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iPhone 5S and iOS 7 Testing Started Under The Hood by Apple (Logs)

After landing in 2013 and saying good-bye to 2012, it is now time for the rumors to appear in a completely new way. In the year of 2012, we came across several rumors that pointed towards the iPhone 5S launch to be done somewhere in January or March 2013 are getting more heat as a new rumor jumps into the scene suggesting that iOS 7 is also in the works by Apple under the hood. This new rumor of iOS 7 comes from a developers log shared with The Next Web stating that Apple is testing iOS 7 internally.

The developer who shared the logs with The Next Web showed them the complete details of the testing being done by Apple on different Apps internally with a new hardware. This new hardware is unknown and speculated as iPhone 5S. The name of the hardware shown in the logs in stated as iPhone6_1, that somewhat hints towards the launch of a new iPhone in this years fall.

According to the report:

One developer showed us that Apple has been testing hardware relating to a new ‘iPhone6,1′ identifier, powered by a device running iOS 7, which is expected to be released by Apple in the middle part of this year.

The only thing that influenced The Next Web was the IP address trace that leaded to the Head Quarters of Apple. It could mean that the Software Development Team at Apple is currently testing some new iOS version on the existing Apps on the AppStore.

However, we would not put our faith into this news because IP Addresses are easy to fake and even the iOS Version is easy to fake. At this moment of time, we are taking this news as a fake rumor, until some more evidence doesn’t shows up. Even if Apple is working on a new build of iOS 7, then they wont release before this years WWDC 13 that will take place in June in Sans Francisco.

If we talk about iOS 7 and iPhone 5S references that were found in this developers log from Apple’s point of view, we would definitely declare this news as a fake because Apple is well-known for playing with developers in its Beta releases and other releases. Apple started this game at the time of iOS 5 Beta 6 launch.

Lets not go into the depth of this rumor because rumors related to Apple surface on the Internet months before official launch or announcement.

January 2, 2013
The Ancestor of AppSync and Installous, Hackulous Shuts Down

Later today, the ancestor of Installous and AppSync, Hackulous announced on its official page that they are shutting down the pirated App business because it is getting out of control. This news of sudden shutdown by the team of Hackulous might make the internal security staff of Apple a bit happy, but it is not going to make them jump like a monkey because there are few more websites operating like Installous on the Internet. However, the major source of cracked Apps was of Hackulous that was Apptrackr.org. Later on, the name was changed from org to .cd because of a sudden crack down of Apple security staff on Apptrackr.org.

The staff of Hackulous did worked hard to keep up the cracked Apps on their server for several years and suddenly today after several years, the staff came up with a notice on their website that they are shutting down the business because it was getting out of control and they couldn’t manage it. The team tried hard to manage the business, but they couldn’t look after it due some other circumstances that are not mentioned in the notice. The notice on Hackulous is as follows:

Goodnight, sweet prince.

We are very sad to announce that Hackulous is shutting down. After many years, our community has become stagnant and our forums are a bit of a ghost town. It has become difficult to keep them online and well-moderated, despite the devotion of our staff. We’re incredibly thankful for the support we’ve had over the years and hope that new, greater communities blossom out of our absence.

With lots of love,
Hackulous Team

The myth behind the sudden shut down of Hackulous is not clear enough. As we can see the above message posted on the website of Hackulous that states about the moderation of the forum and doesn’t says anything about the removal of Installous or AppSync for iOS from Cydia. The notice on the website only portrays the situation of Hackulous forum and clearly stated that the forum business has been shut down that was running under the name of Hackulous. It is still unclear about the clamp down of Installous and AppSync for iOS to be done or not.

By the time, the management of Hackulous decides about the shutdown of Installous and AppSync for iOS, meanwhile let us briefs you a little about two things that are stuck in between of the shutdown. Lets first start with Installous.

Installous:

It was/is the program for iOS that allows a person to install crack paid Apps on iOS for free. All it needs was/is a Jailbreak to install this program. As we all know that piracy is not good for anything, therefore the main aim of Installous was to let people experience the Apps before they pay for them.

If we look back into the brief history of Installous, it was called Appulo.us and later on, it switched to Hackulous with the name of Installous.

AppSync:

AppSync was the program by which people were able to install and use the cracked Applications with the help of Installous. We can say that AppSync was like a G.F of Installous. Without AppSync, nothing could be happened. If you wanted to install Installous, then you would need to install AppSync as well. The common thing between both of them was that they required Jailbreak.

After hearing this news of Hackulous shutdown might make some happy and some sad because every got his/her own thoughts and the way he/she used to us Installous. According to us, majority of the people would be happy because something great has turned down today and they would be partying without knowing the fact that piracy has no end. When you pirate one thing, you don’t just only pirate it, you give birth to many new pirates.

We are also glad about the decision taken by the team of Hackulous to shut down the entire business of pirated Apps. This decision will encourage the users to buy Apps directly from Apple and will stop them from downloading the pirated Apps. However, shutting down Installous will not stop other cracked paid app provider sources from providing the Apps.

UpdateX1:

Installous Shuts Down on Jaibroken iDevices:

December 31, 2012
Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date Set for April with S-Pen Stylus (Rumor)

With the fresh start of the weekday, we are back with a new rumor regarding the Samsung Galaxy S4. We have been hearing a lot by Samsung Galaxy S4 rumors that started to surface on the Internet soon after the release of the iPhone 5 by Apple and Galaxy S3 Mini by Samsung. The rumors regarding Galaxy S4 were denied by Samsung stating that they don’t have any intentions on releasing a new smart phone some time soon because they already have released two smart phones in preceding months. The two smart phones released by Samsung are Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S3 Mini. These both were released one after another with 4-5 months of time span. Samsung released Galaxy S3 in May and Galaxy S3 Mini came after iPhone 5 in October 2012.

Therefore, to think about Galaxy S4 doesn’t makes sense because Samsung got a 8-months old Smart Phone in the market that is giving a good market share to the Korean company.

As we are heading towards a new year of 2013, in which Samsung has planned to do a great opening by taking on with its C.E.S Event in the second week of January where it is highly expected that the company would be announcing something more advanced than before and something totally innovative. According to the teaser released by the Korean company for C.E.S 2013, it somewhat hinted towards a new Smart Phone lineup, but nothing can be said at this stage because it is too early to say anything regarding any new Smart Phone coming by the company or not.

At this stage, we can purely depend on the rumor mill that is continuously reporting about the arrival of Galaxy S4 by Samsung scheduled for April release as of now. The report of Samsung Galaxy S4 release date for April comes from an unreliable Korean website claiming the launch to be slipped from March to April.

The Korean website enuri reported:

Begin with the launch date of the S4 which, according to the sources site Enuri.com , not finally scheduled for the month of March, but a little later, in April.

Moreover, the website confirmed the preceding leaked features of the Galaxy S4 that it will have a 5-inch HD Amoled Display with 1080p, NFC, and a 13MP Camera. Other than this, the unreliable source also added the arrival of S-Pen feature in the Galaxy S4. The same S-Pen Stylus that is currently delivered with Galaxy Note II.

After going through all the preceding and current rumors, Enuri is the first Korean website that has putted some weight to the preceding specifications rumors regarding Galaxy S4. We would recommend that don’t believe in these rumors until C.E.S or M.W.C isn’t done because rumors are not right always.

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December 29, 2012
Clever Chinese Girl Sell Hugs to buy an iPhone 5 (Video)

The craze for Apple products is all around the globe, but in China, the craze of new Apple products is on extreme. The Chinese youths are crazier for the Apple products than the rest of the world. The youth is willing to do anything for an iPhone, iPod, or iPad. They can do anything to have an iPhone, iPod, or iPad. They just want to own an Apple product by hook or crook. It doesn’t matters what it takes them to achieve the goal. They can do anything and some things are beyond one’s imagination. They are just crazy die-hard Apple fans.

Previously we told you about a Chinese boy who wanted to have an iPhone and an iPad 2. In order to fulfill his luxury want, the kid went to some province and sold out his one kidney for $50,000 (Approx.) out of which he bought an iPhone, iPad 2, and a laptop. When he arrived back at home, his mother scolded him for selling out his kidney and reported the incident to the police. When the police raided the place, they didn’t found anything at that place.

Soon after that another incident happened in China and that time, the story was related to Apple iPhone 4S and the culprit was a teenage girl. This teenage girl wanted to have an iPhone 4S and in order to get one, she offered her virginity for sale. Later on, what happened, we don’t know. However, to sell a body organ to get an Apple product in China has now became a common practice. Every other person is selling his/her body organ to grab an Apple product.

After those both the cases, this time the case if the same for an Apple Product, but in a different way. This time the culprit is a girl and the victim is the iPhone 5. The only difference is of the medium of having money to buy an iPhone 5.

As we can see in the above picture that a girl is selling hugs to buy an iPhone 5. The location noted by MIC Gadget is Xiamen, a major city in southeast China where this strange girl was found holding a cardboard with a statement written in Chinese, stating:

“10 yuan for a hug, to collect money for iPhone 5”

This means, you pay $1.60 for a hug to the lady in black with black shades.

In no time, the lady was surrounded by spectators and amazingly three people hugged her, which means that she earned a total of $4.8 from three hugs. The amount of an iPhone 5 in China is 5,288 yuan (US$849). It means that the girl would require 526 more hugs to achieve the goal of buying an iPhone 5.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XCHvdhcU9A0

December 29, 2012
Samsung Galaxy S4 Beautiful Concept Hands on (Video)

The New Year is upon us and we must be expecting many new things from the Tech Giants ruling the Smart Phone Market these days. The tech giants are no one other than Apple and Samsung. These two are the best rivals in the niche of Smart Phone and Tablet categories. When it comes to Smart Phone lineups, both the companies get on head to head to beat each other’s sales by introducing a new Smart Phone after a year or after few months. In this case, of announcement of a new Smart Phone in a year, we can take Apple as a best Example and for release of Smart Phones in months; we can take Samsung as a best example.

In order to beat Apple iPhone 5 sales, Samsung introduced Galaxy S3 Mini with low specs and the Korean company is further planning to introduce another member in the family of Galaxy S Series to bash out the iPhone 5 from market. The new member is not officially confirmed by the Korean company, but the rumors are somewhat confirmed about the arrival of Samsung Galaxy S4 at C.E.S 2013 or M.W.C. The Korean company in past had denied all the rumors pointing out towards Galaxy S4 by saying them unrealistic and fake. The company also mentioned that they have no plans on releasing the Galaxy S4 in near future.

After getting a denial from Samsung regarding Galaxy S4, the rumors increased the hype of Galaxy S4 by leaking the alleged specifications of the Smart Phone along with some internal benchmark testing of the Galaxy S4 specs that were leaked in wild.

Moving on wards with the claims regarding the alleged Galaxy S4, today we came across a stunning concept of Galaxy S4 made by Maxim in which all the leaked tech specs were taken into consideration starting from the design to display. Other than the tech specs, few things are added additionally in this concept video.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Concept Video:

Hands on Samsung Galaxy S4 – First Look by dm_50dc92f6a1de8

As you can see in the above concept video that the size of the Galaxy S4 is set accordingly to the rumored size of 5.8-inch with 1080p HD Amoled Display and the boot speed is amazing.

Everything is set accordingly with the leaked tech specs. The only thing that seems to be new is the laser keyboard. This concept of laser keyboard might seem new, but this option was first introduced at the time of the iPhone 5 Concept and no one was able to see this feature coming live in the Smart Phone categories. To make this feature might increase the production cost, but as portrayed in the above concept video that there is a dock, which has a laser keyboard, and when you swipe your palm on the table, the keyboard is alive.

This sort of concept can be made real because we got laser keyboards technology live in the market at a high price. Certainly, Samsung can come up with this concept of dock laser keyboard to grab some more market share and top all the tech giants.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Concept Gallery:

December 28, 2012
Apple Japan 2013 Lucky Bag Sale Scheduled from 2-7 Jan at Stores

As we are moving towards the end of 2012 and five days before we could enter in 2013, we come across many special events on which things are putted on sale. The right time for people to buy different products on limited time sale that is being offered for the holiday period starting from the last week of December. In order to avail different discount offers, people usually make lines outside different stores to be the first one to avail the discount offer and before the product sells out. The scenario of the lines outside the stores is somewhat the same as of an Apple product is launching.

However, the sale, which takes place in, seven stores across the country, cannot be replaced by all the preceding sales in the world. This sale is limited to one country that is Japan and the name of this sale is “Lucky Bag” putted on by Apple annually. The sale is limited to Japan only and it is putted on by Apple across seven different stores in the country allowing a user to spend 33,000 yen ($390) on a gift bag that is called “Lucky Bag.” This Lucky Bag includes headphones, an iPod Touch, cases, an Apple T-shirt, and other accessories. Other than these products, very few bags are loaded with a MAC Book Air or with an iPad that is given to very few lucky people.

This sale of Luck Bag in japan is same as of the Black Friday Sale in the U.S.A. every one who needs to grab something from the sale, lineups days before the sale could start or some hours before the sale could start. It goes for this Lucky Bag sale. People who lineup from before to get full advantage of this sale are rewarded better.

The lucky bag sale in Japan will take an initiative from January 2 and will go on until January 7. The Japanese Apple fans and readers will have solid five days to experience their luck. In order to participate in the sale and to get more information, kindly log on to Apple’s official website here and see all the terms and condition they got for the limited stock.

December 27, 2012