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  • Thu, 25 October 2012
    Apple Q3 2012 Quarterly Report
    Apple Q3 2012 Quarterly Report

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    Here is a very quick summary of the latest quarterly numbers from Apple:

    Rev = $36 Billion (up from $28.3 Billion in the year ago quarter)

    Total Cash = $121.3 Billion (up $4.1 Billion for the quarter even after paying out over $2 Bil in Dividends)

     

    Last Quarter Sales

    iPhones Sold = 26.9 Mil (vs 17.07 Mil year ago quarter and 26 Mil last quarter)

    iPads Sold = 14 Mil (vs 11.12 Mil year ago quarter and 17 Mil last quarter)

    iPod Touches Sold = Not given as usual but over half of the 5.3 Mil iPods sold

    All iPod's Sold = 5.3 Mil  (vs 6.8 Mil last quarter and 6.6 Mil in the Year ago quarter)

     

    Misc Notes

    iPhone 5 out to 31 countrie already - will be to 100 by end of the year.

    iPhone Business was $17.1 Bil last quarter alone vs $16.01 Bil for all of Microsoft last quater. That was also larger than Googles over all revnue ($14.1 Bil) and Amazons revenue ($13.8 Bil). 

    iPad Business was $7.5 Bil last quater.

    Apple TV sold 1.3 Mil units last quarter.  Apple sold over 5 Mil units for the past 4 quarters vs 2.8 Mil units for the year prior to that.  

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    Category:breaking news -- posted at: 4:01pm EDT
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    Tue, 23 October 2012
    Tii - iTem 0245 - iPad Mini and iPad 4th Gen event

    Tii - iTem 0245 - iPad 4th gen and iPad Mini event

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter?

    A Top Dell Exec On Why His Company Didn't Invent The iPad

    iPhone Uber-Hacker Comex Is Out At Apple

    iPhone 5 call quality testing - CNET 

    Samsung will stop making iPhone, iPad screens for Apple

    Can i get a iPhone from sprint and transfer to straight talk?

    Apple - Apple Events - Apple Special Event October 2012

    How many iPads did Apple sell last quarter?

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    Garageband

    Anti-Snooze

    Puzzle Farm

    SoundHound

    Audible App

    BookMark

    Direct download: tii_0245.mp3
    Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:44pm EDT
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    Tue, 23 October 2012
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0245 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0245 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob

    I created this artwork using an iPad 2nd gen, iPhone 4S, Elecom laser keyboard and my favorite Podcast.Never leave without them…

    Regards, Serge in Austalia

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    Transcript - iTem 0245

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    Philp Dewitt over at Fortune has pulled together 60 anal-ists guesses on what they think the iPhone will have done in sales last quarter - which ranges from a low of 21 Million to a high of 32.3 Mil. There really was no consensus of iPhone sales this time with guesses looking evenly spread out all over the place.  The average of the 60 Anal-ists was 26.5 Mil.  

    Per my Predictions - well I am not guessing but simply taking the Verizon numbers - per what they sold of the iPhone 4 and 4s - which was 2.5 Mil last quarter vs 2.7 Mil the quarter before - and I am multiplying that ratio by 26 mil - which is how many iPhones sold the quarter before last and then adding the 5 Mil iphone 5's we know apple sold last quarter to come to a number of 29 Mil iPhones sold last quarter. I am looking at Verizon's drop of iPhone 4's and 4S's to be indicative overall of the iPhone market globally which is a big assumption - If it is that the Actual iPhone sales are higher than 29 Mil - I think it is good news for Apple - if it is lower - it is bad news - in my opinion - how far above or below that number will indicate how wild a ride the Apple stock price will go on over the next few weeks. Of course we shall see on Thursday what the real numbers are - I will send out a push message and put up a post on Today in iOS dot com on Thursday after Apple announces all their financial goodies. Might be late Thursday as I will be in Pittsburgh for business starting on Thursday.  So not sure when I will have access to the quarterly conference call.  Regardless - if you are one of those that is into Apple numbers - I will get something up hopefully with a little commentary as well on Thursday evening. 

    There is article over at Fastcompany - where they talk to a Dell exec - and normally these are like gold for the show. I mean Dell execs and quotes for my how wrong were they segment are like peanut butter and chocolate - this time it was with SVP of Corporate Strategy - David Johnson - and I have to say - he actually made a lot of sense and was very forthcoming - So a kudos to David Johnson - not often you get to read quotes from someone at Dell that are full of common sense and logical insight and don't appear their head is buried in the sand or somewhere else. Just felt compelled to say Kudos this time - given all the times in the past I had fun on this show at Dells expense with one of their quotes. 

    I saw a few headlines about the Jailbreak hacker - comex - who had gone to work for Apple a year ago - being no longer employed by Apple and I was like - Yeah - He is back in the game - working on a new jailbreak - and then I read some of the articles - and quick sad trombone was played.  Whattt whattt waaaa - Seems He is more interested in going to college at Brown University and you know concentrating on his classes then he is in working on a jailbreak for iOS 6.  Geeze - kids these days what is the world coming to when an ivy league education takes precedence over hacking iOS.  If you want to read more about Nicholas Allegra - aka Comex - there is a really good article on Forbes by Andy Greegberg titled iPhone Uber-Hacker Comex is out at Apple - link in the show notes for ep 245 over at today in iOS dot com.  

    Into the Email bag. 

    Hi Rob!

    Just wanted to say I just got the tii ios app and its great. Much more intuitive to use than the podcast app for downloading and listening to your show. I couldn't help noticing the stars look like little yellow Captain America shields as the podcasts download. 

    I've been going through the back episodes and downloading the ones that came out around all the iPhone launches, just to see how far the phone has come in terms of features, hardware, popularity, etc. I have had every iPhone except the 4S. I will be getting the iPhone 5 soon. Oh,by the way,  I think it should've been called the iPhone 6 as well. 

    Regards,

    Jim

    Hi Jim - Thanks for the kind words and for supporting the show - Folks if you would like to support the show - you too can purchase the Tii - App for just $2.99 from the App store - As Jim mentioned it is the best way to consume this show on your iOS device and a much better UI than the Podcasts App.  Plus it will not cause you to use up all your data usage in a month.  Just sayin.  

    Hi Rob,

    thanks for the push.  Just bought $200 worth.

    Regards,

    Don G

    What is Don G talking about - Well with the Tii App you also get Push notifications and Yesterday I sent one out about the $50 iTunes gift card at Best Buy dot com for just $40 for just Yesterday - so he saved more than the price of the app on that one push - actually he save many times the price of the App.  Just search for the Tii App in the App store and thanks for supporting the show. 

    PLAY FEEDBACK ABOUT SHORTCUT

    G'day Rob,

    A gentleman mentioned last episode that when he used eMail addresses through a shortcut, the websites rejected them. After you type your shortcut and the address appears, press the delete button to remove the space that appeared after your shortcut worked. This should be what causes the address not to be recognised. 

    Thanks,

    Ian

    Thanks Ian - and everyone else that sent in that tip - there were a lot of you on that one. 

    Hi Rob,

    To the listener that was talking to apple and they said it was meant to rattle. 

    My iPhone 5 had that rattle too, so I googled iPhone 5 rattle and saw reports of the battery coming loose and apple store swapping it out. I made appointment at local store. My genius opened it up and sure enough loose battery. He swapped it out for a new one. No rattle on this one. So listener go see a genius it's not meant to rattle. 

    Cheers

    Marcus

    Australia

    Hi Rob,

    Just discovered a really cool new feature in the Find my iPhone app. When you tap on a device to show it on the map, an icon in the upper-right shows you it remaining battery. It doesn't look like you need iOS 6 on the device to do that since it worked for my original iPad, which isn't supported by iOS 6.

    Lou V

    Hi Rob,

    I have an app for the New Zealander who needed another music player app to check out. 

    It's called "SoundHound". I think it's free. It's like schzam, i.e. for finding music, but has easy access to my iTunes library and basically the same controls as the iPod in the phone.

    The other recommendation I have is the audible audio books app for  listening to audio books. It can see the books you have in iTunes and play them just as well an audible audio book. 

    Regards,

    - Jessi D

    Hi Rob,

    So, for audiobooks I use BOOKMARK, which not only ONLY lists audiobooks stored on my iphone, allows me to add book marks, keeps my place, and has a sleep timer.  It's basic and it's great.

    One point I thought of concerning iphone theft: I put a passcode lock with the "10 time and it erases setting" ON.

    If someone steals my phone, I'm FAR less concerned about the phone itself than I am about my data, emails, phone numbers etc.

    As far as I'm concerned, the phone can automatically erase itself and leave the thieves with an new phone, as long as they don't have my data.

    Regards,

    Dennis C

    Hello Rob,

     

    Instead of finding an app to play music I suggest your listener could use either the Audible app which is free and which allows him to also play books from his music library from the Audible app. 

     

    Alternatively, he can spend a couple of Dollars and buy an app called Bookmark and this also allows him to play audio books he synced to his iPhone via iTunes and the app remembers the playback position.

     

    Lastly, I would suggest also that he checks how the books are synced and whether they show up in the Audio Books category under “More” in the music app or whether they just show up like all the rest of his music. If the latter is the case this can be easily fixed. Once the books are in iTunes on the computer, select all the files from a book, then right click and click on “Get Info”. Select the “Options” tab and make sure Media Kind is set to “Audio Book” and not to “Music”. As soon as this is done the books will appear in the Books library in iTunes and not in the music library and if he plays these books on his iPhone the music app will remember the playback position for a particular book exactly where he left off even if you completely turn off the phone or listen to music or another book in between.

      

    Regards,

    Sieghard

    PLAY FEEDBACK ABOUT SHORTCUT

    G'day Rob,

    A gentleman mentioned last episode that when he used eMail addresses through a shortcut, the websites rejected them. After you type your shortcut and the address appears, press the delete button to remove the space that appeared after your shortcut worked. This should be what causes the address not to be recognised. 

    Thanks,

    Ian

    Thanks Ian - and everyone else that sent in that tip - there were a lot of you on that one. 

    Hi Rob,

    To the listener that was talking to apple and they said it was meant to rattle. 

    My iPhone 5 had that rattle too, so I googled iPhone 5 rattle and saw reports of the battery coming loose and apple store swapping it out. I made appointment at local store. My genius opened it up and sure enough loose battery. He swapped it out for a new one. No rattle on this one. So listener go see a genius it's not meant to rattle. 

    Cheers

    Marcus

    Australia

    Hi Rob,

    Just discovered a really cool new feature in the Find my iPhone app. When you tap on a device to show it on the map, an icon in the upper-right shows you it remaining battery. It doesn't look like you need iOS 6 on the device to do that since it worked for my original iPad, which isn't supported by iOS 6.

    Lou V

    Hi Rob,

    I have an app for the New Zealander who needed another music player app to check out. 

    It's called "SoundHound". I think it's free. It's like schzam, i.e. for finding music, but has easy access to my iTunes library and basically the same controls as the iPod in the phone.

    The other recommendation I have is the audible audio books app for  listening to audio books. It can see the books you have in iTunes and play them just as well an audible audio book. 

    Regards,

    - Jessi D

    Hi Rob,

    So, for audiobooks I use BOOKMARK, which not only ONLY lists audiobooks stored on my iphone, allows me to add book marks, keeps my place, and has a sleep timer.  It's basic and it's great.

    One point I thought of concerning iphone theft: I put a passcode lock with the "10 time and it erases setting" ON.

    If someone steals my phone, I'm FAR less concerned about the phone itself than I am about my data, emails, phone numbers etc.

    As far as I'm concerned, the phone can automatically erase itself and leave the thieves with an new phone, as long as they don't have my data.

    Regards,

    Dennis C

    Hello Rob,

     

    Instead of finding an app to play music I suggest your listener could use either the Audible app which is free and which allows him to also play books from his music library from the Audible app. 

     

    Alternatively, he can spend a couple of Dollars and buy an app called Bookmark and this also allows him to play audio books he synced to his iPhone via iTunes and the app remembers the playback position.

     

    Lastly, I would suggest also that he checks how the books are synced and whether they show up in the Audio Books category under “More” in the music app or whether they just show up like all the rest of his music. If the latter is the case this can be easily fixed. Once the books are in iTunes on the computer, select all the files from a book, then right click and click on “Get Info”. Select the “Options” tab and make sure Media Kind is set to “Audio Book” and not to “Music”. As soon as this is done the books will appear in the Books library in iTunes and not in the music library and if he plays these books on his iPhone the music app will remember the playback position for a particular book exactly where he left off even if you completely turn off the phone or listen to music or another book in between.

      

    Regards,

    Sieghard

    From the could have seen that one coming even in the middle of the night with video shot from an iPhone 3GS - there comes news that Apple is cutting back - has been cutting back in their orders of iPhone and iPad screens from Samsung.  Shocker.  Oh and can you believe this - they are also cutting back on orders of some memory chips from Samsung as well.  It is almost as if you know the two companies are no longer buddies and locked in some epic legal courtroom death match.  While Samsung claims in some comments not care about the cutbacks saying they are shifting manufacturing capacity to their own internal needs - from a basic accounting perspective - this is bad news for Samsung - it is always great to have an external customer to help cover your fixed costs of you manufacturing line - thus bringing down the overall costs for manufacturing for components you will use internally.  And Apple was not just any customer to Samsung - Apple was Samsung's largest external customer.  They can say all they want about shifting capacity to their own needs - reality is this will hurt Samsung's bottom line - will be interesting to see their financials long term.  For Apple it is best to get those orders over to those that are not a competitor - like LG or Sony or ummmm - hmmmm - ok - lets just say less of a competitor are they than Samsung turned out to be.  Sorry folks I come from a electronics Component manufacturing background - and this stuff I tend to geek out on.  

    Hi Rob,

    App review; 1BGraves in the app store is the mobile app for BillionGraves. 

    Users take pictures of grave stones and upload to billiongraves from inside the app.

    At the website www.billiongraves.com volunteers transcribe grave stone information.  

    Rating: Awesome!

    Regards,

    Kevin S

    Hi Kevin - thanks for the heads up on that - I am one of those people that likes going to old grave yards and looking around at the names and dates of those in there - especially the older grave yards.  I will be downloading this and bringing it with me next time I go to one of the older grave yards near me.  Sure beats bringing tracing Paper and tracing over the cool head stones.  

     

    Hi Rob,

    I recently went to Europe with my unlocked iPhone 4 running iOS 6 for the first time and had a couple of surprises. 

    Before landing in london, i popped in a sim from o2 that i had previously used in an unlocked iPhone 3g. In the past, I had to change the APN before it would connect to o2's cellular data network by finding a hotspot and going to unlockit.co.nz. However this time changing the APN wasn't necessary. Out of curiosity, I wanted to see if the APN had automatically changed to the correct settings. When i went to check the Network Settings, it was not where it used to be in General/Network Settings, nor could i find Network Settings anywhere in Settings. From what i saw in some forums, being able to view the Network Settings is dependent on what carrier you are using, but maybe someone else can confirm that. 

    On the other hand, my wife who was running iOS 5, did need to change her APN in order to connect to o2. When she did try to useunlockit.co.nz it would not allow her to create a profile without first deleting the previous profile in Settings/General/Profiles. That step wasn't necessary before using our iPhone 3g's running iOS 4.2.

    Regards, 

    paul

    mill valley, ca

    Hi Rob, 

    I am about ready to buy a sprint iPhone 4s from a friend that just upgraded to an iPhone 5. The iPhone 4s should be off contract and legally unlock-able. I am interested in trying Straighttalk but wanted to make sure that I can move this phone over to it. On one of your shows you mentioned a website that you can log on to with the web browser ending in .nz but I could not find it in a search of your site. Is that site still valid. Will it work with iOS6. Shouldn't I be able to walk into any Sprint store and unlock this phone? If straight talk does not work I would like to be able to move this phone on to my existing ATT account. This should be feasible correct? 

    regards David

    Hi David - First off - the site is per the previous email unlockit.co.nz to get the APN's needed or maybe not needed with iOS 6.  

    Second per taking an unlocked iPhone 4S from Sprint to Straight talk - it will greatly depend on if you can get Sprint to truly unlock it.  In theory - you can run an unlocked iPhone 4S from Sprint on a GSM carrier in Europe - so you should be able to run it on Straight Talk in the US - in Theory - however my searching I could not come across anyone that actually has done this - if anyone has done this - please let us know - and more importantly let us know exactly what you needed to do to get your Sprint iPHone 4S on Straight talk.  

    FYI - those listening - no you can't take the iPhone 4 from Sprint to Straight talk - as that is a CDMA Phone - vs the iPHone 4S which is both a CDMA and GSM phone. 

     

    Hi Rob,

    Is there an app that works with the gps feature of the iphone via bluetooth? It seems so possible. I'm hoping you or your listeners can help.

    Cindy E

    Hi Rob,

    Listening to your show last week I heard that some other iPhone 5 users are experiencing problems with the lightning connector I have recently had an issue with my lightning connector when it decided to stop altogether whilst charging. 

    The symptoms were as follows:

    • The phone started to alternate between charging and not charging.
    • I removed the charging lead and needed to shut the phone off completely.
    • When I reconnected the lightning connector it didn't charge the phone at all.

    Fortunately I had purchased a micro USB to lightning adapter as a back up, which I was able to use in the meanwhile.

    Strangely enough the failure of the cable occured without any stress on the cable whatsoever which is puzzling?

    After contacting AppleCare they were able to send me one out to replace the faulty one , although I'm left a bit puzzled as to what caused the failure?

    regards

    Steve S

    Hi Rob,

    I tried to charge my iphone 5, and nothing happened when I plugged in my phone. My lighting cable was broken.   Thankfully, my tech shop at KU had some in stock. Will be stopping by att or an apple store and attempt to replace my broken cord.  

    Regards,

    Brent

    Hi Rob,

    I have had some issues with my Lightning connector. 

    The Genius Bar employee told me right away that they don't cover corrosion or normal wear and tear. I stated I've had it less than 30 days and it hasn't been subjected to water or chemicals. And if they are true gold connectors then they shouldn't corrode. I told him I believe this was an issue with how they adhered the gold to the conductors in the plug its self. He was still persistent that I pay service price of $17 for a new cord. They were out of the retail cords that hung on the shelves in pretty lil boxes for approximately $30. When he came back out to sell me the new service cord he told me his manager said not to charge me. I was happy. Lets see how long till this one wears out. Lets keep our fingers crossed that this is a one time incident. 

    Matt S

    Hi Matt - thanks for the feedback - Do not repeat do not let Apple charge you for a bad Lightening cord or ear pod for a new iPhone 5 - definitely not this soon after release.  Overall Apple is much much much better than any company out there on replacing bad product for no cost.  But as with any store - some employees will give bad advice or service compared to others.  Just make sure you hold your ground - politely and ask to speak to a manager.  Again - overall - I think you will find Apples service is 2nd to none at the Apple stores.  

    Hi Rob,

    Someone at my office recently travelled with their iPhone, put it on "airplane mode", and left it in a taxi. After realizing it was lost, they called me to use the "find my iPhone" app. 

    Well, guess what? With the iPhone still in "airplane mode", the "find my iPhone" app is useless; that is until the iPhone finder or thief turns "airplane mode" off! 

    Without a taxi receipt, this person could not even try to find the taxi where they left their iPhone 4S! Oh and by the way, this person did not have a pass code on their Iphone, which means the iPhone finder/thief (who never tried to find its rightful owner), had full access to this attorney's photos, memos, contacts, emails and anything on the iPhone that could be confidential! 

    I set the "find my iPhone" feature through www.icloud.com to WIPE the lost iPhone but this ONLY works when "airplane mode" is turned off and it starts using wifi. Sadly, we will never know if any of this iPhone's confidential attorney/client privilege information ever got into the wrong hands! 

    If the listeners have bosses who, while very smart in their profession, are not very tech-savvy, please stress the importance of putting a pass code on their Iphone! Especially when they store various usernames & passwords in their contacts! Hopefully the information on the iPhone is not used against this person or any if their clients. While using the pass code is a "PIA", the peace of mind is priceless. 

    By the way, this attorney had backed up their phone to the iCloud, so when they paid full price for a new iPhone, they didn't lose any information. But sadly, they still haven't put a pass code on their new iPhone.... Can you really teach an old dog new tricks?

    ~ "SALLY"

    Hi Rob,

    Is there anyone else that is frustrated with the WiFi issues with iOS

    6?  On my family's 3 iPads and 2 iPhones we always get spotty wifi on

    areas we have never had issues before. I have spoke with a few apple

    Geniuses that say this is a known issue but it amazes me that a fix

    isn't put yet when we are over a month since iOS 6's release. Any

    feedback from you or audience  on this would be interesting to hear.

    Regards,

    Jeff B

    Hi Jeff,

    I had some wifi issues with my wifes iPad when it first was updated to iOS 6 - I mean some really really slow or spotty wifi - the trick that worked for me after trying multiple resets of the iPad - was actually to reset the Wifi Router - once I did that the iPad was humming along with no issues.  So I would suggest trying a full reset of your router and see if that helps.  

     

    Into the email bag one more time. 

    Hi Rob,

    Per the announcement on the 23rd - How about iPad Jr? And Why don't people be more optimistic & round up & say 8" since 7.85?

    Regards,

    Michael.

    Well Michael per your prediction this is a good time to virtually pause and then transition into the October 23rd announcement.  

     

     

    For those with the Tii App - you received a push earlier on the 23rd letting you know the good news - that Apple was live streaming the event - along with the URL for the stream on Apples site.

    Ok and now per the live event for those that did not see it.  Tim Cook came out first and started with what is the traditional overview slash chest bumping slash back patting segment.  He Repeated the 5 Million iPhone 5's sold opening weekend and a PR video from launch weekend that put those samsung line waiting commercials to shame.  

    He said Apple has Sold over 3 Million of the new iPods  already.

    And there are 200 Million iOS devices running iOS 6 after just one month. 

    Then some other yada yada numbers about iCloud docs, iMessage messages, Game center accounts and Photo Stream photos. Yeah we get it - people are actually using their iOS devices.  

    He Repeated App numbers - over 700,000 iOS apps and over 275,000 iPad specific Apps

    There have been over 35 Billion App downloads from the Apps store.  Not bad for something apple did not originally plan on doing. 

    And Apple has paid out over $6.5 Billion dollars to devs.  

    Tim Talked about iBooks - hmmm - set up for iPad Mini Maybe.  We shall see.   There are 1.5 Million Books in the iBooks store.  Including 2 from me.  Just Sayin - and Over 400 Million book downloads to date.  The New iBooks version now has continuos scrolling - finally. And the new version of iBooks is available today for a free download. 

    Then Tim had Phil Shiller come out on stage to talk hardware.  

    First new products Phil talked about were Macs - And as expected he introduced the new 13" Mac Book Pro with Retina display. And then he went over the new iPad Mini - which I mention for App devs that need a new Mac to dev apps on. Then he went over the new iMacs.  And handed the remote back to Tim.

    Tim then started talking about the iPads.  They have now sold over 100 Million iPads as of two weeks ago.  Which means last quarter there were about 15.5 Mil iPad's sold - which is below most anal-ists expectations and below the 17 Mil in the Quarter previous.  The Anal-ists had a range of 14.80 mil on the low side to 23 Mil on the high side.  With an average estimate from Indie's of 19.23 Mil iPads sold vs Pro Anal-ists guessing at 17.57 Mil iPads sold - and per Tim cooks comments - of hitting 100 Mil iPads sold a couple of weeks ago - that means as I said only about 15.5 Mil iPad sold last quarter.  But we will save the in-depth number speak until the next episode. 

    Tim then talked about the iPad web traffic - which represents 91% for all Tablets. And said the main reason the iPad is used so much vs others - is that people love the iPad.  Kinda sorta implying people don't love those others. 

    Tim then talked about iBook Textbooks - saying there are 2,500 US schools with iBooks Textbooks already.  Tim announced an updated version of iBooks Author which is available today for free from the Apple Mac App store - need to download that after this episode goes live. 

    Tim then brought Phil back to talk about iPad Hardware. First up was the announcement of The 4th Gen iPad - Yup - The 3rd gen is no more.  Key changes from the 3rd gen are the A6X processor - Twice the speed - Phil claimed.  But it keeps the Same 10 Hour Battery life.  FaceTime HD front camera 720p HD.

    There is an Updated LTE and new Carriers.  Sprint in the US for example. 

    Updated Wifi - Now matches the Wifi on the iPhone 5.  which is 802.12 a b g and n 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.  Bluetooth 4.0 as well. 

    Of course it is updated to the Lightening Port. 

    And there are new Lightening to USB and Lightening to SD cables replacing the old Camera Connection kit. 

    Black and White - same storage - Same price - 16 GB - $499

    And then Phil showed the worst kept secret the iPad Mini - per what had been shown in image leaks.  And it is the iPad Mini.  

    It is 7.2 mm thin

    the iPad Mini weighs just 0.68 lbs

    It Comes in white and black.

    Screen size is 7.9"  vs 9.7 on the iPad. 

    The screen resolution of the iPad Mini is 1024 x 768 - which is the same as the screen on the iPad 1st and 2nd gen.  So apps for original and 2nd gen iPads will work with it.

    Phil then compared it to the Android comp - and really it was about showing how while the devices are about the same size on the outside - the screen is much bigger and the apps for the iPad Mini are a much better user experience vs the scaled up phone apps you find on Android Tablets.  

    The Mini uses the A5 Chip - FaceTime HD front side camera - 5 MB iSight rear camera.  1080p HD video. Actually the Cameras on the Mini and iPad 4th gen are identical on the front and back.  The Mini does have LTE and Cellular connections.  Faster wifi and Lightening port as well  And of course 10 hours of Battery life.  

    The iPad Mini Starts at $329 for 16 GB Wifi Version. $429 for 32 GB and $529 for 64 GB.

    iPad 2 sticks around same pricing as before which is $399 for the 16 Gig wifi version.

    The iPad 4th gen pricing is same as 3rd gen.  $499, $599 and $699 for 16, 32 and 64 gig Wifi only versions.

    Add $130 to any of the aforementioned versions if you go to Wifi plus cellular. 

    Pre orders for the new iPad Mini and iPad 4th gen start on October 26th - and then November 2nd they start to ship to a whole bunch of countries for the Wifi Version.  Those countries include:

    Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US.  That is 34 different countries at launch. 

    The Cellular version ships on November 16th to the aforementioned countries as well. 

    If you plan to pre-order - remember to use the Apple Store App to do the pre-orders - expect pre-orders to start some time early in the morning on October 26th east coast time - just like they did with the iPhone pre-orders.  

    But that is the new iPad Mini and iPad 4th gen in a nutshell - more detailed info is up now at Apple dot com.

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    Fri, 19 October 2012
    Tii - iTem 0244 - As Subtle as a Brick through a Plate Glass Window

    Tii - iTem 0244 - As Subtle as a Brick through a Stain Glass Window

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    Today's Sponsor is SquareTrade - www.squaretrade.com/tii

     

    Apple Announces October 23 Special Event 

    Apple Likely to Unveil "iPad Mini" at October 23 Event 

    iPad Mini pricing appears

    Here’s The Pricing On The Surface Tablet

    SNL skit skewers complaints about the iPhone 5

    New iPhone 5 case offers to fix purple flares

    iPhone 5 traffic volume already surpasses Samsung's Galaxy S3

    Solving iOS 6 Battery Drain Problems

    Teardown of Apple's new iPod touch

    Apple ships mic-less EarPods with new iPod Touch

    Apple executive e-mail explains new iPod's missing light sensor

    Apple offers targeted ad opt-out

    HiLO Lens  — Kickstarter

    $41 million can't buy success as Color app finally gives up | The Verge

    Color Labs To Be Acquired By Apple

    Sprint reportedly agrees to sell 70 percent stake to Softbank

    Verizon Discusses Q3 2012 Result

    Verizon results to provide early peek at Apple iPhone 5 sales

    Verizon Profitability Surges as Bills Rise on IPhone

    iOS 6 Jailbreak: Redsn0w Updated To v0.9.15b1

    The challenges of jailbreaking iOS 6

    Dev-Team Blog - Restoration reinvigoration

    Mod iPhone 4 car cradle for a iPhone 5

    iPhone sat in 6 feet of water for 6 months

    Apple Forced to Run Public Apology in 14pt Arial

    FAB Universal Celebrates New Ticker and Name Change With Huge Event

     

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    Garageband

    Doodle Buddy

    Desk Calc

    Anti-Snooze

    Puzzle Farm Imagination

    WeeTrackData - Cydia

    Dataman

    Onavo

    Find My iPhone

    NodBot

    LouderLogic

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    Fri, 19 October 2012
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0244 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0244 and Episode Transcript
    Hi_Rob
    Just used my iPhone5 to take a photo of our front yard ghostly jack 'o lantern and worked it up with Doodle Buddy on my iPad2.

    Regards,

    PaulG in Lawrenceville

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    Episode 244 Transcript

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    Confirmed - October 23rd event it will be.  This per the oft rumored event for Mid October. Which the iPad Mini is expected to be the main star of said event.  Apples invite was pretty much as subtle as a brick through a window - with the words - quote We've got a LITTLE more to show you unquote. Yeah iPad Mini it is.  It is interesting that there are many colors in the invite - Red, Orange, Violet, Blue and Yellow - hey if we are going to overly read into these invites I MEAN if I was the type of person that would do such a thing then maybe I would speculate that the colors on the invite mean the iPad Mini - like the iPod touch will come in multiple colors. Orrrr it could just be that a black and white invite does not look really good - yeah - I will go with the later reason on this as well. 

     
     
    I guess we should give some kudos to AllthingsD for you know predicting the October 23rd date - and by predict - I of course mean opening up the email from Simon Pope over at apple.  Just sayin.   Yeah - those of us outside the loop - are left having to look at calendars and events happening world wide to guess the dates on when Apple will do a special event.  I guess I was wrong thinking Apple wanted to show up any announcements at ITU this week - when in reality showing up Microsoft and their launch of the Surface Tablet next week seemed much higher on their list - who would have thunk. 
     
     
    I really am not going to speculate on the specs of the iPad Mini - we will go over the full specs as told be Apple on the next show - We just know two things for sure now - it will be smaller and cheaper than the current iPad.  How cheap - well that depends on what rumor sites you read.  One rumor from the past week comes from a supposed screen shot of pricing from a retailer in Europe - in said screen shot - pricing roughly translates back to US - $249 for an 8GB Wifi Only model.  With 16 GB Wifi only being $299, Then $399 for 32 GB and $499 for 64 GB.  Then there are the wifi and Cellular versions - some saying there might be a Wifi, Wifi and 3G and Wifi and LTE grouping of units.  So if you have 4 storage options, 3 Wireless options and 2 colors - you have a total of 24 different versions to choose from - Brilliant.  Some other rumors have the 8GB version at $299 and 16 GB at $349, 32 GB at $399 and 64 GB at $499.  Add another $130 for Cellular or LTE versions.  Yeah - Pricing speculation is a mess.  Can't wait for the real deal on this Tuesday. 
     
     
    As an FYI - Microsoft Surface RT pricing was made available this week - $499 is the low end price for the 32 GB version.  So Microsoft did not come in at the $199 price some had speculated.  Nope they did what they said they would do and come in with comparable pricing to the competition - i.e. iPad.
    Pricing for the Surface Pro will likely not be released until close to the end of the year.  
    Either way pricing announced by MS will do nothing to influence or threaten the iPad's position.   
     
     
    Again if you want the full clip look for the link titled - SNL skit skewers complaints about the iPhone 5 in the show notes for ep 244 over at today in iOS dot com. 
     
     Speaking of pointing your iPhone 5 directly at bright light and getting lens flare - The following is what I'm sure is going to be the first of many of these type of cases - It is called CamHoodie one word and it is a $25 case that claims its helps reduce or as they say greatly reduce purple lens flare. Yup - expect a few more of these to launch any minute now.   
     
    So with all the tech bloggers on their high horses throwing crap at the iPhone 5 - you would think it is doing horrible - right - well of course not - those that are bashing the iPhone 5 are a bunch of nincompoops to put it nicely.  In the real world - finding an iPhone 5 - is as tough as finding an article from Digitimes that is accurate.  And the web traffic from the iPhone 5 in less than 3 weeks is already greater than the web traffic from the Samsung Galaxy S3 - Actually quite a bit greater.  This according to data from Chitika - now don't mis understand those numbers - that is web traffic they are talking about - not sales.  I am sure the iPhone 5 has not out sold the Galaxy S3 yet - that is probably a few more weeks before that happens.  But from those surfing the web - well in that case the iPhone 5 has already kicked the S3's butt.  Of course iPhone 5 users might all be surfing the web to find out how to filter out that purple lens flair - just sayin.   
     
     
    Into the email bag.
    Hi Rob

    In the last episode in your section on increasing battery life you mentioned keeping the traffic setting active if you want the traffic information on your maps. This setting refers to your willingness to provide the crowd sourced traffic data used by maps. If you turn this setting off you still receive traffic data within the Maps App but you are not providing that data. 

    Regards

    Chris

    Hi Chris - I stand corrected - but either way good to turn that off to save battery life.

    I know a couple of people asked why I did not talk about putting the phone in Airplane Mode - well that is fine on an airplane - but I am assuming most people still want to or need to get calls during the day. So that is why I did not mention that.  But yes if you don't want calls - then put the phone in airplane mode by all means - just no - it means you can't receive or make calls.  

    Back to the emails - 

    Hi Rob,

    I just heard the latest podcast. I wanted to say that I'm having the same issue as the guy who said his podcast started playing after a phone call. 

    I have had this happen many times. In fact when I'm in the other room watching TV I know someone has called even when my phone is on silent because a podcast just spontaneously starts playing. 

    I have long arms but not that long! No chance that I hit the button too many times all the way from the other room down the hall.

    Definitely a real issue not user error. ;-)

    Kind Regards,

    Darren W

    Hi Rob,

    Per the caller looking for a way to track data - there is a jailbreak app called WeeTrackData - one word with We spelled W E E 

    Regards,
    Hank J

    Rob,
    In response to a listener on the last show: the app Dataman will track data usage to include specific apps data usage at a particular time. It is in the App Store and requires NO JAILBREAKING. I've been using it for a while now and really like it. 

    Lou V

    Hi Rob,
    You do not need to jailbreak to monitor data. Onavo is an App Store app that does two things; first, it compresses your data so you're using less, and second, it reports how that data is being used. 

    That is how I was able to tell my wife to stop downloading apps when she wasn't at home and blowing her data limit. 
    Regards,
    John H



    Hi,

    First time listener. Listened to item 0243.

    You had a listener that wanted a Contacts replacement because she could no longer select only a single group, without first deselecting everyone of the other groups. Well, which made me feel like the user tapped each group, one after the other. There is however, this simple way:

    1. Tap All Contacts, which selects all groups.
    2. Tap again on All Contacts, which will deselect all groups.
    3. Finally, tap the group you want to see.

    Regards,
    Johan

     
     
    Hey Rob, just want to report that the sailor is sobering up! With your help below I am now using less than 20% overnight - but still not the performance of my 4... 

    Im sure it will get better in the next update. 

    Did you look at the corrupt bookmark article? http://tidbits.com/article/13303 It gets a bit involved with DFU mode, and restoring, etc. Not sure if I have to resort to it. 

    thanks, 
    John P 
     
     
    Well with the new 5th gen iPod touch shipping - it means the folks at iFixit were able to get their hands on one and open it up.  Initial findings are - it is not easy to repair - actually it will be downright a pain in the home button.  Speaking of Home Button - iFix it says the new design of the home button on the iPod touch 5th gen is not nearly as good as the iPhone 5.  Also it has just 512 MB of Ram with its A5 processor. One thing the iPod touch 5th gen does not come with is a mic on its Headphones or should we say ear pods.  Yes - it has siri - no it does not have a mic on the headphones.  Brilliant.  
    One other thing the iPod touch is missing is an ambient light sensor - which means no auto-brightness.  A supposed email exchange between an iPod touch customer and phil shiller - has Phil explaining that the iPod touch 5th gen does not have the light sensor due to the thickness or lack there of of the new iPod touch.
    But barring all those issues - it is a really neat device and should sell well this holiday season.  Being it is still the best MP3 player on the market - by a pretty wide margin.
     
     
    Thanks to Michael for this next one.  On the last episode - I mentioned you should turn on Limit Ad Tracking - as it is something Apple should have done by default - but they did not - so you need to go to the settings app - then general - then about - then scroll down to advertising and then turn on - Limit Ad tracking - which really means it is turning off ad tracking.  Yeah - not only did apple have it set wrong from a users privacy perspective - they also worded it like Yoda would have.  Nice Apple Nice.  And by Nice I mean Limit Nice turned off.  One other thing you can do is turn off Interest based iAds - this is the heads up Michael sent.  To do this - in safari on your iOS device running iOS 6 - go to - oo.apple.com - that's the letter o - the letter o dot apple dot com.  And then turn off the toggle you are brought to.  Again that is from inside safari you do that.  
    It does mean you may get more iAds for the Twilight DVD collectors set - when you really want the 2 disc collection of the Expendibles ads instead.  But hey you will rest assured no data base is tracking your ad preferences.   
     
    Hi Rob,

    Long time listener - love the show.

    I received a notice that my lightning adapter shipped and I should have it by tomorrow/Thursday sometime.  Not sure if you were tracking the timeline on these.

    Orland

    Thanks Orland.  The lack of those devices - reminds me of this past weekend - I was at Podcamp Topeka - doing one of my presentations when I wanted to show my setup of how to connect a good Condensor mic to an iPad - and I brought all my equipment sans one key part - the USB to 30 pin dongle from the Camera Connection kit.  But luckily or my predictably - one of the people in the audience said no problem and pulled out the dongle from their lap top bag.  Yeah for the next year plus - that is not as likely to happen if you needed it for a lightning adaptor.  Just Sayin.  I know know Rob get over it already.  


    Hi Rob,

    I had the same problem with your app not working.  But I also had this problem before with another app and I did exactly what you said, I deleted it and reinstalled it. Works Perfect now. Thanks, just thought you would want to know. 

    Regards,

    Robert.

    Thanks Robert and others that sent in similar emails - maybe it is not our app after all - maybe it is an issue with iOS upgrades.



    Hey rob, 

    Just writing in response to the caller who's keyboard shortcuts do not work with iOS 6. I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 6 and I also have a lot of shortcuts. After the updates my keyboard shortcuts work pretty sporadically. Sometimes the come up if I wait an extra second or two and sometimes they never appear. My wives 4s with iOS 6 has the same behavior.  

    ~ Jim


    Hi Rob,
    I have just noticed that my lightning connector plug that plugs into the phone itself is starting to show signs on the little gold colored conectors are starting to corrode break and becoming  discolored causing me to think that there is already a bad electrical connection to the phone connectors inside the phone female socket. My Phone case has covers that go over the sockets to keep them dry and free of pocket material. I will be contacting the Genius Bar to find out what we need to do to get this resolved especially since you can't find lightning connectors by themselves aftermarket yet And I don't want to be left without my phone because it will not take a charge due to a bad lightning connector. :0(
    Matthew S


    Hey rob - the instore "app store" (!) crashes when you use genius ... 

    Natasha 
     
     
    The folks working on this next Kickstarter project reached out and asked if we would mention it.  It is the HiLo Lens for iPhone and iPad.  Search HiLo - h i l o and then lens - should get your there on kickstarter.  They have raised $6,500 toward a goal of $27,500 with pledges open until Nov 20th at 9:00 PM ET.  What this is is a $65 external periscope type lens that lets you take photos and video at a 90% angle from the normal direction you are pointing.  So now you can photo graph what is directly above your iPhone - I am not going to joke about this being purchased by all the up skirt photographers that ride the tokyo subway - because that would be you know wrong and much to easy of a joke.  Nope - rather I will say it is good for taking photos of skyscrapers in NY while also being able to watch your bags on the ground next to you. 

    Well again search hilo lens in kickstarter if you are interested in this one.  
     
     
     
    A while back I talked about the Color App and the craziness of the 41 Million dollars in VC funds it was given - and said hey VC's you can through money this way if you want to just throw away money - or something snarky similar to that. And well Now the company Color Labs is reported to be shutting its door or is it.  One report on the Verge had the doors being shut down and the money mostly gone.  But another report from the next web just the next day has Apple's Eddie Cue ridding in on a white horse and saving the day for VC's and founder Bill Nguyen.  If the later is true - my only questions are what type of Photos of Eddie Cue does Bill Nguyen have.  They must be pretty embarrassing to say the least - because Eddie Spear headed Apples purchase of Lala from Nguyen and now he is reported to be doing it again with Color - both questionable acquisitions to say the least - especially given apples tight fisted approach to acquisitions. In my minds eye I am guessing the pictures involve Eddie Cue, John Trovolta, Tom Cruise, a turkish bath house and or one or more domesticated farm animals because outside of that I just ain't following the logic on this one - just sayin.   
     
     
    Over at Sprint - it looks like they will be getting a new over lord - in the name of Softbank - which is going to invest 20 Billion in Sprint for a 70% stake in the company. Good news to all of you that purchased Sprint stock with me back when it was just $2.19 a share in Jan - now it is at $5.70 - with a tender offer from Softbank for $7.30 a share.  Not a bad ROI in 2012 for Sprint stock.  Softbank by the way was the first carrier in Japan to get the iPhone - so if anything - this strengthens Apples relationship with Sprint. Not that it seemed like it needed it - but still it is likely good news for Sprint iPhone owners long term - as long as they don't kill off unlimited data that is.  Which is not likely - the killing of that is.  In other words - it should be status quo for a while now. 
     
     
    Ok - so Verizon gave us the first look at iPhone 5 sales last quarter.  Overall Verizon sold a total of 6.8 Million Smart phones in the quarter.  50% were Android for 3.4 Mil units and 45.6% were iPhones for 3.1 Mil units.  Leaving just 4.4% for Blackberry or Windows Mobile / Phone 7 phones combined. Of the 3.1 Million iPhones sold last quarter - just 651,000 were iPhone 5's.  So really the iPhone 5 did not get a chance to fully impact the quarter for Verizon - as they stated that number was heavily constrained due to lack of iPhone5's.  Last quarter - Android sold 2.9 Mil units vs 2.7 Mil iPhone units for comparison sake.  
     
     
    In the next week we will be getting news from AT&T and Then Sprint - on how iPhone sales went for them.  In the case of AT&T - they usually give a break down of not just iPhone sales but smartphone sales over all.  It does not look like the anal-ists have much to say here - but either way it will be interesting.  Once all three of them get out their numbers - then Apple will give theirs.
    But so far based on initial numbers from just Verizon - Wallstreet was not too happy with Apple shares down over $12 in morning trading. Now I do think Investors are over reacting.  As I think the Verizon numbers are lower for two reasons - 1. Constraint of available inventory.  2. With Verizon if you want to keep unlimited Data and go to LTE - you have to pay full price for the iPhone 5.  I think you will see much better numbers for this quarter in Jan for AT&T then you will from Verizon because of that 2nd point.   
     
     
    Hi Rob,

    You mentioned a few stories about how Find My iPhone saved the day in a few recent cases of iOS theft. Find My iPhone can be great if you misplaced your phone, or say, left it in a taxi- cases of non-malicious iOS Device loss. 

    However, I've always wondered, in the case of theft, what's to keep the thief from turning off locations services for Find My iPhone? Has it just been the case that these thieves don't know enough to do that on stolen iOS devices?

    Also, if a thief were to immediately do a "Reset All" and wipe your phone as soon as it was stolen, would Find My iPhone still work for the original if it were restored as a new phone with a different user (assuming that after the restore, they did leave location services on for Find My iPhone)?

    Thanks,
    Matt
    Philadelphia, PA
    Hi Matt,  Thanks for the question.  One you are correct if the device is not pass lock protected - they could go in and do a full wipe / restore or even turn off find my iPhone.  That is if it is not protected.  But if it is pass lock protected - and it is an iPhone - even if you quote turn off the phone unquote - it is not fully turned off - it still gets a wireless connection.  This is the brilliant part about the iPhones - you can't remove the battery.  One of the first things knowledgeable robbers do when they swipe a Galaxy Smartphone - other than curse because they though they were grabbing an iPhone - is to remove the battery - now the phone is un-trackable - with the iPhone they don't have that option.
    With a wifi ipad - tracking is not as easy - you need for the device to be turned on and scanning wifi locations that have their geolocation submitted to the data base Apple uses for location info to gets its approximate location.  If the iPad is turned off - you can't find it.
    Again - Find my iPhone works best when you have the lock code on your iOS device so the bad guys can't turn it off or wipe the device. I mean sure I am sure there are some dumb criminals that don't know about wiping the iOS device for those that are unlocked - but they are probably the smaller subset of criminals.  Key is if you are traveling - put in a passcode for your iOS device.  Remove it when you get back from your trip if you must.  
     
     
    I keep getting questions on Jailbreaking iOS 6 - and I will say this - there is NOT - repeat NOT currently an untethered Jailbreak for iOS 6. There is a Tethered Jailbreak for iOS 6 kinda sorta - but only for select iOS devices running on an A4 processor - ie iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and 4th gen iPod touch . So No - in my mind there is not a jailbreak available for iOS 6. And until there is an un-tethered jailbreak - there will be no tutorials from me - as I do not ever recommend doing the tethered jailbreak - that is just for devs to test out.

    The other question people are asking is when will there be a jailbreak for the iPhone 5 with iOS 6 - and well at this point it is really hard to say - it is not an easy thing - It is looking however - less and less likely an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6 for the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S will be available this year - and maybe not even in Q1 2013.  

    There are updates to Redsnow v0.9.15b1 - that will help some to do a tethered jailbreak - but again that really is only for those devs that need to do testing.

    There are some other features - with that version - but really it is rather confusing on what exactly you can and can't do with it - and if you need blobs or not - so lets just say this - An untether jailbreak for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5 specifically - yeah - that is not going to happen any time soon - if you are holding off getting an iPhone 5 for the jailbreak - time to stop holding your breath - it is going to be a while. Sorry


     
     
     
    Thanks to Thomas in Tuscaloosa for the heads up on his Instructable post about his modifying a ProClip iPhone 4/4S car cradle so that an iPhone 5 would fit.  Link is in the show notes for ep 244 - look for the one titled - Mod iPhone 4 Car Cradle for iPhone 5.  Thanks Thomas for the heads up.  
     
     
    Not sure how big a fish story this next one is - but here goes - A person 6 months ago - accidentally dropped his iPhone 4S in a lake - well I am assuming it was an accident.  The lake was murky and dark - and he could not find it.  6 months later the water levels have lowered and the water is clearer - and there is his iPhone in the lake.  He plucked it out - dried it off - was able to power it up.  Now it is not without issues - but at least when connected to a power source he could power it up - I don't recommend testing out this urban myth on your own.   
     
     
    Hi Rob,
    Looks like if you don't have a Mac you have lost the ability to share new Reminder lists via iCloud or to stop existing shared reminders. 

    Have you heard anything about this?

    Javier


    Hi Rob,

    In episode 243 you mentioned going to the iBookstore to find the iPhone User Guide for iOS6. Just wanted to let you know that this is also available from your iPhone by opening Safari>Bookmarks>iPhone User Guide.

    Tim, Wisconsin

    Thanks Tim. Brilliant.



    Rob,

    In Australia all cell phones start with 04 and then eight digits after that. Unfortunately my iPhones don't always correctly look up the names of the person who is calling you, because it appears the iPhone only looks at the last six digits for matching.  I get the first person on the list with the matching last six digits, while in some cases it's an entry of another person with the same last six digits, so incorrect entry is displayed. Storing number in full international format does not help.

    I wondered if you knew of a way around this problem?

    Regards,

    Serge in Australia



    Hi Rob.
    I have an odd request,
    I tend to listen to audiobooks, played on the ipod app.
    But sometimes I would like to listen to music, but here's the problem, if I listen to anything from my music library, I instantly lose my place in the audiobook (the app keeps the played information, yes, but not which chapter I was up to).

    So I'm basically looking for an extra app that will allow me to play music from my library on the iPhone but doesn't use the native player.

    I need the native ipod app to be the audiobook player, as I use another app to play the audiobook when I go to sleep, and I like the way the app works (NodBot).

    I have found an app called LouderLogic, but I really don't like it. I just occasionally want to play music, don't need flashy display and detailed controls, basic is just fine.

    I honestly thought it would have been easier to find something, but who knew!

    Paul
    New Zealand 
     
     
    So Apple as you may remember lost a case in the UK where it said Samsung copied the iPad with their tablet.  In that case the Judge said the samsung tablets were not as cool as the iPad and no one would mistake them as copies - and later ordered Apple to put out print ads apologizing to Samsung for saying Samsung Copied the iPad.  And now that judge has said those apologies - need to be in at least 14 pt Arial font.  So I ask you what wording meme can you come up with for this apology - send me your thoughts.
    My initial thought is to use the judges own words in the apology. Some thing like this.
    Dear Samsung,
    We at Apple are sorry we accused you of copying the iPad when you designed your tablet.  If we had been thinking more clearly we would has seen what Judge Colin Birss saw when he said quote Galaxy Tablets do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design.. They are not as cool. unquote.  I guess when we said you copied what we really meant was you attempted to copy but fell way short.  Again per the Judges ruling we just wanted to say we are sorry we accused you of copying. Reality is you give real copiers a bad name.  We should have said you vainly tried to copy the iPad but came up with a shallow shell of a device whose sales are a joke and now sit ideally in the draws of those few poor souls that were unfortunate enough to have purchase one.  
    Again sorry for implying your successfully copied the iPad - you definitely did not.  
    Regards,
    Tim Cook
    CEO Apple Inc
    Again - if you have a short and sweet apology for Samsung - in 14 pt and arial - let me know. 
     
     
     

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    Wed, 10 October 2012
    Tii - iTem 0243 - Inspector Number 5

    Tii - iTem 0243 - Inspector Number 5

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    Today's Sponsor is SquareTrade - www.squaretrade.com/tii

     

    What's really going on at Apple's iPhone 5 factory in Zhengzhou, China

    Apple Store App Updated for iPhone 5 - Mac Rumors

    Rumor: iPad mini invitations set to be mailed out Oct. 10

    New iPad With A6 Based Processor Appears In Analytics App 

    Apple iPhone 5 to launch on regional U.S. carriers 

    iPods arrive while waiting for iPad Mini | CNET

    Apple Financial Results - Q4 2012

    Apple to release iPhone 5 sales and 2012 earnings on Oct. 25

    Apple Publicly Responds to Complaints of Purple Lens Flare on iPhone 5 Photos

    iPhone 5 time and date issues: Apple Support Communities

    What’s Behind Mysterious Cellular Data Usage in iOS 6?

    iPhone 5 carrier update fixes bug causing cellular data use while on Wi-Fi

    Rogers, Bell and Telus Users Affected by Cellular Data Used Over Wi-Fi Bug 

    Where To? will make you feel better about Apple Maps | TUAW

    Apple TV adds shared Photo Streams, simpler account switching — Apple News, Tips and Reviews

    Podcatcher App Showdown - AppAdvice

    Podcasting 101: iOS podcasting apps - Gigaom

    Netflix "Just For Kids" Now Available On iPad

    Street View for Google Maps web app goes live

    60% of iPhones on iOS 6

    Dashboards | Android Developers

    Motorola Atrix 4G will not be upgraded 

    Motorola Pulls A Sony: Atrix 4G Won’t Be Getting Ice Cream Sandwich

    GrainBender Protests Apple Patent Abuses

    Kickstarter Is Not a Store

    Tabzu — Kickstarter

    AirBridge — Kickstarter

    iControlPad 2 — Kickstarter

    Meet Duo Gamer - forbes

    Sharp Now Producing 'Adequate Volumes' of iPhone 5 Display

    Lab Tests: iOS 6 and iOS 5 performance differences

    iPhone 5 Jailbreak Successfully Achieved On Launch Day

    How hackers will jailbreak the iPhone 5 | ExtremeTech

    T-Mobile stores now stocking iPhone 5-friendly nano-SIMs

    ABC iPad Tracked to TSA Agent's Home

    iCloud to drop former MobileMe users from 25GB to 5GB

    iCloud: Extended complimentary storage for former MobileMe members

    iOS 6 ships with WiFi plus cellular feature missing | TUAW

    iPhone User Guide for iOS 6 now available as an eBook | TUAW

     

    Podcamp Topeka

     

    App Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

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    Desk Calc

    Colorprotect

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    Wed, 10 October 2012
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0242 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0242 and Episode Transcript
    Hey_Rob,
    Greetings from LA! During the iPhone launch day, another historic event also took place. Endeavor flew over us on its way to the California Science center! I was at work and was afforded an excellent view of it as it flew right over head. 
    Here's a one of my pics, Endeavor was atop a jumbo jet and had 2 itty bitty (by comparison) jets as escort. 
    Taken with the native camera of my iPhone 4S and edited with snapseed and InstaFrame. 
    Regards,
    Jessi


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    Episode 243 Transcript

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    Apparently there was some sort of work stoppage at one of the foxconn plants last week - and depending on what report your read - it was as bad as 3 to 4 thousand people on strike shutting down an iPhone 5 line for an entire day on Friday or it was just 100 quality inspectors refusing to work for an hour some time last week.  The issue may be a result of Apple raising the quality control standards in the wake of user complaints with regards to fit and finish and that resulted in workers beating up one of the quality inspectors which caused a group of 100 quality inspectors to stop working. I guess basically they feared that if inspector number 5 could get a beat down so could they. 

    Foxconn for their part issued a press release denying any work stoppage at any Foxconn plant and stating production has continued on schedule. 
    Seems that Wall Street tended to believe the 3,000 to 4,000 workers on strike and shutting down the facility for a day story over the 100 QA inspectors for one hour story.  If you look at what happened to the stock since this story broke. 
    What is  the truth - well we may never know. But if Apple keeps dropping in price - it may be an opportunity to buy some more Apple stock. 
     
     
    For those of you with the iPhone 5 - Apple released an update to the App store app which adds support for the larger screen on the iPhone 5 - so no more letter boarding on the iPhone 5 when in the App store app.  
    So for all that sent in emails and screen shots of your Apple App store app letter boxing - well those days should be over for you now.  
     
     
    Per iPad Mini Rumors - The first site to give the October 17th date for the iPad mini event would be well Today in iOS dot com - and now it seems others are starting to finally catch up. Philip DeWitt over at Forbes is now reporting October 17th as well. And others are piling on. I guess better late then never. Actually DeWitt claims to have a big time apple investor as his unnamed source that stated invites would be going out on the 10th - one day later than my Oct 9th prediction for invites - nope no source on my side - other than a calendar and looking at the past.  DeWitt then extrapolated the 17th date for the event as he said he source only said the 10th for invites - and no firm date is given for units to start shipping and going on sale in the stores.  I had speculated Nov 16th.  WE SHALL SEE 
     
     More rumors on the iPad front show that a new unknown Apple tablet started showing up in server logs - this one known as ipad3,6  and is speculated to be a faster version of the 3rd Gen iPad.  With people saying the iPad 3rd gen will be replaced this month with a new version of the 3rd gen iPad with the A6 processor and lightning dock connector.  While I agree that the next iPad - the 4th gen iPad will have an A6 processor and lightning dock - I don't see it being unveiled at the iPad mini event.  I think the iPad 3rd gen will stay as is until the March time frame if not a little longer depending on how sales work out for the mini and the iPad 3rd gen.  If the 3rd Gen sales stay strong don't be surprised to see the 4th gen iPad pushed out until the june time frame.  
    For the iPad mini it is speculated it is the iPad 2,5 and iPad 2,6 that started showing up a couple of months ago in server logs.  
     
     
     On the last episode I said that on September 28th the iPhone 5 in addition to launching in 22 different countries - which I named - would also be launching in the US on carriers I do not think I named - so lets name them - Cellcom, nTelos, Appalacian Wireless, C Spire GCI and Cricket.   
      
     
    Speaking of Apple Ware being available The new 5th gen iPod touches have started shipping. Of course the Apple store still says just October for the delivery date for the iPod touches.  

    If you are one of those that have received the new iPod touch or if you do before the next show - let me know your thoughts - the good the bad and the not so pretty. Give me a call - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
     
     
    The following is an email - that I have received a few of with the same theme - it reads
    Rob Help! My iphone 5 is using battery power like a drunken sailor! I even run thru 50% in my sleep.
    And you already called it... There are no Lightning cables available yet, so I have to drag my only cable everywhere I go!  
    Please give us some help in your next show.
    Regards,
    John P.
    Ok - So this is actually similar to emails I see with each new iPhone and update of iOS.  There are added features - and that means added ways for battery drain. 
     
    So lets go through a list of 13 different ways you can save on your battery life with your iPhone or iOS device. Some are oldies but goodies - others are new and more specific to iOS 6.
     
    1. Turn the brightness down on your iPhone and turn off auto brightness.  Do this in the Settings app under Brightness and Wallpaper.
     
    2. Turn off bluetooth - this is another battery drainer - if you don't need bluetooth turn it off.  This is now in the Settings app - in the top section. 
     
    3. Turn off wifi if you are going to work or driving in your car and don't expect to be somewhere where you plan on using Wifi - just turn it off.  This is still near the top of the settings app. 
     
    4. Turn off Raise to Speak with Siri - in settings - for Siri - turn off Raise to Speak option - unless you actually use it - no reason to have it on.  
     
    5. A big Battery drain is Location Services - this is the one in iOS 5 that caused the most issues on battery life.  In iOS 6 the controls for location services moved - go to Settings App - then Privacy - then location services.  Then scroll down and select System Services.  Other than Traffic I would say turn all of them off - and if you don't use traffic in the maps app - turn it off to.  
     
    6. Staying with Location services - when you first got to that page you could see services for Camera, Maps, Weather, and Find My iPhone.  For most - just turn off Weather.  If you are not using the maps app - you can turn that off as well.  I would highly recommend keeping on find my iPhone.  That one is important.  
     
    7. A new one to turn on actually is Settings App - General - About - Advertising - and Then Turn on Limit Ad Tracking - ok not really sure that will help on battery life - but it is something Apple should have had turned on by default - and we are just getting that set up correctly now.  Plus if you are limiting ad tracking that does mean less data sent from the iOS device - so yeah it should help in battery life. 
     
    8. Next Settings App - General - About - Diagnostic & Usage - Select Don't Send - which will keep your error messages and data from being sent to Apple - yeah you are not doing your part to help out the community - but enough others are that it does not matter - hows that for narcissistic community spirit.  
     
    9. Mail - set it up to manually update.  Settings app then select Mail, contacts, calendars.  Then Fetch new Data - then Turn off Push and change Fetch to Manually.  While you are at it you can also click on Advanced then iCloud and change that from Push to Manual.  Especially if you don't use iCloud much or at all.  
     
    10. In the settings App - podcasts - turn off use cellular data.  
     
    11. Also in the Settings App - General - Auto-lock - change that to 1 or 2 minutes. That will put your screen to sleep quicker. 
     
    12. In the Settings App for Notifications - look to see what apps you have set to get notifications / pushes - do you really need to be able to get notifications from your games - I mean do I need messages from Tron or Trucks & skulls - nope - so I turned them off. 
     
    13. Finally - close out all your open apps.  For those that don't know how to close out apps - double tap on the home button - you should see a tray open at the bottom of the screen - tap and hold one of the apps - the apps in the bottom tray should start to wiggle and in the upper left corner of the icon there should be a red circle with a minus sign in it - tap on those red circles until there are no more open apps.  
     
    If you do most if not all of the above - you should see a great improvement in your battery life.
     
    Into the email bag.
    Hi Rob, My iPhone 5 won't charge with anything but the computer , thought it was the cord. Just won't charge. Any  thoughts. Regards
    Charlton
    I replied to him asking about what other chargers he was trying to plug into.  And needing to contact Apple. 
    He replied saying Apple had him to a restore and everything works now.
    So folks if you are having an issue when your iPhone 5 does not seem to be charging or something else is not working with regards to the new lightning port - maybe a good old fashion windows type re-boot is what you need - Great now that the port is all digital - it brings in a whole other way for things to go wrong. 
    Nice.  Must bite tongue am not going to complain about 30 pin dock going away - not going to complain. 
    Hi Rob,
    I was in an AT&T store a couple days ago and the sales rep informed me that if there are any open upgrades this year coming up for a Customer then they will go ahead and give them an early upgrade for the iPhone five so if the upgrade is not due until say December 15th  they will go ahead and give you an early upgrade today. 
    Regards,
    Matt S

    Hi Matt - thanks for the update on that - and folks again you can check your update status from your iPhone by dialing *639# and hit call - you will get a text message.  it will tell you when you are eligible.

    Hi Rob,
    A subtle new feature I noticed on iOS 6 is now when searching for an app on your phone using the Search iphone function, it lists the name of the folder the app is in.   

    You may have already seen this...

    Keep up the good work!

    Thanks,
    john

     
     
    Apples investors Quarterly call will be on October 25th - which is a Thursday this time around. iPhone sales, iPad sales and more goodies will be talked about that day. It also bodes well with my rumor of October 17th for the iPad Mini announcement. This gives Apple Press each week of the month. Last week speculation about the iPad mini invites. This week the actual invites and speculation about the event - then next week the event itself - and the last week will be the quarterly call. 
     
     
    On the last episode per the issue of the Purple Haze / flare - I said the following quote Per the Purple Haze - yeah - that one they are not likely going to take back the phone for - if it is just showing up when the bright light is just off frame - but rather they will likely tell you that is not how you want to take a picture.  unquote.  And well now apple has responded and they said 
    quote Most small cameras, including those in every generation of iPhone, may exhibit some form of flare at the edge of the frame when capturing an image with out-of-scene light sources. This can happen when a light source is positioned at an angle (usually just outside the field of view) so that it causes a reflection off the surfaces inside the camera module and onto the camera sensor. Moving the camera slightly to change the position at which the bright light is entering the lens, or shielding the lens with your hand, should minimize or eliminate the effect. unquote.

    Or what I said they would basically say on the last show - which is If you are seeing the effect when pointing the camera at a bright light - stop pointing it at a bright light.  Duhhhh.
     
     
    Hi Rob, 
    First time writing in here. 
    Anyhow, I've had a Verizon iPhone 5 since launch day. In fact, I bought three - one for my wife, myself and my son. We all have 64gb Verizon iPhone 5s. All of our iPhones, including the one I sent back to Apple, have had an issue with incorrect date and time randomly occurring on the phone. For no apparent reason, all of our phones (but not all at the same time), will shift backwards in time 12 hours and 14 minutes. This breaks iMessage and other apps that require a correct time in order to function. Since I use my iPhone as an alarm clock, this caused me trouble when my alarm never went off the first time I noticed this issue. I've toggled off and on every setting possible: location services, auto time, time zone in location settings, wifi, cellular network, I've done four or five (lost count now) restores. I've reset network connections. I've set the iPhone up with no back ups - in effect as a brand new device. Nothing has prevented the time shift from occurring. I've been in contact with an iOS Senior Tech and to no avail. He escalated the problem up to engineering and I heard back from him today that the engineers are going to be in touch with Verizon. Apparently, this is only affecting VZW customers. Other than this issue, which is really huge, I love the new iPhone and would definitely recommend it. 
    There's a growing thread on Apple Support Communities about this issue: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4347494?start=105&tstart=0 

    Thought I'd point this issue out to you since I hadn't heard it on your show yet. 

    Thanks, 
    Jim
    Hi Jim - thanks for the email - and looking through that discussion - it sounds like the issue is not isolated to iPhones - also some droids are having the issue and it is an issue with Verizon - which one poster claims Verizon said they hope to have fixed by the end of this week. 
     
     
    Ok - now in addition to the time issue - there is another issue a bigger issue that seems to be an iOS 6 or iPhone 5 or some combination there in issue - and it is about wild data usage.  That iOS devices are using cellular data when they should be using Wifi.  And people are quickly going through their data caps. Apple push our a Carrier update for Verizon iPhone 5s last week.  If you got it and did the update - how did it work for you?  Again overage of data for iOS devices running iOS 6 seems to be a bigger issue - with the podcasts app being one likely villain in this data usage issue - where it is downloading extra episodes and actually requiring more data per download than should be needed - about 3 times more bandwidth.  So for a 10 mb file - it looks like the podcasts app using byte range requests is taking up to 30 mb in little pieces what should be an aggregate of 10 mb in data.  More to come on that in the future.  Of course the big issue for users is that it seems cellular data is being used even when Wifi is available and connected to.  
    And this is not just Verizon users - AT&T users are reporting this as are those with Rogers, Bell and Telus.  
    Some think iTunes match is also a big contributor to this data overage loosing wifi - borked my monthly data bill gate issue.  What ever the case iOS 6.0.1 and Podcasts 1.2 can not get here soon enough.  
    Into the email bag.
    Hi Rob

    I tried dumping Downcast for the Apple podcast app!  Well I'm back using Downcast after about 600 mb of data downloaded over 3G for no other reason that the Podcasts App felt like & it randomly starts playing when I finish a phone call even when I've not been listening to anything.  Apple should buy Downcast!
    Regards.
    Craig 
     
     
    and also thanks for Tash for the heads up on a review of the app - Where to - the review is over on TUAW - and Where To is a $2.99 app that is a complement to the Apple Maps app that gives you more detailed local info for a specific destination location.  So now you can be sure to see all the different self serve yogurt and smoothie locations for any specific area.   
     
     
    Thanks to Chris in London and Thomas in Alabama and  others for the heads up on this next one - and it is for us Apple TV owners out there 2nd and 3rd gen apple tv owners that is - there is an update waiting for you. Here are some of the features we get in this update. 

    Shared Photo Streams — this lets users share photos and albums from their device and invite others to comment on them 
    Airplay-enabled speakers and other devices can now play audio from Apple TV 
    Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing 
    Easy iTunes account switching 
    When viewing movie trailers you can see local theater showtimes (U.S. only) - Brilliant. 
    Ability to reorder onscreen icons - YES - this is the one I like best. This might mean an App store for Apple TV is not that far away.  You can rearrange the app icons for the most part. I say for the most part - because the top row - Movies, TV shows, Music , computers and settings - can not be moved. But all the rest can. To move an icon select it and then press and hold the center round button the icon will then start to wiggle and you can move it around with the arrows outside the center button. I changed mine to Netflix, Podcasts, youtube, photostream and trailers in the second row.
    Hey it ain't much but it is at least something. 
     
     
    Thanks to those that sent in a link to the article on Appadvice where they compare Podcasts app vs Instacast vs Downcast.  Little spoiler alert - Downcast won.  If you would like to see the details - look for the link titled Podcatcher App Showdown in the show notes for ep 243 over at today in iOS dot com And then Gigaom also had a podcasts app show down with a comparison between the Podcasts App, RSS Radio, iCatcher, Downcast, Pocketcasts, Instacast and Podcruncher.  Spoiler Alert - nothing to spoil on that article - as it is more a here is some info about rather than them you know getting a pair and making a decision.  Just sayin.  Anyway if you want some info on those apps previously mentioned look for the link titled Podcasting 101: iOS podcasting apps in the show notes for ep 243.  
     
     
    If you have a kid - and you have an iPad and you have netflix - you probably have had your kid abscond run off with - steal your iPad to watch some pheneas and Ferb or god forbid some might machines.  And if you have Apple TV as well you also know there is a section in Apple TV's netflix app called just for kids.  Well now that section is here for the iPad app as well.  When you update the app - launching it just requires tapping on the new Just for kids button in the upper left and then you can hand over your iPad and not worry so much about your 4 year old finding The Walking Dead, Tudors or Breaking bad in your queue.  
    Thanks netflix. 
    Oh and again that is for the iPad right now - not for iPhones and iPod touches.  
     
     
    Seems those missing street view on their iOS 6 devices may not have to miss it anymore - From the Google maps web app - you can now get street view views for many locations.  just go to maps.google.com in safari on your iOS device - and then zoom in on a destination - then tap on an item on the map - when you get the bar at the bottom with in on that location - if you see the stick man at the right of that bar and his is not faded out - you can click on him and it brings up google street view for that location. 
     
     
    I mentioned iOS 6 adoptions rates last episode as a big deal. Chitika has some updated info for iPhone adoption of iOS 6 - as of Sept 30th - 60% of iPhones were on iOS 6 - Seems the maps thing is a big to do in the tech world and not so much in the real world.  Also speaking of updated numbers - Google updated their numbers as of October 1st - 1.8% of Android smartphones had been updated to Jelly bean. That is after 90 days of availability vs the 60% for iPhones after just 11 days. Ouch - sucks to be on Android - if you know like getting the latest and greatest that is. Oh and speaking of Android and Google - because hey the best time to kick someone is when they are down - not much chance of them fighting back. Well Google via their Motorola division - just let users know that updating their Atrix smartphone to the latest Android OS - as they promised buyers they would be able to do - ummm Yeah forget about it. Thats right those who purchased an Atrix with the ancient Gingerbread ie Android 2.3 it seems are destined to not upgrade to Android 4.x. Even though you know Moto ie Google originally said they would be able to - Nice - could you imagine the Crap storm Apple would be in if they did the same with the iPhone 4 saying sorry it can't upgrade to iOS 5 or iOS 6. Yikes. Well another reason for those of us with iPhone to feel sorry for those stuck with an Android device - remember folks don't be haters of the Android users - feel pity for them. Because either they want an iPhone and for some reason are unable to get one or worse yet - they don't even realize the OS dungeon they are living in. Pity folks - that is what we must show to the Android kind - not hate. just pity and lots of it. 
     
     
    Hey Rob, 

    I came across this story online and saw it as more fuel for your argument that Apple will be perceived as the bad guy in the wake of the Apple vs. Samsung case: 
    http://discchord.com/blog/2012/9/19/grainbender-protests-apple-patent-abuses.html 

    Regards, 

    Chris is Canada
    Thanks chris - and the article he sent a link to is titled GrainBender Protests Apple Patent Abuses - and it is about an App dev that in protest over what he sees as apples abuse of the patent system - he is removing all his apps from the App store.  Hmmm - lets see how do I describe this - Nose Face Spite cutting off.  Yup - that sums it up.  I am sure if the dev was knocking it out of the park with app sales - he would not have done this  - But I do agree All of Apples lawsuits do put them in a bad light - it does not matter they are sued way more then they sue - and most patents they get are defensive to protect them from Trolls - it is the high profile case of Samsung the most people only know of.  When a Rovio - pulls their apps in protest - however that is when you really know there is a major issue.   
     
     
    Hi Rob,
    Here is a List of the most sold phones in September by Telia in Sweden, after just a couple of days since start of sales of iPhone 5 it was the topseller.
     
    Här är de mest sålda telefonerna hos Telia:
    1. Apple Iphone 5 (Ny)
    2. Apple Iphone 4S (1)
    3. Apple Iphone 4 (2)
    4. Samsung Galaxy S llI (3)
    Regards, Johan O.
    Thanks Johan - amazing the iPhone 5 was the number one selling device and it was only for sale for 3 days in September.  Amazing.  


    Into the email bag.
    Hi Rob,
    wanted to let you know I can't get into your app no matter what I try. 
    Laurie B
    iPhone 4S
    I sent an email to laurie telling her to delete the Tii App from her iOS device and then from her computer and then to sync the two - then to redownload the app from the app store making sure to use the same iTunes account - so she was not charged again.  After doing that the Tii App worked fine - so if you are someone that upgrade to iOS 6 and saw an issue with the Tii App - try uninstalling and re-installing.  Sorry about the issue - are devs are not sure why that happens to a very very small percentage of users - but again if it happens to you - it is 100% you and that is a big percentage. 

    Rob,

     

    I see a lot of Confusion from new owners of the iPhone 5  if the new Lightning to 30 pin connector will work for their car radio.

     

    Car radios wired interface with the iPhone(iPod) in one of three ways:

    1. iPod interface (serial) [iPod out] and line/audio out. The serial interface is to control and get song title, albums, playlists from the iPod in the iPhone, line out is used to supply the playing audio back to the radio.

    2. USB interface and line/audio out. The USB is to control the iPod in the iPhone, line out is used to supply the playing audio back to the radio.

    3. USB interface (control and get song title, albums, playlists from the iPod ) and stream playback to the radio. Only the USB cable is required.

     

    It sounds like the new Lightning to 30 pin adapter will support #2 & 3 but not #1. Case in point older Sony' car radios that use a Unilink adapter to interface with the radio, this setup has the Unilink cable and RCA line cable to connect to the radio.  The Kenwood add-on for old car radios use setup #1 above.

    Most newer cars and car radios use #2 or 3 setups.

    If the only plug in a USB cable between your car radio and your iPhone, then it is #3 setup and the Lightning to 30 pin adapter  is not needed. Just the Lightning to USB cable.

    The Lightning to 30 pin adapter would be needed if your car radio uses #2 setup, My 2011 car radio uses this type of setup.

     

    Type #1 will not be supported by the iPhone 5. Used around the time of the iPhone 1, 3G & 3Gs.

    Type #2 would require the Lightning to 30 pin adaptor.

    Type #3 would only require the Lightning to USB cable if there is a USB jack to plug in to, if the car has a 30 pin cable from the dash then the adaptor would be needed.

     

    Thomas

    Tuscaloosa AL 
     
     
    I mention Kickstarter projects close to every show - would have mentioned them on the last show but ran out of time.  Anyway - Kickstarter has changed some of their rules - one is Product simulations are prohibited.  Essentially you can only show how your product works now showing the product - not some detailed computer simulation.  Internal simulations are fine for the purpose of showing what is going on inside where it is impossible to show - but external shots that could be mistaken as a working product are not allowed. 
    Also offering multiple quantities is no longer allowed.  So if you are selling a $20 or $25 Lightning to something adapter - you can only sell in quantities of one. No more of these 10 or 20 or even 100 packs I have seen.   Now if you product works best in pairs or groups of a larger number - then you can sell in a group - but only one group size and then no singles.  
    These rules kicked in for new projects as of the end of September - so some we talk about still offer multiple quantities and / or show a product simulation.  
    Ok and now into some of the kickstarter projects. 
     
     
     I got the following email from I assume it is this kick starters teams PR company.  So grain of salt take with it should you.  
    Hi, 

    Smidgeco, a San Francisco based startup, has announced its plan to bring the Tabzu, an iPad Cradle/Case into fruition via Kickstarter, combining innovation, functionality and creativity, all wrapped into one sleek, eco-friendly package. 

    Designed and developed by Leo Garza and Martin Meunier, Tabzu is the duo's newest installation in a long history of engineering cool stuff. Some may have seen their work in The Life Aquatic, The Lord of the Rings, RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Terminator, Indiana Jones and even Mythbusters. Armed with this knowledge, they decided it was time to design something for themselves - an iPad Case with the functions they were looking for, but could not find in stores. 

    Tabzu is different for many reasons. First, it features a unique patent-pending leg grabbing system that allows you to use it hands-free. The device also features a 360-degree Presentation mode, the ability to cater to tablets of different sizes, and a customizable cover, allowing users to express individual creativity via their tablet case. Tabzu is not only durable, lightweight and water-resistant, but it’s also eco-friendly. 

    Search for Tabzu at kickstarter dot com - that is t a b z u 

    regards, 

    Derrick Stembridge
    To see the Kickstarter campaign, visit: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/712288976/tabzu-the-cradle-of-art-and-technology
     
    Hi Derrick - thanks for the heads up - it looks like Tabzu has hit its goal of $20k with over $21K in pledges and until Oct 28th to get more funds. 
    Congrats to the folks behind Tabzu - and if this sounds like something you are interested in - it is just $30 over at kickstarter.  Hey he mentioned Mythbusters and Robocop - I had to mention it.  
     
     
    I like talking about kick starter projects - and one of the things I recommend is that the people doing these projects keep their goal as low as possible. 

    This next one - clearly did not head that advice as they have a goal of 500,000 dollars - Yikes. With just 10 days to go - they have only raised $65,000 - This ones pledges shut down on Saturday October 20th at 3:48 PM ET - Officially that is - but in reality this one shut down the moment they put up the 500,000 goal. 

    This project by the way is called Airbridge - it is for streaming content from you iphone or ipad - but really does that even matter - what matters is that the people that put this project up - killed it themselves with such a high goal. 

    I know a few of you sent in links on this one - and while it may be a really cool product - the project is DOA. Put feel free to let the guys know that you like the project but they need to lower their goal. 
     
     
    Back on Ep 241 - we mentioned icontrolpad 2 - it was the crazy complicated bluetooth controller with more buttons than a google TV remote - and well congrats to the folks behind it - as they just hit their goal of 150k - if you want this - you have until October 13th at 9:33 AM ET to pledge for it - search for icontrolpad one word at kickstarter to learn more.  
     
     
    Of course if you want a game controller now for an iOS device there are other solutions - including a new one - not from kickstarter - but actually straight to market and this one has Apples blessing.  with the made for iPad, iPhone logo on the box.  It is the Duo Gammer game controller for iPad - which plays exclusively with Gameloft games.  Games such as NOVA 3, Modern Combat 3 and Asphalt 7.  It has a sticker price of $79.99 - look for it for sale in January for $29.99.
    Link in the show notes for ep 243 to an article over at forbes titled Meet Duo Gamer - for more info. 
     
     
    Sharp is one of a reported 3 suppliers of the new iPhone 5 Screens - which many consider to be the bottle neck of the iPhone 5 supply chain - or put another way the chink in the armor of the iPhone 5 supply. An executive at Sharp when commenting on his companies deliveries of displays did not have what was the most reassuring of replies saying quote Sharp Corp is making adequate volumes of displays unquote. And I wonder how he would feel if his wife said he was an adequate lover. 
     
     
    Macworld UK did some benchmark tests - for various iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1 and iOS 6.  What they found is for the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 - there was basically no different in performance between the devices with iOS 5.1.1 or iOS 6 - which is good - as in the past some X.0 upgrades seemed to slow down devices.  This time not so much.  Actually for the iPhone 4S and iPad 3rd gen they saw a 20% and 7% increase in performance respectively.  So if you were holding off because of fears your iOS device might slow to a halt like it did for some going from iOS 4.x to iOS 5.0 - you can at least put that fear aside and actually if you have an iPhone 4S - one way to get it running faster is to upgrade to iOS 6. 
     
     

    Rob,
    This is Paul from Mississippi. I have a friend that is on Cspire and is wondering if she can use one of my unlocked iPhone 4s on their network. When she contacted Cspire they told her no but everything I've read online says She can. Could you or your listeners help us out?
    Thanks love the show,
    Paul




    Hey, Rob,

    I once had a comfortable relationship with my Contacts List App - the native iPhone contacts list - until iOS 6 had to go and mess with a good thing.

    It seems that now, instead of just one friendly click to show the contents of each individual group, I must un-check all the other groups except for the group whose contacts I want to see listed. 

    Do you know if there is a replacement contacts list app that can still perform the original function of showing the contents of each individual group and also integrates seamlessly with the iOS platform?
    regards,
    - Tammy, near St. Louis, MO.




    Hello- any idea when the iOS 6 jail break will be up?

    LB 
     
     
    Thanks to Kevin in Canada for the heads up on the iPhone 5 already being jailbroken - Which means it is possible - but probably some time off before we get a simple - easy to use public untethered jailbreak - so don't to excited yet.  This is not one step of many before joe public gets a chance to jailbreak their devices.   Please note - I have had a few people email in about articles out there for people offering up jailbreaks for iOS 6 - many of the links are to a press release about this - Ummm Yeah - run away - run away.  There is not at this time a consumer friendly jailbreak for iOS for all iOS devices that can run iOS 6. It looks like it will be possible - but it is not ready or close to ready yet - once it is - I will let you know. For now stay away from any company putting out press releases about iOS 6 jailbreaks - they are crooks. 
     
     
    Tmobile stores are now stocking iPhone 5 friendly nano sims - so if you have one of those iPhone 5's from Verizon - you could now take that unlocked iPhone 5 and get a nano simcard for it from T-mobile and be one of the first iPhone 5's on T-mobile - it also means when Apple does offer up unlocked not contract iPhone 5's for sale - you will be able to get one and go to t-mobile.   
     
     
    Been quite a week for find my iPhone - or really - find my iPad - First there was a flight attendant - who pilfered an ipad from a traveler - and had it tracked to their house via find my iPhone feature - then there was the news story from ABC that talked about wide spread theft with TSA agents - and had an iPad they purposefully left behind at an Orlando airport - that they then tracked to the TSA agents house. The TSA agent denies that he had it - then they use the audio ping feature and guess what it was in the agents house. The TSA agent does the honorable thing - and throws his wife under the bus and says she stole it. To which the ABC reporter says - Ummm No - we saw it in your hands at the airport. The TSA agent was promptly fired the next day. I should point out most and I mean the vast majority of TSA agents are not thieves - but there are still many bad apples in the TSA - with almost 400 being fired in recent years over the issue of theft. Moral of the story - always make sure you keep your eyes on your iOS goodies. If you walk away from your iOS device at the security check point there is a 10% chance according to ABC - that said device will not be returned to you. And of course always make sure you have find my iPhone enabled. 
     
     
    Hi Rob,
    I find it interesting, and I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but in iOS 6, in the Podcast app, there are buttons to jump back 10 seconds and ahead 30. However, when you go to the controls in the multitask bar, they're 15 seconds each. 

    Lou V

    Well lou it is all about giving a consistent user experience. Ummm Yeah. 


                    Hey Rob,

      Here’s  my take on the maps flap.

    As I am blind I use my iPhone etc with voiceover.

    The previous maps app was totally inaccessible.

    The new one is accessible.

    Ergo, those who complain about the new app can well have not nice things done to them.

    I already purchased navigon some time ago which is accessible so perhaps some of the complainers can also shell out cash in order to improve their experience.
    Regards,

    Kevin Barry



    Hey Rob,

    Wanted to report a bug in iOS 6 to see if anyone else had this problem.  I use a lot of custom keyboard shortcuts.  They all carried over from iOS5 however none of them work.  I tried deleting one and adding it again, but that didn't work either! Looking forward to hearing about the new iPad mini announcement.

    Mike
     
     
     If the last episode was not so long - well soo long in notes prepared - I actually cut it off at an hour - anyway if I had made it to all my notes - one was going to be about how if you were a mobile me user - After Sept 30th Apple was going to knock off your extra storage for being a mobile me users in the past - and well that is now not the case - thanks to Shavan for the heads up to a post from Apple saying - you know what forget what we said about Sept 30th 2012 being the cut off for the extra storage - lets make it sept 30th 2013 - how much extra storage 10gig or 20 gig or 50 gig depends on what level account you had for mobile me. 
     
     
    Thank to Michael S for this next one - which is an article about a new feature in iOS 6 that was there in the beta - but some how when the gold master for iOS 6 came around - well this feature was no more - it is the WiFi Plus Cellular feature which was to allow apps having trouble with a Wifi connection to use cellular data instead. Look for this to show back up in a future release of iOS 6. 
     
     
    A quick note for those using iOS 6 - there is now a free ebook from Apple called the iPhone user guide for iOS 6 - which you can find in the iBook store.   
     
    I want to remind those with in driving distance of Topeka KS - I will be speaking at Podcamp Topeka a bunch - 1 keynote and 3 sessions.  And I hope to see some of you at the event.  Please make sure to say hi if you listen to the show.  Again just google podcamp topeka for more info. 
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    Tue, 9 October 2012
    Ask Tii - Help with Battery Drain issues in iOS 6
    Rob Help! My iphone 5 is using battery power like a drunken sailor! I even run thru 50% in my sleep.
    And you already called it... There are no Lightning cables available yet, so I have to drag my only cable everywhere I go!  
    Please give us some help in your next show.
    Regards,
    John P.
     
    Ok - So this is actually similar to emails I see with each new iPhone and update of iOS.  There are added features - and that means added ways for better drain. 
     
    So lets go through a list of 13 different ways you can save on your battery life with your iPhone or iOS device. Some are oldies but goodies - others are new and more specific to iOS 6.
     
    1. Turn the brightness down on your iPhone and turn off auto brightness.  Do this in the Settings app under Brightness and Wallpaper.
     
    2. Turn off bluetooth - this is another battery drainer - if you don't need bluetooth turn it off.  This is now in the Settings app - in the top section. 
     
    3. Turn off wifi if you are going to work or driving in your car and don't expect to be somewhere where you plan on using Wifi - just turn it off.  This is still near the top of the settings app. 
     
    4. Turn off Raise to Speak with Siri - in settings - for Siri - turn off Raise to Speak option - unless you actually use it - no reason to have it on.  
     
    5. A big Battery drain is Location Services - this is the one in iOS 5 that caused the most issues on battery life.  In iOS 6 the controls for location services moved - go to Settings App - then Privacy - then location services.  Then scroll down and select System Services.  Other than Traffic I would say turn all of them off - and if you don't use traffic in the maps app - turn it off to.  
     
    6. Staying with Location services - when you first got to that page you could see services for Camera, Maps, Weather, and Find My iPhone.  For most - just turn off Weather.  If you are not using the maps app - you can turn that off as well.  I would highly recommend keeping on find my iPhone.  That one is important.  
     
    7. A new one to turn on actually is Settings App - General - About - Advertising - and Then Turn on Limit Ad Tracking - ok not really sure that will help on battery life - but it is something Apple should have had turned on by default - and we are just getting that set up correctly now.  Plus if you are limiting ad tracking that does mean less data sent from the iOS device - so yeah it should help in battery life. 
     
    8. Next Settings App - General - About - Diagnostic & Usage - Select Don't Send - which will keep your error messages and data from being sent to Apple - yeah you are not doing your part to help out the community - but enough others are that it does not matter - hows that for narcissistic community spirit.  
     
    9. Mail - set it up to manually update.  Settings app then select Mail, contacts, calendars.  Then Fetch new Data - then Turn off Push and change Fetch to Manually.  While you are at it you can also click on Advanced then iCloud and change that from Push to Manual.  Especially if you don't use iCloud much or at all.  
     
    10. In the settings App - podcasts - turn off use cellular data.  
     
    11. Also in the Settings App - General - Auto-lock - change that to 1 or 2 minutes. That will put your screen to sleep quicker. 
     
    12. In the Settings App for Notifications - look to see what apps you have set to get notifications / pushes - do you really need to be able to get notifications from your games - I mean do I need messages from Tron or Trucks & skulls - nope - so I turned them off.  
     
    13. Finally - close out all your open apps.  For those that don't know how to close out apps - double tap on the home button - you should see a tray open at the bottom of the screen - tap and hold one of the apps - the apps in the bottom tray should start to wiggle and in the upper left corner of the icon there should be a red circle with a minus sign in it - tap on those red circles until there are no more open apps.  
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