TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 355
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called SEVENTH PORTAL with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" (using the term very loosely) within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG SEVENTH PORTAL
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank REL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. REL said the following:
Hi Rob,
I used Squaready, Framemagic and Phonto Apps to create this artwork.
Regards,
Rel
Thanks REL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see REL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 355 - 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.
02:10
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““The rally has been especially kind to seemingly racy stocks such as Apple and Google. Both have pole-vaulted to market-surpassing gains over the past 12 months, despite the fact that the former’s hamster-wheel of innovation (to borrow an apt phrase from my Fool colleague Joe Magyer) may have hit a snag with the iPad. unquote
Shannon Zimmerman, The Motley Fool, 10 February 2010
Apple Stock since Feb 10th 2010 is 4.4 times the value today. Not bad in 5 years. The Dow Jones during that period is up just 1.7 Times the value and a good part of that increase Apple is to thank for. Just Sayin
03:01
For Promo codes - On Ep 354 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APPS - SILK ASMR and Tap Mon Battle. We will be giving out those promo codes latter this week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 354. Especially since I have more codes for Tap Mon Battle then entries - so for the rest of those - first come - first serve.
This week we have promo codes for The App - LAUNCHCODE SHORTCUT WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE - LAUNCHCODE
Well thanks to Devs for their review of their App - LAUNCHCODE SHORTCUT WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com and put LAUNCHCODE in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/launchcode-shortcut-notification/
id971351045?mt=8
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment FOR FREE We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
05:10
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Apple-to-
launch-new-iPods-on-July-14-Report/articleshow/48040788.cms
Hi Rob, Well, we don't have long to wait to find out if this rumor is true. Dr. John M
And that rumor is about new iPods coming out on July 14th - missed it by that much. They actually were announced on July 15th. Yes - finally an update to the iPod Touch.
05:35
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/07/15Apple-
Introduces-The-Best-iPod-touch-Yet.html
Yes - shocking but true - Per the title of the Apple Press release - quote Apple introduces the best iPod Touch yet unquote. Well that is a relief would not want them introducing something worse than the last version of the iPod touch. Because you know that would make for an awkward Press Release title - Apple introduces iPod touch almost as good as the one from a couple of years ago. Yeah - just does not work.
So what is new in the new iPod Touch - For starters - they went to the latest and greatest processors - the A8 and M8 processor and motion co-processor.
They greatly updated the Camera to an 8 MP camera - Which is not identical to any iPhone cameras - but actually is closest in specs to the camera on the iPad Air 2. It features 2.4 aperture vs 2.2 for the 5S and later iPhones. But it does support the 43 MP panorama - like the 6 and 6plus.
Other features it supports are Burst Mode, Slo Mo Video to 120 fps. Again specs wise it is closest to the iPad Air 2 camera.
There are 4 different storage options - 16 GB - also known as no really you shouldn’t have version which is $199. There is the 32 GB - known as the Well at least it is not the 16 gb version - priced at $249. There is the 64 GB version known as the - ok now we can really start downloading apps version at $299 - and finally the 128 GB version known as the Mom and Dad are so cool version priced at $399.
You can pick from one of six colors - Silver, Gold, Space Grey - of course. Plus Pink, Blue and Red.
All versions are available as of the 15th of July.
The screen on the iPod Touch 6th gen - is the same screen that is on the iPhone 5S and 5C.
It does have built in speaker and mic.
One spec I saw on it that was unique - Bluetooth 4.1 tech. I could not find BT 4.1 on any other Apple products - not on the Macbook or MacBook Pros just announced Nor is it in the Apple Watch - all other new Apple products in the last year were on 4.0 for bluetooth.
It has the latest and greatest for Wifi support - for 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
A few things missing that are surprising - No Force Touch - would have expected that. And not touch ID and no NFC
Case / Product size is identical to the last iPod Touch - same Length, width and depth.
Again those are available now. So if you were someone holding out for an updated iPod touch - well now is the time to go out and get one - just not the 16 GB version.
09:17
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/13/apple-releases-itunes-12-2-1/
If you have not done so - you will want to update iTunes - version 12.2.1 update is now available.
It fixes iTunes Match issues - where it incorrectly changed some songs from Matched to Apple Music. It has some fixes for minor bugs and improvement fro Beats 1.
As with any double dot update - it is all about the bugs man.
09:42
https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/
Apple has now released the Beta of iOS 9 to non-Devs.
Remember folks - this is still a beta version - that means if you are someone the depends on your iPhone for work - stay away. This is just for those that don’t mind and can live with some wonkyness - So again - only install the beta if you do not rely on your iOS device for work.
I will have a link for the signup in the show notes for ep 355.
I wish I could say for you to call into the show - 206-666-6364 or email into the show - today in iOS at gmail dot com - but since it is a beta - that would be wrong - so yeah don’t call in and give feedback - at least not with your real name.
And as always definitely - 100% be sure to back up your device before even thinking of getting the beta installed.
10:48
http://allthingsapple.me/apple-pay-launches-in-the-uk/
Hi Rob
So the UK now has Apple Pay. Hope it isn't too long before Australia gets it
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Congrats to the folks in the UK - whom now have Apple Pay available for you. Currently the banks that support Apple Pay in the UK are
American Express
MBNA
Nationwide
NatWest
Royal Bank of Scotland
Santander
and
Ulster bank
Coming soon list includes
Bank of Scotland
First Direct
Halifax
HSBC
Lloyds Bank
M&S bank
TSB
and
Barclays
It looks like over 250,000 shops - points of presence will support Apple Pay right now in the UK. Including McDonalds, Subway, Transport of London, BP, Marks & Spencer and more.
One thing to point out is that Transport of London has warned riders that they need to make sure their iPhone or Apple Watch has enough charge to make it the whole journey - if you iPhone or Apple Watch dies during the journey you will be hit with a penalty to charge you the maximum fare. So check your battery status before paying with Apple pay when using Transport of London mass transit.
https://blog.7dayshop.com/the-banks-supporting-apple-pay-in-the-uk/
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=44981610
12:11
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Have you ever purchased a mattress by sitting on it for just a few minutes at the store only later to regret it. That happened with us for my Oldest son's mattress. We thought we purchased a good mattress - but oh my - we learned we did not - we would lay down with him to get him to go to sleep and as we tried to get up he would hear us and feel us moving and would wake up - very very frustrating. But we were stuck with the Mattress - However With Casper you get a 100 day risk free trial period. You don't like it you get your money back and they come and pick it back up and donate it to a charity. That said - the mattress they sent is great and is definitely not going back. It is a mix of Latex foam and Memory foam. No noisy springs to wake up your kid or significant other when you get up to sneak some girl scout cookies from the pantry.
Casper did an incredible job on the engineering and feel of this mattress - the nights I record episodes - the boys go and sleep with mom - so when I am done I can sleep on his bed now and my back is not all out of whack in the morning.
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This is an american made mattress with delivery right now for the US and Canada only and it is free delivery. When said mattress is delivered - it is from UPS - in a squarish box that you think no way is there a mattress in there - But you get a cool little tool to cut open the package and the mattress opens up and expands to form.
As they say You spend 1/3 of your life in bed - ok maybe more if you have Apple TV with Netflix and HBO NOW in bedroom. And for the cost of an iPad - is it not worth getting the best nights sleep possible - and that is what you will get with Casper or what your kids will get. Again to Save $50 off of the prices I mentioned go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code t i i - all lower case on the promo code. again casper dot com / tii - promo code tii to save $50 - thanks Casper for the great mattress for my son and for sponsoring this show.
14:48
VOICEMAIL - PAUL_BT_Headsets_Paired
Rob
I'm using BT headsets that can pair simultaneously with 2 different devices. Mostly use them with my iPhone & iPad - most of the newer BT headsets now will say on description if they can simulaneously pair. My most used ones are Jabra Rox 2.5 for stereo and a RoadKing RK400 for long-battery-life calling on road trips. Each can pair with both devices and multitask audio as long as each stream is different. Meaning listen to stereo from one device while using voice calling or voice memo on another device. No simultaneous dual stereo streaming though two devices at same time.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville GA
Hi Rob,
For the caller who was asking about simultaneously pairing a bluetooth headset to more than 1 device:
I do not have an Apple Watch, but my Plantronics Legend bluetooth headset will simultaneously pair with both my iPhone and my iPad. You can’t listen to audio from both devices at the same time, but one will interrupt the other. For example, if I am listening to your podcast and I get a notification on my iPad (such as an email notification sound or calendar alarm sound, etc.) the podcast audio from the phone will be not be heard while the notification from the iPad plays over the headset. When the notification sound from the iPad finishes, you hear the podcast audio from the phone again. Note: the audio on the phone does not stop so you may miss a few words while the audio from the iPad overrides it.
I’m not sure if this is what the caller was looking for , but I though I would offer what I found.
Regards,
Steve
Rochester, NY
Hi Rob,
I was just listening to the show Released on 07/09 and there was a visually impaired gentleman who wanted to connect both his iPhone and his Apple Watch to one Bluetooth headset. Normally, yeah, you can't connect two devices to one Bluetooth accessory, and I don't know of any headsets that do this. However, there is a company called Rapoo that makes Bluetooth speakers that will connect to two devices simultaneously so both devices can queue up songs. I know that's not the type of accessory or the use case he was looking for, but it might be a good jumping off point if he still hasn't found anything.
Regards,
Michelle
Hi Rob,
Per the question about pairing a Bluetooth headset with more than one device. I have a Plantronics Voyager headset which supports the simultaneous pairing and use with two devices. So either my iPhone and iPad or iPhone and Mac can be paired and active at the same time. I have the Voyager Pro which is a few years old. It works very well. The headset remembers the last two paired devices when turning on and pairs with them when in range. The voice prompt calls them device one and two when successful. The only thing I don’t like about the Pro is that when using it for turn by turn directions with my iPhone, there is a short lag when the phone speaks and the headset wakes up. So the beginning of the direction is cut off. For phone calls, music and any other continuous audio it is great. The noise cancellation microphone is still the best I have found even though this model is years old. It is a big headset but very comfortable and 6 hour talk time so it is designed for extensive daily use.
The Voyager Legend is current and lists the dual device feature too but I haven’t had hands on to see if the experience is any different.
Regards,
Steve from Orange California.
Hi Rob,
On the last show, someone, Henrique?, was looking for ways to free up more disk space.
My 16 GB iPhone 5S is perpetually nearly full. I use Memory and Disk Scanner Pro. I run it about once a week and it usually frees up about 1/2 GB of disk space. It is only 99 cents in the App Store.
Regards,
Mudslide Matt S.
Winston-Salem NC
Hi Rob
When you are in "My Music", select Playlists from the topmost menu. Then touch the title "Playlists" that you will see in the middle of your screen (between "Edit" and "New"). That will pop up a box at the bottom - and among the choices will be "Apple Music Playlists".
Create a new Playlist and then name it. Then click "Add Music" and click the Search Music box at the top. After you do that, a couple of choices appear directly below the search line - one is "My Music" and the other is "Apple Music". Just as a test, I chose to search for Paul Simon and added songs I've never purchased nor imported from any source.
Be patient because this is a bit different from the way you built playlists from music already stored on your device. In the old way, iOS is just setting pointers to the item - here, it must use your iCloud account to load the permissions for Apple Music.
Regards,
PaulG from Lawrenceville, GA
VOICEMAIL -Anna_Pitt_answer_low_power_mode_voiceover
21:36
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 from Daniel Massam who posted the following question
Quote
Any one know if the 3month apple music trial is from the date you start the trial, or does everyone get the same 3 month trial from when it was first launched?
Holding out on my spotify trial, and wondered if I'll get the full free months when I switch to apple music?
Unquote
And a few people replied back that the 90 day free period starts on the day you sign up - not per the day Apple Music launched. Thanks Stan, Gary and Blair
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.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Myron Uecker
Quote For those running iOS 9.0 beta, the News app has a category for Apple Music. Articles with tips and tricks for Apple Music automatically show up if you select it. unquote
23:14
http://www.thegud1.com/2015/07/ios-84-hits-40-percent-mark-in-just.html
So how is Apple doing with the iOS 8.4 uptake - well back on the 8th barely a week after its release - iOS 8.4 had already had 41.2% of the iOS users updated to iOS 8 and by the 15th that number was already over 50%. This according to numbers from MixPanel.com that is an analytics company - which claims to have 10’s of billions of records of iOS users to apps that have their tools installed.
Obviously getting to 50% this fast is great news for Apple and also for developers. Nice to see that many users that quickly go to the new version of the OS.
https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/apple_music_release/
from_date:-1,report_unit:day,to_date:0
23:56
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-consumers-
switching-from-android-to-iphone-2015-7
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one.
Which is an article in Business Insider titled - A significant group of consumers are ditching Android for the iPhone.
The article talked about a survey from CLSA - which is a banking and investment firm - in that survey it found that 53% of respondents has switched from Android to an iPhone
But only 4% of Android phone owners switched from iOS to Android.
It also found that 32% of Android users who plan to get a new smartphone in the next 12 months - plan to get an iPhone.
And 54% of all survey respondents who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 12 months - plan on buying an iPhone.
24:43
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-if-its-not-an-
iphone-its-not-an-iphone-videos/
Apple has released two new ads - with the theme around both being - if it’s not an iphone, It’s not an iPhone.
I watched both - and the tone and temperament of both reminded a lot - I mean a lot of an old Parody Apple Ad from 4 years ago called
So much so were these ads similar - that I did a mashup of them - and well you can hear now what you get when you combine all three. Kind of hard to tell what is real and what is parody.
PLAY IF_YOU_DONT_OWN_IPHONE_MASHUP
Links in the shows notes for ep 355 to the Real two Apple Ads via a Redmond Pie article - and then also to the Youtube video for the Parody ad - and then a link to my parody of the parody and real ad - which I put in Tii artwork for the images.
You have to imagine someone who created the new Apple ads - saw that original parody ad - Just Sayin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTfy96gb2KI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k4f4uYtuCY
27:02
http://fortune.com/2015/07/13/apple-iphone-estimates-2015q3/
On Tuesday of next week - the 21st - Apple will have their quarterly conference call - where they will go over among other things - how many iPhones were sold last quarter.
As always Philip Elmer DeWitt puts together a list of guesses from the indie and pro analysts out there.
The Highest guess for iPhone sales - comes from Kulbinder Garcha, with Credit Suisse with a guess of 56.28 Million iPhones sold for the last quarter. Lowest guess is Andrew Uerkwitz with Oppenheimer with a guess of 43.50 Million units sold.
Last quarterly report - Robert Paul Laitao of the Braeburn Group was closest to the pin with his guess of iPhone sales. This time he is guessing 51.1 Million iPhones sold. Which is right in the middle of the range I was thinking - which is 50 to 52 million units - but if forced to pick a specific number 51.0 million would be my guess.
27:57
http://fortune.com/2015/07/07/apple-watch-estimates-analysts/
So how many Apple Watches did Apple sell last quarter - well we will likely not find out.
But incase we do - some of the Analists made their guess known.
The high comes from Sundeep Bajikar, Jefferies with a guess of 5.70 mil - and often Wrong Gene Munster with a guess of 3 mil on the low side.
28:19
http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/14/apple-could-announce-
10m-apple-watches-sold-when-it-reports-earnings-on-july-21/
As I said on the last show - Apple does need to release some numbers if they want to keep people from guessing about numbers - Past and current.
I have seen some other estimates out there with highs of 10 Mil and lows of 2 mil - safe to say no one really has any clue.
28:39
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-92-percent-profits-
entire-smartphone-industry-q1-samsung-2015-7
But regardless if Apple watch sales are 2 Mil units or 10 mil or any where in between or even a little higher - it does not matter for devs - because when you think about it - there are over 1 Billion iOS devices out there. Getting devs excited about 2 million or 10 million vs over 1 Billion - it does even come close.
Additionally Apple is likely feeling no pressure from investors to talk about numbers on the Apple Watch Hobby - as the real butter - is on the iPhone side - and some numbers for smartphones for Q1 were just released. In Q1 Apple was responsible for just 18.3% of the global smartphone sales. But that netted them 92% of the global smartphone profits.
But still it would be nice to have some numbers - if they are good to shut up the android fan boys looking to bash us about anything they can.
29:50
http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6s/
At my presentation for KFEST - one part is I went over my best guess as of right now on the specs of the next gen iPhones. Here is what I think will be new vs the current 6 and 6+.
The Processor will be upgraded to the A9 with the 14 NM process.
Processor speed will see its first real jump in a couple of years to 1.7 GHz. RAM will also jump up to 2GB.
Video Recording will finally support 4K video.
Battery life will increase across the board with 3G talk time on the 6+ going from 24 to 26 hours.
The Camera will finally see a bump up to 12 MP - and it will use the LinX low profile camera module - which gives dSLR quality photos. This will also mean the Camera lens will now be flush with the case.
Force Touch will be added.
The M9 Motion Co-Processor will be added.
The Case will be the same basic design as the 6 / 6+. Except it will use stronger aluminum to make it tougher to bend. And there will be a new Rose Gold color that will be an edition version. Think $5,000 to $15,000 or more version.
And Bluetooth 4.1
So those are my current rumors that I think have the highest probability of happening.
32:28
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-11813467
The rumor mill is starting to report that Apple is ordering a record number of components leading up the 6S and 6S+ release this fall. That does make sense - as I have stated in the past - S level updates tend to be the better updates per what changes on the inside. I have been grading the updates each year - and the lowest scoring update since the 3GS came out was the iPhone 6 and 6+ - yet it was the highest selling iPhone. Imagine what will happen if Apple does release a version with dSLR equivalent photo capability.
Right now the rumor mill is saying 85 to 90 million units is what Apple is planning for for Q4 this year.
33:08
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/13/fixing-apple-watch-problems/
One thing I said at the KFEST conference when talking about the Apple watch and I think this is important - is that the Watch OS - is really not Version 1 - it is more like a beta - and that the real true power of the Apple watch will not be known until devs get a chance to develop native apps for it when Watch OS 2 comes out.
That is when you will start to see more of the Apple Watch potential. So regardless of what is said or not said on Tuesday with regards to Apple watch numbers - how people feel about the Apple watch today is going to change as the software gets better and new - native apps get out to us. Until then - for me at least the Apple watch is a nice accessory for my iPhone that lets me answer calls anywhere in my house and quickly reply to texts.
34:04
http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/07/06/samsung-2q2015-guidance/
Sammy recently reported numbers - Year over Year - Revenue dropped and profits dropped.
Seems all those Android Fan boys are talking a little softer these days. As sammy now for last almost two years has been reporting year over year declines in Revenue and profits.
This past quarter they also came in under their forecasts and analyst forecasts.
Will be interesting to see how Apples reporting comes out on Tuesday.
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/samsung-electronics-
announces-earnings-guidance-for-q2-2015/
34:32
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_Siri_issues
Hello Rob,
How big memory wise are the Pages, Numbers, Keynote Apps. It seems every so often they get updated to a staggering 200+ mb. My question is ... Is the individual app size increasing and adding to what is was with each new update?
Regards,
ReyLuca from Sunny El Segundo
Hi ReyLuca - if you go into the Settings App - Then General - Then Usage - then Manage Storage - you can see the size of the apps you have installed and any associated files / docs for them.
Keynote is currently a little over 540 MB, Pages is over 390 MB, and Numbers almost 380 MB. These are big apps. Over 1GB just for those 3. And yes they are getting bigger - but maybe soon they will be much smaller - that is where App thinning will come in to play - where you in the future will be downloading not the generic same for all iOS device version of Keynote - but rather the one optimized for the iOS device you are on. That means lots of the images that are sized for other devices will not be needed and that should and will save lots of space for many apps. And these three clearly need some thinning. But then I am in a glass house there throwing stones.
Hey Rob,
My wife is looking for a good printer app for her iPad Air 1st Gen with the specific feature of being able to resize/scale an image directly on her iPad (as you would in the printing options on your MacBook) and print it out directly from her iPad to our Epson XP-200. Hope you or the audience can help.
Regards,
-AAron from Crockett, CA
Hi Rob,
So a weird thing has happened twice: I wake up my iPad mini and the lock screen goes nuts acting like a passcode is repeatedly being put in incorrectly without me even touching the screen. The only thing I can do to stop it is to hold down the sleep/wake button to turn it off.
Anybody else see this or know what the deal is?
Regards,
Ben N
VOICEMAIL - Dave_ME_apple_music_quest_icloud_library
43:54
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/silentpocket/silent-
pocket-leather-goods-that-take-you-off-the
A little over 4 years ago - I had the idea for a portable Faraday Cage for your iPhone - This would be a case that when your iPhone was in it - no signals could get in or out. Taking the phone instantly off the grid. I called it the Tin Foil Case - in honor of the Jerry Fletcher character in Conspiracy Theory and his use of Tin Foil. I even submitted this to Kickstarter and had it approved - but me and the person I was going to work with Bob - both had too much going on and it never moved forward.
I mention this now - because there is currently a kickstarter project now 4 years+ later that is going to bring this to market. Their product is called Silent Pocket - leather goods that take you off the grid.
They have a goal of $25,000 and you have until August 13th at 10:02 CT to fund this.
Their design I have to say is simpler then what we were going for. It is a leather pouch for each product you want off the grid that inside has an internal metal mesh for the shielding that when closed - they have a magnetic RF seal. nice design.
They have multiple sizes to choose from for simple RFID cards - to iPhone 6 and 6+ and even for iPad Mini.
Pricing for the smaller units starts at $29 for the smaller card wallet. They have a passport version for $35, The $79 version is the one for the iPhone 6 / 6+
The one for $99 will work for iPad Mini and iPad Air 2.
And they have some other version above that.
So if you are someone like Jerry Fletcher - and looking for a way to get off the grid - this case will work for you.
Good luck Aaron and the rest of his team. Guess maybe 4 years ago we should have put more time and effort into this.
If you want more info on this search for Silent Pocket - two words at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 355 at today in iOS dot com.
46:16
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mipowusa/power-
tube-your-smart-portable-and-powerful-phone
Thanks to Michael for this next one
Which is another Kickstarter project - this one is called Power Tube - your smart, portable and powerful phone battery.
Goal on this one was $10,000 - they have raised over $24,000 on this - so it is funded - and you have until August 12th at 10:14 PM to get in on this if you want to.
So what is this other than another external battery pack. Well it has a built in charging cord, it has a selfie shutter and keynote slide controller and they have an app to see what level of charge it has and the battery temperature, battery location and distance.
Pricing on this is $34 for one or $57 for two.
Michael pointed out the creators of this have shipped another successful kickstart project which he has received. So that is always good to hear.
If you are interested in learning more about this one - search for Power Tube - two words at kickstater or in the show notes for ep 355
47:14
http://daringfireball.net/2015/07/safari_content_blocker_imore
John Grubber over at Darring fireball - reported on an article from Dean Murphy who was writing about his experience using a content blocker for safari on iOS 9.
He looked at the site iMore - and with no content blocked the site had 38 3rd party scripts running this caused the home screen to take a total of 11 seconds to open.
After turning off all 3rd party scripts the homepage took 2 seconds to load.
Apples Content blocker - which really should be called what it is - A blocker of scripts meant to track you and stay with you as you move from site to site - when this is out -next year - and people see how fast the internet can be when onerous scripts are removed - they will want to use it all the time. Which means sites are going to need to figure out other ways to monetize and to do it where it does not impact site load performance.
This is one of those features that iOS user will love - and Google would never do - as well many of those scripts it will be blocking go back to google for tracking for ad networks. Note this will not kill website advertising - just change it to make it more user friendly - so that a webpage that should be <500 kb to load is not coming in at over 10 MB - as was seen by Dean Murphy.
By the way - this is not about singling out iMore - they are just a typical site. There are many worse - sadly.
http://murphyapps.co/blog/2015/6/24/an-hour-with-
safari-content-blocker-in-ios-9
48:54
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/30/how-to-hide-the-apple-
music-subscription-service-get-back-playlists-parent-menu-in-ios-84
Lots of questions on how to get your Playlists back if you don’t plan on using Apple Music -
It is actually pretty simple - go to Settings - scroll down to Music - then go to the Option Show Apple Music - and turn that toggle off.
That is it.
So if you are like me and just want to have your music you ripped from your CD’s or purchased from iTunes - and your play lists - and you are not looking at Apple music at this time - Toggle that switch and all is right in the world again with your music app.
49:36
https://watchingwithoutlooking.wordpress.com
Hi Rob,
A couple of weeks ago, I finished writing a book called Watching Without Looking: A VoiceOver User's First Month with the Apple Watch. It describes my first month using the watch with VoiceOver, and it includes tips on setting up the watch, using VoiceOver, customizing watch faces, and more. It also includes a list of resources people can use to learn more. I'm self-publishing, rather than offering it through the iBooks store, to keep the cost down; it's at http://watchingwithoutlooking.wordpress.com, and it costs US$10. I would appreciate it if you mentioned this to fellow Tii listeners.
Thanks,
Anna
Hi Anna - Well consider it mentioned - because well it just was. And thanks for listening to the show. And Yes Anna is a listener to the show - and not someone spamming - well either that or she has a time machine and went back over a year and sent me an email back then for some promo codes.
50:41
VOICEMAIL - Mike_CA_Notifications_apple_watch_dismiss_tip
Hi ya Rob! Here's one for the listeners. I have a Phanton 2 drone and a iPod touch 3rd gen mounted to it. I was wondering if you know of an app which would allow me to view what the iPod touch is seeing through my iPhone or iPad. Second question, do you or anyone else know if I can connect the two devices with a wifi router or range extender. Hey if I can get to work I'll send you pics and/or videos! Finally, thank you for all you and your listeners do. I have been inspired in countless ways.
Your fanboy, Chris Smith
Hi Rob,
Wondering if you or any of your listeners know if Apple Music supports public playlists? This is one of my favourite features in Spotify, whereby you can enter a genre, artist or description (e.g. "Horror Movie Soundtracks from the 80's"), and Spotify would provide a number of user-generated playlists which you could subscribe to. Best of all, when the user updates their playlist, it also updates on your device.
Best regards,
Giuseppe Marino
Australia
VOICEMAIL - Tip_lyrics_album_art
Hi Rob
I love the convenience of using the control centre to activate wifi and Bluetooth, but I would love it if we could activate cellular data as well via this shortcut. What functionality would you like to see added to the control centre?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob,
I am writing about an issue I am facing with sending bulk email to a group of contacts.
As you know in IOS you have to take the group members one by one, which is not convenient if you have to send quickly emails to a group of persons especially when you have an urgent notification to send to colleagues while you are half asleep in the middle of the night.
Is there any workaround or dedicated app for this?
Regards,
Ridha
Hi Ridha - there is the MailChimp Editor App for iPad and there is the Constant Contact App - I have not personally used either and both I believe require you have a paid account with those services. There is another app - mentioned on a couple of episodes some time ago - Mailshot Pro App - this one is $3.99 - that would be my suggestion if your groups are under 100 people.
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1:00:15
http://www.redmondpie.com/9-jailbreak-tweaks-apple-killed-in-ios-9/
As we have said in the past - the Jailbreak world is where Apple goes to get ideas on what is possible and workable for new features. And then Apple either “borrows” as-is those ideas or improves upon them or tweaks them slightly.
As expected there are a few jailbreak tweaks that get sunset with iOS 9.
Apples news Picture in Picture on the iPad kills off VideoPane JB tweak.
The tweak SearchSettings - allowed you to do a search in settings - which as we mentioned earlier is now in iOS 9. Hopefully it worked better than iOS 9’s search.
The JB App swipeselection is now killed on the iPad by your ability in iOS 9 to drag two fingers over the keyboard and move your cursor around.
ShowCast JB tweak - which well showed the case on the keyboard - is now killed by that ability in iOS 9.
Apples new Low Power Mode - kills off the App BattSaver
The ReachApp - jailbreak tweak allows for split-Screen multitasking - now that is available on the iPad in iOS 9.
Those are just 6 Jailbreak Apps / tweaks killed with iOS 9. If you noticed a favorite or semi favorite JB App or Tweak - that is no longer going to be needed when iOS 9 comes around - give me a call or send me an email to let me know what it is or was.
1:01:45
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2947719/apple-ios/smarthome-
vendors-feel-homekit-pain.html
Jonny Evans had a post this past week over at Computer world that was titled - Smarthome Vendors feel home kit pain.
He starts off saying that Homekits plans for a roll out are being effected by manufacturers reluctance or competence with regards to providing a solution that is secure enough to meet Apples standards. So to date that is why so few have been given the Apple stamp of approval.
Seems some of the manufacturers are complaining that they don’t want to use the Apple approved chip sets and special firmware. Guess for them this whole security thing - is just kind of optional. Except that Apple is really concerned about that.
So to sum up - many manufacturers want to get access to Apples large and affluent ecosystem - but they don’t like the rules apple put in place - rules Apple put in place to protect the users in its ecosystem.
Kudos to Apple for standing their ground - and for the Manufacturers - complaining about Apple’s standards and requirements -
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1:02:53
VOICEMAIL - Scott_WI_apple_watch_music_out
Hi Rob,
I just talked to someone at AT&T and got confirmation/clarification that you will only be able to get the 2-year contract subsidized iPhone if ordering it online. You can't get it from AT&T store inventory either. However, you can go into an AT&it store and they will place the order for you if you prefer. Just thought I'd let everyone know.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
Hi Rob,
I have a question about the music app. First I have Spotify. It was free. Then I bought the $.99 3 month subscription as they want you to try it. I am amateur DJ working my way up to maybe be a pro. Now I can use Spotify to make my mix for party's they give me the beats per minute and other info DJ use when mixing. when I use dj apps and a mixing board from my iPhone iPad or laptop I get my music from Spotify. It even gives suggestions on what may go well in my mix. It saves the list so I can go back at another party and use what worked good with out having to search again. So my question is
will Apple let us use the music app like Spotify. If it will I would love to move over. I think if they let us use the whole music store to stream from as well then Apple has more music. I saying this because They got exclusive like Beatles, AC/DC, and Taylor Swift. That just a few names. If it all up for listening then I think they will win me over. I think I all so heard they letting you look at music videos to. So can you use Apple music app in DJ apps. I hope so.
Regards,
Aaron from Brooklyn NY
Hi Rob,
I just wanted to disagree with that iTunes reviewer about the start of your show.
I enjoy hearing about all the apps mentioned at the start. Hearing devs explain their own apps makes it feel more personal and genuine. I checked out the app you mentioned last week called "Silk ASMR". I had never heard of ASMR and now I've discovered a fascinating new app that helps me to fall asleep.
So don't change a thing, it helps me to discover new and useful apps.
I clicked the iTunes review from American Giant and marked it as not helpful, I hope others do the same.
Regards,
Andy
VOCIEMAIL - Ken_Part2_hey_siri_calling_issues
1:08:51
http://digtoknow.com/technology/mobile-phones/hilarious-
answers-from-siri-iphone/
01:09:32
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