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Sat, 18 August 2012
Hi Rob, I used a combo of Fractile Plus/ Blender/ Text on Photo and Trancit apps. Regards,
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Episode 236 Transcript
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So a quick update on the Apple v Samsung case - Both Apple and Samsung have now presented their case. In between Apples part and Samsungs part the Court paused to Hear Samsung Argue that Apple failed to meet its legal burden and that the case should be stopped. Judge Lucy Koh said ummmm No - After which Samsung then had to present their case. Which they did this past week. Judge Koh did during the week lay into to Apple for a briefing they presented that was far from Brief - asking Apple lawyers if they were smoking crack for presenting such a long brief. For Apples part the lawyers did assure the judge they were in fact not smoking crack. Judge Koh did set closing arguments for Tuesday ensuring the jury will start debating among themselves if Samsung is not just a copiest but also a patent infringer. In a similar type case between Oracle and Google earlier this year that jury took about a week to reach a verdict. So sadly that may mean it is two more episodes before this is all behind us.
Well Here is some Audio from the Conan Obrien show about this case. Which by the way is when you know you made big when you are a skit on late night TV.
Ok switching gears to well something more interesting. There will be lots of reports between now and Sept 12th of Apple or one of their carriers dropping the price of the iPhone 4S - and All I can say is don't bite. Stay the course and wait for the iPhone 2012 to be released. Now is not the time to buy a new iPhone - regardless of the price reduction. Try restoring your old iPhone to factory settings if it is acting up and only re-install those apps you absolutely need. Do what you need to do - but hold off until Sep 12th - until you see what the iPhone 2012 really looks like and what new features it offers. If you really feel the need for a new iPhone or smartphone now - maybe find a doctor that could put you in a medically induced coma until the 12th. Do what you gotta do - but don't buy a new iPhone now - you want to wait.
Hi Rob,
The app the person was asking for about in ep 235 to allow direct TV to play on a jailbroken device is called X Con. It is free on the Cydia store Regards,
Steve from Arizona
Hi Rob,
I just listened to ep 235. I'm not sure what version of OSX the person was running, If he can upgrade to 10.8 Mountain Lion. The Notes app built in to OS 10.8 synchronizes with IOS.
Regards,
Delmaurio W
Hi Rob,
For those listeners interested in Straight Talk, the iPhone does NOT have to be unlocked. All one needs is ST's sim card and the plan's service pin each month. The sim card is a one time charge.
I've used ST off and on for a few months and it works perfectly with my locked iPhone 4.
Regards,
Harold
Harold - thanks for the heads up - If anyone else was able to get their iPhone that is not unlocked to work on Straight talk - please let me know - 206-666-6364
We have talked about Apples Podcasts app a few times with air quotes around few. And we will talk about it a bunch more no doubt. But it seems Apple this past week was trying to stack the deck in its own favor by well eliminating the competition. So to speak that is. What Apple did is when you searched for the word podcasts - there came up just a single app in the results in iTunes. And it was of course just their Podcasts App that showed up. Now things are back to normal - and a search for Podcasts in iTunes gives you many different apps - but with Apples Podcasts App in the first position - of course. Hey Apple - Hey Apple - Here is a thought put the time an effort you spent on rigging the search results into you know improving the app. So Not kosher on the rigged search results - just sayin.
I think at this point when it comes to the iPhone 2012 - The thought of the iPhone 2012 coming with a new smaller dock connector that does not work with any of your accessories or cords - well yeah - that sadly seems like a forgone conclusion at this point. So much so is it a forgone conclusion that the debate really is on how many pins for the connector. Initially it was reported as it being a 19 pin connector. But now the 9 pin connector rumor camp seems to be the ones making the most noise. Part of the back up for the 9 pin connector comes from iOS 6 Beta software where there is a reference to quote copy device supports 9 pin unquote all one word - that was found in the code. You know what spec requires 9 pins as well - USB 3.0 - that requires 9 pins. There are also some rumored photos showing up of an 8 pin connector - well 8 pins on the connector plus the grounding of the connector make 9. The best of the articles I came across on this comes from Gizmodo. Look for the article titled - Next iPhone's Rumored Foolproof Dock Connector - in the show notes for Ep 236 over at today in iOS dot com. If this is the connector apple goes with it will be a big improvement vs the 30 pin from a connection / reliability perspective. But it will still suck that none of my accessories will be compatible - and will likely be the main reason I am not even thinking of updating to the iPhone 2012. Well that and the fact I am nowhere even close to eligible for an upgrade.
Hi Rob,
With more leaked New iPhone parts from china today pointing to a launch soon, but if a new iPad mini is coming out at the same time would we not be seeing leaked parts for that too
My guess would be that there is no iPad mini in the pipeline - not for the sept launch anyway.
This happened last year with loads of leaked parts appearing for the 4s on the run up to the launch and no 'iPhone 5' parts. The various rumour websites were still saying there would be an iPhone 5 to accompany the 4s, but we now know this did not arrive
Just my opinion
Regards,
Chris Gough Nottingham, England
Hi Chris,
Actually there have been some photos of supposed iPad mini parts including a the back casing and just recently the bottom connector and head phone jack - but you are correct it is no where near what we are seeing the iPhone 2012. I would agree it will not launch on Sept 21st - when the iPhone 2012 is supposed to be launching - I would guess the iPad mini - if announced on Sept 12th - which does seem to be likely now - well the iPad mini would not likely start shipping until at least a month after the iPhone 2012. And maybe not even until after the US election. Apple may want to move out the iPad mini shipping until about 2 weeks after the election so as not to be over shadowed by all the election talk in the US. But that is just my guess.
Per the iPad mini and what it will look like - the general thought is a mix between the iPad and iPod touch. The supposed pictures of the iPad mini dock and head phone connectors - show not only would it have the new 9 pin dock connector - but that it would also have the head phone jack at the bottom the iPad mini. Just like with the iPod touch. Also the guess is that the screen would be closer to the side of the case than with the iPad. Essentially the rumors are that the iPad mini is not a 7" screen but a 7.8" screen - so a bigger screen than the Nexus and Kindle fire - but physically about the same size for the unit dimensions.
Assume it will be much lighter than the iPad - and also much thinner - but battery life comparable to the iPad. Over all it will be a Nexus / Kindle Fire killer - at a price of around $299 or $249.
Thanks to Jim M - for this next one. Which goes over some tests done on iOS 6 show that it does scale to 640 x 1136 - giving more fuel to the large iPhone 2012 rumors. Essentially using the a developer tool called iOS simulator and setting a resolution of 640 x 1136 - with iOS 6 beta - it allowed for 5 rows of apps above the tray vs just 4 rows of apps above the tray when a similar test was done on iOS 5.1.
So essentially this builds on the rumor of a 4 inch screen for the iPhone 2012 one that is longer and a little wider - with a 16 x 9 aspect ratio. And that the iPhone 2012 would be the same width as the iPhone 4S.
Add to that the loss of the Youtube App - bluetooth file sharing and no need to put in passwords for free app downloads - we are starting to see a better picture of what iOS 6 will support and do that was not talked about on stage by Apple in June.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob, Will next iPhone be called iPhone 4G, iPhone 5, iPhone 6, all new iPhone or something else? Best guess?Regards,
Mike
Hi Mike
100% it will NOT be CALLED the iPhone 5 - Anyone calling it the iPhone 5 is clueless and should not be trusted.
100% it will NOT be the iPhone 4G - see Australia and lawsuit there.
iPhone 6 - hmmm - maybe - as it actually will be the 6th iPhone - which is why it will not be the iPhone 5. But not very likely it will be called the iPhone 6 either.
I think the 6th iPhone - the iPhone 2012 as I call it now - will most likely just be called the new iPhone
And all these numbers and letters will go away.
Just like the Mac Book Pro is the Mac Book Pro and not the Mac Book Pro 9
Back to the email bag.
Hey Rob,
Just wanted to send in my review of the Parker Planner app. Its been out for a couple months but just recently dropped to 99 cents so I finally got it. I really like it so far because it combines a planner page with a notes feature and todo list. I think this makes planning from my ipod much easier because I don't have to constantly switch between the cal app and my todo app. The app still needs a little work before it perfect, the todo feature is good but doesn't seem to be fully flushed out yet so I am hoping that will get better with future updates that will add alarms and sorting features. Anyway its a good calendar app that will use any calendar that is synched with you iphone, but gives you the ability to control which ones will display. Hope some of your listeners will check it out.
regards,
Ben
Hi Rob,
This is Paul from Mississippi. I have wanted to do an review of some of the Kickstarter things I have backed around 20 of them and all iPhone and iPad related.
Here are two the LilyPad iPad case now called the Kudo iPad case and the EscapeCapsule waterproof iPhone case.
The LilyPad iPad case did not work but the maker did a great thing a replaced all of them with the new Kudo case that does work. This was $165. Funded oct 2011 shipped around Jan 2012 then replaced around April 2012
The EscapeCapsule waterproof iPhone case. I got the Kickstarter only edition “Green and glow-in-the-dark” for $80. This was one of my first things to back on Kickstarter Funded Sept 2011 shipped around june 2012 a very long wait. In that time lots of new waterproof iPhone cases came to market. This is a nice case but not as good as some others out there. (side note mine is on eBay) The glow-in-the-dark is not to good. You can’t charge the phone in the case. The case just does not fit like you would think it should.
Regards,
Paul
Hi Rob,
Here is a Kickstarter project that looks cool.... i have no affiliation. It is called the HumanToolz Stand for iPad 3 with Humantoolz being one word with a Z at the end not an s Regards, -- Scott L
Hi Scott thanks for the heads up on this Kickstarter project which is an iPad stand. It does look cool but sadly at just $12.7 k in funding and only 21 days to go to get to a goal of $80k - unless these guys get on a big marketing / social media push - this one is likely not going to get funded.
If you are looking for a good looking and functional stand for your iPad 3rd gen - to you know go along with probably a few others you already have - search for Humantoolz Stand in kickstarter or look for the links in the show notes for ep 236 over at today in iOS dot com.
Thanks to Mark H for this next one - which is for all the Craigslist users and eHarmony and match.com users - it is the burner App - that lets you set up temporary phone numbers - that expire after 7 days during which time you get up to 20 minutes of talk and 60 texts. The owners claim this is not for nepharous use - but I can't imagine they would say other wise - after all they are not going to say if you are Dominatrix you could use this service. Nope they claim this is for those that use craigs list and dating sites that don't want to give out their permeant number. Clearly this is not for Johns that are in a town for a week on business and are looking for a call back from a pimp. Or at least the owners would say it is not for that. Any way the App is called the Burner app and it costs $1.99 per each new temp number. Expect to see this as a plot line in an upcoming law and order SVU episode.
Hey if you are listening to this prior to August 20th - then there is a free app called Silent Film Director - which does as the name implies. Search for Silent Film Director 3 words in iTunes and get it while it is free.
Hi rob i have a question for you is it possible to take my Verizon iPhone 4 and use it as a prepaid iPhone on straigt talk. This iphone dosnt have a slot to insert a prepaid SIM card so i was wondering do u no if its possible to make it prepaid
Regards,
No name - no sim card.
Well NNNSC - Nope you can not take that iPhone 4 for Verizon and move it to Straight talk - because it is a CDMA phone - Straightalk is a GSM carrier - or technically a MVNO using the GSM network of AT&T.
Back to the email bag,
Hi Rob
I have a windshield-mounted dock (TomTom) and when it gets hot, sometimes my iPhone will shut off due to temperature unless I run the defroster to cool it off. It usually comes without warning, but I've found a warning sign. If you have less than 100% on the battery and it is showing the "plugged in" icon (battery with plug) instead of the "charging" icon (battery with lightning bolt), it is getting too hot. Hope this helps other dashboard iPhoners and fellow Wazers (users of the Waze app, a great app). Regards,
Lou V
Hi Rob,
Just a heads up - Best buy now has star wars cases for iPhones.
Regards,
Levi.
Hi Rob,
Thought your listeners might be interested in Square's pricing structure change given the recent user reviews you've had on your show.
Looks more affordable!
No More Swipe Fees For Small Businesses Using Square Payment Processing
Regards, Erik
Hi Erik,
Thanks for the heads up. Here are some interesting items about this change quote Small businesses who make less than $250,000 per year will no longer have to pay the standard 2.75 percent per swipe processing fee (though they can still opt for this) if they pay one flat rate currently set at $275 monthly.
Square has also dropped transaction limits for new users. Before the change, Square held funds over for new users who brought in over $1000 in a week. This is no longer the case; all new businesses that use Square’s mobile card reader for Android or iOS will have all of their funds available in their bank account by the followingbusiness day. unquote.
Not sure how this compares to others out there - but it does look like Square realized they were loosing some small business folks.
Ok - Apple TV rumor time - or really iTV rumor or is it Apple Console TV rumors. Well you know the rumors about a big 40" or so TV from Apple. And in this case rumor is probably being generous as this is coming from an Anal-ist - Pete Misek from Jefferies and CO to be specific. He said the following in a research note this past week.
Quote We believe the iTV is in full production. Recent data out of Sharp, Hon Hai, and other specialty chemical and TV component suppliers support this. Also, JDSU noted that they have a new non-gaming customer for its gesture control modules. They indicated this is a new "living room" based customer. We believe Apple will leverage AT&T's and Verizon's content deals for the iTV. Additionally, the WSJ's sources indicate Apple may also consider a set-top box version for the cable operators. unquote
Misek is apparently already modeling for 2 million iTV's to be sold in this calendar year - those 2 million units would be selling with an average sales price of $1,250. Ummmm Yeah - 2 Million iTV's sold at $1,250 by the end of the year for a product not rumored about by any of the sites known for apple leaks - a product not announced - a product that replaces something you replace oh once a decade if at that rate. Yeah that product will sell 2 million units at $1,250 a unit - Well looks like we found out who was smoking that Crack the Judge Koh claimed was an Apple Lawyer. Nope it was just an Analyst covering Apple.
This past week the Wallstreet journal had a couple of articles talking about apple and its TV plans. Or more specifically its Cable TV plans and possibly coming up with a set top box to supply to Cable operators. Yes - that really really attractive Set top box business the one with really low margins.
It seems One Anal-ist Rich Tullo from Alfred Fried & Co. suggest that apple just buy TiVo and they could easily do so for just about 2 billion dollars. The argument being that if Apple wants to be in the set top box business the fastest way there is via TiVo. But given Apples history of acquisitions - a 2 Billion dollar Acquisition would be 5 times larger than their largest ever. Just does not seem likely.
I am not saying I would not like to see Apple acquire Tivio and bring that tech to their other products As I definitely would like to see that I am just saying that I do not see it likely to happen - given Apples very conservative nature in acquisitions.
Back to the email bag.
Hi Rob,
Wanted to let you know of something I came across. It is called AirParrot which you can find at air parrot dot com.
For people with older Macs like mine. I have a 2008 15" MacBook PRO
and a HP Windows 7 PC that this works on.
Trial only lasts 20 minutes but it is only $10.00 for the full version.
It lets your PC or older MAC use your Apple TV to Mirror your screen to your Big TV. regards,
ÐaVîd
Thanks david for the heads up on Airparrot.
Hi Rob,
Figure you've already heard of the guy
That got hacked. Laptop/iPhone/iPad.
Saw his data diss spearing before his eyes!
I just listened to this weeks "on the media" podcast in which it was the ending story.
Mike R
Texas Trucker
Hi Mike,
Yup - he was on TWiT 2 weeks ago.
And they talked about it on Mac OS Ken early this week.
As I see it - this is not an issue with iOS or iCloud.
But rather about a determined hacker that went way above and beyond to get access to a users account and errors by the end user in how he had his passwords set and issues with Amazon and Apple on allowing resets over the phone and in Amazon's case allowing the addition of an email account over the phone.
At the end of the day - this is not something that would effect even the smallest % of regular users.
Hence why I have not reported on this story - I don't think it is a story - in as far as this is something any listeners need to worry about. It is like people being afraid of sharks - when it is cows that kill 27 times more people in the US each year than sharks.
The more important thing here is to make sure you have different passwords for different accounts and your most secure account is where you send password resets to for the other accounts.
It is funny how much press that quote unquote story received. Which is almost as funny as how little press a story about Android Malware tends to get. Russian Security firm - Kaspersky lab just reported on their Q2 findings and they claim the number of new Mal ware programs targeting Android has almost tripled in Q2 of 2012. With over 14,900 new programs with Mal ware were added into their database - that means those are just the ones they found out about.
This vs quote just unquote 5,441 in Q1. Ouch fun to be on Android.
I think what is most telling is not the total number of programs with Mal ware but that Kaspersky says in the future these programs will be more effective and more targeted on Android to steal users money - via getting your financial records and credit card numbers.
Open is good again how?
iOS is not without some security issues. Ad Pod2G made news this week calling out Apple about security issues with SMS. Where essentially hackers could send you a text message where the ID of where the text message is coming from is spoofed. Ie made to look like it is coming from say AT&T or worse yet your bank. Why Pod2G sees this as an issue is that because when you reply to said message it sends you not to your bank but back to the hackers site. Or as he says quote
- pirates could send a message that seems to come from the bank of the receiver asking for some private information, or inviting them to go to a dedicated website. [Phishing]
- one could send a spoofed message to your device and use it as a false evidence.
- anything you can imagine that could be utilized to manipulate people, letting them trust somebody or some organization texted them.
unquote.
Pod2G ends his post with the advice to never trust any SMS you receive on your iPhone.
Per this issue Here is a post about on the loop - which I am going to read pretty much verbatim as Apple replied to Jim on this - thanks Jim.
Quote Apple on Saturday responded to reports of a vulnerability to SMS spoofing that can be done to users of the company’s iPhone.From Apple quote “Apple takes security very seriously. When using iMessage instead of SMS, addresses are verified which protects against these kinds of spoofing attacks,” an Apple representative told The Loop. “One of the limitations of SMS is that it allows messages to be sent with spoofed addresses to any phone, so we urge customers to be extremely careful if they’re directed to an unknown website or address over SMS.” unquote There is a key point in what Apple told me (me being Jim and not me - we are still in Jims quote). A lot has been written in the press about how the “iPhone” has this problem, but Apple isn’t alone. The vulnerability is not with the iPhone, but rather with the SMS technology. The iPhone is not alone in being susceptible to this type of attack — all phones that use SMS can be tricked in the same way. That’s why the verification and security of using iMessage is so much better.
Unquote.
Again that is from an article over on the loop - link of course in the show notes for ep 236
So essentially Pod2G ended his article with don't trust an SMS on an iPhone - and I guess Apple is saying don't trust an SMS on any smartphone.
Sweet
Thanks to Jim for this next one. Remember there was rumblings that AT&T might charge for FaceTime over cellular - well now AT&T has stated that they will not charge on one little condition - you have to be on any of their Mobile Share plans to use FaceTime over cellular for free. What the Frack - AT&T do you really really really want us to jailbreak that bad? Or maybe you just want people to switch to Sprint - that does not try any of this crap. Either way this is sooooo un cool AT&T. I use AT&T and I have stuck with them through thick and thin - but more and more they give me reasons not to want to stay. Luckily for me I will just keep jail breaking and using tweaks to get around the Insane policies. Data is Data - and I have an unlimited data plan - I should be able to do with my data as I please. Again only Sprint seems to understand the meaning of the word Unlimited - which is why I invested in Sprint early this year when the stock was at $2.19 a share - and now sits at $5.19 a share - ka ching. Thanks AT&T for doing your best to make Sprint a much more attractive carrier for anyone new looking for an iPhone - just sayin.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob, I just discovered a trick to get FaceTime over 3G now without Jailbreaking. You need a tether.com account (not sure if it works with the tether app that was quickly pulled from the App Store). Connect your MacBook to your iPhone via tether. Run FaceTime on your MacBook. Apparently, FaceTime thinks the MacBook is on a wifi network and works (though choppy). Regards,
Lou V
Hi Rob,
I created a guide to photography on the iPhone 4S:
It teaches positioning, editing, different options with the built-in camera app, and more.
Thanks for all that you do.
Regards,
Ben.
Hi Ben thanks for the heads up on the link - folks search for iPhone Photography guide in the show notes for Ep 236 over at today in iOS dot com .
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