TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 356
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 REFRACTIVE CLEANSING with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" 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 REFRACTIVE CLEANSING
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ABDIEL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ABDIEL said the following:
Hi RoB,
I created this artwork for the show on my iPhone 5S.
I used the following Apps to create the image right after I took a screenshot of my homescreen.
First- Awesome Screenshot for Safari by Diigo Inc. to blur out the screenshot completely.
https://appsto.re/us/XJ3W2.i
Next - Screenshot Maker Pro by Takahiko Hatano to add the iPhone frame and background.
https://appsto.re/us/3WxjO.i
Then - Photolettering by Brand Design Co., Inc. to square out the image and add the Text.
https://appsto.re/us/icLKH.i
Best Regards…
Abdiel Ortiz
Thanks ABDIEL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ABDIEL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 356 - 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.
02:45
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Any tablet computer, including Apple’s eagerly anticipated iPad, will face serious problems in generating big sales. Tablets look cool, but the reality is they don’t do anything new. unquote
Michael Comeau, Minyanville, 5 March 2010
I guess Big is a matter of perspective. Apple sells 4+ Million Macs a quarter - they sell more then double that for iPads in a bad quarter. Is that big? Is 275 Million iPads sold in the first 5 years considered big? Just Askin
03:24
For Promo codes - On Ep 355 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - LAUNCHCODE SHORTCUT WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER. 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 355.
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad App or iBook Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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.
04:14
http://fortune.com/2015/07/18/apple-revenue-eps-2015q3/
Last week Google released numbers that were actually higher than expectations - well Yawn you say - that is normal for Apple - I mean Apple almost always does that what is the big deal. But see with Google - that was the first time Google beat estimates since 2013. So what did that do to Google stock - well it shot up 15% in one day - for the biggest one-day gain ever with regards to market cap with a market cap jump of 65 Billion dollars - beating the old record previous held by you guessed it Apple when it saw its stock jump 46.4 Billion dollars in a single day back in April 2012.
So Will Apple stock jump like Googles - if Apple exceeds earnings - no definitely not - as I said - Apple beating estimates is not news - it is expected. Yes - I know it sounds funny to say it is expected for Apple to exceed expectations. It is definitely not expected for them to meet or fall short of expectations - that is the only way for Apple to really move the stock - and that is not the movement we want to see - unless you are sitting on cash waiting for apple to drop to jump in.
SO HOW DID APPLE DO LAST QUARTER….
05:34
http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q2-2015-quarterly-report
Remember Apples 3rd quarter happens in the 2nd quarter of the year.
Ok - Apple’s Press Release for this quarterly report was titled - Apple Reports Record Third Quarter Results - which is true - and it is good results - but in some ways lower then was expected in one key area - we will get to that in a bit.
But first some of the big numbers. The Record was in Revenue for the quarter. 49.6 Billion dollars vs 32.5 Billion in the year ago quarter and $58 Billion in the last quarter.
Overall Apple now has $202.8 Billion in Cash on hand up $9.3 Billion for the quarter.
Revenue up 33% year / year and Earning Per share up 45% year / year to $1.85 per share.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/07/17FY-15-Third-
Quarter-Results-Conference-Call.html
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/07/21Apple-Reports-
Record-Third-Quarter-Results.html
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q3fy15datasum_2.pdf
06:46
http://news.investors.com/technology/071815-762206-aapl-
apple-earnings-preview-june-quarter-fiscal-q3.htm
VOICEMAIL - Jonathan_NO_fdbk_quarter_apple_watch_numbers.
07:59
http://fortune.com/2015/07/19/how-many-watches-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-second-pass/
With 27 analyst weighing in on Apple Watch sales - they came to an average of 4.07 Million units sold last quarter - with Turley Muller with financial Alchemist guessing at 2.85 Million units for the lowest guess. and Sundeep Bajikar with Jefferies with a guess of 5.7 Million units for the high side - and the actual revealed number is - And this would be where I play crickets chirping - as Apple is not going to say - PERIOD - they said multiple time on the call - that last September they said Apple Watch would be lumped in with Other Products - which also includes - Apple TV, iPods and Apple Branded and 3rd party accessories. They will not - they can not - they shall not break out Apple Watch Stats - it would be wrong to do so - because back in September they said they would not - so there - in your face Uncle Gene Munster - We ain’t answering your question or something pretty close to that is how the Q & A went.
What they did say about the Other Products category is that year over year - there was an increase from 1.767 Billion dollars to 2.641 Billion dollars - and that Apple Watch sales were greater than that increase - so all we know is Apple watch sales are greater than 874 Million dollars. If you assume an ASP for Apple Watch at $430 = that means there was at least 2 Million Apple Watches sold. If Apple Watch revenue was 50% of the Other category - then Appel Watch sales were about 3 Million units. The actual number is somewhere in between most likely - which means less than the 2.85 Mil units that was the lowest guess. Or worst than every one was predicting.
Tim Cook did say that Apple watch sales were higher in the month of June then they were in the Months of April or May. Which goes counter to what Slice said. It is possible Apple was not counting sales of devices as a sale until they actually shipped the unit to the customer. There was no follow up from the Analists on that point.
One thing on Monday that struck me about why Apple is likely not reporting the numbers - would be this little true story.
I went into the local Walgreens to buy my allergy medicine - my 24 pack of Wal-zyr D - which is behind the counter - and I have to show my drivers license to prove I am not a walter white wanna be. When I paid with my Apple watch - the women working the register said that was cool - she had seen lots of people pay with an iPhone - but that was the first time she saw someone use the Apple Watch - THE FIRST TIME and it was July 20th. That is 88 days and the FIRST apple watch that she saw where someone paid for something. THAT IS NOT GOOD when you consider I live in the more affluent part of town in the more affluent town in the KC Metro area. So if she is not seeing it - then it is likely not happening much if at all at other stores locally and that does not bode well for current apple watch sales.
11:45
http://fortune.com/2015/07/13/apple-iphone-estimates-2015q3/
For iPhone sales - last episode we talked about what the Anal-ists were guessing - collectively it was an average of 49.42 Million units sold. And the actual number was - 47.534 Mil iPhones sold for the quarter - which was 2 Million below what Anal-ists were expecting - being below wall streets estimates is not a good thing - expect some blood in streets for Apple stock over this. Which looking at after hour trading with in an hour of the news - Apple stock was down at one point over 10% - to put that in perspective that is over 75 Billion dollars in Market cap - theoretically lost in a few minutes. It did bounce back a little later on somewhat and was down just 7% or about 52 Billion dollars in market cap reduction. Will be interesting to see how it does once the market opens back up on Wednesday.
Per how the individual anal-ists did - Patrick Smellie with the Braeburn group was closest to the hole with a guess of 47.52 Million iPhones sold. Kudos Patrick.
Apple did say there was a reduction in channel inventory of 600,000 units - so really iPhone sales to customers were a tad over 48 Million units.
And they did say the 35% year over year growth for iPhone sales is about triple the industry number for smartphone sales growth.
13:44
http://fortune.com/2015/07/16/apple-ipad-watch-analysts/
The Guesses for the Anal-ists for iPad Sales are:
7.5 Million units on the low side from Lee Storch, the Braeburn Group - to 13.0 Million units on the high side from Patric Smellie the Braeburn Group and Andrew Uerkwitz - Oppenheimer.
The avg estimate was 10.71 Million units for last quarter and the one closest to the whole was? Name and affiliation withheld by request - who nailed it - with exactly 10.9 Million units being actually sold.
That was just a tad better than the analysts average. So no bad news on the iPad front.
Apple did also mention channel inventory decreased by 300,000 units - so iPad sales to customers was really 11.2 Million units.
And in the US - Apple had a 76% share of Tablet sales for units $200 or more.
14:47
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2949546/wearables/apple-
watch-satisfaction-very-high-whiles-sales-estimates-vary.html
Future Apple Watch sales are going to be greatly impacted not by Analists predictions or talking points or reviews - but rather by Word of Mouth. And right now the Mouths of current Apple Watch owners seems to have a smile on them when they talk about their Apple Watches.
One recent customer survey found the rates of satisfaction at 97% among Apple Watch users. Which is higher than both the initial iPhone satisfaction numbers at 92% back in 2007 and the original iPad at 91% back in 2010.
These extremely high user satisfaction data for the Apple watch definitely bodes well for future growth of the Apple watch - as nothing trumps word of mouth marketing for growing a product line.
Per that 97% - 66% of it was people Very Satisfied and 31% of it was people somewhat satisfied.
Additionally - it seems the least technical you were - the more satisfied you were. It seems that teachers, firefighters, insurance agents, and those not in the tech industry and not hard-core techies - these were the groups of people that couldn’t stop raving about the Apple Watch. So the right people are word of mouth marketing.
16:26
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18:07
VOICEMAIL - Jonathan_answer_apple_music_library_fixes_issues
Hi Rob,
From episode 354, the app I use for making slideshows is free, iMovie on my MacBook Pro! The newest version is really easy to use and there are loads of tutorials on YouTube or Lynda.com. I made a slideshow for my dad's 80th birthday and you can use a mix of photos and videos and even detach audio from videos you have to use for background. You can make it loop automatically.
Regards,
Carine
Hi Rob,
This is response to the other listener in ep 0355 who wanted to print directly from an iOS device but also wanted to be able to do things like resize what they're printing and all the other functionality you get using a computer. I got a $7 App called "Printer Pro" by a developer called "Readdle" that does everything I can think of wanting to do when I decide to print something on my iPhone or iPad. You can add an option to print with the app from the... up arrow box button thing menu...
Does that thing have a name? I don't even know.
The point is, it's a $7 app, which for some reason people I know think is a lot for an app, but considering how often and how long I've been using it, the cost eventually amortized out. (At least for me.)
I think there's a free version so people can try it out? But I don't think it has nearly as many useful features, it might still have the resize features.
Regards,
Michelle
Hi Rob,
Guess I am the only one that likes the beta. Thought I'd say something positive. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to test things out early and to be able to know that my voice is heard if there are any bugs.
Regards,
Shawna
Hi Rob,
I would like to send out a warning to people considering downloading the public beta of iOS 9. I downloaded it for my iPod touch 5th gen and my iPad Air 1st gen wifi model to see if it was stable enough for my iPhone 6. I had noticed a few bugs but for the most part it was fairly stable so I decided it was safe for my iPhone. After a few days of no issues my phones cellular data stopped working. I had to restore my phone back to iOS 8.4. Just a warning for anybody considering updating.
Regards,
Chris
Chickasha, Oklahoma
VOCIEMAIL - Justin_PA_answer_itunes_library_match
VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_Part2_itunes_match
23:02
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 Mark Page who posted the following question
Quote
What happens at the end of the Apple music free trial to music on the icloud library? Will the icloud music library not be available to those who don't subscribe and will they have to use itunes sync?
Unquote
In a nut shell - any music you download via Apple Music for playback offline - will be protected by DRM - Digital Rights Management - that means if you cancel - then the DRM is kicked in - and your music you downloaded via the Apple Music trial or even during a paid period - is no longer available when you cancel / or choose not to renew your subscription. It is like with Netflix and Hulu+ - you only get access to the music from Apple Music when you are in the trial or paid period. But once you are in neither - then anything download via Apple Music is not available.
Now if you do purchase an album outright and pay however much the Album is - then that would still be available to you.
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 Fred Goertzen who wrote:
My recent calls appearing on another iPhone.
About 10 days ago all of my calls started appearing on my wife's iPhone recent call history. I am not alone, there are 100's of posts on this topic on the Apple Support Community, starting in March, 2015, with no resolution.
A further bug that I haven't seen mentioned: Her Current Period Call Time shows 1 Day 2 Hours (Last Reset July 8, 2015). When I add up the individual calls, which include mine as well, its 225 minutes.
Apple is silent on this issue.
And a big thanks to Timmy T - who replied - Are iPhone Cellular Calls set to on under face time?
To which Fred replied yes - and that he turned it off - and now all seems to be working correctly.
25:53
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/21/ios-9-beta-4-tidbits/
The Quarterly Conference call - was not the only news today from Apple. There was also the release of iOS 9 Beta 4 for devs or also known as 9b4 well at least on this episode. And this is just for Devs - and not available yet for the consumer users that are doing the public beta.
9b4 has a lot of bug fixes - but also new features.
First up - if you purchased a new iPod touch 6th gen - you can upgrade it to 9B4 - which is good news for devs - as many do buy iPod touches for doing testing for their apps.
One of those bug fixes in the beta was fixing it where the volume button works to take photos.
With the release of iOS 8.4 - there was a feature that went away - Home Sharing - This is now back with 9b4 - true to Eddy Cue’s words that it was coming back.
The Picture in Picture feature for iPads - now supports the Podcasts app - very cool. This is for Video Podcasts. So you can watch Happy tree friends while answering emails.
With Apple Pay - there is a new Settings Option in the Settings App for Apple Pay that allows you to turn on/off the feature where you double-click the home button to access from the home screen.
Bing Web results can now be disabled in spotlight search settings.
There were also some smaller cosmetic or minor minor changes - one that is mentioned often is the change of the Notifications icon from Grey to Red in the settings app.
27:57
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/15/rumor-apple-to-launch-
end-of-life-ipad-mini-model-and-ipad-pro-in-2015-forego-ipad-air-3
On the rumor front - we have a couple on the iPad side - with the iPad Mini - 4th gen - or 3.5 gen - as last years iPad mini - was so sight an upgrade it is hard to call it a full gen update. But anyway - the iPad mini 4th gen as Apple would call it - is being rumored to be the last of its line. Meaning no more new 7.9” iPad Mini’s after this next one.
If you want to know the specs for the next iPad Mini - simply look at the specs for the iPad Air 2 - and there you go. Except maybe with Bluetooth 4.1 and force touch.
The other rumor has to do with the iPad Pro - and that it might launch in November. Way to go out on a limb guys.
They are also saying that because of the update to the iPad Mini and the launch of the iPad Pro - there will be no real update to the iPad Air 2. Maybe the bump to bluetooth 4.1 and force touch - my thoughts - not theirs - but that would be it.
Per the iPad Pro - rumors are still consistent that it will have both a USB-C port and an Lightening port. As well as NFC and Force Touch. and Apple would be introducing a new Apple branded Bluetooth stylus. So that probably also means Bluetooth 4.1 for it as well.
So basically we are looking at a minor if any update to the iPad Air 2, major update to the iPad Mini - and the introduction of the iPad Pro in October / November time frame with current device updates launched in October and the iPad Pro launch in November - maybe - possibly - if it is not in another month.
29:47
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPod+Touch+6th+Generation+
Teardown/44378
The folks at iFixit - got their hands on a new iPod touch 6th gen and put up some iPod touch porn on their site.
One of the interesting finds - the A8 processor is being under clocked at just 1.1 GHZ per core. Apple is doing that to save on battery life which is important at the battery is just a 1043 mAh battery - which is small by iPhone standards - but on par with the 5th gen iPod touch which had a 1030 mAh battery.
Still with less radios - there is less battery draw.
Overall they said the internals are very similar to the iPhone 6 - sans the radios needed for a Phone - but as I mentioned the camera is not on par with the iPhone 6 - and closer the iPad Air camera.
If you want to see more of the insides of the iPod touch - there is a link in the show notes.
30:49
VOICEMAIL - Nolan_voicedream_reader_dyslexia_app
Hello Rob,
In Tii Item 354 you made a request for a "Candy Crush" type app for your son with dyslexia. While I can't help there, I can very strongly recommend two audiobook apps for dyslexics or anyone with visual, physical or print disabilities which prevent them from reading traditional print materials.
First "Read2Go" from Benetech is an accessible ebook reader for reading BookShare titles. The "Read2Go" app will read books downloaded from Bookshare multi-modally, allowing the user to see and hear words at the same time in a high quality text-to-speech voice. Bookshare is a non-profit organization which opens up the world of reading for people with print disabilities offering the world’s largest collection of accessible titles. Anyone in the world with learning disabilities, low vision or blindness, or who is unable to read standard print because of physical disabilities may qualify to join Bookshare. Membership is provided FREE to US students and schools, and for other individuals, Bookshare membership is $50 annually with a $25 setup. Discounted fees are available in some countries.
Once a user provides proof of disability and completes the BookShare enrollment, the Read2Go iOS app allows access to over 345,000 titles, all included in the membership. There are no per book charges. The Read2Go app is $19.99.
Second, "Learning Ally" is the name for both an app and a national non-profit dedicated to helping blind, visually impaired and dyslexic students succeed in education. Like Bookshare, membership and proof of disability is required, but Learning Ally accepts Bookshare membership as proof of disability.
The "Learning Ally" iOS app is similar to Bookshare in that it reads books multi-modally; the text is highlighted as it is read by the voice. However, Learning Ally also offers human-voice narrated books as well. There are over 75,000 books in their library including many best-sellers and textbooks.
The Learning Ally organization offers so much more than just the app, including 1-on-1 consultations to answer your questions, a community for emotional support, advice webinars and events to build your knowledge, and of course the iOS app with human-narrated audiobooks to help adults or children read. Learning Ally membership is $119, but they do offer fee waivers for those who qualify with application.
More information for sign-up can be found at Bookshare.org and LearningAlly.org.
I am an educator, but I'll happily admit to plagiarizing much of this email from their websites to help spread the word about these apps and organizations. My 11 year old daughter has dyslexia and I cannot recommend these two organizations and apps highly enough. They have made a tremendous difference to my daughter, helping to turn her from a frustrated student into a voracious reader. We've learned that the access to information included in books, magazines and newspapers is what is really important, not whether it comes to a person through printed text or an audiobook.
I'd love to hear other listener's experiences and suggestions. Bookshare and Learning Ally are examples of using iOS to provide "assistive technology" that comes pretty close to perfect!
Regards,
Geoff Selhorst
Dear Rob,
Per your question to us who know of apps that will help your son who is dyslexic, I would like to recommend the ReadQuick app. Back when ReadQuick was made, parents of dyslexic kids were saying it was something that really helped their kids in school. Since it shows one word at a time, it lets them just focus on each piece and removes a lot of the garble that just adds complexity for them.
best regards,
Cody K
Hi Rob,
In regards to apps that may be useful for your son and and his learning to work with his dyslexia...
The following app is not the answer to the app request on your last show, but it is a very useful tool for many dyslexics. The developer is very bright, an excellent coder, and very interested in helping find solutions and useful tools for dyslexics and the visually impaired.I happen to be blind and have exchanged many many letters with the developer, Winston Chen, and am very impressed with him.
My favorite tool that he wrote is: Voice Dream Reader
He He also developed a word processor for the ipad/iphone called:
Voice Dream Writer
Winston also has an email app, but I use the built-in email program on my iphone and really cannot say too much about the utility of his mail client.
My father-in-law was severely dyslexic, but had parents like you who really worked with him when he was young and he eventually became an M.D. with a very successful practice.
Another useful thing to learn more about is "Learning Ally" It used to be called Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. It may be worth checking with them as well. I believe their headquarters are in Princeton, N.J.
Good luck! With your attentiveness, your son will flourish.
Regards,
GM In Texas
Hi Rob
I listened to this week's Tii podcast and heard your request for an specific type of app to help your dyslexic son. I am legally blind and subscribe to the podcast Assistive Technology Update with Wade Wingler. I listen to it to be aware of current accessibility technologies that may address my specific needs. They have a weekly feature called 'Apps Worth Mentioning' by 'Bridging Apps.org' who seem to have and evaluate apps that can help various accessibility and cognitive needs. I don't know their products well, but you may find some apps that help add to the 'toolbox' you're trying to create to support your son. You might also contact this '.org' for more specific information or directions to search. Good luck to you and your family in these efforts.
Here's the link
https://insignio.bridgingapps.org/dashboard
Regards,
Doug C
Indianapolis
Hi, Rob !
Somebody asked in an earlier episode about a Candy Crush Saga-style game with letters and words instead of candy. I think you, too, were interested in something similar. Well, King has released a game just like that. It's called Alphabetty Saga.
https://itunes.apple.com/ro/app/alphabetty-saga/id814434907?mt=8
Regards,
Aurelian Radu
I also had that apps suggesting from a few other listeners. Thanks for that suggestion.
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_apple_watch_forcequit_tip
42:03
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-the-
9-magnetic-adapter-for-your-mobile-devic
Thanks to all that sent in this next one - which was actually sent in from quite a few people. And this is per the Kickstarter project called - ZNAPS - Z N A P S - and this is basically a mag safe connector for your iPhone - finally. When you have two boys running around the house - mag safe connectors have saved my laptop numerous times.
The goal on this was $94,221 - And to date they have raised a we bit over 1/2 a million dollars and they have until August 14th for additional funding - so congrats to them on this.
Pricing on this is about $9 US. That gets you one Znaps connector and 1 Znaps adapter. What you do is plug the connector into your lightening port on your iOS device - and then the the Adapter to your lightening cable - and the two then connect magnetically to charge your iPhone. BUT WAIT there is more - They also claim it will support data synchronization as well - so it is both for charging and synching - and it just $9. I mean how can you not fund this right. Actually I did fund this but at the $18 level for two connectors and two adapters.
They say this will ship in November - NOT to me it will not - I was about 19,000th on the funders list. Expect delays on this one at this point - If I have it before the end of the year I will be happy. Heck before March 1st and I will be happy.
To find out more on this one - search for ZNAPS - Z N A P S at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 356
43:51
http://www.imore.com/pebble-time-now-sale-best-buy-stores-
target-sales-begin-august
If you did not fund the Pebble Time Kickstarter project - and were waiting for more info on the Apple Watch - and now decided you were going to go with the Pebble time - well good news for you - the Pebble Time is now on sale in Best Buy stores - with Target store roll out scheduled for August 17th. Pricing at Best Buy is $200 minus a penny.
This is just the plastic version - not the steel version.
44:31
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_feedback_siri_accent_issues
Hi Rob,
In response to the guy from U.K. having problems with Siri understanding him, I don't seem to have this problem. Yes there is the odd time when Siri doesn't understand me but lately these occasions are getting fewer and far between. I must say I don't have as strong an English accent as he does but I wonder if there are many other listeners with similar issues.
But yeah I agree with the advise you gave about changing the versions of English and seeing if it makes a difference for him.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hi Rob,
I just listen to your lastest show and this is in reference to the caller from the UK saying that Siri does not understand him. My phone is running on the most recent update I believe it's 8.4, anyway after the update I fired up Siri to see if she would understand me better I said "this is a test to see if you understand me better" and the text that showed up on the screen simply read "San Diego" which completely perplexed me because it was such an arbitrary phrase...very strange indeed. i'm using an iPhone six and I'm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Regards,
George Smith
Hi Rob,
It would be nice if the watch had another button on the left
On watchaware podcast, someone pointed out that the one one regular button is only limited to contacts and apple pay! Why can't it be programmed. Reports say it's not getting used and people use Siri instead
Regards,
Michael
VOCIEMAIL - Shawna_Indy_JB_tweak_beta_still_there
51:25
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/07/02/saurik-releases-cydia-
1-1-19-runs-mobile-instead-of-root/
Thanks to Chris in London for this next one.
Which is for jailbreakers - Cydia is moving from a root level app to now running as a mobile ( or normal) type app.
How does this effect you the Jailbreak user - well now you will see some of your tweaks applied to the Cydia app - where as in the past tweaks did not effect the Cydia app. As they say quote for example if you have a tweak installed that improves how the keyboard works in all apps - it will now improve keyboard in Cydia as well.
They do warn that some tweaks might have issues with Cydia as the devs for those tweaks up until now did not have a chance to test them.
And they say if you have a tweak that causes Cydia to be unstable and unusable - you can fix it by booting your device with Cydia Substrate disabled. To do this turn off your device - and turn it on while pressing the volume up button until it finishes booting - then open Cydia - uninstall the buggy tweak and reboot again the normal way to get back to normal mode.
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Hi Rob,
I updated my iPhone 6 plus to iOS 8.4 when it was released to the public, and since the update my touch screen will intermittently be unresponsive. So far to fix it, I can just put it to sleep and wake it up and it'll be fine for a little bit, but to try and resolve the issue I have restored, reset, set up as new, erased it, just everything I can think of, but it still does it, and I've researched it and found no real answer or solution until today when I found a few videos on YouTube showing either removing and cleaning the touch screen controller or replacing it, there are several cases I've read that people have had the screen replaced just to have the problem show back up after a day or so, even a few that had the unit replaced had the problem come back...I'd just like to get this info out there so more can understand what's happening to their phones if they are seeing this, I'm sure apple knows that it's a problem, it may not be effecting a huge number of units but there are quite a few out there and I feel as long as there are no signs of abuse, apple just needs to make it right and not make us jump through hoops
Regards,
Ronny
Hi Ronny thanks for the feedback - first I would say this DO NOT REPEAT DO NOT OPEN up your iPhone and try to clean or adjust anything if you are having this issue folks - take it to your Apple store - all the iPhone 6 and 6+ are still under a year old and covered by the Apple warranty and opening the unit and trying to clean or fix something can and likely will void your warranty. See your local Apple store if you are seeing this. And per the numbers seeing this - it does look to be a very very small % of people - but even a very small % of a really large number is more than a few people. But again - don’t try to fix this yourself - see your local apple store or where ever you purchased said unit from. When it comes to defects / issues with units under a year old - Apple is better then any other company about making good on bad units with the least amount of hassle. All companies will have a small % of units with issues - how Apple has traditionally dealt with those issues is what sets them apart from all others.
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