Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2017 i T3

Paul Dimery, party dude Former production editor Paul knows how to throw a party. So we challenged him to get the ultimate kit in for the perfect house shindig. Find out just what his guests got up to on p86 in Man Vs Tech. Sam Taylor, illustrator Our Gadget Guru always needs a good illustrator, and there are few better than the sublime Sam Taylor – who once again brings his humorous take to our tech genius’s wise words on p28. Steve May, audio guru Steve lives and breathes audio. Some say that he was born with a high-res audio player in his hand. This month, he tackles three top-end multi-room audio systems in State of the Art (see p76).…

£1,099.99, ricoh-imaging.co.uk What have you got for me today, T3 ? How about a sexy DSLR? Compact and portable, the autofocus Pentax KP has a range of features to help you get the most from every frame. In short, it’ll help your photos look pro even if you have little clue what you’re doing. Good, I often mess up my photos. Don’t worry, you’re not the only one – but the Pentax KP, with its newgeneration CMOS image sensor and highperformance imaging engine, is designed to deliver captivating 24MP photos. Also builtin is a fiveaxis shakereduction system to reduce blur. I hike a lot. Is this camera adventure-proof? With 67 seals across its body, the Pentax KP is dustproof, rainproof and coldproof down to temperatures as low as 10° C.…

£249, www.beoplay.com I like your cans, T3. Yes, there’s no denying the design skills of Bang & Olufsen’s expert team, and they’ve pulled out all the stops with the minimalist Beoplay H4s, with their clean lines and – turn away now if you’re vegan! – soft lambskin-covered earcups and headband. Do they sound as good as they look? Seeing as these headphones are built to pump out Bang & Olufsen’s Signature Sound, you can bank on it. The H4s are also compatible with the Beoplay app (available for Android, iPhone and Apple Watch), via which you can access a range of ‘sound profiles’ developed by B&O’s engineers. Hmm, what are these mysterious sound profiles you mention? Think of them as ways to enhance what you’re listening to, whether that’s your…

In the bar, the people at the next table have literally frozen on the spot. In the corner, a group of card players have done the same, now sitting as still as statues. Statues of card players. In a bar. International megamodel, movie star and mum Mila Jovovich leans in, lightly touches my shoulder and breathily intones, “When a door opens, you should walk through it.” A camera flash pops, capturing the moment. So, yeah, that was my last evening out. What have you been up to lately? Part of the fun of being a tech journalist is being invited to lots of snazzy, swanked-up events, where I get fed canapés by attractive young people from Eastern Europe, in return for sitting through a ten-minute presentation about a new sat-nav,…

ANOTHER ROBOT, GURU? AREN’T THEY A BIT LAST WEEK? Yes, yes, but this one is amazing because it draws things. With an actual pen. So there. SIGH. YOU’RE BORING ME NOW. Have we really reached the point where you are more cynical than this grizzled old gadget hack? Look, this robot is cool so stop complaining. Ok so it’s not going to set the world on fire, and it’s not going to radically change medical science, but it’s a pleasing toy so shut up. I’M SORRY, GAGU... Yeah, that’s what Guru thought. Now listen up. Line-us is a robot arm, connected to an app. Your doodles in the app are translated to shaky pen-on-paper real world versions. Since you use your own pen you could replace it with whatever you…

360 EYE ROBOT Hands down, this is the best robotic vacuum you can buy. The 360 Eye uses a 360degree camera to navigate your floorspace. In the Dyson Link app, you can see where the vacuum has been – it gives you a squarefoot readout. £800 PURE COOL LINK TOWER There are two choices when buying a Pure Cool Link fan: a desk model and the Tower (floorstanding). The latter is our favourite – sit it in the corner of the room and control it remotely. The app gives you readouts on air quality, too. £450 PURE HOT + COOL LINK FAN Cool in summer, warm in winter – that’s the idea behind the Pure Hot + Cool. As well as controlling the speed and purification from the Dyson Link…

01 MOZART KITCHEN TIMER Give your cooking a musical edge with this unique timer, crafted from wipe-clean plastic and programmable from five to 55 minutes. When you hear Mozart’s pleasing Minuet In G, your food’s done. £17.50, kikkerlandeu.com 02 NORMANN COPENHAGEN BOLD WALL CLOCK Add a contemporary Scandinavian feel to your walls with designer Jonas Wagell’s clock, available in Petrol or White. Contrasting tones create interest, with the distinctive style complementing minimalist interiors. £44.90, www.blackby-design.co.uk 03 HARLEM VINTAGE INDUSTRIAL WOODEN WINE RACK Display your booze in style with a handmade, rack. Built to securely it’s a great piece for kitchen or dining room. industrial-style wine hold 14 bottles of vino, adding warmth to your £160, www.alexanderandpearl.co.uk 04 LEDA HONEYCOMB WING BEAN BAG Get your head in gear by meditating in…

Facing home truths about your weight is never fun, but connected scales can act as powerful allies to your health and fitness, helping you monitor your progress with existing wellness goals and create new ones. Want to know if you’re burning fat and losing weight, not just water? Try the QardioBase (£120), a smart scale with programmable BMI goals and a dedicated pregnancy mode. Concerned about the state of your heart? Many of these smart scales can monitor your cardio health, especially the Withings Body Cardio (£149.95), which takes and presents daily readings of your arterial health by measuring your pulse wave velocity. New for 2017 is the Terraillon RLink (£120), a sleek scale with BodySense tech to calculate your body’s unique composition (fat mass, bone mass, water weight and…

1st HEOS By Denon Price: £199/£499 URL: www.denon.co.uk T3 RATES: What you need from a wireless multi-room system is rock-solid reliability, and the HEOS delivers. It’s the easiest multi-zone system to configure, and has an excellent companion app. If your NAS is packed with 24-bit files and you have a penchant for high-res tunes on Tidal, then HEOS has your name written all over it. T3 SLATES: This is hardly the best-value wireless music system, and the Go Pack battery is an expensive add-on. The lack of Bluetooth aptX is a curious omission. T3 SAYS: For high-res multiroom and entertainment value, the second-gen HEOS had us dancing on the ceiling. 2nd Panasonic All Connected Price: £180/£330 URL: www.panasonic.co.uk T3 RATES: The SC-ALL05 is a cracking waterproof wireless speaker, and brilliant…

Ruark MR1 Mk2 SMALL AND SUAVE, THESE SPEAKERS RETURN WITH EVEN SWEETER SOUNDS AND LOOKS £330, WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK DESIGN Hands down, the MR1s are the best-looking bookshelf speakers out there, boasting an understated elegance. They’re small enough to fit almost anywhere in the home without dominating, and the build quality is brilliant. FEATURES Bluetooth aptX means quality streaming. You get a speaker-mounted control knob and a remote – both with volume and source control. There’s an optical out for plugging into a TV or console. And you can also plug in a subwoofer for more bass. SOUND The MR1s make all kinds of music – but especially instrumental tracks – come to life with their rich, realistic sound. The bass is powerful and goes fairly deep, but you won’t be shaking…

A BONE TO PICK The original game’s first big scare saw zombified dogs crash through windows at both ends of a corridor. A cheap scare tactic that ensured you crept around every subsequent corner. FIGHT OR FLIGHT That’ll teach you to fly freight; at least you won’t have to worry about DVT legging it away from this guy. The cargo plane battle from Code Veronica was a sure fire way to induce a rage quit. LIFE’S A RIOT The art of good crowd control requires steadfast footing and a well-placed shot to the face. Zombies were out in Resident Evil 4; instead you faced crazed locals. Bit like Black Friday then. GOOD COP, BAD COP From the moment you find poor old Marv bleedin out, you’ll want to finish him…

01 AMPLITUBE FREE Plug in a ‘leccy guitar using a device like an iRig, and you can try out amps and pedals, and record on your device. £Free; App Store, Google Play 02 GUITARTUNA This handy guitar tuner uses your phone’s mic to tell you what string you’re playing and if it’s in tune. £Free; App Store 03 REAL GUITAR FREE Looking to get started with the guitar? This app is a good place to start – learn chords, melodies, etc. £Free; App Store, Google Play 04 TABS & CHORDS BY ULTIMATE GUITAR If you want to find out the chords to a song, you’ll find them here. £2.99; App Store, Google Play 05 GUITAR! BY SMULE More of a game than a guitar tutor, you tap the notes on…

Stay up to date with the latest gadget news and reviews online at www.t3.com IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THE VERY BEST TECH AVAILABLE TODAY, YOU HAVE DEFINITELY COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. T3 Elite is the best gadget-buying guide you will ever encounter. To create it, we’ve ruthlessly filtered all the categories that count, to bring you rock-solid recommendations. We’ve selected a Super Six of elite gear for each of the categories listed below. If something’s not included, we don’t rate it – it’s that simple. Each Super Six is ranked in order, and the number-one product makes it into The Elite (p112), which is our pick of the 12 best products you can buy today. To make your next purchase as straightforward as possible, we’ve also included useful buying…

T3 SELECTS: 4G PHONES UNDER £100 PAY PEANUTS FOR A SIM-UNLOCKED ANDROID HANDSET – WITH A FEW LIMITATIONS Wileyfox Swift 4G 4G LTE connectivity, a quad-core Snapdragon CPU and a really rather good 13MP rear camera make this a reasonable choice at the price, though it’s (predictably) showing its age a little. Expand the storage with a MicroSD and you’re laughing. From £89.99, wileyfox.com Umidigi Diamond X Running Android Marshmallow, and toting a decent 2GB of RAM, the Diamond X’s snappy interface might just surprise you – and it has an enormous battery life to boot. It might not last long if you’re hammering the 4G data, though. £99.99, umidigi.com Blu Studio G LTE Sitting at the bottom end of the market, but still perfectly useable in a pinch, Blu’s…

T3 SELECTS: BEST PHONO PRE-AMPS GIVE YOUR VINYL A TICKLE ON THE WAY TO YOUR AMP – YOUR MUSIC WILL THANK YOU FOR IT Cambridge Audio CP2 Compatible with moving-coil or magnet cartridges, and imbued with Cambridge Audio’s unique level of audio finery, this is the perfect addition to any turntable. It’s not cheap, mind; if you’re no aficionado, get cheaper kicks elsewhere. £150, cambridgeaudio.com Pro-Ject Phono Box MM It may be compatible solely with moving-magnet cartridges, but don’t mistake this for a limited pre-amp; each channel is processed independently with low-noise components to ensure a totally clean, pure sound. £55, project-audio.com Arcam rPhono Gold-standard signal amplification for those with the highest-end platters, this box lets you minutely adjust capacitance and impedance for perfect sound, and filter out rumble from…

T3 SELECTS: BANG-ON BINOCULARS SEE FOR FLIPPIN’ MILES WITH THE MOST ELITE OPTICS AROUND Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 These nifty ‘nocs are so packed with precision optics that they weigh nearly 4.5kg. But mount them on a tripod and point them to the sky, and you’ll be able to enjoy a stereo look at the stars. £339, celestron.com Nikon Aculon T01 This compact set is small and light enough to pop in a pocket, yet still manages to offer a decent 10x magnification from the 21mm lenses. The optics are made of eco-glass, so there’s no lead or arsenic in the lenses or prisms £44.99, nikon.com Bushnell Fusion 1 Mile ARC Ultra-coated for maximum light collection, Bushnell’s huntingfocused binoculars offer bow and rifle modes, plus (perhaps more usefully) an ultra-accurate laser…

Y ou don’t always have to spend big money to get something you’ll love to bits. That’s why we’ve put together a list of our favourite products for £100 and under. Some of our chosen gadgets also happen to be the best things you can get in their particular category, others are great-value alternatives to bigger ticket purchases, but all are brilliant products we’d be happy to use ourselves. So next time you get paid and there’s spare cash burning a hole in your trouser pocket, make sure you consult T3’s £100 Hotlist! THE SUPER SIX 01 ALESSI OSSIDIANA www.alessi.com PRICE £40 Noted designer Mario Trimarchi constructed this aluminium-cast coffee pot to evoke memories of the volcanic obsidian it’s named after. Fancy stuff – and it brews well. T3 SAYS…

CHUMP CHANGE £2million might seem like an eye-watering amount of money, and of course it is, but this isn’t the most expensive car in the world. In fact, it’s quite far down on the list, coming in way behind the £3.4 million Koenigsegg CCX R Trevita. Oh, and there are collectors’ cars – a 1962 Aston Martin DB 4 sold in New York for a staggering £9.45million. pass the bucket According to its makers, the Huayra (no, we can’t pronounce it either) Roadster produces the most amount of Gs – 1.8 of them, to be exact – ever seen in a production car with road tyres when tearing off the mark. MANLY MOTOR The Huayra (nope, still struggling) houses one of Germany’s finest lumps: a massive 6.0-litre Mercedez- Benz V12…

Rob Carney EDITOR Rob’s T3 adventure comes to an end this issue as he leaves the mag for a new chapter. He’ll miss everyone on the team, but most of all he’ll miss bringing you the latest in cutting-edge tech. Matt Bolton CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Incoming editor Matt has been furiously working on the next few issues of T3, and will be bringing you the best new smartphones, audio, home kit and more over the coming months. Stay tuned! Robert Jones FEATURES EDITOR, T3.COM When he wasn’t spending time snowboarding in France (very suave), Robert had a blast reviewing the new Nintendo Switch videogame console. You can check out his review on T3.com! Nick Odantzis DEPUTY EDITOR Nick’s been a words machine this month, testing the latest augmented-reality driving tech (p94)…

1 Philips Everlite Minimalist looks combine with an impressively big sound in these affordable metallic headphones, which feature a folding body and a tangle-free cable. The integrated mic enables you to make and take calls, plus pause or play music. £24.99, argos.co.uk 2 WATCHU GPS Help your child stay safe when they’re outdoors with the Watchu GPS, a wearable phone (voice calling) and location tracker with an ‘SOS’ function. Use the app to ensure you know exactly where they are at all times. £119.99, watchu.com 03 NODUS SHELL CASE Don’t hide your new iPhone in a bulky case – swaddle it in beautiful Italian leather courtesy of the stylish Shell Case, which boasts a shockabsorbing polycarbonate core to protect your phone from those light bumps and scratches. £54.95, noduscollection.com 04…

DOWNLOAD IT The first thing to do is grab the Dyson Link app from the App Store or Google Play. Before you set up your Dyson device, it’s a good idea to check out the demo videos – they’ll give you an idea of how the Pure Cool Link fans and 360 Eye work. You can also see how the app works without connecting to a device. CONNECT IT Let’s take the Pure Cool Link fan as an example. First of all, go into the Dyson Link app and hit the + button top-right. Hit Start on the screen that appears. The Link app will scan for machines nearby and, in this example case, the Pure Cool Link will appear in the app. Hit the Purifier button to move to…

ROB CARNEY Editor of T3 and an expert on all things smart home, Rob is particularly interested in connected lighting, and gets all excited when his Hue lights flash when his doorbell rings. NICK ODANTZIS Paranoia has taken hold of deputy editor Nick, and therefore he’s become a smart home-security expert. He has no fewer than 11 connected cameras dotted around his house. CLAIRE DAVIES Sleep expert Claire knows all about wellbeing tech and keeping yourself healthy around the house. She also knows more than is healthy about kitchen gadgets! DUNCAN BELL Lifestyle editor Duncan is a connectedhome – and multi-roomaudio – expert, and can advise on everything from setting up your Sonos to getting Amazon Echo to order you a puppy. SPENCER HART Spencer is a member of the…

The Hot 100 is our ultimate celebration of everything that’s happened over the last 12 months, and what’s coming soon. Each year it comes around we’re convinced that our compilation of cuttingedge gear, tech innovations and talent can’t possibly get any better, but every year, without fail, we’re proven wrong. And this year is no exception. In fact, 2017’s Hot 100 is probably the most exciting one yet. We’ll let you find out for yourselves, but highlights include: OLED gorgeousness, next-gen gaming, augmented reality everywhere and some really mental smart specs. Read on and let us ignite your world! 100 Casio WSD-F20 Adding Android Wear power and GPS to a rugged, outdoorsy watch that has some of the style of Casio’s much-respected G-Shock is the WSD-F20’s game, and useful features…

01 ONE FOR SHOW-OFFS AIRWHEEL X8 £560, weareair.com Getting to grips with the single 16-inch wheel of the X8 takes considerable patience and commitment, plus a fair amount of time spent splayed on your arse. A built-in chip handles the X8’s upright balance, but sideways stability is firmly the responsibility of the rider. Get it nailed, though, and you’re in for a comfy, quirky ride. The X8’s 170Wh lithium-ion battery takes just 1.5 hours to charge and delivers up to 14 miles at 12mph. It’s not the prettiest, and it’s also one of the heaviest machines on test here, but if you’re after a toy with a twist, the X8 fits the bill. 02 ONE FOR PRO SKATERS SWEGWAY JUICED ELECTRIC LONGBOARD £599.99, ukswegways.com Discover your inner Californian with this…

£Free; App Store, Google Play STORE YOUR IDEAS IN STYLISH DIGITAL NOTEBOOKS WITH HANDCRAFTED COVERS Voice memos, photos, documents you’ve been sent, ideas you’ve written down – all this digital data tends to end up on your phone in disparate apps, making it hard to find your stuff later. Classic apps like Evernote help you to organise your digital scribblings into a more convenient location, but there are more visually pleasing options out there. Notebook is one of the most attractive alternatives we’ve found. You create Notebooks relating to different subjects, and within those you have Note Cards. These can be any sort of file – text, image, audio, video, checklist or sketch. You simply group the Note Cards by pinching them together, and once they’re grouped you can flick…

THE SUPER SIX TVs 01 HISENSE M5500 www.hisense.co.uk PRICE £499 TESTED T3 265 Looking for a next-gen TV but don’t want to stump up more than £500? Then step this way – the M5500 boasts a beautiful 4K HDR picture and comes with essential 4K streaming apps like Netflix and Amazon. T3 SAYS A super screen on the cheap. 02 PANASONIC TX-65DX902B www.panasonic.co.uk PRICE £2,499 TESTED T3 258 This big 4K beast certainly has the wow factor, delivering stunning picture clarity, terrific sound and a range of features that include Netflix and Amazon streaming. T3 SAYS Getting the cinema experience on your home TV has never been closer. 03 SONY KD-65ZD9 www.sony.co.uk PRICE £4,000 TESTED T3 263 An amazing panel that not only looks incredible, but is equipped with Sony’s…

What would be your tech development of the year? Or your favourite gadget? Or what about the one person that’s done the most to revolutionise the industry? Well, we reckon our annual Hot 100 covers all the bases – we’ve left no stone unturned, getting opinion from some of the industry’s finest tech luminaries, commentators and journalists. Flick to p46 and you’ll find our sprawling list of the tech, gadgets and people that have rocked our world over the last 12 months. Elsewhere this issue, we’ve reviewed the best multi-room audio systems in our State of the Art group test (p76), and in Man vs Tech we discover what kit it takes to throw the ultimate house party (see p86). We’ve also got a bit of an exclusive this issue,…

$349 (£278), www.lg.com/uk Nice timepiece, T3. What’s the story? This is LG’s new sporty smartwatch, rocking Android Wear 2.0 and developed in collaboration with Google to make the most of the updated OS – expect better navigation, some nifty standalone apps and, of course, Android Pay functionality. So you can pay for your Butterscotch Brulée Latte with just a tap of the watch. Butterscotch? Pff! I see it has a crown thingy. Exceptional use of language. And yes it has a crown or ‘rotating side button’, enabling you to scroll through menus, messages and notifications on the display. And what a display it is: a 1.38-inch P-OLED beauty optimised for bright light conditions, so no more squinting to read data in the sundrenched outdoors. The UK doesn’t do sun-drenched. Now,…

Spring has sprung, and with it Guru’s wallet sprang open to exchange money for goods. In this case, a new vacuum cleaner. Alright so Guru didn’t stray far from the status quo on this one by picking up a Dyson DC50 Multifloor (£250), but it’s nothing if not impressive. The vast selection of cyclone generators on top of the cleaner looks mighty mean, and it sucks like nobody’s business, successfully inhaling all the hair Guru’s beloved pet Chompsky sheds, plus the crumbs that are the natural result of Guru’s flamboyant lunching style. This new Dyson is dinky, too, housing a vast amount of power in a tiny package. GaGu could only find it in yellow, though. As you might expect, the spring cleaning bug has infested the whole of Guru…

There was once a time when home robots were the stuff of dreams, existing only in the realm of sci-fi movies and cartoons from the 1970s. But now, finally, home automation is gaining traction, and Dyson is, in its own way, at the forefront of the movement. For the uninitiated, Dyson’s connectedhome products fall into two categories: vacuum cleaners (for which the company is best-known) and fans/air purifiers. Thanks to the Dyson Link app, these products can be remotely controlled from wherever you are (see the next page for how to set this up). So, let’s start with the Dyson 360 Eye, the company’s revered robotic vacuum cleaner. Rather than using guide wires to map your house, the small 360-degree camera on top of the unit navigates your home, ensuring…

Lighting continues its exciting connected-home overhaul. Last year we saw a clutch of wacky smart bulbs, including lightbulbs that double as cameras and Wi-Fi boosters, plus desk lamps with built-in wireless charging bases to juice-up smartphones. This year, voice activated tech comes to the humble table lamp… Although, ‘humble’ isn’t a word we’d use to describe the C by GE Table Lamp. This intriguing, connected LED stunner has integrated Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS), so it can listen to your commands, respond and take action. The best part? You don’t need to shell out for a separate Amazon Echo unit – the lamp works independently and doesn’t need to be paired with a smartphone, smart switch or hub either. Ask this lamp questions and control your smart home from it……

A cursory glance would suggest that the Panasonic SC-All05 is a modest all-purpose active speaker, but it performs well and can be considered exceptional given both its price and waterfowl functionality. Sure, it may be a tad monophonic, but with 20W on board it makes a surprisingly big noise. _ere are two 6.5cm drivers, paired to matching passive radiators; DSP-enhanced mid-bass serves rock and dance tracks particularly well; and it has great vocal integrity for such a small box. Sadly, when running off its battery, power output drops to just 8W, which is noticeable. _e SC-All9 is the kingpin in the Panasonic All Connected range, and with an integrated 40W sub, dual 8cm woofers, plus a pair of 2x20W 2.5cm tweeters, it packs quite a punch. _e stereo soundstage is…

1 KLARSTEIN BEER DISPENSER Pop in any fivelitre beer keg and this stainless-steel machine will cool it down to a refreshing 2-12 degrees (ideal for all those summer barbecues). You can then dispense your beer via the tap – CO2 cartridges will make sure you get a pub-style head. £147.99, www.klarstein.co.uk 2 SODASTREAM FIZZI Now sleeker than ever, this latest SodaStream can carbonate tap water within a matter of seconds. It’s easy to use and comes with enough gas for 60 litres. Add your own ingredients for an endless supply of delicious bespoke cocktails. £65, www.sodastream.co.uk 3 EASY KARAOKE PRO SYSTEM Channel your inner Lady Gaga with this stand-mounted singing machine. A front-loading CD player takes your karaoke discs, with lyrics displayed on a seven-inch colour TFT screen, while voiceenhancing…

HUDWAY GLASS As you’d expect for the low price, the HUDWAY Glass looks primitive against the Navdy. But its clever in its simplicity, projecting – and enlarging – your smartphone’s display onto its clear heads-up screen. $49.95 (£40); hudwayglass.com TOMTOM GO 6200 TomTom’s flagship route guidance comes with loads of smarts, such as a six-inch touch display, and hands-free calling/text messages. You can also use the voice capabilities of Siri or Google Now. £339.99, www.tomtom.com GARMIN VARIA VISION Designed with cyclists in mind, the Varia Vision mounts to your wraparound goggles and displays a screen right in your line of sight, giving you access to all your cycling statistics while you ride. £349.99, www.garmin.com…

Enhance your audio-listening experience, at home or on the move To celebrate the release of Ghost In The Shell, in cinemas March 31 (certificate TBC), we are offering you the chance to win a Naim Mu-so QB and set of Audio-Technica MSR7NC headphones. Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, “GHOST IN THE SHELL” follows Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force - Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology. To go with this incredible movie, we’ve got some suitably amazing gadgets that we’re going to give away to one lucky reader. First up is the Naim Mu-so QB - a…

£2.99; App Store DON’T MISS YOUR DAILY HEALTH ‘HIT’! Unlike many fitness fads, this simple but addictive app is based around actual scientific research on the benefits of highintensity training (HIT). At its heart is a seven-minute workout that became the basis of a New York Times article, and also appeared in leading research journal ACSM. The workout is broken up into 12 exercises of 30 seconds, with ten-second intervals separating them. According to the research, HIT gives you the benefits of training for an hour, but in just over seven minutes. The exercises are well explained, simple to perform and don’t require any equipment. There’s a weight tracker so you can monitor your progress, an activity tracker and even support for Apple Watch. Everyone can spare seven minutes in…

THE SUPER SIX Laptops 01 DELL XPS 13 www.dell.com PRICE From £999 TESTED N/A The XPS 13 is brilliantly designed and infinity display gives you the expanse of a 13.3-inch screen on an 11.9-inch laptop. outperforms its rivals under the hood. The T3 SAYS With its fantastic performance and build, it’ll serve you well for years to come. 02 APPLE MACBOOK PRO www.apple.com/uk PRICE From £1,749 TESTED T3 264 Supremely powerful with loads of brilliant Touch Bar... But come on Apple, give us back that glowing Apple logo! innovation, including USB-C and that T3 SAYS The ultimate laptop for any task. It’s pricey, but worth every penny. 03 MICROSOFT SURFACE PRO 4 www.microsoftstore.com PRICE From £749 TESTED T3 252 A sleek design, a bright display, an upgraded pen and plentiful…

THE SUPER SIX Smartwatches 01 APPLE WATCH SERIES 2 www.apple.com/uk PRICE From £369 TESTED T3 262 Apple’s wearable now packs GPS, water resistance for swim tracking, and even more styles – not to mention the ace watchOS 3, which keeps everything ticking over. T3 SAYS Apple has nailed it this time – the Series 2 is the best smartwatch around. 02 MONDAINE HELVETICA 1 www.mondaine.com PRICE £650 TESTED T3 259 The Helvetica 1 is stunning on the wrist and packed with smarts, including fitness and sleep tracking contained within a sub-dial at the bottom – though further notifications can be found within the phone app. T3 SAYS A stunning and smart timepiece. 03 APPLE WATCH www.apple.com/uk PRICE From £269 TESTED T3 242 Recently superseded by the superior second-generation Watch, Apple’s…