Hi_Rob,
Made using PhotoFunia for the iPhone and with Sketch on the iPad.
and I used the I'd Cap that app to put the text on the pic.
Regards,
Carl from iamthereforeipad.com
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Transcript - iTem 0248
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Looks like Apple has recalled some of their B1 Bombers that were headed for Taiwan and HTC headquarters - As Apple and HTC have given some of their lawyers a 10 year furlough. Apple and HTC agreed to cross license their patents with HTC reportedly paying out between $6 and $8 a smartphone to Apple. This on top of the roughly $5 per smartphone they HTC already pays out to Microsoft. The agreement is reported to be worth about $280 Million dollars per year to start for Apple. Now that might sound like a lot. But really when Apple has 121 Billion+ dollars in the bank - yeah not so much. And when you think Apple just paid out $21 Mil to the swiss railway for one clock design in iOS 6 - yeah - $280 mil sounds like even smaller - and when you think about Apple just loosing a $368 Mil patent case to a Patent Troll in TX for FaceTime - Yeah - $280 mil now sounds down right like a steel for HTC. What this means to all of us - Well absolutely nothing - unless you were wanting one of those HTC phones that were banned from import into the US. But for iOS users - it just means one less court case I will be reporting on or choosing not to report on in the future.
I guess this next one goes in the category of when pigs fly. Or maybe it is just proof of the 2012 appocalypse - I am talking about in this case That Mr Paul - overly featured in the how wrong were they section - Thurrott and his glowing almost jubiliantly positive review of the ipad min. Where he ends the review with quote While some Apple products lend themselves to easy criticism, the new iPod touch and iPad mini are pretty incredible.... the quality of these devices leaves me speechless. Both are beautiful, thin, light, and remarkably well-made. Both are market leaders. And yes, both are highly recommended. unquote What the Frack - When did we enter Bizarro world.
One thing people are doing with the iPad Mini is testing and comparing it to other Tablets - especially in the 7 to 8 inch range. And one of the most important specs to me on the iPad has always been battery life - so how does the iPad mini compare - Best in class of course. The Nexus 7 in testing came in at 7 hours and 26 mins on a full charge. The Kindle Fire HD at 7 hours 30 mins. The Nook HD was a full hour better at 8 hours and 30 mins - but that was nothing compared to the 10 hours and 33 minutes of the iPad Mini. So yes - the iPad Mini is every inch an iPad.
Well that is unless you compare the iPad Mini to the iPad 4. Which is what MacWorld did - and they also through in the iPad first second and third gens along with the iPhone 5. So how did the Mini and iPad4 do. Well in Geekbench score - the Mini had a score of just 751 vs the 1769 of the iPad 4. But compared to the iPad 2 and 3 - it is about the same speed in the benchmark tests. And in testing on frame rates - the iPad mini was better than the iPad 2 and 3 - but not even close to the iPad 4. So overall - the iPad mini will give you performance close to what you saw speed wise with the iPad 3rd gen - but with a screen resolution a bit better than the iPad 2.
Per the iPad Mini and pixels per inch here is how it matches up to other iPad's and the iPhone 5. iPad 2 - 132 pixels per inch, iPad mini - 163 pixels per inch - the ipad 3rd and 4th gen - 264 pixels per inch. The iPhone 5 is 326 pixels per inch. So the iPad mini - if you are used to using the iPad 3rd gen or the iPhone 4, 4S or 5 - well it is much lower.
For perspective the Nexus7 and Fire HS are both 216 pixels per inch - but the screens are much smaller and lets face it they are not ipads - and if you buy one of those for your kids instead of the mini - you will be the parent that gave the Action Jackson doll when they really wanted a GI joe with kung fu grip - don't be that parent.
Rumors already abound about the iPad Mini with Retina - ok well not abound so much as are in some post in china on the DoNews site you need to translate.
I am sure the iPad mini rumors will be kicked around for some time. But my feeling is we are a bit away - at least the 3rd gen of the mini before we see retina. Remember the iPad 3rd gen needed to be increased in weight and width to support the retina display - and that means right now with current tech - the same and more would happen to the Mini - and I still firmly believe weight and thickness are too big design goals for the mini - as in keeping it lighter and thinner than the comp. Even at the expense of not having a retina display. So while you hear people - some even very knowledgeable - I looking at you leo - talking about wanting a retinia display for the mini - the reason it is not there is obvious - weight and thickness. Pick up the mini and you will realize for the vast majority of the population - that was the right call by apple.
Some interesting numbers coming out of a survey of iPad Mini buyers. The survey was done be Cowen and Co. Yeah not sure who that is either - but hey they have company in their name so I am game. What their survey found was only 16.6% of those buying an iPad Mini were buying it to replace another device. But of those buying the mini to replace a device 42% said it was replacing a PC. vs 29% saying it was replacing another iPad vs 13% saying it was replacing a Kindle Fire. Anal-ists are starting to report that the iPad Mini is not so much a fine young cannibal on the iPad ecosystem as it is a veracious Man Eater per the PC Market. As a personal note - I know that in my Family - my Parents are buying two iPad Mini's at least for grand kids this year and that could swell to 4 iPad Mini's when all is said and done. The iPad Mini at $329 - might be more than the $199 Kindle Fire - but when you can give an iPad vs a Fire - that is the difference between giving a GI Joe with kung fu action grip vs an Action jackson. Get your Apple stock now when it is down in the low mid $500's because after the holidays - yeah - it is likely going to be much much higher than that. Full and fair disclosure I am long on Apple and have been for over 18 months - And yes I own Apple shares. Thankfully.
Thanks Tash for the heads up on this next one which is a review of the new iPad Mini smart cover - and it is not good. What are your thoughts on the new smart cover for the iPad mini? Actually in the Apple store - it is now up to 3 and half stars - but there are some one star ratings. Seems those complaining are complaining about the fit of the smart cover and the strength of the magnets. Again those of you that have an iPad Mini - did any of you get Apples Smart Cover and how is it working for you. 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Those of you that ordered the iPad Mini with LTE - should be getting yours starting on Friday the 16th. Well except for a few that live on the east coast of the US - If you live on the east cost and have an open order for an iPad Mini and it shows it shipping in from China - Well you might want to check again - as 3,600 iPad Mini's were just stollen from JFK airport from the same building where the famous Lufthansa heist featured in GoodFells took place. The 3,600 iPad Mini's are valued at around 1.5 Million dollars - so not quite as big a heist as the 5Mil taken in the luftansa heist. Actually the thieves only made off with two out of five pallets of iPad Mini's - they were detected part of the way through the caper and took off early.
So if your Tracking report suddenly shows your iPad Mini not coming in when expected - it might be because some wise guy in NY gave it to his goomar
AT&T is making it a little less expensive up front to buy an iPad - by Offering $100 of any tablet with a two year AT&T data plan. That includes if you are on one of those shared plans. For the shared plan it is a $10 adder per month. For stand alone data plans for tablets they are
- $15 for 250MB
- $30 for 3GB
- $50 for 5GB
I don't know why I even mention the $15 a month plan - with only 250 mb - don't even think about it.
For Comparisons sake - Sprints LTE data only plans for tablets are
$15 for 300 MB
$35 for 3GB
$50 for 6 GB
and $80 for 12 GB per month.
And Verizon is
$20 for 1 GB
$30 for 2 GB
$50 for 5 GB
and $80 for 10 GB
So to start - if you are thinking around 3GB of data will be good - AT&T actually has the best offering of $30 for 3GB and you get $100 off the Tablet to boot.
A Tip from the Dev of Podblaster App we mentioned in the give away section earlier.
Hi Rob,
I was able to remedy my horrible network speeds introduced with ios6 by limiting my router to the b band. Just a temporary fix I hope, but changed download speed from 1 mb/s to 20!
Regards,
Dave
Hi Rob-
The listener with the sports team doesn't need to install an app, just needs to turn off "group messaging" in the settings. It will send each message individually and if somebody responds it will just come back to him (not the rest of the people he sent it to).
The default setting is an annoying "feature" if you ask me.
Best,
______________________
Erik
Hey rob,
In your last show you had a caller that had a problem in iMessage, when he got a reply the notification sound it too soft to hear & he wanted to know how to fix this. I've noticed this myself and it seems to occur only when the app is left open. So if I close iMessage by hitting the home button, the normal notification volume is used.
Regards,
- Jessi D
Hey Rob,
At the end of last episode. Caller Bob asked about turning up the volume for a received iMessage. I have an additional tip that could help.
LED flash for alerts
If you go to settings > general > accessibility then scroll down and turn on LED for flash alerts. Whenever you receive a iMessage, email, text, even phone calls the flash of the camera will flash it's light and visually notify you. Hope this helps. Also good for meetings where even vibrate could be to loud.
Regards,
DJ Medina
Hi Rob,
I found by accident a gesture the other day on the IPad 3rd gen iOS 6.0.1. When I go back and forth between two apps I use a four finger swipe but some times I am using more than a few ie) invoicing , checking calendar, email, good reader ect. You can use a four finger swipe up and the app switcher pops up instead of having to double tap the home button. I though someone may find this handy and it saves some wear and tear on the home button.
Regards,
Corfy
Hi rob,
As asked in today's episode, here's my feedback on iTunes Match.
Overall I really like iTunes Match, however, there is a new bug in iOS 6 that is affecting me. When I am on wireless, iTunes Match works great. When I am not connected to wireless I get an error that my iTunes Match subscription has expired (which it hasn't) and my playlists disappear. Some people have reported that all of their music disappears. From what I read, this issue is generally limited to 3G on AT&T.
One other big issue is that you can no longer delete music when iTunes Match is turned on. You have to turn it off to delete anything, then turn it back on again.
Myron U
Dear Rob,
My experience with Itunes Match was very lackluster with iOS 5. What I thought I was getting was a service that would stream music to my phone from my home collection, music that I liked but either couldn't fit onto my stuffed Iphone 4 32gb or just didn't want as a go to.
But instead I got a a badly implemented service that downloaded songs any time I wasn't looking and I would constantly have to turn off match and empty my phone.
But since ios6, Itunes match has been acting exactly as advertised, making it clear that you are streaming music unless you specifically select to download it. It's terrific and makes me think I really didn;t have to spend the xtra 100$ for the 64 gb version of my iphone 5 which I also love.
Regards,
Dennis
Hi Rob,
A couple of times over the last few episodes of TII, you've mentioned iPhone 5 battery issues.
When I first received mine, the battery was horrible.
All that I did to fix it was to completely drain in down until it shut off. Then I recharged it over night.
My battery is AWESOME now.
I believe that it's called "conditioning" the battery.
You might want to pass that info on.
Regards,
Mick
SE Wisconsin
Hi rob! Per the comment about Clearing Recents in email in iOS 6.1 beta This is already available in iOS 6.0 - not just for the beta.
Regards,
Jose.
Hi Jose - thanks for the correction - which leads me to say - well then what the frack is new in iOS 6.1 beta? Well actually it is beta 2 as Apple released the 2nd beta of iOS 6.1
Ok - now lets talk about an issue with iOS 6 - There is an issue with excessive bandwidth with requests for podcasts. Initially this was thought to be an issue with the podcasts app in iOS 6 - but really this seems to be an issue with iOS 6.0. This is something PRX labs put up a post detailing - and it is something I have seen at my day job since iOS 6 launched - and I am seeing being less of an issue since iOS 6.0.1 was released - but still not perfect.
I think the easiest way to explain what is happening is iOS does not request a single file for download - it does byte range requests - which means it pulls down small pieces at a time. Which normally is fine - saw you segment a file into 100 pieces - and the first request is for segments 1 to 10 and the next 11 to 20 and then 21 to 30 and so one - at the end you downloaded 10 segments - equal in size to the original file - makes sense to do this as cellular connections are not as stable as wifi. Problem is what iOS 6.0 seems to do - is it requests segments 1 to 10 and then say 3 to 12 and then 6 to 15 and so on. With the segments overlapping so to speak - at the end when it is all said and done instead of downloading say 10 MB of data your iOS device downloaded 28 MB of data for that 10 MB file. This is an issue - for the end use - especially if you are getting podcasts or media files via cellular - as it eats up more data from your plan. But where this is a much much bigger issue is for those hosting media files. Their bandwidth bills were up anywhere from 2X to 5X in october vs say August.
This is something almost all podcasts hosts saw - many did not understand why - but again most know of it. As a user if you are seeing excessive bandwidth usage since upgrading to iOS 6.0 and you like podcasts - then it is best to upgrade to iOS 6.0.1 ASAP.
Link in he show notes to the PRX post titled - iOS 6.0 causes CDN overages.
Speaking of issues - the latest issue dejur on the iPhone 5 - is one that has to do with note precisely vertical scrolling. Essentially you slide your finger back and forth diagonally on the the screen - say when in a long list of emails - and you may eventually see the scrolling stop and sometimes the screen lock up all together.
This appears to happen when you are going diagonally up or down - but not when you are going straight up or down.
And this issue is appearing for iPhone 5's only - and for those running both iOS 6.0 and 6.0.1.
If you have an iPhone 5 - please let me know if you can duplicate this issue - and if you are a dev - let me know if you can duplicate this issue with iOS 6.1 beta 2 as well.
There was a post on Ars Technica titled Where are all the iPhone 5 app updates. And it was bemoaning that the iPhone 5 has been out almost 2 months - but most apps are not updated for the iPhone 5's larger screen. The article tries to guess why - and ummm really did they not talk to some devs. I think the biggest issue of not upgrading is if you upgrade the App to iPhone 5 - that means you are going to
the new Armv7s instruction set as well as the increased screen size. Which means you are no longer able to build apps that run on second generation (or earlier) iOS devices (iPhone, iPhone 3G, 2nd generation ipod touch). and you will no longer be able to support iOS versions before iOS 4.3.
So my feeling is the delay was a lot of devs going hmm - should I really upgrade the app to get rid of letter boxing at the expense of those earlier devices.
I know that is a debate we had internally - and we finally decided - yes - so since a couple of you started asking recently - we are working on a new version of the Tii App - which when released will only work with devices running iOS 4.3 and later. Sorry for those about to be left out in the cold. It is not many of you - and rest assured your sacrifice will pave the road to a new and faster Tii App - with out letter boxing on the iPhone 5 - I hope you know your sacrifice is greatly appreciated.
But yeah - My guess is many devs are just debating the issue - and not looking to be the first group to piss off users of the older devices.
Let me know your thoughts on our plans to upgrade the Tii App - would you rather have a faster app that is optimized for the iPhone 5 screen but does not work on iOS devices running anything older than iOS 4.3 - or would you like to stay with the older slower current version that works with older iOS devices.
206-666-6364 - 206-moon-dog or email today in iOS at gmail dot com
Hi Rob,
I noticed many 4" optimized apps seems to have used the extra height for "nothing" but putting ads rather than more tools/buttons or lines of text! Evil or immoral? Smart lol? So I got a new phone for ads basically. That was part of the reason with 3.5 " with iAds, google ads or other ads for needing a taller screen. Why not ads at top & bottom?!! That would be Sarcasm.
Regards,
Michael
Thanks to Tash for the heads up on this next one. It is a post by Anthony Agius - whom had a little extra time on his hands and decided to check ebay for the winning bid prices for iPhones recently. These were all unlocked iPhones in working conditions and the average prices he found were.
16GB iPhone 4 - $354.59
32GB iPhone 4 - $381.76
16GB iPhone 4S - $488.78
32GB iPhone 4S - $521.84
64GB iPhone 4S - $562.60
That's right - that one year old iPhone 4S 64 GB - still has a value of $562.60 in a free and fair market. Not that ebay is exactly free cost wise. I wonder how many one year old Android phones have that type of value today.
There was a post over on CBS's local site in Chicago about if tablets and touch screen devices in general and the iPad in specific is a good or bad thing to help young kids with fine motor skills.
My feeling is it is like anything else - you need to use in moderation - but if asking if I want my kid interacting with his iPad or sitting and just watching TV - clearly - I want the interaction.
The key I think is finding those apps that teach more than the swipe skill set. Swipping is easy - it is the pinching and fine motor skills I want my youngest working on - and many times those skills are best worked on in the dare I say it real world - picking up blocks and little objects and working on writing.
Anyone with any thoughts on this subject let me know.
And speaking of kids and iPad apps and iOS 6 - we must again mention guided access - which allows you to lock down certain functions and even lock you into a single app with the home button turned off. Which is very nice when using the iPad as a baby sitter - umm I mean when you have you toddler working on their fine motor skills.
To set up guided access do the following.
- Open the Settings app, tap General and then tap Accessibility.
- Tap Guided Access and move the slider to the On position.
- Set a passcode that will be required to disable Guided Access. close the Settings app.
- Once you’re in an app, triple-click the Home button.
- The Guided Access options screen appears
- Here you’ve got several options. Simply draw a circle around the button or element you want disabled.
- Click Start. The settings screen recedes and the altered app runs.
Very cool. Link to those instructions over at 52tiger.net in the show notes for ep 248.
Michael Wolff - Wrote an article for USA today that a couple of you sent my way - It was titled the Age of Apple may be over - and basically it was another of the pile on apple and kick them while their stock is down type articles - where he says they peaked and are falling just like others Microsoft, IBM and GM for example. Here is my letter to Michael about his article.
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the article in USA today - it made my day - I have not read such a funny - tongue-in-cheek article in a long time.
Design as an illusion - Classic.
And mentioning the 50% market share for tablets - oh double snap classic. I mean even IDC said those numbers were suspect last quarter as people waited for the new iPad.
And avoiding mentioning that Apple became the most valued company in the world - while not even having a 20% market share in its core businesses - actually not even a 10% market share on the computer side - brilliant. I mean sure you mention IBM and Microsoft - both at about 95% market share at their peaks - and GM - somewhere around 50%. So bringing up what Apple did with such a small market share and large available market share going forward would have confused those looking to understand the topic at hand.
Again great article - very funny. Not accurate - but very very funny.
Thanks for the laugh.
Regards,
Rob Walch
Today in iOS
Surprisingly Michael did not reply to that email - I guess he is busy doing detailed research for his next article.
CEO Steve Ballmer told the French daily Le Parisien on Saturday that Surface sales quote "are starting modestly, unquote
Compare that to Tim Cooks comments of quote Customers around the world love the new iPad mini and 4th gen iPad. we set a new launch weekend record unquote. Yeah when you do that comparison -quote are starting modestly unquote - just does not sound so good. Actually is you google or bing the words are starting modestly with quotes around them - every result is attributed to Balmer - it is like that phrase will not and forever be his. Amazing no one had ever really combined those three words in that order where it registered in any search results.
Hi Rob,
Just wondered whether you might have any news on the new iTunes 11 as I seem to remember reading that it was supposed to be released in October?!
regards
Stephen S
Hi Stephen - Yes - it is late. Ok - not really news as much as a general observation. But yeah - it was supposed to be out in October and well not so much. Ok Apple did actually have an official statement and went like this
quote
“The new iTunes is taking longer than expected and we wanted to take a little extra time to get it right. We look forward to releasing this new version of iTunes with its dramatically simpler and cleaner interface, and seamless integration with iCloud before the end of November.”
unquote.
Given recent history - probably best right now for Apple to be slightly criticized for releasing something a little late - then it is for them to be raked over the coals for releasing something bloggers think was released too soon.
Hi Rob,
Best explanation of the mobile / cell network search option I found:
"It works with location services and keeps note of your regularly passed cellular towers, so that you are always getting the best signal quickly, on say, a commute. Not really something you will notice in London, but a bonus for me, living in Deliverance-ville. Means I don't get significant 3G dropout that I used to"
Thanks for the show.
Gary
Hi Rob,
Here is a little tip.
If you have a @me or @mac e-mail address, now @icloud is automatically available. When sending an e-mail, tap the "From:" field to switch to it. No setup required at least not for iOS 6, I haven't checked older versions.
Regards,
Lou V
Hi Rob,
In case you haven't seen this one yet:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flomio/flojack-nfc-for-ipad-and-iphone
It is called the Flojack and it is an NFC add on for the iPhone in Kickstarter.
Though it looks somewhat funny attached to the iPhone.
It's not something I'm interested in right now as there are no NFC
devices where I live that I know of.
Cheers,
Sebastian
Hi Sebastian Thanks for the heads up on flojack - one word spelled f l o j a c k
And here is the situation with NFC - They have a goal of 80k - they have until Nov 26th at 11:59 PM ET - and they only have $33k at this point. It is not like there is a huge pent up demand for NFC on the iPhone - I remember one person saying NFC was a solution looking for a problem. And that is why there is not NFC on the iPhone 5 - and why this project likely will not get approved - but hey if you are a ardent NFC enthusiast - and felt the iPhone 5 should have had NFC - well you can put your money where you mouth is and pony up $50 bucks and then tell your other NFC enthusiasts to do the same - because short of some late night heroics - Flojack is going to prove Apple Right about NFC.
Hi Rob,
There are many activity tracker now on the market, but I think this is the first waterproof one that will track swimming.
Take a moment to check it out the 'Misfit Shine' on Indiegogo. All the tools are there.
http://www.indiegogo.com/misfitshine?a=1761063&i=emal
Regards,
TonyL
San Francisco
Hi Tony - Thanks for the heads up - now this product is not something that tracks actual milage or steps per sey - more that you actually were moving enough. At least that is what I got from the video - and it does sync with your iOS device by placing it on the screen of the iOS device.
It does look cool - but I just don't see me using it. But then I don't see me using the nike fit or Jawbone Up either - and the up is back by the way. Folks however if you are looking for a water proof activity tracker check out the link to Misfit shine in the show notes for ep 248 over at today in iOS dot com.
Help me and others with the best Black Friday deals this year. Please email me with any good Black Friday deals you see for Apple products - and I will update a post and send out pushes. Initially it looks like Target will be offering up a $60 gift card with the purchase of an iPad with Retina. No word on if / what they are offering up with an iPad Mini.
But as you see any good Thanksgiving day or Black Friday Sales deals please email me and let me know and I will share with the audience. Make sure you have your Tii App downloaded and on your iOS device.
Also remember the only day of the year where Apple actually offers a discount is on Black Friday in the US. No telling what this years deals will be - but me - I am hoping there will be a deal on the iPad Mini LTE version.
Each year Christmas Sales get earlier as do iPhone rumors for next years model And the rumors for the iPhone 2013 are already starting up. And as usual it is Digitimes reporting and as usual - the link baiters are biting. Computer World, Mac Rumors and even the washington post are jumping on. Just ignore any rumors going back to Digitimes as always. I did put up a page / post to track the iPhone 2013 rumors this time around - and you know where you can go to see that - well iPhone 2013 dot com of course - yeah - it is a domain I purchased at Hover. I think I might also add at the top of the list - most wanted features for iPhone 2013 - let me know what you would like to see in that list.
Hi Rob.
On ios 6 with latest update and I can't see any purchased items in App Store / updates / purchases. 90 percent of my friends have the same problem. Any ideas. It just never populates the list and crashed Back to home screen.
It does this on my iPad mini as well.
Many thanks
Chris
Hi Chris - I tried this on a couple of my devices running iOS 6.01 and 6.1 Beta 2 - and it worked fine for me - and by fine I mean it took 15 to 20 secs to start showing a list of purchased apps. And I have a lot of those. But no crashes for me. If anyone else is having an issue seeing their purchased apps or apps for updates - let us know - today in iOS at gmail dot com - but again for me - no issues on either device I checked.
Hey Rob,
Just wanted to let you know that I've been picking up some 3G signals from my iPhone 3GS on the T-Mobile network. It hasn't been consistent, but it should be rolling out officially sometime soon. Included is a snapshot. Been dealing with the Edge speeds for about a year and a half, but worth it having an iPhone. Now it makes it a better experience. Long time listener, love the podcast and keep up the great work!
Mike from Phoenix, AZ
Hi Rob,
Another tip for you. You may already know you can copy a phone number to the clipboard, then in the Phone app, go to the Keypad, tap and hold on the display above the keypad to paste the number. But did you know if you have a number with letters (such as 1-800-FLOWERS), it will be translated into digits (1-800-356-9377).
Regards,
Lou V
Thanks to Jim for the heads up on a scam app - called IntelliScreenX in iTunes - this is not the Cydia app by the same / similar name. This is in the iTunes store - approved by Apple - and well not offering up what users are excepting.
Actually this was pulled from the app store finally - every so often an App dev will try and slip an app around Apples approval process that is not what they promised. Which is totally befuddling on why they would try this. Apple does not pay out right away. It takes well over a month to get paid from when a month ends. So if you have a scam app like this - and people go and buy it and then complain to Apple - well guess what - Apple is not going to pay the scammer. As it is likely they will be reported long before a check is cut. So again not sure the thought process on the scammers. Maybe it is more just proving they can do it - then trying to actually monetize from it. Who knows. Well at least it ain't mal-ware.
I mentioned the Laser keyboard recently on the show - well know there is another virtual key board - this time it is a piece of paper you place next to the iPhone that has all the keys on it - you then tap on the paper per the associated key and it trains the iPhone by sound and vibration where you are typing and it then learns you and the keyboard - and you can then type on the piece of paper and the iPhone registers the correct keys - or so it goes in theory and if you have a jailbroken iPhone. The accuracy they state in an article on NBC News dot com site is about 80 % - yeah not the best when typing up an email. But if you want to see it in action - there is a video at the link for the item titled Type without a keyboard - NBC News
A quick update on the status of a real jailbreak for the iPhone 5 - Yeah not there yet - but getting closer. Still not likely we will see it this year - more likely for some time in Q1 2013. They are at a point where the technical proof is done so to speak - but right now it is not yet at the point where it is ready for an untethered user friendly jailbreak.
One complaint I am still seeing from a few iPhone 5 users is that when it comes to connecting to Wifi - forget about it. Even if an iPHone 4S or 4 works fine on a router - some are seeing the iPhone 5 choke and fail. Gizmodo has an article that goes over some setting changes you can do to get your iPhone 5 and your wifi to play nice together.
As they state in the article this is a temp patch - until Apple puts in a real fix in iOS 6.x
Hi Rob,
With the new Update for the Apple Podcast App I decided to give myself 100% to the App, all my settings are for wifi only & yes no podcasts download via 3G but the App is STILL talking to Apple constantly & in only 4 days had it not been for the Onavo Extend app it would have talked to Apple for just short of 100mb (10% of my monthly allowance) but with Onavo Extend only 26mb was used. However even that is 26mb too much. Short of airplane mode can you think of any way to shut this bad boy up? I've left Downcast behind now 3 times. Looks like I'm gonna be back soon.
Regards,
Craig
in Liverpool
Hey we are now finally ready for the Kansas City Startup Weekend. I have my idea - and will do a wait and see approach to see if I do my pitch - based on those others pitching. Even if I don't pitch - I still hope to have some reporting to do. Really interested to see what people say about what platforms to dev for first and why. If you are going to the KC Start up weekend - please let me know. Switching gears For those interested in blogging or podcasting or internet video - The New Media Expo will be in Las Vegas Jan 6th, 7th and 8th 2013 - and I will be there speaking about how to podcast 100% from an iPad. If you are interested in taking your blog or podcast to the next level or just getting started with one - there is no better event - and once you are done with that show - stay an extra day or two to enjoy or experience CES. Do a search for New Media Expo - or email me if you are interested and I will let you know what discount coupons are available for the show. I hope to see you in vegas.
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