuawei Honor 6 review You can't use its fastest 4G speeds in the UK yet, but the Honor 6 is still a good smartphone at this price£250
- Assassin's Creed Unity (PC) review Assassin's Creed Unity fails to take advantage of its setting and is riddled with bugs, but it's still an enjoyable (if routine) action game£35
- Nokia Lumia 830 review The Lumia 830 is well-made phone, but it’s too expensive compared to the Lumia 930£295
- NXP, Honda and Siemens launch smart car corridor test drive The Intelligent Transport Systems corridor spans 1,300km of road across Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
- Lumia 530 and Lumia 630 to get Cortana by Christmas Microsoft confirms that its digital personal assistant will be coming to Nokia's budget Lumia handsets by the end of the year