TRANSCRIPTION FOR EP 348
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RON for sending in the music you hear in the background. RON wrote:
Rob,
This is a song I recorded in garage band on my iPad using just a guitar and basic effects available in the garage band app. It consists of two tracks with background picking and solo on top of that. The name of the track is "Lift Me Up" and is based off of a song I wrote back in high school many years ago and is dedicated to a band mate who passed away recently.
Regards,
Ron Siengo (last name pronounced "sing-go")
Song_liftmeup_150514.m4a
Thanks RON for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JON for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JON said the following:
Hi Rob,
This is Made with the iOS App Aviary:
This photo was taken at wharf at Manly Waters using an iOS device
Regards,
Jon P
JON Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JON'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 348 - or at instagram.com/todayinios 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.
02:02
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote E-readers will outsell iPads because of the simple economics of the consumer device market. It’s triple the weight and 30% thicker than an e-reader. You need two hands to hold it. It’s got a backlit screen, and it’s too expensive to give one to everyone in your house. unquote
Russ Wilcox, CEO E-Ink (makers of Amazon’s Kindle), 28 January 2010
One of the things the E-ink reader people were touting as a reason e-ink readers would win out was their superior battery life. Sound familiar to some saying the same about the Apple Watch vs the pebble. But Apple learned with the iPad - if the battery life can get you through a full days usage that really is enough - To bad today’s pundits don’t remember how wrong Russ Wilcox was 5 years ago - Just Sayin
03:06
Sorry no Promo codes this week.
Either way - if you are an App dev - this was an opportunity wasted for your 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.
03:48
http://priceonomics.com/the-legend-of-moondog-new-yorks-homeless-composer/
Hi Rob
I'm from the uk! Love the show! Please explain what moon dog means?
Regards,
Lee
Well Lee I am glad you asked - It has been a while since I went over this. MoonDog - could be my shout out to the blind and homeless Artist known as Moondog - who lived on the streets of NY City Dressed as a Viking in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s - and who some considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century - A Genius who's works have been covered by the greats like Janis Joplin - and whom was touted as a great innovator by Charlie Parker and many others. A True artist and eccentric. It could be my tip of the cap to him. Maybe.
Orrr it could be because I was putting together a tutorial the same month this show launched 8 years ago - and the service I use for my call in number stopped giving out custom phone numbers right before I could get one for this show - and I had this one number 206-666-6364 which spelled out 206- moon-dog - still available from the tutorial - and decided to use it instead of just some random number - because I thought it was a really easy number to remember.
I’ll let you decide which was the real reason for the moon-dog number.
Either way there is a very cool article on MoonDog the composer in the show notes for Ep 348.
05:10
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-27/spotify-
said-in-talks-to-add-podcasts-to-challenge-apple-itunes
Ok - one interesting thing about todays show - is it is the first one I did the schedule to future release down to the minute. See I was restricted from saying these next few words until after 11:00 AM ET today - and those words are - Welcome all new listeners on Spotify. That’s right Today in iOS and Podcasts are now available on Spotify - well at least for some spotify users today. Yes this is big news for this show and big news for Podcasting.
Here is the news from Spotify - Quote This summer we will be launching a completely new Spotify experience for our millions of users.. We.. know that people can’t live on music alone. That’s why we wanted to add in Audio and video content that is hyper relevant to our users lives and that includes entertainment, news, PODCASTS, sports, weather and much more all programmed to individual tastes and preferences. It all kicks off on May 20th at 11:00 AM in NYC with a massive press event to showcase the new spotify and our new content partners. unquote. One of those new content partners is Libsyn and via Libsyn this podcast - Today in iOS.
If you are a podcaster and want to get into Spotify - first make sure you are hosting on libsyn - second make sure you are using libsyn publishing tools and not just selecting download only option and third second - email me your libsyn show slug and / or your email address - and I will get you on the list to have a spotify destination turned on for your show once this opens up to all.
Right now at the time of this announcement it is a small % of Spotify users that have access to Podcasts and a small % of Podcasts - But again welcome to all new listeners via Spotify - Boy oh Boy - I have been itching to say that. And then later this summer it will open to the masses. This is a big deal for podcasting.
By the way if you are listening on Spotify or Stitcher or anything other than the Tii App - all articles we mention today you can find links to at today in iOS dot com for item 348.
07:42
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/19/apple-watch-os-software-update/
If you have an apple watch - and this is not to rub salt in the wounds of those still waiting - but if you have one you should have seen on the 19th a message stating there is the first Update to Apple Watch software to Watch OS 1.0.1 What is this update - well like almost all Double dot updates it is about performance improvements and bug fixes.
For this specific double dot update Apple says it offers improved performance for:
Siri
Measuring stand Activity
Calculating calories for indoor cycling and rowing workouts
distance and pace during outdoor walk and run workouts
accessiblitiy
Third Party Apps
And display support for new emoji characters and additional language support for Brazilian Portuguese
Danish
Dutch
Swedish
Russian
Thai and Turkish
To Install Apple asks that you make sure the Apple Watch is in range of your iPhone, It is connected to its charger and charged at least 50%.
Seems odd to ask that it be connected to the charger and charged at least 50%.
I did update today yesterday and all seems to have gone well with the update - Per Battery Life - with 2 hours and 13 minutes of usage - and 7 hours and 40 minutes of standby - my phone is 68% of battery life which seems really good. I will see how it does over the next week or so and report back. Again my update went off with no issues - however if you did have an issue - email me and let me know what happened.
10:18
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/09/09/the-apple-watch-isnt-waterproof/
I went back and looked at a couple of articles sent in about the Apple watch from September when it was announced to see how they faired - now that we have had one on our wrist almost 4 weeks.
One article was titled - The Apple Watch isn’t waterproof.
This coming via David Pogues Article - and umm - well maybe back in September Pogue talked to the wrong people or Apple got better results then originally planed - but one thing back then they said you could not do was shower with it. And now that seems to be something that is ok with the Apple watch - not that I actually have done that.
11:06
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_watch_specs_to_include_
512mb_ram_4gb_storage-news-9726.php
From GSM Arena - the Apple Watch was to have just 4GB of Storage.
They said their might be an 8GB version but the 4GB would be the standard configuration - Umm wrong - it is 8 GB of storage. with about 6.5 GB available to the user.
They also said it would have a GPS radio - ummm - no.
The did get the 512 MB of RAM speculation right - 1 out of 3 ain’t bad if you are talking baseball - but not so good in this case.
There were other articles speculating about how it would be adopted - and we are still waiting to see on that front. One talking about it not fitting under your cuff. Excuse me - that is by design - how can some say - hey is that the Apple watch if it is hidden under your cuff?
But I think One thing I saw in a few articles from Watch people that stood out - was their compliments to Apple for not going too small or too big to differentiate between mans and womens watches. They said many would have gone with 35 and 44 MM sizes - with 35 really being too small for most and 44 being too big. They felt Apple going with 38 and 42 MM was the right size balance. And I would agree - I think any bigger than 42 MM would be tough to pull off and not look overtly nerdy - it would likely look very Googlish at that size - something just for a tech nerd. And 35 MM would not be user friendly at all.
And that brings me to this email feedback.
Hi Rob,
I got my Apple Watch Yesterday ...aaaand now it's on Craigslist.
I purchased the 38mm Space Gray sport and as soon as I opened it, I knew the watchface was too small for my wrist. Somehow I thought the 38mm face was going to be bigger than it is, and that the 42mm would be way too big. But the 38mm is actually quite small and feels too "dainty" for my wrist. By the way I'm 6'0", 185lbs, an average sized guy.
I never had a chance to try these on the Apple Store ahead of time, definitely should have and would recommend it to anyone thinking of buying an Apple Watch.
So I'm going to order the 42mm, unless any of your listeners have a Space Gray 42mm they'd like to trade? If I haven't sold mine on Craigslist yet I'd be willing to do a trade plus throw in an extra $50.
Regards,
Aric
(from New York)
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/30/apple-watch-s1-512mb-ram/
14:30
Hi Rob, I just wanted to mention that I woke up at 1:15 the morning of the Apple Watch pre-order, ordered a Sport Watch and extra Band. It said it would ship in June, but I just received a shipping notice that it will be here tomorrow! April 24th My SO will be so happy!
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Regards,
Steph in Henderson
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17:27
VOICEMAIL - Answr_apple_watch_not_accurate_arms_moving
Hey Rob, I am a long time listener and have had my space gray 42mm since the first week they came out. I am responding to the person who had the issues with heart rate accuracy on the watch. I have had similar issues that have been similar and consistent with a couple different workouts. When I choose "outdoor run" the watch has been consistent in measuring my heart rate and seems to check pretty frequently(every minute) when I review on the health app. When I choose "other" as the workout and look down at my heart rate it seems to be off or delayed. I check my heart rate manually on my wrist and it is in the 150s but the watch seems to be working on checking and it shows that I am in the 90s which was the case a couple minutes before. I also have noticed that if you send your heartbeat to another person who has a watch it may not be using your real time heartbeat, but the rate it took the last time it checked.
My feeling is that the issue with heart rate accuracy may be related to the program that is selected and how often it checks your heart rate. It seems that when I want to spot check my heart rate it takes a long time, sometimes 30-40 seconds to give me a rate.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Raj from Houston.
VOICEMAIL - Alan_Date_Answr_siri
Hi Rob,
A listener called into the last show asking about apps for Autism. This woman - Lauren S. Enders is an SLP on Pinterest and pins great apps!
Regards,
Laura in Nashville.
Thanks laura - and if you search for Lauren S. Enders in pinterest you will find her - she has 152 boards - so it will take a little searching to find the boards you want to follow or really unfollow once you follow her.
Hi Rob
For the listener looking for Autism apps, there is the grace app http://www.graceapp.com its in the App Store and is free.
Regards,
Jenny
Ireland
VOICEMAIL - Bruce_CA_autistic_app_recommendation
23:55
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well 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 Mark Henry who wrote the following
Quote
For those of you who have an Apple Watch, this may be fun to play around with!
Unquote
And this is with regards to a tutorial over at Apple Insider that talks about how to get the monogram on the watch face to be an Apple logo.
But hey first lets talk about getting a monogram to start with. To do that go to the apple watch app on your iPhone - then go to Clock Settings and tap on Monogram - and enter your text up to 4 characters. Naturally I have Tii for my monogram. But this tutorial / article goes over how to add in the Apple logo - which does require you to copy it from a tweet.
I did try to get the L L A P logo to work - but it would not.
Note this is for the Color Watch face - the Monogram does not show up on most watch faces or any other that I could tell. Thanks Mark for the heads up on that.
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.
25:43
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/14/bypass-apple-watch-passcode/
Hi, My name is James, love your podcast. I came across an interesting article from 9to5mac about thieves being able to reset stolen Apple watches. See link below. Interested in your thoughts on this.
Well James - thanks to you and all others that sent links over on this one.
And in a nutshell what this article and others like it are saying is if a thief makes off with your Apple Watch - they can do a full restore to it - and then pair it to their own iPhone. There is a way to do a hard reset of the Apple Watch. This clearly is not good and brings back the possibility of Apple Picking season opening up again in Cities. Activation lock rolled out in iOS 7 essentially killed what Police called Apple Picking. That is the high theft rate of iPhones. But now the Apple watch is vulnerable. I would imagine Apple will address this sooner rather than later. But for anyone that has their Apple Watched picked - it will not be soon enough.
27:18
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/18/obama-twitter-iphone/
Seems the US commander in Chief has his own person Twitter account - and he is tweeting from an iPhone. Does this mean the iPhone is finally considered secure enough by the DOD for the President to use - NOPE - for all his business or government use - he is still stuck with a blackberry. But for tweeting - he is using one of his staffers iPhones.
For those curious his twitter handle is @POTUS - which I am sure either Hillary or Jeb is going to be bummed they have to use @POTUS2 when they get in office.
And Speaking of Jeb - he was spotted sporting an Apple Watch - but probably not the sport. Although Newt Gingrich in his pic with an Apple watch was sporting an Apple Watch sport with a Blue sports band.
28:07
http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-launches-refreshed-
15-inch-macbook-pro-new-imac-with-retina-5k-display/
Apple just announced as in yesterday May 19th a new Mac Book Pro update and a new iMac update with 5K retina display. I will not go into the details - this is not a mac show - but I mention this for a couple of reasons - one now all the mac book pros support force touch. Yes all products intro'd in 2015 support force touch - good bet that will continue with any new iPhones and iPads intro'd later this year. Second and maybe more importantly - if Apple is intro'g the a new iMac now and a new MacBook Pros now - the later a product that many at WWDC will be highly interested in - after all they touted it as Faster and longer-lasting - Wow - if this was not a G-rated show I could really have fun with that tag line - any If they make this Faster and longer-lasting Mac Book Pro announcement on May 19th - that means they did not want it to take away valuable Keynote time from those things they will be introducing and that hopefully means some really cool announcements at WWDC on June 8th. Sure this could just be all wishful thinking on my part - but that does not make it any less likely.
Either way - I have a new Mac Book Pro coming to me early in June - which hopefully will greatly speed up my whole production work flow. If not there is also the new MacBook coming in June. It is a really expensive few months for Today in iOS. No wonder Apple is the richest company in the world. Oh and lets not forget the new Apple TV likely to be released at WWDC.
30:06
https://fortune.com/2015/05/18/apple-watch-iphone-whine/
In the rumor category for Apple Watch - comes a rumor that a future feature will be where you Apple watch alerts you if you get outside a certain range of your iPhone.
Which I don’t think I mentioned on the last show - you do not need your iPhone with you to use Apple Pay on the Apple Watch. I recently ran to McDonalds to get a bunch of McFlurries - and I left my iPhone home - but I tried Apple Watch just for fun - and it worked. So no - your don’t need the iPhone on you to use Apple Pay via the Apple Watch.
That said - once Apple roles out this feature - you are not likely to leave where ever with out your Apple watch.
Hopefully Apple makes it a two way connection where both devices start vibrating and signaling when they get too far apart. That way if someone lifts your apple watch without you noticing - your iPhone will start going crazy in your pocket.
31:22
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/apple-acquires-
coherent-navigation-a-mapping-start-up/?_r=0
Quite a few people sent in links to articles about this next one - and that is Apple acquired the GPS startup called Coherent Navigation. They give more precise GPS location information. Many are speculating Apple made this acquisition to help bolster the accuracy of Apple Maps. But I think long term this may be more about Apple’s eventual push into the Automotive market and this is for more precise autonomous driving of the vehicle than it is per Apple Maps accuracy. Looking at some of the descriptions of their service in some of their investors websites - you will see the phrase - Autonomous navigation and robotics - to describe some of their services. And it looks like some of their key people come out of Trimble - which again goes back to GPS guided vehicles more than hyper accurate maps to find your lost iPhone. Maybe it will be both - but to me this plays more into the rumors about a future Apple Car then anything else.
32:35
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/05/14/apple-
to-delay-homekit-launch-fortune-reports.html
In the rumor front - I saw a bunch of articles saying that HomeKit launch will be delayed - and they all went back to an article from someone that said Homekit was going to launch in May. So basically once the person realized their initial guess was wrong - they said - it has been delayed to August or September.
Well Apple does not usually comment on these things - but this time they did - and they said ummm NO - it is not delayed. Apple said that HomeKit compatible products will be available this summer. Per Apple quote
“HomeKit has been available for just a few months and we already have dozens of partners who have committed to bringing HomeKit accessories to market and we’re looking forward to the first ones coming next month,” unquote
Will be interesting to see what the first break out HomeKit accessory will be. But in any case - expect Apple to mention something about home kit at WWDC on June 8th.
Speaking of launch times - every year around this time there is a rumor that the iPhone will launch early in August - this is what we call link bait - it is a great article title to put out because people are sooooo wanting to get a new iPhone early so they will instantly flock to it. But always the rumors are basesless - and go back to the oft quoted un-named sources, people in the know, people familiar with apple or some other phrase like that. And yes as I said it is that time of the year and once again that rumor / link bait is out again. I will give them a little credit for creativity this time - as they say the reason for the early launch is the better then expected yield for components. Take this report for what it is worth - and that is less then the gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe. Just Sayin. Oh and don’t look for a link to this one - I am not going to justify those link baiters this time with a link in my show notes.
Switching gears - kinda - This is not related to anything just an interesting observation - so I thought I would throw it in here at the end of the rumors section (yes I have sections in the show). I was looking at the different iOS 8.4 beta 3’s available - there are 34 different iOS devices it is available for - that is 1 iPod touch - 5th gen. 9 - iPhones - iPhone 4S to iPhone 6 Plus. And 24 Different iPad’s - from iPad 2 to iPad Air 2. and all the mini’s as well. I really just wanted to point that out now for future reference back to this segment - when the iOS 9.0 beta is available next month to see what the difference is in the number of devices supported. (ios_84_beta3_devices.png) and I took a screen shot of that to compare as well. Again this mention was to get it in the show notes to talk about in June. My guess is iOS 9 will not be available for the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S as a min - but will be interesting to see what other devices don’t make the cut. It is possible the 5 and 5C’s don’t make the cut as well as any device that does not have a 64 bit processor. We shall see.
36:23
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/13/technology/hackers-
starbucks-app/index.html
Remember when I went on a little bit of an Anti CurrentC rant - saying the last thing you would ever want to do is connect your checking account directly to a payment system. Only bad bad things could happen. Yeah - well Starbucks own payment system can connect to your checking account and guess what - YUP - Starbucks payment accounts were hacked - most likely via phishing scams - and people are reporting funds being pulled from credit cards, Pay Pal and also bank accounts.
Per Credit Cards - those are usually easiest to dispute.
Pay Pal takes more time / effort to dispute
But Bank Accounts - yikes -those you are often SOL.
In the article it talked about one user getting scammed out of $500 via Pay Pal and taking over two weeks to get the money back.
Point is this - it is stories like this that will doom CurrentC to failure - you just don’t ever want to connect your bank account directly to a payment system - EVER.
Credit cards give you an extra layer of security - and the ease of connecting is why Apple Pay is winning the day in mobile payments already.
Now we just need to get Target on board - and Homedepot back on board.
Seems that Homedepot while once many stores supported Apple pay - I know my local store did. Well seems Homedepot quote UPDATED unquote their payment system - and now Apple Pay has been terminated / killed / mutilated. I went this past weekend and tried it as I heard rumors they put up the block - and if you try to use it - it totally borks the payment process - and you have to void everything out that was scanned and start all over. You can’t even switch to a credit card - it totally messes up the terminal - so make sure the next time you are in Home depot - you try and use apple pay - because it took a manager to come over and get the terminal reset. Anything you can do to chew up human resources - gets a message sent up the latter to fix things. I know the manager that came over was complaining about it messing things up and said they were going to report it to their tech people.
39:02
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/19/8624871/gene-
munster-apple-tv-timeline
This one could have gone in the How wrong were they segment - but really it would have taken up to much time. It is about Often Wrong Uncle Gene Munster.
And it goes over his beating of the drum for a full size Apple TV - the article is from the Verge and it just picks one quote from each year since 2009. Starting with quote We expect Apple to Design a connected TV over the next two years launching in 2011 with DVR functionality built in unquote.
Mind you while they only put in one quote a year from Often Wrong Gene - You could easily find multiple quote each year from him about the Apple TV.
In 2012 they choose this quote from him - quote - If you are in the market for a new TV hold off - Apple has a new product coming and its going to be hot unquote.
Or in 2013 quote no question whether its a set-top box vs a TV - its an Actual TV
And then in 2015 quote while recent media reports question Apples interest in an actual TV - we continue to believe it is the most logical next area of focus unquote
And now with the Wallstreet journal and others reporting any plans Apple ever might have had for a full on TV died over a year ago.
And now finally maybe Gene will give up on his pipe dream of a full on TV from Apple.
Remember folks - just because they are an anal-ist covering Apple Full time - and getting paid 6 figures plus to do so - does not mean they have any clue at all to the future of Apples Product road map. Just Sayin.
41:13
VOICEMAIL - Paul_MS_google_pus_calendars
Hi Rob,
Rob, here is a quick way to use Apple to control the podcast app. If you engage Siri on the Apple Watch and just say the word "Play" it will automatically start playing the last item being played on the iPhone up to and including podcast. It will start right where you last left off. This works great for me since I listen to podcasts on my iPhone more than anything else. This trick works about 95% of the time. The other 5% of the time it will start playing music regardless of what you were previously listening to.
Regards,
Kareem Haskett
Hi Rob,
Just ordered my Bumpies with free Tii shipping. Thanks Rob! I'll let you know how they work out when I get them.
Regards
Sergio
Thanks Sergio for the email - remember folks you have until the end of May to use the Tii promo code to get free shipping - I have a pair on the way to me to test out as well. Go to Bumpies.co or list to ep 347 for more info.
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_WA_call_artwork_overcast_changes
46:22
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1815882105/elago-
acoustic-amplification-stand-for-iphone-6?ref=discovery
This time for a kickstarter project I have one that falls into that category of no real need for - but it sure looks good.
It is the Elago Acoustic Amplification stand for the iPhone 6.
It has a goal of $10k - and is almost 10% of the way there. With a funding deadline of June 15th at 4:30 PM CT.
Pricing on this is $100 - and what it is - is two blocks of transparent acrylic which are held together with magnets - when closed it is a dock for your iPhone 6 that then amplifies acoustically the audio out the front of the block.
It is a Pretty bobble that would look very nice on a modern / futuristic desk. If you desk is Glass and metal - then this is something you want to look at.
Again - no need for this - it is more about looks then anything else - but clearly a conversation piece for your desk.
If you were a big fan of the original Mac Cube - then this is also something you want to check out.
Search for E L A G O - elago at kickstarter dot com - or in the show notes for ep 348.
47:30
http://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Headphones-Cancelling-Microphone-Earphones/dp/B00V45K5YQ/
If you look in the Tii App between Eps 346 and ep 347 you will see another App only unboxing - this time for the Silicon Devices Comfort+ Bluetooth headphones. Make sure to check out the bonus content for that bonus Video.
These were the first ones I tested with my Apple Watch and they paired up and worked excellent. I wound up using the smallest ear plugs and the smallest hooks - and they really are comfortable - and most importantly to me stay in place - even for a brisk 4 mile walk - and then also a bike ride. Nice Job Guys - I hate when in ear headphones fall out. And the battery life was never an issue.
You can also use these with your iPhone if you want - as they have a noise canceling mic - so you can use them to listen to Podcasts and music on your iPhone - no Apple Watch needed - and you can answer and talk on the iPhone with these.
Here are recordings of me making a call from the headsets.
VOICEMAIL - ROB_Silcon_devices_test.
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As you can hear - they work fine as bluetooth headphones with your iPhone.
I really like the comfort of these - and if you are looking for a pair of Bluetooth head phones to use with your apple watch to go walking, jogging, running, biking or working out in the gym - then these work really well - and I would highly recommend them as a companion to your apple watch - which again is exactly what I was looking for. And they also work fine with your iPhone for listening to podcasts, music and taking / receiving phone calls.
There is a link to these in the show notes for Ep 348 over to Amazon if you are looking for a pair of headphones for your apple watch to working out with. Look for the link titled - Silicon Devices - Comfort+
Per the Apple Watch - I should point out that the Apple watch does not allow you to talk and listen to phone calls via blue tooth head phones - which was something I was hoping Apple would allow. I think that is something they need to add in the next major update - if they do then these headphones should be good to go. It would be great if you are listening to music on your bluetooth headphones via your apple watch and away from your phone in your house - but still able to answer - that you could also talk via bluetooth - rather than have to hold your wrist up like a frame out of an old dick tracy cartoon. Another example of where answering on your Apple watch and talking would be nice is when doing yard work - with your iPhone in the house you can still make calls. Per anyone questioning when you would need that type of use case.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/comments/2jphhf/pebble_
for_the_visually_impaired/
Hi Rob,
I know this doesn't have to do with apple, but does the Pebble smart watch have any accessibility features?
Regards
Kaitlyn In Pleasant Hill California
Hi Kaitlyn - first off - anything iOS related - means also accessories and apps for iOS devices - so it does not have to be specifically from Apple. Just like all the kickstarter and 3rd party products we talk about each week - the Pebble definitely has a place on this show.
Now to the important question - does the Pebble smart watch have any accessibility features. The short answer is yes - kinda. The longer answer is - not as many as the Apple watch but here is some of what I found out.
There is the Pebblebits firmware - which has larger notification font as one of the options.
I think however if accessibility is a key factor for you for a smartwatch - then the Apple watch is definitely the way you want to go.
That said - I will send out Kaitlyn’s question about accessibility with the Pebble to listeners of the show - that have needed accessibility features and tried the pebble out - what did you experience - and do you have any comparisons to the Apple Watch. Give us a call - or send us an email.
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Rob,
I am getting a message that I need to perform an update for carrier settings. Do you know what this is for and is it a good idea?
Mike from California
Hi Mike - this is common to see - is it a good idea - depends on what the carrier update does - normally it is a good thing. on a few occasions it has meant the removal of a feature or Network optimization - which means slowing down your connection - but overall the updates are recommended to do - as many of the carrier updates are for stability fixes or bug fixes - like fixing an issue with visual voice mail. I wish the carriers would make the info more available about what the updates are going to do or fix exactly - but getting that info is very hard to find. And some times they are just updates for a specific version of an iPhone for a specific carrier.
In General to answer your question it is good to do the updates. In General that is. How is that for a non-comital answer.
Hi Rob,
I have noticed a recent problem. I used a keyboard shortcut "work@" to quickly add my work email. I have since left that employer and no longer receive work emails on my phone. I went to settings and deleted that shortcut, but it keeps popping back up. There is no consistent pattern, I will just be typing the word "work" and my old work email auto populates. I go in and delete it again, and after awhile it comes back. Do you or your listeners have any suggestions?
Regards,
Brenton N
I then replied and asked him if you tried setting up a short cut for work to equal work to over write the original and he replied
Hi Rob,
It is funny you say that. I have tried replacing the shortcut multiple different ways, they always end up getting replaced with the original shortcut.
Regards,
Brenton
So nope that did not work - if anyone out there has any suggestions for Brenton - please let us know
Send an email or give us a call.
Hi Rob,
Does you know exactly how the iPhone 6's M8 processor contributes data to the Apple Watch Activity app? In theory, could you take the watch off and still have the app pull data from just the iPhone? Of course I never actually want to take off my Apple Watch, I just want to better understand what's really happening between both of my devices from a fitness tracking point of view.
Regards,
-Jason
My understanding is the M8 processor on the iPhone 6 and 6Plus works in combination with the sensor on the Apple watch - so for example if you are walking with the Apple watch on and your iPhone in your pocket - you are not getting two steps counted for each one - it is working together to get your step count. And from what I read it works to teach your Apple watch what type of distance you are walking. So it is recommend if you plan to go walking with your significant other or jogging - that the first few times you do so with both your Apple watch and your iPhone - it will then learn via GPS measurements your real distance - and calibrate your Apple Watch so in the future when it is just your apple watch it gives a more accurate number.
Again - you don’t need to have your iPhone with you for it to measure steps or distance - but if you do the first few times you take a walk - in the future you will supposedly get more accurate measurements.
I am doing that now - taking walks with my wife - with my iPhone in my pocket - and I am measuring what it says the distance is for the walks - which right now seems pretty accurate - again my iPhone is with me. I will then see what it says the distance is with out the iPhone. Note this only will work if you walk or jog or run. You can’t leave your phone behind and expect to get good distance readings for bike riding - for that you do need the iPhone and GPS.
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http://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/reset-forgotten-passcode-
on-the-apple-watch/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one. Which is how you can reset a forgotten passcode on the Apple Watch. Well first off as we learned earlier - sadly - anyone can reset it - and then use it them selves.
But this article is more for those that actually own the device.
First is to reset it from an iPhone. And from your legally pair to iPhone click on the Apple Watch App - and then go to General and then scroll down and tap on Reset and chose Erase All Content and Settings.
This does return the Apple Watch to its factory fresh state - which yes means Anything on it previously is gone - toast - ABC you later. And I saw see you later - because the good news is there will be a back up you can restore from once your re-pair it - simple select restore from back up option during the set up.
This is the method I will go over - as that is the way most will want to restore an Apple watch for a passcode they forgot - or you know you could just pick a passcode you will not forget. Just Sayin.
It is 4 digits - how tough is it to remember?
1:03:37
http://www.business2community.com/brandviews/aweber/
write-awesome-emails-apple-watch-01228060
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one as well - and it is titled - How to Write Awesome Emails for the Apple Watch.
Not how to write them on the Apple watch - but rather write them for the Apple watch. It goes over how an email will look when it comes in on the Apple watch - it talks about going All plain text for your email blasts. Which is something I always do. All these fancy emails with images - they tell me right away - DELETE ME. And on the Apple Watch - you can see them anyway. So stick with plain text.
The article has other good advice - this is geared toward Business users - but really anyone wanting to make sure their emails have a good chance of being read and acted upon when viewed on an Apple watch - this is a nice article.
So all you Mailchimp addicts with your fancy graphic rich emails - yeah - this article is for you.
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http://appchasers.com/2015/02/03/video-download-youtube-
videos-to-your-iphone-and-ipad-without-jailbreaking/
Hey Rob,
On iTem 0346 Nick asked about being able to download YouTube videos to your iPhone or iPad without jailbreaking. There is a way using the super capable Workflow app. I've written about how to do it on my site AppChasers.com. Here is an excerpt from my post:
"Every few months an app will show up on the App Store that allows you to download videos from YouTube directly to your Camera Roll. Not long after that, the app will be removed from sale, either by the developer whose received a threat from YouTube or by Apple at the behest of the online video giant. There’s a long list of apps that have fallen victim (most recently Pro Tube lost this feature). The inherent problem isn’t one that’s going to go away anytime soon. If only there were a way to toggle this ability in an app only after it’s been downloaded from the App Store. That way it would pass Apple’s review guidelines and it would be in the hands of users to enable the feature. Well, that’s exactly what the app Workflow does.”
I hope it can be of help to Nick and your other listeners.
Regards,
Eric Meister
Thanks Eric and folks there is a link to that article in the show notes for ep 348 at today in iOS dot com.
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Hey Rob, listening to iTem 347 now. In regards to features that would like to see in iOS 9; the main thing I would like is a dark theme. I'm the proud owner of a 64 gig space gray iPhone 6 and although I don't mind the bright white user interface, I think a darker theme option would be really nice against my black screen and case. You mentioned a while back that they had a dark keyboard option in a past beta, I wonder why they got rid of that?
Also, WHY do they make it so hard for you to display the different artwork for each Tii episode on the lock screen of the iPhone??
One more thing, might need some help from the audience for this one. I have multiple calendars in my calendar app synced from iCal on my MacBook and only want notifications from certain calendars. For instance, I want to be notified about my reminders calendar but not every event from my work schedule calendar. Is there a way to do this? If so I haven't found it in any of the calendar or notification settings, hope you or the audience can help.
Regards,
-AAron in Crockett, CA
Hi Rob,
Per iOS 9 - Obviously I want to see improvements in stability but 2 actual FEATURES that are sorely needed are:
1) Public transit directions for Apple Maps. Probably a 50/50 chance this happens. The lack of public transit routing is one of many reasons people use Google Maps instead.
2) The ability to security lock certain apps. This should have been added back in iOS 1.0. Imagine how much this would help if your phone ever got stolen. Sadly, I doubt we'll see this in 9.0 (and yes, this feature is available in Android).
Regards,
Brent from Chicago
Hi Rob. I predict new Apple TV will be released in October. What do you think
Regards,
Steve from AZ
Hi Steve,
I predict the new Apple TV will be announced and released at WWDC (as in shipping by the end of June at the latest - but not with App store active yet - and then the App store will be launched in the Fall. This will get the new Apple TV in the hands of devs to work with via a beta update - and then full launch of updated Apple TV software in October supporting 3rd party apps.
Of course - that is kinda what I said a year ago - and the year before that and I think maybe even the year before that as well.
Hi Rob
I have an ongoing issue that I wonder have you or your listeners had or heard of ...
I had an iPhone 6 plus and used a lot for sat nav / music in car as I drive a lot and then some gaming when I'm at home - my phone used to heat up while playing "World of Tanks Blitz" which is an intensive game on the gpu I imagine and as a result would then dim the screen brightness by let's say 25%, doesn't sound like a big issue but in outside bright conditions its is like switching the lights off.
Brought the phone to an Apple Store , they never came across this issue and swapped the handset for me twice - the problem persisted. I the sold the 6 plus and bought the 6 instead and it also dims as the phone heats up. I have read forums about this issue so I know I'm not the only one but I never noticed before on any iPhone or at least to this extent.
Any tips would be appreciated, plead not I don't have auto brightness on, or zoomed mode which were possible reasons for the dimming. I usually have the phone at full brightness as it's connected to the power in my car a lot.
Greetings from Ireland.
Regards,
John
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