With two AA batteries or the single rechargeable cell provided it weighs 16oz."The screen is very clear and the back light makes it easy to use in the dark. This would be great if you didn't want to buy a laptop," commented Martin.Versions of Microsoft's standard programs, Word, Excel and Powerpoint are included on the machine and these look and feel very much like their grown-up siblings. You use the mini keyboard to input information but the 360LX also has a stylus that can be used to select items on the screen. Jen said she would find it very difficult to type on the keyboard for long periods and it was agreed that it was fine for taking notes or typing e-mails but you won't want to write a book using it.The unit we looked at had 8MB of memory with a slot to add memory flash cards that can be used to save your work. The 360LX has a standard serial port along with an infra-red communications system, both of which can be used for direct printing. A docking cradle and sync cable are supplied to allow you to connect to a PC running Windows 95 or NT4.0. There is also a PC card slot which can be used for a card modem or network card Everyone found it easy to connect to their PC.

However, if you are a Mac user you're out of luck.The 360LX was the easiest PDA for e-mailing and surfing the internet. The built-in version of Microsoft Explorer is simple to use and set up, as is the e-mail and fax software which comes included.Elaine felt, "If you need to work on a machine this is a good option but it's too expensive to use as an address book."***PSION SERIES 3C *****PSION SERIES 5pounds 269 and pounds 430Psion makes perhaps the most popular PDAs and we looked at their two main models as they vary quite significantly. The more basic Series 3c offers contact management, a calendar, word processing and a spreadsheet. The Series 5 adds e-mail and internet functionality along with sound recording, infra-red connection, a larger screen and a touch-screen stylus. At 10cm by 9 by 2.3, the 5 is only a few millimetres larger than the 3, and can easily fit into an inside pocket.The 3c we tried had 2MB of memory and the 5 had 8.

A 10MB memory card is available for the 5 allowing you to store a considerable amount of data. For both models the two AA batteries last around a month given average usage and both machines can be connected to the mains.The 3c would be fine if all you need is the basics, and if all you need to do is write letters you wouldn't need another computer if you had the 5 as you can print stuff out directly."I loved the keyboard on the 5," said Elaine. It would be no overstatement to say that the amaretto cheesecake with coffee sauce was magnificent, both in presentation and taste The cheesy bit was mild and creamy and there was lots of it The crumbly biscuit base was soaked in liqueur The coffee sauce balanced between bitter and sweet It was the highlight of my day If it had been alive, I would have proposed. Experience suggests that the beautiful staff at an ambitious designer restaurant will be sullen and rude, but those at Circus were helpful to the point of mateyness. So we summoned Agent Scully's doppelganger, who despatched the fish to the kitchen with an efficiency normally reserved for alien body snatchers and its eventual replacement was fine.And so to dessert. We found the latter in bowls of French beans and fried courgettes, and forked them with enthusiasm.Simon's brill with spring onion puree and enoki mushrooms was a disaster. Brill is a tough fish, but after poking around its transparent lump of a centre we decided that it was undercooked.