T3 - UK (2022-02)

FEBRUARY 2022 T3 17

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COOLNESS

INNOVATION

FEATURES

TECH-O-METER

COOLNESS

INNOVATION

FEATURES

TECH-O-METER

COOLNESS

INNOVATION

FEATURES

TECH-O-METER

PS5-compatible Darkplates 2.

(‘three colourways, limited stock, not

illegal’) to fund its defence. Anyway:

now, in a move we’re sure was

entirely coincidental, you can get

black, pink, purple, blue and red

console covers directly from Sony.

T3 SAYS: Look out also for custom-

coloured PS5 controllers.

PS5 CONSOLE COVERS

£45, playstation.com

In addition to making some pretty
neat sticker skins for consoles, the
company Dbrand rides somewhat on
its edgy reputation. A year ago it
released what it called Darkplates, a
replacement black shell for the PS
emblazoned with a tiny pattern made
up of ‘a familiar but legally distinct
apocalyptic spin on the classic
PlayStation button shapes’. Sony’s
lawyers, possibly quite correctly, did
not think the shape of the plates or
their pattern were quite so legally
distinct, and have since hurled the
book in Dbrand’s direction. Dbrand’s
response was to launch reshaped

TRUST TEZA 4K WEBCAM

£120, trust.com

There must be a good engineering

reason why phone cameras, compact

cameras and smart fridges can

capture massive video resolutions

while webcams forcibly languish in

the dark ages. Whatever the reason

is, Trust clearly hasn’t received the

memo: this 30fps 4K cam is chunkier

than some, but that resolution is

basically about as good as it gets,

and it’s priced competitively with

1080p cams from the likes of

Logitech. At 74 degrees its field of

view is actually pretty reasonable for

sitting at your desk, automatic white

balance and focus help to ensure you

get a decent image out of all those

pixels, and there’s a tripod mount so

you can position it exactly where you

like rather than forcing your Zoom

call colleagues to look directly up

your nose. We’ll have to buy one for

a few people in the office.

T3 SAYS: Webcam manufacturers,

listen up: 4K is the new standard.

NOOK GLOWLIGHT 4

$150 (around £115), barnesandnoble.com

Where, pray tell, has the Nook been
for the past few years? That’s not a
real question – Barnes & Noble has
been off making run-of-the-mill
Android-based Nook tablets with
Samsung and Lenovo – but the last
traditional e-ink reader from Nook
landed back in 2017. The company is
now apparently dead set on reviving
the Nook brand with a number of
new models going forward, the first
of which is this (not very different)
sequel to that previous release. It
trims down the bezels, has slightly
more storage, and is slightly more
expensive than the Glowlight 3 – but

it can’t quite match up to similarly-

priced Kindles or Kobos. However, it’s

not the product that excites us. The

possibility of a third player, and thus

some real competition, in the slightly

slow-moving e-reader space offers a

tantalising glimmer of hope.

T3 SAYS: Uninspiring and exciting in

equal measure.

IMAGE SOURCE: SONY

IMAGE SOURCE: TRUST

IMAGE SOURCE: BARNES & NOBLE