Fujitsu's latest tablet for the business market is an Android-based device designed to complement the Windows 7 Stylistic Q550 it introduced last year. It offers corporate users a slimmer option with more consumer appeal but with corporate features added for security and management.

The Stylistic M532 has a 10.1in screen, but is thinner and lighter than Fujitsu's older model, at just 8.6mm thick and 560g in weight. In fact, these dimensions make it roughly comparable to Apple's iPad, although slightly thinner and lighter.

Fujitsu's tablet does not have a retina display, however, settling for a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, which is comparable to other Android tablets such as the Asus Transformer Pad.

The Stylistic M532 is based on a 1.4GHz version of Nvidia's Tegra 3 quad-core ARM processor, which has an integrated GeForce GPU, and seemed to have no trouble powering the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform in our brief time with the device.

In fact, the Stylistic M532 is a slick device that could easily sway those who might be otherwise tempted by an iPad.

There is only one configuration available at launch which consists of 1GB memory, 32GB Flash storage, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a built-in 3G/HSPA modem with GPS.

The SIM card slot on the Stylistic M532 accepts standard sized SIMs rather than the micro-sized type, and next to it is a microSD slot for extra storage and Micro USB port for recharging and connecting to a computer.

Fujitsu also provides the Stylistic M532 with a HDMI output and a docking connector for use with a desktop cradle.

There is an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash at the rear of the tablet, plus a forward-facing 2-megapixel for video conferencing.

While the Stylistic M532 is based on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Fujitsu said it has deliberately not customised the platform with proprietary extensions such as a GUI overlay, so the tablet will be easy to upgrade when new Android updates are pushed out.

However, Fujitsu has pre-loaded a number of applications aimed at business users, including ThinkFree Mobile office suite, Norton Tablet Security, Nitrodesk TouchDown email client, plus Citrix Receiver and VMware View clients for accessing virtual desktop sessions.

With such features included as standard, the device could certainly find its way into many enterprises and, surprisingly, perhaps an Android tablet will be able to provide the first proper challenge to the iPad's dominance among senior executives.

The Stylistic M532 is set to be available in mid-June for £476, and we expect to have a full review available soon afterwards.

V3 got some hands-on time with Sony's T13 Vaio and we're pleased to say our initial impressions of the Japanese giant's first ever ultrabook are positive.

Sony announced the T13 earlier this month, promising it would offer the same sturdy design and long-life battery of any device carrying the ultrabook title.

The most noticeable aspect of the device when compared to other ultrabooks is its square edges. The hard lines are a nice change from the usual MacBook Air-like visual design seen on many ultrabooks.

Another element that separates the T13's design from its competitors is its size, with it measuring in at 17.8mm thick - making it noticeably bigger in hand than its Asus and Dell competitors. It weighs in at 1.6kg, so more in the realms of a standard laptop.

The ultrabook's chassis is made of a magnesium alloy which, in general, gives the T13 a solid, sturdy feel. The one potential weak point we noticed when testing it was the screen, which as well as being fairly bendy, is locked to a fairly flimsy looking hinge.

The T13 is powered by a Sandy Bridge Intel Core i3 processor and backed up with 4GB of DDR3 RAM. In our tests the unit felt responsive and snappy, though we didn't have a chance to really put it through its paces, with Sony not letting us clock the processor's actual speed.

The device also packs a hybrid storage system made up of a 320GB HDD and a 32GB SSD. This means it boots from sleep mode incredibly incredibly quickly - a useful touch if you plan to use the ultrabook on the go.

The T13 features a 1,366x768 13in LED display, which remained incredibly clear with impressive viewing angles, even when viewed in low lighting conditions.

The device has xLOUD and Clear Phase audio technology features built in, meaning that it should also have some pretty decent sound quality, though during our time we didn't have a chance to really try out the T13's speakers.

The T13's keyboard was fairly decent, being reasonably comfortable to type on. The one criticism we had was that the keys at times didn't feel very springy when pressed. The trackpad was also responsive, recognising multi-touch gestures with ease.

Sony claims that the T13 has a standby battery life of 90 days, which due to our time constraints we didn't get to test.

The T13 features two USB ports along its left side, one of which is actually USB 3.0. On its right these are complemented by a VGA port, an HDMI one, an Ethernet one and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Sony has remained tight-lipped about pricing, though representatives did confirm it would be released in the UK sometime in June. Check back at V3 closer to the time for a full review.

Gyration, maker of motion-sensing products, has produced what could be the ultimate travel mouse for anyone needing to give presentations, or for those who want to use their computer in the living room from the comfort of their sofa.

The Air Mouse Mobile is a pocket-sized wireless device that can be used to control a PC or Mac. It works like a standard mouse when flat on a desktop, but can also be used in mid-air while you are standing up and giving a presentation, for example.

Users switch to air mouse mode by activating a trigger on the underside of the device, which changes over from a standard LED sensor in the base to a motion sensor, similar to those used in game consoles such as the Wii.

As well as the normal left and right mouse buttons, the Air Mouse Mobile has three configurable buttons on top that can be programmed by users for functions such as moving to the next slide in PowerPoint, for example.

The supplied MotionTools software also supports user configurable gestures while used in the air. For example, users might swipe up to zoom in or switch from one application to another. There is an on-screen keyboard for text entry too.

Gyration said the Air Mouse Mobile's motion sensor makes it comparable in precision to a standard mouse when used in the air, and gives users more freedom to stroll around when giving a presentation, or simply to use their computer from up to 30 metres away.

The Air Mouse Mobile is powered by 2 x AAA batteries and uses a 2.4GHz USB receiver dongle that stows away into a slot in the mouse itself when not being used. It is priced at £59.99 and will be available with a week or two from Amazon.com and resellers such as Misco.

Following RIM's BlackBerry World conference earlier this month, we were given a brief demo of some of the features coming in the BlackBerry 10 platform for smartphones and tablets later this year.

The demo was on one of the Developer Alpha handsets, which is actually running a modified version of the PlayBook tablet operating system, and so is not representative of the final handsets that RIM intends to deliver when BlackBerry 10 is ready.

Giving the demo was Vivak Bhardwaj, RIM's head of software portfolio, who said that BlackBerry 10 is focused around multi-tasking and enabling BlackBerry users to communicate more effectively while on the move.

To this end, the user interface is designed around gestures and is optimised so that users can carry out tasks using just one hand, if necessary.

The home screen in BlackBerry 10 shows all the running applications. Swiping left from here shows the familiar set of application icons, and swiping right takes you directly to your inbox. The inbox presents a unified view of emails, BBM messages and social network updates such as from Twitter and FaceBook.

In the unified inbox selecting an email opens it as usual, but with BlackBerry 10 applications, users will be able to use the "glance" gesture to pull the open email aside and look at the inbox again, if necessary.

Bhardwaj also showed how the same applies if the user opens an attachment such as a PDF within an email, so they can glance back to the message or back to the inbox as required.

RIM intends this functionality to apply throughout the BlackBerry 10 platform, enabling users to easily get to the information they need while on the go.

While RIM will continue to offer BlackBerry devices with a physical keyboard, the company is trying to bring the "BlackBerry feel" to soft keyboards on touchscreen handsets, Bhardwaj said.

To deliver this, the keyboard monitors and learns your typing style, and even adjusts the target area behind each key if you keep on activating an adjacent key instead of the intended one.

The keyboard also uses an advanced word prediction algorithm that learns from all the user input and analyses the kinds of words you use in order to better predict what word you are beginning to type.

These predicted words appear in the keyboard as you type, enabling you to flick the correct one up to join the rest of the text. This can speed typing considerably as the device learns your style, according to RIM.

Meanwhile, swiping down on the keyboard switches to let the user key in numbers or symbols, while a leftwards swipe is interpreted as delete.

RIM has a video clip demonstration of these features which can be viewed below.

Another feature demonstrated by Bhardwaj was the camera application, which lets you "rewind" an area of the image, if someone in the shot has their eyes closed, for example.

This works because the camera captures a burst of images as soon as you open the app, Bhardwaj said, allowing you to select an area of the final image and "go back in time" using an on-screen dial control.

A video clip showing the camera app in action has also been released by RIM.

At the moment, this appears to be the limit of what RIM is prepared to show off for BlackBerry 10, but we hope the firm will be more forthcoming as the launch date nears later on this year.

While Samsung has dominated the headlines with the launch of its Galaxy S3 device this week, V3 also managed to get its hands on the eagerly awaited Lumia 900 from Nokia set to be released in the UK later this month.

The firm will be hoping that the device can help turn its fortunes around, as it faces a tough financial future and sales of its first high-end device, the Lumia 800, have proved lacklustre, particularly in the UK.

One of the V3 team is an active user of the Lumia 800, though, and so with the 900 arriving in the office, it was the perfect opportunity to compare the two devices and give the 900 a once over.

The first thing you notice about the Lumia 900 is its size, both compared with the 800 and on the market as whole, with its 4.3in screen in the same category as the HTC One, the recently launched Galaxy S3 and dwarfing the 3.7in screen of the Lumina 800 (as shown below).

This helps make text input for emails, texts and web browsing easier than the Lumia 800, although as users of the world's millions upon millions of iPhone users know, smaller screens don't make it that much harder to input text either.

While it certainly feels sizeable in the hand, it weighs just 160g, only 18g more than the 800 despite the huge difference in size.

Anyone upgrading from the Lumia 800 or a similar sized device, such as the iPhone, will take some time to get used to the larger size, but in time is likely to enjoy the increased display area for web browsing, gaming and photos.

Another notable difference to the 800 is the inclusion of a front-facing camera with a 1.3-megapixel lens - a feature not available on the 800 - allowing full use of the recently launched Skype app to make video calls with contacts on other devices.

For taking pictures, the phone has the same 8-megapixel camera as the Lumia 800, which is more than adequate for taking high-quality images under various conditions.

The 900 also comes pre-loaded with the Tango version of the Windows Phone operating system, which offers a number of tweaks designed to improve the speed performance of the system, although the Lumia 800 is hardly slow either.

Beyond this, though, there is little notably different about the device, boasting exactly the same design of button placement and volume controls as the 800, just expanded over the larger size unit.

This isn't a bad thing, though, as the Lumia design is nice to look at, sits comfortably in the hand, and is certainly no worse than any Android device, which are all fairly identikit in their design, and offers a nice alternative to the iPhone's style.

The issue for Nokia is not the hardware, really, it never has been, it's convincing the average member of the public to put aside their lust for iPhones or Android devices, and getting them to realise the Windows Phone software is worth the plunge.

To do this, it's going to take some serious marketing spend, combined with word of mouth from the small pool of Lumia users convincing their friends of the benefits of the system's live tile functionality, to show there is another way from the iOS and Android two-horse race disappearing into the distance.

Check back next week for a full review of the Lumia 900 on V3.

V3 managed to get some hands-on time with its new Galaxy S3 smartphone packing Android Ice Cream Sandwich and we're pleased to say the quad-core handset is a worthy opponent to Apple's iPhone 4S.

Size and Design
The Samsung Galaxy S3 follows the trend set by the company's previous Note and Nexus smartphones, packing a hefty 4.8in 1280x720 HD Super Amoled display.

During our time with the device we were suitably impressed, with the screen's display remaining crisp and legible even after we turned down the brightness in low light conditions.

Additionally, despite boasting such a large screen, we found that the device was surprisingly comfortable in hand. This is in part thanks to the fact that the device is incredibly thin measuring in at 137x71x8.6mm.

Another nice touch we noticed is that Samsung has chosen to use a physical home button - something we're happy about considering how unresponsive some Samsung devices capacitive buttons can be.

One thing we were less impressed with, though, was the fact that, like the Galaxy Nexus and S2, the S3 is made of plastic as opposed to metal.

While this means the device is super light, weighing in at just 133g, it doesn't feel all that expensive or robust.

Processor
The Galaxy S3 packs a powerful 1.4GHz quad-core processor backed up by 1GB RAM. While we didn't get a chance to fully put the device through its paces the S3 felt quick and responsive, dealing with multi-touch commands and managing to open multiple web pages with ease.

In general, even on a public Wi-Fi network overloaded with users trying to get their laptops, smartphones and tablets connected, the S3 managed to load webpages in a matter of seconds and easily stream HD videos.

Operating system

The Galaxy S3 runs using Google's latest Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. However, unlike its former flagship, the Galaxy Nexus, the S3 also adds Samsung's own TouchWiz user interface.

TouchWiz adds a host of Samsung's own features and changes the composition of the operating systems interface. While some people are fond of Samsung's changes, we're a little disappointed that Samsung didn't tone it down a bit, with the UI feeling a little cluttered.

Camera and battery

The S3's battery and cameras aim to improve on the S2 and Nexus' legacy, with Samsung significantly upgrading the device's components.

On the back the S3 boasts an 8-megapixel camera that Samsung claims will shoot with no lag. Even more impressive is the unit's upgraded 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera, which can even record HD video.

The S3's battery also promises to be fairly impressive, with the device packing 2,100mAh battery that Samsung claims will last around two days off one charge. We'll put this to the test in a full review in due course.

New features
Samsung has added several new services to the S3, most of which are designed to make the most of its Near Field Communication (NFC) and voice and face detection features.

The S3 is reportedly "smart enough" to detect and recognise when you're using the phone to read or browse the internet, keeping the screen active as long as you look at it.

Additionally the device's "S Voice" promises to add a host of new voice control commands to Ice Cream Sandwich's core offering.

One feature we particularly like the look of is the S3's "Direct Call" service. The service means that if you're in the middle of texting a contact but decide it would be quicker and easier to call them, all you have to do is move the phone to your ear and it will automatically call the contact you were messaging.

In terms of sharing, one item we really are interested in is the S3's "S Beam" service. S Beam builds on the basic Android Beam technology, letting users share everything from contacts, to movies and audio files using NFC.

Though we didn't get a chance to fully try it, Samsung claims the S3 can send 1GB movies in three minutes and 10MB music files in two seconds using S Beam.

Set for release on 30 May and currently set to be sold sim-free for around £500, we're looking forward to getting a more thorough look at Samsung's latest flagship.

V3 also produced a video hands-on of the device in action and be sure to check back with V3 later in the month for a full review.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is pushing the near-field communications (NFC) capabilities in some of its newer handsets, a feature that it sees as a real differentiator for the BlackBerry and an important step forwards in making smartphones smarter.

At the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, RIM gathered together a handful of partners who have been developing NFC applications, including contactless payments, access control, airline ticketing, loyalty cards and more.

The move comes as RIM announced availability of its BlackBerry 7.1 software update with NFC capabilities is now available for UK customers with handsets such as the Bold 9900, and the firm also unveiled the BlackBerry Music Gateway (pictured) that lets users tap with an NFC enabled BlackBerry to stream music via the device.

Meanwhile, RIM also said that the UK is a prime market for NFC, and thus an opportunity for the new BlackBerry devices.

On the NFC applications side, Turkish mobile operator Turkcell claimed to be the first in Europe to offer a mobile payment platform that can any bank can sign up to, and which is already supported by four banks, enabling Turkcell subscribers with a BlackBerry 9900 to use the handset as a mobile wallet with tap-to-pay capability.

French firm Inside Secure disclosed how it was using NFC to combat counterfeiting by embedding a tag into high-value consumer goods such as designer handbags. Using this scheme, the buyer can then tap the bag with their phone to authenticate it over the network to identify whether it is a genuine product or not.

HID Global, which makes contactless cards for access control, demonstrated an application for the BlackBerry 9900 that enables the phone to be used to gain entry to an office building, and also for single sign-on at a computer workstation.

Using a phone for access control means that the company can just push out the app along with your access credentials when you join, according to Daniel Bailin, director of strategic innovation at HID Global.

When used for single sign-on, the user presents the phone to an NFC reader and keys in a PIN on the phone screen to log in, making it a secure two-factor authentication method of access control, especially if the system is configured to automatically lock your account if the phone is moved away from the computer.

Bailin said that in future, consumers could use an NFC controlled door on their home to allow tradesmen to gain access without requiring them to take a day off work, with rules governing specific times they would be allowed to enter.

Finally, Neil Garner of NFC payments, ticketing and proximity marketing firm Proxama enthused about the possibilities of the technology, touting it as "the next biggest evolution of the mobile phone since wireless data support", as it connects up the physical and data worlds, he said.

Garner said that NFC will enable applications such as airline ticketing, where you just tap with your phone to check in, or easy access to public Wi-Fi hotspots where a simple tap configures your phone to connect.

"NFC is more than just a technology," said Geoffrey MacGillivray, manager for services security, payments and NFC at RIM.

MacGillvray predicted that NFC would be big in future, estimating that the technology will be in almost 30 percent of all handsets by 2016, hence RIM's interest in getting early support in its handsets.

V3 headed down to John Lewis on Thursday to try out its new virtual dressing room technology.

The retailer is running a six-week pilot of two virtual dressing rooms in its flagship Oxford Street store. The technology has been developed by Cisco, and is a combination of mirror, cameras and scanning software, especially developed for this project.

The first step is to register your name and email on the Cisco Cius tablet provided, so that John Lewis can email you any photos and information about the clothes after your session.

Anyone familiar with Microsoft Kinect will find the StyleMe mirrors easy to use, as the user interface is very similar. When you first stand in front of the mirror, the cameras take a scan of your body dimensions and joints, which allows the technology to match the clothes to your shape.

Then you just place your hand over one of the on-screen icons to carry out actions, such as try on item or take photo, or sweep your arm across the screen to scroll. You can choose from 500-plus items of clothing, organised by brand, trend or item type.

During our demo, there were a few glitches. The tablet in one of the demo areas failed to register our details, so we had to decamp to the fitting room on the shop floor. This screen then froze, apparently as the software and cameras get confused when too many bodies are in its vicinity, another issue familiar for Kinect users.

Once the system was up and running, however, it was great fun to use, and there are some really useful features. We particularly liked the mix and match feature, which suggests matching items to go with the clothes you’re virtually wearing; and also the advanced technology that enables the clothes to move with you as you lift your arms up and down, for example.

At the end of a session, you are supposed to receive an email with the photos of you in your virtual outfits. However our photos never arrived so we’ve had to use some stock shots here provided by Cisco. We did get a glossy handout with the pictures, though, along with the information about each item and we received an email with links to the items we tried on, on the John Lewis website.

Some of the photos can also feature a QR code, so you can scan purchase the item directly from a mobile device.

John Lewis fashion adviser Letara Buckley said the mirrors had proved popular so far, with 20 to 30 customers a day using them since launch on 20 April, for an average of 30 minutes each. Twenty per cent of customers go on to buy an item, she added.

Cisco said the next steps would be to make any improvements based on customer feedback from the pilot, and then wait for John Lewis to decide whether the technology has core business benefits.

It’s definitely a more pleasant experience than trekking round the shop floor trying to find suitable items, but as Cisco said, this is supposed to be more about offering John Lewis customers a fun, digital shopping experience than replacing traditional dressing rooms.