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We at FriendCaller offer our deepest condolence on such a great loss the world has to suffer. Apple lost an imaginative and inspired mastermind Steve Jobs who molded the world by his brilliance and intelligence — whose legacy included the Apple II, Macintosh, iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad.

Words seem inadequate to express the sadness we feel at his death. He was not only the co-founder of Apple but a great human being who believed in revolutionizing the world and abided by that. The world will always remember you Steve. RIP

The most highlighted phrase of this year “Let’s talk iPhone” is expected to launch today, October 4, 2011. Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook, will preside over in his first big event, which holds surprises for all the iPhone fans, must be an iPhone 5. Along with iPhone 4S, for iPhone lovers it’s definitely a time to rejoice.

Many rumors are buzzing around as it did way back when the iPhone 4 was to be launched, like numerous fans and consumers are in state of awe what groundbreaking speculation Apple will add up to this new beauty today.

It is believed to hold far greater camera resolution than the former iPhone 4, from 5 megapixel to 8 megapixel, enhancing FriendCaller Video Calling experience. The design will be a new tear drop shape which will be classy and slimmer with improved sleek smoothness to offer. Although the iPhone 4 had a new-fangled design, but it didn’t surprised its fans really. The upcoming artifact is supposed to hold the fastest dual core chip named A5. Besides the iOS5, rumor has it, that this model will come up with improved software including advanced Voice Recognition Technology and much speedy applications to confer.

“Signs are pointing to a Friday, October 14 launch date — just two short weeks after the announcement.” A Friday iPhone launch would not be new,” writes Apple Insider. iPhone 5 is just a few weeks away and you can have it all to yourself and finally this hustle will be over.  Tech lovers no need to wait longer to enjoy this piece of work. Developers like us, are excited too to see this new upcoming device with everything to fight Android devices. Hope to see you all there.

13:00 — New York, New York
10:00 — San Francisco, California
07:00 — Honolulu, Hawaii
03:00 — Sydney, Australia
02:00 — Tokyo, Japan
01:00 — Shanghai, China
10:30 — New Delhi, India
21:00 — Moscow, Russia
19:00 — Rome, Italy
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Apple has always been tight lipped about the launch of any of its devices. Since the release of its iPhone 4 back in June 2010, Apple has taken the longest time to finally announce the release of iPhone 5.

Tech world has been buzzing about the release of iPhone 5 since long. Lots of rumors came. Now, finally, the myth has been busted as Apple started sending out invitations for a mega press event to be held on Oct 4^th called ‘Let’s talk iPhone’.

According to analysts, Apple might unfold the release of it’s much talked about iPhone 5, iPhone 4S or both in this forthcoming media event.

So, how will the new version look like? As always, numerous speculations are circulating in the tech industry. Apparently, iPhone 5 is expected to have a sleek design, similar to iPhone 4 and a larger, curved screen display. With iOS 5 – a dual-core A5 processor, iCloud, 1 GB RAM, 4G network support and long battery life, we can expect a much better and faster version here.

When it comes to camera quality, that’s where Apple’s competitors like Android has outshined iPhone. With an expected 8 megapixel camera and a full 1080p Video recording features in iPhone 5, Apple will certainly taken a giant leap in terms of camera resolution, screen size and overall picture and video quality. Furthermore, enhanced FaceTime and Retina display features will definitely enthrall the iPhone users with an excellent Video calling experience.

Gone are the days when iPhone users had to bear the lack of multitasking feature in old iPhone models like 2G or 3G.  Apple’s recent models like 3GS and 4G give the users full liberty to multitask and iPhone 5 will be no different. It may also come with a new feature called ‘Assistant’, allowing the users to actually talk to their phones in real by enabling a number of voice-based commands. Pretty neat!

With Apple’s iOS 5 powered iPhone, expect a fully loaded Appstore with tons of exciting apps to choose from. Since our FriendCaller for iPhone app was listed amongst the top grossing apps of iTunes back in 2010, we are certainly looking forward to the release of much awaited iPhone 5 just like everybody else.

Developers are bugged everywhere, why? With iTunes’ latest In-App verification function giving out a 404 Not Found error, currently, In-App purchases cannot be processed. Apparently, lots of forged purchase attempts were being reported on Friday, leaving many developers in a state of complete fix.

Although the ‘Verify Receipt’ feature is optional, still many top apps solely depend on it. Many developers have reported countless fake purchase receipts entering the system after this critical iOS security failure, resulting in losing a lot of sales for their apps.

Recent stats reported by Verizon shows that approximately 72% of the revenue of iPhone apps comes from In-App purchases. Quite an amazing number isn’t it? No wonder developers from across the world are being disturbed by this recent glitch as they are left with no official resource to confirm the legitimacy of any In-App purchases.

From a developer’s point of view, this was an alarming situation for us as well. Since, our FriendCaller Pro app was amongst the top grossing apps of iTunes back in 2010 with over 4 million users worldwide, we were also concerned by the fact that lots of fake purchases are being made by unauthorized sources.

Not paying for the apps is similar to stealing a developer’s hard work. Since Apple insists on In-App purchasing as the only way to get access to countless apps, we are hopeful that this bug gets fixed soon.