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Sat, 28 February 2015
TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 339
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song called Ghost with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Ghost.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ANTHONY for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ANTHONY wrote
Hi Rob,
This is a shot on Valentine's Day of Chinese New Year in China Town Sydney Australia
I used the stock video camera to film ( iPhone 5 )
Removed a still with
" AutoSampler "
This is my go to app to pull funky stills from video
Small app very powerful
Put text on with
" Laminar Pro "
Took only about 2 minutes to create.
Regards,
Anthony M
Well ANTHONY Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ANTHONY'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 338 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
Folks If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:20
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote With Apple’s next smartphone still months away, fans have been gobbling up iPhone 6 rumors faster than Pac-Man on a power pill bender. However, even the hottest rumor mill in tech can’t turn this device into a winner. Based on everything we know now, the next iPhone will be a year late and a bitcoin short of the competition, doing nothing to slow Apple’s descent from smartphone pioneer to high tech has-been.
Avram Piltch, LAPTOP Online Editorial Director, 14 March 2014
Oh Avran - I see what you did there - instead of a day late and a Dollar short you were so witty as to replace it with a Year late and a Bitcoin short. Brilliant - but sadly the rest of your comments we Doooohhhh worthy - Just Sayin
03:18
For Promo codes - On Ep 338 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APPS - PITCHMAN and POCKET YOGA - we will be giving those out early this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 338.
This week we have promo codes for a few Apps - the first one is the App - DINO TALES two words - here is the review from the dev -
PLAY PROMO FOR DINO TALES
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - DINO TALES and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put DINO in the subject line.
The Second item we have promo code for is the App - MYTUNER AUDIO NEWS - Here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
MyTuner Audio news allows you to listen to the breaking news from 200 of the most reliable news sources from more than 50 countries. Stay up-to-date on what is going on in your country and in the world. The newscasts/podcasts are hourly updated, so that you won’t miss any important breaking news. myTuner Audio News was designed so that it can be easily used when commuting and it plays any newscast you wish at any time at startup!
Thanks to the Dev for sending in THEIR WRITTEN review of their APP MYTUNER AUDIO NEWS and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this APP - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put MYTUNER one word - in the subject line.
The third item we have promo code for is the App - CUBEST - Here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
Hi Rob,
I’m the dev for the app CuBest. It’s a simple game but very addictive and hard to be good at.
When the game starts just swipe from the top of the cube down to get it rolling. The faster you swipe the faster the cube rolls. Every full rotation gives you a point. You have 30 seconds to get as many rotations as possible.
Cubest is available on the app store for 99 cents.
This is just the beginning. I’ll be adding new features to make the game even more addictive and interesting.
Please watch out for sore hands
Regards,
Mika
Thanks to the Dev for sending in his WRITTEN review of their APP CUBEST and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this APP - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put CUBEST - c u b e s t - in the subject line.
As Always - just send in one email for one specific APP. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple APPS in a single email - then well - No Soup for you. That means you send JUST ONE EMAIL OVERALL FOR THIS WEEK AND YOU ONLY PICK ONE APP. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THREE EMAILS FROM YOU ONE FOR EACH APP.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
08:09
I have an audio clip I want to play - It is from DEMO in San Fran recently - Where Steve Wozniac is talking to Leonard Nimoy - Listen carefully to what Leonard Nimoy had for a Phone.
Audio - Demo_host_leonard_nimoy
Mr Nimoy - Thanks for all your did and for the great memories - in my heart you will #LLAP.
09:29
http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-sends-invite-
out-for-march-9-apple-watch-countdown-starts/
Now into the news Ok - missed it by a couple of days on the invite for the next Apple Event. If you remember I said it would like go out on Feb 24th - And not that the event would be on feb 24th as was a rumor. I did however miss the date of the event saying it would likely be during Mobile World Congress on March 3rd or 4th but the next Apple event will actually be the week after on Monday March 9th.
Apple however still achieved their primary goal - get everyone at Mobile World Congress talking about Apple instead of those competitors and their products that are at Mobile World Congress.
Apple will tell you the timing had nothing to do with Mobile World Congress - and if this was not a G-Rated show I could really express my thoughts on that. But instead I will just say Horse Puckey.
So what did we learn from the invites that were sent out - well the caption is Spring Forward - and why Apple did not just caption it - Apple Watch event with some other stuff - the world may never know.
I also wonder why Apple choose Spring Forward for a tag line - given its history of Calendar bugs after switching to or from Daylight savings time - not exactly the best choice. Just Sayin.
Of course some like to over read into these things and are speculating that the Spring Forward tag line really means Apple is ahead of their production schedule and rather than wait to April to launch the Apple watch as was expected - they are going to announce it will launch now in March. There are the Glass is half empty folks, the Galls is half full folks and then the Hey I that glass is made of Crystal folks.
Obviously this events main star is the Apple watch. Per the other stuff - guesses abound - but most think Apple may finally announce the iPad Lunch tray Sorry - the iPad Pro or a new Mac Book Air. I have to throw in my prediction of a new Apple TV - it is required I say that before any new Apple Event.
Now it is possible for two hours we will just hear about the Apple watch and Apple will bring out dev after dev to show off some of their killer new apps for the Apple Watch. I hope that is not the case - as it would be kind of a sad trombone moment if on the episode I release that night All I have to mention is the Apple Watch.
This event will be live streamed from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 9th at 10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM CT. You can find the stream at apple.com slash live
http://appleiph0ne.com/apple-will-live-stream-march-9th-spring-forward-event-here-s-how-you-can-watch-it
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-hold-special-event-march-171807953.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/60-second-business-
break/ci_27605373/biz-break-apple-watch-likely-
star-but-will
12:46
http://appleiph0ne.com/siri-learns-to-speak-new-
languages-in-ios-8-3-beta-2
Apple released iOS 8.3 Beta 2 this past week. The biggest additions noted for Beta 2 is Siri can now speak Russian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Thai, Swedish and Turkish. Obviously huge news to you if one of those are your native language.
Also with beta 2 is a bunch of new Emoji’s including some that hyper sensitive folks or just those looking for attention took issue with and said they were racist. See now on the Emoji’s you can pick your skin color and they vary from white to dark brown - but before White there is also Yellow - you know the same Yellow used for years for the happy face emoji - and for some reason some people think Apple was being racist with the Yellow color - Of course I am sure Samsung had nothing to do with this blow back on Apple. In any case don’t be surprised to see in Beta 3 of 8.3 the yellow changed to Green. Of course at that time expect all those suffering from Hypochromic Anemia to get upset about Apple being insensitive to them. Folks all I have to say on this one is get a life - Apple has a full range of skin colors that come from an international standard - and then outside of that range was the Yellow color - again matching the Yellow Happy face emoji that started you know the whole emoji thing way back when. Again some people just like to complain about anything. If you are one of those - feel free to call in 206-666-6364 - that’s 206-moon-dog and tell me how you really feel.
Beyond new features - one thing that iOS 8.3 beta 2 also provides is improved speed and performance for those with an iPhone 4S or 5 running iOS 8.1.3 Speed tests were run for the 4S and 5 running 8.1.3 vs the 8.3 Beta 2 - and they found a good amount of improvement in speed - especially when compared to the beta 1 as well. So this is very good news for my Son who is using a 4S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2967241/
Asians-angered-Apple-s-racist-yellow-emoji-Firm-
comes-fire-use-characters-six-different-skin-tones.html
http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-8.3-beta-2-
runs-faster-on-older-devices-video/
15:12
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17:00
VOICEMAIL - Ron_also_had_issues_siri_forgetting_names
Hi Rob,
Regarding episode 0338 and SIRI "forgetting" names in address book: in ios7 on my iPhone 5, SIRI would occasionally and without reason would forget my home address making those "how do I get home from here" requests a pain. The info would be gone from Settings/Mail, Contacts and Calendars/My Info. This seems to have been fixed in ios8 and/or my iPhone 6 and I've not had this issue since.
Regards,
Sean
Dublin, OH
Hello Rob!
I was thinking about the updates to iOS 8 and it dawned on me: there will need to be an update to passbook for iPhone 5, 5C, and 5S users that purchase an Apple Watch. As of right now, you can not add credit cards, but if you are going to be able to use Apple Pay on your Apple Watch, I am assuming you will need that interface on your phone to add and organize. I wonder if this will be in the .2 update or .3? Just some food for thought.
Regards,
Brenton N
Yup - and it will be part of the 8.2 update for sure.
VOICEMAIL - Cmnts_siri_senior_moments_fdbk
20:16
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Missy Prather who asked
Quote
I need help and thought I'd ask the community. I have an iPhone 6 plus and I've been having issues with Siri and the microphone. I can only use dictation and Siri when my Bluetooth headphones or earbuds are connected. I've been working with Apple about this, and they want to replace my phone but want me to send my phone in "as-is" so their engineers can use it to figure out what is going on. I am very uncomfortable sending my phone with all my personal apps, photos, etc, on it. Does this seem like a normal thing for Apple to do? They will send me a brand new phone, and then I would send my phone not wiped to be looked at. Help please!
Unquote
And My Recommendation to Missy was this - Do a back up of your Phone - then clear out all of your personal info - anything and everything you would not want anyone else seeing - then see if your still have the issue. If you do still have the issue - then your personal info did not matter and you can send it in as is - because well the issue is still there and that is what Apple wanted. If you don’t have the issue anymore - then start adding back the items you deleted one at a time constantly checking to see when the issue comes back. Then you will know what did cause the issue and you can call Apple back and let them know. But yeah - don’t send in an iPhone or iOS device to Apple with Personal info if you don’t want it getting out to the world. While it is very very unlikely that info would get out - very very unlikely is different than definitely not getting out.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
22:45
http://www.cultofmac.com/313676/apple-launches-
web-icloud-apps-everyone/
Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next one.
And that is Apple has launched Web-only iCloud Apps for Everyone. That is right - web only and everyone - as in anyone with a mac or pc - does not mater - can access Pages, Numbers and Keynote for free. Well as long as you are using Firefox, Chrome, IE or Safari for your browser that is.
To get started go to iCloud dot com - sign in with your Apple ID and you can start creating docs, presentations and spreadsheets right from your browser.
Don’t have an Apple ID or just looking to create a new one to share with a team - you can sign up there as well.
You get 1GB of storage as part of the free offering. If you have an iOS device - you get 5 GB of storage.
Should be interesting to see what this does in the comp for MS Office vs Google Docs.
23:42
http://www.imore.com/secret-headphone-shortcuts-
twelve-clicks-better-control-your-iphone-ipad-and-mac
Thanks again to Chris In london for the heads up on this next article from Rene Ritchie at iMore - and it is a list of the 12 shortcuts - tricks you can do with your EarBud headphones.
Obviously there is Single click the middle for Play / pause
Double click the middle for skip forward to the next track or episode.
Triple click to skip back.
Double Click and hold on the second click to fast forward through audio
Triple click and hold on the 3rd click to rewind through audio
You can also Reject a call with a single click and holding down - yeah - be careful on that one - if you don’t hold long enough you will answer when you meant to reject the call.
You can also take pictures with your headphone controls - just open the camera app and a single click on the volume up button will take a picture.
Link in the show notes for all the tips.
24:55
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/02/25/rumor-
tim-cook-reveals-waterproofing-on-apple-watch-has-
improved-since-unveiling-can-be-worn-in-shower
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one which is about a feature for the Apple Watch. Which is not really a rumor about the Apple Watch - it is more about something Tim Cook said. Which was that he wears his Apple Watch Everywhere - even in the Shower. And that would be a change from when the initial specs went up when the Apple watch specs indicated it was not rated high enough for use in the shower. Of course it could just be that Tim does not actually charge up Apple Watches and he just throws them out once the charge is gone and replaces with a new one - so he does not care about it getting wet. But I am guessing on March 9th we will get a little more info about what you can and can not do with said Apple watch.
Per the Apple Pay and availability in Europe Mr Cook also is alleged to have told employees that Apple Pay will arrive in Europe before the end of the Year.
26:01
http://betanews.com/2015/02/26/google-cheapens-
android-play-store-sells-top-app-search-
spots-to-highest-bidder/
One thing I like about iTunes is that everything you see featured in there is done not by pay for placement - but because the folks at Apple decided to feature something - or said item is popular with users and it moves up the ranks. There is NO pay for placement in iTunes - there never has been and I am told by the folks at Apple there never will be. This is good - because it keeps slimy companies with more money than morals from pushing up to the top of iTunes features. And after All you as the user are truly Apples customers.
Now lets flip things over 180 degrees and talk about Google and the Goole Play store - and well Guess what that same level of integrity is missing in their App store. Google is now placing ads into Play store Search results - Brilliant.
Oh and they are not being shy about this Quote Offering unquote
Michael Siliski - Produc Management Director of Google Play said the following Quote Search ads on Google Play will enable developers to drive more awareness of their apps and provide consumers new ways to discover apps that they otherwise might have missed. in the coming weeks, a limited set of users will begin to see ads from a pilot group of advertisers who are already running Google search ads for their apps. We’ll have more to share in the coming months about the expansion of this program. We believe search ads will be a useful addition to Google Play for users and developers alike, and we hope this will bring even more success to our developer community.
Unquote
So lets get this right - You type in the App you are looking for and the first result is some paid ad for something that might not be relevant - but they paid for that placement. Sweet. I can almost hear the hum of the Razor as Google Sheers even more of its users. Thanks Google for helping drive Android users to the iOS platform - and welcome new Tii Listeners - as you will learn - Apple treats you as a user with dare I say - Respect. I know kinda a foreign concept for those of you coming from Android. Just Sayin
Oh and if you are an indie dev this really really sucks - because now you have an app that is starting to do well - and the bigger App companies see that - and buy up search results around your app title for their rip off version of your app they through together in a couple of days with low cost devs from 3rd world countries. And bam - your app sales start to tank. Yeah - Good news all around Google.
29:04
http://www.gfi.com/blog/most-vulnerable-operating-
systems-and-applications-in-2014/
In the how much did Google pay for this article category comes the following. Thanks to Giuseppe M for this one.
The post title is Most Vulnerable Operating Systems and application in 2014.
So they compared all Mac OS Ten versions combined vs All iOS versions combined vs All Linux Kernels combined vs Each break out of MS Windows - be it server 2008, Win 7, win 8, 8.1, vista and RT - again all of those broken out - everyone else combined - and then did not even bring in Android at all. because you know I guess their spread sheet does not count that high.
Any way this Apples to Crankshaft comparison was pretty bad. But the comments at the bottom of the article were classic - I don’t think anyone was happy with this article and lack there of any journalistic integrity - not the linux folks and not the Mac folks and not the iOS folks - and not even the Windows folks.
This was definitely the worst blog post I read in the past month - Thanks Cristian Florian - now I want those 10 minutes of my life back.
30:21
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/billions-
of-android-apps-vulnerable-to-hackers-
2015-02-27?siteid=yhoof2
Speaking of an OS with vulnerabilities - we need to look no further than Android. There was a report on Market watch this past week that talks about More than five Billion downloaded Android apps being vulnerable to hacks. Sweet. Also sweet is that the number of apps designed to steal financial info from Android users has skyrockets - this according to a report release on Friday from Security company FireEye.
According to them the number of Malware laden apps designed to steal financial data rose 500% in the second half of 2013.
And a vast majority of Mobile Malware is targeted to Android - with 96% of the Malware being for Android. And on the iOS side - Quote Almost all of the iOS malware observed by FireEye works only against jailbroken devices unquote.
31:25
VOICEMAIL - Ron_ohio_issue_zoom_813_accessibility
Hi Rob,
I wanted to share a “fix” I found. I have a 2015 Fusion with MyFordSync and stream via Bluetooth from my iPhone 6 Plus while driving to and from work. I would get drops randomly where it would go silent for a few seconds, then disconnect (switching the audio to another source), then reconnecting. This causes me to have to reselect Bluetooth as the source. Gets very frustrating, especially, when it does it several times in a few minutes. I found the problem is likely my Pebble. I turned it off and left it at home for the past couple of weeks and have had no drops at all. So if anyone has issues with momentary Bluetooth dropouts, it may be from your Pebble (if you have one, obviously). Unfortunately, I don’t know WHY it’s doing it, but if I learn any more on the issue, I’ll keep you posted.
Regards,
Lou V
33:39
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/
pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises
Gee - which Kickstarter Project will I start with today - Hmmmmm tough decision. For those that did not hear Pebble turned to Kickstarter once again for their new Color e-paper smart watch with up to 7 days of Battery life. This one is called the Pebble Time - and it has a new timeline Interface to highlight what is important in your day.
Other features are it is fully compatible with all 6,500+ existing Pebble Apps and Watchfaces - so yes the Tii Watchface will still work for you.
There is also a microphone on the Pebble time to let you send voice replies to incoming notifications - but for now on iOS that is just for Gmail notifications.
They also say it is water resistant and that you can swim or surf with it on - but they do not recommend taking it underwater.
They will begin shipping in May - but not to you if you have not already order yours - because all that is left is June shipments now for Single orders. Pricing is $179 now. Unless you want to order two - then it is $338 for two and a two pack ships in May for now - but they are almost out of that level.
You have until March 27th at 9:00 PM CT if you want to get in on this.
They are well over $11 Million in sales which is a wee bit above their $500,000 goal - and I had folks emailing in “Wow" and “amazing”
and this is on fire with regards to sales.
But lets put the numbers into perspective. For that $11+ Mil in sales they have sold over 62,500 Pebble Times. They did that in the first 5 days. Again lets put that in perspective. The Apple Watch will by all Analysts estimates sell well over 1 Million units that first weekend and will sell between 10 Mil and 30 Mil in 2015.
That is significantly greater then was Pebble just did and will do.
Still the numbers are good - and I am happy for Pebble - and I do like my black and white pebble. And at $179 it is significantly cheaper than the Apple Watch and with 7 days of Battery life - it will give significantly better battery life. It was nice to go on a biz trip this past week where I charged up my Pebble on Sunday - and then did not have to charge it up again until Friday night.
Also the Pebble Time is 20% thinner than the original Pebble - so that is nice as well.
Again search for Pebble Time in Kickstarter if you want to get one at $179 - Retail price will be $199 later on.
36:58
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maumau/hi-
tech-sunglasses-headphones-no-more-earphones-or
Ok - we have another Kickstarter project this week - it is the Buhel Tech Sunglasses plus headphones - with Buhel spelled B U H E L
This one had a goal of $80k and has now raised over $330k - and you will have until March 14th at 10:08 AM CT to fund this one.
So what is it that pushed this one north of $300k in pledges - well the Buhel SG05 Bluetooth Bone Conduction glasses communicate with iOS devices and others to bring the audio direct to the center of your head with nothing needed in your ear holes.
With this one you can make and receive phone calls via bluetooth. Listen to Podcasts or music, and Activate Siri.
I actually pledged on this one and I am supposed to be in the early -Pre-Productin basic package group with delivery of that in April.
We will see how it goes - the other bone Conduction headphones I ordered two years ago are still not here.
Right now the $165 option is the cheapest one available with a delivery date of June 2015.
The $165 option gets you the following:
One Black Buhel Soundless, 1 Clear set of lenses, 1 red / gold Lenses, 1 smoke grey flash mirror lense, + the add on Accessory for Prescription Lenses.
If you are looking for a way to get Audio to your head - and don’t want to have the Cords in the way and don’t want something stuck in your ear hole - this is something you will want to check out - Search for B U H E L - and I will of course talk about this one once it comes - which right now they are saying will be late April.
39:04
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
1990698791/smart-rope
And we have one more Kickstarter project this week - it is the Smart Rope - and for long time listeners of my Podcasts you may have heard me mention I am pretty good with a jump rope. I am the person at the gym that is showing off all the cross over and double jumps. So this one is near and dear to my heart - and Yes this is one I funded as well. Man I need to stop covering Kickstarter projects - it is getting expensive.
Ok so what is the Smartrope - it is quote the evolution of a classic - smart rope is an LED embedded jump rope that connects to your smartphone. unquote.
But it is actually more the LED’s in the middle that when you jump it shows you the number of jumps and data. Of course it also syncs data to your smartphone to track your work outs.
It comes in 3 sizes - So you can pick the one that is best for your height.
It is expected to Ship in September.
I picked the $70 level - which if you are in the US is really $75 as they add $5 for shipping to the US. The $70 level gets you the smart rope plus the Silicon Handles - which I would recommend if you do more than a basic jump - if you are crossing over or double jumping or more - then yeah you don’t want this flying out of your hands.
If you have a significant other that likes to jump rope they have a $100 version which comes in a custom gift box.
I will not just talk about this one when I get it I will also shoot a video of me using it and put it as an extra in the Tii App. I look forward to getting this.
If you like to jump rope check out Smart Rope at Kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 339 - you have until April 6th at 9:00 AM to fund this one. Currently they are at $45k towards a goal of $60k - so they are 75% of the way there - and should hit their goal before April 6th.
41:27
http://www.cultofmac.com/312711/old-flip-
phones-iphones-newest-rival-japan/
Thanks to Tash and others on this next one - which is a story about how in Japan Old Flip-Phones are the iPhones newest Rival. Seems in Japan the Flip phones are making a comeback.
But folks let put this in perspective this is also the same country that right now is on track by 2020 to sell more Adult Diapers than those for babies - and I think really that is all you need to know about this story of Flip phones rivaling iPhones in Japan - just sayin
42:00
http://appleiph0ne.com/southwest-airlines-app-for-
iphone-finally-adds-passbook-support-download-link
I was traveling this past week and that means I am able to report first hand on this next story - which is the Southwest App finally adds Passbook support. With Finally being the keyword - it is about time Southwest. One thing however I could not get to work was to get it in my lock screen - it said it was set to be available in the lock screen - but I could never get it to work.
To get the boarding pass into Passbook - was easy enough - after you check in - via the Southwest app for your boarding pass there is a button at the bottom that says Add to Passbook - tap that and you are done. Again except for the part about getting it on the lock screen - which would have been cool. Again at least in my settings under Notifications for Passbook it shows it as turned on for “Show on Lock Screen”
If anyone has been able to get their boarding pass to show on their lock screen - let me know what you needed to do - kind of frustrating.
206-666-6364 - 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
43:33
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_correcting_my_mispronuc
Here is a question I saw
Quote
There is probably a very simple solution to this, but I just purchased a 6 Plus and none of the stock apps nor my home screen will go into landscape orientation, except safari. I have the rotation lock off and have just switched from android so I'm still getting the hang of this.
Regards,
Izzy
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This was mentioned a while ago when the iPhone 6+ came out - but I will mention it again because I forgot where to find the setting on this for a few minutes. The problem here is he has the screen set in zoomed mode - this is a screen setting not a accessibility setting for Zoom. Yes - confusing. See if you have the screen set to zoomed mode - it will not allow the native apps on the iPhone 6+ to get split screened. To change this - go to Settings - then to Display & Brightness - Then to View - And select “Standard” if Zoomed is selected again it will not allow split screen.
Hi Rob,
Regarding iTunes Match: I used to have iTunes Match on my old iPhone but let the subscription expire. If I re-subscribe will all my old music which was on my iPhone 4 be available on my iPhone 6? FYI I still have the same iTunes account.
Regards,
Charles H
Hi Rob,
Love your today in iOS Podcast. I have been listening for many years since I first got my iphone 3.
I am currently on an iphone 5s on iOS 8.1.2 and was looking into jail breaking again. I did not see any current tutorials on the todayinios web site, just mentions of TAIG, but many people don't seem to fully trust this jail break. If Isearch in Google + I see all kinds of mentions of Evasi0n Jail break. Just wondering what you recommend and which tutorial to follow.
Regards,
Arnie in San Diego
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48:59
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iphone-6-problems/11/
Hi Rob,
This is a weird problem.
I listen to audiobooks a lot. I have found that whenever my iPhone goes to sleep or I press the power button to put the phone to sleep, the Apple music app skips to the next chapter or next song.
This is really annoying.
I have an iphone 6 plus and the latest version of ios.
Any ideas.
Regards,
Bob B
Well Thanks to Tash for the link to an article that has some suggestions on this. They start with recommending you use compressed air and blowing out the headphone jack and making sure you are pushing in the headphones all the way - i.e. no metal showing from the plug. Kind of common sense there on those.
The other thing to look for is if you have damaged the head phones - if you are putting the iPhone in your front pocket with the Headphones plugged in and you are standing and sitting a lot - you could have damaged the headphones - where the cord is shorting out - and this will cause siri to come on randomly - or when listening to podcasts or music or audiobooks for them to start over or skip ahead.
This also happens with some cheaply made 3rd party headphones right out of the box.
Here is the thing - if you have an iPhone that Siri is randomly coming on - first - make sure you have the option for hey siri turned off - sorry for that that just had siri respond. and then make sure you blow out your head phone port and you don’t have headphones plugged in. If you have the Hey - You know what feature turned off and no head phones are in and you are still getting siri turning on randomly - then take your iPhone to your apple store.
But in most cases people I have talked to on this - it was bad headphones.
52:02
http://getprismatic.com/story/1424302339966?
share=MTY0ODc5.MTQyNDMwMjMzOTk2Ng.
Ow3qdKqHlETuo3P-szE_2CYjZRk
File this next one under you are watching it wrong. This is a post from Prismatic - and it is talking about the movie 50 shades of grey - The title of the post is quote There is a glaring Technology error in the 50 shades of Grey Film unquote
What is said glaring error - well in the movie there is a part where the leads are texting and Steele is not on an iPhone and Grey is on an iPhone - but on Grey’s iPhone it is showing the text’s from Steele as Blue - which would only be the case if Both were on iPhones.
Ok - so this guy goes to a movie about a 27 year old Billionaire and his college graduate Partner and their BDS&M relationship and what he takes away from the movie is a Glaring Error that her text bubbles were the wrong color and this really bugged him. Yeah - I am thinking he did not get into the spirit of this movie - just sayin.
53:06
Hi Rob,
I broke down and bought a 6 after having a 4s with iOS and a lot of apps were crashing. Tried everything to a full restore no luck
My question is when I get my 6 should I set it up a a new phone and start from scratch or restore from lastet back up? Thanks and can't wait!!!
Regards,
Phil
My recommendation is to set up your new iPhone 6 or 6+ as a brand new device - break the chains from legacy upgrades and backups and start fresh - then just install apps as you need them. I did this with my iPhone 6+ and I have been very happy with the results - and the number of Apps I have is less than 1/10th of where I was with the 5S - as I have only installed when I needed them.
Hi Rob,
Once again the Rob method of installing updates worked like a charm. I usually wait for two weeks after any small update but I've been sick so it got delayed.
I saved your update directions in Apple Pages app so i can reference them on any device. So far 8.1.3 running no problems on iPhone 5s.
Regards,
John D
Thanks John for the feedback - and folks remember in the Tii App - go to the episode list - tap on PDF’s and then scroll down to “Recommended Update Procedure” and look that over before you update to iOS 8.2 - which might be released on or around the March 9th event. As always even better advice from me is to wait a week before doing any update to iOS.
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56:14
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And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
I had a good time at NRB - but work kept this episode from coming out during the week - sorry about that. My next trip is in April to NMX and NAB - Libsyn will have a booth there - in the North hall - hope to meet anyone going to NMX and NAB this year at the show.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODES 338
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song called SideCar with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Sidecar.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank PAT for sending in the Artwork for today's show. PAT wrote
Hi Rob:
Attached is an artwork submission. It is a Pebble Watchface with Tii branding. The pic was, of course, taken with an iPhone 5S with no filters, etc.
I am also attaching the .PBW file in case you or any listeners want to add the custom face to their Pebble watch.
Regards,
Pat in Austin
Well PAT Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see PAT'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 338 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
And if you want this watch face for your Pebble watch email me today in iOS at gmail dot com and I will send it to you along with instructions on how to get it on your Pebble watch. Ok well actually I will send you the link to it - which you click on in your email on your iPhone and then in safari on your iPhone you get the option to “Open in Pebble” - select that and then choose to install - it is easy peezy - again email and put Tii Watch face in the subject line and I will send you the link and instructions - for those that already know how to do this - look for the link in the show notes for ep 338 - Thanks Pat for creating this watch face for the show.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/tii/tii.pbw
http://www.mypebblefaces.com/faq
Folks
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:51
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Apple could be negatively impacted by slower growth in iPhone sales. In my opinion, the company cannot grow indefinitely in the smartphone market area and one day, it will materialize in its share price. unquote
Gillian Mauyen, Seeking Alpha, 15 November 2013
Why is it all so often writers at Seeking Alpha really seem to just be seeking intelligence. Wait did I not just say that on the last episode. Hmmmm. It is almost as if Seeking Alpha is just a big link bait farm - Just Sayin
03:28
For Promo codes - On Ep 337 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APPS - BOOB-TUBE AND VERSATIMER - we will be giving those out later this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 337.
This week we have promo codes for a couple of Apps - the first one is the App - PITCHMAN one word - here is the review from the dev -
PLAY PROMO FOR PITCHMAN
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - PITCHMAN and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put PITCHMAN in the subject line.
The Second item we have promo code for is the App - POCKET YOGA - two words - Here is the review from the dev -
PLAY PROMO CODE - POCKET YOGA
Thanks to the Dev for sending in THEIR review of THE APP POCKET YOGA and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this APP - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put YOGA - in the subject line.
As Always - just send in one email for one specific APP. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple APPS in a single email - then well - No Soup for you.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/tii/tii.pbw
From Pat who sent in the Artwork for todays episode which is the cool Today in iOS watch face my Pebble is now sporting.
He wrote:
Hi Rob:
I developed this Pebble watchface
for the vision impaired. They may find it
useful. Of course, it is free.
http://whiskeytangohotel.com/braille for info
or search "Braille" in the Pebble app store.
Regards,
Pat
Thanks Pat and folks check out Pat’s site at whiskey tango hotel dot com - link in the show notes.
http://whiskeytangohotel.com
07:55
http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/09/apple-releases-
first-build-of-ios-8-3-to-developers/
Ok - Apple did something a little un-expected - they released iOS 8.3 Beta 1 last week. So yes - iOS 8.2 is still at beta status - and they released an beta for 8.3 - that is the first time Apple has ever done something like that.
Not sure what to make of this - but 8.2 I still believe does not come out of Beta until right before the Apple Watch launches - which right now if I had to pick a date it would be April 24th. Which mean 8.2 available to download on April 22nd - That now when I say that seems an awful long time to have two different betas for 8.2 and 8.3 out at the same time - it is kind of confusing.
That All said - hey the beta for 8.3 is out and as usual the devs have loose lips. Here are some of the new features we are hearing about.
Two of the bigger features noted are ONE Wireless Carplay - which means that user will no longer need to connect via USB to their dashboard to bring iOS like experiences to their dashboard - now they can do it when the iPhone is still in your pocket or purse. Which is nice as it means you are less likely to leave said iPhone in your car.
The second big feature is easier Google two-step verification or Two-Factor Authorization depending on who you read talking about this. Either way - this is for those that prefer Gmail and Google Calendars and what to use the two-factor verification.
Additional new features with 8.3 include a new Emoji Layout. So with 8.3 all emoji’s will be on a single scrollable page.
One bit of big news for those in China is 8.3 brings support for Apple pay in China - via UnionPay.
There is also a minor tweak to Passbook - which has a categories for Credit cards and debit cards into section called Apple Pay - and then there is a section called Passes.
The Beta label is removed from iCloud Photo Library. Which of course means it will now be rock solid and no one will ever have a bug with it again. Right?
Also it is reported that 8.3 beta includes many bug fixes and improvements for iCloud Drive and CloudKit.
Nothing really earth shattering - but if you were one using CarPlay - the wireless feature is a very very nice addition.
Per what all this means for iOS 8.2 and when it launches - who knows maybe apple will release 8.2 in March after all - and then just get around to launching Apple Watch once they get their supply chain set up for it - which again according to Tim Cook will be in April some time for US customers.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/09/ios-8-3-
brings-wireless-carplay-to-the-iphone/
http://www.cultofmac.com/311501/everything-
thats-new-ios-8-3/
http://thefusejoplin.com/2015/02/cool-
features-ios-83-beta-1/
11:06
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/heres-
another-reason-not-to-buy-any-16gb-ipad-or-iphone
Thanks to Michael and others for this next one.
Which goes back to something I said this past September and then the September before that and the one before that. Don’t buy 16 GB versions of iOS devices - get at least 64 GB in storage and really for new devices best to get 128 gb in storage. What is the news that makes me say that AGAIN - well it is that Apple has upped the max size an App can be from 2GB to 4GB. Yes - one App - 4GB in size - Yikes if you are sitting there with a 16 GB device which really only has 12 GB of storage space for Apps and photos and video.
From Apple quote
The size limit of an app package submitted through iTunes Connect has increased from 2 GB to 4 GB, so you can include more media in your submission and provide a more complete, rich user experience upon installation. Please keep in mind that this change does not affect the cellular network delivery size limit of 100 MB.
Unquote
And oh if you think Apple is making this change so as to encourage App devs to make bigger apps so that users need to spend more for larger storage iOS devices - well then Yes you have been paying attention because that is exactly what they are doing - although Apple would say this is so devs can put in more higher res images that are optimized for the many different iOS devices from iPhone 4S to iPad Air 2 - such that the apps look great regardless of the device. And don’t be cheap get 128 gb in storage.
And think some day in the future on this show I will be talking about how Apple upped the max file size to 8 GB for an App. Just Sayin.
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/12/apple-
increases-maximum-app-size/
13:06
http://www.slashgear.com/apple-adds-two-
step-verification-to-imessage-facetime-12368847/
Apple has now added two-step verification to both iMessage and FaceTime.
Now when you set up a new iOS device to use iMessage and / or FaceTime you will also have to enter a verification code in iCloud - thus Apple knows that you are who you say you are and not someone else claiming to be you but is not.
The real thing to take away from this - is if you plan on setting up another or new iOS device for iMessage and / or FaceTime - make sure you have your main device handy - as you are going to need to get a code to enter.
While it is one more step you need to take - it is just one time when setting up that new device.
13:49
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for recommending Harrys.com and for the promo code. I just received my shave kit yesterday and I already love it. It gives me a closer shave quicker than my old Gillette and the blades are less than half the cost. The shave gel is also awesome, no more chemical feel on my face. Thanks to you and your wonderful podcast - Harry’s has a new customer. As always i’m looking forward to the next episode of Tii
Ken
in Louisburg, NC
And from the Google+ community from John Clarke on Jan 20th
Quote
Received my "Truman Set" from Harry's. Their blades beat the competition hands down and the foaming shave gel is incredible!
https://plus.google.com/u/0/117784299675633229028/posts/
HT87KGKVZA5?cfem=1
Thanks for the feedback Ken and Thanks to John for the Post in the Google+ community and I want to thank Harrys for sponsoring this episode - if you go to harrys dot com - that is h a r r y s dot com and use the promo code t i i - you will save $5 on your first order.
No more over paying for razor blades or waiting in line to get them - you purchase them online at half the price of other blades - Win and win.
That’s right save money and get the razors delivered right to your door with free shipping. The starter kit The Truman Set is amazing - for $15 you get a razor - Foaming Shave Gel and 3 razor blades - all in a great package that screams GIFT ME GIFT ME. Even if the gift is just to yourself.
The new Foaming Shave Gel is incredible and made from Natural ingredients which include Licorice Root extract, plus a blend of Cucumber and Aloe. It really is nice to shave with something that is not made from industrial chemicals.
Ok - but really where the rubber meets the road is how the blades work when they meet your beard or head or other hyper folic areas of your body. And here is where Harry’s really shines - their blades are incredibly sharp and give me the best shave I have ever had - I am 100% a harrys customer now. And the blades come from a 90 Year old German factory that Harrys liked so much they purchased the factory - and that is how they can get you a better shave then the best premium blades out there at less then half the price.
And Harrys has a good social mission where 1% of sales and at least 1% of their time is donated to organizations to help prep people for personal and professional success. With Harrys.com You get a shave that feels really good from a company you can feel good about.
Once again go to Harrys.com now and save $5 off when you enter the code - t i i with your first purchase. That is h a r r y s dot com and enter the coupon code T I I at check out to save $5 on your first purchase and start shaving better today or at least as soon as your new shave kit arrives at your door step.
16:39
VOICEMAIL - Andy_answr_macbook_air_connect_ipad
Hi Rob,
This is in response to the gentleman in episode 0337 who had the connection issue between his iPad mini and MacBook air. I had a similar connection issue with connecting my iPhone with a lightening to usb cable to my MacBook. I simply replaced the cable and it solved the problem. I know this may seem like an obvious troubleshoot but you didn't mention attempting this in your message so I thought I'd throw it out there. Apple will replace the cable for free if you're still under warranty.
Regards,
Andrew
Hi, Rob,
My old iPad 2 recently started having a flaky connection to my mac, similar to Mike from San Jose. For me, it was because my 35 pin connector to the iPad was not seating correctly due to the iPad cover getting in the way. Wiggling the connector so that it is plugged in properly fixed the problem for me. This is clearly a hardware issue. If Mike is sure that the connection is solid, he should check the connector ends for corrosion, or try another connector, then take the entire configuration, laptop, cable and iPad in to the apple store for evaluation.
Regards,
Mike
VOICEMAIL - Jeremy_ks_issue_with_sync_change_cords
19:43
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,900 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Jonathan Perry who asked
Quote
I'm writing to ask you all for recommendations of quality widgets for iOS. I frequently do a google search in the hopes that I'll find a new article citing a cool new widget that's just been released, but they all just talk about how great the EverNote and Yahoo! Weather widgets are. So, can any of you guys suggest a lesser known widget or two that you love using?
Unquote
And there were a few replies on this.
Tosin O - responded with a very large list of 26 different widgets. Of which you can see in this post from Feb 12th in the Google+ community. I will not go through them all here.
Barry Smitherman asked if I would go through a quick primer on Widgets in General on the next episode - which I will do now.
First for iOS Widgets came to be in iOS 8 and are part of Extensibility.
With Today View Extensions - Any App can make a widget available that not only presents some info - but also offers a small amount of interaction right in the Notification Center.
Per the interaction - it is very limited - for example you can’t use a keyboard.
But it can give you some options to choose from where you can do a task right there or in many cases it will open up that main app.
Remember - Widgets are not stand alone items you download - they are part of an App that you download - that supports widgets.
You probably have a few apps installed already that support widgets you do not know about - like Evernote. Go and swipe down on your iOS device. Then select Today - then scroll down and look for the big edit button and tap on that It will show you a list of your Widgets and allow you to rearrange the order or exclude plus also show a plus symbol next the ones you can add.
The one I use often is Evernote - when I swipe down - select the camera - and then scan a business card. It does launch the App - so it is not done in the Notification center - and this is a premium offering from Evernote - just want to point that out as well.
But overall I think the biggest confusion people have about widgets is they think they are stand alone items you install - like there is a widget section of iTunes - when really they are extensions of apps you have or need to get and then add enable in the Today section of Notification center.
Again to see some apps that have extensions - Tosin o - had a nice list look for the Feb 12th post from Jonathan Perry in the Google+ community.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1900+ of you already in the community and contributing.
As a bonus here is a tip that was posted in the Google+ community
How to fix issues with regular text messages over LTE on your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus
Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap on Cellular.
Tap on Enable LTE.
Tap on Data Only.
Reboot your iPhone.
Thats it.
Regards,
Chris in London
Thanks as always Chris.
23:47
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2015/02/09/apple-
has-93-of-mobile-profits-650m-users-by-2018-says-canaccord/
For the how wrong were they segment of ep 334 I said the following quote I don’t think any of these people realize that Apple is the ONLY one making money. 85% of the profits for the entire Cellphone industry. unquote.
Well new numbers are out for last quarter and I was Wrong - Apple is not making 85% of the profits for the entire Cellphone industry - they are making 93% of the profits. This according to Mike Walkley of Canaccord Genuity.
Last quarter Sammy’s profits were 9% of the pie - which added up are over 100% - which means yes everyone else combined lost money. And no one is better at loosing money in the mobile space than MicroSoft. Who Mr Walkley estimated lost close over 400 Million dollars last quarter alone - giving it an industry leading -2% share of profits.
For all of 2014 Apple only represented 15.5 percent of the total number of smartphone sold - yet for Apple had 79% of the Total profits.
Mr Walkley also estimated that by the end of 2018 Apple will have around 650 Million active iPhone users.
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/02/09/apples-
iphone-profits-leaves-rivals-with-little-but-table-scraps/
25:05
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/apple-
is-worth-how-much
Thanks to Michael for this next one - which rolls in well with that last story and it has to do with how much Apple is now worth. Seems you can only keep good fundamentals down for so long. And now that wall street is listening again - Apples value has taken off - Apple recently became the first company with a market Cap of over 700 Billion. Now sitting at 740 Billion.
To put Apples Market Cap in perspective - It is now larger then gross National Product of Switzerland. Or the Entire Spanish Stock Maket, or Four Apollo Space Programs or twenty times the value of the NFL.
or Google and Microsofts Market Cap combined. Which is amazing when you think what I said just a little over a year ago on Ep 295
Quote
"Apples Market Cap minus cash is 209.9 Billion dollars. Just a little above last years 174 Billion in totals revenue. Microsoft - which had less half of apples Revenue at 82.8 billion - has a Market cap less cash of 222.1 Billion. And Finally Google - with Revenue in all of 2013 of 59.8 billion - has a market cap less cash of 336.3 Billion. Yes Google which has 1/3rd the revenue of Apple - has a market cap less cash of 1.6 Times that of Apples. Can you spot the bubble? Because either Google is way way way over valued or Apple is way way way under valued right now - and My guess is it is a mix of the two.
Apple generated >22 Billion in Cash to Google 16 and change billion in Revenue. So right now if you look at Apple stock price and compare it to the other companies - Apple really is a bargain.
unquote
Well I hoped you listened and purchased some Apple stock back then. At the time Apple stock was sitting at $71. Which means since that episode Apple stock went up over 75%. Not bad for less than 13 months.
If you did listen and invested just $6,700 - you would now have made enough profit to by a top of the line Mac Book Pro, top of the Line iPad Air 2 and Top of the Line iPhone 6+ off contract - and still have some left over an Apple TV and cup of starbucks coffee. Just not the Venti.
27:44
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102417566
Thanks to Robin P for the heads up on this next one - which talks about a rumor for a Feb 24th Apple event that would mostly be to fill in folks about the details of the Apple Watch - but so far nothing to support that.
Big questions still remain about Pricing of the models - about all we know is the base Sport Model will be $350 - and it goes up from there - how far up is one thing said event would answer - with many speculating the top end being around $5,000.
Specifics on Battery Life are the other big question mark. Some reports say it will be as low as 2 1/2 hours of full use. Others put it at 4 or more hours of full use.
In addition to filling in the blanks on Pricing and specs - there will be the questions about availability - not just in the US but globally - and also details on 3rd party apps.
Other speculations about this event - is that it the Apple Watch would only be one part of the event - with the other parts being around Beats Streaming music service and also about a new Mac Book Air and possibly even the Mythical iPad Lunch tray - or iPad Max.
If there is going to be a Feb 24th event - invites need to be going out later today. With Today being Feb 17th.
That all said - If there is a new event coming - I think the invite will be going out around the 24th for that event. And the actual event would be Tuesday the 3rd of March or Wednesday the 4th of March. Why those days - well that would put it right in the middle of Mobile World Congress - which runs the 2nd to the 5th of March. And Apple has a history of curious timing of their announcements to line up with these type of events - thus pulling the wind out of the sails for all those competitors that hope to get some press momentum from said events.
So lets call this possible event the March Madness event. Because well everyone at Mobile World Congress will be mad at Apple for once again stilling their thunder.
And one rumor that popped up in our Google+ community was from Brenden F who wrote quote
I heard from my buddy who attended the Apple Watch training that the Apple Watch Sport edition will only work with the rubber band and not be "compatible" with the metal/leather bands. This kinda disappoints me as I was hoping to go cheaper on gen 1 and still have a formal option (metal) band during the day.
unquote
Brenden - I agree with you - if true that disappoints me as well - would have been nice to have the option for a different band. As switching bands was one thing that looked cool about the Apple Watch. Hopefully that is addressed at the March Madness event.
30:42
http://appleiph0ne.com/apple-tv-4-releasing-
in-fall-2015-according-to-analyst
One thing I did not mention and was not mentioned in the latest rumors is the long over do refresh for the Apple TV.
And According to Often Wrong Gene Munster - we are not going to see said update until this Fall.
Which right there leads me to believe the next update to Apple TV will be announced at the March Madness event this year.
Right so what will the Apple TV 4th gen have - Well according to Often Wrong Gene - the device would potentially integrate content, gaming and home kit.
Again - If Gene is saying not until the fall - we can pretty much cancel out the fall - and given it is now over 2 years since the last update - yeah - I could see a 4th gen Apple TV getting announced at the next Apple event. Of course I say that about every next Apple Event.
31:33
http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/09/apples-ios-9-
to-have-huge-stability-and-optimization-focus-
after-years-of-feature-additions/
Speaking of Apple Rumors - we are starting to see those come in about iOS 9 now that it is being reported as showing up on server logs.
And the latest rumor if true I would be glad to see as it is exactly what I was calling for a few episodes ago - and that is to make iOS 9 all about optimization of the OS - not about feature creep and gimmicks.
From an article at 9 to 5 mac was this quote
For 2015, iOS 9, which is codenamed Monarch, is going to include a collection of under-the-hood improvements. Sources tell us that iOS 9 engineers are putting a “huge” focus on fixing bugs, maintaining stability, and boosting performance for the new operating system, rather than solely focusing on delivering major new feature additions.
unquote
While in this next big feature thing world - saying the next big thing is bug fixes and speed improvement is not all that sexy - it is at least to me my number one wish for iOS 9. I am sure even if that is the main focus there will be other real show them on a keynote slide features as well - I just hope the one big bold and at the center of that slide - is Optimization.
I guess the next thing I hope for iOS 9 - is that it also works for devices running the A6 and even A5 processors i.e. 32 bit processors and not just those running the 64 bit - which are the A7 and later processors.
More on this in future episodes for sure.
33:21
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27525201/
apple-is-revving-up-make-car-report-says
The Big Rumor from the Past week is about the Top secret Project code named Titan. Which according to sources is An Apple Electric Vehicle to compete with Tesla and other electric vehicles. This per an article in the Wall Street Journal and also one in the Financial Times and a 3rd by Reuters. And with the big guys reporting on this you can see why it had legs.
Supposedly Apple already has couple hundred employees working on this project and quote Apple has authorized the creation of a 1,000 person team unquote.
The current team is already supposedly working at a private facility a few miles from Apples one Infinite loop campus. But then are not all facilities Apple owns Private.
It is known that Apple has been hiring people from the auto industry.
Others say the thought of Apple bringing its own car to the market are bunk. And rather the team being assembled has more to do with Apple developing more software in the car - with Car being plural and meaning all cars.
Think of it where Apple takes Car Play and puts it on Steroids.
Although the Reuters piece says it is not just about an Electric Car - it is about an Autonomous Electric car.
One thing I think that leads a lot of believability to this rumor is that Often Wrong Gene Munster does not think it will happen. Enough for me - done deal Apple is making an Electric car. Ok well maybe not - Here is what Gene had to say in a note to investors.
quote While we believe Apple can do both a TV and a car, it seems far more likely that we get a TV from Apple in the next five years than a car. unquote
Ok - so Gene did not say no car ever - just no car in the next 5 years.
Which means either we see an Electric car from Apple in the next 5 years or we never see one.
Actually here is a quote on all these Apple car Rumors I thought was worth sharing it is from Jean-Louis Gassess - former Apple Exec.
Quote
“Apple’s life today is relatively simple. It sells small devices that are easily transported back to the point of sale for service if needed. No brake lines to flush, no heavy and expensive batteries and cooling systems, no overseeing the installation and maintenance of home and public chargers. And consider the trouble Tesla faces with entrenched auto dealers who oppose Tesla selling cars directly in some states. Apple doesn’t need these headaches.”
unquote
Good points - JL
http://fortune.com/2015/02/14/gene-
munster-no-car-from-apple-for-at-least-five-years/
36:13
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apple-buy-
tesla-75b-18-months-jason-calacanis
All these car rumors lead to more rumors and speculation.
This time from Jason Calacnis - who pines that he thinks when it comes to Electric Cars and Apple - yes it is coming - but not by Apple developing its own - but rather by Apple opening up its cash horde and buying Tesla and doing so in the next 18 months.
And nope that is not the first time we heard this rumor of Apple acquiring Tesla - here is a quote from an Episode of Tii exactly one year ago -
Quote
it was speculated that Apple was talking with Tesla to get iOS device integration into the cars - but now it looks like the talks might have been a cover for apple to talk with Tesla about buying tesla over a year ago. Now this is not likely to ever happen as Tesla's market Cap today is over 5 times where it was a year ago. Right now it is around 25 Billion. Back then it was around $4.5 Billion. And really if you look at Apples history - there was probably very little chance of it happening a year ago - as Apple has never made an acquisition over a Billion dollars - so going for one that at the time would have likely cost them $6 to $7 Bil once they put in the premium - it just does not seem likely it could have happened - that all said - Darn - I really really really would have loved to see Tesla pulled in under the Apple umbrella. Now Google will likely buy them - given that whole driverless car thing - it just seems to make sense.
unquote
Ok - since that Episode we have seen Apple spend 3 Billion for a maker of Headphones. Think about that. Wow - Apple really should have pulled the trigger a couple of years ago. If base heavy headphones are worth $3 billion -then the top of the line Electric Vehicle was easily worth $6 to $7 Billion - oooppppsss. Talk about mistake by inaction.
I am guessing we will report about Apple Buying Tesla Rumors again in the near future and then again after that and so on.
38:22
http://www.zdnet.com/article/16-million-
mobile-devices-hit-by-malware-in-2014-alcatel-lucent/
According to Alcatel-Lucent in 2014 16 Million Mobile devices were hit by Malware and by Hit - we mean were infected and by Mobile devices we or they mean Android. This report comes from their Security Labs division - which found malware on mobile devices increased 25% in 2014 - to get this - be equal to the number of Windows PC’s that are infected. Yes - Android and Windows PC’s are now running neck and neck for Viral infections according to the report. NICE. And this is one key reason why most of us stick with iOS.
The report said less than 1% of the infections came from iPhone and blackberry smartphones combined.
Yeah Android - go team.
Thanks to all that sent in links to that article.
39:23
VOICEMAIL - Alex_CA_answer_airprint_fingerPrint
VOICEMAIL - Roy_MI_Printing_wirelessly
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_answer_airprint
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_part2
Hey Rob
In episode 337 a caller named Mike asked about an Epson work force 650 printer. Heads up said it was not compatible with air print. I wanted to let you know that it is compatible with air print as I have the same printer and use it all the time to print from iPhone or iPad.
You have to make sure you connect the printer to your WiFi network first. Then it will show up on your iOS device as an available printer.
Hope this helps
Regards,
Ernie
VOCIEMAIL - CHUCK_Answr_printerPro
Hi Rob,
To the caller who asked about printing to a non-AirPlay printer, I have another solution.
I use Readdle's Printer Pro app to print to printers at work because they are on a different subnet than the wireless router and AirPlay doesn't work. If you install the companion app, you can print through it to any printer that you have defined on your Windows or Mac computer, even if the computer is on a different subnet than your wireless network. There's a free test app to make sure it work.
Regards,
Myron U
46:46
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/92038024/savage-
supply-co-canvas-leather-bags-and-accessori
I think it was the last episode - hey these things morph together on me - where there was talk about Backpacks and other bags for iPads and iOS devices. Well there is yet another bag project on Kickstarter.
This one involves leather and Canvas. So very earthy feeling.
They hit their goal of $10k - with $14k already.
And you have until March 9th at 4:00 PM CT to fund this one.
The project title is Canvas & Leather bags, backpacks, wallets, iPad Case - and you can find it at Kickstarter dot com and in the show notes.
Pricing ranges from 40 for the wallet to $290 for the 1912 Briefcase for a 15” laptop.
They are really cool looking - if you are looking for something different for your self or a significant other.
48:03
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/us-carrier-
unlocking-code-of-conduct/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one - which is new that US Carriers are making it somewhat easier to unlock your phone.
7 US carriers which include AT&T, Bluegrass, Cellcom, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon - are now honoring a voluntary code of conduct which include as part of the code - allowing users to get their phone unlocked with out a big fight. This of course is only after you have honored your agreements terms of service - oh and this does not mean you can take a CDMA only phone to a GSM carrier - technical rules will still apply - obviously. And it looks like Sprint will not be unlocking for domestic use phone model released before Feb 11th. Point is this - If you have a phone that you honored your term of agreement with your carrier - you should now in most cases be able to get said phone unlocked to take over seas or to another carrier - and the carriers are supposed to be giving your less hoops that are on fire and spinning for you to jump through.
but really - did it need to take this long for carriers to do what clearly is the right thing. It is sad a press release is required for common decency. But alas - I guess this is progress when dealing with Telecom companies.
49:32
VOICEMAIL - Shannon_sir_issue_remembering_wife_name
A little heads up on an app mentioned on previous episode that is free for a limited time - and that is the App - ViewExif - this is an App that lets you view the EXIF data for the photos you take right on your iOS device.
ViewEXIF - one word - search for it in the App store app or in the show notes for ep 338 at today in iOS dot com.
Hi Rob,
In response to the listener who said messenger locked up, I've had the same issues since iOS8 was released, at least once a day.
Regards,
Dan B
Hi Rob,
If me AND my wife want to use iTunes Match will we have to pay $25 times 2?
We have seperate apple id's. I'm afraid we will with seperate id's.
Regards,
Mike R
Hi Rob,
I've got a couple of different cards from the same bank... since the graphics for each card are the same on the phone, despite the cards physically having a different look, is it possible to add a nickname to the cards (Personal, Business, etc.) to quickly identify which card I wish to use at checkout? Can't seem to find that option anywhere.
Regards,
Andy
VOICEMAIL - Fdbk_apple_watch_constraint
55:50
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102425356
Thanks to Michael for this next one - which is Apple Pay related. Seems the US Governement will begin accepting Apple Pay later this year - this according to Tim Cook at the White Houses Summit on Cyber Security and consumer Protection event held at Stanford University.
Beginning in September certain government transaction like admission to National Parks will start to accept Apple Pay.
Cook also said in the future he was hopeful that leading bank and networks would use Apple Pay Technology with benefit programs like Social Security and Veteran Pensions.
Cook also said quote "We believe we can bring about a future that fully embraces both privacy and security, We must get this right. unquote.
And a fact sheet on cybersecurity initiatives from the White House said quote Apple, Visa, MasterCard, Comerica Bank and U.S. Bank are committed to working together to make Apple Pay, a tokenized, encrypted service, available for users of federal payment cards, including DirectExpress and GSA SmartPay cards. unquote.
So it seems Apple Pay is going beyond just McD and Walgreens.
57:03
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81697.html?google_editors_picks=true
And Speaking of Apple pay going beyond it will also go above - Thanks to Dr. John and a few others for this next one - which is about Apple Pay going above the clouds that is - as JetBlue will start taking Apple Pay on flights - so now if you want that $3 tiny vodka bottle - you don’t have to undo your seatbelt and pull out your wallet - you can just use your iPhone to pay for said tiny bottle of booze or a snack box or even to upgrade to better seating.
This support is set to start right about now for NY to LA and SF flights - and then roll out to all flights by June.
To roll this out Jetblue will issue iPad Minis and NFC-enabled cases to more than 3500 airline flight attendants. Which goes along with the iPads all the pilots were given back in 2013.
58:04
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/1/28/welcome-
to-apple-world-today
We mentioned TUAW was closed - merged into other properties and some writers had left to start their own thing - well said own thing is Apple World dot Today - from now on referred to as AWT
Steve Sande - part of TUAW since 2008, Dave Caolo since 2005 and Kelly Hodgkins - who has written for TUAW, MacRummors, and intoMobile are part of the AWT team.
Anyway - if you are missing TUAW from your blog feed - you can add in the AWT RSS feed in its place.
58:46
Hi rob!
Just wondering if there's a way to save my iPhoto library on an external HDD much like I do wih my iTunes?
Regards,
Enrique from manila, Philippines
One solution is the iStick
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istick/id590694047?mt=8
VOICEMAIL - Ken_part1_hack and Ken_part2_hack - EDIT
1:01:16
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 337
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STEVE for sending in the music you hear in the background. STEVE wrote:
Hi Rob,
The entire piece was recorded, mixed & produced on the iPhone 5S
Three tracks are me playing a 9 tone Idiopan steel hand drum (made from propane tanks by Brett Hutchingson)
https://m.youtube.com/user/idiopandrums
Then I used a bunch of iPhone apps:
DR-OM, which is a virtual recreation of 1960's DR-OM analog drone boxes, which have their own fascinating history.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-om/id555409573?mt=8
The "leads" are two tracks using GyroSynth an app that uses the gyroscope in the iPhone to control pitch, volume, modulation by moving the device on different axises.
GyroSynth by BeepStreet
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gyrosynth/id386527164?mt=8
Finally, I added some percussion sounds using Impaktor, an app that uses vibrations picked up by the device's mic, & accelerometer, allowing the player to place the device on a table or other surface, and then playing percussion and/or other samples by hitting the table/surface.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/impaktor-drum-
synthesizer/id557824278?mt=8
The recording isn't the greatest, because I used the iPhone mic to record the Idiopan tracks.
I used Multitrack DAW
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/multitrack-daw/
id329322101?mt=8
for recording & mixing as well as sending this to you, and Audiobus app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiobus/id558513570?mt=8
to connect up the various virtual synths.
Regards,
Steve V
SONG_STEVE_140727.mp3
Thanks STEVE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JEFF for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JEFF wrote
Hi Rob,
Here's how the attached image was composed
All the background elements were assembled in the Master Fx app on My iPad mini.
The program comes loaded with numerous separate pieces from skys, roads, & rivers to animals, machines & various special effects which can be easily assembled without the usual burdensome requirement of actual artistic talent, a fact I find most helpful. All the artistic elements can be moved, resized, masked & otherwise tweaked Infinitely.
Once assembled the image was opened in Tangled FX to create the etching like woven texture most notable in the water. This is a great app for creating textures from woven to painterly oils . The Tii in the sky was drawn in Zen Brush. Since you can't import images into Zen Brush, I saved the image to the Sketch Club & applied it to a separate layer which was put in difference mode to make the Tii blend into the sky. Sketch club is a great app for working easily with layers & making custom brushes from your doodles or photos.
Regards,
Jeff
Well JEFF Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JEFF'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 337 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
04:07
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “After spending the better part of yesterday digging deeply into Samsung’s analyst day materials, it has become clear to me that Apple, over the long haul, stands very little chance against the Samsung behemoth. While Apple’s products truly are wonderful, and while its engineering prowess is certainly very impressive, it’s clear that Samsung will brute-force its way into taking more and more marketshare from Apple at the high end while at the same time will enjoy key structural advantages in the low end that Apple would – at least in its present form – not be able to match. unquote
Ashraf Eassa, Seeking Alpha , 7 November 2013
Why is it all so often writers at Seeking Alpha really seem to just be seeking intelligence. Wow - Could Mr Eassa have been any more wrong. Apple in 2014 cleaned Sammy’s clock on the high end and Sammy had its bell rung on the low end by multiple Chinese players. Kinda sucks to be Sammy and Mr Eassa for that matter - Just Sayin
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08:30
http://appleiph0ne.com/ios-8-2-beta-5-download-released
Apple Released iOS 8.2 beta 5 on Ground hog day - which I thought would mean I would have lots of time to find articles talking about new features with beta 5 before this episode was recorded - ummm no - seems it was mostly bug fixes for beta 5. There is now the option for devs to create their own setting bundles for the extensions they write for Watchkit - but that seems to be it. Again other than bug fixes.
However - there was one theme I saw in many posts - Where people are now predicting iOS 8.2 will be available in March. Ummm No - The apple Watch Tim Cook said will be in April.
Apple will want to make sure iOS 8.2 is as good as it can be - and that means waiting until just before the apple watch launches. If the Apple watch launches on April 24th - then iOS 8.2 will be available on April 22nd.
But March - nope don’t see that happening - Apple needs to get the software as good as possible. Could be wrong - often am on these things - but I would expect one more Beta in Feb and then one more in March - assuming my assumption of an April mid to late April launch for the Apple Watch.
10:01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UViZMnYPfGI
Back to the Beta 5 - when the beta 4 came out there was a video showing the iPhone 4S running beta 4 vs iOS 8.1.2 where it showed 8.1.2 was slightly faster then beta 4 - this time there is a video showing beta 5 vs iOS 8.1.3 - and this time it does look like the beta 5 was just a bit faster then 8.1.3. Which is good news for iPhone 4S users - Assuming iOS 8.1.3 was not slower than 8.1.2 - And here is also hoping 8.2 gets even better with beta 6 - as I have had complaints lately from my son about lag with his 4S. not always - but enough time that I am noticing.
10:55
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-iphone-beats-all-android-phone-sales-combined-in-us/
Thanks to Michael and Steven for this next story. Which is per a report from Kantar WorldPanel - who just released a report for smartphone sales in the US for Q4 - and for the first time since 2012 the iPhone sales in the US beat out ALL Android devices combined. And by beat out we mean a score of 47.7% to 47.6% - Hey a win is a win - be it 0.1% or 1% or 10%.
Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel said the following
Quote
While the success of the iPhone 6 and 6Plus is unprecedented, this quarter’s performance also points to Apple having its strongest portfolio ever. With a range of devices available at different price points in both contract and pre-pay Apple was able to take advantage of a weaker Android offering at the premium end of the market.
unquote
It is amazing to think that Apples not even handful of devices beat out hundreds and hundreds of different Android devices combined.
In case you are wondering - Windows Phone sales accounted for 3.8% of US smartphone sales.
And luckily my iPhone has a calculator - and it tells me that the other category had a total of 0.9% - Other in this case being mostly blackberry. 0.9% - 0.9% - 0.9% - wow - how the mighty have fallen in the last 8 years.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/apples-iphone-
overtakes-android-in-the-us-for-the-first-time-since-2012
12:39
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/01/apple-ranks-as-
chinas-most-desirable-luxury-brand/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one Which is an article from the Wall Street Journal titled - Apple Ranks as China’s most desirable luxury brand.
From the article quote
In China, iPhones not only outsold all other smartphones in the fourth quarter, it also beat Louis Vuitton and Hermès to become the most preferred gift choice among the country’s richest this year, according to China-based luxury publishing group Hurun Research.
unquote
The Top 3 for best brand for Mens gift were
Apple #1, Louis Vuitton #2 and Gucci #3
For Women the top 3 best brands for gifts were
Apple #1, Chanel #2 and Louis Vuitton #3
So yes in China buying your significant other an iPhone with a luis vuitton case seems to be the way to their heart regardless of their sex.
It is also the way to Apples Bottom line as China continues to become a bigger and bigger piece of Apples Global sales.
Oh and what better way to show someone you have an Apple product then by strapping one on your wrist. I mean after all - what is the point of getting a luxury item if you can’t you know flaunt it to those less fortunate.
13:55
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15:41
VOICEMAIL - Answr_Swipe_quest
Hi Rob,
I noticed iheart radio has a wake up alarm.
Regards,
Mike R
Rob,
On the last episode a caller named Josh asked about field test mode on AT&T. I also have AT&T and have been using field test mode for about four years straight with no side effects that I have noticed. It seems perfectly safe to me.
Regards,
Lou V
16:54
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,900 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Blair Jones who asked
Quote
Help!
What was the setting on iPad that would stop it from ringing when I get a phone call?
I know I set it before on a different iPad but I've forgotten where it was -- and poking around in Settings doesn't seem to turn it up.
Unquote
There were a few responses to that indicating the setting is under FaceTime setting - iPhone Cellular Calls - and turn it off.
Thanks to all that replied on that one.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1900+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Oh and there was this other post from Tosin O.
quote Did anyone know that if you pressed and held the write new email bottom at bottom right of the email screen, you get options of starting a new email or a list of your drafts. iOS 8 nails it everyday. unquote
Thanks Toisn for that post.
18:54
http://www.cultofmac.com/311171/crazy-iphone-rig-
shows-chinese-workers-manipulate-app-store-rankings/
Thanks to Mark H and many others for the heads up on this next one.
What is that old saying Cheaters never win and winners never cheat - well unless you are playing Professional football or you are an App company gaming the iTunes system.
Seems some companies are gaming iTunes by employing Chinese workers to play games on many many devices at once to drive up rankings.
This is done at what is called an App Manipulation Farm - AMF's See Devs can pay for their apps downloads artificially inflated. But this article misses part of the Apple algorithm - which used to be just downloads for Apps - but now has a strong component of App launches and sessions played.
Hence where these AMF’s come into play. Each worker is placed in front of a rack of 50 to 100 Smartphones.
They also found the price sheet for these services. If you want your free app to make it to the top of iTunes it will cost you $11,200 - if you want to keep it there for a week it is $65,000 per week.
Note the Picture of this which is what made this story go viral has not actually been verified as someone working in an AMF - but it could be - and that they were able to find pricing for this service and multiple companies in china offering the service - definitely lends that said manipulation is going on.
Again - Apples ranking is not just purely by downloads - it has a launch and use aspect to it - so for this to work - you are looking at a lot of labor and devices to pull it off. Also rankings are not global in iTunes App stores - they are by country - so for someone to pull this off in the US or other countries with higher wage rates - it would cost much more.
21:46
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2878090/warning-
applewatch-april-likely-us-first.html
Per the Apple Watch and it shipping in Early 2015 - which Tim Cook said would be April. Well it now seems that is for those customers in the US. As the US Apple Watch page says it will ship in early 2015. But change over to the UK store and it just says in 2015. No mention of quote early unquote - so again for the UK at least - it does not look like there will be availability of the apple watch until after May 1st 2015. Same with Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong - as they all just say 2015 - only the United States Apple store says Early 2015 - i.e. before May 1st.
Sorry folks outside the US. And in the US - that likely means shortages - which means lines - if you really want to get one before the summer that is.
23:11
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/02/01/1-huge-improvement-
likely-coming-to-apple-incs-iph.aspx
Hi Rob, An early start to iPhone 6s rumors. Dr. John M
One thing we know about other rumors from past years that were quote leaked unquote before April - yeah - pretty much all were bunk.
This time of year is when people try to guess what will be released and then say they heard from some un-named source - if they get it right - they point back to it later on and say see I told you - and when more likely they get it wrong - they you know just make believe they never said anything at all.
So this article is a refreshing change for this time of the year - as the author does not say he was informed by un-named sources, people in the know or even little green men - he just comes out and say this is what he thinks will happen. Honesty - it is so refreshing - and un-usual - especially given the source - which is Fool.com - and the author is Ashraf Eassa - if the name sounds familiar - that is because he was featured in our how wrong were they segment - and it was completely co-incidence.
That all Said What Mr Eassa speculates for the iPhone 6S series - is an major update in the graphics processor. He talks about Imagination Technologies recently announced next-gen set of graphic processor IP known as PowerVR Series 7XT
Apple in the past has integrated Graphic Processor IP from Imagination Technologies into its A-Series Chips.
According to Imagination Technologies - Bench mark testing on its new 7XT IP showed an improvement of between 35% and 61% at the same frequency processor.
If Apple ups the processor clock speed - and reduces from 20 Nano meters to 14 or 16 nana meter FinFet technology and Apple goes quad core and Apple goes to 2MB for ram - well if all of those ifs becomes check marks - then the next iPhone 6S would see a graphics performance boost much greater than what was seen from the 5S to the 6.
Most of what he said in the article makes sense. But then Again - do remember this all came from todays How wrong were they featured guest.
25:51
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102389945
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one as well plus also quite a few others - which is about good news for Arizona - but bad news for anyone expecting an unbreakable Sapphire screen on their iPhone any time soon.
Seems the Mega Factory Apple purchased in Mesa Arizona for the express and sole purpose of manufacturing Tons and Tons of Sapphire for iPhone screens - and which tragically resulted in the collapse and bankruptcy of GTAT - well that plant is now going to be a Mega Data center for Apple. Apple announced this past week it will invest $2 Billion to build up a data center at that site.
Quote This multibillion-dollar project is one of the largest investments we've ever made, and when completed it will add over 600 engineering and construction jobs to the more than one million jobs Apple has already created in the U.S.” unquote - said Apple.
I say this is bad news as this definitely means no Sapphire Screen this year or next year for the iPhone. Remember Apples plan for that facility was for it to be producing already 2/3rds of the artificial sapphire in the world. For them to convert that site so quickly to something completely different really looks like Apple says - we tried - we failed - we are moving on. Good for Mesa Arizona - in that they still get more job creation and investment. Good for Apple in that they are not getting hung up on a technology that ultimately did not pan out - but bad for those of us hoping to have an iPhone that when it does a faceplant our stomach does not instantly drop.
27:29
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/07/corning-
project-phire/?ncid=rss_truncated
But our mourning over the loss of Sapphire might be short lived - Thanks to Chris from London for sending this article over - which is from Engadget and it is titled - Corning’s sapphire-like glass keeps your smartphone scratch-free - and well I think you get the gist of the article - it is about a new product from Corning where they are teasing that they figured out how to make a product that is as shatter resistant as Gorilla glass 4 and approaches the scratch protection of Sapphire.
Remember while Sapphire was almost impossible to scratch it is more brittle than Gorilla glass - so it would still shatter when face planted - that is something that brought does GTAT - as they never were able to get Sapphire produced that was not as brittle.
This product is apparently code named Phire - as in P H I R E - and we can only assume it is a code name and not the official name.
If anyone can pull off this - it is corning - and maybe last years scare from Apple got them kicked into high gear. Because if Apple and GTAT had pulled that rabbit out of a hat - it would have been very bad news for Corning.
I am sure more about this story in the future.
28:53
http://time.com/3697110/apple-tv-rumors/
Time.com had an article titled - Why the Apple TV Rumors are more believable this time. Oh call me a sucker - but I was hooked - I had to read this one. And this one is per the article on feb 4th in Re-Code by Peter Kafka.
In Peter’s article - he wrote that Apple is in Talks with TV Programmers about deals that quote would allow apple to offer an over the top pay-tv service. unquote. Ok first - Apple must really like to talk - because these said talks have been going on for years now. Just ask Uncle often wrong Gene Munster.
Peter addresses that cynicism in his article by saying quote
One difference between earlier efforts and the current chats: After years of failed efforts to deliver TV over the Web, both Dish and Sony have reached agreements with programmers to deliver both live, “linear” TV as well as video-on-demand, just like cable-TV providers offer. So now there’s a model for this stuff. Unquote
Back to the Time article and why they think this time there may finally be fire to go with the smoke. Well basically for the same reasons as what Peter said - others are now kinda doing it - so why not Apple.
I guess call me skeptical - but this is a rumor I have been reporting or mentioning on since well just after the iPhone came out or pretty close. The internal optimist in me really really wants to believe Apple has Cracked TV. But the part of me that can search back through past show notes - realizes - anyone that has mentioned this as coming soon - has been left with lots of egg on ones face. Just Sayin.
30:40
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/04/technology/apple-watch-flop/index.html
Thanks to Christian and Kirby for this next one - which is definitely going to be in a future how wrong were they. Basically the same exact Article was published 8 years ago for the iPhone - then they did a find and replace for iPad and republished right before the iPad launched - and now they did a find and replace with Apple Watch. Essentially this was pure and simple a Link Bait title from CNN Money titled The Apple Watch will flop - heres why.
How do we know it was Link bait - because the first sentence of the article is already back tracking on the title. Which they say quote The Apple Watch is going to be a flop. Well, in Apple terms anyway. unquote
Oh per the reasons why it will be a flop - the first reason is it costs $350 - yes and we all know that Apple Products costing $350 or more tend to be flops.
Again this is an article where they simply went back and repurposed one of those articles saying the iPad, iPhone, even the iPod will be a flop.
Hey CNN Money - can I get the 5 minutes of my life back I just spent reading this crap.
31:52
http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/android-malware-
google-play.html
Speak of getting some time of your life back - time for me to dog on Android. Thanks to the plethora of you that sent in links for this next one. Which is from The Hacker News dot com. And the article in question is titled - Adware Android Apps found in google play with millions of downloads -
From the Article quote security researchers have once again found Google Play Store offering malicious apps that are infecting millions of Android users with adware. unquote
Adware is software that automatically displays and or downloads advertising material to a users phone when connected to the net. The problem is with Android Adware can quote pose a major threat to users' privacy, since some ad networks gather personal information like phone number, email address, and many more. Depending on where the ad network is based, there might be no legal guidelines for how that information could be used. unquote
Unlike with iOS - where Apple has strict rules about what Advertisers can and cannot do - which by the way Advertisers hate - but still spend lots more on the iOS side. But with Android - there are no real checks on what Advertisers can do - after all Android is an alter that was built to sacrifice you the user to the advertising gods - so why would they ever think of restricting what gets sacrificed on said alter. Just sayin.
Yes very small number of you get testy when I slam Android - but remember - I am not slamming Android users - They are the victims - I am slamming the Alter maker and the gods calling for the sacrifices in this story. Not those whose throats were slit. For lack of a better analogy.
I will just say if you are using iOS and thinking of changing or on the fence between iOS an Android - read this article. If you are someone with an annoying Android Fan boys friend / co-worker or relative - and need ammo for the water cooler / dinner table - read the article.
Link in the show notes for Ep 337.
34:11
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/bad-time-for-samsung-
mobile-and-android-based-devices
Thanks to Steve and Michael and a few others for this one.
Which you know just makes me smile. It is about Sammy and issues they are having.
As we know last quarter Apple had the best quarter ever - I don’t want to say their best quarter ever - I think that under sells - it so I will say The Best quarter ever - as in the best quarter ever by anyone in the history of Business. While Apple was busy have The best Quarter ever - Things over at the Sammy side we not so sunny. queue in the sad trombone.
see Profits for its mobile division fell over 64%.
Now both companies did sell about the same number of Phones last quarter. But the ASP of Sammy phones was about $250 while Apples ASP was almost $700. This according to a report from ABI Research. See the Average sales price of the iPhone jumped up about $87 year over year for the quarter for Apple - but at for Android devices it dropped by $100 year over year.
Now as bad as things are for Android - things are worse for MS handheld division their average smartphone sells for just $45 - yes $45 as in $5 less than $50. Ouch.
Oh and I should point out ABI also just released info on Tablet sales for last quarter - and one of the things they noted was a huge drop off in Kindle Fire sales. A little back story - Amazon has never reported kindle fire numbers - just used funny marketing jargon to say how great sales are without you know giving real numbers like Apple does.
That all said Amazon protested in how ABI calculated what was a tablet and the numbers they presented. And Amazon tried to save face and say their 6 inch fire was the most wished for device - again with the marketing speak. See ABI is not including anything less than 7 inches in their tablet numbers.
But here is a little hint to Amazon - if you don’t want people to think your sales suck for your tablets or media devices or what ever they are called are. You could you know RELEASE said numbers. Amazon has never said how many Kindle Fires they have sold - yet that have the audacity to go after ABI for trying to figure it out at least for the devices over 7 inches. If you are mad at ABI - just pick up the phone call them and tell them the real number - otherwise Amazon - please shut up. Sorry - a little rant there - but Hypocrisy chaffs me.
37:09
VOICEMAIL - Levi_CA_quest_Trucker_help_app
Hi Rob,
I saw this quote on Twitter quote Android smartphones are like cars.
If you want an update, you have to buy a new one. unquote
Regards,
Bob
Thanks Bob - So true.
Hello,
I'm writing to you today, because calling the number was not working for some reason. Anyway, I wanted to tell you and the audience about this great app I've been using to get things done. It's called Timeful and what makes it great is how it integrates your calendar and reminders to suggest the most convenient times for you to do whatever it is you're trying to do on a given day. The best feature, in my opinion, is the ability to add habits that you want to form. All you have to do is designate a time frame such as morning, afternoon, or evening and how long the habit takes to complete daily and it will notify you when you're free to do said activity. I've started flossing as a result.
However, I have a tendency to forget to check the app every morning to make sure I plan my day, so I wanted to ask you or the audience if there is an app or process that could launch up your morning apps when you wake up. I don't want to jailbreak, so keep that in mind. Loving the show more every week, so keep doing you.
Thanks,
Jonathan from New Orleans
Hi Rob,
When iOS 8 was introduced, the raise to speak functionality was removed. This feature was so useful because you could control your iPhone using Siri simply by lifting your phone to your ear and then speaking. This meant that you could create appointments, notes et cetera without everyone around you knowing about it.
Recently, I found a workaround that allows iPhone users to do this in a similar way. All you need to do is press and hold the home button until Siri starts. As soon as Siri starts raise the phone to your ear give the normal commands. Siri will do your bidding and any output be heard through the phones earpiece, not the speaker. This method can also be used with the dictation button and I have found that my dictation accuracy is very much improved when using the phone this way instead of using a microphone.
I hope this helps those iPhone users who were very disappointed with the removal of raise to speak
Regards,
Stuart D
Dundee
Scotland
40:55
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/531680546/wishbone-
the-worlds-smallest-smart-thermometer
Hi Rob, This is Harry from Joywing team. We have been developing a small non-contact smart thermometer called Wishbone for parents. It has a distinctive Y shaped design that makes it easier for user to operate and view at the same time. It is compatible with the iPhone and can check object and ambient temperatures. We launched Wishbone on Kickstarter over a week ago and got really good feedback from other parents: I created Wishbone based on my experience as a father and feedback from my customers (I am also a baby product store owner). I want it to be a thoughtful and caring product and I believe that getting insights from everyone, not just parents, is the key. We woild love to hear your thoughts on the product idea and how we can make it better for parents. Thank you for your time and I look forward hearing from you. Harry Hu Founder of Joywing Tech
Hello Harry - and thanks for the heads up on your kickstarter project called Wishbone. Which had a goal of $20k and now is well over $100k. So Congrats Harry. I can attest to the thermometer issue - we had a forehead thermometer and trying to get a good reading on it was hit or miss it seemed - often ending with the under the arm thermometer - which then ended with well the one that requires vaseline. You get the picture and my sons when they were babies well they often got .. well again you get the picture.
Pricing for this is $33 for one. $60 for two and $87 for three.
If you have a baby or are planning on having one in the future you will want to search for Wishbone in Kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 337.
You have until Feb 26th at 11:51 AM CT to fund this project.
42:55
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/it-was-one-of-
kickstarters-most-successful-109496883039.html
Thanks to Lenard and Skynard and everyone else that sent in this next one. Which refers back to Neil Youngs PonoPlayer - this was going to be a magical Media player with audio quality so great you would plunk down $500 for the device and then go and buy special versions of your favorite song encoded in a manner that it is supposed to be of superior quality.
Which in theory sounds great - but in practice - well yeah - not so much - well in the superior quality perspective.
There is an article titled - Neil Young’s PonoPlayer - the Emperor has no clothes - and the article goes over the results of blind testing of the Pono player and its special music tracts and the iPhone and standard iTunes tracks - and not only could people not tell a difference - but the majority that had a preference in audio quality picked the iPhone. Dooohh.
Well, I Hope Neil Young will remember a sound man don’t need him around anyhow.
Folks - Just stick with your iPhone for good music playback.
44:01
http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/ipad-bags/
A question right before recording came in via our Google+ community from Myron Uecker and he asked
Quote
I was wondering if anybody had recommendations for a backpack for carrying an iPad and a few accessories like headphones, chargers, external battery, etc. It seems that almost everything I'm finding online is either sized to fit a laptop (Macbook Air size may not be too big, though) or so small you can barely fit a charger in the same bag.
The bag I am currently using is a ful messenger bag and it is about 9x12x4. I like the bag and would recommend it to anybody but I'm looking more for a small backpack or sling bag. This one just has a carry handle and shoulder strap.
I carry my iPad with me just about everywhere and there are times when the shoulder strap is not the best choice. I think I would be happier with a backpack that is about the same size but could carried securely on my back.
Ideas?
unquote
To which I responded - Check out the STM line of backpacks.
I love my Laptop bag and my Backback for my Laptop - their quality is great.
They have a line of bags for iPads.
Link in the show notes to the STM line of iPad bags.
45:26
VOICEMAIL - Mike_Question_Error_msg
Hey Rob,
Can you ask your listeners for their advice… Im looking for a presentation app to do the following:
• To present from one iPad to 8 other iPads - in the same room.
• Present PDFs and Videos.
• Prevent the viewers from skipping ahead in the presentation.
• Allow presenter to highlight, circle, etc. live
• Allow viewers to take notes and make annotations while watching presentation, with ability to save notes for future reference.
Thanks Rob this will be a big help
Regards,
John P
Space Coast of Florida
Hey Rob,
I was just wondering if you have heard anything about the PPghost jailbreak for iOS 8.1.2 on Mac. Have you tried it? Or would it be a better, although more complicated, option to use TaiG via a Windows virtual machine on a Mac? I haven't updated to 8.1.3 yet, since I want to retain the ability to jailbreak.
Regards,
Michael O
Hi Rob,
if I can bother you with a quick question.
I am looking at an iPhone 5 (Verizon) for sale which has already been jailbroken, the question is this, it is running iOS 7 version 7.0.4.
The seller is willing to update it higher if I want.
What would you do? Leave it there or go up to 8.1.2?
thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
Johnny Helmsteadt
ps. I have looked into jailbreaking myself, and it requires that my itunes be moved back a version or two from what I currently have on my MacBookAir.
VOICEMAIL - Mike_Quest_best_way_to_print
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/02/06/rent-apple-watch/
Hi Rob, Might be worth trying out to see if you want to wait for gen 2. Remember the big difference between the initial iPhone and the iPhone 3G.
Regards,
xxxxxx
And what xxxx is talking about is a new service that is like the Netflix of consumer electronics - where you can try out some electronics for a low fee - The company is Lumoid - L u m o i d dot com Lumoid users can pick any 5 devices to try for seven days for $20.
No word on if this pricing will also cover the Apple watch as well - as they do have other pricing levels.
More on this I am sure in the future.
But I do want to reply to xxxxx's comment about the initial iPhone and the 3G - and there difference there of. I have seen a few articles in the past week - that said to wait to the 2nd gen Apple watch - remember the differences in the past for 1st gen apple devices. Except the difference between the first Gen iPhone and the 3G - was very very little. The iPhone 3G - had 3G connections. And the only other difference was it was plastic. Same processor and camera and other internals - the big and only difference was the iPhone 3G - was 3G - and the Original iPhone was not - but it did have a nicer case for the Original - just like the original iPod had the best click wheel of all the iPods.
Sometimes first Gen Apple devices have some unique features that make it worth the purchase. Remember that when you read articles about people talking about waiting for the 2nd gen of an Apple product.
55:48
VOICEMAIL - Chris_MO_Fixit_here
Hey Rob -
I have two issues with iOS 8 that are really bugging me.
First, I'm running a 64GB iPhone 6 on AT&T.
The problems:
1. When someone tries to schedule an all-day or multi-day event using Outlook, my iCal ALWAYS, every single time, crashes when trying to open the event in the iOS email app.
2.The Message app locks up, sort of, very often. It will show my messages, but won't let me reply. It also has sometimes stuck in landscape mode as well. I have to swipe up to kill the app, then reopen it and it will work.
Both of these issues have been happening since iOS 8.0.
i was just wondering if you or any other listeners have had these problems.
Great show!
Mick from Jefferson, WI
57:45
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 336
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song Called Face It with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Face It.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank REL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. REL wrote
Hi Rob,
I used my iPhone 6 for taking the photo then edited it with Snapseed, Squaready, PS Express, Frame Magic and the Phonto apps.
Also, if you'd like to see some of my photography... I'm "Sundisk" on Instagram where you can see more of my works.
Regards,
Rel R
Well REL Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see REL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 336 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:08
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Apple’s innovation problem is real. Rivals have caught up to Apple in the markets it once dominated, and the tech giant’s rumored future products appear to be more evolutionary than revolutionary.”
Julianne Pepitone and Adrian Covert, CNNMoneyTech, 8 September 2013
What is the catch up you speak of. The rivals for the most part are selling crap. And all the profits remain with Apple as a result - as more then enough people show they will spend a little extra to get a lot more -- Just Sayin
02:50
For Promo codes - On Ep 335 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - BVS SOLITAIRE COLLECTION - we will be giving those out later this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 335.
No promo codes for this episode - which means you as a dev just missed out on a great - free - opportunity to promote your apps - hey folks - Promotion - Promotion - Promotion - that is part of the game if you are going to be an app dev.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
03:50
I want to thank Barry M for the heads up on an issue with the Chitika Map from the last episode. This is something I realllllly should have noticed - This is per the article about which states had the highest % of iPhone Traffic for their ad network - and one State I mentioned - and well featured is the state I live in Kansas. What I did not notice - but Barry did - was that in the Chitika map - They have the state of Nebraska colored dark and labeled as Kansas and they labeled Kansas as Nebraska - Doooo. You would think give you know I live in Kansas I would have noticed. Per my defense - I did actually work on that one from the iPhone and I was just looking at state names - but still pretty embarrassed I did not catch it and worse for Chitika for messing it up. Per if Kansas was actually at the higher level or was it Nebraska - not sure.
05:04
http://www.imore.com/ios-813-launched-and-will-
reduce-amount-storage-needed-software-update
Apple did finally release update iOS 8.1.3 As with any double dot update it is mostly geared toward bug fixes and not feature adds.
Well, I'm sorry to say that 8.1.3 didn't fix the Spotlight bug on my iPhone 6 like they said it would. It's disappeared twice so far since updating, anyone else noticed this?
Regards,
Shanon
In our Google+ community - Tosin O posted the following:
Just downloaded iOS 8.1.3. Hitch-free. What has been your experience?
To which he had many responses. Here are some of them:
Bob Stacy
JAll good, no problems at all
Marc Parrish
Right after I installed 8.1.3 Google + crashed
Jerry Goldbaum
No problems. Spotlight search seems ok now.
Nhon Huynh
My finger print reader is not working consistency anymore after the update to 8.1.3.
Is anyone else experiencing any issue unlocking your phone using the finger print?
I have a iPhone 5s from Verizon.
Nhon Huynh
I figure out that the finger print reader doesn't work when lighting cable is plugged in. Unplug it then it works again.
Very weird. 8.1.3 bug.
Nhon Huynh
Figure print sensor is working now(plugged in too). That was weird. I noticed it stopped working after an hour after I updated.
So everything is fine now.
Francisco Tapia
Noticing that some apps now pause their animation transitions, were in 8.1.2 they were smooth.
Gail Allinson
No problems with it.
Stephen Long
Seems fine to me :-)
Bruce Paterson
All was well.
Based on what I have read and seen - it is ok to update to 8.1.3 - As long as you don’t plan on jailbreaking - if you plan on jailbreaking as always don’t upgrade.
Also before you upgrade - make sure you follow my recommended steps - You can see them as a PDF in the Tii App - Go to the Episode list - then tap on PDF - and scroll to the bottom - and tap on Recommended Update Procedure. Then tap on Open PDF.
It is highly recommended you do this before each update.
Per myself - I have not updated yet - One - I was traveling this past week - so I never do updates when traveling. Two when I made it back - I had a choice Do the update and delay this episode - or get the episode out tonight. I choose the later. I will be updating tomorrow - and will also be doing the iTunes update and the latest updates for OS Ten Yosemite. Lots of updates this past week.
If you had any issues with the latest update - email me today in iOS at gmail dot com and let me know what issues you had - also let me know if you did the update per my recommended steps. Not that I would be judging or anything.
08:30
http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q4-2014-quarterly-report
Lets talk a little about Apple’s quarterly conference call.
Apple Did something they have not done in a long time - not since Steve was the CEO and totally were sandbagging Projections. What Apple did was they blew everyones expectations including their own way out of the water.
Revenue, Profits, Earnings Per share, iPhone Sales - toasted all expectations.
Revenue was $74.6 Billion vs 57.6 Billion a year ago and 42.1 Billion last quarter.
Total Cash now is at 178 Billion up 22.7 billion for the quarter from 155.2 Billion
Apple Generated 33.7 Billion in Cash flow and returned over 8 billon via dividends and share buy backs last quarter.
Apples 18 billion in Profitst for the quarter was not just an all time record for Apple - it was an all time record for any public company in any quarter ever.
Yet the press for the last couple of years and even some still are negative on Apple
Here is a great quote from Ben Thompson at stratechery.com
Quote
last quarter Apple’s revenue was downright decimated by the strengthening U.S. dollar; currency fluctuations reduced Apple’s revenue by 5% – a cool $3.73 billion dollars. That, though, is more than Google made in profit last quarter ($2.83 billion). Apple lost more money to currency fluctuations than Google makes in a quarter. And yet it’s Google that is feared, and Apple that is feared for. unquote
I think that sums up the irrational and sometimes downright inept Tech and financial press when it comes to their reporting on Apple.
Now lets talk units sold. Last quarters iPhone sales of 74.5 Million were way above even the most optimistic anal-ist which was Kirk Burgess from the Braeburn group who had guessed 71.5 Million. The average estimate was 66.5 Mil So Apple beat the average by 8 Million. Oh and the dunce hat that goes to Uncle Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray with a laughable guess of 61 Million. Remember folks - Uncle Gene gets paid lots and lots of money to follow Apple full time and figure out what Apple is going to report.
Per my predictions on iPhone sales - I was right in one way what I said was quote My guess is Apple sold how ever many they were able to make last quarter - with Apple saying that sales were constrained by supply - and they did not equal equilibrium until This month. but If I was guessing I would have said 69.2 Mil sold. unquote.
Again I was right that apple sold how many they could make - which is what they said on the call - and they also said it was not until January when they reached equilibrium. So this quarter will be all about demand - not supply.
For iPad sales - Apple reported 21.4 Million sold vs 26 Million a year ago and 12.3 Million last quarter. So yes as expected it was a drop. But only 0.1 less than Anal-ists estimated in Average. Colin Gillis from BGC Partners was closest to the mark with a guess of 21.2 Million iPads sold.
Furthest from the mark to low goes to Aaron C Rakers with a guess of 16.3 Million - and furthest from the mark too high were Peter Misek and Uncle Gene Munster. both with a guess of 25 Million units.
So Yes - Often Wrong Uncle Gene - was the worst when it comes to iPhone predictions and one of the worst for iPad predictions - and he is getting paid for following apple why???? All I have to say is don’t trust your money with Piper Jarrray - Just sayin
Per Macs sold - Apple reported 5.5 Million Macs were sold last quarter vs 4.8 Mil the year ago quarter and 5.5 the previous quarter. That number was right in line with Anal-ists estimates.
They would have sold one more mac last quarter if they had released an updated mac book pro - which I am really really waiting for. Hopefully Apple intros the new Mac Book Pros soon.
Turning to Miscellaneous notes from the conference call.
- 200,000 unit decline in iPhone channel inventory for the quarter vs an increase of a 1 Million units in the year ago quarter. So the 74.5 Mil number is even more impressive vs last years sales.
iPhone sales for the quarter worked out to an average of >34,000 iPhones sold per hour for the full quarter.
- iPhone ASPs were $687 increase of $50 from the year ago quarter. So going from 32GB to 64GB for the middle tier paid off.
- The 1 Billionth iOS device sold in November - it was an iPhone - which apple has - Which really is that a sale if Apple still has it? Hmmmm. Anyway - there are now well over 1 Billion iOS devices that have been sold.
Apple said there have been over 25 Million Apple TV’s sold to date.
- USA Technologies made Apple Pay available at 200,000 locations - vending machines and parking meters and kiosks and laundry machines.
xx:xx
http://mashable.com/2015/01/27/apple-watch-april/
And One more thing I learned from the Apple call is what early in the year means - what middle of the year means and what late in the year means. As Tim was so nice to break that down.
Early in the year is Jan 1st to April 30th. Middle of the year is May 1st to August 31st and late in the Year is September 1st to December 31st. So remember that the next time Apples says a new product is coming early or mid or late this or next year.
We learned all about this because Apple said the Apple Watch would be launched in April and one of the anal-ists asked why it slipped from early in the year to April. To which Tim then gave everyone Apples definitions previously mentioned.
If you would like to see some charts showing all time Sales of iPhone and iPads - go to the Tii App and look for the bonus content you will see a PDF with updates charts.
One thing you will start to see is that iPad sales combined for the trailing 4 quarters are now starting to drop vs how the iPhone was doing at the same point in its life. I know Apple has said in the recent past that total iPad sales were better than iPhone sales at the same point in its life - that is no longer true. This is not a negative on the iPad - I think it is just that the iPad’s useful life is much much longer - and as you are seeing if you own an iPad - there really is no reason to upgrade better then once every 3 to 4 or more years. Our Original iPad is still used almost every day by my kids - and my Parents are using their original iPad every day for emails.
A couple of other notes from the call.
HealthKit is now in over 600 apps;
The Swift development tools have been downloaded 11 million times
over 30 auto brands have signed up for CarPlay
over 750 banks and credit unions are signed up to Apple Pay.
And finally one of the most interesting stats of all - and that is Tim Cook said over 85% of new iPhone sales last quarter were to switchers with most coming from Android. Huh? Wow - I mean if that is really true - wow. That could be a good reason why by Friday of this week apple Stock was up to a new all time high of $120 during the day - It finished the day at $117.16 - there was a sell off at the end of the day where people and robots were taking profits. Still if you look at the end of its week - it was one of the better end of the week positions for the stock for a week where earnings were announced vs the beginning of that week at least for the last couple of years that is.
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/15iuhbsdfvuohibwfvohub01/event/
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2876320/apple-
has-sold-one-billion-ios-devices-company-claims.html
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/01/27Apple-
Reports-Record-First-Quarter-Results.html
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/27/technology/apple-
iphone-earnings/index.html
http://stratechery.com/2015/bad-assumptions/
17:48
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21:15
VOICEMAIL - Answr_instagram_quest
Hi Rob,
I found a way to help the 2 callers that were trying to get Siri to recognize their kids' name when spoken. I have the same problem. My daughter's name is Lorelei (pronounced Laura Lie) and Siri always messes it up. Here's what I did:
-Add your child to your contacts (may not be required but that's what I did).
-Go to your contact and "add related name." (Again, may not be necessary, but that's what I did.)
-Launch Siri and say, "That's not how you say [name]." She'll ask you to pronounce it and give you choices to pick from.
After doing that, it seems to be working for me. Hope it works for you.
Regards,
Lou V
P.S.: I hope your mom is feeling better after surgery. Best wishes.
Hi Rob,
There was a frustrated caller that just wanted to Siri to allow him to dictate the name of his son Jamon, which is a difficult alternative spelling of a non-English word.
I figured out a way to get Siri dictation to recognize and spell the name correctly.
See https://plus.google.com/108456183855650206431/
posts/8aiTxexHMMi
Regards,
Keith
Hi Rob,
Just create a contact with that name
Siri will use it first before trying to spell it her self
Regards,
Trucker Alex
Hi Rob,
Here is how to handle Siri Spelling names wrong and to teach her/him..
First the persons name needs to be in your contacts. Spelt Correctly.
Do the following after writing down the way Siri thinks it should be spelled.
Go into contacts.
Go to the contact you are working with.
Go into "Edit"
Scroll down to "Add Field" and go into add field.
Go into "Phonetic First Name"
Spell in this field the way that Siri spelled the contact name that you wrote down.
Hit Done.
Now Siri will recognize your contact the way you say it. Siri will also spell it correctly now.
Regards,
- Chris in London
Rob
In your episode 335, a couple of listeners had Siri issues with misspelling given names for family members. I recalled an earlier problem finding a contact with Siri and recalled a solution.
Here is that solution oto help Siri understand a name and spell it correctly - this should help.
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Open Contacts.
Go to the contact you are working with. (Or create a new contact)
Click "Edit"
Scroll down to "Add Field"; click it select "Phonetic First Name".
Spell in this field the way that Siri misspelled the contact name that you wrote down.
Click Done.
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Now here is a wrinkle - you may have other names in your 1000+ Contact entries that phonetically sound alike. For example, Corrie, Cory, Kari, Carey, Keri.
The phonetic first name field can't resolve those problems.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville
24:47
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,900 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Anthony McDonald who asked
Quote Who thinks the iPhone 5 will get ios9 Unquote
And the simplest answer to this is the 4S is getting support for iOS 8 - so YES the iPhone 5 will get support for iOS 9 - and if you take it one step further - ANY iOS device currently for sale will get support for iOS 9 - and the iPhone 5C has the same internals as the iPhone 5 - the only thing different is the case. So Double Yes on the iPhone 5 getting iOS 9.
That said I hope iOS 9 is 99.9% focused on bug fixes and performance enhancements - New features are not nearly as important to me - then seeing the next iOS run better, faster and more reliably on the current hardware.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1900+ of you already in the community and contributing.
26:16
https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/developing-ios-8-apps-swift/
id961180099?&at=10l4Mc
One other thing mentioned in the Quarterly call and also sent in by a few of you - is that Stanfords iTunes U course for learning Swift Programming is now available. So if you were one that has used the Stanford courses in the past to learn iOS development - good news - the Swift version is now available.
26:43
http://help.testflightapp.com/customer/portal/articles/1768754
Are you an App Dev or someone doing beta testing for An App Dev - And WERE You someone that liked test flight? I say Were as in past tense -a as on Feb 26th - Testflight will be grounded. Apple Purchased the company that created test flight. If you want to know what to do - look for the link titled Test Flight in the show notes for Ep 336.
But in a nut shell - apple has some instructions for you to look over for beta testing.
27:21
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/01/29/despite-apple-
gains-android-rules-smartphones/
I love the title of this next one - and by Love I mean Hate. And by Hate I mean - I pitty the fool that wrote it - but it does show just how clueless some Tech writers / Android fan boys can be. And this is from Silicon beat - and the title of the article is quote Despite Apple Gains, Android rules smartphones unquote. Yes because Apples close to 90% share of smartphone profits - that does not mater. This article is one of those - Don’t have a clue articles - but hey it is link bait so it worked. They just don’t get that Android is not a single thing - it is a chaotic mess of many different versions each with modifications by the OEM and then more modifications by the Carriers. What you experience on an HTC with T-Mobile in Germany may be very different then what you experience with Samsung on Verzion in the US or what you get with a Sony Erricson phone on SoftBank in Japan. Mater of fact if you purchased a new phone per the examples above - you might find one is Kit Kat and another Ice Cream and another jellybean or some other version. Point is you really don’t know what you will get from handset to handset and carrier to carrier. But if you buy an iPhone 6 from any carrier in the world today - it will be the same user experience - with maybe a couple added features like Wifi Calling from T-mobile in the US - but other wise 99.9% the same. The same base apps - and the same UI. So yes maybe there are more Android phones sold - but they are not making their OEMs any money - and the experience for the end user is not consistent. None of which was even remotely touch on in that Shlock of an article.
29:22
VOICEMAIL - audrey_explain_biz_logic
Audrey that for that voicemail message which is actually from june 2009.
Hi Rob,
Per the issue of not being able to remove songs It's an ios bug. Here's what I did
1. Deleted all songs on iPhone via general settings.
2. Went into music app to see what songs were not deleted and made note of those songs.
3. Changed the music settings to show all songs.
4. Re-download the songs that i wanted to delete
5. Changed to music settings to show only songs on iPhone
6. Go back into music app or general settings and delete songs
7. Redownload songs you want from ITUNES app on iOS. DO NOT download via the music app.
Note: when downloading songs from music app it gets all buggy. Hope this helps.
Regards,
John S
Hey Rob.
We were wondering if there were any negative effects of Field Test Mode and if so what are they? I found on the Internet that if you call *3001#12345#* you can enter FTM but the. If you hold the power button till the slider bar comes up, then press the home button. And if you repeat this two or three times then the numbers in the top left can toggle between the numbers and bars. Any negative effect, or is it all good news? I'm on AT&T in case that maters.
Regards,
Josh
P.S. January 15 2015 was the 100th anniversary of the first transcontinental phone call. Made by Alexander Graham Bell from New York to San Francisco. Have a good day Rob and sorry.
This next one is from Long time listener Dave O
Hello Rob,
If your listeners are looking for a wireless stereo bluetooth headset that fits over the ears, with......
8 Hours of battery life
Completely water proof
100 feet wireless range
Bluetooth 3.0
HD Audio with nice base
Complete set of ear buds
Well look no further, just pick up a BlueAnt Pump HD SportBuds. I got mine at my local MicroCenter Electronics super center and I never take them off (including taking a shower) except to charge them every night. The are light and comfortable and worth every penny of the $129.99 I paid for them. Don't believe me, just check out the videos on YouTube. Buy these wireless headsets, you will not be disappointed.
Regards,
Dave O
Thanks Dave for that review.
36:02
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prynt/prynt-the-
first-instant-camera-case-for-iphone-and
For our Kickstarter project this week we have one that had a goal of 50,000 dollars and has in a week raised half a million dollars - this is the Prynt Project with Prynt spelled P R Y N T and what it is is a case that prints photos - think of it as a case that turns your iPhone into a polaroid camera.
They have cases for the iPhone 5 and 5S, 5C, and iPhone 6 - sorry nothing for the 6Plus.
Most of the options are sold out. Initially it was $99 for the Prynt case.
Right now there is a $150 version - that gets you the Prynt case a pack of 30 sheets of paper and a hall of framed mention - plus also a t-shirt.
There is also a $199 option to get you 2 prynt cases and 40 sheets of paper.
What is interesting about this case - one no wifi or bluetooth - it connects via the lightning port only. And really interesting - no ink of the printer - the ink is in the paper.
Search for P R Y N T at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 336
37:32
http://www.zdnet.com/article/outlook-for-ios-app-breaks-
corporate-security-researcher-warns/
Hi Rob,
Stay away from The Outlook App. Especially, if in a corporate setting. Saves your credentials to MS Cloud Services. Which we all know have direct open doors to the NSA. and Microsofts Vulnerable Operating Systems. Even after App Deletion. The open credentials remain to your Data, emails and calendars.
Regards,
Chris in London
http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2392992/outlook-
for-ios-branded-a-security-nightmare
Hi Rob,
I had seen this Outlook app the other day and downloaded it. It still was similar to the old Accompli App but thought you would want to see this article to warn others of the security issues.
Regards,
Peter
https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-
outlook-app-for-ios-breaks-your-company-security/
Well it seems like MS finally figured out how to get their products and Apples on the same security level - and that was to release a product that borked your security for lack of a better term.
According to IBM developer René Winkelmeyer, the app presents some major security issues for the companies that intend to use it.
quote “What I saw was breathtaking. A frequent scanning from an AWS IP to my mail account. Means Microsoft stores my personal credentials and server data (luckily I've used my private test account and not my company account) somewhere in the cloud! They haven't asked me. They just scan. So they have in theory full access to my PIM data, Those messages, calendar events, and contacts, along with their associated metadata, may be temporarily stored and indexed securely both in our servers and locally on the app on your device. If your emails have attachments and you request to open them in our app, the service retrieves them from the mail server, securely stores them temporarily on our servers, and delivers them to the app. unquote said Winkelmeyer
So in other words - be very very careful if you plan on using this app - and definitely check with your IT department first.
40:05
http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/17/6334173/iphone-
6-plus-review-erotic-poetry
There is one article I have been holding off talking about - but since Valentines day is coming - I thought you might want to read this one to use for your V-Day Cards.
This is an article about how The Verge took iPhone 6 Reviews and pulled out different quotes to create erotic poetry.
I soooo want to read some of them on the show - but then I might loose the G-Rating. So I will just say - if you are not sure what to right in your significant others V-Day card - I dare you to use some of the quotes used in this poetry - quotes about the iPhone 6 - in your card to your significant other. Warning if they figure out what you are doing - it will be more than shades of grey you are seeing. Probably a little crimson as well. Just Sayin - Look for the link titled - erotic poetry constructed exclusively from iPhone 6 reviews - In the show notes for ep 336 at today in iOS dot com It is actually a funny read - and lets you see how over the top some or ok many reviews go.
41:12
VOICEMAIL - Levi_quest_turn_off_swipe_to_go_back
Hi Rob,
So you find an iPhone, iPad etc. You, as a good person want to return it. The device is locked. Press the Home button to activate Siri.
Then Ask - Who owns this iPhone / iPad? - Siri will bring up the owners Contact details.
Simple. Give it a go.
For me had lots of passwords in my contact notes. So remove anything that may be embarrassing that would be reviled.
Regards,
Chris
Hi Rob,
I wanted to ask you and the audience about an issue that I am having with my iPad Mini 1st Generation. This was my first and currently only Apple product that I own and I'm noticing a burn in effect on my screen. I am seeing ghost like images around the sides of the screen when working from app to app and I am wondering if either you or anyone else had this issue and what to do to repair it. This is a replacement of my original iPad mini which had a headphone jack malfunction and a battery defect.
Regards,
Brandon H
Hi Rob,
Just finished Tii episode 335 and heard Zack a question regarding the iPhone 5c. I had this same problem on my 5c (long story short I disliked that phone). I went to the local Apple Store to ask the "genius" boys there with this problem. In short all they could tell me was yes they saw this in the forums and I should redownload the song to see if it will delete. Personally I think this is was a software problem with this particular model.
Also I have an app for your show. I recommend an app called Syncios. I found this as a way of putting media onto my iOS devices without using the clunky iTunes dinosaur on my windows machine. You simply download the software to the computer and sync your iOS device over usb and poof! There is all your iOS info in a nice simple layout. I have timed the difference in between iTunes and Syncios. And here is the difference- in the time iTunes took to load 1 album into my iPhone 6 I was able to load 4 albums through Syncios. Genius!! But one warning to listeners, Syncios and iTunes must both be on the same drive for it to work. I found the hard way that running iTunes off an external drive and not the laptop causes sync to crash.
Regards.
Tom K
45:55
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/30/7949485/aol-
shutting-down-tuaw-apple
Sad news in the blogisphere - The Unofficial Apple Weblog - Or as we often refer to it - TUAW - is SOL thanks AOL. Yup AOL is closing it down - or so says the Verge. According to TechCrunch TUAW will be folded into Endgadget. In any case - seems TUAW’s lack of using all out Link bait Apple bashing - like say the Verge has done way too often helped lead to its demise. See folks there is no profits in responsible journalism - lesson learned - Thanks AOL.
46:33
Hi, Rob & Tii Listeners! :)
I have a keyboard question...
I would like to try out some third-party keyboards but there is a feature in Apple's native keyboard that I can't seem to find in any of the others.
In the native keyboard, whenever you press a key, a larger version of that key appears above it, which is very helpful for those of us with vision impairments.
Does anyone know of a third-party keyboard that offers this same feature?
Thanks in advance and thanks for ALL you do, Rob. Your podcast is #1!!!!
Regards,
- Tammy in St. Louis
Hi Rob
Well the nightmare has happened. I've lost my phone. Tried calling the phone and it's turned off. I logged onto iCloud and clicked erase data, it said pending. I then stupidly in my panicked, not thinking straight mindset, removed the device from the account. From the research I have done, I know that removing the device would have cancelled the erase request if someone hadn't switched it on and connected to the Internet. If that had done so, the erase would have gone through. I also know someone can now restore to factory settings and set this up as a new device without an activation lock prompt. My concern is my data I had on the phone. I have iCloud and iTunes backups so I haven't lost my data, but I am wondering if someone will still be prompted to enter a passcode if they turn the phone on? I know I won't get the phone back and I know I've basically made it possible for someone to access the phone and use it as new, but am hoping with the chain of events that has occurred, my data won't get accessed by someone else. I am out of mind with worry.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob
Following on from the previous email, I have had numerous discussions with Apple today and it seems that removing the device from iCloud simply removes the activation lock, rather than the passcode, so it sounds like the only thing someone could now do is set the phone up as new after doing a restore, which of course would wipe any data. If someone switches it on in its current state, they are likely to be promoted to enter a passcode. However, I just realised that Siri on the lock screen can be used to do certain things, so as such I have changed the passwords on my Apple ID, email, Internet banking and social media accounts. That is all I can now do. I can only hope that a would be thief is more likely to wipe my data off the phone and set it up as new for themselves rather than try and access what was on there when I lost it.
My advice for the listeners is if you lose your phone, take a breath and think logically so you don't make a mistake in a panicked state, like I did. I was stung by my carrier for early termination fees of the contract, but the only positive is I now have a 6 plus. My wife thinks I lost my other phone on purpose as I have wanted one since it came out.
In future I shall be very vigilant with my iPhone. I will keep find my iPhone and location services on, so I can track it if necessary and I certainly won't be removing any more activation locks. Sometimes in life, you have to learn the hard way and I certainly have in this case.
Regards
Steve
Hi Rob
Thanks for the email. I doubt I'll get it back. If a thief has got it, they are more likely to wipe the device clean either for themselves or to sell, so especially now I have changed my main passwords, I'm not worried so much about them accessing my data. My carrier has blocked the handset.
I can guarantee I won't let this happen again as it is beyond painful. Can you maybe on the show run through a security step checklist for listeners?
Enable a passcode
Enable Touch ID
Use 2 step verification
Disable access on lock screen for everything under Settings/Touch ID & Passcode and allow access when locked.
Make sure find my iPhone under both iCloud and location services is turned on, with an active internet connection so you can track the device. Location services needs to be on as well.
Regards
Steve
VOICEMAIL - Ron_OH_comnts_ATT
54:32
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 335
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song Called Lighthouse with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Lighthouse.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank TOSIN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. TOSIN wrote
Hi Rob,
Never done this before but I came across this this app the other day and was messing around with it and then this idea occurred to me. I've used the waterlogue app to covert the real life photo I got from the "pimp your screen" app on my iPhone into a water painting and then annotated with evernote's skitch app on my iPad.
I'm sure you've got artwork lined up for your next episode but just in case, here's one you could use.
Regards,
Tosin O from Hockley Heath UK
Well TOSIN Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TOSIN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 335 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:23
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Apple has become a value trap, This is a company with no growth, and profit margins that are way too high vis a vis the competition.” UNQUOTE
Doug Kass, Seabreeze Partners Management, 17 Sept 2013
That "value trap” as Doug Kass called it on Sept 17 2013 was priced at $65 - it is now at over $113 - Yeah I can see how 75% growth in value is a trap. Just Sayin
03:00
For Promo codes - On Ep 334 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - LITODO - we will be giving those out later this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 334.
This week we have promo codes for the App - BVS SOLITAIRE COLLECTION - here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
Hi ROB, I am developer of the BVS Solitaire Collection.
I have been developing solitaire card games for windows and mac OS X since 1996. Windows version gained popularity and was even featured in a movie "The girl with the dragon tattoo" by Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander.
Today I would like to introduce the iOS version of the BVS Solitaire Collection. It is a multi-featured set of 224 solitaire card games and it provides you with endless hours of gaming fun. All your old time favorites are included such as Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, etc. It also includes a lot of unique variations not found elsewhere. The app also allows you to modify rules of almost any of the included games, thus creating your own solitaire variations.
The app can be played in both portrait and landscape modes and it features excellent high quality card sets and backgrounds. BVS Solitaire Collection is solitaire done right
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - BVS SOLITAIRE COLLECTION and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put BVS in the subject line.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
05:05
http://podcastawards.com/
A quick thank you to all that nominated Today in iOS for the Podcast Awards. For those that have not - please go to Podcast awards dot com and for the Technology section - nominate Today in iOS for Podcast name - and todayinios dot com for the website. Thanks again for for your help.
06:12
http://www.cultofmac.com/309730/states-iphone-users-will-surprise/
If you live in Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Kansas, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts - when you look around it may seems like most people have an iPhone - and you know what - you would be right - those are the states with 55 to 65% iPhone traffic according to Chitika. At least that is the % of users causing traffic with apps that use the Chitika ads module. According to those that put together the report - quote Our analysis does point towards state-level evidence on the factors affecting iPhone usage rates, iPhone usage shares are positively correlated with level of education and population density at the state-level. unquote.
What they did not say mention was What about correlation between states with. AT&T customers and iPhone users compared. I am guessing there is still some influence per AT&T and iPhone users - at least where AT&T was more popular a few years ago.
Interesting the report covered % of iPhone use - the lowest group was 40% to 44% - meaning worst case - you are looking at 40% iPhone use as % of share in any given state. On the highest end it is 65%. Still saying iPhone usage varies betweens 40% and 65% in the US depending on your state is pretty impressive use. So much for the myth that android is killing it in the US at least.
08:12
http://www.tuaw.com/2015/01/23/app-devs-made-more-
money-than-the-box-office-last-year/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000602
Thanks to Myron for the heads up on this next one.
And I want you to really think about this next one - which is the new that in 2014 - there was more revenue generated for iOS Apps then there was for Hollywood’s US Box office Ticket Revenue. 7 Years ago there was no revenue - It was not until the middle of 2008 that the App store from Apple came about. Apple has created an incredible App economy - and the best thing is the devs are not forced to all be in Hollywood or cities right around it. You can be an app dev in any city, town, hamlet or ranch anywhere in the world - as long as you have electricity and a connection to the internet.
In the US alone Apple estimates there are 627,000 jobs created for this App ecosystem.
It has been amazing to watch all this unfold - especially if you have a chance to go back and listen to some of the older episodes of Tii from 2007 - where Apple did not want an app store. They were pushing for HTML5 / web apps - and if you do listen to those older episodes - you will hear me pushing for allowing native apps - prior to apple actually giving in and allowing it. Apple truly has those early jailbreakers to thank for this part of the Apple Eco system - and it really is one of the most important pieces of the Apple Eco system.
Again in under 7 years - App Revenue was greater by a wide margin than Hollywood’s US Box Office Revenue - and to me that is just amazing and mind blowing and well wonderful as well.
10:00
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6288
Thanks to michael for this next one which is that 15 More banks have signed on to support Apple Pay and with one breath they are.
A+ Federal Credit Union
-Amegy Bank of Texas
-America First Credit Union
-Bethpage Federal Credit Union
-California Bank & Trust
-Connex Credit Union
-Goldenwest FCU
-Huntington Bank
-KeyPoint Credit Union
-Meijer Credit Union
-National Bank of Arizona
-Nevada State Bank
-The Bank of Greene County
-Vectra Bank
-Zions First National Bank
That brings to over 50 different banks and financial institutions that support Apple Pay.
Link to the full list in the show notes.
But reality was Apple Pay was already supported by the biggest banks. But still if yours was one of the 15 I just lifted - it was good news for you.
10:53
http://www.bemyeyes.org/
There is a new app / service I must mention on he show - it is called Be My Eyes - thanks to all that sent in links on this one.
In a nutshell what this is an app where a sight impaired users requests help seeing what is around them - a sighted user then replies to that request and describes what they see being video streamed from the requestors phone. Maybe they are looking for the ingredients of an food item they are about to buy or its expiration date, or maybe to confirm they were just given back the right amount of change, or maybe it is just to help them locate something they dropped or get their bearings or even to confirm that person they met at that social event looks the age they said they were. There are lots of opportunities for you to be helped by this app or to help someone with this app and who knows you might make a new virtual friend.
Initial reports are that so many people have signed up to help - there is no shortage - but that is now while it is in the news - but later on - hard to say if that will keep up. Hopefully it does - but if not I am curious to know if you help X amount of people and are in High school if those hours of help would count towards your community volunteer hours. If anyone officials from a school could look into this - that would be appreciated.
Again the website is BE MY EYES dot ORG - as in B E M Y E Y E S dot org - thanks for no funky spelling to the devs on this. Right now this is just for iOS - but if you are listening to this - that is probably not an issue.
12:57
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14:44
VOICEMAIL - Rick_CT_Part1_feedback_voiceover
Hi Rob,
Per the caller asking about the Alarm Clock in the Headphones - My advice would be to look for a music/podcast app that has a wake up to feature. Preferably a podcast type app where you have a file downloaded and not dependent on a data signal.
Regards,
Mike R
Hello Rob,
just been listening to the latest podcast 334.
Somebody stated that VoiceOver is unusable on the Mac.
I disagree with this as I have been using VO on a 21” iMac for the last 2 years since switching from Windows. No screen reader is perfect in my opinion although VO is very darn good. I purchased the iMac after using an iPhone since v4. Had a 5 now using a 6.
Very happy with all Apple products including the iPad Air.
Regards,
Max.
Hi Rob
In response to the caller on the last episode who wanted to put her apps in alphabetical order, there is a way to do this. Go to Settings/General/Reset/Reset Home Screen Layout. The stock apps will appear in their factory default locations. The other apps will now appear in alphabetical order. One important thing to be aware of is if you have created folders, doing this will remove them.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob,
Per item 334:
Caller question regarding an iOS 8 Jailbreak tweak which makes searching through numerous apps quicker; i.e. alphabetical, favorites, and recents list.
Try Searchlight from the Cydia App Store, which will run you $1.99 from the BigBoss repo. This tweak adds much more functionality to spotlight search. As mentioned above, Searchlight alphabetically lists all of your apps and allows the user to pick and choose a separate list of commonly used apps. There are some alternatives such as Smart search, but the app lists are not as extensive.
Regards,
Mark H
Hi Rob,
Just chiming in about your stance on the refund policy in the EU. While I can understand your position from an economic point of view (and agree with that part) I disagree with the part that apple should fight this. If anything good has come out of this, it is that blind people who use voiceOver can more "freely” try apps and don’t have to rely on a good-hearted Apple person or a lengthy process to get our money back when an unresponsive developer is afoot. Note the qualifiers there: I’ll buy apps at a dollar or so, but $10 sight unseen is a bit much for a poor college student. I also try very hard to communicate with developers or get the word out. So for VoiceOver users, the hassle-free refund policy is a good thing. Here’s hoping they allow it in the states.
Also, for the blind person wanting to learn voiceOver, I recommend (along with whomever he might encounter at the Apple store) these two sites:
Mac for the Blind:
http://macfortheblind.com
is a good site for getting tips and tricks, as well as useful links to apple’s own documentation. John, the person who runs the site, I believe does training on an individual basis, but you will have to contact him for further details.
Another great repository of apps, forums, podcast demos, and just good old fashion people helping people out is Applevis:
http://www.applevis.com
I hope this helps the DC listener out. Welcome to iOS!!
Regards,
Chelsea
21:35
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,800 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was a nice tip that came from Francisco Tapia - If you are in the safari app - you can find past closed tabs. To do this in the lower right tap on the double square - the one that shows the open tabs - then tap AND HOLD on the big Plus button at the bottom center - it will then show you a list of “Recently closed tabs”
Thanks Francisco for that tip.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1800+ of you already in the community and contributing.
22:43
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/01/25/apple-adds-free-
on-itunes-tab-to-itunes-app-on-ios-desktop/
Thanks to Steve from Brisbane for this next one.
Which is that Apple adds a new Free on iTunes section to iTunes on your iOS device and also on the desktop version. So to check this one out I had to go find the folder I had iTunes hidden in on my iOS device - but once found and launched - yup there it was the new Free on iTunes featured button in the middle of the screen. And in there I could see free Songs and free Full-Length TV episodes - and well free Song and free full length TV episodes - sorry no free movies.
But hey you can get the first episode of 12 monkeys for free if you missed it. Although I am kind of at a quandry with that one as I put the original Terry Giliam 12 monkeys as one of my top 10 movies of all time. It really was just a great movie - and I am afraid to watch it for fear they will ruin such a great property. Ohhhh the woes of a nerd.
23:53
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/22/apple-targets-for-apple-
watch-battery-life-revealed-a5-caliber-cpu-inside/
Lots of reports about the Apple Watch battery life or if the reports are true lack there of.
Ok lets go over what some of those reported numbers from sources in the know are saying.
Apple was wanting the following specs:
4 Days - that is the length of time if left in sleeping mode.
3 Days of pure standby time
19 hours of combined active / passive use
and 2.5 to 4 hours of active application use
Those sources however are saying Apple will only likely achieve approximately 2 to 3 days in either standby or low power modes.
With the Watch face showing constantly - and nothing else going on - they are saying Apple is getting 3 hours of battery life.
And they are getting 2.5 hours of heavy application use like game play.
And finally for the watches fitness tracking software Apple is targeting 4 hours of straight exercise tracking
Again this is all from unnamed sources in the know. So take it for what it is worth - which may be nothing. Here is my prediction - since this Apple rumor has been widely reported - And in the past Apple has made announcements right after quarterly calls - I am predicting that Wednesday or Thursday of this week - we hear something from Apple with regards to the Apples watch and at that time there would be more specs released.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27381744/apple-
watch-battery-will-get-you-through-day
25:45
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/18/kgi-apple-likely-
to-launch-stylus-to-enhance-upcoming-129-inch-ipad-user-experience
Thanks to Tash and a few others for this next one - which is per another rumor that seems to be heating up as of late - and that is the 12.9 inch iPad Pro rumor - along with Apple introducing an Apple Stylus. Now note this latest rumor round is coming from Apple Analyst - Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities - whom has a much better track record of getting rumors right - that said - you need to understand - Much better is still in the neighborhood of a good major league batter - i.e. in the 30 to 40% range.
What is different with Apples stylus vs one you get at the dollar store - is that Apples will cost a lot more than a dollar - and it will have a gyroscope built in to support 3D handwriting - which I am sure will look great on the 2D iPad Pro.
Anyway - this is not something that will come with the iPad pro - but something you buy as an accessory for the iPad Pro. This would be something charged via the lightening port of your iPad.
And he is also saying the iPad Pro would finally offer split screen on an iPad.
If this sounds like wetting your finger and putting it up to see which way the wind is blowing - you would be likely be correct - but then again - Ming Chi does have a better record then most when using that method.
27:17
http://www.tuaw.com/2015/01/21/nbc-will-let-ios-users-stream-
the-super-bowl-with-no-cable-accou/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000602
Thanks to Myron for this next one. With this next one being of interested for those of you that well you know booked a plane ticket for Sunday night or agreed to go to your nieces musical or in the case of my father a few years ago were dragged off to a Musical in NY during Super Bowl sunday - Yeah for all of you that will be out and about during the super bowl - NBC has your back - if you have an iOS device that is - as NBC will allow you to stream the super bowl even without a cable account. Heck you will even be treated to what will seem like endless hours of pregame coverage starting at Noon ET on Sunday the 1st. This is all via the NBC Sports Live Extra App. And again this is totally free to any iOS owner. If you are not an iOS owner - say an Android owner - well then you might feel a little deflated with this offer.
28:29
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2875165/all-signs-
point-to-the-demise-of-microsofts-surface-tablet.html
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one. Which we file under SHOCKER
And it relates to the MS Surface 2 tablet - that has song, danced and clicked its way into the hearts of well basically no one.
Remember the first gen Surface was called the Surface RT - and yes that is the one that MS wrote off $900 Million on.
Now don’t get this confused with MS Surface Pro - that is the one that runs windows. No word yet on what level the write off will be on this one - just that basically they are no longer selling new ones on their store or well they are showing up as out of stock - same with their retail partner Best Buy.
Microsoft had their quarterly conference call today and it was not ALL bad news they had 26.5 Billion dollars of revenue last quarter that is up 8% from the same quarter a year earlier.
They sold 10 Million Phones. Which sounds good until you see they had an ASP of $230 - vs the ASP of iPhones which is north of $600.
And MS did confirm it is no longer selling the Surface 2 - so you can officially stick a fork in it - right next to all the other forks un-officially stuck in it over the past year.
MS is now only selling the Surface Pro 3 - which makes sense - as its best selling feature is that it runs Windows - not some non-compatible OS.
How did Wallstreet react to the Conference call - well the stock was down 4% in after market trading - that said - I can remember quite a few times when Apple had what I thought was a grand slam quarterly report - only to see the stock drop 4% or there about in after market trading.
To me though the take away from their quarterly report - ASP of $230 for their phones vs Apples ASP’s which are not just well north of $600 but probably will be well north of $700 tomorrow when Apple reports.
31:05
Hi Rob,
I was listening to the podcast today and you asked if anyone had the R79 case. I Purchased the case. My overall impression is that it does give a better signal, but only slightly better.
I set my iPhone to field test mode so I get a numeric value from the signal, rather than 3 or 4 bars, I noticed before I put the case on, I saw -110 db. After putting the case on, it was constantly -100 db. I have done some experiments with taking the case on and off, and consistently see about a 10db signal improvement. I got the case because where i work, I have a great signal, but when I’m home not so much, there are some places in the house where I have to go to talk on the phone. With the case, I haven’t noticed having to do that, but I’m not a heavy phone user at home, so can’t comment if it would be enough for most people.
Aside from the signal strength, I think the case is a decent case, in itself. It seems to be well made, and I like how the bottom is cut out so it doesn’t interfere with various non-apple lightning or dock connectors. Overall, I think it’s a little expensive for a case, but not tremendously expensive. It’s not a magic cure to low signals, but if you are right on the edge in some specific areas it might help.
Regards,
W. Todd S
Hi Rob,
I wanted to let you know that I received my Acme Made "Charge" cases that you mentioned on Tii. I backed the project at the $55 level which gave me two cases. Last month they sent an update which said to watch for early delivery, originally they were scheduled for late March. Today when I arrived home, both cases one for my wife's 6 and one for my 6+ were in the package. The cases look good with a lightning charge cord tucked in the kickstand. Good quality with a tight fit on the phone. The buttons are open for the original feel and just a hit of the gold is visible at the top and bottom.
Thanks for the recommendation of this project! They came through unlike other projects which have yet to deliver can you say SOS Charger*.
One observation, the side ridge isn't deep enough to protect from a face drop. Users will just have to be aware.
Regards,
- Peter in Austin.
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_Bachelder_Review_Radmo_Kickstarter
36:06
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1658373341/vikaura-
screen-use-your-smartphone-to-customize-yo
I had a couple of listeners email in that they supported this next one - which is called the Vikaura Screen - V I K A U R A - Quote Vikaura lets you friends & family drive images and information out of your phone and into your world - no wires unquote.
First off this one has until Feb 3rd at 12:57 PM CT to get funded - and it ain’t there yet - as it only has $90k towards it goal of 125k.
Essentially this is an e-ink screen you can wirelessly push an image to - they are offering up a 4” version for $99, a 6” for $129 and a 9.7” for $199.
Yes there is more to it than that - as they claim the battery life for their devices lasts quote for years on its battery unquote
It does look cool - but $199 cool - I am not sure. And neither are most others - as again they are a bit short on hitting their goal.
If they do hit their goal for those that funded it - I will be very interested to hear your thoughts when you get it. For all others interested in this search for V I K A U R A vikaura at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 335
37:46
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sonicable-the-world-
s-most-advanced-charging-cable
Hi Rob,
If i have the legion meter wouldn’t the SoniCable be the same but slower?
Regards,
Michael
And what Michael is talking about is the SoniCable - spelled S O N I C A B L E - which is at Indiegogo dot com - and has raised over 230k towards a goal of 10k - so they are well over their goal.
The folks behind this one are touting it as the worlds most advanced charging cable.
Pricing on this is $27 and what they are claiming is that you can charge your device fully in half the time as normal. Which yes is something that the Legion Meter claims as well.
And like the legion meter it has two modes - one mode is where it is like a normal USB to Lightening cable allowing you to charge and sync your device - but on the other mode it is focused just on Power - and sync / data is disabled - and all you can do is charge but at a faster rate.
They claim the following features for the cable. Dual sided USB, Aluminum Connectors, Table free cable with is strong and durable.
And they are also claiming the MFI - Made for iPhone designation as well.
You can also get 2 for $49 or 5 for $110.
Search for S O N I C A B L E at indie go go or in the show notes for ep 335
Per is this slower or faster than the Legion Meter - I think the legion meter claimed charging a little faster than 2x - but honestly with my device - I never did see that and I just use the Legion meter mostly to make sure I am actually charging my Pebble - as it shows the 0.08 MA charge it draws.
40:21
https://itunes.apple.com/app/clickthenumber/id911043278?mt=8
I get lots and lots and lots of emails from devs promoting their apps - most of them free and almost none of which I have time check out. But every so often I will see one come through I think has potential - and this week I saw and downloaded one of them - the App is called Click the Number - it is a simple game - where you are presented with a few numbers and you need to tap on the one listed above. You tap the correct one and the next screen there are more numbers - and so on - and you have just a few seconds to locate the right number and later on in the game the right symbol or letter. It is simple - and helps exercise your mind - and it is free - the app is called Click the Number - and it is one I will be getting the kids to play as well - especially the 6 year old that needs an app like this.
Oh and if you are an App dev and have a free app - the best way to get featured on this show is to send me in a 60 sec or less review of your app for me to play. Again most that just send in a link never get mentioned on the show - but any that send in an audio review get up on the show. PS - first day playing with this my best was 18.
email me today in iOS at gmail dot com - let me know you best score.
Lets see where I am by the next episode.
42:02
VOICEMAIL - Quest_Video_editing_apps_
Hi Rob
I am fairly new to the Instagram app for iOS. I am finding if I upload an existing photo to Instagram from my camera roll, it saves a duplicate photo to my camera roll, which then means I have to go in and delete the unwanted duplicate. I don't want to have to do this every time I upload a photo to Instagram from my camera roll, so do you or any listeners that use Instagram for iOS, know how to avoid this occurring? Appreciate any advice.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
43:47
http://fortune.com/2015/01/23/how-many-macs-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-update/
Leading up to the apple quarterly report - I want to go over some Predictions from the Anal-ists out there - Thanks as always goes to Philip Elmer Dewit at Fortune for curating all of this.
This time I will include Mac predictions - just because some of them are pretty high.
A year ago Apple sold 4.84 Million Macs. This time the average estimate is 5.58 Million Macs. With Daya Baran of StockChats at the top of the guessing tree with 5.98 Mil mac vs Collin Gillis of BGC partners with 5.1 Mil macs guessed.
Next up is the iPhone guesses - A year ago there were 51 Mil iPhones sold in the Last quarter of of 2013 - this time the average estimate is 66.5 Mil iPhones sold. With Kirk Burgess from the Braeburn group being the cherry on top with 71.50 Mil iPhones sold as his guess - and Uncle Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray with a guess of 61 Mil for his guess on the bottom side.
My guess is Apple sold how ever many they were able to make last quarter - with Apple saying that sales were constrained by supply - and they did not equal equilibrium until This month. Nope not going to give a number - as I never get it right - but If I was guessing I would have said 69.2 Mil sold. But I am not guessing.
For iPads sold - A year ago it was 26 Mil sold in that quarter. This year the average for last quarter is 21.5 Mil sold. With the top guess going to Peter I went to Colorado and bought some cool stuff man Misek from Jefferies
and Uncle Gene I went with him to Colorado Munster both with a guess of 25 Mil sold - to a low of 16.32 Mil from Aaron C Rakers with stifle Nicholaus. If I was guess I would say well under 20 mil - and go with 18.5 Mil for my guess - if I was guessing.
We shale see later on Tuesday - look for my blog post on Tuesday going over the numbers - but it might be later on Tuesday. Just depends on how the blizzard goes - and if I can get to the hospital to visit my mom. Which is why this episode was recorded using a different mic this week.
http://fortune.com/2015/01/21/how-many-iphones-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-16/
http://fortune.com/2015/01/20/how-many-ipads-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-9/
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/01/23FY-
15-First-Quarter-Results-Conference-Call.html
48:55
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_Question_siri_Name_spelling
Hi Rob for some strange reason I've been experiencing some weird glitch I that experience on my iPod touch and now on my iPhone 5c where I can't delete song on my iPhone even when delete every song on my phone The song still stays on the music app is it a hardware glitch or is it my phone or is it just some weird thing with iCloud I can't find anything it on the Internet how to fix it it should I go to Apple? Store Thanks for an awesome show Rob
Regards,
Zachary S
Hi Rob,
I was just reading some articles on your website about apple pay and it made me think about how simple it is, and it got me thinking about other applications for apple pay. I help my family out every summer with a lawn care business they own, and there are a lot of places that have electronic security gates. My curiosity is, I'm wondering if there would be a way to be able to use an apple pay like experience with a security gate instead of having to put in a pin every time. And do you think there would be a way to send out temporary passes to other visitors so you wouldn't have to give out a PIN number.
I love your show and I look forward to it every time,
Thanks for everything and I did subscribe to your KC start up podcast and it's a joy as well!
Regards,
Jason H
VOICEMAIL - Questions_siri_spelling_names
53:29
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Mon, 19 January 2015
TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 334
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JADE for sending in the music you hear in the background. JADE wrote:
Hi Rob,
As always love the show! Been a fan for quite a few years now and never miss an episode. For the past 2 years I've been working on my 4th studio album as I'm doing something quite massive and unique. I've been recording the whole album using iOS devices only. So far the album is 14 tracks long and a very unique blend of ballads, rock, metal, punk, electro and jazz.
I've included a demo song from the CD titled "smashing your face in"
The apps used were Garage Band, Audiobus, Auria,, Music Studio, Studio MiniXL, Amplitube, IShredLive, Final Touch, Vocal Live and Session Band
Regards,
Jade Starr
Thanks JADE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank SHANNON for sending in the Artwork for today's show. SHANNON wrote
Hi Rob,
I took a picture of my Pit Bull, Sara, in front of our local fountain and then added the text using the new Fotor app that I downloaded after listening to your latest podcast.
Regards,
Shannon in Fountain Hills, AZ
Well SHANNON Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see SHANNON'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 334 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:29
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Amazon’s pricing ambition is the clearest indication of its phone playbook: undercut rivals and grab meaningful market share. It is also shows that Apple’s worst nightmare may be coming true: prices could fall not just for cheap phones in developing markets but higher-end ones too. unquote
Amir Efrati and Jessica E. Lessin, jessicalessin.com,
6 September 2013
That old refrain that prices could fall - is something we hear over and over. I don’t think any of these people realize that Apple is the ONLY one making money. 85% of the profits for the entire Cellphone industry. Cheap is not what is wanted by all - There is still a good % of the market willing to pay to get quality. Hence why the Amazon Fire crashed and well burned - and the iPhone is doing better than ever. Just Sayin
03:31
This week we have promo codes for the App - Litodo - here is the review from the dev - PLAY PROMO CODE - LITODO
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - LITODO and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put LITODO - L I T O D O in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/litodo-tasks-to-
do-time-tracking/id945875002?mt=8
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
05:14
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2868105/uk-
pm-makes-apple-ceo-tim-cook-global-
privacy-champ.html
Tim Cook has made no bones about the fact that your privacy as a customer trumps all. And that Apple has never worked with any government agencies from any government to put in a backdoor in any of Apples Products and they have never allowed access to Apples servers and never will.
Users that know of this - Appreciate this.
Governments - not so much - especially if you happen to be the Leader of the British Government. Apparently Prime Minister Cameron wants to Ban services that encrypt messages - like iMessage or FaceTime - which offer end to end encryption - see Big Brother thinks privacy is bad. Essentially the logic is this - We must not allow Freedom if we are to preserve Freedom. What is this President Ferris Fremont going after Aramchek? Because it sure sounds that way. Bonus points for those that got that reference.
Now it is not just the UK government that wants to get rid of this privacy - there are other governments in Europe, the NSA of course and other agencies in the US that are not happy with Apples level of privacy for users. And I should point out it is not just Apples Apps - Snapchat is in their cross hairs as well.
Lets just hope that VALIS - I mean Apple can hold out against those that want to ensure freedom by squashing it.
06:50
http://www.redmondpie.com/the-difference-
between-unlocked-t-mobile-and-sim-free-
iphone-6-6-plus-explained/
Hi Rob,
I bought a T-Mobile unlocked iPhone (6+ 128gig) right before Apple started offering the Apple unlocked phones. Is there any difference at all except for the fact that the T-Mobile one comes with a sim card? They should both be equally unlocked right? I can't get a straight answer from Apple and I wonder if I should bother trading it in for the Apple one before my 14 day return window is over.
Thanks,
Terry
Hi Terry - Both are fully unlocked.
But there are some differences between the T-Mobile version and the SIM free version.
The T-Mobile 6 and 6+ feature bands that are more specific to North America and should work with most 4G LTE networks in the US.
It will NOT work on China's advanced TD-LTE Network. If China Travel is in your plans - exchange it now.
Really if you plan to travel outside the US - then the SIM free one is what you want.
If you are only going be in the US - stick with the T-Mobile version.
Ok - that is the simple answer. But lets say you really like you local regional carrier - then you need to know which ones the T-Mobile version supports - which are
T-mobile of course
AT&T
and Verizon
Plus
AIO
Alaska Communications
Consumer Cellular
Cricket
Family Mobile
GCI
Net 10
Straight Talk
Union Wireless
The SIM Free iPhone 6 and 6+ supports the following carriers:
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon,
Sprint and
PLUS
Appalacian Wireless
Bluegrass Cellular
Boost
C Spire
Cellcom
Charlton Valley
Chat Mobility
Defense Mobile
MobileNation
Nex-Tech
NorthwestCell
nTelos
Pioneer Cellular
Stata Networks
Syringa
Thumb Cellular
United Wireless
and US Cellular
Hi Rob,
I thought you were a big fan of Sprint Wireless, especially since their HQ were so close to home. I was surprised when I heard you were now on T-Mobile.
I have an iPhone 6 on AT&T. Grandfathered in on unlimited data but throttled after 5 GB of data. I watch a lot of Netflix and I reach the limit pretty quick, and my viewing pleasure after being throttled blows and renders my iPhone useless.
I'm considering Sprint or T-Mobile. I live in the Bay Area in California, specifically the San Jose area. I usually jailbreak for tethering purposes. I'm curious how you decided on T-Mobile and what your 2 cents are regarding sprint wireless.
Regards,
Mr. Ed
Thanks for the questions Mr. Ed. I choose T-Mobile for a few reasons - but the biggest ones being they let you do all the neat new stuff the iPhone supports - like Wifi Calling and Voice of LTE. Plus with T-Mobile - Tethering is included - not an extra charge that kills your grandfathered unlimited plan. And they offer unlimited data (well except for the tethering part and there you are limited to 5GB per month of tethered data.
The pricing when I combing my Wifes plan and my plan on T-mobile was within a few dollars of my old plan on AT&T alone. So I gained features and saved a bunch of money per month.
Per Sprint - It is a technology reason I stay away - the Sprint phones are not as flexible when it comes to using older phones on other carriers. I like that at any point my Old GMS way off contract iPhones I could reactivate on one of the cheaper carriers for my sons - when they get to the age they will need a cellular plan.
T-mobile also have very good coverage here in Kansas City - so that was important of me. I will say on Long Island where my Parents live - T-Mobile coverage was horrible. Just make sure you check to see what your local coverage is where you live before making a choice.
11:47
http://www.redmondpie.com/video-shows-
performance-of-ios-8.2-beta-4-running-on-
iphone-5s-and-iphone-4s/
iOS 8.2 Beta 4 is out for all iOS devices supporting iOS 8.
One thing to note - is the beta was speed tested on the iPhone 4S - and well - it actually lost vs 8.1.2 - It does not look like anyone running old iOS hardware and iOS 8 will see any improvement in speed - and the tests actually show some tasks running slower.
When iOS 8.2 is released if you have iOS hardware that is multiple years old - I would highly recommend you hold off updating. Especially as the big feature for 8.2 is Apple Watch support - and the iPhone 4S will not support it anyway.
One thing the beta of 8.2 has revealed is that when the Apple watch comes - there will be a stand alone app to support it.
There is a very detailed article on 9 to 5 Mac - Link in the show notes titled Apple Watch iPhone Companion App revealed with new watch features, monograms. This goes over a bunch of new features dug out about Apple Watch. Like Monogram - where you can add up to 4 initials as a monogram virtually on the screen. Hmmmm - wonder if I would go with Tii on mine.
This article talks about how you will organize the apps on the Apple watch. Which really you will do on the iPhone - just like how you can organize the apps on your iPhone via iTunes - you will organize the Apps on your Apple Watch via the iPhone.
They also go over features for Clock Functions, Messages, Maps, Accessibility, Passcode, Activity Motion & Fitness, and more - again look for that link in the show notes - especially if you plan to get an Apple watch or more so if you are on the fence.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/13/apple-
watch-iphone-companion-app-revealed-
with-new-watch-features-monograms/
13:57
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
+1 to Harry's razors. I have been using a Truman for a few months now and it works great. The price is reasonable and the blade cut great. Thanks for introducing them to me.
Regards,
Joe Strottman
Thanks for the feedback Joe and I want to thank Harrys for sponsoring this episode and - if you go to harrys dot com - that is h a r r y s dot com and use the promo code t i i - you will save $5 on your first order.
Lets face it guys one of the worst parts about shaving is tracking down that person to unlock to the display case so you can get your razors - the other worst part is the price you pay for said razors when you get to the check out counter. Harry's helps on both those fronts - no need to go to the store - you just order on line and get the razors delivered right to your door with free shipping. The starter kit The Truman Set is amazing - for $15 you get a razor - Foaming Shave Gel and 3 razor blades - all in a great package that screams GIFT ME GIFT ME - are you listening ladies. Actually My little lady was and she purchased me a years supply of Razors and Shave Gel for My birthday. Kind of a win win - I get a great present - she gets me using the Shave gel she really likes the smell of.
And that new Foaming Shave Gel is great. If you look at what it is made from you might not know if you should eat it or shave with it. The ingredients include Licorice Root extract, a blend of Cucumber and Aloe - after using it my wife was asking what smelled sooo good. It really is nice to shave with something that is not made from industrial chemicals.
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16:33
VOICEMAIL - Tom_Answer_Visual_impaired_quest
Hi Rob,
To the caller who asked about voiceover training, I suggest subscribing to the AppleVis podcast for tutorials and joining the AppleVis forum, too. I wouldn’t recommend using a mac because the accessibility features are spotty and difficult to learn.
Regards,
Dan L
Hi Rob,
To help the listener from D.C. who wanted to learn voiceOver, I offer these resources.
Apple’s official accessibility resource list:
https://www.apple.com/accessibility/resources/
contains links to the accessible version of the users guides and voiceOver tutorials officially produced by Apple for the Mac.
AppleVis: an online community for visually impaired Apple users:
http://www.applevis.com
Applevis has reviews of hundreds of apps. It has tutorials for the beginning voiceover user. It has podcasts demonstrating how to use many iOS and Mac VoiceOver features. It has lively discussion forums.
ViPhone, a google group for blind and visually impaired iDevice users:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/viphone
And a similar less active Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aiphone/
And a Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/BlindIphoneipadUsers
National Braille Press, offering books on iOS. You can have them in paper braille, downloadable electronic Braille, ASCII text, Microsoft Word or Daisy formats. Daisy is an xml-based format for visually impaired readers. Many free Daisy players are available for all operating systems.
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/process.html?
subcat_id=4&heading=Adult%20Books
%2d%2dComputers%20%26%20Technology
&mv_nextpage=publications%2fbrowse_
results&mv_todo=return
Books from NBP include:
iOS 8 Without The Eye
Get The Picture (how to use the camera as a blind person)
Getting Started with the iPHONE And IOS7: A guide for Blind And Visually Impaired Users
iOS 8 Reference Card (a full listing of all voiceover gestures)
Out And About: Our Favorite Travel Apps
Reading Kindle Books on Your iOS Device: A Quick Reference Guide
Tweeting Blind
Twenty-Two Useful Apps For Blind And Visually Impaired Users
They also have books on mastering the Mac with voiceover and on using iMessage.
Regards,
--Debby A, Cupertino, CA
Rob:
i am writing in response to the man who wanted to learn about his accessibility features such as voice over.
In my experience, Apple store employees know next to nothing about voiceover.
He would do far better, to join apple-vis, a apple only community dedicated to blind and low vision users.
There are a number of books about learning to use IOS products in electronic and braille formats published by National Braille Press.
Hook up with any local National chapter of organizations of the blind and begin to learn.
There are many excellent blind IOS trainers available.
Just ask applevis.com.
Regards,
Jan Brown.
22:27
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,800 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out and has lots of comments was from Jerome Horowitz - whom asked quote
My caller id block does not work on my new iPhone 6. Anybody have a fix??
unquote
So for those not familiar with this feature in the Settings —> Phone —> Show My Caller ID - by default it is set on.
If you turn it off - it is supposed to block your caller ID.
Mike Hennessie mentioned that turning it off and calling his house it still showed his name and number - but calling his wifes iPhone it did not.
But for Kirsten Twigg it worked fine.
Looks like this might be an AT&T issue. Let me know if this is working right for you.
206-666-6364 or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1800+ of you already in the community and contributing.
25:12
http://investor.apple.com
Some questions we have about how Apples sales really went last quarter will be answered on Tuesday Jan 27th at 5:00 PM ET - when Apple does their quarterly conference call. Here are my predictions - iPhone sales up yr over yr - iPad sales down yr over yr. Pro Apple people (i.e. me - will concentrate our focus on the iPhone sales - Anti Apple Press - i.e. Much of the tech press - will focus on the iPad sales. Some will try to do both.
Either way I will get a blog post up at Today in iOS dot com and in the Tii App either right before or after the conference call starts.
I am sure we will have more on predictions leading up to the conference call or right after going over who was right and who was wrong.
As is typical - don’t expect any new news per products to be announced or even hinted at.
26:20
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/01/
more-ram-and-a-much-different-display-
could-greet-iphone-6s-buyers
Thanks to Michael for this next one. Which is more Rumors about the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus or what ever the next gen iPhones are called.
You will see a lot of articles the next couple of months with rumors about the next gen iPhones - but past history shows anything before April is pure fiction - April / May is traditionally when the first real rumors come out.
For now the Rumors are really just people speculating and calling it rumors and tapping the infamous un-named source.
That said - Kudos for AppAdvice for their article which took the stance of Likely features and speculation. And what they speculate makes sense.
A9 Processor - which is clearly a no-brainer
A Bump up in Ram - Given the latest iPad air has 2GB of ram - Again seems to be a no brainer.
Other speculation - Faster RAM to boot - that does come from a rumor in Taiwan - so yeah take that for what it is worth - hint - not much.
Then there is the speculation of Force Touch for the next iPhone - Some call that a rumor - others just looked at the announced features of the Apple Watch and said - Yeah - that is missing from the iPhone now - so add it to the rumor list. Except that the Apple Watch is an OLED display with special sensors to support force touch - so not sure if we will see force touch on the iPhone 6S - Maybe the version after. This would be a major change if implemented.
28:11
http://www.cultofmac.com/308958/apple-
already-lined-sapphire-supplier-iphone-6s/
Thanks to Jordan for the heads up on this next one: Which is from cult of mac and the post is titled. Could Apple Have already lined up the sapphire supplier for the iPhone 6S Question Mark - and Per the answer I would say in my dreams - as that is about the only way it happens and even then my . This post is based on the news that a company called Desay just announced their own smartphone with an unbreakable sapphire display. Also Desay is an apple supplier. Cult of Mac asks if Desay can make sapphire displays for their own smartphones why not for Apple. Hmmmm - Lets see - Oh yeah VOLUME. Remember before GTAT imploded - it was supposed to have a sapphire production capacity equal to 2 times the current combined global production of Sapphire. Yes part of the GTAT agreement was that they would get to sell the furnaces to pay of their loans from Apple - be even if they did sell them to Desay - the issue comes that the furnaces did not produce the quality sapphire needed and they would need to be modified at best to get there. There has been no indications that there is a short term solution for Sapphire to meet the needs of 10’s of Millions of iPhones. So again the answer to the why not for Apple question is Volume and lack of Global production infrastructure for quality Sapphire. Sadly this is something that will be a long time coming if ever.
29:58
http://getprismatic.com/story/1421393769708?
share=NTE4OTA.MTQyMTM5Mzc2OTcwOA.
bM0gf1wIVuLV9HmP6X8SSqyKiQU
It seems iOS 9 is starting to show up on some server logs - meaning Apple is starting some internal testing of the Alpha version - this is right in line with past years and it showing up in server logs. So nice to see it there now - but per the previous episode - I really do hope that iOS 9 is not about new features and much much more about bug fixes and speed improvement.
30:57
http://www.cnet.com/news/new-lightning-
powered-headphones-offer-sneak-peek-at-
next-generation-of-iphone-accessories/
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this link - and it really is a story I tried not to report on last episode. You may have noticed last episode I did not say anything about CES. And of all the reports of new products - this is one I was most interested in - it is that there are finally Lightning powered headphones. The big shocker for me though was who they were from - Not Beats now owned by Apple - but rather from Philips and Also Harman JBL.
The Philips Fidelio NC1L is the first lightning powered on-ear noise canceling headphones - followed by the JBL Reflect aware sports headphones with noise cancellation. The NC1L will be out Late Feb / March time frame - the Aware will be out in the spring.
The NC1L will run you $300 clams - the Aware comes in at half that price.
Technically this is old news as Philips announced the headphones back in September - but they had them at CES and multiple people played with them - and from what I read the response was tepid at best - Essentially they were just as good as other headphones that were not lightning headphones. Guess you really need to have a keen ear to hear the difference.
33:29
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/
2015/01/11/nobody-is-using-android-lollipop/
Thanks to Matt for the heads up on this next one:
We all love lolipops - right - Well evidently not if you use Android - As the latest version of Android which launched in Early November - by the first week of Jan was being used on somewhere south of 0.1% of Android devices. Yikes - In that amount of Time - iOS 8 made its way to almost 50% of All iOS device. Again another reason choosey Dev choose iOS.
34:08
http://www.cultofmac.com/308946/blackberry-
gets-caught-tweeting-iphone/
I know I have said the best time to kick someone is when they are down before - but this time - it is the guy on the ground kicking himself - which is pretty hard to do - and funny to see - almost as funny as when Blackberry this week sent out a tweet about their Phone - but in classic Blackberry fail mode you know did it from an iPhone - dooooohhhh. I would imagine this whole thing looked something like what the guys in the parking lot really saw in the first fight for fightclub. Thanks Blackberry for the laugh and the memories.
34:44
VOICEMAIL - Derrek_issues_mapping_complaining
Hi Rob,
To answer a question from one of your listeners on the most recent episode about adding apps to the notification center, I use an app called launcher that allows you to put apps in the notification Center using IOS 8 extensions. I am not sure if the feature still is being offered if you download the app today, but it works perfectly for me. I am using an unjailbroken iPad Air 2. I believe there is already one more app that offers this feature also. I would browse the extensions section in the app store. Once again, love the show and keep up the good work.
Regards,
Kareem
Hi rob,
Happy new year!
In response to the gentleman in episode 333 who switched over from android tablet to iPad 2, looking for quick access to certain apps (or at least that's what I understood him to be looking for), I would recommend the launch app which he can put in the dock at the bottom of the screen. He can add quite a few apps into it and it has the swipe gestures that allows you to open apps slickly or perform particular actions inside of the specified apps. Also you can group apps together (e.g I have a "morning coffee" option where I have instant access to all the apps I usually need in the morning: tomtom navigation, BBC news, stitcher, weather live, NY times, anylist, Evernote AP news etc) .
Of course this isn't exactly the same as what he had on the Android but it's pretty cool and worth a try.
Hope that helps somewhat.
Regards,
Tosin O from Hockley Heath, UK
Hi,
I heard someone asking what case to get for the Ipad Air 2. I ordered the Clamcase Pro the first of Dec. Just received it last week and so far I love it. If you sign up for there e-mails, I received $20 of the price, which came to $149. I had the Zagg Folio with the keyboard for my I-pad 3rd gen. and it worked great. The reveiws on there new folio where not the greatest. The nice thing about the Clamcase Pro you can fold it back onto the keyboard so you can use it with out the keyboard. Some people complain the keyboard is not back lit, but that doesn't bother me.
Keep up the great work.
Roy S
38:09
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robjama/
next-keyboard-the-perfect-keyboard-for-iphone
Hi Rob,
I just supported this Kickstarter project
Merry Christmas
Steve from AZ
This next Kickstarter project I want to mention not just because Steve and a few others supported it - but that helps - and not just because of what it is - but rather for how they presented themselves on Kickstarter - this is one of those projects if you are planning on doing a kickstarter project you should look closely at everything they did - because it was done really well. Kudos gentlemen - which is part of the reason why they are roughly 6 times their goal. What is said product - It is the Next Keyboard - The Perfect keyboard for iPhone - This one you have until Jan 24th at 9:43 PM CT to fund. For $5 you get the keyboard. They also have other levels you can fund at and that is one of the things I like about their project - if you scroll down you will see an infographic showing what you get for the different levels.
Their video is funny as well.
Again if you ever plan to do a kickstarter project - check out this one - take notes - take screen shots - you can learn a bunch from this one. Oh and yeah if you want quote The perfect keyboard for iPhone - search for Next Keyboard two words at kickstarter dot com - or for the link in Ep 334’s show notes.
39:39
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/
ipintm-laser-pointer-wireless-presenter-for-ios-an
We have another Kickstarter project to go over. This one is from the same folks that brought us the iStick and the Pearl Compact Mirror - which I just received notification it has shipped and on its way to me. Well their new Kickstarter project is the iPin Laser Pointer. Quote iPin worlds smallest laser pointer and wireless presenter for iPhone and Android. Turn your smartphone into a powerful presentation tool unquote.
Essentially for the iPhone it is a tiny laser pointer that fits inside your headphone jack. You have until Feb 10th at 1:59 AM CT to fund this one - which right now needs your funding at it is at just 15k out of a goal of 50k -
If you do go to fund this one - make sure to pick the version for iPhone and not the android version. Their offerings are confusing probably one reason they have not hit their goal yet.
There are offerings for those at one price if you funded one of their previous projects and then pricing if you did not - and then there is some bundle pricing for their BTtogo accessory. Again it gets confusing. Oh and did I mention there is one version just for the iPhone 6 Plus - but only if it is not the EU version of the iPhone 6 plus. Yeah like I said confusing.
41:26
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/sorry-
iphone-users-apples-dev-agreement-means-
no-eff-mobile-app-iphone
I am a card carrying member of the EFF literally - and I have to take exception with their recent issues with Apple. EFF - REALLY you are going after Apple because of the Developer agreement. Yet - I guess for the end users - where End users are actually protected for privacy soooooo much better by Apple and iOS - than - the Sheered sheep Google calls endusers whose privacy is nonexistent and data is sold to the highest and not so highest bidders. EFF - Really - you are going after Apple here why? Someone at the EFF has their cranium stuck in their nether regions - just sayin
Essentially the EFF just released an official App for the EFF but only for Android - and not for iOS - and then went all postal on Apple for their Developer agreements - many of the items they took issue with for devs Apple has in place to protect the end users - like their complaint about Apple being able to kill any app at any time. They said in their article
quote - Section 8 makes it clear that Apple can "revoke the digital certificate of any of Your Applications at any time." Steve Jobs once confirmed that Apple can remotely disable apps, even after they have been installed by users. This contract provision would appear to allow that. unquote
NO DUHHHH - This is all about protecting the end users in case a malicious app slips past the approval process. Section 8 is one of the best security features Apple offers and for the EFF to take exception to that and plain not Get it - like I said someone at the EFF has their Cranium stuck in their Nether regions. Sorry EFF - Really disappointed with the you on this one.
43:19
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/12/iphone-
separation-study/
Thanks to steve from AZ and others that sent in this next one.
Which may explain what is going on at the EFF - seems someone must have taken away the folks at the EFF’s iPhones - as that would explain their stupidity. See a study from the University of Missouri found that when our iPhone is taken away we get dumb and jittery. Like taking a caffeine laced stupid pill.
Ok what they actually said was quote that separating people from their iPhone not only causes Anxiety, but also reduces cognitive performance unquote Yeah as I said - it is like taking a caffeine laced stupid pill.
What the University of Missouri actually recommended based on their study was quote These findings suggest that iPhone users should avoid parting with their phones during daily situations that involve a great deal of attention, such as taking tests, sitting in conferences or meetings, or completing important work assignments, as it could result in poorer cognitive performance on those tasks. unquote.
So there - now you have a survey from a Major University that says not only is it ok for you to have your iPhone with you - it is recommended that you have it. So just point your significant other to this report the next time they tell you to get rid of your iPhone.
Of course I have no way of confirming this study as my iPhone is with me unless I am showering - and even then it is right outside the shower door.
44:48
VOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_MAILDROPHELP
Hi Rob,
In response to the discussion about setting up Exchange on an iDevice, be aware of the following gotcha:
I have a long username on the college campus where I work. I got tired of entering it, so I created a shortcut under settings, general, keyboard, shortcuts.
That saved me time for all the places where I needed to enter it repeatedly.
When I set up my email, calendar and contacts to sync with our exchange server, I kept getting errors that my password was invalid. I had our I.T. folks look at my setup screen and they insisted everything was fine, and they concluded that I must be entering the password incorrectly. I even changed my password, but still no luck!
It turned out I’d taken advantage of my shortcut to enter my user name, and shortcuts always terminate an entry with a space. Other services on our campus intranet did not mind the terminating space, but exchange did. As soon as I deleted the space, without even messing again with the password, my contacts calendar and work email all sync beautifully now.
By the way, I discovered the space because I’m a voiceover user. I asked voiceover to spell everything on the offending screen and the invisible space was revealed!
Regards,
Debby A, Cupertino, California.
VOICEMAIL - Shawna_Indy_JB_Tweak_quest_alphabatize
48:03
http://www.imore.com/how-record-video-
your-iphone-your-mac
I know I complained about Yosemite on the last episode. So this episode I want to point out something neat I can do with Yosemite and my iPhone I could not do with early versions of OS Ten. And that is display and record my iPhone screen quickly and easily.
Here are the basic steps - Credit to iMore for these steps.
- Connect the iOS device to your Mac using the Lightning cable.
- Open the Applications folder.
- Double-click on QuickTime Player.
- Click on the File menu.
- Select New Movie Recording.
- Click on the downward-facing arrow to the right of the record button.
- Under Camera, select the name of your iOS device.
- If you wish to record audio from the device, select its name in the Audiosource list.
- Click on the red record button to begin recording video from your iPhone.
- When you're done, click on the button again to stop recording.
I did this a few times already - it works great - just make sure to select the iPhone for both Audio and Video sources.
49:46
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/01/12/trial-
vs-return-policy/
Thanks to Jim M and a few others that sent in this next one.
Which is that Apple is supposedly cracking down on users who abuse the new 14 day return policy.
From iDownload blog quote One reader explains that when Apple introduced the new 14-day return policy, he started treating this policy as a trial period of some sort. After spending about $40 in various apps to trial, he was able to get $25 refunded, but Apple took notice of his behavior and a message popping up in the App Store now warns him that he will no longer be eligible for refunds on new purchases. unquote
Seems that now that user and some others are seeing a message
quote I acknowledge that if I download this app within fourteen days of tapping ‘Buy”, I will no longer be eligible to cancel this purchase. unquote.
Not sure if most or everyone is seeing that message now - or it is something apple put in place for those that trigger some algorithm as an abuser of the 14 day return policy.
50:49
http://fortune.com/2015/01/18/apple-crime-
report-240-iphones-disappeared-through-
20-in-hole/?xid=yahoo_fortune
From the crime blotter comes this next interesting story. Seems some criminals or Chinese good fellas decided it would be a good idea to steal a few iPhones - to the tune of 240 brand new iPhones still in the box - still at the warehouse. from the Xinhua news agency -
quote
Police said the three men broke into the facility between Dec. 12 and 13 via a 50-cm hole dug out of the wall. One suspect used to work as a driver for the logistics company that owned the warehouse and was familiar with the site.
They later sold the gadgets and spent most of the money on cars, gold, and gambling.”
unquote
They were caught be cause you guessed it - the police had the serial numbers. Duuuhhh. Just because you know how to dig a tunnel - does not mean you know anything about iPhones. If they were smart - they would have stole something like gold that is not easily traceable.
But good thing they like to dig - because I am sure they will be doing lots of that the next 15 to 20 years.
51:49
VOICEMAIL - Jodi_ATL_rant_about_protruding_camera
Hello Rob,
I wanted to get your opinion on updates to your iPhone. I know Apple does a fantastic job at detailing what is within the over the air update. However, I recently had a carrier update from AT&T and was given two options (Not Now) or (Update). I wish they would provide information about the update to its consumer, before I jump in to a blind update. Am I missing a place were it is listed on my iPhone? Or is there a website I would be able to go to to look it up .
Regards,
Jonah
Hi Rob,
Do you or the listeners know of Any apps that use homekit permission? I have none
Regards,
Michael
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 333
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song Called Polarize with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Polarize.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank BOB for sending in the Artwork for today's show. BOB wrote
Hi Rob.
This is a photo I took of Niagara Falls. I used Pixelmator to create the page, including the text.
I don't have a creative bone in my body but I'm sure that the creative types could create some magic with this app. There's so much more than what I've done here. And I should mention that I never consulted the help files.
I am using an iPad Air 1st gen and I was pleased at how well it ran.
Regards,
Bob
Well BOB Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see BOB'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 333 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:15
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “iHeads” who continually proclaimed the imagined superiority of Apple smartphones vs. those of Samsung now have grudging respect for the Korean giant, and will soon be awed by Sony and LG.”
Henry Long, Seeking Alpha, 6 September 2013
Well Henry - Hate to tell you this but iHeads as you call us - have no respect for Sammy devices. They are cheap iPhone wannabees and Sony and LG - sorry not feelin the Awe or even the shock - Just Sayin
02:52
Sadly No Promo Codes this week - hope to have some for the next episode.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
03:21
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/29/iphones-and-
ipads-made-up-over-half-of-devices-activated-on-chri/
Looks like lots of people were dreaming of a white christmas as in Apple Logo white. According to Mobile Analytics firm Flurry - 51% of new mobile devices activated were iOS Devices - during the week of Christmas. Samsung was a distant second at 18% or a ratio of 2.9 iOS devices activated per each sammy device. The iPhone 6+ was one of the Top 5 devices activated during the week.
I guess this really is not news - we all know that Apple Rules Christmas. I mean buying someone a smartphone that likely will be given away for free or 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 next month is not much of a present (i.e. Android phones) but getting them an iPhone or iPad - now that shows you love those kids or significant other. Because is that not what Christmas is all about - buying your kids love with Electronics that have an Apple logo or Beats logo on them.
Or as I have said in the past - Getting someone an Android device for Christmas - is the same as buying your kid an Action Jackson when they really wanted the G.I. Joe with Kong fu Grip - it is just a trauma the kid will never get over - not even when 48 years old and running a Podcast. Just Sayin
04:40
http://fortune.com/2015/01/01/did-samsung-
really-overtake-apple-in-consumer-satisfaction/
If you have listened to this show before - you know I have not love for the Apple Hating press that is soooo quick to jump on Apple like a duck on a cheetoo for any possible bad news - even when it is not true or accurate.
Take the story that broke last month that had Apple Haters and Android fan bois tripping over themselves to re-report it - and that was supposedly Samsung had topped Apple in customer Satisfaction - with Zach Epstein from Boy Genius Report stating Samsung will finish 2014 with a much needed win. Or Business Insiders - Julie Bort Stating that Why the change in customer satisfaction - The Larger sized iPhone 6 and 6 plus might be an issue.
And Endgadget stating that Bendgate probably didn’t help either.
Problem with all of them is they forget this thing covered in J-school 101 - it is called - FACT CHECK. As in the survey sited came from May of 2014 - before the iPhone 6 and 6Plus even launched. The company the survey is from is ACSI - and the survey was called the American Customer Satisfaction Index - and was from a survey they did between Jan 13 and Mar 11th 2014 - so Yeah - Anyone commenting about the iPhone 6 or 6+ or Bendgate - Ummm - No. Again this is old data - and pre- iPhone 6 and 6+ - when many were pinning away for a larger iPhone which came this past fall. The next survey from them will not be out until around May - but expect this time - people to pay much closer attention to it - unless of course it is positive for Apple - then most of those that misreported on it this time - will ignore it the next time - Right Zach and Julie.
http://www.macworld.com/article/2863950/peeling-an-onion.html
06:44
http://www.marco.org
I have mentioned Marco Arment on this show before. He is someone I really respect as a coder and his ability to see market trends - and then act on those trends. He is responsible for Tumblr, Instapaper and now Overcast - and has a very good podcast.
There are people I have met or talked with that think they are smarter then everyone else in the room - and there are those that know they are. Marco would be in the later group - and that is not a bad thing. Steve jobs was that way - Bob Camp one of my Mentors was that way as well. There are only a few people I know that fall in that later group. And again Marco is one I have deep respect for. These are the people that actually get really cool stuff done - because they have the confidence and tools to make good decisions. That is called the set up.
Marco wrote a post last weekend that got a lot of play to say the least titled - Apple has lost the functional high ground. It was a post he said that basically the quality of Apples software is not up to the level he and we have been used to. He did state that Still Apples’ OS’s are much better than the alternatives - but that part of the reason for the degradation in quality from Apple compared to past OS’s is that Apple has put itself on these artificial time lines and that Apple really should not do a major update this year - but rather just fix all the bugs and get the OS’s up to Apples standards.
Because of the publicity - mostly with mis-quotes or partial quotes taken out of context - Marco wrote another Post saying he wished he did not write the first one.
But I want to say this - I agreed with Marco’s comments in the first post. Apples OS’s - both Mac and iOS - have had more bugs and issues than I have been used to. I just updated to Yosemite and wow - it is slower than Mountain lion. Little things like when I click on the volume control take seconds to show a response - and then don’t even have in the beeps to hear the level - or that you clicked it to adjust. Netflix no longer works with Safari on my Cinema display - I have to use Chrome. It has felt a little like death by a 1000’s paper cuts since updating.
And listeners to this show know of the issues with iOS 8 and not being able to update without issue until 8.1. Heck just open Safari on your iPhone 6+ and put it in landscape mode - chances are it will crash on you. Depending on the site you are visiting.
So what Marco said in his original post was true at least from what I see - it is just sad the Apple Haters picked and choosed what to report on and what to skip - like the part about iOS and OS X still being better than the competition.
As a Side note - I actually got an email from Marco Friday night after I had written the above - right after - Creepy - Marco are you in my Evernote account? ok - it was about Libsyn stuff - but still the timing was creepy.
10:44
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/01/08App-
Store-Rings-in-2015-with-New-Records.html
Apple had a press release this past week - which I am sure had nothing at all to do with Marco’s post. Just purely a coincidence in timing that is all. That PR was titled - App Store Rings in 2015 with new records.
And it was about all the money Apple is making devs.
The first week of Jan 2015 set new records with nearly 1/2 a billion dollars in sales.
In 2014 Apps Generated over $10 Billion in Revenue for Devs and to date App store Devs have earned a combined $25 Billion.
They also talked about Apple Pay but really not numbers - just rah rah type stuff. But I did get to use Apple Pay a few times on my trip to NY - including at the Toys R Us in times square and the Hershey’s store in times square. Both worked without any issues.
While in NYC - I did test my connection speeds - per the last episode when I mentioned where T-Mobile supposedly had the higher speed LTE - Ummm - well not in Time Square they did not. I did multiple tests and they came in between 3.72 to 9.9 on the download and 4.41 and 12.34 Mbps on the upload. Not the >100 Mbps speed claimed in their recent release for NYC - It might be that way in other parts of the city - but not in Times Square.
For comparisons sake I just ran the same speed test in my house in Overland Park KS - not one of the ultra high speed locations - and I had 31 Mbps down and 16.2 Mbps up. And I ran that test a few more times with the same or slightly higher speeds. So again - I did not see that great new speed in NYC they talked about.
Thanks to Geoff D - who sent in his LTE speeds from T-mobile - from 30 miles north of Houston - he was getting 66.5 Up and 24.15 down.
12:54
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14:43
VOICEMAIL - Andrew_pad_quest_feature_open_apps
Rob,
Answer to Levi's question about how to set up exchange email on iPhone.
Go to settings, email, add account, tap exchange, enter your exchange email address and password. In my experience the email settings will auto configure so at this point you are done. However, it's possible that it doesn't. In that case you will need to enter the server address and toggle SSL on or off. You can get this info from your IT department.
Hope that helps!
Chase Dowell
17:47
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,800 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out and had lost of comments was from Craig Lucas - whom asked quote
Now that the Apple Podcast App is a stock app, when do you think it'll get its updates? I've gone over to Overcast just to get away from the severe bugs that still plague it! unquote
There was some banter back and forth in the comments about the Podcasts App - but personally I use it more than anyone Podcast aggregator app - and it works very well for me. If anyone has not tried it lately it is very much improved from the initial release and even the 2.0 release. That said Craig has a point on if it will get updates other than with major releases.
Still per some of the banter in the comments - I can say without out any shadow of any doubt - the Apple Podcasts App is the most used Aggregator app for Podcasts - So much so - that if you combined all the other aggregators apps for smartphones and computers - Including iTunes - Apples Podcasts App still beats them all. It is now around 50% of all Podcast downloads - not Mobile download - ALL downloads on all platforms - 50%. The closest thing to the Podcasts App is iTunes at around 15% - after that NOTHING is in double digits or even above 4%.
So regardless of what some people may feel about the Podcasts App - It is clearly the king of the hill and is now natively installed on over 1/2 a billion iOS devices.
Compare that to Zero installs of a native Podcasting App on Android - and you understand quickly why Podcasts are downloads 6 times more on iOS than Android.
Now don’t get me wrong - just because it is the most used does not make it the best - I know many that love Castro, Overcast and Downcast. But from a usage number perspective they are not even close.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1800+ of you already in the community and contributing.
One more from G+ I thought was interesting and this is from Myron Uecker
quote I noticed a message indicator on my T-Mobile app today on my iPhone. I looked at it and it said I had not restarted my device in two weeks, and they recommend you restart them on a regular basis. I was kind of surprised it had been that long, but it is not something I think about. unquote
21:49
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/06/technology/mobile/apple-
patent-flexible-phone/index.html
From you can't make this stuff up category. Apple this week was awarded a patent for a Flexible Phone. No word if that that is to retro cover the iPhone 6plus - oh come on - how could I not throw in that joke.
Actually this patent is for an iPhone that is supposed to Bend. Or as they call it a Flexible Electronic Device
Said device would include flexible Screens, flexible batteries and flexible circuit boards.
As with most Apple Patents that are issued and no product is available at that time - it is likely we may never see said product.
But at least the Patent gives everyone a good laugh - All things considered.
22:29
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/02/technology/mobile/apple-
iphone-lawsuit/index.html
Lawyer time - and this time there is a class action lawsuit because Apple’s 16 GB iPhone does not have 16 GB of free storage space. Duhhhhh.
This is nothing new - and all devices OS chew up a bunch of their free space - we have talked before about this.
Apples OS typically takes up less space than the others.
With the 16GB iPhone 6Plus - iOS 8 takes up 20% of the storage. it is 19% for the 6 - that is about 3GB.
Now Apple is not the only ones Lawyers have gone after they also went after MS for the surface tablet - where the 32 GB version actually had over 50% of the storage used by the OS.
Googles Kit Kat - the latest version of Android by the way is about 5.5 GB - but can be much bigger depending on what is added by Carriers. It can be a little smaller for the Nexus with OEM crap. But in all cases it is lager than iOS 8.
The Galaxy S4 early last year for a 16GB device had almost 50% used by Android and the Sammy additions to it. The S5 had over 50% of the 16GB used.
Fact is no Smartphone has the free storage the same as the total storage - but iOS devices do come closest. Still - I have recommended and will continue to recommend you get at least the 64 GB version of any iOS device you are looking at.
Per this lawsuit this is just lawyers doing what they do - and Apple Haters doing what they do - over reporting on it.
Hopefully this one gets thrown out.
24:26
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/06/apple-watch-launch/
One of the rumors to come out this past week is that the Apple watch launch is expected in March with retail training set for Mid Feb.
Seems Apple is missing one of the best dates of the year for a watch purchase - Feb 14th - Valentines Day.
I really was thinking they would hit that date or the 13th actually for the launch of the Apple Watch.
Mind you it is sources familiar with the situation that are reporting this.
They also report that Pricing for the Stainless Steel and Sapphire model will start around $500 - vs the $349 price for the Sports model with glass - that apple already confirmed on pricing for.
The gold version is priced at - if you have to ask - it is not for you levels.
25:24
http://www.demoapplewatch.com/
But if you can’t wait to March or even Feb to see how the Apple watch will work - there is now a site where you can demo the Apple watch online - this is demoapplewatch dot com - clever and subtle URL.
You can click on the apps on the home screen and see them launch - click on the digital crown to return to the home screen.
And if you click on the iTunes app - you can play a song from coldplay.
This looks best when viewed on an iPhone.
again the site is demo apple watch dot com
26:09
http://fortune.com/2015/01/03/apple-devices-hit-record-high-
in-china-samsung-headed-south/
Benedict Evans - A Partner at Andereesen Horowitz - was able to get data from Baidu’s dev site - Baidu is China’s leading Search engine - or the Google of China - just not as evil as Google - oops did I say that outloud - need to remember to edit that out in post.
Per said data Benedict found was that Samsungs share in China was down from 22% at the start of 2014 to 12.5% at the end of 2014. Ouch While Apples share up from 20% to start 2014 to over 25% to end 2015.
Sammy could really have used that Win to end 2014 that BGR gave them credit for. Just Sayin.
26:58
http://www.zdnet.com/article/cheap-black-fridaycyber-
monday-android-tablets-riddled-with-vulnerabilities-
and-security-headaches/
Hi Rob,
This article is funny. Well ok not for the poor people suckered into these devices Please share this with the audience I tell everybody I know about how insecure Android is.
Regards,
Mr Max
Thanks for the heads up on this article from ZDnet titled - Cheap black friday / Cyber monday Android tablets riffled with vulnerabilities and security headaches. Wow - long title - why not just - Android Tablets are in secure - Duhhhhh
A security firm called Bluebook Labs purchase a dozen Black Friday Bargain Android tablets and what they found is enough to send any IT manager diving for cover. Quote"Most of the devices ship with vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations," wrote Andrew Blaich, a security researcher at Bluebox Labs. "A few even include security backdoors. What seemed like great bargains turned out to be big security concerns. Unfortunately, unsuspecting consumers who purchase and use these devices will be putting their mobile data and passwords at risk. unquote said Andrew Blaich at Bluebox.
But really when has Android ever been associated with security. And the cheaper the device the more likely you are going to have security issues. As they state in the article you definitely don’t want to be doing any online banking on your Android Tablets. I guess use it for Netflix and Angry birds and that is about it.
28:26
http://mashable.com/2014/12/31/interview-android-app/
Thanks to Stephen W for this next one. And it is under the category - aren’t you glad you are not on Android. Ok - that is a really broad category when you think about it.
Anyway. This is also about the movie the Interview - that had all the controversy around Christmas - and not being shown in theaters because of threats.
Well a fake app was making its rounds in South Korea claiming you could download a copy of the movie - but actually it did normal Android Malware stuff and stole users bank account details instead. Ooooppps.
Hey but only about 20,000 devices were infected. We’ve seen worse.
29:11
VOICEMAIL - Question_blind_accessiblity_help
Hi Rob,
I have been using an app recently called PushBullet. It allows you to send links, files, messages to and from any of your devices including iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome and Windows.
For example I have it set up on my iPhone, iPad and Windows 8 laptop as well as Chrome. If i see something i want on one of my other devices, no matter which device I'm on i simply open PushBullet, select which device i want to send it to and click 'Push It' and it almost instantly appears on the device I'm sending it to.
I have used this for photo's, URL's, and directions among others.
I'm sure there are other ways to do this, save to Dropbox for example. But this is so much simpler and quicker.
Regards,
Simmo
Wellington, New Zealand
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114399090945235063829/posts/
jbNi71wyCUd?cfem=1
From the G+ community from Dan R
Quote I need a good alarm clock app for my 6 plus. I use headphones to sleep with binural beats and the stock clock alarm does not play through the bluetooth headphones. It plays though the phone and not only wakes me up, but my wife also.
So I need an alarm clock app that will only play through the connected cordless bluetooth headphones so I can wake up and not disturb my wife.
Unquote
One suggestion was the app called Workflow - but that did not work so no one in the community was able to answer the question - but if anyone listening can - please let us know - 206-666-6364 - that’s 206-moon-dog - or send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com.
32:44
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/853175871/cord2go-
charge-and-sync-lightning-keychain-for-iph?ref=nav_search
Time to give you a reason to spend more money. This weeks kickstarter project is Cord2Go Charge & Sync Lightning Keychain for iPhone and iPad.
Which well as the projects title may indicate is a Lightning to USB sync and charge cable for iOS devices with lightning ports - that fits in a very small package the size and can be used as a key chain.
This one had a modest goal of 10k and has raised about 14k - so it is funded. If you are interested in this one you have until Jan 19th at 4:37 PM CT to fund it.
Pricing on this is just $15. It is Apple MFI certified.
If interested in this one search for Cord2Go - C O R D 2 G O at kickstarter or in the show notes for Ep 333 at today in iOS dot com.
33:45
http://iexplorer-support.macroplant.com/customer/portal/articles/
1325738-how-to-delete-all-photos-from-an-iphone-or-ipad
Hi Rob, Just wanted to share a fix I found with the community. My wife's iPhone (5s) had under 300 photos and a dozen videos, but in Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage and iTunes, was registering around 13 GB and just under 3000 photos. I took it to the Genius Bar and they told me to restore to factory settings, then restore her profile. This would force it to reload and fix the issue. I did that to no avail. I took it back to the Genius Bar and they said it was something in her profile and we'd have to restore it as a new phone and just use it like that. I wasn't willing to accept that, so I did some investigation on my own. I connected it to my Mac and ran iExplorer, browsed to the Media/DCIM folder and found folders numbered 100APPLE to 108APPLE. I copied them to my Mac and found that there really were almost 3000 photos in there. I found the link below and followed it for each folder (some I had to delete twice as they came back). This deleted all her photos, but I wasn't worried, because I had already copied them to the Mac. After the reboot, I checked her phone and it was fixed. This solution worked for me and hopefully will help others.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
35:23
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/30/editorial-the-
world-revolved-around-apple-inc-in-2014
The very excellent Daniel Eran Dilger from Apple Insider had a great editorial piece titled The world revolved around Apple in 2014.
It starts with this gem Quote In 2014, the world's journalists, investors and software developers all collectively discovered they'd been disastrously wrong about Apple in 2013. And with good reason. unquote.
And then I said - Can I hear an Amen.
I am not going to go over the whole article - Fair use and all that - plus I think his articles are must reads - but there is one other item in the article I wanted to mention - and that is with regards to Developers.
He points out how in 2013 - when Apple haters and Android fan boys in the press were at their worst - they were saying Android was winning, iPads were collapsing, 64 bit did not matter and all anyone wanted was the cheapest phone available. And well in 2014 the world learned - what we have been saying all along - that is total poppy cock - or well words much stronger than that.
The coverage of Apple vs Samsung in 2014 is priceless and again the whole article is a must read. Especially for those that in 2013 - kept saying all that Apple doom and gloom as poppy cock - yeah this article just makes you stick your chest out an go yup - I knew I was right.
Search for the article - The world revolved around Apple, in 2014 in the show notes for Ep 333 at today in iOS dot com - or in the links in the Tii App.
37:04
Hi Rob,
I have been frustrated with only ONE thing on my iPhone 6 Plus --the Camera App.
My wife and I have been fostering the cutest 20-month old twin boys and we try to capture the funny and adorable things they do on video.
Today I learned something that I'd like to pass onto other iPhone photographers about the Camera app interface. I really should have figured this out sooner.
My frustrations with the Camera app came when I'd try to switch from Photo mode to Video mode. I thought the only way to do this was by using the swiping gesture to switch modes. I had missed many cute moments because the app didn't respond fast enough to my swipe gesture or it would sometimes do a different thing like adjust the exposure.
Today I discovered that I could just TAP the words "Video," "Photo" and other mode labels instead of swiping. I really should have known this, but the interface text seemed more like labels than buttons to me. But Apple shouldn't allow multiple gestures to do the same thing.
I hope that I was able to help other rookie iOS photographers out there capture their images more quickly.
Now the only peeve that I have with the Camera app is that photos don't use the whole screen area like videos do. The image is confined to the middle area, not allowing image capture at the two ends of the screen where the interface buttons reside. Other third party camera apps do allow for using these end areas. Hopefully iOS 8.2 will fix this.
Thanks for your show!
Paul from Bend, OR
From the G+ community via Mark Henry
Quote For the jailbroken enthusiast who enjoys DetailedBatteryUsage tweak from Cydia but hates loosing the stock Usage and Standby timers. Try BatteryUsageEnhancer by Elijah Frederickson.
Add repo source http://elijahandandrew.com/repo/
Unqote
VOICEMAIL - Answer_jailbreak_app_no_annoyance
40:02
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/05/apple-to-start-selling-
sim-free-iphone-6-6-plus-in-the-u-s-tomorrow/
In a sign Apple has finally made it to where supply is equal to or greater than demand for the iPhone 6 and 6Plus - Apple is now offering sim free unlocked iPhone 6 and 6+'s in the US.
As expected the Pricing for the 16, 64 and 128 GB iPhones 6’s are $649, $749 and $849 respectively - and add $100 bucks for the 6Plus for each storage level.
40:33
http://www.cnet.com/products/antenna79-reach79-iphone-6-case/
Into the email bag -
Hey Rob, I have enjoyed the show for about 2 1/2 yrs. I try to buy from your advertisers when possible. I love my 6+. Big step up from the 5. I got this sexy little aluminum case on Ebay. Solid corners with two screws. Looks cool and should be good protection. I'm losing about 1 bar. I only have about 2 bars at work, so I'm offline part of the day. Just wanted throw a warning out there that metal cases can hurt your reception.
Regards,
Dana in central Florida
Hi Dana - yes - yes they can - thanks for the reminder.
Which leads us into this next story sent in from Michael. Which is about the Reach79 iPhone case that is supposed to give you up to 2X stronger signal so you can download faster. So the exact opposite of the Case Dana has. I actually reached out to the company requesting a press sample - I will see what they say - but if anyone does get one of these Reach79 cases - please let me know if it works for you - it definitely sounds a little questionable or too good to be truths - which is why I reached out to them. I would like to get one in my hands to do some testing.
41:57
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/09/the-fundamental-flaw-
with-eu-14-day-refunds-you-keep-the-app-forever/#more-360289
Oh boy - This is not good news for devs.
A week ago Apple Introduced 14 day no questions asked refunds in the EU for App store and iTunes store purchases.
This seems to stem from some EU regulations - the big issues right now are two fold. One - anyone for any reason or no reason at all can get their money back for app purchases. But when they do - the App continues to work - IE you get the App for free forever - Gee can’t see anyone at all possibly abusing this.
What a nightmare this is going to be for Apple and Devs. Essentially if you are a dev right now - you can just basically ignore any sales you were expecting or seeing from EU countries. The numbers are about to get all turned around.
Oh and this is supposed to be the case for Music and movies as well - So basically you could buy a movie - watch it and then cancel the purchase. The whole idea of having 2 weeks to get refunds for digital purchases is ridiculous - but apparently is EU law - a law that I am sure you will this year results in lots and lots of digital content being pulled from iTunes in the EU and other digital stores in the EU.
Will be interesting to see if Apple will be allowed to put in place a policy of you are only allowed X number of returns in X period of time before your account is closed.
Obviously - with the apps continuing to work after the purchased is canceled - is an issue Apple has caused and needs to address ASAP - but the EU law is the real issue here - and when Laws hurt those creating the content and apps - ultimately that is bad for consumers. The same ones I am sure the lawmakers meant to protect.
44:15
VOICEMAIL - John_fdbk_lookout_app
Hey Rob!
Im a 15 year old puertorrican teenager who has extreme passion for technology and has decided to go back to 2007 and listen to your oldest podcast and currently on item 50 and your second son's birth.If you ever read this on public which I would appreciate I would probably get to it by the time I'm 16.
Regards,
Hector P
Well Hector thanks for listening all the way through.
Rob,
I wanted to write in with an app review. I love the feature the desktop web version of Google Maps has where you can adjust a route if you don't want exactly what Google gives you. For example, say you like a given route, but want to avoids Elm Street because it gives you nightmares. You can drag the route to avoid it. The problem is there's no way to get that route to your iPhone to use turn-by-turn navigation. InRoute is a great app that lets you drop several pins to create waypoints to customize your trip. After you're done, you can save your route or export it to one of several navigation apps, such as Apple Maps, Google, Waze, TomTom & Navigon. I like apps like Navigon that support "Full Nav" mode because they allow you to have more than one destination at a time. For apps that don't support multiple waypoints, an "Agenda Nav" loads each individually as you approach them. There are other great features as well, such as a graph that plots "curviness" of the route. There is a free version that gives you a few pins and a paid version that allows up to 25 pins for only a few dollars. It is a great app and I highly recommend it to those that want more control over their routes.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
VOICEMAIL - lookout_app_fdbk
48:54
http://www.wonderoftech.com/find-my-iphone/
Hi Rob, Happy New Year! Congratulations on having the most hours of podcasts in 2014 and best wishes for much similar success with your new podcast. In your latest episode of Today in iOS a listener reviewed the Lookout App that helped him find his iPhone when it's lost. In his review he mentioned two features of Lookout that he mistakenly believed Find My iPhone didn't have: the ability to find your phone using a computer and the ability to find your phone after the battery dies. I wrote an article about Find My iPhone last month at The Wonder of Tech that explains how the app has both of those features: Find My iPhone – The Very First App You Should Get. You can log into icloud.com from any computer to use Find My iPhone to locate your phone. Also, beginning with iOS 8 you can have Find My iPhone send the iPhone's location to iCloud right before the battery dies. That features is opt-in so many people don't realize it exists.
I wanted to clarify for your listeners that they don't need a 3rd party app to get the features
that the Lookout app has. Find My iPhone does it all! Cheers, Carolyn
50:20
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 332
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song Called Kaleidoscope with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Kaleidoscope.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ZACHARY for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ZACHARY wrote
Hi Rob
I took a picture of the Christmas tree in portland with my iPhone 5c and I edited it with the app after photo to add the Tii text.
Regards,
Zachary S
Well ZACHARY Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ZACHARY'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 332 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include
01:52
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Call it blasphemy, but Apple’s next-generation smartphone could be the first iPhone model to debut without the usual lines of buyers outside stores on launch day.”
Patrick Seitz, Investors.com, 25 July 2013
Well Patrick - I will not call your comments Blasphemy - What I will call them is something starting with B and having an S in it as well - Just Sayin
02:22
On Ep 330 I did offer up a chance to win a Crusta Case for the iPhone 6Plus. Thanks for all that entered and the winner was:
David D from Springfield MO. Which is just around the corner from Overland Park. Congrats David and thanks to all that entered.
I hope to do more of those give aways in 2015.
For Promo codes - On Ep 331 we offered up chances to win promo codes for a couple of Apps - CAMTINERARY and OFFICE TO GO - we will be giving those out before Christmas - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 331.
This week we have promo codes for the App - Pango Zoo - two words - here is the review from the dev - PLAY PROMO CODE - PANGO ZOO
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - PANGO ZOO and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put ZOO in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id941635542
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
04:30
http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2014/12/15/apple-
may-have-picked-on-the-wrong-people/
I had this next article sent in to me from Mark H - who set the bar really really low - per how bad this article was - and you know what - I was still amazed about how bad it was. This article is titled Apple may have picked on the wrong people - and is in USA today and is about Apple Pay.
I don't want to say that the author is a complete idiot - because there is a chance Mr Matt Krantz was actually paid off by someone - I mean to me that makes a lot more sense then a complete idiot writing for USA Today. But either way the article is so wrong in so many ways - it has to be in my top 2 or 3 worst articles for 2014.
There is this gem from the Article quote
Banks and retailers in 2015 will likely work together to create a digital payments solution offering benefits to consumers and allowing banks and retailers to avoid having to pay onerous tolls to Apple
unquote
Huh - What Onerous tolls - The Retailers and the consumers pay nothing more - it is a cut from the Credit card companies slice that Apple is getting. Dude - do you homework.
The Article also said Quote
Apple is looking at Apple Pay as a way to push more of its pricey hardware. But electronic payments must reward consumers to catch on.
unQuote
No for Mobile payments to catch on - they need to be quick - convenient and widely available - Which Apple pay is on the first two points - and getting there on the widely available point.
The article also never mentions anything about security. Which with the Target Hack and Homedepot Hack - I think a lot of the country is well aware of the issue of security and many of them myself included were also affected by those issues - as in having to get new credit cards and then have to go and change those credit card numbers everywhere. A real PITA - again something this article completely ignored. Actually the most recent NBC / WSJ poll found that a staggering 45% of Americans had received a letter from a retailer or card company saying their payment info had been leaked. Yikes. Yeah - can see why that part was left out the article - Not.
Again I am not willing to write this off as Mr Krantz just being an idiot when it just seems more likely he took a nice payment to write this trash of an article - and well some extra cash was thrown the way of an editor at USA today as well - because to me that make more sense then there being Two idiots involved. Just Sayin - Thanks Mark for the heads up on this quote article unquote.
07:24
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/dozens-more-
companies-sign-up-for-apple-pay/?_r=0
A little more proof of how wrong that USA today article was - comes via a real paper call the NY Times. There post was titled - Dozens more companies sign up for Apple pay - And it reports how Apple is saying it has you guessed it signed up dozens more banks, retail stores and startups to adopt Apple Pay.
Here is one of the more important parts of the article - Apple now says it supports the credit cards that represent about 90% of credit card purchase volume in the US. Seems they are doing a good job on the Credit card side.
Staples now accepts Apple Pay at 1,400 stores, Grocery chains Winn-Dixie and Albertsons also accept ApplePay. And you can expect more and more chains to be announcing support through out 2015. Yup - Apple may have picked on the wrong people indeed.
08:18
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2014/12/15/did-
apple-sneak-stealth-bluetooth-fixes-into-ios-8-1-2-it-sure-seems-so/
There are some reports that iOS 8.1.2 also fixed some issues with bluetooth for iOS devices. There was one article in Forbes where the writer was having issues before 8.1.2 - but then those problems went away with 8.1.2 update. Note Apple said there were bug fixes along with fixes for Ringtones - the never broke out what those bug fixes were - but for that author and others - Bluetooth fixes seems to be one of the bug fixes in 8.1.2
To the email bag.
Hi Rob
My wife is having a problem that her iPhone 6 doesn't stay on the wifi network. If you go to settings -> wifi it shows that it is connected, but in the top bar next to T-Mobile it says LTE, not the wifi icon. This has caused her to go over her 2.5GB 13 days into the monthly cycle and now she is throttled down. She is at 8.1.1 and I have reset her network settings. Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Andy
It just so happens the same thing happened to my wife for her iPad Mini Retina. It also kept using cellular even though it was supposed to be connected via Wifi - it looks that by updating her iPad to iOS 8.1.2 - that fixed the issue for my Wife - To start I would say update to 8.1.2 and see if that fixes your issue. Of course my wife was also having the issue with her iPad mini retina that when Bluetooth was turned on - wifi was not working right as well - and that seems to be fixed too.
Hi Rob,
I Was wondering if you or your listeners has experienced any
issues with their music on their devices after updating to the latest versions of iOS? I currently have a 5S with iOS 8.1.2., and
have noticed in particular after updating that all my music compilations
that I personally compiled are askew. The songs are either not on
the compilations that I made and are just under the name of the original albums they were culled from, or the albums
are fragmented, or just not there. The weird thing is,
they play fine on iTunes but something gets lost
in the sync process. I tried editing the track under "get info" and even checked the black box that says "part of compilation",
but nothing works. This happened less frequently before 8 for some reason. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Happy Holidays,
Rick-East Haven, CT
Sorry Rick to hear of your issue - if anyone else has seen this issue let us know - and definitely let us know if you found a fix.
11:23
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13:48
VOICEMAIL - Fdbk_about_call_in_number
Happy Holidays Rob!
On the last episode, someone called in asking about the a slideshow video for Instagram. He wanted to create a video of his top posts from the year. Well, I just received an email from Iconosquare (formerly Statigram) and they are offering that service again this year. He can probably find it on the Iconosquare website! Hope that helps.
Regards,
Rachel R
Hi Rob,
I did a search and found these apps:
PicFlow and Everlapse,
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/picflow-photo-slideshow-video/id734014323?mt=8
http://mashable.com/2013/07/31/everlapse-top-instagram-photos-slideshow/
https://everlapse.com/about
Regards,
Martin L
Hello Rob,
I just noticed iPhoto is no longer available on the AppStore for iOS.
Am I noticing this late or has that been the case for awhile?
Regards,
Mike
San Jose.
Well Mike it has Been this way since iOS 8 launched - iPhoto features are rolled into the Photo App in iOS 8. The iPhoto App is no more in iOS 8.
VOICEMAIL - Answer_Bad_audio_listen
Hey, Rob,
Is there a way to get Siri to find a contact? If I ask Siri to find someone she displays maps and directions. Or she wants to call them. But often, I simply want their address or phone number, sometimes to give to someone else.
More often, I want that contact because I am going to dial them with my voip client on my computer, or my wired phone at work or home. I have a cheap t-mobile plan that only gives me 100 minutes, so though I like having all my contacts handy in my iPHONE, I usually make the actual call on a wired device.
--Debby A
Hi Debby - you can simple ask siri
quote Show contact info for Johnny Appleseed unquote
That is all you need to do and the info will show on your lock screen.
Rob W
VOICEMAIL - Tosin_O_answer_quest_O2
17:08
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,800 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out and had lost of comments was from Bruce Paterson - whom asked
Quote I would like anybody thoughts on A good app for recipes. I have home Scottish recipes written on cards passed down to me from my great grandmother. I would like to enter them into an app. I have searched around but can't find any good ones. Unquote
Some of the answers were recommendations for AnyList from Shannon Holden and Bob Berberick, then there was the App Paprika from Scott Adams, Bob Correa and Jim H, and also the App My Recipe Book from Barry Smitherman, Paul Martignaccco and then from Bob Berberick who actually then pulled his recommendation from AnyList.
So looks like it was - My Recipe Book - 1st, Paprika 2nd and AnyList 3rd - if you are looking for a recipe App. If you have a favorite Recipe app - please let us know - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1800+ of you already in the community and contributing.
19:12
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/12/app-updates-submitted-
from-june-2015-on-must-offer-64-bit-support-be-built-with-the-ios-8-sdk
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this next one and that is there was a little email sent out from Apple this past week.
quote
Dear Developer,
As we announced in October, beginning February 1, 2015 new iOS apps submitted to the App Store must include 64-bit support and be built with the iOS 8 SDK. Beginning June 1, 2015 app updates will also need to follow the same requirements. To enable 64-bit in your project, we recommend using the default Xcode build setting of “Standard architectures” to build a single binary with both 32-bit and 64-bit code.
If you have any questions, visit the Apple Developer Forums.
Best regards,
Apple Developer Technical Support
unquote
And well that about sums it up - if you have an iOS App in the App store - you need to get it updated to a 64 bit support version ASAP - because come June 1st if you need to make any type of update to it - it needs to include 64 bit support. Don't wait to the last minute - get it done now. If you don't you know something will come up on June 2nd and you will be SOL until you get it converted. You have been warned.
20:30
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/12/16/ios-8-1-3-activity-ramping-up/
It Looks like iOS 8.1.3 is being tested at Apple and is starting to show up on server logs on Dec 8th and picking up in volume in the past week. That said it is doubtful - highly highly doubtful we will see 8.1.3 anytime before the first week of January. What will 8.1.3 bring - that is unknown - but a likely quote feature unquote of 8.1.3 will likely be to break all Jailbreaks. So if you are wanting to jailbreak - do it soon or at least hold off updating if 8.1.3 does come out before the next episode.
21:13
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-making-a9-chipset-
for-new-iphone-in-austin-texas-12359295/
Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next one and it is nice to see that The rumor mill does not take any time off for the holidays - and the latest rumor is that Sammy has won back production of CPU for the next iPhone - this would be for the A9 Processor, According to Economic Times of Korea - Sammy will be building the A9 in Austin TX using their 14 nm processes. Sammy had lost the A8 production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company affectionately known simply as TSMC and their 20 nm processing. So the 14 nm process should lead to lower power consumption in theory. Production of the A9 has already begun says the report - which if true might back up some other rumors / speculation - that a 12+ inch iPad Maxi would be coming out in the spring and sporting an A9 processor - likely an A9X processor that is.
I am sure we will see more rumors about the A9 in the months to come.
22:24
VOICEMAIL - Hey_Siri_feedbk
Hi Rob,
You are a mean man. Lol
You love making your users phones go into Siri mode.
Last week you said it once, then this week you played the callers messages that told you about it and you proceeded to say "hey Siri" over and over.
Lol is all I can say.
As always, GREAT Podcast. Best on my phone and you have made it to my priority list so it bumps to the top of my playlist when released :)
Regards,
-Dan
Hi Rob,
I was listening to your show when I heard the review of the Lifeproof case. I went through several on my iPhone 5, the type of work I do, if I keep my phone on me it tends to be a bit abused. I love Lifeproof, very nice case. Now that being said I ordered 2 for my iPhone 6 as soon as they were available. Both had the mute switch work unsatisfactorily!! Just as was described on your show. Given the delay, I would assume so they could get it right! And also the higher price of the case they offer. I expected much better. I contacted them immediately about the problem. They are sending replacements. I am hoping they are improved. If not I will contact them again until they get it right. These are not cheap cases, there is no reason for this design flaw! Call them on it, hopefully they will correct the problem. The mute switch is a valuable feature of the iPhone, if it can not easily be used correctly then the case is flawed! Please help them make a better product. Anyone who has one of these cases and has this issue please let them know!
I just wanted to update you. I just received my free replacement Lifeproof iPhone 6 Fré cases. While it could still be improved a little more, the mute switch has improved a great deal. Where before I would have considered it unusable. On the replacements it is quite usable, a little stiff to activate the mute, but nothing compared to the earlier version. I highly encourage anyone with the switch problem to contact them to allow them to correct it as they have for me.
Regards,
Kirk, KE6MTF (iPad)
Hi Rob,
Given that the new IPhones seem to come out in September, by when in the cycle would you advise a person to wait for the next model, rather than getting the current one, unless their current phone fails? Thanks for your opinion.
Regards,
Arnold, RALEIGH, NC
Typically I would say in the May June time frame and on - if you desire a new iPhone - then I would say wait until September - if you can. If you NEED a new iPhone - then get it when you need it. But if you just want or desire a new iPhone - but can live with the one you have now - and now is any time from May / June or later - I say wait until September for the new one. But for example today - I definitely would not say to wait and get the new iPhone 6plus or 6 if you want or desire it.
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Hello Rob,
Just wanted to share that I backed the Soen Trasnit XS bluetooth speaker and received it the other day. What a fantastic speaker.
I also backed the Popscope and looks like that should be finding its way to me very shortly. I know you got one of the prototypes, so will be interested to see the final product when it arrives.
I also backed the OneAdatr project you mentioned on your podcast. I need to stop listening to you or I’ll be broke yet. :)
Keep up the good work Rob, the TII podcast is still one of my absolute favorites.
Merry Christmas / happy Holidays to you and your family.
Scott
28:26
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1059113039/qronocase-
the-iphone-6-case-customized-for-your-li
This time for a kickstarter project there is the qronoCase for the iPhone 6. qronocase is spelled q r o n o c a s e of course
This one has a goal of $50k and has until Dec 31st at 8:28 AM CT to get there - which does not look to likely as they just raised 2k so far. So just 4% of the way there and less than a dozen days left.
What the Qronocase is - is actually a neat idea. It is a case where the back of it - you can slap on a battery pack - a 3000 ma battery. When you don't have the battery pack in place you can put a strap in the back.
The battery pack is charges wirelessly. So when attached or on its own you can just lay the battery pack on the charger.
Why I think this is failing is a couple of reasons - one their Kickstarter page is one of the most confusing ones I have ever seen per figuring out what you are ordering. There are a dozen options and you can't easily tell when you are getting a case and the battery pack or multiple packs or some other thing and straps - and oh boy. They made it complicated.
Additionally - the battery pack does not simply snap in place - you have to pull open the back of the case fit in the battery and close it again - it looked awkward. They would have been better off with a snap in place design something quick and easy.
Basic idea of removable - wirelessly charged battery packs sounds good - but they just missed the mark a bit - and their offerings are a bloody nightmare.
But if this is something you are interested in - look for qronocase - q r o n o c a s e at kickstarter dot com.
30:39
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-fastest-
lte-network-wideband-new-york.htm
T-Mobile put out a press release about Wideband LTE in the Big Apple. And that press release stated that Wideband LTE is now live throughout the greater NYC metro area. With T-mobile customer in NYC reporting 100 MBPS download speeds. I might be going into NYC when visiting my Partents for Christmas - and I will try to test my speed while there. Should be interesting to see what I get for a speed test.
Now this is not the first Metro area to get Wideband LTE - it is already in 27 major markets and 120 metros overall. If you have T-mobile and want to know if Wideband LTE is near you - well you could do a speed test - or you could look for the link in the show notes titled - T-Mobile's Wideband LTE network goes live in New York City - at the bottom of the article it lists the 120 metro areas - and no I have no plans of reading them all - but I can say Sadly Overland Park / Kansas City is not on the list. St. Joseph Mo - Yes - KC MO - No.
If you have wideband LTE for t-mobile in your area - please do a speed test and email me the result. today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Thanks
32:03
http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/data-stash-data-roll.html?AID=10417882&PID=5147764&SID=
skim36339X950660Xfba10e191f2749a137542a24f763562d
T-mobile USA also announced their Data Stash offering. In a nut shell - if you have one of the limited LTE data plans from T-mobile - then at the end of the month Starting in January - your unused data rolls over to the next month. Starting with their 3GB plan. So for example - my wife is on the 3GB plan. If she used 1GB in January - then come February - she will have 5GB available. And she will keep rolling over Data to a max roll over of 10GB - if I read it correct. Mind you there is a 1 GB, 3GB, 5GB and unlimited data plan from t-Mobile - the 1GB plan does not qualify, The unlimited plan obviously does not need roll over - so this is just for those with the 3GB and 5GB plans - which again for my Wife is nice - I have unlimited - but for her - I did not see her needing more than 3 GB per month - and I was right - most months she is around 1 GB. So this is nice for her plan.
33:08
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I want to talk about a new Podcast I just launched - it is called - KC Startup 411 - and it is a podcast about the Kansas City Startup scene specifically and startups in general. I am interviewing startups asking them for tips and advice - which is relevant regardless of where you live - and then after the interview I talk about KC specific startup news. The first episode is an interview I did back in 2007 - with the Danny O'Neill the founder of The Roasterie - Actually the interview was March 2nd 2007. And the reason for the delay in getting it up and this show launched - is well this other Podcast I started at that time called Today in iPhone. I mention this not just because it is my new show - but because all new episodes I am recording and producing on my iPhone using the bossjock app plus other apps. This is a vehicle to show you how easy it is to put together a podcast on an iPhone. Obviously that first interview was not done on an iPhone - but the 2nd one was and new ones will be as well. I will be recording the interviews live at 8:15 AM wednesday mornings before 1 Million cups starts at 9:00 AM. Then finish the production and upload to my Libsyn account and have it all live on my feed prior to 10:00 AM when 1 Mil cups is over and people are headed home. That is the power of the iPhone. Kind of a funny circle - it was the iPhone that delayed that podcast and finally now the iPhone is powerful enough to make it possible.
Even if you don't think you are interested in a startup podcast - it would really help out the shows launch if you could subscribe to the show in iTunes or the podcasts app - search for KC space Startup in iTunes or the podcasts app and then subscribe. It does not take many subscriptions to get into the top 100 of iTunes - and I will report how high up the show makes it and how many subscriptions it took on a future episode - thanks for your help. By the way if you are in the KC Area and have a startup or App or Kickstarter project - email me to set up a time to be interviewed.
Hi Rob,
Just wanted to let you know that I bought a Square trade warrantee for my new iPad Mini. I went with last year’s model, but am very happy with the upgrade in both processor, LTE (jump up from Wifi only) and storage.
Anyway, even though Square trade wasn’t sponsoring your show this time, I went to the URL /tii2 that I had remembered and got a discount anyway! So it still works. Maybe you should let people know for Christmas and Square trade will keep it running and not take down the promotion.
Regards,
chelsea
Hi Rob,
I am based out of Bangalore India, on my phone Settings->Cellular, I have only enable LTE or disable. But I wan to disable 3g/LTE, I am not seeing any choice for the same. I tried searching various forums and contacting apple care. to my knowledge this was one of the patch on io8. Various forums say it is related to service provider, some say iphone 6 does not offer the features.
my service provider says it phone setting nothing to do with service provider
Apple Care seems to clear not offering the feature and telling use 3g which makes almost not usable.
Problem faced across india is the 3g service not good lot of call drops.
after trying to various sources, I want your expert suggestion on how to go about switching to 2g based on my choice. I want to use 3g sometime only, so I can't disable 3g permanently.
Regards
Balaji
A quick heads up on apps mentioned in the past - GoPix and Fotor HDR are both free right now and until Christmas or for a limited time - I think it is until New Years - in any case - check for both right now if interested and if free - get them now.
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42:18
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30548468
There was a really bad hit piece produced by Panaroma for the BBC News - Apple said they are deeply offended by the investigation - and with good cause - I watched it - and they basically are singling out Apple and just making crap up. They multiple times show people sleeping at their benches - YES - that is very very very common in China - and not just at the line but in the offices as well. I used to visit China a lot 10+ years ago - and part of their culture is around noon each day for an hour pretty much everyone takes a nap. This is strange to westerners - but I was told it is very common and I saw it multiple times at Huawei, ZTE, UT Starcom, Hon Hai and other places in China I visited. And again it was pretty much everyone from Engineers, to Accounting to line workers - they all just take a nap. So what the BBC news report did in their reporting was not just hit piece journalism - it was flat out lying all for the sake of getting Publicity - If I was apple I would be more than deeply offended - I would be outright pissed off and demand an apology from the BBC News. This really was horrible journalism. with journalism in quotes - and clearly this was not incompetence - it was malice.
As apple said in a letter to its employees about the program - there were facts and perspectives they provided to Panorama that were clearly missing from their program. IE - Panorama choose what to report on or in many cases misreport on and what not to report on.
Sorry - just pissed when I see crap like this. Apple has done more to help workers in the 3rd world than any other company in the world - PERIOD. As Apple said - are things perfect - no - but they are a lot better now then they were a few years ago - and they keep getting better - thanks in a huge part because of Apple. For example salaries in China for those working on Apple products have doubled in recent years as well and working conditions are better for those in the Apple ecosystem vs those not working on Apple Product.
ok - soap box I do step down from now.
44:50
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Rob,
The App Daren Streblow Comedy Show - was just released and I'd highly recommend it to the TII community. I just wrote my very first app review since owning an iPhone since the 3rd Gen (listened to your show since well before episode 100). My review,"I've listened to this show since its inception but am grateful for this exceptional vehicle for easy consumption of its clean, hilarious comedy suitable for my entire family. The app's navigation is intuitive and has a clean look. Also, probably the biggest improvement over any other way I've listened in the past, the app's predecessor, is the nearly instant playback upon selecting an episode - so no delay in preparing the streamed or downloaded content. Finally, as someone who also spends a lot of time listening to podcasts in the car, I appreciate the lock screen controls that work flawlessly. Well done execution of this app, which is a perfect pair to the top notch content they produce each week."
If I'm not mistaken, this may well be a Libsyn produced app. So, hope
you have time in a future episode to plug this truly outstanding clean
comedy podcast app. As always, thanks for a great show each and every
week.
Regards,
Keven J
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daren-streblow-
comedy-show/id938845278?mt=8
Thanks Keven for the review of the Daren Streblow Comedy Show App - and Yes - that is a libsyn App - and is the same base app as for the Tii App. So if you liked it - you will also like the Free Tii App.
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And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
And finally there is the new and updated Tii App that is now Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. Please go right now and download the Tii App - yes you - right now - no not in few minutes - right now as you listen to the outro music.
This will be the last Tii for 2014 - next episode will be sometime the first full week of January. For 2014 we put out 40 episodes with over 50 hours of content. That was the highest amount of hours produced in a single year so far. Not the most episodes in a single year - but it was the most hours in a single year. And It was a fun year with great products and features announced and not announced and I really look forward to talking with you in the new year as 2015 should be fun and interesting with the launch of the Apple Watch and hopefully a new Apple TV and more. Please have a great holiday season and a happy and safe new Year.
And don't forget to go to iTunes and search for KC Startup THAT IS KC SPACE STARTUP AND PLEASE subscribe to the show - it would be a nice Christmas present to me if you could.
And that folks is going to do it for us for 2014.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 331
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song Called PARK with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_On_Holiday.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank BRANDON for sending in the Artwork for today's show. BRANDON wrote
Hey Rob! I wanted to share some artwork for the podcast that I created with the Canva app. I created this artwork with my iPad Mini 1st generation I hope you enjoy it :)
Canva - Graphic Design & Photo Editing by Canva
Regards,
Brandon H
https://appsto.re/us/hfFF1.i
Well BRANDON Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see BRANDON'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 331 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
01:58
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “““One thing Apple investors are waking up to, in other words, is that the iPhone’s amazing run is winding down. And that there may never be another iPhone.”
Jay Yarow, Business Insider, 18 December 2012
24may2013
Well never another iPhone as long as you don't count the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and 6Plus.
- Just Sayin
02:28
On Ep 330 no promo codes were offered - but I did offer up a chance to win a Crusta Case for the iPhone 6Plus. If you want to enter in for a chance - just tweet a link to this episode or post a link on Facebook or write a review on iTunes and email letting me know you did said activity and link to your post or info to find your review. I will pick a winner on Ep 332. Thanks to all that already entered.
This week we have promo codes for the a couple of Apps - the First is the App - called Camtinerary CAMTINERARY C A M T I N E R A R Y - here is the review from the dev - PLAY PROMO CODE - CAMTINERARY
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - CAMTINERARY and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put CAMTINERARY in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camtinerary/id776962411?mt=8
The Second item we have promo code for is the App - OFFICE TO GO - Here is the review from the dev - PLAY PROMO CODE - OFFICE TO GO
Thanks to the Dev for sending in THEIR review of THE APP OFFICE TO GO and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this APP - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put OFFICE TO GO - three words in the subject line.
As Always - just send in one email for one specific APP. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple APPS in a single email - then well - No Soup for you.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
05:47
http://www.imore.com/apple-releases-ios-812
For those with iOS 8.1.1 and ringtone loss gate - well iOS 8.1.2 is here to save your day. As you know on recent episodes we had multiple listeners talking about lost ringtones and potential ways to get them back - And now Apple has one sure fire way to fix the issue - and that is via an upgrade to 8.1.2 - which seems to be released mainly with the goal of fixing that specific bug.
Also Per apple quote to restore missing tones on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch visit itunes.com/restore-tones on that device unquote.
The first step of which is to you guessed it update to iOS 8.1.2
That alone does not get your ringtones back - but after you update to 8.1.2 on your iOS device you need to go to iTunes.com/restore-tones and then follow the instructions.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204076
06:59
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/12/09/
apple-releases-ios-8-1-2/
Hi Rob,
Forbes magazine hates Apple and can't produce even the most basic of articles accurately or unbiased. What a bunch of idiots.
Regards,
Brad from West MI
And this is per the Post titled quote Apple released iOS 8.1.2, it will anger users unquote.
Which I just love the way the article starts off quote Without any warning apple has today released iOS 8.1.2 unquote. WHEN has Apple ever given a WARNING that they were releasing a .x.x release - WHEN give me one example.
Yes Brad - this article is particularly bad almost so bad it is laughable. Like this line quote Furthermore iOS 8.1.2 comes in at a paltry 28.2 MB unquote So yes he is upset the .x.x update is so small - because you know we all love when .x.x updates are 100's of MB's - HUH????
The Quote Author unquote of this article is Gordon Kelly - now we are not going to call him an idiot not out loud - but clearly he is someone that has double dot update issues. Thanks Brad for bringing the Quote Article unquote to our attention.
08:27
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/12/10/ios-8-1-2-jailbreak/
Now staying with both the 8.1.2 update and Forbes theme - there was another post from Forbes on this update. See they hire many contract publishers - so that is why the tone and honestly the quality of the posts on Forbes can and does vary so widely.
This other post was titled - iOS 8.1.2 Jailbreak Exposes Empty apple Update. And this post is from Ewan Spence.
This post is in my opinion of better quality then the one from Gordon Kelly. Ewan is one of the better writers for Forbes along with Erika Morphy and Chuck Jones - But again quality does vary between writers. In Ewan's article he points out that the 8.1.2 update does not break the latest jailbreak for TAIG. Which is good news for Jailbreakers.
Ewan does imply that Apple did this update to quote ensure that apple can continue to earn money on Ringtones unquote.
But I don't think that was the motivation - I think it was about customer that ALREADY paid for ringtones being able to get the product they paid for.
Both Ewan and Gordon seem surprised - that a double dot X update did not fix more issues - but they almost never do. Yes Apple still has issues with iOS 8 - but the number of issues now are much less than 2 months ago - and yes there is iOS 8.2 coming and that is when we should see more major bug fixes along with support for Apple watch. In the mean time expect any another double dot x updates to be focused on a specific bug or security issue - but not something casting a wide net.
http://itunes.com/restore-tones
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204076
10:17
https://gigaom.com/2014/10/10/four-reasons-
i-dont-restore-a-backup-to-new-iphones/
There was an article posted in google plus from Gigaom from back in October that I wanted to mention - it is titled Four Reasons I don't restore a back up to new iPhones. And I found it interesting as for the first time with my iPhone 6Plus I did not restore from an old back up. And I will say I think that is one reason for me the iPhone 6Plus has been working really well.
The 4 reasons they gave are
1. A new phone seems to run better with a clean install
2. You get a yearly opportunity to week out unnecessary apps
3. What about my gazillion photos
4. But I have documents, music and other data too.
Really the main reason I did the fresh install was number 2 - I have sooooo many apps from devs sending me promo codes - that I needed to clear out the insanity - and start fresh - and now what I have done is I only install apps as I need them. And no I do not need games - so the number of games is very few. One benefit there is my iphone is not nearly as fun to use as my kids own iPhones which have mostly games on them. Not that that thought ever crossed my mind as being a reason to parse my app count.
But it is interesting a couple of months in to see all the apps I have not installed.
If you are having issues with your new iPhone - you might want to think about doing a factory fresh restore and starting from scratch and not from a backup. It may just solve many of your issues - maybe. And if it does not - you can always do another restore to your older back up.
xx:xx
On Ep 330 near the beginning of the episode I went over some of the new features and settings in iOS 8 - This episode we will pick up where we left off on the that episode - if you have not listened to ep 330 yet - you will want to go to the beginning of that ep around the 9 Minute 7 second mark to hear those other features.
Per new features and settings -
In the settings for Messages - You now have the option - Store Messages - by default this is set forever - but you can also choose for 30 days or 1 year. For those complaining about messages taking up multiple GB's - this is one way to get back a lot of that space.
Under FaceTime options there is now the option for iPhone Cellular Calls for the iPad - this lets you use your iPhones cellular connections to make and receive FaceTime calls on your other iOS device.
For Safari - as mentioned before there is now the addition of DuckDuckGo for a search engine to go along with Google, Yahoo and Bing.
Aslo added to Safari is the Option Quick Website Search - When turned on it will use the smart search field to search within websites by typing the website name as part of your search.
Under Block cookies there are new options - before it was Always or never or From 3rd parties and advertisers. Now it is
Always Block or
Allow from Current Website Only or
Allow from Websites I visit or
Always Allow
In the music app - there is now the option Genius - which if you turn on will send information about your library to Apple. It is off by default - and you want it off for battery savings.
In the Photos & Camera App - there is a new option - iCloud Photo library - quote automatically upload and store your entire library in iCloud to access photo and video from all of your devices unquote - and this one is turned off by default.
In the Podcasts App settings - there is now the option - Background App Refresh. This is on by default - turning off will save some power.
Most of those features went unchanged between iOS 8 beta 2 and the current version - with the exception of Block Cookies - those options changed.
14:51
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17:08
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hi Rob,
To help Dave from New Jersey: I had the exact same problem with an iPhone 4 a few years ago and had to take the same actions. however, after a few days with my new phone, the same thing happened again. despairing that I would have to return to the genius bar again—this was in the days before iCloud, and I use VoiceOver to interact with my phone, so a nonfunctioning speaker meant a nonfunctioning iPhone for me—a friend found a solution. When you seem to have the speaker stop working, plug the headphones back in. as you are pulling out the headphones, press and hold the volume up button. this seemed to get the audio unstuck for me. Incidentally, I haven’t had to do this fix in a while, but the issue was really annoying and frustrating when I had it.
Regards
Chelsea
Hi Rob,
I heard a caller talk about problems with the headphone jack on a phone. I thought I would mention that I had issues with my iPhone 5 and had it replaced by Apple at least a couple of times. I finally figured out that it was the headphones I was using, they must have done something to short out the electronics in the phone. Once I stopped using that pair I never had a problem again.
Regards,
Myron Uecker
Hi Rob, just a note about pandora and Canadian market Apple Store. Pandora doesn't exist in the Canadian Apple Store. Pandora is only available in the US Apple Store.
Regards,
Faisal K
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20:42
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 1,700 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out and had lost of comments was from Ken Donofrio - whom asked Quote I have an music transfer question. I've decided to bullet point it so it's easy to understand. In a nutshell, we need to transfer music from an iPhone 4s that's PC/iTunes connection is no longer available to a new phone, so:
- We had an iPhone 4s that was linked to a PC with iTunes. The music was mainly ripped from CDs.
- The PC's hard drive crashed and is unrecoverable
- The music is now sitting on an iPhone 4s that is no longer activated
- The new phone is a 5, we will probably by a 5s or 6 that we want to put the music on, so:
- We want to somehow connect the 4s with all the music to a new laptop with itunes and the same Apple ID then,
- Hook the new phone to that iTunes to download the music
What's the easiest way to accomplish this? Can this be accomplished? Unquote
Tow which Haywood Morgan and Tim Galloway gave a bunch of help - thanks gentlemen - the solution that worked fro Ken was a link to Syncios.com Per a post titled How to Transfer Music from iPhone 4S to computer.
http://www.syncios.com/how-to-transfer-music-from-
iphone-4s-to-computer.html
Which you can find said link if you look through the Google+ community for the post on Dec 5th from Ken.
There was also a post from Jim Siegle asking quote My iPad air 2 is locked in landscape mode, how do I unlock
Unquote
For iPad's with iOS 8 the Rotate Lock control is in the bottom control center - swipe up from the bottom of the screen - and you will see the icon for the rotate lock. It just sounds like you have had that toggled on - just tap on it to toggle it off and your iPad should rotate one again. Note for other iPads that has the lock switch on the side - you may not see the rotate lock option - this is because you currently have the button set to rotate lock rather than mute. To get the option to show up in the control center go to settings - General - Use side switch to - and set it to Mute. Then you will see your lock rotate option in control center - or your could just leave it set to lock rotation and use the slide switch - which you know is actually much easier to control than in the control center. just sayin.
OK - And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1700+ of you already in the community and contributing.
24:07
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2014/12/06/
apples-iphone-6-lead-times-still-longer-than-previous-models/
I mentioned Chuck Jones and Forbes earlier - and Chuck had a post last week titled Apples iPhone 6 lead times still longer than previous models. and it well covered exactly what the title suggested it would and that is Apples current lead times for iPhones 6 and also 6Plus and how they compared to the iPhones or days gone by. And in a nut shell - There is a longer lead time for iPhone 6 and 6 plus then we saw for past iPhones at the same point in their release schedule.
While it could mean that manufacturing of the new iPhones is more difficult or yields are worse or both - I don't think that is the case - I think it is more about excessive demand. Building a bigger iPhone is easier than building a smaller iPhone.
Of course in about 6 weeks or so Apple will have its next quarterly report - and at that time we will find out if Apple sold 50Mil, or 60 Mil or 70 Mil iPhones this past quarter. Anything under 50 Mil will be a tragedy. Anything between 50 and 60 will be a major disappointment any thing between 60 and 70 mil is most likely and if it is over 70 Mil - look out $150 for Apple stock.
Again we will know more in about 6 weeks - in the mean time expect to see lots and lots of blog posts with speculation per the number of iPhones sold this quarter.
25:32
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102253291
Speaking of Apples stock price - It did something strange last week - it dropped a bunch in a very short time. At first many reported it as investors being spooked by something or many looking to get profits or it hitting some limit prices. But the real reason for the big drop last week - is an ooooppps.
Seems one of the trading houses has someone with what they call fat fingers. On December 1st A big hedge fund with major gains on lots of Apple stocks in 2014 sent in a big sell order to the trading desk - the order was supposed to have been a limit order and only executed if the stock dropped to a specified point in a specified time frame. What happened it was entered as a market order at that lower price. Dooohhh. So not sure what that means. If the stock is at 119 - and you purchased it at 55 - you might say if the stock gets down to $110 in the next few weeks sell it. You double your money - and take a nice profit. But if the stock keeps going up you hold on and make even more on paper.
But in this case it went out as Sell the stock now at $110 - even though the stock is really trading at $119. Since this was a lot of stock - it pushed down the price really quick.
Now it seems investors are still spooked and the stock is caught in a trading range between that lower limit price and about $115.
So even thought analysts keep upping their price target - it seems for now Apple stock is stuck - and all because someone at a trading desk did an oooooppps. Expect to hear more about who it was that messed up some time in 2015 when proper papers are filed with the SEC. Safe to say someone is not getting their Christmas bonus this year.
27:38
http://www.thestreet.mobi/story/12976740/1/corporate-
earnings-to-contract-short-apple-best-of-kass.html?
Speaking of Apple stock - Doug Kass who correctly called Apple at its peak in 2012 - and shorted it right before it went on a 40% reduction - is saying for the first time in 2 years he is predicting a drop in Apple stock price - mostly because of how much it has gone up and because next years upgrade cycle is likely going to be smaller than this years. He is saying he will be increasing his short position early in 2015. Likely meaning prior to the next quarterly report. See even if Apple does get close to 70 mil iPhones sales last quarter - all it can take to spook wall street is less than stelar forecasting from Apple going forward. And if there is news of an Apple Watch delay or even rumors from people in the know combined with overly conservative future iPhone sales numbers - it could be a quick and sharp and very large reduction in Apple stock price. Expect to hear more about Mr Kass in the next few weeks. He tends to get up on podiums to shout out his predictions after making sizable bets per his predictions. Not that that is considered an conflict of interest or anything.
28:49
http://recode.net/2014/12/09/youtubes-apple-tv-
gets-a-new-look-more-videos-and-ads/
Well Apple TV's Youtube app has a long awaited update. Besides it getting a new look - it also now allows for ads - which means you get all the content. So if you were just jonesing for some gangue style or what does the Fox say - good news - you should be able to get them via the Youtube app on your Apple TV.
There were also some new Apps Added.
The Scene App from Conde Nast -
Fusion which will offer quote a unique mix of smart, irreverent original reporting, lifestyle and comedic content" Hey is that not what Fox news is already doing
Dailymotion now has an app.
UFC.TV will offer a $10 a month Fight Pass subscription service via its Apple TV App.
Seems Apple TV is getting everything added except will that App store we are so waiting for.
I did read a couple of articles that implied or flat out said the Update to Youtubes app most likely means there is no major update coming - since Google would not have put in the resources for the update to the app if a bigger update were coming. Because Yes Apple soooo keeps Google in the loop these days on their future plans.
Per the Youtube App update it seems to only have been for Apple TV 3rd gen owners - us 2nd gen owners did not get said update. Which is good - because still no commercials for us. Per the other four new apps on Apple TV - Fusion, Dailymotion, UFC.tv and The Scene - that are on both 2nd and 3rd gen Apple TV's - and they will have a little blue banner in the upper right of their icon that says - yup you guessed it - New.
31:06
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/08/leading-
android-fansite-recommends-apple-inc-ipad-air-2-
as-best-tablet-in-holiday-gift-guide
Thanks to Roger T and others for the heads up on this next one.
There is a site out there called Android Police and they just put out a 2014 holiday gift guide - for Android devices. One category they covered is the best Tablet to buy. They mentioned a few the Nexus 9 built by HTC but they said quote none of us recommended the Nexus 9, because it's not exactly great. In fact, I'd argue no Android tablet is. unquote
So if no Android tablet is great then what did they recommend - Well the iPad Air 2. Yup - you heard that right - Android police said the best tablet you can buy is the iPad Air 2.
The best Android tablet they said is the Galaxy Tab S - which they said the follow about - quote I'm not too hot on the Exynos processor / 16GB of storage / Samsung's update track record that you get with the Tab S 8.4. The 10.5 is also just too big, and I'm not sure I want an 8.4" tablet, either, it's a hair too small. The Nexus 9 is the right size, but pretty much the wrong everything else. unquote
Yikes - and that from and Android site.
So next time one of your Android fan bois friends / relatives or co-workers says anything About tablets - just remind them of what one of the top Android sites had to say about Android tablets. Which was basically 10 foot poll - touch them we will not. Like Most iPad Air 2 do we.
32:50
VOICEMAIL - Staples_theif_find_my_iphone
Hi Rob - Just a quick note to mention a new iOS 8 Privacy setup. In Location Services they've changed it from On/Off to Always/Never or for certain apps Always/Never and the best option While Using… which I found because Google Maps (and Apple Maps) apparently was defaulted to that. Just thought others might find that useful.
Regards,
-Dan
Hi Rob,
Thought I would throw out a few additional kids apps since I heard that mentioned on today's episode.
Terraria is a multiplayer world building app like Minecraft but a different style. My kids also like resource management games like Skylanders Lost Islands, Dragons: Rise of Berk and Dragon City. I spend way too much with those three myself. Plants vs Zombies, Cut the Rope, Angry Birds, Fish out of Water are also popular.
For apps, a couple of good ones are the Foldify series and drawing apps like Adobe Sketch Book and Procreate. Minecraft Papercraft is similar to Foldify but you create Minecraft figures like the cardboard cutouts you can buy in the store. Foldify and Minecraft Papercraft create printable output so use with caution or you might spend a lot of money on ink for your printer.
Regards,
Myron Uecker
Hey Rob, did you see the tip in Gizmodo about using triple click of the home button to dim the screen? I cant seem to find the article to forward it to you but it uses a filter within the zoom setting in accessibility.
I did it and it works great. 3 clicks to go from bright to dim. But I noticed that it doesn't actually change the dimmer slider setting to dim the screen, it adds a dimming filter over whatever brightness your screen is set at.
I noticed while turning my phone from horizontal to vertical (or vice versa) in the dimmed mode that there is a sliver of bright screen exposed while the filter overlay is trying to keep up with the rotation.
So my question is, does dimming the phone using this process have the same battery saving benefits of using the slider to dim it? My son asked me this and I quickly answered yes because the overall brightness is less, therefore less drain. But the more I think about it the more I doubt my reasoning. So what do you think?
Regards,
John P
VOICEMAIL - Ron_NM_t-mobile_fdbk
Rob,
Did you ever receive your SOS Charger? I heard you mention it a few episodes ago and really think its crappy of them not to fulfill their obligation to their backers before stocking shelves. My buddy Scott got his back in October, while I have yet to receive mine. The kicker is that we ordered on the same day. This is one of the reasons that I am so selective about backing Kickstarter campaigns.
Hope you eventually get yours.
Regards,
Keith
NOPE - NADA - ZILCH - NO SOS CHARGER for me. Seems they wound up on shelves of retail space rather than in my hands and other funders hands. Safe to say if this company does another Kickstarter - I WILL NOT be recommending them. BOO SOS charger team.
42:29
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plxdevices/
legion-meter-charge-your-smartphone-92-faster
So I tried checking to see if I could charge me iOS devices faster with the Legion meter - and at this time the results are inconclusive - maybe I don't have it set up correctly.
What I can say is the device is great with my Pebble - because I can never tell if my Mag connector is actually connecting - many time I thought my Pebble was charging but it was not - the connector on the pebble is sketchy at best for making a contact so the device will charge. But with the legion meter - I can check to see specifically when the current draw goes from Zero to just a little more than Zero. It does not draw much power - but it does draw more than enough to show up on the Legion meter - and that takes the uncertainty out of charging my Pebble - based on that feature only I like my Legion meter but can not recommend it as it is acting wonky for me.
Per it charging faster - well I need to do more controlled testing.
44:02
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hush/hush-the-worlds-first-smart-earplug
Another kickstarter project that is still on going is the Hush - which bills itself as the world's first smart earplugs. This one had a goal of $100,000 - had being past tense - as they have raised over 4.6 times their goal amount - which means yes they are close to 1/2 a million in funding with Dec 23 at 1:59 AM CT being the end date for funding - yes someone is going to have a green christmas.
Hush is quote wireless noise masking earplugs that block out the world while still letting you hear the things that matter most unquote.
Pricing for A set is $115 OR $199 for two sets. With June 2015 as a predicted delivery date.
In a nut shell Hush is a wireless version of Bose noise canceling headphones with out the ability repeat with OUT the ability to stream music or voice. It does allow playing of sounds or alarms - but not music or voice.
These are ear plugs for blocking out and canceling sounds when you are flying or sleeping with someone who snores or anytime you just need really good earplugs.
To learn more about this - visit kickstarter dot com and search for hush
45:25
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/567444058/
twist-a-ultra-portable-universal-adapter-for-your
Hi Rob, How are you? This is Rene Henriksen from the OneAdaptr team. We developed Twist, a universal MacBook adapter that is intuitive use and comes with a 20W 4.0Amp 4 USB ports. We travel a lot and we just couldn't find a good product to meet our power needs for MacBook and mobile devices while on the road. Thats what led us to create Twist. We have finished the design and have built several prototypes to selected field test testing. We were wondering if you will be interested in testing them out and gives us valuable feedback. We have created a version for non-MacBook user as well. Thank you for your time and we look forward to hear from you. Rene P.S. We just updated the project with a travel cable concept that can extend MacBook Adapter range and for PC laptop use.
Thanks Rene for the email
And I said to them I would test it out - and they are sending me one to test. Expect a blog post review of it in the Tii and on Google Plus and the Tii Blog next week when I get it. This one just has 7 days to go. Pledging is open until December 19th at 12:39 PM CT
So what is the twist - well according to their site
Quote Twist is an ultra-portable universal adapter designed to work with the MacBook adapter. It offers much more functions than the Apple World Travel Adapter Kit and makes charging your mobile devices much easier. Some of its functions include, 4 USB ports for charging, universal outlet and the intuitive twist-to-change adapter type design. unquote
They are over $23k towards a goal of $30k - and this is really a cool project - and as they said - you don't have to have a mac book to use this - but they have some for Mac book power supplies where it plugs into the power supply - you know where the cord plugs to the power converter part. What is really cool about this - is it then gives you 4 different USB ports to charge your mobile devices. Traveling with the family they can all plug in. Or you can be that special person at the airport giving access to multiple people to charge up. This is definitely something any international frequent flier would need.
Where I see myself using this is on my desk in my office - This way I can connect multiple USB cords to it and then charge up my devices with out having to constantly plug into my laptop USB port or run the extension cord up on my desk for my usb devices. And with 4 ports I can keep one lightning, one 30 pin and one micro USB and my Pebble cords all plugged in all the time. Less clutter and all the ports I need at my desk. I am really excited to test this out and will send a picture when I get it.
Hurry and get your pledge in now - the Twist Plus world charging station - that is the one with 4 charging ports is $30 Canadian dollars - that is about $26 US dollars. Very reasonably priced and again they have working units.
Search for Twist at Kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 331 at today in iOS dot com
49:17
http://www.apple.com/business/mobile-enterprise-apps/
And the Apple slash IBM agreement is barring its first fruit - no phun intended. Ok - well maybe intended a little bit.
Apple and IBM has launched the first round of MobileFirst iOS Apps. These are apps available to Enterprise Customers in Banking, Retail, Insurance, Telecom, Governments, Financial services and other major industries.
I really don't want to get into the specific apps - since they are meant well not for individuals - but rather big business. However is you are part of Big business - Apple did put up a section of their site going over these new apps at apple.com slash business slash mobile dash enterprise dash apps or you know you can look for the link in the show notes for ep 331.
Phil Schiller had this to say in Apples Press release quote “This is a big step for iPhone and iPad in the enterprise, and we can’t wait to see the exciting new ways organizations will put iOS devices to work, The business world has gone mobile, and Apple and IBM are bringing together the world’s best technology with the smartest data and analytics to help businesses redefine how work gets done. unquote
Will all of this lead to more iPad sales - Hard to say - but given recent survey's and speculation about plummeting iPad sales do to iPhone 6plus Phablet sales - Apple is I am sure hoping this does lead to more iPad sales - well as long as those were not going to be originally Mac sales.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/12/10Apple-
and-IBM-Deliver-First-Wave-of-IBM-MobileFirst-for-iOS-Apps.html
51:12
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/12/11iPad-
Air-2-iPad-mini-3-Models-with-Cellular-Networking-
Available-in-China-Starting-This-Week.html
And it was a busy week for Apples PR team - as they also released another Press release titled quote iPad Air 2 & iPad Mini 3 Models with Cellular Networking Available in China Starting this week unquote
I will give you one guess what this Press release is about. Ok - Darn you are good. Yup the title says it all - really I mean All - as there was not much else in the Press release out side of this nugget:
TD-LTE, FDD-LTE as well as TD-SCDMA, DC-HSDPA and HSPA+ are all available in a single model.
So combine this with the IBM Press Release and it seems Apple is trying to prop up iPad sales.
While the Press release said the iPad Air 2 is available in 110 countries - it did not say what % of that 110 it is available in with Cellular connections.
52:11
VOICEMAIL - STEVE_NC_Hey_Siri_fdbk
Hi, Rob.
Once again you triggered my iPhone' Siri when on episode 330 you said, "Hey, Siri."
Some other tech podcasters (e.g., Tom Merritt) have learned to say something else between "Hey" and "Siri." For example, you might say, "Hey, and you know how this works, Siri..." Almost any wording would work.
Regards,
Lawrence McFarland
Hi Rob,
Quick question. I've noticed my 64gb iPhone has a 56gb capacity but a 16gb iPhone has a 12gb capacity. Why do the bigger storage phones give you less memory?
Also I was wondering what would fills up your phone most and what are your main apps?
For people who want storage flickr gives you 1tb of free storage and also having an auto backup feature.
Regards,
Tom
Hi Rob
I noticed that you can increase or decrease the maximum volume of your songs on your device through your computer. This saves battery life on the device by not having to use the EQ.
Start iTunes, plug in your device in and click on it in iTunes.
On the sidebar you will see "on My Device" click on "Music" and you will see all the music on your device. Click on a song, then go to Edit (upper left in iTunes) and click on "select all".
After all the songs on your device are highlighted, right click on the songs and a pop up comes up, click on "get info".
It Will ask: "are you sure you want to edit info. For multiple items" click Edit Items.
Now click on "options".
You will see a "volume adjust" bar, by increasing or decreasing (each line is 20%)
it and clicking "ok" it will adjust the overall volume of the songs on the device!!
The benefits are louder songs without the battery drain of using the EQ, it also seems to " level" the songs out little better!!!
This can also be done for the songs on the computer!.
Regards,
Ken
Hey rob
On Ep 330 you mentioned about the iPhone 6 front camera shifting and not being aligned properly. I just got a iPhone 6 and when I got home I thought I had gotten a refurbished unit as the front camera wasn't aligned. After listening to your podcast I feel much better knowing that it wasn't just me and that apple might replace my unit under the warranty. I did some searching in Google as well and found that there were many more people who had the same issues and took their devices to apple. Pretty much all of them got their units replaced , I'm planning on visiting a store my self as soon as my exams are over.
Regards,
Ish
VOICEMAIL - GIL_BOSTON_REQUEST_MODES_MULTI_setting
1:0025
http://www.applevis.com/forum/jailbreaking/how-jailbreaking-
made-my-ios-experience-much-better
Hi Rob,
This blog post almost convinced me to jailbreak. Also, there is a tweak for changing the snooze time on alarms. I think someone from a show Wayback wanted to know that.
Regards,
Chelsea
Thanks Chelsea for the heads up on this post titled - How jailbreaking made my iOS experience much better. And it is a post that goes over Activator Tweak and how he used it plus some other cool Jailbreak tweaks and apps.
I will not go over all of the tweaks and apps he mentions - but if you are looking for some new ones - check out the link in the show notes for Ep 331.
If you are jailbroken - let me know what your current favorite App or tweak is - and what iOS device you are using for said App or tweak.
1:01:13
http://mashable.com/2014/12/08/apple-best-
apps-of-2014/?utm_cid=mash-com-g+-pete-link
Apple is out with the best of the year list. For 2014 the Best App was Elevate with runner up being Hyperlapse from Instagram.
Best Game was Threes with Runner up Leo's Fortune
They also listed 25 other Apps and 25 other games to make the best of List.
Uber, Camera+, 1Password, and Swiftkey were among the top 25 apps.
If you go into the iTunes store you will see the link top and center in the feature panel. What I am curious to know - is of the Top App and Top game list - which of these Apps and games do you use on a regular basis and why.
206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon dog - give us a call and let us know or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
1:02:12
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/12/apple-is-now-
requiring-cases-to-protect-an-ios-device-from-up-
to-a-1-meter-fall-onto-a-hard-surface
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this one.
Apple has this MFI program - which is like a blessing from the pope or a taxi medalion in NY City - well before Uber that is. MFI stands for Made for iPhone - and if you get the blessing for Tim and company - you fork over a % of your sales - but you also get access to Apple stores and the Apple store online.
To get this blessing requires jumping through many hoops - that are on fire and spinning. There are environmental requirements, worker requirements - and more. And now there is even one more more.
According to 9 to 5 mac quote
Apple is also now requiring that cases protect an iPhone, iPad, or iPod’s cover glass when lying flat on a surface like a table. Cases must now provide a buffer of at least 1mm between the cover glass and a flat surface. Case makers have two choices to achieve this: either they cover the glass entirely or have part of the case protrude from the cover glass slightly to keep it from touching a flat surface. Many cases already offer one of these two features.
unquote
Additionally - Cases will have to protect an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch from a 1 Meter fall onto a hard surface in any orientation - including screen first.
Seems someone at Apple is tired of looking at shattered iPhone screens when they are out and about.
1:03:51
http://www.abc15.com/news/national/united-
flight-attendants-all-get-an-iphone-6
From the It really sucks to be working At Delta file - comes the story about how now United Flight Attendants are all getting an iPhone 6. I say it sucks to be at Delta because they were forced to get Surface Tablets and windows Phones late last year for their Pilots and Flight Attedants. Even thought the pilots pushed for iPads.
And now this news that All United Airlines Flight Attendants are getting iPhone 6+'s to boot - a little salt in the wound of Delta employees. Just Sayin.
Part of the reason for the iPhones is so the Pilots can send pictures of their Cockpits to the Flight attendants via iMessage and then the flight attendants can send pictures back of their Galley - see the pilots at United already have iPads in the Cockpit.
Ok - it has nothing to do with Sexting between Pilots and Flight attendants - and I am sure it never will. Wink wink nudge nudge
Nope this is more about the iPhones replacing a 5 pound printed safety manual.
Also at some point the flight attendants will be able to use the iPhones to accept electronic payment when selling food.
That will be $4.99 for the bag of peanuts mr walch. Oh I can't wait.
1:05:16
VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_Chrome_Cast_fdbk
Hi Rob,
I just tried a little experiment. I used the Netflix app on my iPhone to launch a film to play via Chromecast on a TV. Then, I turned the iPhone off and left it off for half an hour. The film continued to play even though the iPhone was off. So, it seems that the Chromecast is in fact a streaming device though it requires a smart piece of hardware to launch a video. Apparently, the iPhone is not sending the video stream to the TV.
Not sure if this test reveals anything we didn't already know but interesting, nonetheless.
Regards,
Matt S.
Winston Salem NC
Rob I'm using ios8 with my iPhone 4s
Ive noticed it gets very choppy and laggy quite often - and I think it's because it is always updating my mailbox or perhaps notifications . Basically when it's accessing the Internet ..
Any suggestions on how to make it stop this behavior ?
Regards
Natasha
Hi Rob,
Sometimes my iphone6 plus (8.1.1) will not play a video. It will play the sound but no video. So I skip to the next video and it plays. When I go back to the video that did not play (less than 5 minutes later) the video plays.
Is anyone else having this trouble?
Regards,
Robin J
Hi Rob from Dronfield, England.
Still loving the podcasts. Since iOS 8.1.1 was released, myself and a neighbour have both noticed our iPhone 5S's have now at best 1 signal bar but more often no service at all on the O2 cellular network.
Text messages can take hours or even days to come through and callers can't reach me. Once in a call, however, it doesn't drop.
We both have other phones on the same network and none of these have any problems.
We've both done factory resets on our iPhones and tried new SIM cards to no avail.
We've also contacted O2 who say there are no issues (backed up by the fact our other phones are fine).
Ideas?
Regards,
Alfred C
1:10:18
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 330
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song Called UnFurled with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_On_Holiday.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank REL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. REL wrote
Hi Rob,
For this Artwork I used my iPhone 6 for taking the photo then edited it with Snapseed, Squaready, PS Express, Frame Magic and the Phonto apps.
Also, if you'd like to see some of my photography... I'm "Sundisk" on Instagram.
Happy Holidays.
Rel R
Well REL Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see REL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 330 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:12
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Once America’s untouchable brand, the Apple brand has faltered, People now question Apple’s sustainability. Some now recognize Apple is vulnerable, and think its best times are behind it. And it’s all because Samsung ignored the industry lock-in to constantly focusing on product, and instead changed the game on Apple. But, at least for now, Samsung has demonstrated how a competitor can change the game on a market leader. Even a leader as successful and powerful as Apple. And Samsung’s leaders deserve a lot of credit for seeing the opportunity – and seizing it! unquote
Adam Hartung, Forbes, 4 April 2013
But wait a second if Samsung has seized on the opportunity - why has it missed all its targets this year and why is it Apple that is now making about 80% of all the cellphone profits. Yeah - Apple really has Faltered - Just Sayin
03:16
I want to say congrats to Dario P - who won the Crusta Case. As I don't have any promo codes this week - but I do have a 3rd Crusta Case to give away - I will do the same thing as last time - if you mention ep 330 on Twitter or Facebook or write a review on iTunes - and let me know - I will enter you in a chase to win the Crusta Case - Sorry just in the US for winners as I have to ship this out on my dime. Just email me after you tweet / Facebook or write a review and I will pick a winner prior to Ep 332. And the Crusta Case is still the one I am using - it really does give the protection I like and need with a 8 and 6 year old always wanting to get on my iPhone.
For those of you with Apps or iBooks - shame on you for not sending in promo codes. Bad marketer - bad marketer. Because as I say on every episode -----
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
05:02
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/45516.wss
IBM did their Yearly online sales analysis for Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber monday - and what did they find out. Quote
- iOS vs. Android: iOS once again led the way in mobile shopping this holiday season, outpacing Android across three key metrics on Cyber Monday:
o Average Order Value: iOS users averaged $114.79 per order compared to $96.84 for Android users, a difference 18.5 percent.
o Online Traffic: iOS traffic accounted for 28.7 percent of total online traffic, more than double that of Android, which drove 12.2 percent of all online traffic.
o Online Sales: iOS sales accounted for 17.4 percent of total online sales, more than four times that of Android, which drove 4.4 percent of all online sales.
unquote
So even though quote unquote Android is wining in market share - When it comes to actually making purchases - iOS kills Android. Some say Android Market share is 4 times that of iOS. If that is true - than outpacing Android 4X for total sales - means it really is 16 X per iOS vs each Android device.
Just like how with Podcast consumption it is 6 to 1 ratio - but on a per device comparison - the Average iOS device downloads 25 times more podcast than the average Android device.
People just use their iOS device to do more - via consuming free podcasts or spending cold hard cash - iOS is definitely the king. And that is great news for us iOS users - because - IBM is not releasing this info to a vacuum - Retailers take notice of these numbers - and if you know iOS is getting your 4 times more revenue over all - and 16 times more revenue per user. Well then guess what when you make changes to your site and roll out new apps - it is a pretty simple decision on who to support first and it ain't Android.
Also one other interesting bit of info - For the first year - Mobile devices drove more than 50% online Traffic on Thanksgiving and over the whole Holiday weekend.
http://www.inferse.com/20235/apple-digged-samsung-
google-android-grave-on-black-friday/
07:32
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/iphone-6-
crescent-moon-problem-september/
Another Month - Another Something Gate for Apple. This time it is Crescent Gate - all though some are calling it Selfie Gate - Personally - I think Selfie gate goes back to iCloud naked pictures hack gate. So lets just go with Crescent Gate. Now this is not about spreading butter on pastrys - I think a Croissant is technically a pastry - I am sure I will get emails if it is not. But we are talking Crescent not Croissant and Crescent gate is about the iPhone 6 - again a very small % of units - where the front facing camera is out of alignment - which is a fancy way of saying it moved internally and now part of the lens is being blocked. And you get a crescent to your image.
So far no one listening to this show has reported this issue with their iPhone 6 - again this looks to be a very very small number and a much smaller % of iPhone 6 users being affected. But hey if your selfies have a crescent on them - let me know. Of course if you do have this issue - just take it to the local apple store and they will no doubt replace said unit. Apple is good like that.
Email me today in iOS at gmail dot com with a picture if you have this issue before you return said unit. Keep the selfies civil
09:07
Now that iOS 8 is finally at a point where I can recommend it fully for anyone to upgrade to - and now that over 60% of iOS users are on iOS 8 - I thought it would be good to go back to the summer and talk about some of the new features in iOS 8 that were discovered from the Beta and made it to gold master.
First off In Settings General - Siri
There is now a new feature - Allow Hey Siri - where if turned on and the iOS device is connected to power - You can activate Siri by saying "Hey Siri" unless you live in Philly, NYC or LI - where you say Yo Siri - ok - I made that last one up. Getting some good millage out of that joke. Well at least millage.
In Spot light search they added an option for Spotlight suggestions
In Accessibilities - Speech - there is a new feature called Speak screen - When enabled - if you swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen you will hear the content of the screen. And you can control how fast or slow it speaks them and even have them highlighted as it speaks them. That is a pretty cool feature.
Staying with Accessibility - There is a new Grayscale Options - that for your icons or other colors converts everything to grayscale. This is also added as one of the options for triple tapping the home button - along with Voiceover, Invert colors, zoom, Switch control and assistive touch.
There is now an option called Video Descriptions - Which when activated and when available with videos automatically plays video descriptions.
Another new feature comes under Usage - which is a cool one. It tells you the % of battery used by different apps in the last 24 hours and last 7 days. For example 27% of battery usage went to home & lock screen, 23% to Phone, 22% to Pebble - huh?, 10% to Mail and 5% to Settings - It does not show usage when charging - just battery usage when well using the battery.
Under Mail - contacts - calendars -
Under Calendars one for potential battery hoggishness - is Called Time Zone Override - by default it is set off. Quote The Time Zone override always shows event dates and times in the selected time zone. When off, events will display according to the time zone of your current location unquote. Anytime I hear current location - I think battery drain. So turn that one on - again it was Time Zone Override.
Another new item under calendars is Alternate Calendars - You can now also select from Chinese, Hebrew and Islamic calendars.
And finally under calendars there are toggles for Week Numbers and also Show invitee declines. The latter is on by default the former is not.
Those were some of the major and noticeable changes in the Settings app from Notifications down to Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Will go over other updates from other episodes in future episodes.
12:56
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14:56
Hi Rob,
Just a quick note, I upgraded to iOS 8.1.1 after listening to your podcast and I have encountered a problem. After the update I have lost the ringtone and alert tone I purchased a few weeks ago. If I go to ITunes it prompts me to purchases them again and from what I've read online I'm not the only one with this problem. I really hope Apple fixed this issue, just wanted to give you a heads up.
Regards,
Derek
VOICEMAIL - GARY_FDBK_ISSUES_811_Ringtones
TIP - Siri Playing Podcast - Play Common Sense with dan Carlin Latest episode.
Or Play Today in iOS Podcast Latest Episode. But don't say newest episode - even though that is what Siri says - if you say it - it does not seem to work - say Latest episode.
Hi Rob,
I have my iPhone 5s running iOS 8.1.1 paired with my Bluetooth receiver in my car. When I press and hold the home button to engage Siri, she wants to talk to me over my Bluetooth receiver. Problem is, the microphone does not capture my instructions clearly enough, so words would get dropped or misunderstood.
Now when I engage Siri, the first thing I do is tap the source button on the bottom right, select iPhone, then talk to her. I’d like to eliminate this step. Do you know if there’s a way to set the default for Siri’s audio source to the iPhone?
Regards,
Stu in Louisville
Hi Stu - I was initially thinking there was an accessibility control for this - but there is just one for Call audio routing - but not for Siri control - at least that I can see. If anyone knows a way to force siri to use the mic on your iPhone - rather than the bluetooth receiver in your car - please let us know - 206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
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19:15
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 1,700 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out is from Me - and it was About ChromeCast and there are a bunch of replies. See I needed to buy one to do some app testing for Work - and there was a sale at Target on Thanksgiving night - And even at under $30 - I feel it is a waste of money. I set it up tested it for a couple of days and now it is in the box on my desk. Where I will only use it for testing. Here is the deal - there are a lot of posts coming out that compare different Video streaming boxes - Apple TV vs Roku vs Chromecast - except Chromecast is nothing like Apple TV or Roku. ChromeCast is essentially just Airplay - that is it - When people say it is is a streaming device - that would be like calling an HDMI cable for your iPhone a streaming device. It is not a streaming device. Now if you buy it because you need a wireless HDMI cable - then fine - It will meet those needs as long as the apps you have support it. But do NOT think of it as a streaming device. Roku - Yes - Apple TV - Yes - Amazon Fire TV - Yes - all are streaming devices - ChromeCast - nope - it is just a $35 wireless HDMI cable at best. So if you were tempted to buy one - just remember that and understand what you are getting. You still need a device with a compatible app - to get content to your TV - where as with Apple TV / Roku / Amazon Fire - you get a remote and stand alone box - that you can use to play content - with no 3rd party device needed. Sorry - now that I have one - I just wanted to let listeners know - how basically useless the device is on its own. And I really wish people would stop comparing it to Real Streaming devices. Soap Box I do now step down.
In another post on Google+ a member was asking should they get the iPad Air2 or the iPad Air original. First let me say this - I only recommend the top of the line devices - iPhone 6 or 6Plus and iPad Air 2. But more so with iPad's as you will have them 4 years plus - so when buying one - get the most up to date. I no longer can recommend the iPad Mini - it is a full generation behind the iPad Air 2.
No to get into specifics - there are lots and lots of reasons to recommend the iPad Air 2 over the original iPad Air - but only one for recommending the iPad Air - and that is $100. Which is why at Target on Thanksgiving evening - there were a lot of people getting iPad Air 2's and the $140 gift card. But right now my recommendation for iPad's is JUST the iPad Air 2 - and nothing less than 64 GB for storage - definitely not the 16 GB version. Mind you that recommendation is based on listeners of this show being users. If you are purchased an original iPad Mini for $170 on black friday for little Timmy to play mine craft on - Little Timmy will be more than happy. But you as a listener of this show - picking between an iPad Air and iPad Air 2 - a couple of years from now would REALLY REALLY regret not getting the iPad Air 2.
OK - And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 1700+ of you already in the community and contributing.
23:40
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/12/02/apple-tv-chromecast-roku-2014/
One more thought on Streaming boxes - there was a recent market research paper that was released by Parks Associates about the Market share of Streaming media devices - and yes they included ChromeCast - which again they should not have - so I will ignore that part of the results and look at the numbers for Real streaming devices.
What they found was back in 2012 - the top streaming boxes were Roku number one, Apple TV number two Sony in 3rd
Jump to the first 3/4th of 2014 - and Roku is number 1, Apple number 2 -and Amazon Fire TV number 3 and catching up quickly to Apple TV.
This is good news in that it really should be putting pressure on apple to update Apple TV - or so I wish - over and over - Come on Apple just update the device already.
At this point I just can't recommend the current Apple TV - I have a strong Hold on Apple TV. Hopefully that will change to a strong buy early in 2015.
Now one thing the Park Market survey did not cover and I really would love to see - is what % of Netflix Streaming is done with Apple TV vs Roku vs Amazon Fire TV vs other devices. That is the real % I am interested in - sadly - Looking around I can not find those numbers - Yet.
25:08
http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/iphone-6-and-6-plus-
are-shifting-reading-away-from-ipad-study-finds/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity
And the latest winner of the Captain Obvious award goes to Tech Crunch for their Article titled - iPhone 6 and 6 plus are shifting reading away from iPad study finds - Really - Think. Hmmm so let me get this right - people got a bigger iPhone - and that is causing them to spend more time reading on the bigger iPhone and less time reading on the iPad which is now not nearly that much bigger. Shocker - and they needed a survey to tell them that why? Oh yeah - for Link bait.
Again that is why Yr over Yr - the decline in iPad sales this quarter will be the biggest % wise to date - Or so we shall most likely see when Apple releases numbers at the end of January.
25:56
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/26/foxconn-sapphire-iphone-displays/
I think we are going to have to Say Sapphire Rumors are now like the Walking dead - they just keep coming back from the dead.
The latest Sapphire rumor has Foxconn setting up a mega plant to grow and cut Sapphire in China.
Quote The China Economic Weekly reported Tuesday that Foxconn has signed an agreement with the Zhengzhou city government in Henan Province, central China, to set up a display factory on a 133-hectare plot of land next to an iPhone 6 assembly plant.
The new factory is expected to manufacture sapphire displays for the next generation of the Apple devices, the report said. unquote
I major issues with this rumor - Zhengzhou is not in a desert environment - the reason Mesa AZ was chosen to grow Sapphire was due to the low humidity year round - this is something known in the crystal world. There are plenty of other crystal companies growing quartz in AZ as well. Actually there are 3 key criteria for picking a spot to grow crystals - 1. is Low humidity - Desert conditions, 2. Is access to Cheap Hydro electric power and 3. low geologic activity - i.e. no earth quakes. Hence why AZ was chosen for the Apple / GTAT plant.
And why Zhengzhou does not make sense - not a desert and has had major earthquakes. So I would say this rumor is busted - at least with regards to the city being reported.
29:18
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/12/04/apple-4-inch-iphone-2015/
From MacRumors - comes a rumor they claim to be sketchy out of Asia.
But is a rumor - I predicted back in September.
It is that for 2015 - Apple will roll out 3 new iPhones.
The 4.7 and 5.5" updates to the iPhone 6 and 6+ respectively.
But they will also introduce a 4" version with the same A9 processor.
Which completely makes sense - My wife for one does not want the larger iPhones and likes the size of the 5S.
So likely what we would see is the 5S move down to the Free phone, The 6 and 6+ both going away completely. And the new 4" phone at $99, the 6S at $199 and the 6S+ at $299
And there is your new lineup for 2015 - or not - as I am sure I will have forgotten about this segment come September 2015.
What Mac Rumors calls a Sketchy rumor - to me just sounds like common sense - spread as a rumor.
30:30
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/27482934/swap-
your-iphone-for-a-passport-and-blackberry-will-give-you-up-to-550
Hi Rob,
Even if they gave me $3,000 I wouldn't switch.
Regards,
Robin P
Hi Robin - I hear you there and what he is talking about is Blackberry will give you up to $550 to switch from your iPhone to the Blackberry passport. If you are thinking this reeks of desperation - well Duhhhh - of course it does.
I will not go over the details other than to say - it is up to $550 - it depends on which iPhone you have an the shape it is in.
I really can't see many if any one trading in their iPhone for a Balckberry. But I guess how absurd this offer is is what generated a lot of press for it and in kind about the Blackberry Passport. Which before this offer was announced - I don't think anyone even knew was out there.
So maybe that was their marketing genius at work - Guys lets make an offer so completely worthless and Zero chance of working - and the blogosphere will trip over themselves to make fun of it. And Guilty as Charged am I - brilliant Marketing Masterminds at Blackberry - Brilliant.
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/11/25/blackberry-offering-
iphone-owners-up-to-550-to-switch-platforms/
31:47
VOICEMAIL - - SAL_NY_TIP_Feature_speak_text_screen
Hi Rob
Just sharing something that I wasn't aware of until now, that I thought might be useful to share. My Photo Stream uploads and downloads are disabled once your battery reaches 20%. Downloading and uploading will resume once you charge your device and it is above 20%.
Regards
Steve
Hi Rob,
I would like to know is what your children use on the iPad both for enjoyment and learning. I have several grandchildren range and then 2 to 8, and I do not know anyone who uses iOS with their children thank you very much if you could help
Regards,
Ted from St. Louis
Hi Ted. First and foremost - Minecraft - both boys love creating in it - and actually get too passionate about it - when one destroys something in the others world. Mignon Rush is an app they keep going back to over and over. For Education - Stack the States and Stack the Countries are two apps they really like and I highly recommend. Back to Games - They also are both into Clash of Clans - and most recently they just purchased with their own money an app called Goat Simulator - it is $4.99 - and is from Coffee Stain studios - Link in show notes. This is where you get to be a goat and cause all kinds of havoc - and you can also be an penguin - and other animals. The developers say it is a stupid game and not to waste your money - and I tried for multiple days to get them from spending their money on it. But each day they were pretty determined to get it after seeing one of their friends play it. So now they have it and they are playing it quite a bit.
Hi Rob,
Since I updated my iPad 4 to 8.1.1 my multi finger gestures have been playing up a lot. They often don't work at all and I've tried toggling these on and off and all my standard attempts fix a bug short of a restore.
Has anyone else seen these issues or how to fix them?
Any help is appreciated
Regards,
Dan G
35:15
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/portenzo/armorgrip-
the-one-handed-case-for-iphone-6-plus?ref=nav_search
For a kickstarter project we have one you have to make a quick decision on - you have until December 8th at 11:26 AM CT to fund this one.
It had a very modest goal of $1,250 - and has raise over $3,400 to date.
It is the ArmorGrip - one word Case - which is a one handed cased for the iPhone 6+. So you have that big ol bad boy - but you find it tough to hold with one hand - well their case has an elastic strap on the back you slip a few fingers through and it makes it really easy to hold with one hand where you are not almost dropping it all the time.
Actually it looks pretty good.
Pricing on this is $49 for one or $79 for two or just $99 for 3. Delivery is estimated in Jan 2015.
Search for ArmorGrip at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 330 at today in iOS dot com.
36:16
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/01/technology/security/apple-
iphone-encryption-fingerprint/index.html
File this next one under - it is a slow news day or is it a slow new cycle. This next one is pretty up surd really - as it is on Cnn.com
And it is about how a hacker was able to get around touch ID security. Which if I stopped there you would say well that does not sound up surd for CNN to cover. But see in this case the quote hacker unquote is a 7 year old kid - and how he got around touch ID security - is he took his dad's iPhone when he was sleeping and pressed his thumb against the touch ID sensor to unlock the phone so he could play Minecraft.
And THIS IS NEWS on CNN why? Really - the thought that you could take someones finger while they are sleeping and use it to unlock a phone never occurred to anyone at CNN before?. Again must be a really really slow news cycle - especially when they include this quote in the article - quote This is a really serious problem unquote When talking about the police forcing you to unlock your iPhone. Here is a little hint - if you are a bad guy - maybe you don't want to use touch ID - just use a passcode. That way the courts can't force you to unlock it.
But seriously - CNN - It is not April 1st - save these type articles until then - Just Sayin.
37:34
http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/global/News/iPhone-
6-Plus-captures-41-of-US-phablet-sales-
So we know that the iPhone 6+ went on sale the end of September. And we know it has been really hard to find and get one. Many listeners still are waiting for theirs.
Well Kantar Worldwide Pannel put out one of their link bait market reports - and yes guilty as charged I am linking to it or well to an article about it.
This report covered the 3 months ending in October. So of the 13+ weeks covered - only about 5 of them was the iPhone 6+ on sale for and it still managed to garner 41% of all Phablet sales in the US - with a Phablet being defined as 5.5" and larger smartphones.
So if it was unconstrained for sales and available for the full 3 months - it would have been much greater than 41% - which was still pretty good.
Will be interesting to see when someone released numbers for this full quarter what % it managed to bring in.
38:38
VOICEMAIL - ROB_WA_FEEDBK_findmy_iPhone_3rdParty_speaker
Rob - once you locate that 3rd party speaker - just turn it off - and then the iPhone should ping at the iPhone.
Hey Rob,
Just wondering if you have heard anything at all regarding iTunes Radio coming to Canada?? I've heard some people having it on their Apple TV but not iPhone or iPod. I feel frustrated like many Canadians that get excluded from many things that seem to only be offered in the US. just wondering if I should just stop hoping and waiting or could you recommend an equally great app.
Regards,
Mitchell C
Hi Mitchell - Honestly - if you had said without looking is iTunes radio available in Canada or not - I would have said yes it is. I thought it was - I mean it was a little over a year ago we were talking about rumors of it launching in early 2014 - and Apple hiring people for iTunes radio Canada. And there were cases where in early 2014 - iTunes Radio started working for some users and then went away in Canada. So really I would have thought it was out - except for the fact - I can't find anything saying it is out in Canada yet or worse yet - anything saying when it will be out in Canada. Seems the Beats deal has slowed down the roll out of iTunes Radio. At this point i don't think it is possible to give even a rough estimate on when it will be available in Canada other then to say some time in the future - maybe.
Hi Rob, my name is Luis from California, long time listener, thanks a lot for the show. It'll be many questions, please share with audience so they can help me with some decisions.
- How can I make gmail to delete a message that has being deleted on my iPad or Iphone, I did change to "Trash" instead of archive, but still, If I delete an email either from Iphone or Ipad, when I get to my pc, stills there. Please if anyone knows how to do it?
- I'm a first time Ipad owner, got the Ipad air 2/128gb cellular, question: We have grandfathered the unlimited data from AT&T, but it gets throttled down when we reach 2 or 3 gb, wich it makes no longer sense to keep the plan, we're actually paying $180'ish for our family plan with 2 lines adn 1400 minutes, unlimited data and text, with 1 year left prior expiration. Can you share the details of your T-mobile plan please, and also ask the audience what would they do or have done? (We will be having 2 iphones 5s and an Ipad Air 2, or it just make sense to wait until contract expires? if so, where and which plan to get in the meantime for Ipad.
- I also like to invite the audience for recommendations of cases for Ipad Air 2, I'm in the construction industry, making cabinets, If anyone has had a good experience with a case that is not too big and bulky please share.
- I'll like to mention that I recently received my new iphone 5s case, it is from spigen, very well done, it keeps the nice thin looking of the iphone but at the same time it has very good protection.
- Lastly, please ask the audience from Orange county California to share their experience with T-mobile, We've being with AT&T for about 7 years.
Best Regards,
Luis A.
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46:26
http://www.redmondpie.com/heres-what-saurik-has-to-say-about-taig-ios-8.1.1-jailbreak/
Hi Rob,
Have you looked into the new jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1? I've installed it on two my devices and is working very well.
Just giving you a heads up.
Regards,
Justin
Hi Justing - thanks for the feedback - and Yes that jailbreak came out pretty darn quick. Per those wondering who TAIG - the group that did this jailbreak is - well keep wondering - because even Saurik from Cydia - does not know - that said - he did say it quote is probably safe unquote He did also say he is not the best to say if a jailbreak is safe or not - and that Musclenerd is a much better person to listen to - and Musclenerd has said this jailbreak does look safe.
On Nov 29th - muscle nerd suggested everyone wait a few days just in case.
Since then only positive words from Musclenerd - so it does look to be a jailbreak you can go forward with if you are running iOS 8.1.1 - AND have Windows computer - so far this is just for Windows. If you go to their site - t a i g dot com - in the upper right click on EN - and then the site will go to english - then down load the jailbreak software. There is a tutorial on the site.
As always - back up - back up and back up before jailbreaking. Also quit all open apps and do everything I recommend prior to updating the software.
As with any jailbreak - Don't jailbreak if you don't like when things break - or right before you go on a business trip. Bad things can happen when jailbroken and the more jailbroken apps and tweaks you install - the more likely you are going to have issues.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/11/taigs-jailbreak-for-
ios-8-1-1-is-available-now-for-windows-users
48:31
VOICEMAIL - Dave NJ_part1
Dave NJ_Part 2
Hi Rob,
I wanted to ask you about iCloud Photo Library beta. I have a rather large photo library on my phone 11.2 GB. This type of memory effects my storage in iCloud and takes up a huge chunk of it. Is iCloud Photo Library a good idea to turn on? Or will this eat up more of my iCloud storage? On top of my current storage issue. Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Jonah
Hi, Rob.
Just wanted you to know that I got myself an iPhone six, and I couldn't be happier! Actually, I've had it for about a month now, and I freaking love it! Touch ID is just magical, iOS eight runs so much better on my iPhone 6 than it did on my 4S, and I have the Alex voice. I loved Alex on my Mac, but he sounds just as amazing on my iPhone.
There is one thing I want to know, though. on an earlier episode, you talked about a mishap you had where a third-party lightning cable practically bricked your MacBook Pro. Now, I know you were able to fix your computer, but you had to open the back of it to do it. I, on the other hand, am not a hardware kind of person. The thought of opening up my MacBook Pro makes me really nervous. So, what I want to know is this. Would an official Apple lightning cable cause my MacBook Pro to shut down the way yours did, or is this just something that happens with cheap third-party cables? I would really love to know because right now, I'm so scared to plug my Fishel Apple lightning cable into my MacBook Pro that I keep using an older iPhone cable with the adapter to sync my new iPhone. That's working for me just fine, but I would still like to know if it's safe for me to use my Apple lightning cable with my computer. It's a mid 2012 model, have a happy Thanksgiving.
Regards,
Shandy
Shandy - the official Apple Cables will not cause this issue - this is something that happened to me with a cheap 3rd party cable - and something I only heard of happening to others - also using 3rd party cables. It should not happen with the official cable - and I have not seen any reports saying that had happened with the official Apple cables - sorry if my story got you concerned for no reason. I just wanted to warn Macbook pro users - especially those with 2011 or 2012 Macbook Pros - that they really need to stay clear of 3rd party lightening cables.
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