The Google Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat are less than a week away, according to new rumors. Word on the street is that the new phone and next Android update explode onto the scene together on October 15 — next Tuesday. That date comes from whispers around the campfire at Google Launchpad, a two …

Can you say flip-flop? The iPhone‘s 64-bit chip is not a “a gimmick” after all, says Qualcomm in an embarrassing U-turn. “The comments made by Anand Chandrasekher, Qualcomm CMO, about 64-bit computing were inaccurate,” says Qualcomm, hanging the hapless marketing wonk out to dry. “The mobile hardware and software ecosystem is already moving in the direction of 64-bit; and the …

Vodafone has confirmed the launch dates for 4G in Liverpool and Glasgow are before the end of the month, with coverage extending further out of London from today. 4G will be turned on for scousers on 17 October and Glaswegians on 24 October, with Manchester to follow shortly afterwards. And the service is being extended across the greater London area …

Clear your schedules and make a date in your diary: Apple is making an announcement on Tuesday 22 October — probably trumping Nokia and Microsoft in the process. AllThingsD reports that Apple’s next big announcement will take place on 22 October, revealing the next generation of iPad, which could also boast a fingerprint-reading home button. That’s the same day Nokia …

The Oscars have a gold statue, but the MOBOs have something better: a gold HTC One. Valued at £2,750, a limited edition officially-sanctioned 18ct gold HTC One will be handed out to one of music’s hottest new talents this month. The gold phone will be presented to the winner of the Best Newcomer category at the MOBO Awards in Glasgow …

As austerity bites and governments shut down for a day or two, it’s good to know the 1 percent can still feel superior with gadgets like the Tag Heuer Merediist 2 — yours for just £3,300. The ludicrous Merediist 2 is a stainless steel phone with a sapphire screen and a watch face in the top, plus a battery that …

If you thought the Google Nexus 4 was cheap, just wait until you get a load of the rumoured price for the hotly-tipped Nexus 5. You’d think an extra inch on the screen would add to the cost, but word on the street says something very different. PhoneArena reports the 16GB LG Nexus 5, with a 2,300mAh battery, will cost …

The hotly-rumoured HTC One Max could follow in the fingersteps of the Apple iPhone 5S and include a fingerprint scanner. According to leaked photos from China of the One Max, and loose talk from staff of the US network Verizon, the fingerprint scanner sits on the back of the phone below the camera for your index finger, rather than on the …

Round and round we go with rumours of the future of phones: and the future is flexible with the Samsung Galaxy Round and its hotly-tipped curved screen. If new rumours from Korea are to be believed, Samsung’s first phone to sport a curved display will also be the first to hit shops, potentially beating the banana-shaped LG Z revealed last …

The new Google Nexus 7 has landed on Three, but there’s no 3G model so no browsing the Web when you’re out and about — unless you splash out on a 3G dongle too. The new Nexus 7 costs £200 from Three. Three only sells the Wi-Fi version, but that doesn’t mean Three customers are cut off from the Web …