iPhone 5 to get NFC for Passbook payments? It looks like Apple’s planning to let us pay with our next-gen iPhones – just don’t cut yours in half when you spend too much We’ve heard theiPhone 5 NFC rumblingsbefore but this time the evidence of Cupertino landing some sort of iWallet in our laps at the (probable)iPhone 5 launch in Octoberlooks pretty convincing. 9to5machas done the gadget legwork and found NFC chips in hardware data from iPhone 5 prototypes and the recent unveiling ofiOS 6’s PassBook appwhich stores movie tickets, boarding passes and other previously paper pocket-wares, suggests Apple is gearing up for an NFC and iTunes payment system....

iPhone telephoto lens gives you 12x zoom Don’t set out for a day of paparazzi training without this camera accessory from Vtec stuck to your smartphone We loveiPhone camera accessoriesbecause they take up almost as much room as a compact camera and you’ll inevitably leave them at home. But there’s still something mighty tempting about sticking beautifully awkward add-ons to the one gadget we can’t bear to be without rather than spending hundreds on new gear....

Is Sony ditching Android for Vita OS smartphones and tabs? Could Sony be on the verge of giving Android the cold shoulder in favour of its own Vita-based operating system? First Sonyditches the Ericsson partof its name. Now speculation suggests Sony is considering leaving Android by the wayside in favour of its own tablet and smartphone OS, based on the Vita system for itsunbeatable gaming handheld. Yep, Sony is exploring ways to port its Vita OS software onto its range of smartphones and tablets, according toAV Watch....

Is the Samsung O Table the future of cooking? According to Samsung the future of the kitchen is portable and O-shaped Samsung has pulled back the curtain on a device we’re not used to seeing from its high-tech stable – a portable kitchen hob. Looking more like a set of weighing scales than a cooking contraption, Samsung’s O Table (spotted byPocket-Lint) has already turned heads with its unique stylings, snapping up an IF design award....

Is this the end of the Apple dock connector? Cupertino’s tech wizards are rumoured to be axing the classic dock connector in favour of a compact version Potentially terrible news for Apple fanboys: all those speakers, connectors and third party peripherals you bought for your iPod, iPad and iPhone may soon be redundant. Apple is rumoured to be retiring its classic dock connector. According toiMore, Apple may be downsizing to a mini version of the current connector to make more room for other hardware....

Jetpack Joyride and Sonic coming to BlackBerry PlayBook and BB 10 BlackBerry’s on-the-go gaming apps are catching up to iOS and Android – with big names like Lara Croft joining the fray TheBlackBerry PlayBookis a pretty tasty bargain 7in tablet right now and if you’ve snapped one up (for as little as £180), you can now get downloading Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light – or hold out for some more big name games announced at BlackBerry World in Orlando....

Just because they could – scent of MacBook Pro What if you could bottle the smell of a freshly unwrapped Apple device? One for dedicated fanboys only Apple perfume, are you kidding? What? Don’t you rub your iPhone under each armpit every morning to try and attract the opposite sex? You’ve been missing out. The smell of a just-unboxed iPad can be one of life’s great joys and that’s why a bunch of Australian artists have bottled it....