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  • Wed, 19 December 2012
    Tii - iTem 0252 - Insta-revolt

    Tii - iTem 0252 - Insta-revolt

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    Today's Sponsor - Squrl

     

    Instagram responds to TOS outrage:

    Instagram's new legalese pisses off users - Boing Boing

    Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos

    Apple releases iOS 6.0.2 to fix Wi-Fi issue

    iOS 6.1 beta 4 given to developers ahead of release 

    Mildura Police warn drivers against relying on Apple iOS 6 maps

    Apple Could Acquire Navigation Partner TomTom

    Google Maps for iPhone

    Google Maps for iPhone is here

    Google Maps for iPhone downloaded 10 million times

    Apple's Find My iPhone App Now Provides Driving Directions

    Another Reason to Never Use an iPhone Case

    PassHack tutorial

    Tim Cook on Rock Center

    Watch the Tim Cook interview with Rock Center's Brian Williams

    TalkTapp - Social Voice Assistant 

    myAssistant - Personal Secretary - CNET Download.com

    iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales in China Top Two Million

    iPad Mini Ad Impressions Grew 28 Percent Every Day in November

    iPad Mini set to eclipse Retina iPad

    iPad Mini Not Gobbling Up Full-Size iPad Sales

    Apple iPad, iPad Mini LTE Tablets Cleared For Sale In China

    iPhone 5S Coming in June

    Google Declares Victory Over The iPhone 

    iOS v Android: app revenues

    How to Get a Refund From the iOS or Mac App Stores

    The Kalonn Case — Kickstarter

    iPhone 5 Trygger Camera Clip — Kickstarter

    PhoneJoy Play — Kickstarter

    Office Mobile for iPhone and iPad app references revealed by Microsoft

    Black Friday on the iPad: Revisiting some dubious data

    App Store app gifting returns to iOS

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    SQURL

    Tii App

    Garageband

    Countdown 2014

    Photoshop touch

    PhotoWizard

    Google Maps App

    Voice Texter

    TalkTapp

    Voice Commander

    SocialSpeech

    MyAssistant 

    Speaktoit Assistant

    Voice Assistant + Personal
    Assistant - Voice Control Calendar
    VoiceCal
    Evi
    Voice Commands
    Voice Notes
    Voice Actions
    Google Search
    Dragon Go
    Dragon Dictation
    Vlingo
    Voice Ask
    Voice Answer
    iAnswer
    Monica 
    Voice Brief
    ReQall

    Voice Commands+
    Voice Assistant Plus
    Dictate Everything
    My Voice Assistant
    Voice Dictation

    Speaking Cal - with voice reminders
    Voice Tweet
    Super Voice Assistant 
    Voice Command Camera
    Voice Camera
    voice calcu+

    Vocal - Vocally control Mac
    Dictation Clock
    Taking Self Timer
    VoxCamera
    Vocal Photo
    Voice Tweet

    AudioBus

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    Wed, 19 December 2012
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0252 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0252 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob,

    I created this artwork with a combination of Photoshop Touch and Photowizard. 

    Regards,

    Ben (iosstuffandreviews.com).

     

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    Transcript for Episode 252

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    With Christmas coming up - here is a quick tip for keeping your kids in line - I think I mentioned it before so long timers bare with me.  Get a free conference call line - say at k7.net for example - and then put the number in your iPhone with the contact as Santa.  Add in a picture of Santa for the contact.  Then set up your call in number with a recording saying it is Santa's Naughty and Nice line.  And when you kids are acting up or acting good.  on your iPhone activate siri and say - Call Santa - and it will dial away for you.  It is a nice little Free tip you can do to help around the holidays.  It is amazing what impact it has on your young kids when they see Sanata's picture pop up on your iPhone.  They really do act much better rather quickly. 

    Do you use the instagram app or should I say did you use it past tense.  Yeah - Well this next item is for you.  Quote I’m writing this today to let you know we’re listening and to commit to you that we will be doing more to answer your questions, fix any mistakes, and eliminate the confusion, As we review your feedback and stories in the press, we’re going to modify specific parts of the terms to make it more clear what will happen with your photos. Legal documents are easy to misinterpret. unquote Kevin Systrom Instagram co-founder. 

    quote Some or all of the Service may be supported by advertising revenue. To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you. If you are under the age of eighteen (18), or under any other applicable age of majority, you represent that at least one of your parents or legal guardians has also agreed to this provision (and the use of your name, likeness, username, and/or photos (along with any associated metadata)) on your behalf. # You acknowledge that we may not always identify paid services, sponsored content, or commercial communications as such. unquote

    Because You know I can see how quote without any compensation to you unquote and quote if you are under the age of 18 unquote can be misinterpreted.  Problem for Instagram is that people did not misinterpret the new terms - but rather actually read them.  

    So what Instagram and Facebook were doing is allowing it where any photo you upload they can sell without having to compensate you.  Think the largest online stock photo library - where no one that uploaded the photos gets paid - just Facebook and Instagram - Brilliant.  Or I mean - EVIL.  

    So let me know based on the new Terms in place are you sticking with Instagram or are you giving it up - and if so - what apps are you using in its place?  

    206-666-6364 thats 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com. 

    And an Update on this - Seems the user revolt hit Facebook and Instagram hard enough for them to say ooooppps we messed up - we are changing the terms of service again.

    Still let me know if you jumped ship or not. 

    If you have an iPhone 5 or an iPad Mini - Apple has just released iOS 6.0.2 update - which you can get by going to the Settings App - then General - then Software update and you can do an over the air update. As always I do recommend you force quit out of all open apps - and then do a sync and backup.  Once you do that - then go to settings app - then general - then reset - then reset network settings.  Once your device reboots - make sure you have a good wifi connection and then do your update.  Now this update is to fix issues with Wifi - so you may not be able to get a wifi connection - in which case connect your iOS device to your computer via your lightening connector and update via the computer.  I don't recommend updating over LTE - as it will eat up a nice chunk of your bandwidth limit.

    Apple also just released iOS 6.1 beta 4.  Now one article I read said this might mean we will get iOS 6.1 Gold Master for public release before the end of the year.  

    I really don't think that will happen - as Apple basically will be shutting down over the holidays - so I really don't see them doing a major update right before all the help goes home for the holidays - that would be kind of stupid.  Now not saying it can't happen - just saying it better not happen.  Plus Apple just lopped off some heads for iOS 6 issues - can't imagine to many people in Apple would be pushing for or allowing a major release anytime before Jan 7th.  

    Nothing New in iOS 6.1 beta 4 that I have seen quickly looking it over - but I was looking on an iPhone 4.  

    If anyone finds anything new and exciting in beta 4 let me know.  

    Thanks to many on this next one - which would be funny if it was not so sad. And this is one that just really goes out and highlights the issue Apple has with iOS Maps and that is the perception issue - and ok - maybe some technical issues to boot - and this story is one many probably heard about as it had gone main stream - again adding to the perception issue. It is the story about a police department in Australia that is warning iOS users not to use the Maps app in iOS 6 - because it has been sending people to a remote wilderness location 70 kilometers away instead of the town of Mildura. Problem is people have been stranded for up to 24 hour without food and water. Think the 2nd crocodile dondee movie. And again the Perception issue grows. Because even after Apple fixes / fixed this issue there will not be has not been wide spread news of the fix - just the memory of the issue. Eddy Que might be asking himself what has he gotten himself into.

    Into the email bag - Hi Rob, I thought this was interesting, that Apple may try and acquire TomTom. It sounds like a positive move to me, but maybe I'm overlooking some aspect. Regards, Ray from Richmond.

    Thanks Ray for the link to an article about a rumor of Apple looking to buy TomTom.  And rumor it likely will stay - at 1.2 Billion dollars that is over 2X the value of anything has ever acquired - obviously it is possible given the issues they have had with Maps - but why spend 1.2 billion to buy the company that is likely the cause of many of your issues.  Better to buy someone that is not giving your issues.

    Plus as many of you are probably aware Google Maps is back - or here for the first time depending on your perspective. Any way a Map App on the iPhone by Google - called Google Maps is now available for free to download. So with Google Maps now available for the iPhone - it actually should buy apple some time to get their ducks in a row - with out having to buy TomTom. 

    Quite a few sites have put up their reviews of the Google Maps App - The Verge has a very good and detailed report - many of the reviews say Google Maps app actually looks and runs better on the iPhone than it does on Android phones.  Oh and it uses vector graphics like Apples own Maps app - not tile graphics - which means it is quick.  I think the biggest reason for going with Googles Maps App is if you need mass transit information.  Clearly that is one area Apple is well embarrassed when compared to Google.  IF you have not downloaded the google maps app - it is free and available now in the iTunes App store. 

    Here is some initial feedback from a couple of listeners.

    Hi Rob,

    I don't think the ui on the Google Maps app is as good as the apple iOS stock Maps app. But the Google Maps app does load pretty quick and smooth. Probably going to be a bit buggy for some but I think I will like it. Has voice prompts. Can do sat 3D view with voice. Major +. But Still like the ios 5 stock map interface better. 1 major down side for google maps app is that it does not pull up contacts. I do that a lot for work. This should put that last nail in apple maps coffin. 

    Regards,

    Levi in Riverside CA

    Hi Rob,

    Per the new google maps app It doesn't use my address contacts but has a shortcut to google earth which isn't 4" friendly yet. They do disclose the navigation is in beta with many disclosures unlike apple!  Can't wait to try the navigation but use this mostly for business listings since yelp sucks & since apple maps forces open when running which I hate!!!   In the business listings it shows no ph#. It only calls when taped on call. Maybe I just want to write it down or use a landline or Internet phone, they didn't think about that google. I like the old one better so far. Weird to swipe up/down & side ways on the info bars that appear.  No contacts or recents or bookmarks other than home & work, WTF?! 

    Regards,

    Michael

    Hi Rob,

    I just downloaded the new Google Maps app and immediately noticed a missing feature that doesn't seem to be written about by anyone doing a review.  You cannot search for a local contact.  This is very annoying and hard to believe they couldn't work in.  I hope they add this in an update to the app soon.

    Regards,

    --David

    Hi Rob,

    Per the new Googles Map App I was surprised to find when I tested the app on my way to work the turn by turn directions automatically interrupted the radio and played the directions over the car speaker.  I do not have the standard bluetooth audio (A2DP profile) but only have the phone bluetooth.  The turn by turn directions actually act like a phone call being received without the ringing.  This was amazing.  

    I really did not have any issues with the Apple map app but was always leery that I might not get the correct address.

    Regards,

    Jim from Lakewood CO

    PLAY VOICE MAIL - JUSTIN_GOOGLE_MAPS

    Thanks all that sent in reviews / info on the Googles Map app - my best suggestion is since it is free - to download the app and give it a try - and if you live in an urban area and use mass transit - well then it is a must download app. 

    Not saying too many people were looking forward to getting Google Maps - but it seems it was downloaded over 10 million times in the first 48 hours.  Yikes - You know that has to hurt more than a few egos at Apple. On the flip side the only thing on Android that downloaded 10 million times in a 24 hour window is said to be Malware - Just sayin.

    If you use Find my iPhone feature and are running iOS 6 - there is a new feature for you - turn by turn driving directions to your lost iPhone.  Of course if you have not turned on this feature - I need to ask - Why NOT!!!

    I mean really - why not?  It is important if you want any chance of retrieving your iOS device if it is stollen to have find my iPhone turned on.  Just sayin.

    If you are the type that does not like to be naked in public - well I should say does not like to have your iPHone naked in public and you like to have a case on your iPHone 5 - be careful what case you pick - I guess one of the incase slider cases when sliding on or off was scratching the side of the iPhone 5.  Now this likely from dirt and I know in the past we talked about slider cases and dirt and scratches - and guess what we just talked about them again except for the iPhone 5 this time.  Long of the short if you put a case on your iOS device to keep it from getting scratched it might actually be what scratches it.  

    Thanks to Kevin K for this one.  Which is a post about Passhack - which allows you to hide some of your stock apps directly from the Passbook app. 

    There are a bunch of steps of which I will not go over on the show - other than to say look for the link titled Passhack Tutorial in the show notes for ep 252 over at today in iOS dot com.

     

    Thanks to Walt and Mike and others that sent in the link to the tim cook interview on Rock center - link for it in the show notes.

    Hi rob,

    This is a problem with all iPhone 5 and automobile Bluetooth technology. The source is that Bluetooth has been upgraded in iPhone 5, but automobile has not. 

    I know that Nissan-Infiniti is coming out with a patch in the next few weeks. I expect other manufacturers will follow. 

    Here is a temporary workaround. On your iPhone, change:

    General>Accessibility>Incoming Calls

    Change from "Default" to "Speaker". 

    This fixes the problem for now. 

    Chuck R

    PLAY_JOEG_FDBK_BLUETOOH_GM

    Hi Rob,

    Just wanted to give you a heads up that starting today the iPhone 5's are all $50 off right now at RadioShack with new line or upgrade. Limited time offer. The iPhone 5 16GB is $149.99, 32GB $249.99, 64GB $349.99 and the iPhone 4S's are also $50 off for 16GB $49.99, 32GB $149.99, and 64GB $249.99. 

    Regards Travis F.

    Looks like Sams Club is also offering $50 off - based on an email they sent out and forwarded to me by Robin.  This $50 off offering is valid just through Dec 30th.  

    Of course Walmart is doing them all one better and offering up the iPhone 5 for just $127 in store purchase only.  IE they want you in their store buying other stuff.

    Hi Rob,

    Just listened to the current show. Not sure if you had a reply to the child safety on YouTube. But here is what I understand.

    At the bottom of any youtube page you will find safety mode. You can change the mode to on when you are signed into your youtube account. You can choose to lock the mode for all users on that computer on that web browser. If you have more than one browser be sure to do the same on both (such as safari and firefox). Just remember to be signed out when you finish with the computer. Otherwise anyone can change the settings.

    On the iPhone YouTube App the New One. When signed in. You can go into settings and change the restrictions to Off, Moderate and Strict. 

    Not sure about the iPad but assume its the same. 

    REGARDS,

    Chris in london

    Per the request for voice apps for the iPhone 4 to give functionality similar to Siri - Paul H sent in the following apps to look at - TalkTapp - social voice assistant - $1.99 in the app store, Then there is Voice Commander - Facebook, Twitter and websearch - also a buck 99. Next is SocialSpeech - one word - it is a speech to text and voice recognition for facebook status updates and twitter tweets - it is just 99 cents. Next is MyAssistant - one word - a Personal Secretary - at a buck 99 in the app store. Look for the review of that one from CNET in the show notes. Next is Speaktoit Assistant - with speaktoit being one word. And luckily so is assistant. It is free in the app store.  Paul - Thanks for the heads up on all those apps - links ofcourse in the show notes for ep 252 over at today in ios dot com.

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    On your last podcast a gentleman with the "golden voice" inquired about Siri like equivalent apps.

    I now has iPhone 5, but missed Siri when I had an iPhone 4.

    Search for "voice assistant" or "voice commands" in the App Store.

    Siri - substitute apps

    Here are some I found and my favorites are at the top of the list 

    Paul Hughes

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    Speaktoit Assistant

    Voice Assistant + Personal

    Assistant - Voice Control Calendar

    VoiceCal

    Evi

    Voice Commands

    Voice Notes

    Voice Actions

    Google Search

    Dragon Go

    Dragon Dictation

    Vlingo

    Voice Ask

    Voice Answer

    iAnswer

    myAssistant

    Monica 

    Voice Brief

    ReQall

    Voice Commands+

    Voice Assistant Plus

    Dictate Everything

    My Voice Assistant

    Voice Dictation

    Speaking Cal - with voice reminders

    TalkTapp Social Voice

    Voice Tweet

    Super Voice Assistant 

    Voice Command Camera

    Voice Camera

    voice calcu+

    Vocal - Vocally control Mac

    Dictation Clock

    Taking Self Timer

    VoxCamera

    Vocal Photo

    Voice Tweet

    Today's episode is sponsored by the free app squrl - spelled s q u r l - squrl as I said is a free app that is focused on Video searching - but not just time shifted content - but also live streams.  And it is not just searches in Youtube - but also vimeo, AOL videos, Blip, Ted Videos, Hulu, Netflix and more.  Plus they have the live option.  So you can see what is live right now on say TWiT.tv or if you want real good content - there is puppy cam tv - where you can see live streams of puppies.  Per the search - what I really liked is when you search for a subject - say - Big East - which I did - it then found videos of stories about the Big East and the 7 schools breaking away - and once one video is done playing it automatically transitions into the next video - so you can just set this up hit play and it goes from story to story.  I did the same thing for a search for Dayton flyers - and it game me all kinds of videos of Dayton flyers and it was neat watching it go from one video to the next. Type in Star Trek for a search hit play and it may be hours before you come out of the stream.  They also have a neat recommendation engine that predicts what videos you'll like based I am assuming on past searches.  

    I asked my wife to also play with the app on her iPad and give me some feedback.  I expected her to come back 30 minutes later a couple of hours later I had to go up to her and she apologized she got caught up in the app and videos.  So be careful it can be a time sink - which is what it is designed to be.  Her thoughts were it is really easy to use and find videos and get caught up in - The easy to use says a lot coming from my wife - a true self-proclaimed flashing 12.

    Again this is a free app and the app is universal and requires and iOS device running iOS 4.3 or later - and yes it is optimized for the iPHone 5.  Search for s q u r l in the App store - or look for the link in the show notes for ep 252.  Per Netflix - you do need to log in to your accounts to see those videos - and that is part of the app - so for us Netflix users - that is cool.  Thanks squrl for sponsoring the show today. 

    There were a lot of people saying the iPhone launch in China was underwhelming - because quote there were no lines unquote. That lack of lines was because Apple changed how the iPhone is distributed in China do to issues with past launches and Grey market resellers.  So this time around by Apples design there were no lines.  But that definitely did not mean there was no demand.  As Apple announced they sold over 2 million iPhones 5 over the first weekend. Yeah and the anal-ists were scrambling to update their forecasts for iPhone 5 sales this quarter. To put that 2 mil iPhone 5's sold in one weekend in perspective - that is roughly what Apple sold in the US on its opening weekend.  If China can become a market close to the size of the US market for Apple - that would well kill all the bears on wall street that have spent the last 3 months trying to kill apple stock. 

    Surprise Surprise the iPad Mini is selling well and being used well already - or so it appears - as iPad Mini Ad Impressions grew an average of 28% every day in November during its first month of release.  This compares to the average of 19% growth that Amazons Kindle Fire grew last year during its first month of release.  

    Lots of the reviews out there on the iPad Mini mention the non-retina display as a or the major issue with the device. You know who does not agree with that - Consumers. As they appear to be buying up the iPad mini in droves - which is why it is still supply constrained. NPD is reporting that the iPad mini is going to out sell the iPad maxi this quarter.  Other reports say not so much - that the iPad Maxi will prevail - either way both are expected to sell very well.  Will be interesting if Apple breaks out iPad Maxi and Mini sales in the next quarterly report.

    And Speaking of iPad mini sales - one of the things those down on Apple want to say is that iPad mini sales are just cannibalizing sales from the iPad Maxi - well not so fast there pilgrim.  Seems a survey of 1000 US consumers shows that those looking at getting the iPad mini 47% roughly are new to Apple and that many are choosing the iPad mini instead of another 7" tablet not instead of the iPad Maxi - yes obviously some are buying iPad Mini's instead of iPad Maxi's but it may be a smaller percentage than most apple bears want you to believe.

    Personally I was at a best buy store on Saturday with both my boys and we were looking at some accessories in between where they have the iPad mini and the other tablets - when I heard a person talking to a blue shirt at best buy about what small tablet to get - first he looked at the iPad Mini - then went over to the Android tablets - Of course at this point I am listening to what the Blue shirt is saying and the second he did not answer correctly - I was like a duck on a cheetoo and jumped all over the customer and let him know that getting the Android tablet he would be greatly disappointed - especially when it came to apps - and that the iPad mini was the much better device - with much better battery life - better cameras - two - and overall - his kids would be very happy with the iPad mini purchase and with the Android purchase not so much.  The blue shirt gave me a dirty look - and the guy went over and got the iPad mini.  Again this guy was not thinking iPad maxi vs iPad Mini - but small tablet vs small tablet.    

    hey and speaking of iPad's - Apple just was approved for LTE on the iPads in China.  Expect the iPad Mini and Maxi with LTE to be available in China with in the next 60 days. 

    Thanks Kevin K and many others - And that is the bat dung crazy rumor from Anal-ist Peter Misek that the iPhone 5 will be coming in june 2013 not the fall and it will come in many colors.  It will supposedly have an improved Super HD camera and screen, NFC, a better Battery, and will come in 8 colors.  Apparently the partridge in the pear tree was already spoken for.  For support of his statements Misek offered up Air - evidently the same thin air he pulled these predictions from - what you thought I was going to say he pulled them from his BLEEEP - This is why I love Anal-ists so - just making crap up do they.  Like when Misek said last summer the full size Apple TV was already in production.  Yes folks this guy gets paid for saying this stuff.  Sadly others seem to listen to him - Why I have no idea. 

    Hey and speaking of people pulling stuff from their - ok well speaking of people saying crap - comes a recent interview of Eric Schmidt where he is speaking about the iPhone and Android and he proclaims that Android is quote winning that war pretty clearly now unquote Unless of course you talk about what platform developers develop for first.  What platform developers make the most money on, or what platform people actually use the most.  Yeah in those cases - iOS is still the king. 

    And per the App revenue point - there is a really nice article in the Guardian out of the UK titled iOS v Android App revenues, downloads and country breakdowns and a link for it is in the show notes for Ep 252 over at today in iOS dot com. 

    Hey Rob,

    I have an iPad 2 and an iPhone 4S, currently my wife uses the iPad with her own iCloud account for email, FaceTime etc... and I have my own account on the iPhone, we share the same iTunes account for apps and such, my question is my 2 year old son lives on our devices all day, and recently my company gave me a iPod touch 5th gen 32gb,  that we are going to set up for him. What would be the best way to set this up so he can use the FaceTime function to call myself or mom on the iPad? Please any help and advice you can give will help.

    Regards,

    Brad , Virginia 

    Hi Brad - set up a gmail account for your son - and then use that email for his face time account on your iPod touch 5th gen - make sure each iOS device has its own email set up for it - and then you can FaceTime to one another by setting up contacts for each person with the email you set up for each device for FaceTime. 

    Hi Rob, I remember in one of your episodes you went over the process of requesting a return for an app purchase and I can't seem to find it on your website or apple's for that matter. It's low priority, so if you have time I'd appreciate it, but don't let it interfere with a new episode! 

    Thanks again for your work 

    Regards, Jason

    Hi Jason as it is multiple steps - I will just point to a good tutorial on how to do this - look for the link in the show notes titled How to Get a Refund From the iOS or Mac App Stores - you can find that in the show notes for ep 252 over at today in iOS dot com - or in the link list in the tii app for ep 252. 

    Hi Rob, 

    I was writing to let you know about my kickstarter project which is currently up and running. The project is for my handmade Ipad Mini cases, they are called the Kalonn Ipad Mini Case and I love it and the Ipad just the same! 

    Regards, 

    Christopher Goodwin

    Hi Chris,

    Thanks for the heads up on your Kickstarter project - which folks you can find by searching for k a l o n n in kickstarter.  Kalonn mean strong in irish in case you are wondering.

    I like that he has a very modest goal of $5,000 - rare to see goals below 10k anymore.  

    This project runs until Jan 1st at 12:47 AM ET.

    There are still some early backer options available for just a pledge of $20.  

    They are a nice looking case and I already know of one person - a friend of my wifes that already has dropped and shattered her glass on her iPad mini.  So a case is a good idea - and $20 is a pretty nice price for a handmade case.  

    Chris good luck with this.  And folks again search for k a l o n n in kickstater or look for the link in the show notes. 

    Hi Rob, 

    A new kickstarter project, well new for the iPhone 5 is up - it is the Trygger.  

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trygger/iphone-5-trygger-camera-clip 

    Regards,

    Thomas 

    Tuscaloosa AL 

    Hi Thomas thanks for the heads up - I remember the version of this for the iPhone 4 and 4S. And what I ilke most about this kickstarter project - it is the pledge levels - 3 as in 1 2 3 of them that is it - and one is a $1 or more pledge which is sold out - the other two are both $30 dollars one for white and one for black. And they have a pledge goal of just $10,000 - Again nice to see a low pledge goal and Kudos for this team for keeping it simple with regards to really just two pledge options black or white. I hope they get funded of which funding will last until Jan 25th at 8:59 AM ET - oh for those that don't remember the Trygger spelled very web 2.0ish as t r y g g e r - it is a polarizing filter for your iPhones camera.  Last time it was a case - this time it is just a clip.  Again pricing is only $30 and if you are someone with an iPhone 5 and do lots of out door photos - and want to take those photos to the next level - this project could help you out a bunch.

    Hey Rob, 

    Just a couple of kickstarters u want to talk about. 

    First up is the iPad smarter stands that I got sent recently from a funded project. 

    Brilliant add on to any smart stand user enabling you to have multiple viewing angles & position using a simple clip on the actual smart stand. 

    http://smarterstand.com/SmarterStand.com/Buy_Smarter_Stand.html 

    Next up is a project I've just pledged my money on. 

    The project is The PhoneJoy Play Bluetooth controller. 

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/phonejoy/phonejoy-play-turn-your-phone-into-a-console 

    Can't wait to get this as it can be used by clamping on side of your phone or used as a regular controller when playing on your iPad or even on the Apple TV. 

    I wish apple would just make a standard controller so all the gaming devs on iOS could program for one device. 

    Regards, 

    Ryu 

    Sheffield, England

    Hello Ryu thanks for the heads up on PhoneJoy - This one has a total pledge level of over $46,000 with a goal of $50,000 and will finish pledges on Jan 3rd at 9:01 AM ET.  So this one should easily make it.  Price of the device is $60.  Search for PhoneJoy in kickstarter if you are looking for a bluetooth gaming controller for your iOS device.  They set this one up to work like the iCade - so games that support iCade are supposed to support this. And for those that have a jailbroken iOS device they also say it will support Blutrol compatible apps - but there are limits there - make sure to read over the kickstarter page and watch the video before pledging - duhhh 

    More rumors about Office for iOS have been floating out there - now there is a report from the verge that microsoft has confirmed the existence of its office mobile app for iPhone and iPad with Word, Excell and Powerpoint part of the app or apps.  When can you expect this app to launch - well not to 2013 and likely March of 2013 for the iPhone and iPad versions.  

    While personally I think with pages, numbers and keynote you are covered - there are those that want to have the MS app - and on the iPad I can see why especially with excel.  Anyway no official announcement of when or how much for that mater.  More to come on this in the future. 

    Last month after black friday there were a few different reports about the iPad kicking butt and taking names during the weekend with regards to online sales made on the devices - especially when compared to other tablets. And some of the numbers did not make sense like the Nook being responsible for more sales then the Kindle Fire.  Well I guess Amazon did not like how things were being reported and had their engineers work with those at Chitika - which measures ad impressions on mobile devices.  And in doing so they were able to get the Kindle fires traffic to go from 9th place for tablets with out an I to start their name to first.  Essentially in October the Kindle fire was showing 0.59 impressions vs each 100 for an iPad.  And in November that number went up to 4.05 ad impression vs each 100 for an iPad.  And this I guess makes Amazon happy.  But still it means the iPad is still getting 24 times more ad impressions on the web than the Kindle fire. 

    Hello Rob:

    My name is Conrad. I just started listening to your podcast and am enjoying it! I am a band teacher and would like to create an app where students could tap rhythms, tap in fingerlings and other things. Problem is I do not know where to start. Could you tell me what I would need to read to learn to do this? Is this something you mentioned in another episode?  

    Thanks 

    Conrad

    Hi Conrad - yes this is something I have mentioned a few times before on the show - but I could not tell you which episodes - but I can tell you what I basically said - go look at the free iTunes U courses on iOS development from Stanford University - to find these simply search for stanford and iOS in iTunes and you will see the iTunes U collections for this.  If you watch these videos it will give you a good understanding of what you need to do. There are also many many books out there and more being released each month on this - and when you get your iTunes developer account - there are resources there as well.

    If you have the time, energy and basic understanding of developing - you should be able to get a basic app put together.  

    Good luck and send promo codes when you get your first app up in the store. 

    Thanks to michael for the heads up on this one. Which is that Gifting of apps is back in the App store.  Users can buy or gift an app store app for another iTunes app store user via an iOS device once again.  This feature was in there for iOS 5 and early - but did not make it over for iOS 6.  No reason was ever given - nor is one likely to ever be given - but gifting of app in iOS 6 is back and just in time for the holidays.

    Hi Rob - I just got an email from AT&T about $100 of any tablet.  Regards Ron.

    Hi Ron - I also got the email and saw the flyer in my AT&T bill - between now and Jan 10th 2013 - you can get $100 off any Tablet from AT&T - including the iPad Mini and Maxi - if you sign up for a two year Data plan or by adding said device to any data share plan for $10 a month.  Obviously you need to make sure you really want and will use a data plan every month for the next two years before signing up.  Sprint is offering to its employees and friends and family of employees $130 off an iPad Mini or Maxi - if you commit to a 6 Month plan of $40 a month i.e. the 6 GB plan which seems to be a special plan for friends and family as well.   Or so I was shown from my Sprint Poker buddies - that offer is good until December 31st.  So if you have a sprint friend or family member and are looking for a good price and good deal - you have a short time to take advantage of this.  

    A quick reminder I will be speaking at blogworld new media expo in Las Vegas - which will be going on from Jan 6th to the 8th - I will be speaking about how to podcast 100% from an iPad and my speech is Monday the 7th at 10:30 AM Las Vegas time.  We at Libsyn will also have a booth at the show - booth 517 - please stop by and say hi - and get your picture taken with me or if you are libsyn customer - with the libsyn team.  If you want to save 20% off a New media pass - use promo code Walch20 - that is w a l c h 2 0 - that is c h - not s h.  Walch20.  Hope to see some of you at the show.  I am also speaking on Tuesday the 8th again at 10:30 AM LV time - and that one is a panel about podcast distribution.  But other than those times I will be at the Libsyn booth.  Hope to see you there.  Hey and I also got my press passes for CES - I will be over at CES on Wednesday the 9th.  

    As always if you have any comments questions answers to others questions tips tricks app reviews product reviews rumors speculations rants or anything else related to iOS is some way give us a call - 206-666-6364 that 206-moon-dog or email us at today in iOS at gmail dot com.  If you have not purchased the Tii App - it is just $2.99 in the app store and not just the best way to consume this show - but with push notifications - you get to find out when there is breaking news or special deals.  Plus it helps support the show.  And speaking of supporting the show - I want to thank Squrl once again for sponsoring todays episode - You can download the free squrl video search and discovery app by searching for s q u r l in the iTunes app store.  Again that is s q u r l and it is a free universal app that supports the iPhone 5 as well.   And that folks wraps it up for us today.  

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    Sat, 8 December 2012
    Tii - iTem 0251 - Dan says iOS 6.1 Beta 3

    Tii - iTem 0251 - Dan says iOS 6.1 Beta 3

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    Today's Sponsor - SquareTrade

    www.squaretrade.com/tii = for iPhone5 warranty discount 

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    AT&T iPhones In Pennsylvania Are Being Taken Over By ‘Dan’

    The new iOS 6.1 beta (version 3) is out

    iPhone 5 ship time drops to two to four days

    iPhone 5 two-handsets-per-customer limitation lifted 

    T-Mobile CEO: Our iPhone experience will be 'dramatically different'

    T-Mobile's Subsidy Free iPhone Will Bring Transparency To Smartphone Economics

    China Mobile president confirms ongoing iPhone talks

    iPad mini & iPhone 5 Arrive in China in December

    iPhone 5 Arrives in More Than 50 Additional Countries

    features Apple killed off in iTunes 11

    YouTube Gets Shiny New iPad, iPhone App

    iPhone 5S already? Possible pics leak

    iPhone 5s Rear Housing?

    Which tablet has the best battery life? 

    Botnet Steals $47M from 30K European Bank Accounts

    App Developers Shun Microsoft's Surface

    1 Second Everyday App by Cesar Kuriyama 

    Whatever Happened To The Geode? 

    Apple-supported tablet app The Daily shuts down

    The Daily is no more - News Corporation

    FTC Slams Google for Seeking iPhone, iPad Ban

    DreamJB: Hacker Announces iOS 6.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak for 22 December

    IEEE's Robot iPad App is Robot Heaven

    Tim Cook's Freshman Year - Businessweek

    Mac OS Ken

    OtterBox Defender Case - iPad Mini

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    Magic Window

    PicFX

    Impression

    Mixel

    Toddler Distractor Christmas Edition

    Photo Library+ for iPhone

    Word Unravel

    Countdown 2014

    Mail Enhancer Pro - Cydia

    Youtube - iPad

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    Fantastical

    Robots for iPad

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    Sat, 8 December 2012
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0251 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0251 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob,

    I got the pic from Magic Window 

    Filtered it with picfx

    Watermarked with Impression

    And mixed it with Mixel. 

    Regards,

    Tash

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    Transcript for Episode 251

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    With out a doubt this has to be the strangest iPhone story I have reported on - and felt it was worthy of the top story. It is about people in Pennsylvania specifically those in the 717 area code - well some of them have seen the AT&T logo replace with Dan - Now this is not causing any real issue - other than your network showing Dan on the phone instead of AT&T - and it is likely a prank by some disgruntled AT&T worker - or better yet maybe a testing issue that got lose in the wild.  But in any case if you live in 717 area code - have an iPhone and it is on AT&T - well it may now be saying it is on Dan.  No word on if Dan allows FaceTime calls over cellular for unlimited customers - just sayin.

    iOS 6.1 beta 3 has been released upon the devs and those of us with access to a dev account. and my thoughts are it is working fine - just like beta 2.  Some of the new things I have seen mentioned about beta 3 relate to iCloud setup, Passbook Sample Card being updated, Voice dial only feature added and reset advertising identifier was tweaked.  Yeah exciting times. But this does mean we are getting closer to the launch of iOS 6.1 - probably with in the next 4 to 5 weeks.  

    iPhone Ship times dropped early in the week to 2 to 4 days and now tonight are sitting at in stock.  That's right the iPhone 5 has finally reached in stock status.  Which is probably why Apple also removed the limit on how many iPhone's each person could buy - so now - if you have one of those extended families feel free to buy them each an iPhone for the holidays.  

    The iPad Mini has had its ship times improve as well - It is now down to 1 week for deliver times.  This is for all versions black or white - and regardless of the carrier - at least here in the US that is. 

    The big questions for those on wall street is of course - is the reduction in lead time for these products a result of slowing demanding or increasing supply.  These are questions not likely answered until next quarter.  I will say in my family this holiday season - I have 3 out or 4 and maybe 4 out of 4 of my nieces and nephews that are getting iPad Mini's - not from me - but from my Parents or from their own parents.  Now maybe my family is skewed towards apple products - but not overly likely as they live over 1,200 miles away.  It just seems those that had iPod touches for presents in the past - are now upgrading so to speak to the iPad Mini.  Which makes a lot of sense given the price points and that the apps all cary over and then some. 

    Well on the last episode I reported on a rumor that T-Mobile would announce they are getting the iPhone at the investor conference and that is what actually happened this week.  Kudos to Scott Craig at Merril lynch for nailing that call.  Now what was not rumored is how T-mobile plans to do the offering which their CEO says will be a dramatically different experience.  And what exactly does that mean - well it likely means T-mobile is not going to subsidize the iPhone - but rather reduce the monthly rate you pay.  No word yet on exactly what that monthly rate will be.  It is also reported that T-mobile will not force everyone to upfront pay the $649 to $849 that an iPhone will cost.  They will also offer a finance plan for the iPhone.  Of course the CEO also said all the reports on how this will be different are wrong.  So when is T-mobile getting the iPhone - well sometime between Jan 1st 2013 and December 31st 2013.  Beyond that no other info on when in 2013 it will be.  But if you have been holding out at T-mobile waiting and waiting for the iPhone - at least now officially your wait if coming to an end.  

    Speaking of people waiting for the iPhone - there are over 600 Million of them on China Mobile that are doing so - and by the sounds of it - that wait is not going to be over soon enough.  Yue Li President of China Mobile - the world's largest carrier said that they have been in Talks with Apple about the iPhone since 2009 - however both sides are still far apart on getting a deal agreed to.  It is reported he said they were even close to an agreement last year - but that the deal fell through.  So when is the iPhone coming to China Mobile - well on the surface it might seem like don't hold your breath - but usually in these things - when the CEO's say one thing it often means another.  So maybe these comments are just a little public posturing prior to an announcement about a deal.  Or maybe I am being overly optimistic.  

    Missed it by that much - The official word about the iPhone 5 in China that is - Apple put out the press release announcing that December 14th was the official date as had been suspected just a few hours after ep 250 went live. Apple also announced December 7th as the official date for when the iPad Mini and 4th gen iPad would be available in Main Land China as well.  Initial reports are that lines for those devices were well not there - of course many of those reports did not mention that you really could not line up and needed to pre-reserve your iPad - so those reporting on no lines - they might want to look a little closer.  

    And Yes Virginia the iPhone 5 will be in 100 countries before Christmas. With Apple officially announcing that more than 50 new countries will be getting the iphone 5 this month.  I was going to read the 50+ countries the iPhone 5 would be in - but you know Ken from Mac OS Ken did such a good job - I thought I would just use his clip here - with his permission of course. 

    MAC OS KEN CLIP.

    iPhone 5 will be available in South Korea on Friday, December 7 and on Friday, December 14 in Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Grenada, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. iPhone 5 will also be available on Friday, December 21 in Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St.Vincent & the Grenadines, Tunisia, Uganda and Vietnam.

    Thanks ken for allowing the use of that and folks check out Mac OS Ken if you are interested in a very good Mac / Apple Podcast.  

    Rob,

     

    I had the same problem with my iPhone 5 not wanting to automatically pair after upgrading from my iPhone 4s.

    The way I found to  fix it was to make the iPhone 5 the primary Bluetooth device on my car radio, now it pairs up automatically.

     

    Thomas

    Tuscaloosa AL  

     

    Rob, I've had the same problem of my phone dimming. Mine dims after I've used the "flashlight app. 

    I wonder if everyone who has had this issue had it after using the flashlight? 

    Cary in Placitas, NM. 

    Hi Rob,

    About the brightness problem with the iPhone 4S/5. 

    Prefences>screen&brightness  and switch the automathic off. This will solve the brightness problem. 

    regards,

    Tim from the Netherlands. 

    Hi Tim - yes - turning off the automatic brightness option should be one way for those suffering from the dimming issue to go away - the down side is if you use it a lot both indoors and out - you are going to either have to keep manually changing the brightness or you will need to just turn it up so you can see it out doors and deal with the extra battery drain. 

    Hi Rob,

    On the email Mass Delete. A Jailbreak App 'Mail Enhancer Pro' does this from individual email accounts and or the All Emails selection. This might help the visually impaired guy. 

    Regards,

    Chris in London

    For some of you over 40 crowd that does get an iPad mini - you may find the text a little hard to read - fear not there is a solution - well at least for many cases there is.  If you go into the setting app and then General and then accessibility - you will see an option for Large text - tap it - and then select the font size you want from those displayed - I actually did this with my iPhone 4S .  Once you do this - the text in apps such as mail, contacts, notes and messages will be easier to read - I definitely can see this being of help for those getting the iPod mini.  Again - Settings - then general then accessibility and then large text.  

    Thanks to Jonathan for this next one - seems there were actually some features depricated in iTunes 11. Some of the features killed off are - 1. Cover Flow 2. The De-duper, 3. iTunes DJ, 4. Gapless playback editor, 5. Multiple Windows and 6 Quick volume control / song progress in mini player. Ok - really nothing I ever even used - hence why I did not notice they were missing when I played with iTunes 11 last week or this week for that mater.  But when I said I thought all the features were still there - I really meant all the features that count i.e. - the ones I use.  

    Speaking of things killed off by Apple - lets talk about the Youtube app - and more specifically the Youtube app on the iPad - well as you know Google had a new Youtube app for the iPhone - and now they have a new Youtube app for the iPad.  One thing I wish Youtube app would do - is add in parental filters / controls - if anyone know of any parental controls for youtube let me know.  Right now I don't see anything.  I would also really like to be able to block videos from the app / account from showing up.  So yes there is a new iPad Youtube app - but no - it does not seem to be Kid friendly.  Now some would say Youtube is not a place for kids - but I disagree - there are many good educational videos and interesting videos on there for kids - the vids of all the russian trucks is one of my sons favorites.  Ok - I know I am rambling and ranting here - I just wish I could let my kids watch a couple of Youtube videos with out worrying about what they might stumble upon.  Thanks by the way goes out to Netflix for making their app much more kid friendly.  

    I guess the real issue here comes back to google - Google's customer is not the user - it is the advertiser.  oh well nice to dream.  Maybe someone can figure out how to skin an app that overlays on youtube and filters out content for kids.  Or maybe someone from the don't be evil company will use their 20% of their time and develop something like that.  Yeah right.    

    Ok - lets get into something more likely - the iPhone 5S rumors that is.  And there have been some rumors the past week and by rumors I mean photos of what is supposed to be the back plate for an iPhone 5S - Seems on the outside it looks exactly like an iPhone 5 - but on the inside it is slightly different.  with screw hole locations moved a little.  Initial speculation by those posting the photos and those reporting on said photos is that this must be for the iPhone 5S.  But my initial thoughts were that rather it was for an iPhone 5 for China Mobile - given that the CEO of China Mobile stated they were still Far apart on negotiating - as I stated earlier that might just mean the opposite - and either way - I am sure Apple has a device designed that works on China Mobile - which due to their unique TD-SCDMA network - would likely require a new device just for China Mobile.  Personally If I have to choose between this back plate being for the iPhone 5S already or for China Mobile - I vote China Mobile.  

    Switching gears Another day another consumer watch dog group testing Tablet battery life claims - this time it was a UK group called which? - which did the tests and guess what - well ok - not much guessing if I am talking about it - the iPads won their categories. There were two groups - 16 different over 8 inch tablets and 10 under 8 inch tablets were tested. In Which's tests the iPad 4th gen lasted 811 minutes. That is over 13 and half hours for those of you that don't know how to divide by 60. Which was much better than 2nd place finisher at 590 minutes which was the iPad 2. Third place went Sony Xperia at 534 minutes. The Surface RT from MS lasted 501 minutes. or more than 5 hours less than the iPad 4th gen. ouch. And by the way they considered the MS Surface RT in the good category. Double ouch.  

    In the under 8 inch category - Standing heads and shoulders above everyone else was the iPad mini at 781 minutes or a little over 13 hours again for those of you not able to divide by 60. The Kindle Fire HD came in 2nd at 591 minutes or more then 3 hours less than the iPad mini. And yes the Mini weighs less then and has a larger screen than the other devices in its category. Yeah can't wait to Jan conference call from Apple to hear how many tablets they sold. Should be a good quarter.

    It is that time of the show to put on my Apple fan boy hat ok in this case really Apple fan boy boots.  Seems all those reports about Malware on Android and it not being something to really worry about - might be well not exactly accurate.  Seems some nefarious types released some malware and botnets out on the world These applications were targeting Android, Blackberry and Windows PC's.  The attack used the Zeus Trojan with is a keystroke logger and looked for people doing online banking activities.  And then they did some real world stealing of money - to the tune of over $47 million dollars from victims accounts.  Bet they wish they had an iPhone and mac right now.  The attacks started in Italy and spread quickly to Germany, Holland and Spain.  The article says there is no easy way to prevent these attacks - which I disagree with - get an iOS device and get a mac  Or if you don't want to give up your PC or android device - then just stop doing online banking.   Just sayin.

     

    There was an article in Ad Age titled App developers shun Microsofts surface - and well ok - that is not overly surprising - There just is no uptake yet in the device - but the one developer or should I say company I found most interesting when mentioned as not developing an app for the Surface was Facebook - I mean considering Microsoft invested 240 million dollars in Facebook back in 2007.  Awkward.  

    Hi Rob,

    I want to share a solution that I came up with yesterday to a problem that I suspect many people are having. When I open iTunes and there are iOS devices connected to the same Wi-Fi, like for instance an iPhone, iTunes will find them and connect to them. However, if the iPhone is disconnected for some reason, it seems to be impossible to make iTunes connect to that iPhone again. This happens to me all the time and I don't usually carry my lightning cable with me so there is no way to reconnect without restarting my computer. You would think there should be a "Search for iOS devices" button but there isn't. Well yesterday I decided to try something: I disconnected my iPhone from iTunes, quit iTunes and then turned off Wi-Fi. When I tuned it back on and opened iTunes, it immediately searched and found my iPhone. This works every time.

    So the steps are:

    1. Quit iTunes

    2. Turn off computer WiFi

    3. Turn on computer WiFi

    4. Open iTunes

    After a few seconds, iTunes will search and connect to your iOS devices like it would when you open it the "first" time after turning on or restarting your computer.

    Best regards

    Eddy P, Sweden

    Eddy - thanks for that tip. 

    Hi Rob - Thought I'd send a review of Fantastical for iOS…

    I had heard about this app on the desktop but didn't see why a parsing of text would really speed up my calendar entry. I use BusyCal on the Mac and that works great. But when 4 people I follow on Twitter all said "buy it" I couldn't resist. (It's on sale for $1.99 right now) 

    The first thing I found was that in calendar view you can quickly swipe over several months and add or view events - and when you want to get back to today, you just hit the "Month year" top banner and it flys back. Perfectly intuitive and fast! The text parsing takes some reading to learn about: If I type "Concert 7p /J" it will put an event called "Concert" at 7PM and it will put it on the calendar I am subscribed to that starts with J - no extra dialog boxes or anything. I haven't learned all the ways this can help me but it really speeds up calendar entry. And gets me around the annoying endless scrolling of trying to look a few months out using the stock iOS calculator.

    -Dan

    Rob - I just remembered a tip that I thought I'd share… I've got an 8GB iPod Touch that is pretty full. I've found that updating over the air requires a LOT more space than if you just pull the update down into iTunes and then update it from there. Somehow it never makes you clean up quite as much.  Maybe this is obvious - but for those with limited space might need this tip. Also, I didn't follow your advice of shutting down all the apps and I had to boot it a few times before it worked. 

    Meanwhile another family member has a 32GB Touch and she doesn't shut anything down and just does the over the air update. I think with open space the over the air update works a LOT better.

    -Dan

                                                                                    Rob,

      What’s up with that user question about mail on his Mac?

    I mean, the podcast is “today in IOS” and all.

    Please, leave out Mac stuff; some of us truly care much less than not at all about the Mac.

    Keep up the great work.

    Kevin

     

    Kevin - his question was about iCloud - and iCloud is part of the iOS world - that is what it was designed for to tie together iOS device and computers.  So I felt that fit on this show - just as if someone would have asked about iCloud and Exchange - I would have put that out there. 

    Now if he asked about the App Dragons lair on the Mac - which causes me to flashback to the 80's - that would have been a different story.  But as long as a question for the most part is related to iOS - I will do my best to answer and or put it out for others to answer on the show.  I definitely have presented in the past Windows questions about iTunes and other iOS related sync questions.  

    Thanks to Tash for this next one which is about a kickstarter project - yup we are at that point in the show again.  And this one is called 1 second everyday app.  It has already passed its goal of 20k with over 36k raised and has until December 27th at 10:03 AM ET for you to fund it.  So what is 1 second everyday app - it is an app that will make it easy for you to record 1 second of video each and every day of your life and have that in a single video stream.  sure you can look at photos you took - but photos miss so much of what video could have like the sound of someones voice you met on a specific day or a dog barking or birds chirping.  The only thing I am not sure about on this is what the heck you get for pledging - with out a doubt some of the most confusing pledging levels I have ever seen.   For example the $10 pledge states quote Reward #1 + reward #2 + exclusive access to a private FB group where backers can share their 1sec experiences together yada yada yada.  any way it is a neat app and since he reached his goal - might be best to just wait for the app to make it to iTunes app store.  Just sayin. Or you could you know pledge $250 dollars and get rewards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 and your choice of reward 5 and 7 and you get the app beta right now.  Did I mention he hit his goal - yeah sometimes a neat idea can overcome confusing pledge levels.  

    Hi Rob, 

    here's the kind of news no Kickstarter backer likes to hear about, 

    Regards, 

    Ray N

    And what Ray is talking about is the issue with the Geode Kickstarter project - if you remember back in the summer we had reports from listeners who had received their geodes and quickly found out the cards for them were dead and had major issues - and new cards were sent and those had issues as well.  Seems like they may have run out of funds before they fixed all their issues and shipped all or even many of their orders.  Now some are reporting and by some I mean many - is that the guys took the money and ran - but I don't think that is the case - as reported by listeners of the show earlier this year - episode 234 to be precise - end of the episode to be really precise - there were issues with the Geode.  I just think this guy ran out of money trying to fix a major design flaw.  I know I have had other emails come in to the show since then from those that purchased the geode that they received multiple cards with multiple issues - and well that sounds like lots of money down the drain for the geode people - not like someone skipping off to the bahamas with peoples money like many of the articles are saying.  Now that all said - the folks at Geode do owe it to their customer to say what is going on - and it should not be a case where their building is boarded up and no one can reach them - as that does not look good.  Remember folks when ordering from Kickstarter - some projects will go like this - not everything is easy to do - if it was - probably would not need kickstarter.  

    Hey speaking of things that crashed and burned a horrible death - Remember the Daily - yeah - well if so - consider yourself in the minority - because definitely not enough did remember and more importantly pay to subscribe to Rubert Murdochs iPad only news magazine to keep it afloat. And now comes word it has officially crashed and burned.  From a news corp press released buried near the bottom was the following gem.  

    Quote News Corporation also announced that effective immediately, Jesse Angelo, the founding Editor-in-Chief of The Daily and long-time Executive Editor of The New York Post, will assume the role of Publisher of The New York Post. As part of a digital restructuring initiative, the company will cease standalone publication of The Daily iPad app on December 15, 2012, though the brand will live on in other channels. Technology and other assets from The Daily, including some staff, will be folded into The Post. 

    Mr. Murdoch said: quote From its launch, The Daily was a bold experiment in digital publishing and an amazing vehicle for innovation. Unfortunately, our experience was that we could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term. Therefore we will take the very best of what we have learned at The Daily and apply it to all our properties. Under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Col Allan and the business and digital leadership of Jesse, I know The New York Post will continue to grow and become stronger on the web, on mobile, and not least, the paper itself. I want to thank all of the journalists, digital and business professionals for the hard work they put into The Daily. unquote unquote. 

    See where mr. murdoch made a mistake was not getting me on board as a reporter - I did offer up my services - instead they went with highly paid journalists the types with degrees in journalism and you see where that got them.  Ok just kidding - I love journalism majors.  This ultimately was just a failed business model - which was to offer up general interest content for a premium price and hope people will pay for your general interest content vs consuming all the free general interest content with similar or close to similar levels of quality.  In the end - Cnn.com and usatoday.com and huffintonpost.com won out for eyeballs.  

    The FTC put a little smack down on Google for their attempts to band apple products for getting into the US because of use of Standards Essential Patents.  Now I am not a big fan of lawsuits by Apple to put it mildly - but at least when apple does sue over patent violations it is not per standards essential patents.  The FTC in a brief filed this week stated that a district court was right to dismiss a request by Google for an injunction against sales of iPhones, and iPads in the US.  And they went on to smack down google for these actions and said such actions can quote harm consumers unquote.  Apple did not respond to a requests for comments - but Google did have the following audio comments per this ruling.  

    Hello! Love the show over the last several years!

    I bit at the $99 iPhone 5 offer from AT&T to replace my iPhone 4S. The cable issue is not too much fun but my issue is with the otterbox defender. I have used this model since the 3GS. This one fits great, but the home button is Very hard to press and must use the tip of your finger. Has anyone else had this problem and any solutions? I tried the new griffin case but think its a bit too bulky. Thank you!

    Sent from my iPhone

    Daniel W

    Hi Rob!

    Just a thought, just wondering out loud...  Reading about Apple's Maps division shakeup etc.  They get the maps data from TomTom, right? So was that the wrong maps vendor to partner with, is TomTom that bad? Or is TomTom not sending Apple its best data?

    -Phil from Green Bay

    Hi Phil - Yes.  ok - well I am not really sure if they partnered with Garmon if things would be any different.  But I do expect we will see improvements soon on the Maps side - but sadly that improvement can not get hear soon enough and since it is more of an on going improvement - a little bit better here - and little better there and so on - it is not like one day a switch is flipped and everyone goes wow the Apple Maps app is now better than Google maps.  So sadly even when the day gets here when Apple maps is better - it is likely going to be a day most people don't even realized past.  At this point the perception is Apple Maps sucks - that is the general perception in the tech blogs and main stream media and what I hear from everyday people - it will take a lot and I mean a  lot of work from Apple to change that perception and sadly getting maps up to snuff is likely going to be much easier than changing the perception around apple maps. If Eddie que can pull this one off - that will be an amazing feet.  

    Hey Rob 

    I was checking the amount of space I had left on my iPhone 5 16GB. I don't have that many things on it but I realized I had left than 200MB left. After checking for hours to see what was going on, I decided to unsubscribe to some shared photostream albums that people shared with me and saw that the amount of space went up. I thought that the shared photostream was in the cloud. I guess I would need to unsubscribe to a lot more to save space. 

    Love the show

    AJ

    Hi Rob -

    I am looking for a way to stream video to my Apple TV, but to simultaneously have the audio on my iPhone, or even iPad. What I am trying to do is watch video on my Apple TV (such as Netflix streaming), while using my earbuds or headset on my iOS device.  My wife goes to bed earlier than I do, and I want to be able to turn the sound up for me while keeping it quiet for her.  Is there an app that can make this happen, or a setting in AirPlay that I'm missing?  I know there is optical audio out on the Apple TV, but I don't want to have to hook this up through a stereo receiver.

    I've enjoyed your podcast since the 3g days.  Thanks for all you do.

    Best regards,

    Mark J

    Little Rock, AR

    Hi Rob,

    Is there an app that you can view the apps that  your children are using. Like Facebook or view text messaging from an 3rd party app? Thanks

    Rob

    Hey Rob, love the show. Long time listener. Question about jailbreak. I am currently jailbroken on 5.1.1 on a 4S. I believe I have found evidence that it is safe to update my Mac to 10.8.2 (currently 10.8.1) but I'm not sure. I'd like to update my Mac and iTunes but I don't want to lose my ability to restore to 5.1.1 if I need to. Any info would be great. Thanks. You rock!

    Daniel

    Hi Daniel in the past upgrading versions of iTunes and other versions could cause an issue with jailbreaking - but not usually an issue with a current jailbreak - however if your jailbreak is corrupted it could become a problem if you needed to re-jailbreak.  However with the most recent jailbreaks - I don't believe there have been those constraints.  If anyone knows of any issues in updating to OS 10.8.2 or updating to iTunes 11 with regards to jailbreaking a iOS 5.1.1 device - please let us know.  For now Daniel I would say wait on updating.  

    Hi Rob, 

    True or false? Your thoughts? 

    Steve from AZ 

    And steve was / is referring to a link he sent me titled DreamJB: Hacker Announces iOS 6.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak for 22 December - and this is on the ubber popular blog - Mobilespie.com - yeah never heard of it either. But that does not make it not true - just makes it suspect - plus the fact that this jailbreak team with quote around team consists of just one person - yeah that also makes it look  suspicious.  So for now I would say don't get to excited about this - and if and when this person offers up a solution - keeps an a good arms length away from this until others have tested it out.  I definitely would not be upgrading to iOS 6 from your current jailbreak to try it out.  That is one thing I can say for sure.  More to come on this one after December 22nd.  

    Do you love robots - and no not in some japanese fetish type of way - but love reading about robots and what they can do or can't do - well there is a new app from the IEEE - which is the organization for Electrical engineers - I used to be a member a long time ago in another part of my life - but I digress - any way they have a 5 dollar app that goes over 100 different robots.  You can search for ieee robot or the actual name of the app which is Robots for iPad and this weekend only the app is reduced to $0.99.  So if you like all robots that are not androids - this could be a fun app for you and your kids.  Oh and it is a big app at 430 MB.  

    A correction from the last show - I mentioned the App Slyde - spelled s l y d e - and said to search for said app using said word - well for some reason on iTunes s l y d e by itself does not find the slyde show app - you need to search for slyde first word and show second word at the same time to find the app or to look for the link for it in the show notes. And for those that did not listen on the last show or have short term memory issues like me - Slyde show app is an app for the iPad for showing real time flicker photo slide shows.  

    Hi Rob,

    I do not need GPS directional services that often but I have been using Apple Map navigation to get a sense of how it works and how accurate it may or may not be. Last night, I ran directions from my workplace to Dick's Sporting Goods. It routed me to the doorstep of rival chain Sports Authority. I used the feature to report problems with maps and was able to place the map pin at the correct location. Presumably, if there is enough feedback, Apple will make the correction. That got me to thinking--what if a devious business owner decided to game the system by directing traffic away from a competitor. He or she could use their IOS devices to suggest map changes and also solicit conspirators to do the same. Just a thought. Just my nature. I should have been a spy.

    Thanks for everything.

    Matt S

    Winston Salem NC

    I just upgraded to a Verizon iPhone 5, switching from an AT&T iPhone 4. I used to be able to block my caller I'd from the settings>phone>show my caller id. On the iPhone 5 I no longer see this option. 

    Is this something new with 5, or with Verizon, or just my phone. 

    Sorry if I missed the answer on the show. 

    Thanks. 

    John, From my iPhone

    Hey Rob, when adding an event to the iOS calendars, is there a reason you can't click on a time slot to bring up a new event screen for that exact time? It seems so logical when you're adding a new event, to just click on the time of day to add an event. Do you know?

    Aric B

    Hi Aric - actually you can add a calendar item by selecting the day mode at the bottom and then tap and hold on the time slot you want to add to.  But you can't just tap - you need to tap and hold on the time slot you want and you need to be in the day mode.  

    Hi Rob,

    I just got through listening to episode number 249. Thank you for responding to my email question, however, I believe, in your response, you interpreted my question to refer to the App Store, rather than the Apple Store. I hope I didn't lose out on a chance to get your input as to the question at hand. I've researched this online and found it's a frequently asked question that never gets answered. You are about the only source i know who might be able to shed some light on why there is no iPAD version of the Apple Store app available for download. Love your show, and happy holidays to you and your family.

    Regards,

    Steve San Pedro CA

    Hi Steve sorry for mis-understanding you original question - which I know understand to be why there is not an iPad optimized app for the Apple Store App.  Not the App store app.  And I guess the only reason is they are working on it still.  Can't imagine why it would have any priority it is only an app that helps you buy more apple products - kind of a low priority app - probably best to add some features to the compass app or the newsstand app first.  tongue firmly planted in cheek - in case the sarcasm did not shine through.  But if anyone from apple that listens would like to drop us an anonymous email letting us know when or if an iPad optimized Apple store app is coming for the iPad - we would appreciate it. 

    There is a long interview in Businessweek with Tim Cook - and I have a link to it in the show notes - look for the one titled - Tim Cook's Freshman year.  If you are a Tim cook fan or just Tim cook curious - then probably best if you read it yourself.  Some items are best not summarized by me - I think this article falls in that category. Tim also was making the rounds on TV as well.  

    A quick reminder I will be speaking at blogworld new media expo in Las Vegas - which will be going on from Jan 6th to the 8th - I will be speaking about how to podcast 100% from an iPad and my speech is Monday the 7th at 10:30 AM Las Vegas time.  We at Libsyn will also have a booth at the show - booth 517 - please stop by and say hi - and get your picture taken with me or if you are libsyn customer - with the libsyn team.  If you want to save 20% off a New media pass - use promo code Walch20 - that is w a l c h 2 0 - that is c h - not s h.  Walch20.  Hope to see some of you at the show.  I am also speaking on Tuesday the 8th again at 10:30 AM LV time - and that one is a panel about podcast distribution.  But other than those times I will be at the Libsyn booth.  Hope to see you there.  Hey and I also got my press passes for CES - I will be over at CES on Wednesday the 9th.  

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