iOS 7 To Be Launched On September 10

September 10 is the date we’re currently marking in the diaries for the iPhone 5S and 5C reveal, and that may have just been reinforced by a claim that we’ll see the release of iOS 7 that very same day. According to an email sent to developers from Nuance, the company behind Siri, the general availability date for iOS 7 is set for September 10. The Next Web contributing writer Owen Williams posted the below email from Nuance to his personal blog, it reads: As you are probably aware, iOS 7 GA will be released on September 10th. The NDEV Program has pre-qualified that SpeechKit 1.4.5 works properly on iOS 7, but we encourage you to conduct own testing to ensure that when the upgrade happens, your Nuance speech services continue to work seamlessly. It asked developers using its API to conduct testing to ensure that their services work on iOS 7 even though its SpeechKit 1.4.5 is pre-qualified to work properly on iOS 7. Nuance is the voice recognition focused company which has also worked on Siri, Apple’s intelligent voice assistant. Historically, Apple has released iOS Golden Master versions to developers on the same day as the announcement of new iPhones, giving developers time to test their apps with the final version of the new iOS before its release it to the general public a couple of days before the launch of the new iPhone.

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iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C In Fresh Leaks

As we are approaching the event date on September 10 in San Francisco, the all new leaks makes it more prominent. New leaks from Sonny Dickson, has about 70 purported pictures of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C components. Sonny Dickson, who’s been regularly posting pictures of the new iPhones, including some high resolution ones of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C components including that of ribbon cables and components, the entire intact casings, display assemblies, vibration motor, audio jack, SIM trays, the front and rear cameras, and the mounts to attach all of the components to the casing, among others. The pictures don’t feature the logic board of the phones, though. Some pictures feature the Gold/ Champagne iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C placed side by side. The Gold iPhone 5S back casing features White coloured strips at the top and bottom, and includes the new pill shaped camera flash module that’s been suggested by a number of rumours. Unlike the iPhone 5′s camera flash the iPhone 5S flash is not round and is rumoured to feature dual-LEDs, which would have white or yellow light depending on the ambient light conditions. The low-cost iPhone or iPhone 5C has leaked several times. Alleged pictures of the iPhone 5C have revealed a plastic polycarbonate body back panel in White, Blue, Red, Yellow and Green colours, a round camera lens and LED flash, Apple logo and iPhone branding. The Red iPhone 5C variant appears to have a Black coloured display panel. The phones seen in the images are not very different from the ones seen in previous leaks. We will have to wait till September 10, to see what Apple is going to present with the new launches. So stay tuned..

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Edit : 5 New Useful iPhone Apps

With an almost endless list of Apps to choose from, we chalk of 5 new noteworthy iPhone Apps for your tastebuds: Frontback Price : Free Although there are a lot of options for photography when it comes to iPhone Apps, Frontback is a new photo app that lets you take a picture with the front camera and back camera. The app then merges both photos into a single image. Samsung has capitalized on a similar idea in the Galaxy S4’s “Dual Shot” mode, which stamps a picture of your face on another picture, but Frontback feels more natural. You can share your frontback on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, and the image also appears within the app itself. A smooth-scrolling feed shows photos from you, your friends, and the Frontback staff’s own well curated picks. Heard Price : Free Nothing similar can be found in the vast sea of iPhone Apps. Optimized for iPhone and iPod touch, Heard is a neat new app that turns your iPhone into a time machine. The iPhone App lets you capture sound from up to 5 minutes in the past. Last June 20, Faalsa Labs released Heard on iOS. A week later, Apple had it pulled from the App Store. A couple of days ago, though, the app finally made its triumphant return. Basically, the app is an audio recorder that, especially when it’s allowed to run in the background, lets you capture moments from a few seconds or even from a few minutes back. These moments, which you would otherwise miss out on, can range from instructions to meeting proceedings, from your friend’s jokes to your baby’s first words. Viewfinder Price : Free An iPhone app created by former Google, Microsoft and Dropbox employees, wants to make it easier to organize those photos and share and discuss them with others. The app is a personal and private way to share photos with the people you want. If you don’t want to share photos it’s also a great way to organize them and keep track of your memories. Grid Price : Free Grid is an iPhone and iPad app that helps you to organize your notes, pictures, people, and places all in one place. The app organizes all of your content in a unique way it calls, Maestro. Maestro lets you see all of the information you care about in your own way. Upon first opening Grid, the app welcomes you with a tutorial that emits an array of vibrant chimes and violin plucks as you complete each step. “Swipe up for the Maestro menu”. You can swipe to select one or more boxes, and then insert one of four kinds of content in each box: text, a photo, a friend’s contact picture, or a map. You can drag and drop things, resize pictures and text, and change font sizes. VSCO Cam Price : Free VSCO Cam lets you add separate focus and exposure rings to a photo along with a white balance lock. It basically ups your iPhone photography skills with just a few taps on the screen. It also includes powerful editing features and filters to make photos even better. But what’s also cool about VSCO is that it has a built-in community so you can display your photos and share every shot you take. The app was roumered to come on Android too, later company confirmed on their website that they are working hard to create VSCO Cam for Android. VSCO Cam for Android will initially support the Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy S3 and the HTC One. Also company will be rolling out VSCO Cam for other Android 4.0+ devices in the near future. :-( Let's go to iPhone store and download this apps

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New Images Of Alleged Gold iPhone 5S Leak

Last week a couple of images leaked out possibly revealing that Apple was creating a new gold or rather champagne coloured iPhone 5S smartphone and now, adding additional weight to the rumour more images from an entirely different source have leaked out. The images were posted on Japanese tech site ASCII and show a similar design to the iPhone 5. All the buttons are in the same location as the iPhone 5. Everything from the rear antenna windows to the highly polished chamfered edges are identical. The major difference when compared to the earlier leak is that the Apple logo is now present, but still missing the famous ‘Designed in California. Assembled in China’ label. Some features the new iPhone 5S is rumoured to be equipped with are a finger print scanner for extra security and a dual LED flash equipped camera for extra light when required in low light conditions. Apple is expected to unveil the new iPhone 5S and low-cost and colourful iPhone 5C on September 10th. Speculation around the web is that we’ll see both become widely available by the end of September – potentially September 20th. In addition, Apple’s new iOS 7 software will be given a firm release date.

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Apple Acquires 'Passif Semiconductor': Low-Power Design Chip Developer

Apple seems to be on an acquisition spree lately. In another low-key acquisition, the company has bought Passif Semiconductor, a California based communication chip developer that specializes in low-power designs — technology that could be useful in developing a smartwatch-like wearable device. Not a lot is known about the company, but what is known is that, the company has applied for a few patents, among them one titled ‘Autonomous battery-free microwave communication system’. The application describes a battery-free microwave frequency communication device which includes a capacitance, at least one antenna, a microwave energy harvesting system, a microwave frequency transceiver and a control system. Details on the purchase were first reported on Thursday by Jessica Lessin, a tech reporter who formerly worked for The Wall Street Journal. Passif’s current products include wireless radios for Bluetooth Low Energy profiles. It’s also unknown how much Apple paid for Passif, but according to Lessin, the iPhone maker attempted to buy the chip-maker years ago “a for a price in the mid-tens-of-millions of dollars.” Amy Bessette, a spokeswoman for Apple, has confirmed that the Cupertino giant has indeed acquired Passif Semiconductor. “Apple buys smaller technology companies at various times and it does not discuss its plans or purpose behind those acquisitions.” quoted Amy Bessette. The acquisition may be linked to Apple’s rumored “iWatch” development, an anticipated wrist-worn device that is expected to connect with devices like the iPhone while also measuring biometric data for fitness and health purposes. Apple has also been aggressively hiring personnel from the medical sensor field in an apparent attempt to bolster its team for the rumored “iWatch.” In a rare move, Apple has even openly filed for ownership of the iWatch name in a number of countries around the world. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook revealed in May that his company had at that point acquired 9 companies since October of 2012. He also said that his company had picked up the pace since 2012, when Apple acquired companies at a rate of one every 70 days. Since Cook’s comments in May, Apple has acquired three more companies. In addition to Passif, it bought public transit and navigation firm ‘HopStop’, as well as crowdsourced mapping data startup ‘Locationary’. While the buyout of Passif will help Apple’s future hardware, the benefits of the ‘Locationary’ and ‘HopStop’ purchases will most certainly be seen on the software front.

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Report : Apple will use Samsung Retina Display in the next iPad Mini

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Apple has chosen Samsung to supply the displays for the next generation iPad Mini, which will also boast a retina resolution. As originally imagined, Apple was intending to only employ LG and Sharp for the supply of the LCD panels, but the it seems due to lack of supply, the displays have been also ordered from Samsung’s display division. Apple has often been known to test components before confirming the final elements of the build. Earlier reports had stated that Apple will not launch an iPad Mini Retina this year, but if the present report is to be believed, not only will Apple Launch a iPad Mini with a high resolution Retina Display, they will also employ their arch nemesis with the job of providing hardware for the unique build. Apple has tried to completely block off purchasing from Samsung, but the korean giant is probably the only producer of high quality panels that can be produced at an economical and profitable price. Apple presently gets their displays form AU Optronics, who have clearly stated We cannot take [Apple's] orders because our rate of output efficiency is too low to be profitable, the company doesn’t make a profit from manufacturing the current iPad Mini’s screens. - said an AU Optronics manager. In these desperate time it appears that Apple might just have to buy a LCD technology company, but unfortunately for them none are for sale.

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