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Editor’s letter

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Horizon The best new tech heading your way

RUN FOR DAYS

SPRING LOADED • The quick, light and waterproof Vectiv Exploris Futurelight trail shoes literally put the spring back in your step

WE’RE WITH THE BAND • New Fitbit Charge 5 blurs the line between fitness trackers and health smartwatches

MONEY NO OBJECT • Au Départ Monogram-jacquard and leather watch holder

THE HOTTEST TIMEPIECES RIGHT NOW

MORE VINO-TASTIC GADGETS

KEEP THE FIZZ GOING! • Open a bottle of champagne and still enjoy it two weeks later

GADGET GURU • T3’s homely tech chappie gives you more super-smart advice

GADGET GURU’S MAGIC BOX

NOW PLAYING • Guru finds the finest media you need on your various devices

From beige boxes to life-enhancing fun • T3’s lifestyle editor Duncan Bell reflects on how tech has gotten much easier to live with over the years – which is a massive relief to him and his partner

Time and technology wait for no one • Ian Morris, editor of T3.com, reflects back on T3 issue one and the years of tech that followed it, including DVD players, cameras and flat-screen TVs

Consoles or no consoles, gaming’s future is bright • T3’s ecommerce editor Robert Jones remembers how the N64 brought glad tidings, and sees yet more meteoric leaps forward still to come

Smartwatches have gone from novelty to necessity • T3 style and travel editor Spencer Hart explains how smartwatches have morphed from techy gimmick to life-saving essential

We’ll be glued to our sets for a while yet • T3 home tech editor Matt Bolton charts how TVs have evolved, and how he sees things continuing to change in the coming years

Mattresses are the perfect tech test bed • T3 outdoor and wellness editor Ruth Hamilton is a believer in the importance of your mattress – and the good news is that tech can help you sleep sound

THE 25 MOST INNOVATIVE GADGETS • To help celebrate our anniversary, here are the state-of-the-art products on the market today we think will dazzle and excite you

The GM EV1 had been a success? • T3’s first editor Steve Jarrett suggests many more of us would now be whizzing about the streets in electric vehicles, and perhaps Elon Musk’s Tesla might not be a thing at all…

The Zune killed the iPod? • MacFormat editor Rob Mead-Green recalls that Apple didn’t have it all its own way when it launched the first iPod in October 2001 – and then Microsoft came up with the Zune…

Sega still made games consoles? • A few tweaks to tech history could have made the Japanese videogame developer a dominant player in hardware to this very day, suggests former T3 editor Matt Bolton

Google Glass hadn’t failed? • Without the embarrassment of the smartglasses’ rocky debut, the wearables market as a whole may have flourished far more, posits T3’sJosh Russell

Smart lights • Smart lighting is more flexible, more convenient, more controllable and much more fun than normal lighting. Explore your options, from simple solutions to entire ecosystems

REALLY BRILLIANT BUYS

SMART LIGHT SYSTEMS • Ideal options for everything from budget bulbs to smart lights that’ll fit perfectly in a swanky penthouse

MAKE LIGHT WORK • Watch out for these...