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  • Tue, 24 December 2013
    Tii - iTem 0292 - China Mobile and a Nerd Fight

     

    Tii - iTem 0292 - China Mobile and a Nerd Fight

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    iPad Air Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii2

     

    iPhone 5S Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii

     

    USELL - http://www.todayinios.com/usell

     

    Apple Slips: Keep the Faith on China Mobile Deal Say BMO

    Apple inks China Mobile deal

    Apple - Press Info - China Mobile & Apple Bring iPhone to China Mobile

    evasi0n iOS 7.x Jailbreak - official website of the evad3rs

    Jay Freeman (saurik) on Twitter

    Letter to the Community

    Geohot Takes The Evasi0n7 Jailbreak Apart

    Google+ community for Tii

    Apple - Holiday - TV Ad - Misunderstood - YouTube

    Apple acquired mapping firm BroadMap

    iPad Pro: Seeing Double? 2K, 4K iPad Models Coming

    The Day Google Had to 'Start Over' on Android

    Nokia: Offers free Lumia to Samsung user whose S4 caught fire 

    Flashlight app settles with FTC over spying 

    Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android

    Octofire 8 — Kickstarter

    Candy Crush developers are worried they're a one-hit wonder 

    Watchface Generator for Pebble 

     

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    Garageband

    Repix

    Aviary App

    Beyond Cam

    Fnotes

    Photos - iBook

    Major Circle of Fifths

    Inspire Personal Productivity

    BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs

    Planner

    Video Crop and Zoom

    iMovie

    Downcast

    Stitcher

    Smartwatch+

     

     

     

     

     

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    Tue, 24 December 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0292 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0292 and Episode Transcript

     

    Hi_Rob,
    Here is some artwork I created on my iPod Touch using two apps. I took a photo of the hardwood floor in my kitchen, then used the Repix app to use brushes to style the photo. Then, I used the Aviary app to add the text. 
    Please let your listeners know that they can find my tech review, the Bengal Review, at  bengalreview.wordpress.com.
    Best regards,

    Cal from North Carolina
     
     
    ====================
    Transcript for Episode 292
    ----------------------------------
     
     
    http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2013/12/18/
    apple-slips-keep-the-faith-on-china-mobile-deal-say
    -bmo-wells-fargo/
     
    I was going to talk about Apple and China Mobile somewhere in the middle of the show when I first started working on show notes late last week.  Especially after December 18th came and went and there was no iPhone on China Mobile as had been rumored.   Apple stock took at hit to.   I was going to report on Wedge Partners Jun Zhang who pounded his chest and said he was not surprised and according to his research no deal will happen until the second half of next year.   Ummmm No.  Jun Zhang was a we bit off.  Because on Sunday Apple and China Mobile finally announced a deal - and starting on Jan 17th 2014 - the iPhone 5S and 5C will be available on China Mobile - with pre-orders starting this week - Wednesday December 25th online.   So Yeah Jun Zhang how did that chest pounding work out for you.  Just sayin.  
     
    http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/12/22China
    -Mobile-Apple-Bring-iPhone-to-China-Mobiles-4G-3G
    -Networks-on-January-17-2014.html
     
    So what did apple have to say about the deal - quote Apple® and China Mobile today announced they have entered into a multi-year agreement to bring iPhone® to the world's largest mobile network. As part of the agreement, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available from China Mobile's expansive network of retail stores as well as Apple retail stores across mainland China beginning on Friday, January 17, 2014. iPhone 5s, and iPhone 5c, will be available for pre-registration from China Mobile's official website (www.10086.cn) and customer service hotline "10086" beginning on Wednesday, December 25, 2013.  unquote
     
    Apple also said Pricing details would be available at a later date - but with signups starting this week - how much later can the date be?
     
    At this point there does not appear to be any indications that off contract - non-subsidized pricing for China Mobile would be any different than that for China Unicom and China Telecom.
     
    But the deal with China Mobile does open the door to over 750 Million more customers.  And that is significant even if only 10% of those customers are financially able to afford the iPhone - it is still a big potential serviceable customer base.  
     
    Overall - Kudos to Apple for finally getting this deal done.  And Well Wall street was pretty happy today pushing Apple shares up $21 on Monday to close at $570 a share - boy I hope all of you purchased some Apple stock earlier this year when it dropped below $400 - I did.  At $395.  That is an almost 45% increase. Nice - but still below the peak of $700 back in Sept 2012.  But at least trending in the right direction of late.  
     
     
    http://evasi0n.com
     
    Those of you with the Tii App - should have received a couple of Tweets from me on Sunday - the first said Quote Jailbreak out for iOS 7.x - I recommend waiting a week at least before trying. Usually bugs in initial release unquote.  Then after reading some articles and hearing some reports I sent a second one - quote Do not jailbreak at this time wait wait wait - Might be a malware issue unquote and a link to an article.  Ok That week I said wait - make that a month.  I do not recommend anyone jailbreak at this time.  There are a lot of issues going on right now.  There is a nerd fight - which is never good to get in the middle of.  There may or may not be a malware issue with a Chinese App store and also a piracy issue.  And there are reports of stock apps not working for a small % of users - but hey it is only the Safari and Mail app - so nothing major.  
     
    So first lets talk about the nerd fight a little.  Seems Saurik - AKA Jay Freeman - who runs the Cydia store and is one of the most respected names in the jailbreak world was totally caught off guard by the release of the jailbreak - so much so that he said you are going to need to rejailbreak again as the version of cydia the evasion team released is not up to date.  So there is a pretty good reason not to jailbreak right now.  On Twitter Saurik said he has quote  no clue what will or will not work, or even what evasi0n7 includes; I hope that people bear with me as I figure this all unquote
     
    Per the nerd fight - Saurik and the guys from the evasion teams started going back and forth at each other especially when Saurik noticed the Chinese App store that is installed for Chinese iPhones has cracked - i.e. Pirated Apps. Not good. Then someone at the evaders team said he was back stabbing. From what I read it seems this Chinese App store - TAIG paid some money to the evasion team to release with it on there - and they did so even after Saurik had back in October recommended they don't. I did send Saurik and email and left him a voice mail to see if he had some time to talk for the show - but at the time of this recording I had not hear back from him.
     
    Long of the short - this is a Nerd Fight and I want to see how this works its way out before doing anything.
     
    For their Part the evasion team - put up a post on their site saying - that they are deeply troubled by the rumors and speculation surrounding this jailbreak - which is never good when you have to start your post that way. They did say they are very upset that piracy was found in the TAIG app store - and their agreement said there would not be any.
     
    And finally they get to what I think is a big reason to wait.
     
    Quote Many of you have also wondered why this jailbreak was released without Cydia and MobileSubstrate being updated for iOS 7. After we received the offer from Taig, we informed Saurik, our friend, of our decision to accept the offer.  we received information that SaurikIT was working with another group to release a jailbreak ahead of us. We decided to release, knowing that Cydia, MobileSubstrate, and jailbreak tweaks would be updated after a few days, just as it always has in the course of jailbreaking.  unquote.
     
    So again - at this time Wait WAIT WAIT!!!!!
     
     
    Other reasons to wait beyond the nerd fight - are the previously mentioned issues with some jail breakers having Safari and Mail not working.  
     
     
    Hi Rob,
    I can't find suggested way to restore for jailbreak. Is there any chance you can do a post. That does the suggested steps for the jailbreak i.e. Doing reset network settings turning things off past. This may be helpful for the listeners. 
     
    Because you know there are going to be people that won't listen and still do the update or jailbreak. But it will be best that they do it the right way.Regards, 
    Levi
    Hi Levi and everyone else.
     
    I was going to put in a link to some tutorials on how to jailbreak - but I decided after re-reading all the issues going on - at this time I really can not recommend this jailbreak to anyone.  Like I said starting out - wait a month on this one.  Enjoy the holidays - visit family and friends - watch some College Bowl games - go to NMX and / or CES - and then wait for me to follow up on this in Mid January.  Because right now - even if you have an extra iOS device - I don't recommend this jailbreak.  Not Yet.
     
    PLAY VOICEMAIL - THANKS_about_warning_jailbreak
     
    OK that all said - some already did jailbreak 
     
    From the email bag - 
     
    Hi Rob,

    You advised us all to wait to jailbreak but I just couldn't help it. As soon as I got the push alert from the Tii app, I immediately downloaded the jailbreak software. It was very easy to use and took very little time and effort. You just plug in your device and run the software. Some people have said they've gotten stuck on the Apple logo or even worse, received a trojan from the software. I've had none of these issues. Cydia works great but still has weird bugs since it isn't quite ready yet. I was able to download iFile, iCleaner Pro and Springtomize 2 without any problems. iFile and iCleaner work on iOS 7 but Springtomize won't. iFile and iCleaner don't officially support iOS 7 so you cannot buy them from Cydia legitimately; you will need to use the sinfuliphone repo to download a pirated version of the apps if you wish to use them. I was able to disable some launch daemons and delete some languages using these two apps and they worked perfectly. I would suggest people wait  for Cydia to be updated before jailbreaking. Also, I accidentally left my passcode on before I jailbroke. Nothing bad happened.
    Regards,
    ~Anthony~
     
     
    Hi Rob,
    so far my jailbroken iphone is very stable. requires multiple reboots during install process. once installed no problems. xbmc seems to be working still. most mods can’t install due to compatibility issues. weather app works fine this time. ps i am on iPhone 5 and iPhone 4s both now running 7.0.4.
    Regards,
    dev
     
    So not all are having issues - actually most are not.  But overall I tend to fall on the conservative side - and given the fact you will need to rejailbreak once they fix the issues with Cydia and iOS 7 and everything else I mentioned - I just don't see how I could recommend doing the jailbreak.  I am not.  Not until at least mid Jan.  
     
    Again please for your own good - wait.  
    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Dustin_quest_cases_leather
     
    Hi Dustin - Yeah the Apple cases are more about style over safety.  You probably want to look at one of the cases from Ballistic.  That said you can still break your iOS device in a case or drop it in water.  Which is why as a min you want to look at - yup you guessed it a Squaretrade warranty.
     
    And this is a good point to mention Squaretrade is sponsoring this show - they are who I have purchased my warranties for my iPhone 5S and my iPad Mini Retina.  And you can get warranties for your iOS devices to - with a discount for being a Tii listener - which folks if you go to square trade dot com slash tii 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2 - you will get a 2 year iPad warranty for just $89 - that is a savings of $35 off the normal price for being a Tii listener.   Or if you need a warranty for a recently purchased iPhone go to square trade dot com slash tii - and that is $94 for a 2 year iPhone warranty. Or do like I did and get them both.
     
    With square trade they will cover you if you ever jailbreak - which Apple will not - so if you are even remotely thinking of jailbreaking once the nerd fight is over - that is one good reason to look at square trade.
     
    Once again the URL is square trade dot com slash Tii for the iPhone and slash tii 2 - t i i and the number 2 for the iPad warranties - Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show. 
     
     
    Hi Rob
    Can you help please? Is the Square Trade warranty available to purchase in the UK?
    Regards, Steven B
    Newbury, UK
     
    Hi Steven - Squaretrade warranties are available directly to the consumer in the US and Yes in the UK as well.  But those are the only countries at this time.  


    VOICEMAIL - CRAIG_NY_iPod_touch
     
    Hi Rob
     
    I have used Planner& for all Calander/Notes.  Everything is loaded to iCloud.  In Note you create your document, select Mail, send PDF.  Also, since it is backed up to cloud I simply "search" any word and Planner& brings up EVERYTHING related to your search word.  It's fantastical!
    Regards,
    Doug M
     
     
    Hey Rob,
    A few weeks back, a listener called in about no longer having the ability to search across all mailboxes in iOS7. I was also annoyed by this until the other day when I accidentally found out that it is in fact still possible, it's just no longer on the mail "home screen" if you will. All you have to do is go into any mail box, pull down to reveal the search box, and then type what you're searching for. Once you do that, you can pull down again and it reveals the option to select All Mailboxes (which seems to be the default) or select just the Current Mailbox. Hope this helps! Of course, you can also just use spotlight but who uses that? Btw...are we ever going to see the ability to disable spotlight??
    Regards,
    AAron M


    Hi Rob,
    I Was thinking about the confusion over Grandmas iPad Air and iPhone iMessage debacle. Seems the simple solution would be to Block the offending iMessenger. 
     
    Go Settings > Messages > Scroll to bottom > Select Block > Add a new Blocked Contact > Select the Contact from the list of contacts. 

    Don't have the offender in your contact List?
     
    Open Messages > Select the Message > Select Contact (top right) > Select Info (the 'i' in a circle) > Scroll down to the bottom > Select… Block this caller. 
     
    Hope that helps. 
    Regards,
    Chris in London
     
     
    Hey Rob,


    I have a fix for the Mason C. who wrote on ep 290. Where his wife changed her email address on her iTunes account and it's asking her to sign in under the old account. 
    I recently changed my email on my account and I did the following, all within iTunes...
    1. Go to Store Menu (not iTunes Store) at drop the down Deauthorize iTunes of the old email address and the new email address. (This will get rid of the old cache and metadata within her account.)
    2. Sign out of iTunes 
    3. Sign back into iTunes and Authorize only the new email account on iTunes. 
    Then finally restore the phone as a new phone. The back up will most likely still have the metadata within the settings so, I don't recommend restoring from backup. After that they shouldn't have any problems. I hope they find this helpful.


    Thanks for the show.


    P.S.
    I also posted this on the Google+ page.


     
    I am having trouble w/5s using emoji icons. Works fine on my iPad air, but on the phone when I touch one to include in a msg it closes the app. 
    I stopped by apple store & they told me to back up the phone to my Mac & then completely restore phone & ad the emoji app again. Nothing has worked. Is this just a bug in software?  The emoji app was the first one I ever downloaded back when I first got an iPhone 3. I have no idea which one it was. Help!
    Regards,
    Laurie B

     

    https://plus.google.com/communities/1054125622159

    97292912?cfem=1

     
    This week over at our Google+ community for Tii listeners and really for anyone interested in iOS - looking for a place where spammers and Android fan bois are not allowed here are some of the posts we had.  There was  post about Qualcomm saying the 64 bit A7 processor hit them in the gut.  One from Thomas K about Apples Podcast App and issues getting episodes.  A nice trick on how to turn off your flash light once the screen goes to sleep.  Which is tap on the home button and slide up on the camera.  Sweet - much easier than bringing back up the lower dock and tapping on the flash light.  That is one tip I use now. 
    There was a post from Melissa in Ohio about how to get her son started on developing Apps - the Standford courses were of course mentioned along with some other resources.  And there was of course the mention of the Evaders Jailbreak along with my post saying don't do it.  Plus a bunch of other posts.  So if you have not joined yet - I highly recommend you go to today in iOS dot com slash community - or you click on the google plus banner in the upper right of the Today in iOS dot com website.  Please join in and contribute or just look in for new info.  It is a very civil google plus community the most civil one for iOS.  And check out the post by Michael Clinton on what is a good iPhone 5S case - a bunch of great responses for that.  
     

     

    Also if you have already joined - could I ask you on Google+ this week as your christmas present to me - to put up a post mentioning both that google Plus community for your iOS using friends - and also this podcast.  That is all I am asking for for Christmas - Just put up a mention on Google plus about that community and this show.  And if you are not on google plus - please put up a link on Facebook or Twitter about this show.  Which is really easy to do for anyone using the Tii App.  That is what I want from Christmas - Some social media love from everyone listening to this episode.  Thanks. 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImlmVqH_5HM
     
    There is a new Apple TV Ad called Misunderstood - which seems to be liked by most and hated by a few.  I am sure most of you have seen it by now - if not there is a link to it on youtube - that said best to pause the show and go watch it now - because - spoiler alert I am about to go over it  - right now - Ok - Now that all have seen it that want to - I think it is a really good ad - It is about a young male - mid teens - that looks like he is spending all his time on his iPhone and not participating with family - but at the end of the commercial - we find out that time was spent making a heart warming video on his iPhone.  Some just don't like the message - which I don't get it - it is sweet.  Others overly anal criticize the fact he is recording in portrait mode but everything he shows at the end in in Landscape mode.  Hint - there are apps that allow you to crop Portrait into landscape mode.  There is one for a dollar 99 sneakily called - Video Crop & Zoom that will allow you to do this.  So all those that think they are soooo much smarter than that kid and Apple Marketing - hey do a quick search in iTunes next time - this one took me all of 5 seconds to find.  But in any case - If nothing else - those dogging the commercial technically helped me to help you point out there is a pretty good app out there that allows you to record in Portrait mode and then crop to landscape mode.  Oh heck - You don't even need that app - I just messed around with iMovie - and if you record in Portrait mode - and then open the video in iMovie - you can tap on the record and then there is an option to pinch to zoom.  So wow - Business Insider, TUAW and others were way way way off on their criticism of Apple on this recording.  iMovie itself easily lets you crop / zoom a portrait recording into Landscape mode.  And there are other apps as well.  Anyway - I liked the commercial and I thought it was sweet - I know at that Age - it is what I would have been doing as well.  And last Christmas - My nieces spent all of our Family get together on their iPad Mini making a video recording for the family to enjoy.  And it was quite well done.  So unlike when I was a kid where all you could do was if you were lucky record some video on your Bello & Howell 1208 - Super 8 video camera - and then hope you got a whole reel recorded so you could send it in while handing over your christmas money to you mom so you could get it developed - and then wait until the end of January to get it back and then spend the next couple of weeks looking at it and figuring out where to edit and then with a razor blade and scotch tape putting together an edited version that if you were lucky would not fall apart when running it for the family because the tape you used was not up to par.  Ok now I am showing my age again.   Point is - Kids these days have it really really really easy when it comes to recording and editing video - and can do so in a mater of hours what previously took months to achieve.  And you can also upload what you did so everyone can get it whenever they want and did I mention the part about the cost of developing the film.  Yeah - not cheap for a 12 or 13 year old back in the late 70's.  
     
     
    http://9to5mac.com/2013/12/23/apple-likely
    -acquired-mapping-firm-broadmap-location-infused
    -evernote-competitor-catch/
     
    Thanks to Cretan for the heads up on this next one.
     
    Which is that Apple appears to have acquired the Mapping Firm BroadMap.  Broadmap does not offer any specific new feature for iOS users - but rather technology that is likely to improve the over all use of maps on iOS.  Better is always good when it comes to Apple maps. AND While Apple has not officially announced this acquisition - there are some small subtle clues that indicate it is so - like the CEO of Broadmap saying they were acquired by a fortune 5 company and the rest of the senior staff changing their linked in profiles to say they work for Apple now.  Yeah - kind of obscure little clues but if you are careful you can piece them together just so.
     
     
    Switching gears - If you like Apple rumors - 2014 will be the year for you and early on you will likely find yourself digging through many about the iPad Pro - will it be a 4k video resolution? Will it be 12.9 inches - will it be $599 for the intro unit - plus more will it be's then After that there will be rumors about the Apple iWatch, the iPhone 2014 slash iPhone Pro slash iPhone Air slash iPhone 6 slash iPhone something. and finally there will be rumors about a full on Apple TV. Happy New Year.
     
    2014 should be a fun year for this show.  Lets hope many of the rumors pan out.  Plus I will ad - we still need an app store for Apple TV and we need a new apple TV set top box.  

    http://www.tapscape.com/ipad-pro-2k-4k-ipad
    -coming/
     
     
    http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/
    2013/12/the-day-google-had-to-start-over-on
    -android/282479/
     
    There is a great article over in the Atlantic which really puts to rest about Android being a stolen OS.  It goes over where Android was when the iPhone was first announced - and it was at that time not even a touch OS.  It was running on a pretty ugly rip off of a blackberry with a physical keyboard.  And the article goes over how when Apple intro'd the iPhone in Jan 2007 at Mac World - that Google knew they had to start over.  Or as one of the Google people said quote What we had  -- suddenly looked just so nineties unquote.   Or as Andy Rubin said to one of the other Google people when he first saw the iPhone quote “Holy crap, I guess we’re not going to ship that phone. unquote   That phone referring to what was going to be the first Android phone.  
    So again when one of your Android fan bois friends tries to say iOS stole from them - Just laugh and tell them they need to get their facts straight and that Android was going to be nothing like it is today - and it Changed radically to match / borrow / steal from what the iPhone offered.   END OF STORY.
     
     
    http://www.electronicproducts.com/Computer_System
    s/Standalone_Mobile/Good_Company_Nokia_Offers_
    free_Lumia_to_Samsung_user_whose_Galaxy_S4_
    caught_fire.aspx
     
    Remember that story from the last show where Samsung was shaking down their users who reported their S4's caught on fire by demanding they say nothing - take down videos and keep quiet if they want their device replaced - well kudos goes out to Nokia / soon to be MS - for making an offer of a free Lumia Phone to the Youtuber who read the letter Sammy sent.  Nice way to jump in there and grab the buzz on this story and make yourself look good.  And I do mean nice - in a sincere way - Sammy clearly mishandled this on a PR side - and Nokia showed they have some good PR people.  I would like to say - Apple should have jumped in there - but yeah - Apple giving away something is just not in their DNA.  Oh well - A lumia phone is still better than an exploding S4 any day of the week.  
     
     
    http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark
    -howard/technology/flashlight-app-settles-ftc-
    over-spying/ncG2k/
     
    I was going to do this one last week - but we had so many articles slamming Android - I thought it might have been overkill.  So I bumped it to this episode.  And this is an article over on Clark Howard dot com talking about the FTC for slamming an Android App called Flashlight - that was capturing info on you and sharing that info with advertisers - even when users choose the option to not share their info.   The devs of the app settled with the FTC over spying on its users.  I love that it was still able to collect data after you said not to.  Nice.  Clearly that was just one app that figured its way around Androids great privacy features right - right - ummm no - per this next one.  
     
     
    Which is another one I wanted to talk about on Ep 291 - but again felt like I was harping on Android a bit too much - plus it goes with the last story so well.  As this is one about Google removing a vital Privacy feature from Android - claiming its original release was accidental and it was just in the one version of Android.  Want to guess what that feature was - Yup - it was allowing users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the users location or address book. 
     
    I don't know what is more disturbing for Android users - that Google removed that security feature - claiming it was experimental or that all the Android devices out there for the most part as in over 99% - don't have the protection where an app like the flashlight app can steal their address book info with no way for the user to stop it.  YIKES YIKES YIKES. No real need for virus software for Android - when the core OS is that insecure.  Just Sayin.
     
    Per the EFF whom I respect immensely - quote  we would have to advise you not to accept the update to 4.4.2. But this is also a catastrophic situation, because the update to Android 4.4.2 contains fixes to security and denial-of-service bugs. So, for the time being, users will need to chose between either privacy or security on the Android devices, but not both.  unquote.
     
    Seems Android does not like AND - but rather they like OR.  Nuts or Bolts - Boogie or Bacall -  Privacy or Security.  That is the Android way.  Actually most Android users will not even get the option to choose anyway as the vast majority of Android devices can't upgrade to 4.4.x anyway.  So the choices really are not between AND and OR - but between OR and NOR. 


    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/google
    -removes-vital-privacy-features-android-shortly
    -after-adding-them
     
     
    PLAY VOICEMAIL - STEVE_AZ_STORY
     
    Hi Rob,
    What app do you suggest to Enjoy others podcasts if they do not have their own individual app?
    Kind regards
    Mike
     
    Hi Mike - I personally use the Podcasts App from Apple.  I also like the stitcher app.  I know Downcast and Shifty Jelly's PocketCast are also widely recommended - and at libsyn we also see good numbers from Podkicker and PodkickerPro.  But per my own tastes - again I use Apples Podcasts App for those shows that don't have their own apps.  But if they have their own app - then I use that - like for Mac OS Ken or WTF with Marc Maron for example.  
     
     
     
    Hey Rob, I too am at that decision point on whether to get an air or a mini. 
    I really like the portability of the mini, but now I have second thoughts after hearing you talk about eyesight and finger size. But then I am thinking that I can maneuver and use an I phone  just fine with my chubby fingers and aging eyesight, so shouldn't I do fine with a mini?  Wouldn't everything be even larger on the Mini that an iPhone?
    Regards,
    john
     
    John the iPhone 5S has 326 pixels per inch.  The iPad Mini Retina also has 326 pixels per inch, and the iPad air, 4th and 3rd gens all have 264 pixels per inch - just to put them all into perspective.  I guess it just seemed to me that Apps laid out for the iPad  on the mini retina were a little tougher to hit targets on than the iPad Air - which they are - but as mentioned - it is not any different than that of the iPhone 5S.  
     
     
    Today In iOS,
    I would like to ask you what you think is the biggest reason for why so many apps are becoming free with in-app purchases/advertising?
    Regards,
    Ryan S
     
    Taste testing is easier when the core of the App is free - but select features are locked down.  So you get to see how the app basically works - and if designed well it lets you do enough to get hooked on it - and then you need to pay some money to unlock more features or in the case of Candy Crush so you can move forward even quicker.  That said - I still see many many apps that are for sale in the iTunes store.  But I could not tell you how the %'s of changed recently.  Something to look at for a feature segment.  
     
     
    Hey Rob,
    I wanted to touch on the subject that I've been hearing for many weeks now on the show. A lot of people, including myself, have had many issues getting the touch ID to work consistently.  I have erased my saved fingerprints and re-added them many times in the last month or so. I stumbled on something by accident that seems to have fixed this problem. Turn off the animations and reduce motion by going to Settings>General> Accessibility>Reduce Motion, and turn it on. For whatever reason with this on, my touch ID works 100% of the time. I am so blown away by this! I used to get failures every single time I tried to use touch ID.  I thought maybe it was cold weather or something like that. This seems to have solved it, at least for me. I hope this helps other people with this problem. I love the show!

    Oshkosh Josh
     
     
    Hi Rob,

    I have about 150 small pdf files I'd like to get onto my iPad.
    Then I'd like an app where I can go to an "index" document or page with the list of all of those documents and click on a link which will immediately open the associated pdf file.
    Do you, or does any of your listeners know a best way to do this? What I've done so far is uploaded all of the pdfs to a personal web site and made an index page with the links as an html file, but I am concerned if the internet access goes down or is too slow at the time of the presentation.

    The ipad will be connected via HDMI to a large screen TV. (I'm all set with how to do that)
    Thanks,
    Gil


     
    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/853175871/
    octofire-8-port-168-amps-84w-turbo-smart-usb
    -charg?ref=live
     
     
    Over at kickstarter there is one project I wanted to mention this week it is the Octofire 8 Port Turbo Smart USB charger  - it reached its goal of 20k with over 28k already and it has until Jan 15th at 9:44 AM ET for you to pledge on this one.  
     
    Here is their basic over view of this device it is an Universal 8 Port USB Charger for iPhone, iPad, and Other USB Devices. Intelligent Device Detection for Optimal Charging.
     
    So if you are someone like me and have way to many iOS device and other USB devices to charge up - this is a nice charging station to look at.  Pricing is $45.   Hey Christmas is coming and you are likely to get more devices you need to charge.  Look for Octofire 8 in the show notes for Ep 292 over at today in iOS dot com.  or search for it at kickstarter dot com.  
     
     
    Hi Rob,
    In ep 291 when talking about the Zipac Kickstarter project you did a slip of the lip, you said "it is a USB to Firewire cable" but it is a USB to Lighting cable. opps!
     
    Regards,
    Thomas
    Tuscaloosa AL
     
    Thomas thanks for the correction. 
     
     
    Thanks to tash for this next one  
    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/12/10/even-the-candy
    -crush-developers-are-worried-that-theyre-a-one-h
    /
     
    Which is about Candy Crush and the developers being worried they are a one hit wonder.  Ummm Yeah - why worry - you are. I mean the chances of making a couple of hit apps that are unrelated are slim.  Even Rovio and Angry Birds - all the different apps that they have that do well - are just variations of the same them - RIO Angry Birds, Star Wars Angry Birds - one and two. But either you are throwing Fowl at swine or swine at fowl or putting a bow on said swine.   For Candy Crush - I am guessing they will try to follow a similar theme - where they change out Candy for Hobbits, orgs or elves or some other sell out big media property. Trying to recreate a second runaway hit is like trying to capture lightening in a bottle.  Which hey maybe that is the next runaway hit.  
     
    Oh I should mention Angry Birds Starwars two was free.  Might still be free when you hear this.  Thanks to all that sent in emails about that being free.  
     
     
    Hi Rob
    I Love my Pebble. Attached is an audio file with a quick review. 
    Something I didn't share but it's worth mentioning since you're prolly going to be a Pebbler soon - be careful with the indie watchface app makers. Most are buggy and the servers they tend to use are "iffy" at best. 
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
    Best Regards
    PaulG in Lawrenceville. 
     
    PLAY FEEDBACK - Paul_fdbk_pebblecomment
     
     

    Hi Rob – regarding the Pebble smart watch, I backed this product on Kickstarter and received it I believe in March 2013. At that time I reported to you on this show that the software wasn’t ready, in my opinion, for release. Well since then they have really improved things and I now find it perfectly integrated with iOS. To squeeze the most out of the battery, I have settled for a basic watch face called Revolution, which is just large numbers showing the time and date. The beauty of the watch is getting all of my phone notifications on my wrist. I hear an email, text or app notification come in on my iPhone and all I have to do is check my Pebble to see if it’s important. I have used some nice apps like, SmartStatus, which shows the time, weather, battery level of the iPhone and the next upcoming item on your calendar on the face of the Pebble. Bottom line, I wear it every day and love it.

    Regards,
    Darrin
     
    PLAY VOICEMAIL - PEBBLE_DAVID_KICKSTARTER
     
     
    Hi, Rob. 
    Since you are anticipating receiving a pebble watch for Christmas, I thought you might be interested in the recently announced website from Pebble (see below).
     
    New Pebble apps will have a more comprehensive and convenient distribution avenue, once the site is fully functional. 
     
    As for me and my Pebble, I bought it prior to manufacture when it was a Kickstarter project, and it has been in my possession for almost a year.
    I listen to a lot of podcasts via a Motorola Bluetooth earpiece and with my iPhone 5 stashed in my pocket. When I am approaching a store cashier or a neighbor steps into the yard to chat, I am delighted that, instead of fishing out the phone or turning off my earpiece, I can pause the podcast (or the TII app) by just pressing a button on the watch. 
     
    When phone calls come in, a glance at my Pebble tells me who is calling, and with a touch of a button I can either answer or send the call to voicemail. And similarly, push notifications appear on my wrist announcing texts, breaking news headlines, or any announcements I have authorized. 

    The variety of watch faces is fun, particularly those that fill you in regarding the weather forecast. Some games are available, but I have not been drawn to them after playing once or twice. But more apps are coming, and the Pebble team has been excellent in updating software to meet new needs. 
     
    I have always worn a watch, but this one is so super cool that I imagine when it wears out, or the technology advances far enough, I will buy the next generation Pebble to work with my phone. I hope you enjoy the one Santa leaves you beneath the tree.
    Regards,
    Lawrence M

     
     
     
     
     
     
    PLAY FEEDBACK - CALLER_PART1_Pebble
     
    PLAY FEEDBACK - CALLER_PART2_Pebble
     
    Hi Rob,
    A guy called in with a tip about closing out apps and using 2 or 3 fingers and said he wished there was a way to kill all, well an idea for any Devs that listen to your show, an awesome jailbreak feature would be to slide the first screen up when you go to multi tasking and since that's your home screen, the phone then force quits all apps, just an idea. Wish I was smart enough to make a program like that!
    Regards,
    Jason H
     
    Jason - I believe there are apps like that already on the jailbreak side - not sure if they still work for iOS 7 - but I am sure they will work with iOS 7 shortly.  Hopefully by the time I get around to jailbreaking in Mid Jan that is. 
     
     
     
    PLAY MUSIC from Misfit toys 
     
    We have a USell back this week as a sponsor - and that is Usell spelled U  S E L L - who is an aggregator of buyers of mobile devices.  You know you have some old mobile devices - be it iPhones, iPads, or dare we say it Android devices laying around that are collecting dust.  Don't be your own little island of misfit mobile toys - sell them off to someone that will love them and use them and touch them all over.   You remember how happy that The Charlie in the box was and the spotted elephant was when they found new owners - well that mobile device you have collecting dust or stuck in a draw can feel the same way.  And when you go to today in iOS dot com slash usell - you can put a smile on your face too by getting cold hard cash.  For example an iPhone 5 64 gb Verizon version right now will get you a top offer of $305 - that is $15 more than the same device would get you at that company that has the name of cheetah food.  
    Again go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is slash U S E L L - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  
     
     
    Hi Rob,
    I have had blue screen of death problems, since I upgraded to 7.0.4. One time, I actually got locked in the loop where it would give me the blue screen, reboot, and then back to the blue screen. The only thing that broke it out of it was to use the cable and open iTunes.
    I've tried a number of fixes, including turning off iCloud synchronization for the iWork apps, which seems to have been an earlier problem. However, the only thing that seems like it is decreasing the number of times I get the blue screen, is to force quit all my apps a number of times during the day.
    My suspicion is that some apps are not playing well with the 64-bit processor, since this problem seems to be reported on the 5s, and not the 5C.
    I went to the Genius Bar, and they offered to replace my phone. But on some user forms, people have reported a reoccurrence of the problem even with the new phone.
    If anyone knows what is going on, and if there is a way to fix it, please let me know. 
    Regards,
    Bruce
     
    Hi Bruce - If you have not done so already - make sure every app on your iOS device is updated via the App store App on your iOS device.
    Next force quit your open apps - then go to settings - general - reset - reset network settings.
    Once it reboots - rejoin your network - and then open an app you know to cause an issue and see what happens.
    If you still see the blue screen of death - then your next step would be to do a complete restore from factory settings. But first on iTunes on your computer - make sure all apps are updated there as well.
    Let me know if any of that works for you.
     
    If anyone else has any suggestions - please let us know. 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.

     
     
    Hey Rob,
    I recently bought an iphone 5s and an ipad mini retina for my girlfreind .  Then, I setup everything for her on both devices. 
     
    MY COMMENTARY - WOW NICE SIGNIFICANT OTHER ARE YOU -  OK BACK TO THE EMAIL - -
     
    When it came to the contacts part I setup her gmail account enabling mail,contacts, calendars and notes. I did the same for my iphone and it was a seamless gmail sync with iphone (as I understand is the case with ios7).
    But for her iphone the contacts arent being displayed. Ipad however is showing the contacts correctly. She is shifting from an old blackberry so my idea was to use the bb desktop manager and export all her phone contacts in a csv file and import into her gmail contacts. Then with gmail contacts enabled on iphone there should be no issue. But it ain't happening. I am really frustrated. I have tried carDAV as well (doesnt work) but as I understand with ios7 its a seamless 2 way sync. Please help. 
    Regards Srajan,
     
    Srajan - Have you checked your cellular data settings - make sure that you enabled cellular data for your contact syncing.  In iOS 7 go to settings app - then Cellular - then scroll down to see what you have selected for use Cellular Data for - maybe you have it turned off for something - but really I did not see anything that would make sense in my settings.  If anyone has any suggest for Srajan - please give us a call or send us an email.  
     
     
     
    Hi Rob
    You were asking whether we listened to podcasts on set top boxes. 
     
    1. Normally, I always listen to my podcasts at work on an iPod Classic; I listen to your show always, along with MacBreak Weekly, iPad Today, and IMore.  (Hate when Leo ends his show by saying "now get back to work" when I am at work.)
     
    2. Lately, over Apple TV, I have been watching MacBreak and iPad Today.  They're as good as any talk show I suppose. I've even listened to Today in IOS in the background over Apple TV -- that trend may continue depending on how much listening I get done at work.
    Regards,
    Keith
     

    Rob,

    Sometimes like now, I have you podcast air-playing to my AppleTV while I am working on cleaning up my house for the Christmas.

    I do this when I have things to do around the house, I have in the past listen directly on the AppleTV.

    Thomas

    Tuscaloosa AL
     
     
    PLAY VOICEMAIL - AARon_fdbk_set_topbox
     
    Hi Rob:
    In Episode #291, you had requested feedback regarding podcast consumption 
    on the AppleTV. I have two AirPlay devices: (1) AppleTV 2nd Gen in the Living Room and
    (2) a Pioneer VSX-60 audio receiver (audio AirPlay only) located in the basement/theater room.
     
    While I do not consume the podcast directly via the set top box, I do very frequently AirPlay 
    podcasts from the iPhone (both downloaded and streamed episodes) or MacBook PRO to the
    AirPlay receivers. 

    I realize your stats would not show this usage, but I personally prefer to listen to the podcasts 
    via the better listening avenues when I plan to be in one of those areas for awhile.
     
    Merry Christmas 
    Regards,
    Mike Price
    Attleboro, MA.
     
    I did do some checking on my stats of the over 10.5 Million downloads for Tii to date - less than 2,500 have been via a set top box directly.  Which is only 0.02% or 2 - 100th of a percent.  
     
     

    For anyone who is a podcaster AND you are hosting with Libsyn - I wanted to let you know for the New Media Expo - if you have a small poster 11 x 14 or smaller or some biz cards 4 x 6 or smaller and you would like them shown off at the Libsyn Booth - email me rob at libsyn dot com.  If you are not going - you can snail mail them to me - if you are going - Just let me know and we can set up a time to meet at the show.  
     
    And If you are not going to the new media expo and are interested in getting into podcasting or blogging - this is the show for you - if you are already blogging or podcasting - this is the show to go to to connect with other podcasters and bloggers and learn how to better your craft.  I have been to everyone and can not recommend going strong enough.  This next one is <2 weeks away - Saturday Jan 4th - the 5th and the 6th.  So when it ends you can stay a little longer and go to CES.  Which is what I am doing.  Which starts on the 7th.  I hope to see some of you at NMX or CES in Jan - but definitely NMX as I will be speaking there and Libsyn will have a booth.  Again even if you are not going and a libsyn customer email me rob@libsyn dot com to get me your cards or info to show off at the show. 
     
    SCHEDULE - NEXT EP Mid Jan - Maybe Mini Eps from Vegas.
     
    Thanks again to our sponsor Squaretrade.  Remember for your iPad warranty - just $89 for a two year warranty - you save $35 by going to square trade dot com slash t i i 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2.  the iPad Mini 2 with Retina is so light and easy to take with you it is truly a mobile tablet you will want to take everywhere - and that means the potential for accidents.  Squaretrade dot com / tii 2 for your $89 iPad Mini and iPad Air warranty. 
     
    I also want to thank our other sponsor Usell - go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is the letters U s e l l - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  
     
     
    If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news.  Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback.  Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.    
     
    And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The  feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else.  An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed.  I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in.  And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show.  This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.  And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.  
     
     
    And that folks is going to do it for us today.   
     
     
     
     
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    Tii - iTem 0291 - iOS 7.1 Beta 2

     

    Tii - iTem 0291 - iOS 7.1 Beta 2

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    iPad Air Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii2

     

     

    iPhone 5S Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii

     

    USELL - http://www.todayinios.com/usell

     

    All five major US carriers agree to let you unlock your phone

    Off-contract iPhone 5S and 5C to arrive at Straight Talk, Net10 Wireless 

    Straight Talk iPhone 5s Release Brings 0% Financing Option

    Munster: Apple’s iPhone 5S Is Fully Stocked

    iPhones Dominate Sales at All Four Major U.S. Carriers

    Apple Seeds iOS 7.1 Beta 2 to iPad and iPhone Developers

    iOS 7.1 beta 2 to developers: here is what’s new

    Apple TV Adds Bloomberg, Crackle, KOR-TV and Watch ABC Channels

    Productivity Pad: Ctrl F on an iPad

    iOS, iPhone, iPad, & Apple TV - MODERATED - Community - Google+

    Apple’s iWatch Delayed to Speed Up iPad Pro Development

    Phone 'blacklisting' blocks thieves | Stuff.co.nz

    iPhone a Clear Favorite Among House Members - Press Pass

    A clear-eyed guide to Android's actual security risks 

    It's Not You, It's Me: Breaking Up With the Nexus 5 After 24 Hours

    Does Samsung have an explosive Galaxy S4 problem?

    s4 catches on fire samsung wants silence - YouTube

    RECAP 2 — Kickstarter

    ZiPAC  — Kickstarter

    The App Store Is Getting A Little Bit Smarter With Search

    US military is using iPad gamers to find bugs in its code

    AT&T criticized for shamelessly whining about the 'burden' of subsidizing

     

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    Garageband

    Phonto

    Week Calendar

    Cardiosurprise

    Beyond Cam

    FNotes

    Photos - iBook

    12 Days of Gifts

    Mailbox

     

     

     

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    Tue, 17 December 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0291 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0291 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob, 

    I created this artwork with the App Phonto on my iPhone 4S.

    Regards

    Scott S

     

     

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    Transcript for Episode 291

    ----------------------------------

     

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/12-days-of

    -gifts/id777716569?mt=8

     

    And speaking of free things - Everyone can get something free - well actually 12 somethings free with Apples own 12 Days of Christmas oohhh - Wait - 12 Days of Gifts App - which is a free App for getting free stuff each day from Dec 26th to Jan 6th.  One day it might be a song - another an app - another day it might be a book or a movie or more.  Each gift is only available for one 24 hour period.  And per Apples note - note not all content is available in all countries. 

     

    Again that is the 12 days of Gifts app.  Thanks to all that sent in links on this one.  Also if you launch the App early - there is supposed to be a free mini-Album from Lorde in there now.

     

    From the email bag.

     

    Hi Rob,

     

    In  Australia we got a early download of two free items

    One song and one film clip from " LORDE "

    Yay 

    Regards,

    Anthony McD

     

     

    http://www.techhive.com/article/2079405/all-

    five-major-us-carriers-agree-to-let-you-unlock

    -your-phone-anytime-you-want.html

     

    This next one I would file under the category - Well it is about time.  In the US in the past for the most part if you wanted to unlock your phone from your carrier after your contract was fulfilled you had to ask really nice and cross your fingers.  Some would some would not and some would sometimes unlock it and other times not - depending on who at that company you asked.   This is well all total BS - the keeping it locked part.  After a phone has lived out its contract - and met its contractual obligation - the Carriers should unlock it so you are free to sell it to anyone or use it anywhere you wanted.  And finally the Five major carries in the US have agreed to do just that.  The five being - Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile and US Cellular.  Supposedly unlocking your phones in the future with these carriers will be easier and simpler and met with a lot less resistance from said carriers.  This is not something however that takes place immediately - As per the press release from the CTIA - quote These five leading companies will also recommend this set of principles for inclusion into the CTIA consume code for wireless service in accordance with the CTIA's bylaws.  Upon adoption, these companies will move quickly to implement these principles, committing to implement 3 of these principles within three months and the remainder within 12 months unquote.  Seems to me that 12 months is not moving quickly - and it could be a few months or more before they implement it - so you might be looking at spring or summer 2015 before this is all said and done. But still it is nice to see them agree to do this.  Please note unlocking a phone that is designed for GSM - does not mean said phone will work on CDMA.  So there are still technology restrictions.  But it does mean your can take a Sprint phone over to Ting.  Or an AT&T phone over to Straightalk.  

     

     

    http://www.techshout.com/macintosh/2013/10/contract-iphone

    -5s-5c-arrive-straight-talk-net10-wireless-week/

     

    Speaking of Straightalk -  Straightalk and Net10 wireless - have both started selling the iPhone 5S and 5C.  These are no contract / off contract phones for use on their service.  While you do still need to get a month to month contract when you get them.  For example a 30 day plan on Staight talk is $45 for unlimited talk, text and data.  That is just for unlimited US calls.  Bump that up to $65 a month for unlimited international calls.  Net10 has a $50 unlimited plan for US calls - and it is $40 for every additional line on your contract. Pricing for the phones is $649 for the 16 GB 5S,  $549 for the 16 GB 5C and $449 for the 8 GB 4S.   

     

    http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/12/09/

    straight-talk-iphone-5s-release-brings-0-

    financing-option/

     

    Not that we would recommend it - but if you don't have $649 at the moment - and you do have a walmart credit card - you can get 24 Months of interest free payments for the iPhone purchase.  But miss a payment and you get totally hosed - and have to pay for all the interest at some probably grotesquely high almost loanshark range interest rate.  Again I don't recommend this for anyone - pay cash or wait until you have the cash.  Credit card debt you don't pay off each month is a bad bad thing.  

     

     

    http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/munster-

    apples-iphone-5s-is-fully-stocked.html/?a=viewall

     

    As we mentioned on the last episode it seemed Apple was caught up on inventory of the iPhone 5S - and Uncle Gene Munster went out and checked at 60 US Apple stores and confirmed this with 100% iPhone 5S inventory for all different makes and models of the 5S.  When Uncle Gene had last done said check two weeks prior in stock inventory for all models was only seen at 24% of the stores.  

     

    Uncle Gene also did a survey of potential smartphone buyers and found that 44% of those surveyed said - they plan to buy an iPhone in the next 3 months.  

     

    Brian White is also predicting that Apple will show a 28% quarter over quarter sales increase for this quarter.  Which you know is well extremely just plain wrong and way way to low.  Last quarter Apple did 33.8 Mil iPhone sales - last year in this quarter Apple did 47.8 Mil in iPhone sales.  I don't see how Apple does anything less than that - and most likely it will be over 50 Mil for this quarter.  But even flat sales yr over yr mean an increase of 41% this quarter vs last quarter.   But hey you know that is why those Anal-ist get the big bucks. FYI The 4th quarter over 3rd quarter growth for 2010, 11 and 12 was 32%, 64% and 52% respectively.  I should note the 28% if for Apple revenue overall as are those numbers. So not just iPhone sales - but still 28% growth is way to low when the iPhone and iPad sales growth quarter over quarter will both likely be well over 50% each.  

     

    http://allthingsd.com/20131213/iphones-

    dominate-sales-at-all-four-major-u-s-carriers/

    ?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker

     

    Oh and how exactly is Apple doing at the 4 major carriers in the US - Well were Number 1 and number 1 and number 1 and number 1.  Yes the iPhone 5S was number 1 at all 4 last month.  And well also in October and September as well.  So for three straight months the iPhone 5S was number one at all 4 major US carriers - and  the iPhone 5C was number 3 at all 4 carriers the past 2 months as well.  In September  the 5C was number 3 at only 2 of the 4 carries - the other 2 it was number 2.  Yeah - so for this current quarter it is sure looking like Apple should easily break past 50 Million iPhones sold.  We will know more in about 6 weeks.  

     

     

    http://www.padgadget.com/2013/12/13/apple-

    seeds-ios-7-beta-2-to-ipad-and-iphone-

    developers-adds-features-and-bug-fixes/

     

    Enough with sales talk - lets talk iOS - and iOS 7.1 Betas to be specific - as in Beta 2 of iOS 7.1 which was released to Devs on Friday the 13th - because it is not bad enough to release a beta on a Friday - Apple did it on a Friday the 13th. That is either amazing moxie  on Apples Part - we are talk Dual stainless steel sphere type moxie.  Or desperation to get the Beta 2 out to devs to test so they could release the GM of 7.1 before the Christmas break. 

     

     

    http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/13/

    apple-seeds-ios-7-1-beta-2/

     

    Since all of the devs are abiding by the NDA they agreed to we have no way of knowing what is in the Beta 2 release - ok - just kidding.  Singing like canaries the devs they are.  And what we find out is that in the beta 2 - Animations are noticeably faster, Setting for touch ID and passcode have been bumped up to the main menu,  List view in Calendar has been redesigned, there is a new option to turn on button shaped in settings -- General and then accessibility. There are new iPad wallpapers.  

    But there was one thing that went away. 

     The option to enable Dark Keyboard has been removed.  What Beta 1 brings us - Beta 2 taketh away.

     

    Given that last item - I am thinking that what we might see before Christmas Break is Beta 3.   And that the Gold Master for 7.1 will not be until at least the week of Jan 6th.  

     

    I am hoping Apple is not pulling that dark keyboard - as a few devs have commented to me that was their favorite new feature in the beta 1 of 7.1  

     

    Wannnt wannnt waaaa.  

     

    http://allthingsd.com/20131211/apple-tv-adds

    -bloomberg-crackle-kor-tv-and-watch-abc-channels

    /?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker

     

    Speaking of updates - there was a quiet update or rather addition to Apple TV.  With the addition of channels or Apps or whatever they are - for Bloomberg, Crackle, Watch ABC channels and KOR-TV.     KOR-TV is Korean TV - no Not North execute my uncle Korea - but rather South don't judge us by what Samsung does Korea TV. 

     

    I did check out ABC Channels to see what was up there - and for shows like Agents of Shield - they have the last 5 episodes available - anything older and there are convenient links to iTunes on Apple TV to purchase those other episodes.  

     

    Apple needs to stop diddling around with Apple TV and just offer up an App store for it already.  I would love to get a Libsyn Channel up there.  Not that anyone really consumes Podcasts over set top boxes or anything - but it would sure look nice.  Right up until I pulled the monthly user agent report and my boss asked why we did the Apple TV app again?

     

     

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    Speaking of smashed iOS devices this is a good point to mention Squaretrade is sponsoring this show - they are who I have purchased my warranties for my iPhone 5S and now my iPad Mini Retina.  And you can get warranties for your iOS devices to - with a discount for being a Tii listener - which folks if you go to square trade dot com slash tii 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2 - you will get a 2 year iPad warranty for just $89 - that is a savings of $35 off the normal price for being a Tii listener.   Or if you need a warranty for a recently purchased iPhone go to square trade dot com slash tii - and that is $94 for a 2 year iPhone warranty. Or do like I did and get them both.

     

    With square trade they will cover you if you ever jailbreak - which Apple will not - so if you are even remotely thinking of jailbreaking - that is one good reason to look at square trade.

     

    As Tim found out - repairing your iOS device can be very expensive and then Apple will not even cover you after an incident.  Get the square trade warranty now - especially if your device is still within the first 30 days of purchasing it.  

     

    Once again the URL is square trade dot com slash Tii for the iPhone and slash tii 2 - t i i and the number 2 for the iPad warranties.  and square trade dot com slash T i i for iPhone warranties - Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show. 

     

     

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    Hi Rob,

    After hearing episode 290, I thought it only appropriate to send in a review of Week Calendar. I've been using this app for years. The built-in Apple apps are typically my preferred apps for everything, but this beats the Calendar app hands down. There are several different views, clean layout, and intuitive design. It is THE must-have calendar app. 

    Regards,

    Lou V

     

     

     

     

    Hi Rob - regarding the person having trouble with ringtones created on GarageBand not playing, I did have this problem during the releases of the developer betas of iOS 7 on both my iPhone 5 and iPad 3. One of the releases had a bug that caused problems with the audio files stored on iOS devices. Apple released a developer patch that reset the audio library. After the patch I still had trouble with ringtones, so I did a complete restore of my iPhone and iPad and then restored from an iCloud backup and that resolved the problem. I guessed at the time that the audio bug caused the problem with my custom ringtones. I wonder if the person having this problem ever installed a beta version of iOS 7? I would suggest backing up the device and doing a full restore. BTW, I haven't had any problems with custom ringtones on my 5S or Air.

    Regards,

    Darrin (Developer)

     

     

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - HOWARD_FDBK_30PIN_to_lightning

     

    Dear Rob,

    regarding the caller on episode 289 looking for a way to search through notes, this is not a perfect solution for what he wants but I do have a post up on my blog for ways to mimic control F on an iPad or iPhone. It may help out some.

    regards,

    Ben from productivitypad.blogspot.com

     

    http://productivitypad.blogspot.com/2013/03/ctrl-f

    -on-ipad.html

     

     

    https://plus.google.com/communities/

    105412562215997292912?cfem=1

     

    Here is a highlight of what you missed from the google+ community - at today in iOS dot com slash community.  

     

    Chris in london mention 0 % financing for apple products in the UK.   Ben N put up a link to a review of the Relax App.  Fancisco put up a link to the 12 days of gifts from the iTunes store.  Ron B - put up a link mentioning that Instapaper was free for a week.  Hope you downloaded it while it was free.  Bob B posted about how the Apple Calendars 5 by Readdle enabled location services and was draining battery life and if you have that app and are having battery life issues to check the setting on it.  Plus there were many other posts.  If you would like to contribute or just be a lookey loo - head over to today in iOS dot com slash community and sign up for the community.  This is a Moderated all things iOS community that does not tolerate Android fan bois - actually most of the time when someone asks to be part of the community and I check their G+ page if it is all Rah Rah Android - well no soup for them.  This is just for people interested in iOS products and software and features - where we can post and comment about iOS products without it degrading into a flame war.  

     

     

    I love the title of this next article - it is quote Apple's iWatch Delayed to speed up iPad Pro Development unquote. I love it in the ironic way - because it was just a few weeks ago there was a report that said the full on Apple TV was delayed to speed up development of the iWatch. You would think with 146 Billion in Cash Apple could do a better job in managing their new projects rather than have to keep delaying one mythical product to help the development of another mythical product which is then delayed by a 3rd mythical product - just sayin.

     

    http://www.highlightpress.com/report-apples-

    iwatch-delayed-to-speed-up-ipad-pro

    -development/7807/djohnson

     

    Hey Rob 

    I bought an XBox One as a family Hannukah present and I am so impressed with how well it completely unifies my home entertainment system. The Kinect sensor powers up and controls my TV, Receiver and cable box. It offers gaming, television, music and apps.  It totally transformed my living room. Using the XBox One SmartGlass app on my iPhone and iPad, I can interact and control the electronic devices in my living room. And as I am enjoying it along with my family, all I keep saying to myself is, "why didn't Apple make this?" I wonder if they are working on something similar, where the Apple TV unites with a Kinect like sensor that works similar to the XBox One. Could something like this have been what Steve Jobs was commenting about when he said they figured out the TV. I have so much media purchased through iTunes and the App Store, I just keep wishing Apple made this.

     

    I have to say Microsoft, in my opinion, has designed a beautiful product with a nice UI both on the TV and iOS devices. 

    Regards,

    Darrin

     

     

    Hi Rob - thought you might be interested in this link re blacklisted stolen phones in New Zealand

     

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/30006224/phone-blacklisting-blocks-thieves

     

    Cheers

    D.R.

     

    Thanks D R and this is per an article talking about blacklisting of phones in New Zealand - but blacklisting in a good way - this is when your phone gets stollen and you report it stollen - said phone is then blacklisted on all the carriers in New Zealand.  If that phone can't be activated then in theory there is less reason for people to steal a phone.  Unless of course said thieves want to ship those stollen iPhones over seas which while not unheard of - will definitely not be something the average crook can do - so again in Theory blacklisting of stollen iPhones should reduce over time the amount of Apple picking going on or it is possible that Apples own Activation lock will be what actually reduces theft - or maybe a combination there of.

     

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/30006224/

    phone-blacklisting-blocks-thieves

     

     

    iPhone a Clear Favorite Among House Members - Press Pass

     

    I just saw that the promo is out from Netflix for season 2 of House of Cards - I am stoked - that was such a great series.  Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and the rest of the cast were amazing and the story lines were great.  And I bring this up because I have been sitting on this next story for some time now.  And that is that the iPhone is the Clear Favorite among the US House Members in Congress.  58% of them use an iPhone,  23% use a blackberry - and just 4 % use an Android phone.  I guess that means the other 15% use a flip phone or some other feature phone.  Of note the Character Frank Underwood on House of Cards uses a Blackberry - of course if you think about the things he does in that first season I am sure Apple is glad he is not using an iPhone - actually given his morales or complete lack there of on the show - I would not be surprised to see Frank Underwood using an Samsung phone in Season 2 - just sayin. 

     

     

    Thanks to Dr John for this next one.  Which is a story about Android Security risks.  While part of the article tries to say some stated risks are over stated other parts of the article states they are not.  

    From the article they have a quote from Andrew Borg, research director for enterprise mobility and collaboration at research firm Aberdeen He says he saw at a conference that gave him the "willies." quote 

    The demonstrator, a white hat hacker, took an out-of-the-box Android device and downloaded a game called Very Angry Birds, basically a clone of the popular Angry Birds game, from an app store. The device had the latest McAfee and Symantec security for Android, but the game contained malware that neither solution flagged Everything looked fine, and once the game opened nothing changed on the device. Then the demonstrator took out a laptop and was able to bring up a control stream where he could see all the smartphones that had downloaded the game and could inspect them and see all the emails they had downloaded. He then put the Android device to sleep and took a picture from the device remotely using the laptop. Normally, you hear a shutter sound, but this malware had turned off the audio, It took pictures and video, and all along it looked like the device was asleep. unquote

     

    Again this is based on an example from a white hat hacker - but it is really scary what can be done with Android when it comes to malware.  

     

    http://m.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/clear

    -eyed-guide-androids-actual-security-risks-232034

    ?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_&mm_ref

    =http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F

     

     

    Thanks to Dan for the heads up on this next one - which is an article in PC Mag where Seamus Condron tried to switch over to the Nexus 5 - and well decided the grass was not greener on the other side and came back to the iPhone.  So if you are on the fence about switching - check out the article titled quote It's not you - its me - breaking up with the Nexus 5 after 24 hours unquote.   Now some of you may say 24 hours is not enough time to know for sure.  But I am reminded on when someone asked me when I knew my first marriage was not going to work - and well lets just say when she said I Do  - I said - I Do??

     

    So sometimes you do know right away you made a mistake - Seamus was lucky enough to admit that and make a change after 24 hours - I however needed 5 years to correct my mistake.  

     

    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428140,00

    .asp

     

     

    Just when you thought Samsung could not be any more slimy of a company they go out and do something that well I don't want to say surprises us - but lets just say even lowers the bar a bit more on how low can they go. The latest is that Sammy seems to be having an issue with their S4's catching on fire. Now no one out side of Samsung really knows how big of a problem this is - because if you report it to sammy - they send you a letter that says if you want a replacement you can not talk about it. Basically they blackmail you into signing away your freedom of speech in return for a replacement unit. There is a video on Youtube from Ghostlyrich who had his S4 go boom and catch on fire while charging - and he got this letter. Again it is really slimy for Sammy to do this - and it is opposite of how apple and even MS react when they have issues. And the worst part - no one knows if this is a really small issue or a more widespread issue - thanks to Sammy's blackmail offer. True story time - The other day I was out looking for a Blu-ray dvd player - and I had it down to two units - one from LG and the other from Sammy - I consciously made the decision to go with the LG one. I really will not be getting anything else from Sammy going forward - they just have proved to be to unethical a company for me to support.  Hopefully Apple soon pulls all their component orders from Sammy as well.

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QHd

    -_qncEU#t=205

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - ROB_ANAPOLIS_TIP

     

    Hi Rob,

    Here is a tip sorta:  Large Apps taking up space. Apps you like but don't use so much. Heres what I do. My iPad Mini and iPhone are synced with the same Apple Account my iPhone is 16GB. But the iPad is 32GB. So cannot have all the Apps on my iPhone that I have on the iPad. 

     remember that when you go to the AppStore App. Under updates,  At the Top you see Purchased. Tap on that. Then you see 'Not on this iPhone' or iPad respectively. Tap on that. You will see all the Apps you purchased that are not installed on the device. You may have deleted an App from your device. Well it is deleted from the device but still purchased. Free or not. So say you have Apple's Numbers App but don't use it much. Delete it from the device. Save Space. Then it turns out you need it. Just download and install again. Over Wifi to save mobile data usage of course. Only takes a few moments to download again. Use it. Save your work. Then, remove the app again. 

     

    This way, large Apps need not take up space. Nice also to see Apps you previously used but forgot about. 

     

    Oh Apps like Games, with large GamePlay History. I'd keep those. But some, like Real Racing 3 will let you upload your gameplay history. So if removed, you can reinstall and just download your gameplay history from the server. 

    Hope this helps. 

    Chris in London

     

     

     

    Hey Rob, I just discovered an interesting detail in iOS; the stars in the stock weather app actually move realistically across the sky just like in real life. Very cool. 

    Regards,

    -Mike

    Orlando, FL

     

    Thanks Mike - but makes you wonder why that skuemorphisim is ok - but a yellow note pad is not.  

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - JOSH_CINCY_THINKG_PEBBLE

     

    I mentioned on the last episode that the RECAP 2 call recorder was on Kickstarter.  Well I have some audio I recorded doing a Skype to Skype call with Elsie from libsyn for our show The Feed - which by the way if you are a podcaster - even if you don't use libsyn you should listen to. 

     

    Here is a couple of minutes of our recording:

     

    PLAY AUDIO CLIP FROM BEGINNING OF THE FEED 11

     

    And I did not do any clean up at all to that.  So you can hear what a great job the RECAP 2 does when recording Skype to Skype or FaceTime to FaceTime audio calls - or any other voip calls.  And again it records phone calls - just that because of the phone system or POTS - it will never sound as good as VOIP calls.  But still it does as good a job recording phones calls as any Phone hybrid out there at any price. And it does it for $50.  Which you can get in on as a pledger on Kickstarter until Jan 14th - search for RECAP at kickstarter dot com.  This really is a tool all podcasters should have in their tool kit or anyone that needs to record phone calls or Skype calls for what ever reason that might be.  

     

    And good news for Igor - he has hit his funding goal - so if you pledge you will get a RECAP 2.  

     

     

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/igorramos/recap

    -2-record-iphone-calls-in-ipad-android-mobile?ref=live

     

     

    Here is a new Kickstarter Project - and it falls into the category of something I find so unique I think it is worth mentioning - but not something I will get myself. It is called the ZiPac - spelled Z i P A C -  They intro it as quote ZiPAC is a durable USB cable and case in one. Zip up your stuff, then unzip to connect your devices. No more tangled or lost cables. unquote.  If you are into zippers this is the pouch for you.  It is essentially on big zipper that when zipped up creates a pouch - and when unzipped - it is a USB to firewire cord.  Very unique and a nice companion in your laptop bag.  Price on this is $18 for the small case - $25 for the medium and $30 for the large.  This project has until Jan 25th at 6:46 PM ET to fund - and so far they are just over 10% of the way there - they have a goal of $45,000 which seems a bit - ok very high for this.  But again when it comes to unique products - this one is worth a mention - search for ZiPac - spelled Z I P A C in the show notes for ep 291 or over a kickstarter dot com.

     

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/637747962/zipac-

    cable-and-case-in-one-for-iphone-android-and?ref=live

     

     

    PLAY MUSIC from Misfit toys 

     

    We have a USell back this week as a sponsor - and that is Usell spelled U  S E L L - who is an aggregator of buyers of mobile devices.  You know you have some old mobile devices - be it iPhones, iPads, or dare we say it Android devices laying around that are collecting dust.  Don't be your own little island of misfit mobile toys - sell them off to someone that will love them and use them and touch them all over.   You remember how happy that The Charlie in the box was and the spotted elephant was when they found new owners - well that mobile device you have collecting dust or stuck in a draw can feel the same way.  And when you go to today in iOS dot com slash usell - you can put a smile on your face too by getting cold hard cash.  For example an iPhone 5 64 gb Verizon version right now will get you a top offer of $305 - that is $15 more than the same device would get you at that company that has the name of cheetah food.  

    Again go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is slash U S E L L - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

     

    Thanks to Michael for this next one.  And that is the App store now has improved search results taking you to the correct app when you mis-spell an app title.  So now if you search for Angry Birds and spell Angry with an e or Birds with a Y - it takes you to Angry birds apps from Rovio and not to Hill climb racing HD.  Which it used to as they appear to be gaming search results for some misspelled words for Angry Birds.  

     

    So what this means for you the end user is now when you search for a specific app but misspell it - you will like be presented with the app you wanted - rather than someone gaming search results - as Apple sorts based on how popular an app is.  

     

     

     

    http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/the-app-store

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    PLAY VOICEMAIL - JUSTIN_PA_IBEACONS_USE_MUS

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    I have and really like the Apple leather case for my mini. It is a tad overpriced but it is quite good. It gives the iPad a nice feel and removes that slipperiness that does make it feel as though it wishes to leap out of your hands and directly onto concrete.

       This mini is really making  my 4th gen iPad seem heavy.

    Regards,

    Kevin Barry

     

     

    Hello Rob,

    I listened to show 290 and am glad to hear that setting up your wife's iPad Mini with Retina was as easy as setting up my wife's.   

    I did set it up from scratch as you suggested and within 30 minutes she was reading a book on it and planned to FaceTime her friend that lives about 2 hours away. 

    I got her the red Smart Cover and she likes how it can be folded up to make a small grip for her hand if she needs it. On another note she is the Pastor at our church and wants to use it to preach from instead of notecards. 

    This is why I love Apple products. They make technology that people want to use and the customer thinks of ways to utilize their device. 

    Regards,

    John D

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Arnold_how_full_is_too_full

     

     

     

    Hi Rob.

    Do you remember the crashing/blue screening problem from the start of iOS 7?

    The one that went away in 7.0.3 or so?

    I was just wondering if it came back in 7.0.4 for anyone other than me, or am I alone?

    I'm using an iPhone 5S by the way.

    Regards,

    Dan  from Orangeville.

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    I listened to all the feedback and TouchID issues in Ep 290, and it sounds like I am not alone.  I think my phone is working better now, however I attribute it to upgrading from 7.0.3 to 7.0.4.  I had not upgraded for a while because I heeded JailBreak Guru MuscleNerd's advise to not upgrade if you are interested in a future 7.x JailBreaking.  I believe he said it was safe to do so, but he recommended not doing it anyway.  Well, I decided that since it was probably safe to go ahead and give it a go to see if that made a difference, and ever since, (Knock, Knock, Knock) I am having a much better experience getting into the phone.  I doubt that everyone else is in this position, but just in case, if you haven't gone to 7.0.4, you might wish to try that.

    Regards,

    --David

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - TOM TX TOUCHID

     

    Thanks to Tash for this next one - which just seems right out of THX-1138. Seems DARPA has come up with an iOS App that is a game to the end user - but when the end user is playing the game they are actually basically working for DARPA to help find bug in code the US government uses.  DARPA calls this Crowd Sourced Formal Verification.  The game in this case is call Xylem - The Code of Plants.  My question is this - if people know the US government is using the game app to verify code - could not the enemies of the US game the system - for lack of a better phrase and purposefully give the wrong responses in the game?  Or maybe I am just over thinking this and just wondering what government we are working for when playing Candy Crush or Angry Birds.  

     

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/12/10/us-military-is-

    using-ipad-gamers-to-find-bugs-in-its-code/

     

     

    Filed under do you want some cheese with that whine - comes the story of AT&T's CEO complaining about subsidies and saying they are coming to an end because Carriers can no longer afford to foot up the bill.  And well if you think that sounds as silly and stupid as I felt reading it - yeah you are not alone.  Per the footing the bill part - yeah - very laughable - considering AT&T and Verizon lock you into a two year contract at a high monthly amount.  While AT&T and Verizon - may do some up fronting with funds in the way of a subsidy - they more then make it back over that two year period.  When they gladly lock you into another two year period with 2 generations later iPhones.  If this is Stephenson's way of negotiating - well he might want to re-think it - most people try even harder to take advantage of you if they think you are an idiot.  Just Sayin

     

     

    http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/12/att-criticized-

    shamelessly-whining-burden-subsidizing-iphone.html

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - STEVE CA MAPS APPS

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    A quick tip for those who still want Google Maps as their default map.

    Siri can be used to access Google Maps by simply adding the term "via transit" to the end of your request.

     

    Example: "I need directions to mom's house via transit."

     

    Siri will then pass along the address information and allow you to

    select Google maps as the app to use to fulfill your request.

     

    Best Regards,

    Kenneth S

    North Port, Florida

     

    Hello Rob,

    Hopefully you or some of the listeners can help me out.

    Recently, I helped my grandmother get an iPad air. I set it all up for her and everything’s working great. However, When we use Facetime video chat so I can check up on her, I’ll get iMessages from some total stranger under her her name in my contacts flipping out for me to stop contacting them. This even happened once when she and I were in the same room testing out the feature. So I know it’s for sure not her being confounded by this fancy new technology or anything like that.

    My assumption is that it’s a bug with iMessages, but I don’t have the slightest clue as to how to fix it since it’s not like a text message or phone call that I can call my cell provider about.

    This person is understandably getting upset and we’ve sent back quite a few angry iMessages back and forth. As they show up under my grandmother’s contact information, I don’t know what to do since it’s a feature we want to use. Again, this only happens when we use Facetime. After we end the session, that’s when I’ll start getting the iMessages from the granny impostor ranting for me to stop calling them.

    Have you heard of this problem or know of any way to fix it?

    We’re both running the latest iOS 7.0.4. Her on an iPad air and I’m on an iPhone 4S. I am a voiceover user, but I doubt that has anything to do with it. None of my other contacts have an Apple device that I can test Facetime with to see if it happens to them as well.

    I would appreciate any suggestions or solutions you or your listeners may be able to provide.

     

    Thanks,

    Cris

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    Forgetting Price for a minute - which iPad should I get - iPad Mini Retina or iPad Air.

    Regards,

    Aaron

     

    Well Aaron,

    I think it comes down to three things.

    1. Are you going to be mobile with this most of the time.  If so - then the iPad Mini has the advantage.

    2. How good are your eyes?  Are you starting to trombone when you try to read things.  If so go with the iPad Air - the text and everything is bigger and easier to read when held at the same distance. 

    3. How big are you fingers?   If you have big fingers - you might find the mini tougher to hit the target spot on the screen vs the Air. 

    While my wife loves her mini - I personally like using the iPad 3rd gen better for things that don't need the faster processor.  

    For my own use if I was choosing - it is hands down the iPad Air.   My wife says the opposite.  And that is because she is taking it with her everywhere now sticking it in her purse or jacket pocket and she has smaller fingers and better eye sight.  

    You just need to figure out which of the three items above is most important to you.  

    Regards,

    Rob W

     

     

     

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    CHECK APPLE.COM for NEWS

     

     

    For anyone who is a podcaster AND you are hosting with Libsyn - I wanted to let you know for the New Media Expo - if you have a small poster 11 x 14 or smaller or some biz cards 4 x 6 or smaller and you would like them shown off at the Libsyn Booth - email me rob at libsyn dot com.  If you are not going - you can snail mail them to me - if you are going - Just let me know and we can set up a time to meet at the show.  

     

    And If you are not going to the new media expo and are interested in getting into podcasting or blogging - this is the show for you - if you are already blogging or podcasting - this is the show to go to to connect with other podcasters and bloggers and learn how to better your craft.  I have been to everyone and can not recommend going strong enough.  This next one is <3 weeks away - Saturday Jan 4th - the 5th and the 6th.  So when it ends you can stay a little longer and go to CES.  Which is what I am doing.  Which starts on the 7th.  I hope to see some of you at NMX or CES in Jan - but definitely NMX as I will be speaking there and Libsyn will have a booth.  Again even if you are not going and a libsyn customer email me rob@libsyn dot com to get me your cards or info to show off at the show. 

     

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    Thanks again to our sponsor Squaretrade.  Remember for your iPad warranty - just $89 for a two year warranty - you save $35 by going to square trade dot com slash t i i 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2.  the iPad Mini 2 with Retina is so light and easy to take with you it is truly a mobile tablet you will want to take everywhere - and that means the potential for accidents.  Squaretrade dot com / tii 2 for your $89 iPad Mini and iPad Air warranty. 

     

    I also want to thank our other sponsor Usell - go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is the letters U s e l l - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

     

     

    If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news.  Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback.  Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.    

     

    And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The  feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else.  An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed.  I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in.  And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show.  This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.  And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.  

     

     

    And that folks is going to do it for us today.  

     

     

     

     

     

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    Tii - iTem 0290 - Siri is a Flyer Fan

    Tii - iTem 0290 - Siri is a Flyer Fan

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    iPad Air Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii2

     

    iPhone 5S Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii

    USELL - http://www.todayinios.com/usell

     

    iPad Art - Morgan Freeman Finger Painting - YouTube

    iOS-Android Shopping Traffic - Business Insider

    Apple's iPad comes out a big winner on Black Friday

    iPad Mini is the Hottest Seller on Black Friday at Walmart

    iPad, iPhone, and iOS 7 Adoption Trackers | Fiksu

    Apple shares are in the black for 2013

    iOS, iPhone, iPad, & Apple TV - MODERATED - Community - Google+

    Apple Updates Apple Store App with Support for iBeacon Systems 

    Apple Acquires Social Analytics Firm Topsy for $200 Million - Mac Rumors

    Apple Recognizes Need for Social Analytics With Topsy Buy - Forbes

    Apple completes key China Mobile deal 

    Apple, China Mobile Sign Deal to Offer iPhone

    China Mobile iPhone deal not likely included in Apple's guidance to investors

    Apple is reportedly testing 12.9-inch iPad with 2K, 4K resolution display

    The failure of the Encore weekly tablet app

    Android Support vs iOS Support | Fidlee

    Apple is winning the OS war | Computerworld Blogs

    Google's Schmidt hints only Samsung, Google match iPhone?

    podcast411's Podcast : 411 iTem 0229 - Igor Ramos - RECAP Call Recorder

    RECAP 2 — Kickstarter

    LIFE-SPOT — Kickstarter

    Cortado—the Arduino you’ll never plug in | MAKE

    Simple Trick to Fix iPhone 5s' Touch ID problems

    Microsoft updates Bing for iPad to version 2.0

    Man in Thailand dies in iPhone charger electrocution incident | MacNN

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii

    Doodlebuddy

    Pipewords

    Week Calendar

    CardioSurprise

    Procreate

    Zen of Snow

    iaWriter

    iPhone Explore - Mac

    DiskAid - Mac

    Direct download: tii_0290.mp3
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    Sat, 7 December 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0290 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0290 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob, 

    I made this by building the Tii out if Legos, then taking the picture with my iPhone 4 and adding the text with the Doodlebuddy app.

    Regards

     -Ben 

     

     

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    Transcript for Episode 290

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEdRLlqdgA4

     

    You know how much we love artwork created on an iOS device - and now there is this Amazing Artwork created on an iPad - with just a finger and the app Procreate - it looks like a photo of Morgan Freeman it is that detailed and vivid - but it is really a painting created on an iPad with just his finger. There is a video on youtube showing the progression of the creation which took the artist Kyle Lambert over 200+ hours to create.

     

    Look for the link in the show notes for ep 290  titled - iPad Art - Morgan Freeman - Youtube.  Really this is an amazing piece of artwork - and you would be hard pressed looking at the finished product to tell it is not a picture - it really really is that good.

     

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    I am on iOS 7.1 beta 1 and I am noticing a lot smoother app switching and keyboard is less laggy. Also Siri seems faster to respond. I wish they put flight tracking on Siri like Google now has. One bug is my App Store is showing 2 updates as a badge but nothing new to update. 

    Regards,

    Dev

     

    Hi Rob,

    I saw a commercial yesterday where the couple was trying to make their Thanksgiving meal and accidentally broke their oven door. They asked their Google tablet "Can you barbecue a turkey" and proceeded to cook their turkey in their barbecue grill.

     

    I decided to do the same query with Siri on my iPhone. I thought the response was a bit amusing.

    Regards,

    Myron U

     

    And he sent a screen shot - essentially is you ask siri can you barbecue a turkey - it comes back with quote I found three BBQ restaurants in Turkey unquote.

     

    And I got the same results.  Oh Well - but at least she knows what Basketball team to root for. 

     

     

    Blackfriday on line sales numbers are coming out and shocker. iOS kicked androids Butt. Again. These are based on US numbers gathered by IBM and Adobe.  What they found was 

     On average, iOS users spent $127.92 per order on Black Friday compared to $105.20 per order for Android users. 

     

    Ok that number is not butt kicking. But these others are.  

     

    iOS traffic reached 28.2 percent of all online traffic, compared to 11.4 percent for Android. iOS sales reached 18.1 percent of all online sales, compared to 3.5 percent for Android.  That is over a 5x ratio of iOS sales to android sales. 

     

    These numbers are not counting online sales to apple.com or via the apple store app.  No mention if they count amazon either. I am sure more and more numbers will come out soon.  But based on these once again iOS user are actually consumers.  Where as android users not so much. 

     

     

    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ios-android-

    shopping-traffic-2013-11#ixzz2m9fcv6FK

     

     

     

    http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/29/apples

    -ipad-comes-out-a-big-winner-on-black-friday/

     

    When iOS users were not out buying other things with their iOS devices - they were out buying more iOS devices - Which I am to assume they will then use to buy even more other things.  InforScout looked at the top selling items at Target on Black Friday and Shocker - iPad's were at the top of the list.  Info scouts results are based on survey's of 3,000 shoppers at target on Thanksgiving and Blackfriday and what they found was Number item purchased with 8.2% of target sales was the iPad Air 16GB wifi.  #2 with 7.5% of sales was the iPad Mini 16 GB wifi.  and Taking the bronze in 3d place was the iPad Air 32 GB wifi with 2.4% of Sales.  #4 was beats headphones at 2.4% as well.  Nothing else was over 2%.  The iPad 2 16 GB surprisingly was in at 8th place with 1.4%.  The only other table in the list - the Nook at #11 with 1.1%.  So iPads were combined at 19.5% of purchases.  Wow.  Well except when you get to InfoScouts next reveal and that is 40% of those 19.5+ % of iPad buyers - yeah they were Android users.  You heard me right - 40% of those buying an iPad on Blackfriday weekend - were Android users.  double Wow.  

     

     

    http://tablet-news.com/2013/11/30/ipad-mini

    -is-the-hottest-seller-on-black-friday-at-walmart/

     

    Over at Target Rival Walmart - they reported sales of over 1.4 Million Tablets on Thanksgiving evening alone.  Most of that was for the $299 iPad Mini first gen - that you got a $100 Walmart gift card with.  How do we know that - well back to the folks from info scout - they had the iPad Mini selling 13 times more units than the $99 Nabi tablet which was the other Thanksgiving night special.  That makes the numbers pretty simple - 1.3 Million iPad Mini's sold vs 100,000 Nabi's sold - and that is better then what I saw in line at Walmart - where there was 1 person in line for the Nabi and well over 50 for the iPad Mini.   I remember thinking looking at that one guy in line - wow - you are the dad giving the Action jackson this year.  So sad.  Anyway - over all - there are going to be 100,000 kids that get a Nabi tablet this year and in the back of their mind will think - when I am a parent - I will never do this to my kids.  

     

    http://www.fiksu.com/iOS-7-iPhone-5s-5c-

    Usage-Tracker

     

    And then there is some updated data from Fiksu.  They were mentioned recently on the show - when they looked at iPad usage by version after launches.  And what they found initially was the iPad Air was well out pacing the iPad 4 launch.  And well nothing has changed there - with the iPad Air now 35+ days from launch more than doubling what they saw for usage of the iPad 4 - 35 days after it launched.  The iPad Mini Retina - is at this point just a tad bit ahead of the iPad Mini from when it launched.  So at least now it definitely is looking like an iPad Christmas - especially when you factor in that 1.3 Mil iPad mini's were last years version - and sold at one retailer in one hour.  

     

     

    http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/30/

    apple-ipad-target-walmart/?source=yahoo_quote

     

    So what did all this good news do to Apple Stock - Well Shockingly - no really I mean it - shockingly - it drove the stock price up. Seems Fundamentals and real good news is starting to win out on Wallstreet again.  Apple Shares are now in the black for the year.  All those that purchased some Apple stock the last time it dipped below $400 - raise your hand.   Yes my hand is up. And kudos to you if your is up as well. Apple Stock ended the week at $560 a share.  Also Apple seems to have tackled some inventory issues and lead times are dropping - right now for the iPhone 5S - all versions are listing 1-3 day deliveries - that is the first time they have reached that level for all models.  

     

    So Apple is seeing increased demand for product and increased inventory to quench the thirst of their customers.  Seems to be a good combo - and a story line starting to win out over the negativity of Android fan bois. 

     

     

    Hi Rob

     

    Johnny Appleseed here in Cincinnati Ohio. I got my iPad mini retina display white 32 gig Wi-Fi model at the Cincinnati Apple Store last Thursday. The interesting thing was that you were not able to walk into the store and purchase it and walk out.  I had to order it online in the store and come back 2 hours later to pick it up. Little bit different way of doing things for apple. 

     

    Thanks

    Go flyers!

     

     

     

    Well My Wife's iPad finally made it out of Alaska and to our house on November 25th - which is one key reason for no episode last weekend - well that and it was Thanksgiving and my birthday and there was 3 Dayton flyer games on ESPN and well did I mention I had a new iPad Mini Retina to play with.  So my thoughts on this.  Wow is it slim - and beautiful and slim.  Actually for me it is too small and thin without a case - and personally I like the size of the iPad Air better.  But hey it was not for me it was for my wife and her opinion is different - she really likes the size - as she is taking it with her to wait in line for the kids and go out and about.  She never took the other iPad - granted the other one did not have Cellular.  So Yeah there is that small detail.  Speaking of the cellular - setting up the free 200 MB a month with T-mobile was supper simple - I can't recommend the T-mobile version strong enough if you are in the US - that said they are all really the same version just with different sim cards - so if you did not get the t-mobile version just go to a t-mobile store and get a sim card for it. 

     

    In the first week she used less than 10% of her 200 MB allocation.  What I basically did - well not basically - what I did did or actually did or something - well I set up her device when on cellular to only allow email and safari.  As that is all she needs and wants.  On top of that I set up email to not load images automatically.  So now she has free cellular for her email and browsing needs and is no where near close to going over her allocation. 

     

    She loves the speed of it - going from a 3rd gen iPad to the mini retina is a 2 processor jump - and it is really noticeable on websites.  I did get all her photos on there and I mean all - as in around 15,000 plus photos.  And she well is costing me a small fortune in Printer ink printing out pictures to go in christmas cards.  

     

    I did decide to set it up from scratch and found most of her info sync'd over from iCloud for calendars and like with no issues.  And setting up emails was great and even the folders she set up before were there even though we set up from scratch.  I have to say the set up and speed of the mini reminds me again of why I love the iOS ecosystem.  Granted my next iPad for me - will be a larger one to go with my larger hands - likely the iPad Pro if that ever comes to be. 

     

    My wife did comment to me that she felt the mini was just too thin and she felt scared holding it initially - afraid it was going to drop and break at any second.  I did get the Squaretrade warranty on it - and that made her feel a lot better.  But we also got a cheap case for it until some others I have coming in to test get here.  And we are keeping the kids away from it.  

     

    Speaking of Squaretrade this is a good point to mention they are sponsoring this show - they are who I have purchased my warranties for my iPhone 5S and now my iPad Mini Retina.  And you can get warranties for your iOS devices to - with a discount for being a Tii listener - which folks if you go to square trade dot com slash tii 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2 - you will get a 2 year iPad warranty for just $89 - that is a savings of $35 off the normal price for being a Tii listener.   Or if you need a warranty for a recently purchased iPhone go to square trade dot com slash tii - and that is $94 for a 2 year iPhone warranty. Or do like I did and get them both.

     

    With square trade they will cover you if your jailbreak - which Apple will not - so if you are even remotely thinking of jailbreaking - that is one good reason to look at square trade - And well here is an email from one of the listeners.

     

    Hi Rob,

    I just (finally) received my gold iPhone 5s 64gig. I debated the warranty you have been recommending versus AppleCare. Apple has always taken amazing care of me when there has been any issues so it was a tough debate...until... I read the SquareTrade warranty info and flexibility and then looked at the discount you are offering us. I now have only one complaint on your advice: your discount lowers the THREE year warrant to close to Apple's TWO year coverage! I always give my last phone to my wife or kids and now when I upgrade in two years it will still have one more year under warranty! At a GREAT price. Thanks so much for giving us this discount.

    By the way - my phone arrived past the 30 days from time of order that SquareTrade requires. I contacted them and they accepted my shipping invoice as documentation with no issue and issued the warranty. Very fast response. 

    Regards,

    Jeff Tucker

     

    Thanks Jeff - good point on the 3 year period.  For 3 years on the iPad warranty it is just $119.  Again click through to see the real discount.  And the URL is square trade dot com slash Tii for the iPhone and slash tii 2 - t i i and the number 2 for the iPad warranties.  Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show. 

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Ken_FDBK_sharing_credits

     

    Hey Rob,

    My favorite holiday app of all time - Zen of Snow. It's absolutely peaceful and relaxing - a serene cabin setting in the snow covered mountains with some colorfully lit Christmas trees outside. Gorgeous!

    Regards,

    Jeff T

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    Per the listeners request for a question mark on the 1st screen. 

    The app "iaWriter", a note taking app, has punctuation marks, including the question mark, on the 1st screen.  

    - Jessi D

     

    Hi Rob -  I use the app called iaWriter and they add the ’?’ right above the main keyboard. There's also arrow keys and some other punctuation. It's a great app - syncs with Dropbox, and has a folder setup for files. 

    Regards,

    -Dan B

     

     

    Hey Rob, one of your listeners had asked about a keyboard with a question mark on the first screen. I type a lot of notes on my phone, and also found it somewhat annoying that all punctuation is on the second screen, I just bought a Bluetooth keyboard. Since I still needed it to be super portable, I ended up using the Celluon Epic, and I love it. No more pointless screen swapping to get at the punctuation.

    Dan P, from Orangeville

     

     

     

    Hi Rob

    A gentleman on episode 288 was looking for a way to backup custom 'ringers' to his computer. The mac apps iPhone Explorer or Diskaid should allow him copy these and any other files to his computer for backup. 

     

    Regards 

    Brent

     

     

     

     

     

    Hey Rob.  Before I switched to T Mobile and when I was having the problem with the "never deleting all/some of my AT&T voicemails", I was told by an apple genius to call AT&T and ask them to "reprovision my voicemail". I did not want to do that until I made a record of whatever important voicemails were there. I had been thinking of switching to T Mobile, and made the switch before I ever took the "reprovision" step with AT&T. The genius was told me to specifically use the word, "reprovision". 

    So.....you might want to try that with the "zombie voicemails. 

    Grateful for what you do,

    Scott, Milwaukee 

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - RON_PA FDBK2 - SIRI

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Justing_PA_SIRI

     

    Settings - Privacy - Location Services - Scroll all the way down - System Service - Turn off Frequent locations.

     

    That is another one to select when looking to save on battery life - thanks all that sent that one in.

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Bob_issue_fixed_by_apple_dfu

     

     

    https://plus.google.com/communities/

    105412562215997292912

     

    I want to send a shout out to the 200+ folks already in the Google+ community - if you go to today in iOS dot com slash community it will take you to the page or click on the little google+ icon in the upper right of today in iOS dot com site. 

     

    Thanks to all that have been posting - quite a few since the last episode including ones about black friday deals - thanks for those.  There are some posts about what podcasts people are listening to - and what apps they are using them to listen. Plus breaking news links and more iOS news.  Again thanks to all that signed up and also to those contributing. today in iOS dot com slash community. 

     

     

    Thanks to Ben K for the heads up on this next one.

     

    http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/06/

    apple-updates-apple-store-app-with-support

    -for-ibeacon-systems/

     

    The AP is reporting that APPL will be launching iBeacons in their 254 of their US stores This weekend.  Apple is supposed to be also launching an over the air update to its Apple store app to support iBeacon receivers.  This all was supposed to happen starting on Friday the 6th - but as of close to midnight - the App store app is not showing an update.

     

    Apple supposedly demo'd iBeacons to the AP this past week.  quote The company demonstrated the technology to The Associated Press this week at its busy, 24-hour Fifth Avenue store in New York City. At this particular store, Apple has installed about 20 iBeacon transmitters, some of which are simply iPhones and iPads, which come with the capability as part of the iOS 7 mobile software released in September. The transmitters use Bluetooth wireless technology to sense your exact location. That's not possible with GPS, which don't work well indoors and aren't good at distinguishing between locations that are just a few feet apart. unquote

     

    What does this mean to you - probably not a lot to start.  Apple will get better tracking data on where you went in the store.  But I doubt when you walk by an iPad Air you will get a push that says - "Stop - look to your left - Buy me - you know you want to.  come on pull out that plastic and lets go home together"  -  I mean I guess Apple could do that - but they don't likely need to.  

     

    iBeacons works with iOS devices running iOS 7 - but not the iPhone 4 or iPad 2nd gen.  But all the other iOS 7 devices it works fine with. 

     

    And well Apple has put out the following about this.

     

    quote Apple has rolled out iBeacon technology at its 254 Apple Stores in the U.S., enabling shoppers to receive iPhone notifications about products and services via the Apple Store app. As the Associated Press reports, iBeacon transmitters use Bluetooth wireless technology to sense a shopper’s exact location inside an Apple Store and send messages based on the aisle or product a user is near. For example, customers walking by an iPhone table could receive messages offering to help them check their upgrade availability or see if they can get money for trading in an old phone. iBeacon technology is moving into other venues as well. The AP reports that Major League Baseball plans to use it next year to offer features like coupons and videos based on a user’s location in a ballpark.Read more: abcnews.go.com unquote

     

    So there you go it is official - and NFC just got a little nail in its coffin when it comes to iOS products.  It is Safe to now remove NFC from all future bingo cards. 

     

     

    Thanks to Erika Morphy for the heads up on this one.  Which is Apple acquired Topsy - no not the Popcorn company - topsy the Social search and analetics company.  

     

    So why did Apple make this 200 Million acquisition - well it was not just to piss off Carl give me your 146 Billion Ichan.  No but it could be about apple wanting to get more real time social media feedback for their iTunes Radio / iAds platform and also get that feedback for if / when they launch an Apple full on TV.  

     

    Or as Erika speculates at the end of her article on this - maybe Apple just wanted their engineering team.  And maybe even some of their patents.  Topsy by the way is on of the early partners with Twitter and they have what is known as firehose access to twitter - which means they get all the tweets - which they then go through and chart and track trends.  Who knows maybe Apple is making the acquisition in hopes or resurrecting Ping - or not. 

     

     

    http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/02/

    apple-acquires-social-analytics-firm-topsy

    -for-200-million/

     

     

    http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/04/technology

    /apple-china-mobile/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

     

    In the rumor but almost definitely a done deal front comes the reports this past week that Apple and China Mobile have finally signed a deal and iOS device will officially roll out on China Mobile on December 18th.

     

    This also helped in pushing up Apples stock price but just a small amount.  

     

    At this point no real details to speak of.  So just about the deal being done and when it kicks off.  One thing analysts are stating is that apples current guidance numbers do not include the China Mobile deal - granted Apple had guidance out there for this quarter and this would impact about 2 weeks in the quarter.  Once the deal is announced and people see what the actual selling price is - and if there are any subsidies for iPhones - that is when the stock price will be affected. This is a deal a long long time in the making.  759 million customer for China mobile is a big deal and even with a small % of that number 20% say being potential iOS users - that is a number that is still very big.  Looking forward to seeing the devil in the details on this deal once it is made public.

     

    A little update on this - China Mobile is reporting that it has not finalized a deal with Apple yet.  So at this point it is still in the rumor stage.  Which is fine - I think it is a foregone conclusion that a deal is coming - the real question is back to the costs - is this something that the top 5% of China Mobile users will be able to take part in or the top 25+ %?

     

     

     

    http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile

    -computing/tablets/apple-s-reportedly-testing

    -12-9-inch-ipad-with-2k-4k-resolution-

    displays-1204573

     

    iPad Pro rumors of the week - is that when the iPad Pro is announced - the 12.9 Inch screen will support 4K resolutions. 

     

    Currently the iPad Air is 2048 x 1536 - and Apple would like double that again and go to 4096 x 3072 - which is better than the 4k video resolution which is 4096 x 2160

     

    Now some reports are saying there would be two iPad Pro's a lower resolution one launched in April - at the current 2048 x 1536 specs - and then in October - the 4K version with 4096 x 3072 specs. 

     

    Guess we will see - but when the iPad Pro is launched if it has worse PPI specs than the iPad Air - then the above migration makes sense.  But it sure would be nice for apple to launch a product that does have the best resolution possible at the start.  

     

     

    http://mumbrella.com.au/failure-encore-weekly

     

    Thanks to Russell E for this next one - which is about failure.  In this case the failure of a weekly Tablet App / magazine called Encore.  

     

    But what is amazing is the difference in the level of failure between iOS and Android.  From the article quote

     

    We kicked off 2013 with 872 iPad downloads of the first edition. And just 48 to Android.

    After that initial number, things fell away slightly for the next few weeks, and we didn’t exceed that initial number for a further 16 editions. We delivered 877 iPad downloads for that 16th edition. (And 12 for Android).

    By now, a further learning was dawning upon us. There wasn’t much demand for an Android edition. In the end, we never did improve on that initial 48 downloads. In our worst week, our 19th edition of the year, there were just six Android downloads. Which was a bit discouraging, to say the least.

    We resolved to press on with both though. And indeed, our overall number steadily grew.

    Our 24th edition of the year was the first to deliver more than 1,000 iPad edition downloads (and 25 to Android).

    unquote.

     

    So even after the initial surge - then drop off - while iOS eventually grew larger then the initial number - Android never did.  and I love this quote from the article quote - A few weeks ago we quietly stopped the Android tablet edition. Nobody noticed. unquote

     

    Oh snap.   One thing they also mentioned in there is they started with one platform that was just iOS they liked - and then switched to another that they did not like because it supported Android - and well - it is safe to say - if you are doing something for a tablet - and you make any decisions based around Android - you are making a bad decision.   The sentiment was that they would have been much better off sticking with the original platform and just doing iOS - and well the numbers make a no duh type comment.  Did we mention 40% of iPad buyers from black friday weekend are android users -  Just sayin.   

     

    http://www.fidlee.com/android-support-vs-ios-support/

     

     

    Thanks to Tim B for the heads up on this next one.   Which is a really pretty graph - well pretty if you like Green and have an iOS device.  If you own an Android device - it is just a downright depressing chart.  and if you are an android fan bois it is one of those charts you hope someone like me never gets a hold of.  What is said chart about - well it is about OS version support for released product.  Green represents that said device is on the current major version.  Yellow means it is one major version behind - orange is 2 behind.  Pinkish is 3 behind - dark red is 4 behind and Black is >4 major revisions behind. 

     

    And then they chart months and years after a product is released.   Here is what is simply amazing.  Only two kinda 3is Major Andorid devices out of  16 were still on the current major version a year after release.  I say 3 ish as the Nexus s 12 months after release was one revision behind - but a few months later was back on the latest version - but then quick faded after that.  Also with Android devices - 7 of the 16 were on the first day they were released 1 major revision behind.  With 6 of them never getting caught up.  The longest any Android device stayed on the current major version - 1 Year - 10 months - that was the Galaxy nexus.  The Longest an iOS device stayed on the latest version - 4 years 3 months.  That was the iPhone 3GS.  Which is now just one major revision behind. 

     

    Of the 9 android devices over that are 2 years or older - on the 2year mark - 5 of the 9 were 3 major revisions behind.  2 were 2 major revision behind and 2 were just one major revisions behind. 

     

    All iOS device were up to date on their 2 year mark and their 3 year mark.  

     

    So in a nut shell - if you want a device that has the latest and greatest software - because you now the OS is kind of important for touch screen devices - then Android is not what you want.  

     

    By the way the 16 Android devices are the top of the line devices - Nexus's - Sammy S2, S3, Note, HTC One, and so on.  This chart as the author notes would look a lot lot worse if you went with lower end android devices.  

     

    I do find it very interesting - Apple definitely wants you to upgrade every two years - but realistically the life of an iOS device is at least 4 years.  What that means is at the 2 year mark - if you purchased your iOS device when it was first released - it is just half way through its life cycle - that means it has greater value for resale.  So to me this says Apple's plan to get to upgrade every two years - is to give you a device you can easily sell in two years that retains enough value to make it worthwhile to sell or pass on.   And Androids strategy to get your to upgrade is to release devices that in two years have reached the end of their useful life - so you are forced to upgrade.  Again interesting strategy - I kind of like going with the option where I am not forced to upgrade but choose to upgrade myself.  

     

    http://blogs.computerworld.com/mac-os-x/23229/

    apple-winning-os-war

     

    Johnny Evans has a post out on computerworld titled - Apple is winning the OS war - and he starts it with quote This won't be a popular opinion but the inconvenient truth is that Apple is winning the OS wars unquote

     

    Well there is one thing he is wrong about - it is a popular opinion around these parts.  Essentially he looked over that chart I just went over and then looked at the state of not just Android - but also MS Windows and OS X.  

     

    His conclusion is that only iOS is positioned well for the future. Why because with iOS you get uniformity of revision of the OS over the vast majority of devices.  over 70% of iOS users are already on iOS 7.  Where as the latest version of Android KitKat is at about 1.1% of Android users.  As he points out with Android devices are out of date when they come out of the box and many can't be upgraded.

     

    http://blogs.computerworld.com/smartphones

    /23193/googles-schmidt-claims-only-samsung

    -google-match-iphone

     

    Eric Schmidt is up to no good again - and by that I mean he is communicating with the world.  Google really should lock him in faraday cage somewhere.  This time he put together a post telling people how to switch from iOS to Android - because he said many of his friends are switching from iPhone to Android - and by Friends I am assuming he means upper management at Android and by switching I think he means - you switch or your fired.   Hopefully in two years when all those that switched find out their Android device is woefully out of date and they must upgrade - Eric will be so nice as to put up a post on how to switch back.

     

    Now one thing Schmidt did say in the post that I am sure made many at google cringe is when he said quote "The latest high-end phones  Samsung  Galaxy S4, Motorola Droid Ultra and the Nexus 5  have better screens, are faster, and have a much more intuitive interface," unquote   

     

    Or put another way - these are the only Android devices worth a damn and the rest are crap.  I am sure the folks at HTC, LG, Sony, Lenovo and the plethora of other Android manufactures were not at all feeling slighted. 

     

    Oh and his comments about them being faster - umm - yeah not anywhere even remotely close to true.  

     

     

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - TIP_JEFF_USE_FIND

     

     

    Kudos to Matt for this next comment / observation about why Apple does not pre-load all the apps.

     

    Hi Rob, 

    I think that one reason that the quality Apple apps that have gone free with IOS 7 are not automatically included in the stock apps is that they are also fairly large. Garage Band, Pages, Numbers, and iPhoto take up over 1.5 gb on my 16 gb iPhone and I haven't created anything with them yet. Adding Keynote and iMovie would take an additional gb of space. All the more reason to make 32 gb the entry level storage size for devices. 

    Regards,

    Matt S. in winston-Salem NC

     

    Matt - I am sure that is it - Apple does not want a 16 GB iOS device shipping with 4 GB of Apps pre-installed.  Makes you think you have less space available then you do - that said - I don't think there should be 16 GB iOS devices anymore any way - 32 GB should be the entry level. 

     

     

    Hi Rob

     

     

    For the gentleman on episode 288 that bricked his iPhone and can't restore, I had the same problem once and was able to connect my iPhone to a different computer and accomplish a restore.  If this works , then once the phone is functioning he could try to restore from a backup on the original computer or copy the backup file to the new computer and try to restore from that. This worked for me once, so possibly he can use a friends computer and iTunes to unbrick his phone. I believe he needs to make sure the computer is logged in with his iTunes account and connected to the internet for the authorization process to go smoothly. 

     

     

    Regards

    Brent

     

     

    Hey again Rob,

    regarding Jon's request in episode 289 about transferring itunes credit to a new account I think the best thing may be to just leave the account open and use it to gift apps to other accounts until the credits run out. As far as getting the old purchases to the new devices they will need to set up home sharing to do that.

    hope that helps,

    Ben from productivitypad.blogspot.com

     

     

     

     

    Hey Rob. 

    One of your listeners called about the wifi and Bluetooth on an iPhone 4S not working, This did happen to me once as well. The switch was greyed out as if it was disabled, and nothing I did could change it. I heard of the "put it in a ziplock and place in freezer" thing, but it didn't work for me. Just so he knows, he wasn't alone. In the end, apple just replaced my phone.(Sidebar: before I forget, I had that 4S for the longest time(about 2 years) and never had that problem, but I then did one of those minor bug fixing updates, and then the wireless didn't work.)

     

    Also, two callers had problems with touch ID, and you asked for feedback, I've never had a problem. None. Zero. Zilch. I love it. 

     

    And one question, anyone else with a 5S noticing that sometimes a wireless network that you know is there won't show up for the longest time? Just wondering if I'm the only one. (I mean it. It takes quite some time.)

     

    Regards,

    Dan, from Orangeville,

     

     

    Hey Rob,

    As someone who is running iOS 7, I can't stand using Apple maps. The area I live in is so messed up on Apple maps that I doubt I'll go back. It is sad but Google maps hasn't steered me wrong. 

    Regards,

    Alex

     

     

    Hi Rob

    Listening to your most recent podcast and I had to stop to disagree. Apple maps is more popular ONLY because it is the default map. To make this worse Apple won't allow you to switch this default. Trust me, I love apple and dislike Google (generally). However, Apples approach to this is, well... very Googlelike!

     

    Apple maps is worse than Google maps. You can't even zoom into a route and my wife recently had a fender bender fighting this frustrating feature gap. 

     

    Love your show and generally agree. This one however, I could not disagree more strongly. Apple needs to allow choosing a different map. If there is a way to do this (apart from jail breaking) if love to hear it!

    Regards,

    Tom in San Antonio

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Josh_cincy_fdbk_google_maps

     

     

    PLAY MUSIC from Misfit toys 

     

    We have a USell back this week as a sponsor - and that is Usell spelled U  S E L L - who is an aggregator of buyers of mobile devices.  You know you have some old mobile devices - be it iPhones, iPads, or dare we say it Android devices laying around that are collecting dust.  Don't be your own little island of misfit mobile toys - sell them off to someone that will love them and use them and touch them all over.   You remember how happy that The Charlie in the box was and the spotted elephant was when they found new owners - well that mobile device you have collecting dust or stuck in a draw can feel the same way.  And when you go to today in iOS dot com slash usell - you can put a smile on your face too by getting cold hard cash.  For example an iPhone 5 64 gb Verizon version right now will get you a top offer of $305 - that is $45 more than the same device would get you at that company that has the name of cheetah food.  

    Again go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is slash U S E L L - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

     

     

    http://podcast411.libsyn.com/411-i-tem-0229

    -igor-ramos-recap-call-recorder

     

    I mentioned I received my RECAP 2 phone recorder - well I had a chance to try it out - and I did so by interviewing the Creator of the RECAP - Igor Ramos for Podcast411 - the interview was done using the RECAP and my iPhone where I called him on his home's cordless phone.  I recorded the call on another iPhone in the boss jock app.  If you would like to hear that interview - go to podcast411 dot com and look for that interview.  

     

    The version I used for the call - was the RECAP 2 - and that version is now part of a Kickstarter campaign - that just launched last week and will run until Jan 14th - this is a great device for recording Phone calls from your iPHone or Skype calls or FaceTime audio calls.  I need to get a Skype or FaceTime call recorded and put on this show so you can hear the quality.  For now you can hear how a phone call sound in the interview I did.  The cost of the Recap 2 is $50  - just search for RECAP in Kickstarter dot com.  

     

    What I really like about this - is that it is a essentially a phone hybrid that plugs into your iPhone headphone jack and allows you to record on another iOS device - which most of us have now - be it an older iPhone or an iPad.  And it does not require an external power supply and the really great part it is about 1" x 1" x 0.5" - it is smaller than the square reader.  

     

    So it is perfect companion for those that travel a lot but still need to do phone or Skype interviews when on the road.

     

    If you go to podcast411 - you will see the full set up for the interview in the picture at the top and also as the episode artwork for ep 229 of podcast411.

     

     

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/

    651803572/life-spot-powerful-solution?ref=search

     

    Hi Rob, I found this kick starter project and thought you might like it. It is called the Life spot - two words with a dash in the middle.

     

    Regards,

    Nathan

     

    Thanks Nathan for the heads up - and this is a nice product for the IT guy needing to get a charging center set up in the office.

     

    While they say it is for Home or office - I can't imagine too many wives being happy with this.

     

    What this is is a tower with multi-charging alcoves - where over all you could charge 8 different devices.  Pricing on this is $65 and they have hit their goal of $25,000 - with over $31,000 raised - this project is only running until December 15th at 12:00 AM ET.

     

    Right now the option is to get a tower that supports - 2 Apple 30 pin connectors, 2 lightening connectors and 4 Micro USB connectors.

     

    If they hit their stretch goal of 50k - then you will have the option also of either all Apple devices only or all Micro USB only.

     

    Search for life dash spot at kickstarter dot com.

     

     

    http://makezine.com/2013/11/26/an-early

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    Thanks to Thomas for this next one - which is a post at Makezine dot com titled - An early look at the cortado - the Arduino you'll never plug in.

     

    Ok - so if you go and listen to the interview I did with Igor - you will hear him mention that the RECAP is based on Arduino.  Which is a hardware platform similar in a similar ilk as Raspberry pie - except not nearly as complicated.  

     

    What is special about the Cortado - is that you send your sketches to the board wirelessly.  The module has an RGB LED, a 3 Axis Accelerometer, 8 digital I/O Pins with 2 option analog inputs - and what you can do with it - is really dependent on your imagination.

     

    At this point you are either completely lost - or very excited - if the later - search for Cortado in the show notes for ep 290 over at today in iOS Dot com.  If the former - sorry - I will turn off my inner geek now.

     

     

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - DECLAN_imovie_issue

     

    I asked declan 

    If he had tried force quitting all open apps - and then going to Settings --> General --> Reset --> Reset Network settings.

     

    He did that and reported back that fixed his issue. It seems in iOS 7 more than any past version of iOS - closed apps are not really closed - until you do a re-boot.  Great - iOS 7 is getting more and more like windows - just re-boot and issues go away.  

     

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    I wonder if one of your listeners can help me with a problem for which I haven't found a solution on the Net.

     

    I have two Exchange email accounts set up on my iOS 7 devices, and they both work fine apart from one issue - I cannot move emails between them or from my Gmail or iCloud email accounts to them. Whenever I try one of these moves, the Exchange accounts are greyed out, making moving impossible.

     

    My work IT department can't solve it but said they couldn't see why it shouldn't work OK. Then they mentioned Apple Configurator (for deploying iOS devices in Enterprise), which they said could probably be used to allow moving between multiple Exchanges accounts. But when I had a look at the Configurator pages I got cold feet because I'm no expert and it looked pretty complicated. The last think I want to do is brick my device or do something nasty to my devices.

     

    Does anyone out there have a solution that is simple and doable by a non-expert such as myself? Maybe I only need to follow a couple of basic Configurator steps?

     

    Many thanks indeed,

    David

     

     

    Hi Rob. I really hate not knowing when I have a missed call. I can't always be near my phone, like when its charging. I'd like to know if there are any services or apps to email me when I have a missed call and if I'm lucky maybe even text messages. That way when I'm on my ipad or Mac I can know when I have missed such event. Thank you for your work.

    Regards Luis

     

    Hi Luis,

    You might want to check into YouMail - they used to have a feature of emailing you when you got a message - not sure if they did that when you missed a call as well

    I believe YouMail is still free.

     

    And then Luis emailed me back to say yes it did what he was looking for - so if you are looking to get an email when you get a voicemail or miss a call - take a look at YouMail.

     

     

    Ok - we got a bunch of feedback about touchID and it working or not working and possible why for the not working part.

     

    VOICEMAIL - DRDAVE_fdbk_touchID

     

    Hello Rob,

    Last week I sent you an email about my iphone 5s finger print recognition problem. Subsequently I solved the problem which might be classified as "operator error" After you answered my email I went into settings and Touch ID and Edit.  I touched the finger associated with my thumb and moved it around until the Finger line got darker as it recognized my thumb print.  I notice that it was recognizing the print much lower on my thumb than what I had been using. At this point I did not rescan my finger. Going out of the settings and back into the normal phone mode I had no problem unlocking the phone using the new position on my thumb.  

    I attribute part of the problem I had with the phone having this "learning period" of the thumb print and liked the lower part of my thumb better than the upper part.  The thing that was confusing about my problem was that the first few hours after I initially scanned my thumb, the phone would unlock on the upper part of my thumb.

    Thanks for you help

    Jim from Lakewood CO 

     

    Hi Rob,

    I just got my Gold 32Gb 5s and I too have Touch ID woes. Though for now I am going to blame it on my ever so changing thumbprints. I know that sounds weird but Touch ID worked all weekend fine. However within a couple hours of work on Monday it wouldn't work. I am an electrician in in the industrial sector and my hands take a beating so I'm thinking the scratches and what not to my thumbs temporarily alter my prints (I've tried other fingers too-same issue). Other than that I'm loving my new phone. Huge improvement seeing I'm coming from a 4s. 

     

     

    Thanks for all you do

     

     

    Dave T

     

     

    Hi Rob

    I wanted to respond to a couple questions that were recently asked on the show.

     

    There was a question about the fingerprint reader on the 5S.  I got my 5S on release day. Initially the fingerprint scanner would almost always unlock the phone on the first try.  I live in Minnesota.  I noticed that as the weather has gotten colder and my hands have gotten drier, I'm having more problems with the fingerprint reader. I frequently end up with enough bad tries that is makes me enter my code. I'm wondering if the dry, cracked hands confuse the reader. 

     

    There was a question about missing apps.  I just helped someone migrate from a 4s to a 5s. He has iTunes back up his phone to his PC. I told him to sync the old phone before he brought it in, then sync the new phone when he got it home.  I said that would take care of nearly everything and make the upgrade process really smooth. It migrated most things but not his apps.  IITunes showed no apps for the phone. It turned out he had recently gotten a new work PC. He didn't have administrator rights. Something was wrong with iTunes on his PC. It wasn't signing him in. When he would try to sign in, iTunes crashed. Once he got that resolved, he was able to sign into iTunes and restore his apps.  

     

    Lastly, I noticed something about the 5s that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. I had been using Bluetooth earbuds with my 4s. I would get periodic audio dropouts, especially if I got near someone else using Bluetooth. Using the same earbuds with the 5s, the dropouts are gone. They must have done something with the 5s to improve Bluetooth. 

     

     

    Joe in Minnesota

     

     

     

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    Steve VA_TouchID

     

    Woody_NJ_cmnts_touchId_skin_dried_out

     

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    Hi Rob,

    I was listening to your latest podcast & thought I’d add a few tips that really helped me to obtain consistent results using the fingerprint scanner.  First, you’re right on the mark with making sure one tries to calibrate against as much area as possible around the center of the thumb or other finger.  Here’s a few more pointers, based upon my experience:

     

    a)      While calibrating, lightly place the thumb or other finger on the sensor and do NOT move it until vibration is felt, indicating it is time to lift the finger off the sensor & gently placing it back on again.  Don’t get in a hurry calibrating!

    b)      Likewise, when unlocking one’s phone, touch & hold.  I usually press the button to activate the screen, then release pressure on the button, while leaving my thumb stationary, which works well for me.

    c)       With respect to (a) & (b), too often one lifts the finger or moves it before the scanning is complete.  Once again, while calibrating, wait until the phone vibrates before lifting finger, and when opening the phone, lightly hold finger steady on the sensor—don’t move or slide thumb/finger until it unlocks.  These two techniques resulted in consistent unlocking for me at least 90% of the time.  My phone would still occasionally throw a fit & not read my fingerprint, but it would read properly again later in the day.

    d)      Final tip, calibrate each thumb or finger to at least two of the five memories.  I have my right thumb to 3 of the 5, and my left to the remaining 2 positions, and haven’t had a single miss-read on unlocking since.

     

    Oh, and for a security tip—I tend to control my phone using the tip of my thumb, so when calibrating & unlocking, I use the central part of my thumb (swirl area).  Once my phone unlocks, I just slide my thumb off the sensor, which wipes it clean of the print, making it more difficult for someone to obtain a clean copy of my print off the phone.

     

    Hope this helps!!!  :-)

     

    Alani

     

     

     

    http://9to5mac.com/2013/12/06/microsoft

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    MS just updated their Bing app for iPad to Version 2.0 - Ok - ok calm down - the episode is almost over you can wait a few minutes to update the app - no need to do it right now.

     

    I mean first up you don't even know what was updated - like the revamped UI to match up with iOS 7 aesthetics.  Or that you can now have images and bookmarks saved in the app and synced via MS skydive.  Or even more importantly - you can now share search results for Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms - because nothing says oooppps like accidentally sharing a search inquiry for Cream Pie - when you really were looking for a recipe for a cream pie.  And god forbid you share a search result when you are looking for an automated teller machine.  

     

    Any way v 2.0 of the ping App is out there waiting for you once you get through today's episode.  Ok for the rest of you that stayed around - lets move on.  

     

     

    http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/11/28/

    once.again.third.party.knockoff.charger.

    suspected.in.death/

     

    Thanks to all that sent in links to this tragic story. It is about another person that was electrocuted to death because they were using a cheap knock off charger.  This was a 28 year old man in Thailand - who was electrocuted while charging up his iPhone 4S.  Photos taken at the scene indicate it was a 3rd party charger.  Look - Cheap - case - sure - Cheap earphones - No Problem - But Cheap Chargers - Big problem. Stay with just Apple chargers.  Is it really worth dying over - and don't say well it was purchased here in the US or Europe so it is safe  - wrong - some knock off chargers being sold in the US or Europe are the same basic chargers as the ones that killed or injured those in China.  Either get the official Apple chargers or ones that certified by Apple.  

     

     

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    Hi Rob I've been following the discussion on making ring tones on the iPhone with GarageBand. Well I downloaded GarageBand, made myself a ring tone, and installed it to my phone all from my phone. I then go into my settings app and select my new custom ring tone. However the next time someone calls me only the default ring tone plays. I then go back into the settings and check to make sure my custom ring tone is selected (and it is, and it does play) yet when someone calls me the default ring tone still plays. Has anyone else had this issue? I am on a 32 GB iPhone 5S running iOS 7.0.4

    Regards,

    Dave T

     

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    Noooooooo - I thought we were done with this topic.  For anyone else that has created a ringtone via Garagband on your iOS device - were you able to get it to stick?

     

     

    Hey Rob

    I'm not sure if I'm missing something here, but is there anyway to attach a PDF file within the email app, like you can do photos/videos. It's a pain having to go to the PDF shelf in the iBooks app to send that file then go back to the address book because I forgot to copy the email address. Is there any app that does this?

    Regards,

    AJ

     

    I AJ - Sorry - you can only select a photo or video to put into an email right from the email - Per a PDF - you need to go to the iBooks app select the PDF and then select the option to email it out.  Now if you need to get that PDF into a specific email you are responding to - you go to the iBooks app - tap on the doc and tap to email it - then when the email opens with the PDF in it - tap in the email and select all and copy - and then go back to the email you need to reply to and paste it.

     

    But sorry no simple way like with Photos or videos. 

     

     

     

    Hi Rob,

    Since my wife and I got married about a year and a half ago she has been having issues with iCloud. After we got married she changed her gmail account associated with her iCloud to change her last name. Now her 4s, which originally was associated with her old gmail account, will prompt her to sign into iCloud using her old gmail account and password. Her iTunes account only recognizes her new gmail address which, is odd because we have synced her phone and even restored to no avail. Any thoughts on what's causing this or how we can get her iCloud to recognize her new email address?

    Regards,

    Mason C

     

     

    Hey Rob, 

     

    I just found the obvious solution to an issue I have had for a couple of years. When I first got an iPhone, I started a long process of looking for an app to handle my Gmail. 

     

    I had always felt Apple’s Mail integration with Gmail was funky. Which I am told is because Gmail uses non standard whatsiwhosits. (That’s a technical term.) Before the update to Maverick, I was content to keep trying new Gmail apps to see if that was the issue. 

    However, with the recent updates to Maverick, my Gmail was more than a little glitchy on my Macbook. I ended up checking my multiple gmail accounts in my browser, and was even more frustrated with my apps for iOS 7. 

    My solution? I got an iCould email account. I had avoided that for years, but my crush on Google has been fading fast with the G+ integration of Youtube, and the issues with my Apple Mail not playing well with my Gmail. 

     

    I found out quickly that I had been missing out because anything that hits my iCloud email was in my Apple Mail, and iOS Mail apps instantly. This included the Gmail that I was forwarding through to my iCloud account. Even better, I had no idea that I could have three aliases, so I was able to delete several gmail accounts which helped untangle things that the G+, account switching, youtube has done to my stuff. 

     

    For the first time with my iPhone I am happy with how my mail sorts itself with the new iCloud rules, and iCloud account. I guess Google lost me. If Apple comes up with a viable alternative to Youtube, I’d have no reason to use anything Google at all. 

     

    I can’t be the only one that resisted an iCloud account for so long. If had known how slick that was, I would have done it years ago. 

     

    Thanks for your show. I love your work, 

    -Wolsey

     

     

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    For anyone who is a podcaster AND you are hosting with Libsyn - I wanted to let you know for the New Media Expo - if you have a small poster 11 x 14 or smaller or some biz cards 4 x 6 or smaller and you would like them shown off at the Libsyn Booth - email me rob at libsyn dot com.  If you are not going - you can snail mail them to me - if you are going - we can set up you bringing them to me at the show.  

     

    If you are not going to the new media expo and are interested in getting into podcasting or blogging - this is the show for you - if you are already blogging or podcasting - this is the show to go to to connect with other podcasters and bloggers and learn how to better your craft.  I have been to everyone and can not recommend going strong enough.  This next one is 4 weeks away - Saturday Jan 4th - the 5th and the 6th.  So when it ends you can stay a little longer and go to CES.  Which is what I am doing.  Which starts on the 7th.  I hope to see some of you at NMX or CES in Jan - but definitely NMX as I will be speaking there and Libsyn will have a booth.  Again even if you are not going and a libsyn customer email me rob@libsyn dot com to get me your cards or info to show off at the show. 

     

     

    Thanks again to our sponsor Squaretrade.  Remember for your iPad warranty - just $89 for a two year warranty - you save $35 by going to square trade dot com slash t i i 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2.  the iPad Mini 2 with Retina is so light and easy to take with you it is truly a mobile tablet you will want to take everywhere - and that means the potential for accidents.  Squaretrade dot com / tii 2 for your $89 iPad Mini and iPad Air warranty. 

     

    I also want to thank our other sponsor Usell - go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is the letters U s e l l - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

     

     

    If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news.  Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback.  Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.    

     

    And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The  feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else.  An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed.  I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in.  And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show.  This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.  And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.  

     

     

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    iOS Artwork - iTem 0289 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0289 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob,

    Here is some artwork I made on my iPod Touch from a picture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I used the apps Aviary, Repix, and Over. 

    Best regards,

    Cal from North Carolina

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    Transcript for Episode 289

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    http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/11/12iPad-

    mini-with-Retina-Display-Available-Starting-Today.html

    Well at the end of the last episode I said it was likely we would find out shortly about when the iPad Mini would go on sale and I would send out a push when it was announced.  And then I finished the episode - uploaded it - made it live - I sent the push notification to All the great Tii App owners that the new episode was live - that was around 3:20 AM ET On the 12th and then I opened my email to find this waiting for me. 

    Hi Rob,

    The apple store is up and the mini retina is available!

    Regards, steph

    and 

    Hey Rob,

    Its 3:16 am ET in the morning and I just ordered my Pad mini with Retina display Wi-Fi 16GB - Silver

    I will be receiving it Nov 20 -23

    Can't wait to get it

    regards,

    Jeff From Cincinnati Ohio

    Thanks Steph and Jeff. 

    And Per their emails I said to myself Hot dig giddy - and jumped on Apple.com and ordered me one of them Silver LTE iPad Mini with Retina and 128 GB of storage.  And had it engraved - This is Mom's iPad go get your own.  At that time it said it ships in 5 to 10 days with delivery set for between Nov 26 th and Dec 4th.  

    And then I sent out a Push saying the iPad Mini with Retina was available for sale. Ummm I mean First I sent out the push about it being available and then I ordered my Wife's iPad Mini - Yeah Yeah That's the ticket.  In either case - the iPad Mini I ordered has shipped from the factory in China and is in transit with the new delivery date currently set for Monday the 25th. The iPad currently is in Anchorage Alaska - so it is in the US. It had spent over 76 hours and 15 Minutes in Hong Kong - earlier this week.  What it did in Hong Kong for 76 hours and 15 Minutes is something maybe is best if we did not talk about it when it gets here. Hong Kong can be a city of vices.  If all goes well - Monday the iPad Mini will be here.  

    It was Strange for Apple to just with no fan fare make the iPad Mini Retina available for Online order.  Many said this is because Apple is facing a major shortage for the holidays.  An in Apples low key Press Release announcing its availability - Phil Schiller said quote we’re working hard to get as many as we can in the hands of our customers. unquote   Which does not sound awfully comforting for those looking to get one.  And you would think delivery times would be slipping on Apple dot com if a shortage was truly in the cards.  Except when I ordered mine originally - The delivery date listed on Apple.com for all but the 16 and 32 GB wifi units was listed as 5 to 10 days - with the 16 and 32 GB wifi units listed as 1 to 3 business days.  And a week later the delivery dates had not changed at all. But then on Friday the 22nd - there was a delivery date change to 5 to 10 business days for all models.

     Does this mean there is now a shortage and you will not get your before Christmas?  No not if you order before the 7th of December.  Anything after that and it is a crap shoot at best.  

    As for me it will be about a 2 week delivery schedule and I ordered with in 30 Minutes of it going on line - to no advanced warning.   So think how things will be after Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  Definitely best to order sooner rather than later if you want it for Christmas. Because - times are starting to slip just a little bit now. 

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/tech/

    mobile/apple-ipad-mini-sale/index.html

    Hello Rob,

     I have a question for you and your listeners. 

    I bought an iPad Mini with Retina for my wife today as a surprise Christmas gift.  She has an iPhone 4 now with iCloud backup.  When we go set the iPad mini up and it asks if we want to use her iPhone iCloud account to restore from, what do you suggest we do?  I don't want her iPad to have a bunch of iPhone apps on it. Can she still use her same Apple ID but choose not to restore her apps but to start with the stock iPad Apps? That way she can download the iPad versions of the apps that she wants. 

    Regards,

    John 

    Hi John,

    If your wife has a whole bunch of custom settings / email accounts and other items she would rather not have to reset up - then use the back up - and just delete out all the apps she does not want.

    However I tend to find starting from scratch will present less issues.  Personally I gave this some thought per if I want to set up my wife's on order iPad Mini Retina from her backup of her current iPad 3rd gen - or did I want to start from scratch.  And I decided it would be best to start from scratch - as it should mean a lot less likely chance of issues.

    So I am literally going to give her a fresh start.  

    Then if she does not like the fresh start and misses all her book marks in the browsers and emails - I can then do a restore from the back up - after she asks me to - and then if anything goes wrong - well my Butt is covered.

    Not that I fear the woman. But Change and my wife - are not things that go well together.  

    RW

    Well I don't have my new iPad mini Retina or iPMR for those so disposed to speaking in acronimish. But I can at least see some iPMR porn over a ifixit where they lifted the skirt on the iPMR.

    So what did we learn with this tear down.  Well first Off - it appears Apple got a really good deal on a bulk purchase of Glue - because ones again they use it liberally inside the iPad Mini Retina - which means it is not an easy device to take about or service.  

    We also learned as expected it has 1 GB of RAM. The Battery in the IPad Mini Retina is not surprisingly bigger - now 24.3 WHr's vs the original mini's 16.3 WHr's - this difference in battery is why the new mini is just slightly thicker than the originally mini. 

    The A7 in the iPad Mini is the same exact one as in the iPhone 5S - which means it is running at 1.3 GHz - and not the 1.4 GHz of the iPad Air's A7 processor.  So it is not the exact same processor of the iPad Air.  More on that later. 

    Overall iFixit gives the iPad Mini Retina a 2 out of 10 for repairability.  

    On the plus side - the LCD and Glass are not fused together and can be replaced independently - and the Battery is not soldered to the logic board or other components - but with all the glue in there - forget about replacing the battery on your own - unless you do repairs for a living.  

    Any way for those looking for iPad Mini Retina porn - check out the link in the show notes titled iPad Mini Retina teardown - iFixit.

    http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/

    iPad+Mini+Retina+Display+Teardown/19374

    http://www.digital-101.com/2013/11/

    ipad-mini-with-retina-display-and-ipad.html

    So now that the iPad Mini Retina is in the wild - that means Benchmark testings are being run.  And unlike with Samsung that lies, cheats and manipulates bench mark testing - Apple allows for real testing of the devices.  So how did the iPad Mini with the A7 processor do - Pretty much exactly how we hoped it would - And that is it smoked / destroyed / humiliated all other 7 and 8 inch tablets on the market.  The only tablet that beats the iPad Mini Retina is the iPad Air.  And while they are close - the iPad Air is running at 1.4 GHZ while the iPad Mini is clocked down to 1.3 GHZ - which is also where the iPhone 5S is running.  For Speed benchmark tests - the iPad Mini Retina - is running about 1.5 to 2X the speed of the Nexus 7 for comparison sake.  

    http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/11/19/

    retina-ipad-mini-inferior-display-ipad-air-matter/

    There is one notable difference between the iPad Air and the iPad Mini Retina - And that is in color Gamut - as in the iPad Air's display is much better in this area vs the iPad Mini - so who does this effect - basically Professional photographers - 

    Will every day folks notice the difference - Not from what I have read or heard back.  I will compare it to the iPad 3rd Gen once I get it - with it being the iPad mini retina.  There was one other  issue with issue in quotes - raised by Marco Arment.  Who said there was an image retention issue for some units - and he has a test you could run.  Interesting thing is I have read and heard from a few people - that when they ran this test on their new iPad Mini Retina - the testing of their device showed their new device was fine - but when they ran the test on their old iPad Mini original - the unit failed the test - which is interesting in that they never saw an issue.  Mind you it is being reported this image retention issue is for a small % of units - so what is the test and should you run it?  Well per the later part of the question - only run it if you think you are seeing an issue - and to run it Look for the link in the show notes titled - Image Retention on Retina iPad Mini

    I will run this on my iPad mini when it comes in - and if you do run it - let me know your results. 

    I will talk more about this once I have one - but in the mean time there are some links to check out in the show notes. 

    I should point out one place where the iPad Mini Retina fell behind some other tablets was in the previously mentioned color Gamut test - where the 7" Nexus and Kindle tablets had better Color Gamut.  You will likely see those test results mentioned over and over and over again. Because you know if they talk about any other specs - then iPad Mini kicks the but of those devices - like where it had over 35% more screen real estate or is 1.5 to 2+ Times faster in benchmark tests.  Again if color Gamut is a huge thing for you - then you don't need me to explain it - and if you do - it is not a big thing for you - and likely not an issue at all for you.  More on this in the next episode for sure. 

    http://www.marco.org/2013/11/14/image-retention-retina-ipad-mini

    INTO the email bag we go.

    Hi Rob,

     Well, as promised the new Mini was waiting for me when I arrived home.

    You believe it still had 7.0.3 on it? I mean ..

    Well, anyhow, what is there to say. It's  a great device.

     Of small note as I've not seen this pointed out elsewhere, the new mini ships with the full sized iPad's 12-watt charger rather than the previous Mini's iPhone charger. The new Mini has a bigger battery.

     Also, I  was able to get on the t-mobile free data plan quickly and easily without calling anybody. I  just set it up from the Cellular submenu under Settings. No numbers were required off of the unit itself which is important to me as I am blind thus no sighted assistance was required.

    With regard to the Apple $69 leather case:

    It fits well and looks and feels great.

    The opening to allow access to the lightning port is large enough to allow a non Apple cable like my collection of Amazon Basics Lightning cables.

    Regards,

    Kevin Barry

    So Kevin,

    Were you able to get the free 200 MB plan from T-mobile right from the iPad Mini?

    Any special steps needed?

    Great news about the bigger charger.

    Hi Rob,

    Directly from the iPad mini. Nothing more than fill in new account info, without any payment info, in the cellular settings section.

    It assigned a phone number and off I went.

    Really couldn't have been any easier.

    Regards,

    Kevin

    Hi Rob,

    I got your notification about the mini 2 hrs. after it went live. Ordered a 64 gig, space grey Verizon. Web site said delivery Nov. 26 - Dec. 6. Unit shipped with a delivery date of Nov. 20. Arrived Nov. 18. 

    I love it. It came fully charged and ready to go. I love it. 

    Thanks for the heads up. 

    Regards,

    Tom

    Hi Rob,

    I was browsing the Apple Store app on my iPhone last Tuesday and did a double take when I saw the link to reserve and collect an iPad mini with retina display.  Pickups were only same-day so I got online at 6am the next day  and reserved a 64Gb black/slate wifi model from my local store in Norwich UK.

    Unboxing, I was amazed at how light it was compared to my current iPad 3rd gen which normally resides at home, it's size and weight just scream - "take me with you!"

    The speed of the iPad is the second shock to the system - it flies.  Apps like my daily newspaper which was unflatteringly sluggish to open on the iPad3 in over 20 seconds now opens in under 5.

    The speaker is louder, with more depth of sound and better base.  The display has the razor sharp crispness that I got used to with the full size iPad.  My only criticism is that the icon colours lack a slight depth to them and appear very slightly paler or washed out.  I am being picky here but there is a noticeable difference.

    I was slightly concerned about reports on Twitter of some users complaining about image burn-in but i can see no evidence of this in my unit as of yet.

    Lastly, I'm just starting to get into the new free Apple apps that I have at my disposal now, iMovie for one has loads of potential - they are not pre-loaded so need to be downloaded from the App Store.

    Regards,

    Julian.   Suffolk, UK.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/12/

    new_ipad_mini_is_already_going_for_a_song/

    You have to wonder sometimes what it is that Apple did to piss off the UK press - as it is rare I don't see major link bate - Apple bashing headlines - when it is an article out of the UK.  The latest is the following headline from the Register in the UK - Quote Apple's new iPad Mini ALREADY set for Black Friday PRICE SLASH unquote.  So does this mean Apple is slashing the price of the new iPad mini retina.  NOPE - what it means are some stores are offering up gift cards to those that buy the iPad Mini on Black Friday - but that is also true for other tablets as well.  In the case of Target - they are offering up a $75 gift card if you are lucky enough to get an iPad mini retina on black friday.   You get a $100 gift card for the iPad Air.  

    Going to the email bag

    Hi Rob,

    I got Walmart's Black Friday ad on Nov 12th. One thing they listed is the iPad Mini (non-retina) for $299 plus a $100 gift card. There's a 1 hour in-stock guarantee, so if there isn't one available, you can still buy it for that price and pick it up later.

    They are also giving $75 gift cards with the purchase of an iPhone 5S or 5C, plus discounts. The 5S is listed for $189 and the 5C is $45. With the gift card they are giving you $30 to buy the 5C.

    Regards,

    Myron U

    Thanks Myron for that heads up.  Folks if you hear of any other good Black Friday deals - please email them into the show.  Or go to today in iOS dot com slash community and post up there any deals you find.

    http://www.amongtech.com/ios-7-0-4-comes

    -with-fix-for-facetime-bug-and-other-issues/

    Apple released last week a minor update to iOS 7 going to iOS 7.0.4.   As with an Dot zero dot X release it is all about the bugs man.  The key one being the FaceTime Bug and there is a security patch.  As always if / when updating to iOS 7.0.4 - which seems to be fine to update to - if you don't plan on Jailbreaking - more on that for jail breakers later in the show - but for non-jailbreakers - it does seem fine to update.  I updated and have had no issues.  As always before you update / upgrade.  1. Force quit all open apps - to - Back up / sync and back up again your iOS device - then do a reset - reset network settings - when your device reboots - make sure you reconnect to Wifi - and then go and do your update. 

    http://www.cultofmac.com/254839/all-the

    -changes-in-ios-7-1-beta-youll-actually-notice/

    So iOS 7.1 Beta 1 is out to Devs.  Personally I am holding off until at least the 3rd beta before trying it out.  

    That said here is what is new - one is there is now a second keyboard to choose from.  The new one is a dark keyboard which is supposed to really help some that are sight impaired better see the keys.  There is also improved contrast overall - where you have the option to reduce transparency turning the Dock and folder backgrounds a dark grey - so there are actually two options to chose - one called Reduce Transparency and the other called Darken Colors.  I know a few of you were asking for help in this area - and nice to see Apple stepping up and helping out there.  There is also a new HDR auto mode.  Which it then looks at all 3 exposures and picks the best one for you.  And now you can choose wether or not to upload all your burst mode photos.  So far those are some of the biggest changes in iOS 7.1 Beta 1 found so far - more to come on this shortly.  As always with the betas - I do not recommend them for anyone other than devs and testers of apps.  And really if you don't like when things break or don't go right stay away from the betas. 

    Hi Rob,

    I just got a new iPad Air 32GB by utilizing the Target deal last week to trade in my iPad Mini 16GB for $200. I also signed up for a Target "RedCard" to get an additional 5% off my purchase AND was able to do all this at a Target in Delaware (no sales tax)- so my total out of pocket expense was about $380. That helped me justify the jump from Mini to Air.

    I wasn't planning on getting a warranty on this, but after listening to your podcast today and being reminded of the SquareTrade deal you offer, I just went for it. I usually always get Apple Care warranties on my iPhones because they have saved my bacon more than once by handing me a new phone on the spot while I was traveling. I always liked this aspect of Apple Care because when my phone goes down, I need it replaced immediately.

    However, it dawned on me that this is not the case for my iPad. I could live for a few days without my iPad if I had to send it in for replacement with SquareTrade. And even though I only spent $380 on this, the replacement cost would be $600- so $89 for SquareTrade's extensive coverage started looking better and better.

    I just wanted to let you know that your great offer (and reminder) had me go for it. If any of your other listeners were reluctant to go with SquareTrade for their phones due to the shipping time involved, I'd suggest re-approaching the topic for iPads.

    Thanks again!

    -Matt G

    Hi Matt - thanks for taking advantage of the offer for the iPad warranties - which folks if you go to square trade dot com slash tii 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2 - you will get a 2 year warranty for just $89 - that is a savings of $35 off the normal price for being a Tii listener.  

    Per matt's comments about turn around for repairs - I contacting the folks at square trade and asked them  the following.  

    Hi Kenny,

    Quick question - When it comes to getting an iPhone or iPad repaired.

    What are all the options for squaretrade customers?  

    And what is the option that causes the shortest amount of time without the unit?

    I was thinking you can bring the device to Apple store - and then squaretrade reimburses you?  Is that one of the options?

    Thanks 

    Rob W

    And their response was Quote

    Hi Rob,

    Genius Bar is one of the options and also one of the best. With regards to shortest amount of time that goes without the unit, it really depends on the severity of the issue and what bandwidth the repair shop has. If you’re talking about a cracked screen, my recommendation would be to do some research of local repair shops online and then call them to see how quickly they can repair your device. We’ll reimburse you for the cost as long as you can furnish a receipt.

    Regards, 

    -Kenny at Squaretrade

    Unquote. 

    So you can get your iOS device repaired at an Apple store or at a local repair guy.  Which is really nice for those not close to an Apple store.  For iPhone warranties go to square trade dot come slash t i i -  and for the iPad go to square trade dot com slash t i i and the number 2.    And Yes absolutely 100% I am getting a square trade warranty for my iPad Mini when it gets hear and I already have one for my iPhone 5S.  It is nice having that piece of mind.

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Sharde_ringtones_tell

    Into The Email Bag.

    Hey Rob,

    In episode 287 a viewer was looking for a way to create a ringtone of a song on an iOS device without syncing it to iTunes. The only app that I can think of that can do this is GarageBand.  The app allows you to not only import songs from your music library into a project but also allows you to export that same project into a ringtone. 

    Regards, 

    Michael M.

    Hi Rob,

    I know that you can create a ringtone and apply it on the iPhone itself using the GarageBand app. It is now free with the iOS 7 update, so that makes it a much better option. I have done it several times and I can create a ringtone from a song I import on my iPhone. I hope this helps, as I have been doing this for a while and surprised you haven't heard it before. Keep up the great work rob. I look forward to this every week. 

    Regards,

    Ben K

    Hi Rob,

    How are you?

    Just responding to the caller on Episode 0288 about ringtones.

    I thought you already mentioned this approach, but you can create ringtones using only an iPhone and GarageBand.

    I outlined it last month in this video on my site here: http://appchasers.com/2013/10/17/how-to-create-ringtones-using-only-an-iphone/

    Its not the most straightforward method, but it works.

    Thanks for everything Rob!

    Eric Meister

    AppChasers.com

    VOICEMAIL - WALT_ANSWER_GARAGEBAND

    http://appchasers.com/2013/10/17/how

    -to-create-ringtones-using-only-an-iphone/

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - BLINDJOE_FDBK_RINGTONES

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - JIM_ANSWER_TO_SHANON

    I've experienced the samen 2001 error the 2001 error and did all the advised things on the apple site and on the internet. After bringing it in at an Apple store i got the iPhone replaced. It had something to do with a damaged baseband on the iPhone during the update or restore of iOS.

    The Genius whas nog able to repair the baseband. so he gave me a new iPhone.

    kind regards,

    Paulo Dekkers

    Hi Rob,

    On episode 288 you had a listener ask how he could stream his content from his apple tv to his iOS device. By chance I heard someone talk about this just yesterday. From how I understand it his solution did not brighter the Apple TV nor the iOS device to be jail broken. However - since it was on a iOS/Mac developer podcast it did involve downloading, compiling and installing a application from GitHub. From what I hear applications like this one sometimes also appear on the AppStore but usually get taken down again pretty quickly (like the screen recorders I keep looking for). I didn't pay attention to it because I don't have access to any Apple TV but would gladly go digging after it again. But since this requires a developer account I won't do so unless anyone actually is interested.

    Greeting from Bern, Switzerland

    Andris

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - GARY_FL_ANSWR_REDUCE_MOTION

    https://plus.google.com/communities/

    105412562215997292912

    From email and also posted up on the google plus community at todayinios dot com / community - 

    Hi Rob

    How about asking people to share their favorite holiday aps?

    Karen H

    And one response was - Grinchmas -  that from Carolyn P.  If you have your favorite Holiday App - let us know what it is send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com - or put up a post in the google+ community.

    Speaking of which here are a couple of the other items posted up there.  From Carolyn M - she asked - What is your favorite podcast app to fully enjoy Today in iOS.  There were 9 responses and they were - iCatcher, The Tii App three times, DownCast twice, the Podcasts App twice,  and Stitcher.  Go there and add in your own favorite podcast App for listening to this show and others.  

    https://plus.google.com/u/0/113410164

    456070196156/posts/LVmW1bMx39d?cfem=1

    There was also a post asking about is anyone has downloaded the iOS 7.1 Beta and what the new keyboard looks like - to which David D said the keyboard in iOS 7.1 beta is a big improvement and you can see the keys better and he changed over to the new black keyboard. 

    And there are other posts with other questions and comments and news - go to today in iOS dot com slash community to partake in that google plus community which by the way is a friendly no spam zone and no angry over compensating Android fan boy zone.  I do actually look at public posts for those that apply to get in and if they have reviews or anything pro Android in their posts - I don't even let them in.  I am going to air on the side of being too much of a gate keeper - as I am in other Apple / iOS Google+ communities and they are just run amok with Android Fan boys.  So if you are someone that has been turned off by the name calling and vitriol found on other Google+ communities - this one is highly moderated.  with a basic one strike rule.  Again go to today in iOS dot com / community to request to join.

    http://www.theguardian.com/technology/

    2013/nov/11/apple-maps-google-iphone-users

    Ok - Quick redaction of earlier comments - here is a post about apple from the UK that is actually I think pro Apple - it is from the Guardian and is titled - Apple Maps How Google Lost when everyone thought it had won. 

    Remember last year when the world was completely killing apple over apple Maps - and I was saying - hey it is not bad at all - and I actually thought it was good.  Yeah - well guess what once you took the tech press out of the equation it seems the majority of iOS users sided with me. In your face Android Fan boys posing as tech press.  See Comscore did some looking at usage and when they found was that For iPhone owners - 35 Million in the US used  Apples Map app in September compared to just 6 Mil using Google maps - and of that 6 mil - 2 mil were using iPhones that could not upgrade to iOS 6 and Apples maps app.  So just 4 mil of iOS 6 and 7 users use Google Maps vs 35 Mil for Apples Map.  Google clearly lost that battle.  I know personally I can't remember the last time I opened the Google Map app - I use the Apple Map app and have for a long long time now.  

    Don't feel bad for Google - it was their refusal to allow turn by Turn that got them booted from iOS to start with. 

    And now it is very clear - Apples Maps is by far and really not surprisingly the clear winner of Maps on iOS.  Not surprisingly - because people like using the default apps.  Which is why the Podcasts App is the number one Apps for consuming Podcasts - more so than all the other apps out there combined and times by a few. 

    And while the Podcasts app much to my chagrin is not pre-installed - it does get installed in the group of free apps including Find My iPhone and iBooks.  Why Apple does not make all their apps pre-installed apps can probably only be explained by an Accountant. 

    There is an article with Article in quotes and italicized - by Henry Blodget titled Come on Apple fans its time to admit that the company is blowing it. - and well The only thing it is time to admit is Henry Blogdet is an idiot. I mean Blind Monkeys throwing typewriters at broken clocks would be right more often then Mr Blodget and his link bait Apple loathing articles.  

    No sorry no link to his article in the show notes - because it is poppy cock to put it nicely.  So for those asking for my thoughts there they are.  He is basically calling for Apple to get in line with all the Android manufacturers and sell product for a loss so they can make it up in Market share.  And then he skews and misrepresents market share - talking about the latest quarters numbers like they are installed base numbers - which they are not - and they were the quarter leading up to the launch of new iOS devices - this quarters numbers will be significantly different. So either Mr Blodget is an idiot in that he does not know better or he is for some reason purposefully misleading.  Based on his past articles - I would guess it is a combo of both.

    Hi Rob,

    Jon from Orange County CA here. This is a link to a YouTube video i stumbled on which gives another reason Why NFC is a bad idea.

    keep up the good work.

    Jon

    PLAY AUDIO - WHY THE MYTHBUSTER

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/17/uk

    -primesense-apple-idUKBRE9AG03I20131117

    On the rumor front Apple is said to be either buying PrimeSense - or has already bought Primesense. The rumor of the deal being done comes from Calcalist in Israel - which is where Primesense is located and this is the company that makes the the 3D sensing tech in the MS Kinnect.  Now if this all sounds vaguely familiar that is because the source Calcalist reported the same thing back in Mid July - at that time Apple was supposedly paying $280 Mil.  This time they are supposedly paying $345 Mil.  All Things D is saying their sources are saying it is in the works - but no deal is done yet.  However the Guardian is reporting it now as a done deal.  But they are giving Calcalist as their source.  With Primesense stating the do not comment on rumors or recycled rumors - oh Touché.  

    Thanks to Tash and Dr John for this next one. Which also fits in the Rumor category - or the rumor of a delay to a product that have been overly rumored to be coming next year for the past 4+ years.  And that of course is the Full on Apple TV.   Seems NPD display search Analyst Paul Gagnon thinks the main reason for the delay in the full on Apple TV is Apple inability to secure deals for Proprietary content.  

    Now that is a reason I can believe - Apple would not want to launch an Apple TV with out the best ecosystem around it.  But other rumors say the delay is because Apple is focusing on Wearables - yes because you know Apple has 146 Billion and 10's of thousands of employees and they do not have the resources or bandwidth to develop both a smart watch and a full on TV at the same time.  Yeah not buying that either. 

    Per a full on Apple TV being delayed because of content - Well at some point Apple just needs to get it out there - let us Apple fan boys buy our new 4K apple TV and then Apple use the installed base to help convince studios offer up the content Apple needs -  Of course if Apple had purchased Netflic a year ago when the stock was at $55 instead of $350 - it would have helped on that whole content thingy issue a bunch.  Just sayin.

    http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/11/5091696

    /apple-hdtv-plans-reportedly-delayed-over-content-issues

    http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/22/

    apple-china-mobile-iphone-2/

    Seems the iPhone and iPad appear in an ad by China Mobile showing many devices.  While not direct confirmation of the iPhone going to China Mobile - it is starting to look like it will be sooner rather than later for the iPhone on China Mobile. 

    Seems there is some text about December 18th and Jan 18th being potential dates for some sort of launch.  

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/11/12/

    android-to-iphone-trend-accelerating/

    Interesting data out of the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners or CIRP - they looked at new iPhone buyer and what they found was that 20% were coming over from Android.  That is up from 16% a year earlier.  

    They also found that 65% of iPhone buyers were upgrading from another iPhone.  That is up from 55% a year earlier.  Where there was a drop off was in owners of a feature phone - because there are a lot less of those folks who never owned a smartphone out there.

    http://www.gsmarena.com/mobile_malware_on

    _the_rise_in_q3_97_of_which_targets

    _android-news-7155.php

    A new report about Mobile Malware is out or put another way - another report about Android is out.  97% of Mobile Malware according to the latest report from F-Secure targets Android.  That is out of the 259 total Mobile Threat Families and variants that have been detected - 252 out of the 259 are found on Android.  The remaining 7 are found on Symbian OS.  And no threats as in zip none nada - were reported for iOS, Blackberry or Windows Phone 8.  Which brings us back to the laughter at the Gartner conference when Eric Schmidt said Android was more secure than iOS.  F-Secure gives a bunch of advice on how to secure your Android device and best practices and where to go to get apps.  Or you could you know just get an iPhone or I guess a Windows Phone 

    http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/your

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    Here is an interesting Hack done on a Galaxy S3 - Researchers - put software on an S3 and also a Nexus S - which allowed them to use the camera and microphones to figure out what passcode you were entering on your device.  They created a side channel PIN Skimmer.  With this they could get into devices over 50% of the time after just five attempts.  Granted it is just by researchers at this time and likely never will be in the field - but it seems like it is much more likely for someone to hack your security that way then via a finger print hack.  Actually it makes touch ID look more attractive -- especially when you think of the future of mobile payment options. 

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    Hi Rob. 

    As in most recent podcast 31m46 from shavan ; mentioning a great app to report crimes, potholes etc. 

    I found this app very similar to a fantastic app I've been using here in Australia called "Snapsolve" it doesn't let you report crimes per say but basically let's you report anything council related ; eg. Damaged street light etc. with the handy feature of letting you take a photo tagged with gps coordinates. I've used it to report a pothole and within a week the problem was fixed. 

    Regards Matthew

    Hi Rob,

    Per other applications like the one in Hawaii to report civic issues and problems.

    I have an app called “PublicStuff”. Information at <www.publicstuff.com>. The description on the app store is as follows:

    Communicate directly with your community leaders to resolve issues in your city and neighborhood from anywhere in the United States!

    Here’s how it works:

    1. See something that needs to be fixed?

    2. Submit a request and even attach a photo.

    3. City Staff receives the request.

    4. The City fixes the problem!

    5. You get notified when the request is completed.

    You can also monitor requests, provide comments and follow other requests in your community. Download the app today to get started!

    It does not have every city in it but the list is growing. They suggest you make your community aware of it and they do have information for municipal administrations on the web site.

    Regards, 

    Michael R M

    Hi Rob,

    I’d like to react to the caller to your show that told about an app on Kauai to help signal things to the police. Something similar exists in The Netherlands, where the app “Buiten Beter” (pronounced roughly like “beytuhn baiter” and literally translated to “outside better”) can be used all over the country to signal a wide range of issues to the local government. It requires a registration, so it is not anonymous, but once you’ve registered you can use the app anywhere, and based on your location the information is automatically sent to the right authority within the area where you’re reporting from. Followup is through e-mail. Things that can be reported through the app are varied, and nicely categorized into groups lilke, street lighting, garbage, broken water draining, or problems with the pavement. Like Kauai, The Netherlands is a small place, but it is less exotic and you may have other listeners there that can benefit from this app.

    Best regards,

    Rob Hooft

    Hey Rob,

    I've got a 5s running 7.0.3, I ordered 4 lightning cables from cellphoneshop.net and all 4 have been working perfectly. I'm guessing that some third party cables must still be working.

    -Luke

    Indianapolis

    Hi Rob,

    I have had my iphone 5s now for about 5 weeks and I can not get my thumb print to work good.  I can get other fingers to work but not the thumb( either right or left).  I have tried deleting it and adding it back several times but it just seems to work good for half a day and then gets harder and harder to have the fingerprint recognized.  I have even tried to install the same thumb print in two different memory locations ( say finger 1 and 2).  

    Other than that one problem, I really like the 5s.

    Any suggestions?

    Regards,

    Jim from Lakewood CO.

    Hi Jim,

    When you are setting up your thumb print - are you making sure to touch with all the different parts of your thumb - the sides, middle, top and bottom of your thumb print?

    The more of your thumb print you give it when setting it up the easier it should be to unlock.

    For me it works great - no issues at all.

    Hi Rob, 

    I will try it again but the setup kind of coaches you to register all parts of your finger.  I would be interesting to see if any of your listeners have had any problems.

    Thanks

    Jim 

    Hi Rob just heard the episode where one of your listeners was reporting problems with disappearing email account passwords and being asked to reenter them every few days.

    I have had this issue myself prior to iOS 7 in since its launch as well. It happens infrequently and seems to happen to a number of my accounts. I currently have five different IMAP account that my phone accesses and it seems that this issue can happen with any of them. Typically restarting the phone for completely shutting down the mail app and relaunching takes care of this but I also do not know why it happens in the first place 

    Regards,

    Chris

    VOICEMAIL - PAUL_TIP_CLEANING_LINT

    Well I received one of My Kickstarter Projects - this is the RECAP project - actually I received it twice.  Well he sent me the one I funded - and I tested it out and it did not allow you to record on iPhones - but he had another version - the RECAP 2 - and he sent me a prototype of it to test out and it works great.   This device is a little smaller than the Square - and I can connect the output of it from my iPhone to an iOS device and then record that call right in the boss jock app.  This will work for a phone call, a Skype to Skype call, a FaceTime audio or other voip call.  And the good news is he is launching a new kickstater project of the RECAP 2 - and this one is to support iOS device recordings.  I talked with Igor the project lead a little this past week and will do an interview with him this weekend for podcast411 for my next episode and I will also try to get some of that audio over here on the next episode as well.  And will of course mention it once the next Kickstarter project kicks off. 

    Again this is a very small and portable device and all you need is an iPhone and another iOS device and one 1/8" to 1/8" cord. 

    I want to say Kudos to Igor the engineer / designer of this - not just for getting me the iOS device to test - but also for hitting his date targets and for having a really good sounding device.  And if all goes well - I will have an episode of Podcast411 where you can hear how well it works.  I Probably will do something on an upcoming episode of the Feed as well.  This really is a great device for anyone with two iOS device and is looking to record phone calls. 

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/

    igorramos/recap-record-calls-on-pc?ref=live

    Hey Rob,

    Just came across this combo charger which looks interesting. It's an

    Indiegogo campaign and it's already funded.

    http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/thingcharger-the-awesome-new-charger-for-all-your-things

    Take care,

    Kevin

    Thanks Kevin for the heads up on this one.  Thingcharger - one word - is a unique / ingenious way to get charging modules for your iOS devices.  Essentially what it is device about the same dimensions as a face plate cover for a single / two prong out cover.  and about the depth of 3/4 of an inch.  And you plug this into the outlet so it covers the outlet and at the top is a charging connector for your device.  

    The cost of this is $29 for one Thingcharger or or  $58 for 3 ThingCharger or $87 for 5 Thingchargers or - well there are a bunch of options.     

    There is also a $9 adder for a lightening Tip.  And a $5 adder for shipping in the US.  

    The goal on this was $25,000 - they blew way through it - and are currently at over $200,000 with 21 days left.  

    And you can stack these too - so you can plug a few into the same outlet - say in the kitchen - so in the morning your phone and your significant others phone and your iPad are all charged up.  

    Say at the office you can spread them around.  Where there is an out let it can now be a charging station - with no cords.

    Search for ThingCharger - one word in the show notes for ep 289 or search for it over at indiegogo dot com.  

    By the way I really really did not do this device justice - it is a really great idea and it looks great and they even have a power button so it is not drawing power when not in use.  

    http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/

    thingcharger-the-awesome-new-

    charger-for-all-your-things

    We have a USell back this week as a sponsor - and that is Usell spelled U  S E L L - who is an aggregator of buyers of mobile devices.  You know you have some old mobile devices - be it iPhones, iPads, or dare we says it Android devices laying around that are collecting dust.  Don't be your own little island of misfit mobile devices - sell them off to someone that will love them and use them and touch them all over.   You remember how happy that The Charlie in the box was and the spotted elephant was when they found new owners - well that mobile device you have collecting dust or stuck in a draw can feel the same way.  And when you go to today in iOS dot com slash usell - you can put a smile on your face too by getting cold hard cash.  For example an iPhone 5 64 gb Verizon version right now will get you a top offer of $315 - that is $25 more than the same device would get you at that company that has the name of cheetah food.  

    Again go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is slash U S E L L - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

    Thanks to Tash for the heads up on this next one.

    Which is an article from TUAW looking at calculator accuracy.  Essentially it is a test where you take the square root of 2 and multiply it by the square root of 2 - an accurate calculator gives you an answer of 2 - a not so accurate calculator gives you an answer of 1.9999 something.   So when you do this with the Apple stock calculator the answer you get is 2 - so that is a pass for Apple.  There were some other tests - which well are sooooo exciting I just don't want to spoil what they are - but I will let you know the results - iOS Stock Calculator passed the tests.  

    So go ahead and turn that calculator to Landscape mode and take advantage of the 16 digit multi function and as we now know very accurate calculator. 

    By the way in iOS 7 - Memory plus went away in Portrait mode - so if you want to use the memory of the calculator you need to turn it to landscape mode.

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/11/12/

    calculating-the-difference-a-look-at

    -calculator-accuracy-in-ios/

    Thanks to Tash for this next one which is also from TUAW and it is about the App Roman Ruins HD for iPad. 

    So lets say you are a fan of the most excellent History of Rome Podcast - but you don't have the coinage to plan a vacation to Italy to visit the ruins of some of the places Mike talked about in his podcast series.  Well now for less than Ten bucks.  You can virtually visits the ruins of many Roman sites - with over 1,500 images and lots and lots of text to explain those images and the ruins they are showing.  It is actually at the time I put the show notes together on sale for $4.99 - down from the normal $9.99 price.  Again for all you History of Rome fans - this sounds like a nice complement to what you learn from Mike.   Or if you are planning to visit Italy - you can use this to scope out where to go before hand.

    Search for Roman Ruins HD in the App store.

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/11/08/

    roman-ruins-hd-for-ipad-is-a-terrific

    -way-to-explore-ancient-rom/

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    Hi Rob,

    I have an issue that I thought you or your listeners could help me resolve. When my kids were young we had only one Apple ID that we shared to buy apps, music, and games to a shared iPod. Now that my kids are older and have their own iTunes account and phones, I would like to transfer the iTunes credit to another account but can't seem to figure out how to do it. Everything I have researched comes back to "your just out of luck". I would appreciate any help or suggestions on how to use the iTunes credit so I can delete that account and be done with it.

    Thanks for the help and love the show.

    John in Lee's Summit, MO

    Hi rob. Love your show. I have an iPhone 4, 4s and iPad 2 running iOS 7.0.4 and every now and then on the 4s my contacts in both the phone app and contact app disappear for no good reason. After turning off and on contacts in the icloud account page the contacts will reappear but then I have to reassign all the ringtones.  Have you or any of your listeners have this problem or know of a solution

    Again love your show

    Scott Moore

    Northlake IL

    Hi Rob

    I know Apple says the iPad Air should get 10 hours of battery life, but since my last full charge, mine is showing nineteen hours and 27 minutes of usage with 9% still left - and, yes, I ran it completely empty before the full charge. Can this be right? That usage has included watching a couple of shows on Netflix as well as a lot of gaming. 

    Regards,

    Jon

    Hi Jon - Yes sounds right.  One thing Apple has always done is be conservative in their Battery Life estimates for their iPad line up.  So for you to get 19+ hours is not a shocker.  I am really looking forward to seeing what the iPad mini with retina does for battery life testing.  If my wife lets me test it that is. 

    Hi,

    I wonder if yourself or the listeners could help me.

    I have moved from a Windows PC to a MacBook Pro.  When transferring files I used HomeSharing on itunes to transfer the music and apps from my old laptop to my Mac and I think that is where I stuffed up.

    I de-authorised the itunes on the old laptop, which has since gone.   When I authorised the itunes on my Mac, it would not sync with my iphone 5, ipod touch and ipad.  I managed to get the music to sync but I can not sync the apps.  I have deleted them on the devices and then reinstalled them via itunes, I have also tried resetting the devices but still itunes will not sync the apps.

    Am I doing something wrong, or is there some setting on itunes that I can not see?

    Thanks for any help that you can give.

    Kindest regards

    Greg

    VOCIEMAIL - BEN_IOS7_SIRI_ISSUE_Location

    Hi Rob,

    I'm curious if you or any of the listeners have an issue with the touch id sensor on the new 5s not working well after either swimming or taking a long shower/doing dishes, etc.?  I swim frequently, and whenever I do, the touch id sensor has a lot of trouble with my thumb print for quite a while afterwards.  I tried adding a new fingerprint during this stage hoping it might work better, but it does not.  Overall Im not really pleased with how good the sensor seems to work for me, as I frequently throughout the day have trouble getting into my phone, taking 2 or 3 tries, and sometimes having to enter my code instead.  I would appreciate your thoughts on this, and any suggestions you might have.

    Love the show!

    Thanks,

    --David

    -- 

    Hi David,

    I have not had that issue - but I have not tried it after a long swim or bath yet.

    I would suggest if you are having issues in none water induced wrinkledge cases - that you remove all your finger prints or at least the ones you have issues for and retrain the finger you are having issues with.

    When retraining - make sure to move your finger around to get the sides and the tip - not just the center.

    For me it works great - it is rare I have to try a 2nd or 3rd time - and I can't remember the last time I had to enter the code - out side of after a reboot.

    Rob W

    Hey Rob:

    Seem to have a problem on a iPhone 4S where the wifi turns off and would not turn back on. I'd go to settings and no matter how I tried I could not switch it on. Did all the usual things. Reset network, force quick apps, restarted and other things. Also affected was Bluetooth. I saw that several people had a problem with this and one of the fixes was put it in a zip lock freezer bag and then in the freezer for 15 min. I did this once and no help. Did it a second time and it worked. Is it a hardware or software issue? Any help would be appreciated. 

    Thanks

    Conrad

    Hi Rob

    I'm looking for an English keyboard for the iPhone that has a question mark on the first screen, with the letters. It is tedious to switch to another screen to access the ? mark. I have set up a shortcut where qq = ? but that leaves an awkward space after the last word and before the question mark. 

    If you are not aware of a solution please toss this one to the crowd. 

    Regards,

    Matt S

    VOICEMAIL - CHRIS_SWEDEN_ANSWR_WIPE

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    https://twitter.com/musclenerd

    For those looking to Jailbreak or are Jailbroken - what does Muscle Nerd of the iPhone Dev team say about iOS 7.0.4 and 7.1 beta.

    Well first if your are jailbroken - avoid both.

    If you are not jailbroken but running iOS 7.x already - then best to avoid both - but if you did update to 7.0.4 - no biggie - you are ok.

    Per 7.1 beta 1 - he says just avoid it as it is buggy anyway. And basically if you are someone that wants to JB - don't do beta's any who.

    But good news for those that might have updated to 7.0.4 - it will not effect your ability to jailbreak or so say MuscleNerd.

    Hi Rob,

    I have a IPad Mini with 6.X ios and jailbreak. since the jailbreak community reported that it is ok to upgrade to 7.04. Should I do so now before ios 7.1 gets released?

    Regards,

    Jeremy

    Hi Jeremy,

    No - not unless you want to be without a Jailbreak for a while.

    There is no current jailbreak for iOS 7.x 

    Muscle Nerd is just saying later on when there is one - it is ok to be at 7.0.4 now.  So they are not saying there is a jailbreak available now for 7.0.4 - just that going to 7.0.4 - will not exclude you when they finally release a jailbreak.  Which will be sometime in the future. 

    Thanks to tash for the heads up on this next one - which is that the ereader app - Marvin - is free right now.

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/11/22/marvin

    -celebrates-its-first-birthday-by-going-

    free-for-a-limited/

    http://techland.time.com/2012/04/11/

    unlock-an-att-iphone-in-5-easy-steps/

    For AT&T customers that recently upgrade to an iPhone 5S - especially those that paid the extra $250 to upgrade from a 5 to 5S.  If you want your old iPhone unlocked so you can sell it for more money.  You need to call AT&T at the following number - You might want to pause here while you get the Notes app open and ready -  ok - here is the number - 800-331-0500 - again 800-331-0500 -  That is the number you call to ask to get your old AT&T iPhone unlocked - it needs to now be off contract - which if you upgraded to the 5S it is.  You will need to provide the IMEI number - which you can find by going to Setting - General - About and then scroll down to find the IMEI number.  

    I bring all this up because listener David W - had an issue where he upgraded from the 5 to 5S - paid the extra amount for the Upgrade and AT&T was telling him No Soup for you - on the unlock.  But once he called that number - AT&T treated him a little different and were there to help him out.  Granted they did not unlock it yet - but that was an issue with their system.  But calling that number they said they would help - and that is the number I called to unlock my old AT&T phones. 

    NOTE - this will involve a restore and upgrade on the software - or at least it did the last time I did it - and if you are jailbroken you will loose the jailbreak.  Something to consider if jailbroken - But I think you will find you get more for an unlocked phone than a jailbroken phone anyway.  

    I will repeat the number again - 800-331-0500

    VOICEMAIL - STEVE AZ FREE APPS

     

    Hi Rob,

    I must disagree with your statement from your item 288 podcast when you said that Apple should do away with the 16 gig version in the next iPhone release.  I buy and will continue to buy, if still offered, this smallest size offering.  I send all my photos to Dropbox and only keep about 200 songs from my iTunes library on my phone at any given point and then simply switch out what I'm not listening to and replace it with newer songs.  I have lots of apps, and I always seem to have at least 4 gigs or more free on my phone at any given time.  Lastly, the 16 gig is the cheapest phone to purchase.  I like getting the top notch phone, but I think over $200 is unreasonable for a new top notch phone if you don't need larger storage space.  I suppose if Apple wanted to offer 32, 64, and 128 as their new 3 size options but then made the 32 gig the $200 phone then fine.  But that's probably unlikely.

    Anyways, I just thought I'd share my perspective on how nice the 16 gig size phone can be.

    Regards,

    Tom in Raleigh, NC 

    Hi Tom,

    What I was and am saying is that 16GB is too small for the current pricing.  It used to be 4G - then was 8 GB and now 16 GB for the low storage option.

    I think it should be upped to 32GB and the price should be what it is now for the 16 GB - $200 with subsidy.

    I just think with the current size of apps - 16 GB quickly runs out if you have a bunch of apps. 

    So from my perspective I think the 16 GB - iPhone and iPad should be killed off and at the current pricing points everything move one notch up for storage. with 32 / 64 and 128 GB iOS devices matching the current pricing for 16 / 32 and 64 GB iOS devices.  

    Thanks for the feedback and for listening to the show. 

    Rob W

    Hey Rob,

     love the show. I am hoping that you or one of your listeners can help with this. I have set up quite a lot of keyboard shortcuts on my phone. Four example if I type my initials and the @ sign the keyboard shortcut inserts my email address. Now I am looking for a way to move these shortcuts to another device.  This other device will not have the same iCloud ID so they will not transfer automatically. Is there any easy way to move these from one device to another

    Regards,

    Andy R

    VOICEMAIL - SCOTT_WI_VOICEMAIL_not_deleting

    Hi Rob,

    I don't expect an answer to this question at this time.  But, I find myself in a strange quandary.  Do I get an 128GB iPad mini now or hold off until March in case the 128GB+ 12.9" iPad pro comes out?

    It seems fairly clear that Apple is working on a pro version since "Air" was added to the iPad name.

    I have a 64GB 3rd gen. iPad now.  It does seem ironic trying to decide between a smaller sized iPad now or wait four months for a larger sized iPad.

    I definately want an 64-bit based iPad.  And, it will likely take at least three months for apps to start taking advantage of the new 64-bit architecture.

    Regards,

    Steven W

    Hi Steven - ah yes the age old Question do you get the known and for sale technology of today or do you hold off for the unicorn riding, mythical and magical device of the future that has not been announced - but is surely going to make you rue the day you purchased the current top of the line device - for getting about how cool today's top of the line device is and how much you will enjoy it from now until when said mythical device is announced.  Given there are no pictures of said mythical device - I think you are best getting the device you need when you need it - and that is available.  So if you need an iPad today - get the best one available today and don't think or fret about what may or may not be in the pipeline.  

    VOICEMAIL - DRT_LA_EXPERIENCE

    VOICEMAIL - JEFF WA QUEST ISSUE MAIL

    Hi Rob,

     

    I recall from a few weeks back that when you installed IOS 7 you ran into a problem with the counter on your email…it was showing multi-thousands of emails. What I don’t recall is whether/how you solved that problem.

     

    When I got my new 5S two weeks ago, I had no problem restoring from my last backup of my old 4S, including the email counter. However, I passed that 4S on to my wife (wiped clean, of course) and when we restored from her last backup of her iPhone 4, she got a 10,000+ counter one her email icon.

     

    Any help to be had?

     

    Thanks in advance,

     

    Jeff Grossman

    Redmond, WA

    Hey Rob,

    Some listeners complained about iOS 7 in the last episode. My take on this is that people wanted *something new* from iOS and apple gave them a completely new OS. and now , the same people are crying we didn't want such a big change in iOS.  Humans are always inertial to change and I feel as they spend more time with this version of iOS, they will start hating the way things are in iOS 6. 

    Plus a lady said that apple copied from android, i would like to say that apple hires people from the jailbreak community and those people work on making iOS more efficient.  

    So rather than saying that apple has copied android, it would be better to say that incorporated some jailbreak tweaks. 

    And she said that Steve wouldn't let apple copy anything if he was alive, I bet she hasn't read about Steve. He was never against stealing. He famously stole Xerox PARC and quoted Picasso that "great artist always steal" and present that thing in a better way. 

    Regards 

    Sanchit

    VOICEMAIL - JOE_PHILLIP_FDBK_OK

    Thanks again to our sponsor Squaretrade.  Remember for your iPad warranty - just $89 for a two year warranty - you save $35 by going to square trade dot com slash t i i 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2.  the iPad Mini 2 with Retina is so light and easy to take with you it is truly a mobile tablet you will want to take everywhere - and that means the potential for accidents.  Squaretrade dot com / tii 2 for your $89 iPad Mini and iPad Air warranty. 

    I also want to thank our other sponsor Usell - go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is the letter U s e l l - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

    If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news.  Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback.  Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.    

    And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The  feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else.  An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed.  I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in.  And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show.  This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.  And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.  

    And that folks is going to do it for us today.  

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    Tii - iTem 0288 - Its Going to be an iPad Christmas

    Tii - iTem 0288 - Its Going to be an iPad Christmas

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

     

    iPad Air Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii2

     

    iPhone 5S Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii

    USELL - http://www.todayinios.com/usell

    Twitter - JeffJ6 - Music

    Five Year Old Genius Arden Hayes on Jimmy Kimmel Live

    Adoption Of Apple's iPad Air Is Already 5 Times That Of The iPad 4 

    IDC retroactively discovers ten million tablets sold in the year ago quarter

    iPad Air release sparks rise in tablet trade-ins - Telegraph

    AnandTech | iPad Air Delivers 24 Hours of Battery Life as LTE Hotspot

    Tablet Display Shoot-Out - Displaymate

    iPad Air Teardown - iFixit

    iPad Air is definitely lighter on Apple's wallet

    Finding Your Next iPad Just Got Harder, Thanks To Apple

    Takedown: Apple invokes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 

    iPad Air fails torture test against soft dirt?

    ForeignFilmcast.com 49 Headhunters - YouTube

    Estimote Bluetooth Smart Beacon - iBeacon-compatible - YouTube

    Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant - Computerworld

    Did Apple Just Kill NFC?

    Apple gains regulatory approval to finally work with China Mobile

    Next year's iPhone needs to include these 5 things

    More Sapphire Coming to iPhone 6 | The iPhone 6 News Blog

    High-end US smartphone buyers 5x more likely to pick Apple over Samsung

    Only one third of Samsung's smartphone sales are in the class of Apple's iPhone

    Samsung Galaxy S4 may be the worst phone I have ever owned

    BlackBerry calls off sale, will replace CEO

    Amazon takes a dig at iPad Air with Kindle Fire HDX ad

    Backing up your iPhone's text messages

    UVindeSir: The Tiny UV Index Meter for iPhone  | Indiegogo

    Slope iPad stand

    9 Apps Optimized for the iPhone 5s' A7 Processor

    Using an iOS 7 device to set up your Apple TV 3rd Gen

    How To Access iTunes Radio Outside The US 

    iPhone 5s, 5c repairs coming to an Apple Store near you 

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    FourTrack 

    360 Camera

    PhotoGene2

    PhotoGene - iPad

    Snailboy

    reUP

    Ringtone Maker

    Ringtones

    KPD Tip

    Any.Do

    Infinity Blade 3

    Argus

    Pixlr Express Plus

    123D Creature

    Sketchbook Mobile

    DJay 2

    VJay

    Total Conquest 

    Sing Karaoke

    Direct download: tii_0288.mp3
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    Tue, 12 November 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0288 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0288 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob,

    Here is a photo I took from my car using my iPhone 5 and the 360 camera app to take a panorama. I used the built in photo editor to crop the photo and then the photogene2 app histogram tool to enhance the picture. Finally I used the photogene app on the iPad to put the Tii text in.

    Regards,

    Jim from LAKEWOOD Colorado 

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    Transcript for Episode 288

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    PLAY VOICEMAIL Question_about_music_in_show

    https://twitter.com/jeffj6

    Hi Rob,

    In Episode 286, the music.... I like it! Can I buy it on iTunes?

    Regards,

    Judy

    Hi Judy - That music was from Jeffrey Jackson - who you can follow on Twitter at jeffj6 or by going to jeffreyjacksonmusic.weebly.com

    Links in the show notes.

    http://jeffreyjacksonmusic.weebly.com

    On Jimmy Kimmel last week they had on Arden a 5 year old wiz kid - that knows all the countries in the world and all their capitals. He is definitely one smart 5 year old - but he showed what a genius he was at the end of the segment.  This is when Jimmy is offering him some free gifts - lets play that segment.

    PLAY AUDIO

    Brilliant.  

    Luckily I pulled the audio on this as soon as I found out as I did not think it would be around long.  And well I find it interesting that Sony was soo pissed about this clip that they had Kimmel's team cut the end of the recording - so now when you go to the official version of that video on Youtube you will no longer see the part where Arden disses the Sony Tablet and says he is getting an iPad for christmas.  Which is great news for me - because once Kimmels team edited the original and reposted the version sans the Pro iPad comments - the segment then became covered under fair use - as it became a newsworthy.  So NOPE no need for me to take down this segment. Thanks Sony - and hey don't give Kimmels team such a hard time - it is not their fault you wanted to give a 5 year old genius one of your tablets - what did you think he was going to say?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxjy7f9RpY

    Hi Rob, 

    I purchased a 32GB white/silver WiFi only iPad Air on launch day, and I am absolutely blown away. I must confess that even though I have used the iPad many times in the past, I am a first time owner of the tablet, so I may be a little biased due to the "noooob" factor. The first thing you notice when taking the device out of the box is how comfortable it is to hold. When naked, the iPad Air is so thin and light that you can hold it for long periods of time with ease and without fatigue. I went with a black Smart Cover, and highly recommend keeping this device as light as you possibly can by substituting a full case for some combination of a back skin, Smart Cover, or even a back snap case. In an attempt to keep this short, the last two features I drool over are the graphics performance and the wifi speed...WOW. Just play your favorite game, load your favorite app, or browse Safari and you will be pleasantly surprised with how sharp, smooth, and swift the device runs. 

    One final note, I have an iPhone 5S and have fallen in love with TouchID, so I am missing it somewhat on the iPad Air. It is not a huge deal, but it would be a cherry on top of the proverbial sundae. 

    Thanks for all that you do, love the show, and can't wait for the next episode! 

    Regards,

    Bruce W

    University of Virginia - Class of 2012

    Thanks to Michael for this next one - which is about data from Fiksu which has a chart showing iPad Air adoption in the first few days of its release vs that of the iPad 4th gen and the iPad Mini.  And well it is about 4 to 5 times greater after the first 3 days than it was in 2012 for the launch of the iPad 4th gen or the iPad Mini as well.  Now this is not all that surprising at the iPad 4th gen really was not a big deal at launch - as it just upped the processor one gen and then added the lightening port - and came 8 months after the launch of the 3rd gen iPad.  But still nice to see adoption of the iPad Air is greatly above that of the iPad 4th gen to the iPad mini vs similar time periods after launch.  The data Fiksu crunched comes from data of millions of iOS device using the Fiksu silent apps.  So looks like it is going to be an iPad christmas just like Tim cook said.

    http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/adoption-of-apples-

    ipad-air-is-already-5-times-that-of-its-ipad-4

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/11/10/idc-retroactively-discovers-

    ten-million-tablets-sold-in-the-year-ago-quarter

    Speaking of Tablet numbers and data - Kudos to Apple insider for doing some fact checking on numbers from IDC for Tablet shipments - seems a year ago for Q3 2012 IDC said there were 27.8 Mil tablets shipped.  Then when they released Q3 2013 numbers and compared to Q3 2012 - Somehow between the cushions IDC was able to find an additional 7 Mil Tablets raising the number to 34.8 Mil tablets shipped in Q3 2012 - that after they lowered their numbers for Sammy from 5.1 Mil to 4.3 Mil.  Seems you can just move numbers around all you want on these things - because you know other than Apple no one ever report their numbers.  

    I did send an email to Tom at IDC who has talked to us in the past to find out how this 25%+ increase for Tablet shipments happened and why the 15%+ decrease for Sammy - plus why they are no longer breaking out Amazon tablet sales.  

    Thanks to Dr. John for the heads up on this one.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/10417565/

    iPad-Air-release-sparks-rise-in-tablet-trade-ins.html

    Which is a story about a 585% increase in tablet trade-ins to resellers.  One of the rebuyers in the UK did a survey of 1,000 tablet owners and 15% plan on trading in their current tablet in the next three months to get a new one.  And the new one they want - well 38% said it would be an iPad air with another 9% saying the iPad Mini.  Which I find very interesting - because in the past it seemed the iPad mini sold as many if not more units that the iPad 4th gen.  So to see a 38% vs 9% number - something seems off - even if this is a UK centric survey - you would still expect the numbers to be higher for the iPad Mini and close to on par with the iPad Air.  Especially this time around with the iPad mini actually be the much better upgrade vs the last gen device.  As the iPad mini jumped two processor generation going from the A5 to the A7.  Guess we will need to wait for Fiksu to update with their iPad mini data as well. 

    favicon.icohttp://www.anandtech.com/show/7477/ipad-air-

    delivers-24-hours-of-battery-life-as-lte-hotspot

    A nice test of the iPad air was done by Anand over at AnandTech to see the battery life of the iPad Air acting as a mobile hot spot - and he compared his results per the same test he did over a year ago on the 3rd gen iPad LTE.  The 3rd Gen LTE iPad lasted 25.27 hours on a single charge - and the iPad Air lasted 24.08 Hours.  So while not identical it is still pretty darn impressive.  Mind you this was just testing the two devices as a LTE hotspot.  How they both do in real world day to day use will be a little different - But Apple is claiming the same battery life for both.  Which us up to 10 hours of surfing the web on wifi, watching video or listening to music.  

    If you remember from my first gen iPad testing - I found the original iPad lasted 13.5 hours of video play back - vs Apples claim of 10 hours.  

    It seems Apple has done a few things in the iPad air to help with battery life - with the A7 being a key part of that - as well as the new touch screen.

    FYI - there was a report out of Australia that was picked up and up and up and well mis-reported and mis-reported and mis-reported - it has to do with an iPad at a Vodafone store catching on fire and forcing people to evacuate the store.  Well the mis-reporting part was were many many many sites reported it as an iPad Air that had caught on fire - it was not - it was either an iPad 3rd or 4th gen - but definitely no an iPad air.  Apple does have said unit - or at least its charred remains and they are doing a post mortum on it and maybe we will or will not hear from apple what happened with said unit.

    We need to Thank Binh N for this next one which is about the Screens in the new iPad Air - which the site Displaymate dot com - which is all focused on display tech - did a display shootout with the iPad Air, Google Nexus 10 and the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9".  And what they found was in a nut shell the Amazon fire HDX was the best performing display over all they ever tested - with the iPad Air very close behind.  And then the Nexus 10 - which was not close to the first two - but still better then most anything else out there.  

    In some tests the iPad Air was best - but over all the Fire HDX was just a little better over all.  

    Now one test they did not do - after doing ton of really technical tests was that for battery life.  

    They say not available yet - because to most users that one is kind of important - because no matter how good your display is - if the device is out of power - there is no color tests to be done.  

    Will also be interesting to see how the iPad Mini does - as it is the same number of pixels as the iPad Air - but in a smaller area.  So much better pixel density.

    Hopefully they update these tests with the iPad Mini - and also include the battery life tests. 

    If you want to geek out on the specifics of the tests look for the link in the show notes for ep 288 titled - Tablet Display Shoot-Out - Displaymate

    http://www.displaymate.com/Tablet_ShootOut_3.htm

    favicon-mark.icohttp://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Air+Teardown/18907

    Whenever there is an iOS device launch of late it is quickly followed by iOS device porn - in the way of iFixit stripping a device down and doing a full dis-assembly to see what makes it tick.  And with the iPad Air launch - iFixit did not disappoint.  

    First thing we find out is the Battery has been reduced from a 43 WHr 3 cell battery to a 32.9 WHR two cell battery.  Thus the big % of the weight savings between the 4th gen iPad and the iPad Air.  But as mentioned before the battery life is on par with the past gens.  So same battery life - just lots less battery.  The LTE iPad Air supports 14 LTE bands, DC-HSPA+, UMTS, GSM/Edge, CDMA and EVDO.  Whew.  So one device to work around the world - or put another way when you buy a iPad Air for a specific carrier - the only thing different about it vs an iPad Air for another carrier is the sim card inside.  

    Per iFixit's repairability rating - not surprisingly it is low - just a 2 out of 10 - thanks to all the components that a glued in place.  Don't expect anything different for the iPad mini 2.

    Thanks to Dr. John for this next one.  Which is a story at NBC news about the iPad Air being lighter on Apple's wallet.  Now mind you take this report and the one it is based on with a grain of salt - as they are talking about findings by iSuppli on the value of the components inside.  And since there is an A7 and M7 processor and a few other items specific to Apple - it is hard to get a true BOM cost.  As some items are not on the open market.  That said - we can definitely say a battery that was 3 cell and 42 WHr's and gets reduced to 2 cells and 32.9 WHr's - well you can expect a roughly 20% reduction in cost on the battery.  Now iSuppli says the low end wifi iPad Air costs Apple $274 to manufacture vs $316 for the iPad 3rd gen when it was released. What this means to Apples bottom line - well we will get more of a feel for that at the end of January. But if these numbers are close to accurate - it means Apple makes about $42 more per unit sold.  Or about an additional $1 Bill in profits.  Hey a Billion here - a Billion there and before you know it - it starts to add up to real money.

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Brent_quest_ipad_air_storage_which_one

    Hi Rob,

    I just finished activating the T-Mobile SIM card I ordered on-line. I'm beyond shocked, as it really is a free 200 mb plan.

    The difficulty is getting to the right department. After dialing their contact us number, one needs to tell the menu system that you want to do a pre-paid account, but get to a live person.  After that, they will verify your device model number (the number printed On THE DEVICE, not in the About section in Settings), transfer you to a pre-paid person who assigns a phone number and activates the SIM card.

    They didn't need my name, my credit card, my nothing. Ten minutes later the iPad was connected to T-Mobile and getting data.

    This will be great for me as I will not have to activate tethering with Verizon on my iPhone for $20 just to get email to my wife's iPad 2 when we go on trips.

    Astounding!

    Regards,

    Harold

    http://www.nbcnews.com/business/ipad-air-definitely

    -lighter-apples-wallet-8C11535566

    favicon_1.icohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/apple-products-tracker_n_4225753.html

    Do you remember previously on the show I mentioned a site you could go to to check the availability of the iPad Air at your 20 closest Apple stores.  Yeah - Apple did not like that service all that much and actually sent the own of the site - Apple-tracker dot com a DMCA take down notice.  And as the owner of the site said per why he shut down the offering quote - I'm not really interested in picking a fight with Apple unquote.  Shame that it comes to this - he was offering up a service to Apple's customers - Apple should have been offering on their own - a simple quick and easy way to see if the iOS device you wanted was in stock at a local Apple store near you.

    I guess Apple did not like that any tech blogger or podcaster could quickly check to see availability of devices at any time - so that must be why they killed this service to their customers.  Shame on you Apple - because all this info is still available - it just means more jumping through hopes with tech bloggers and Anal-ists will still do.  The only one this really hurts is the consumer.  

    My thanks goes out to Mordy at Apple-Tracker dot com for offering this service.  Hopefully Apple will buy the code from Mordy and put up this offering on the Apple site - Ummm Yeah.

    My Guess is someone at one of the Anal-ist houses will be hiring Mordy on the down low to get them set up to check this info privately.  IT is not that Apple turned off the ability for his code to work - just that they sent him a DMCA take down notice.  

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57611310-1/

    ipad-air-fails-torture-test-against-soft-dirt/

    If you want to see an iPad Air Snuff film - there is one from Richard Ryan for RatedRR on Youtube.  Where the iPad Air gets dropped on to dirt , Concrete, into water and then pelted by a 500 fps Airsoft bb machine gun and then finally shot by high powered rifles. They do lots of slow mo video - so if you are into iOS snuff films - you will not be disappointed by this one.  

    What was surprising about the video was not the damage the Cement or BB gun or the rifles did - but what happened when it was dropped from about 3 feet on loose dirt - that is what actually shattered the screen.  Something to think about and remember when you are walking around with your iPad Air or give it to your kids to walk around with.

    Look for the link titled -  iPad Air fails torture test against soft dirt? in the show notes for Ep 288 at today in iOS dot com.

    Into the Email bag - 

    Hey Rob,

    I ended up getting a 32GB iPad Air in space gray. I got 32GB because I do use a lot of apps. I was amazed on how light and thin this thing is. For once I am actually worried about breaking it. I got it on Friday and here we are on Monday, and have yet to take off the plastic on the iPad. I am getting a case to ease my fear. This is by far the greatest iPad to date. 

    Regards,

    AJ

    Or AJ you could get a square trade warranty - and put your mind at ease. 

    http://www.squaretrade.com/tii2

    And with that I want to thank our sponsor today which again is square trade.  For those of you that just dropped $500 to $900 on a new iPad Air - you will be happy to know there is an iPad warranty for you - go to square trade dot com slash tii2 - that t i i the number 2. 

    When you go to that page it will initially show the warranty at $99 - but once you click through - it will then show the actual price as $89 - that's right for Tii listeners for a Squaretrade warranty for your iPad - you can save $35 off the normal price and get 2 years of coverage for just $89.  It is almost a half pound lighter and that means you will want to take it more places and more places means more chances for accidents - and that is where squartrade comes in.  It gives you a nice piece of mind.  I have my squatrade warranty on my iPhone 5S - and will get one for my iPad Mini 2 when I get that as well.  And you can get your warranty by going to square trade dot com slash tii2 - that is slash tii and the number 2 for your iPad discount of $35.  

    If you have a new iPhone that just arrived and is less than 30 days old - time to get a warranty for it as well - go to square trade dot com slash tii  - for your iPhone warranty - links in the show notes for both those. 

    Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show. 

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - marie_fdbk_ringtones_download

    Hi Rob,

    In response to Charde in ep 287.  

    She is looking for a solution to make a ringtone and apply it without a computer. This cannot be done (though I wish it could be). Yes "Ringtone Maker", and "Ringtones" are good apps but you still have to sync the ringtone to iTunes then back into the phone. 

    Regards,

    David T

    If you updated late last week or this week to the new version of the Facebook app - and now it is crashing on you - just delete the app from your iOS device - and then from your iOS device - re-install the app.  That should fix it.  Thanks to all that emailed in about that one.  Actually any time you update an app - and then it starts crashing - that is the fix for it.  We have seen this issue with the Tii app in the past - and I have seen it with other apps - and it is just a strange bug that has to do with corrupt data during the update.  Don't blame Facebook to much on this - it is a strange bug to trouble shoot. 

    Hey Rob,

    You asked for feedback on iOS 7.0.3 in regard to crashing and blue screening. Yup, iOS 7.0.3 does seem to completely fix my problems. 

    Regards,

    Dan P

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Shavan_app_review

    Hi Rob,

    I have a great recommendation for a list app that will come up when you enter a store for the person who wanted it 2 episodes back. It's called "Any.DO". You can create one to-do item that will pop up when you enter the store, then add notes, and each line of the note can be crossed off as you get each item, and cross off the top item when your done with the whole list. 

    It's a good free to-do app and I highly recommend it. 

    Regards,

    - Jessi D. 

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Fraser_answr_filters

    Hi Rob-

    As you requested, I'm sending a link to a video showing a few new features of the new iMovie for iOS.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vxtjkUfaYY&sns=em

    At 30 seconds, the audio was split to set a lower volume.

    A new feature seems lower the volume of added music if video audio is left on and raise music volume if the video's audio track is muted. I like that.

    At 3:34, I used a new animated text feature (new to me, anyway) and used slow-motion.

    At about 4:03, I slowed video speed.

    6:55, new animated text.

    Jonathan

    ForeignFilmcast.com

    PLAY AUIDO - John_new_5S_fdbk_iwork

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vxtjkUfaYY&sns=em

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUIqfjpInxY&feature=youtu.be

     

    Rob love the show and wanted to give my thoughts on this Apple doesn't innovate BS. 1st every time I hear someone say it they never give a reason why and how. 

    Every step Apple takes is copied one way or another, thats proof of innovation right there, from the iMac right down to airplay. Here is a link to show why there is no NFC on iPhones and why we all from Leo to Jesus should leave the thinking to Apple. 

    Regards, 

    James W 

    Thanks James - and let me play the audio from the link. 

    PLAY AUDIO FROM YOUTUBE - Estimote Bluetooth

    Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant - Computerworld

    Mike Elgan at Computer world also had a nice post on Apples plans with regards to iBeacons.  The key feature about it is this - Every iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, 5C and 5S already support iBeacons if they are running iOS 7.  So that means there are plenty of devices out on the market that support the use of iBeacons today.  Some other a pplications for iBeacons - Self Service Check out - say at Costco or Sam's Club, EZ Pass style building access.  Theme Park Family tracking and access to rides.  And because of its very good accuracy - down to 1 or 2 inches - it can offer up Navigation aids for sigh impaired users inside a building.  And of course just simple use as an ewallet type check out at the register.  

    The key though behind all this - is Apple has a critical mass of devices in the field that are ready to go today.  Users of Apple devices are proven to consume / spend more then Android users.  And Well it is not NFC - which Apple seems to be on the way to killing as a mobile payment option.  

    I guess one real question is how active or should I say involved is apple going to be with iBeacons - are they going to act an enabler of Tech only - or are they going to get in there and provide a payment system - where transactions go through Apple - with Apple taking a small cut - but in exchange offering up payment support from a company everyone knows of. 

    Regardless - how Apple participates - It does look like once you hear what iBeacons can do - you realize there is very little reason for Apple to support NFC - Apple likes to go with the best tech - and it does look like iBeacons is better than NFC.  

    http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/09/11/

    apple-gains-regulatory-approval-to-finally-work-with-china-mobile/

    Thanks to Chris in London for this next one - which is about Apple Getting Regulatory approval for their devices to work with China Mobile - now this did happen back in September - and there has not been any official announcement yet with China Mobile - but I had heard some other rumors that said announcement might be coming in the mid to Late November time frame - so I will through this out there now and see if in the next few weeks there is finally an Apple / China Mobile deal announced.  With 740 Million subscribers - it represents the vast majority of the untapped and unaddressed global market.  

    Next year's iPhone needs to include these 5 things

    Is it too soon to start talking about the next gen iPhone?  I know many sites are doing so - and I will not even touch on the one rumor going around this past week - as well it is just plain link bait.  

    But one article I will lead off from - is an article back on Sept 17th I have been holding onto.  It is from into Mobile - and it is not really because of anything he said specifically about the next gen iPhone or that he had any insight - Charles west simply put forth - 5 things the next iPhone needs to have. 

    Some of which I agree - some I don't.

    Such as 1 - Battery Life - I agree - it needs to get better.  The 5S had good battery life - but I would love to have 2 day battery life.  2 full days.  IE undock on Monday Morning and not need to charge it again until you go to sleep on Tuesday.  

    He mentions NFC - Sorry not only is that not a need - that is something it seems like Flash and removable batteries and SD card slots - that you are just not going to see on iOS devices.

    3 Bigger Screen - I think we are most likely going to see some sort of bigger screen in the iPhone 6 - along side the same screen size in the iPhone 5S - I am guessing at Apple they will want to A/B test so to speak a big and regular size screen and see how sales go.  Maybe Apple goes all the way to 5 Inches on the iPhone 6 - or maybe we then go to iPhone Air - current design and iPhone Pro - 5 inch design.

    4. More Memory and eliminate the 16 GB version - Amen on that - Why is there a 16 GB version of the iPhone 5S - I don't get that - almost as much as I don't get why there is no 128 GB version.  Next year - 32 / 64 and 128 GB should be the storage sizes for the top of the line iPhones

    5. Solar Powered Charging - This is one of those - well Apple has a patent for it - so they must be getting ready to do it items.  I just don't see it.  Apple has many many patents that never get implemented - I think this is one of those.

    So I ask you what features do you want to see in the iPhone 6.  If you have been listening to this show - you can pretty much guess - top of my list is support for 4K video recording and playback.  Shot me an email to today in iOS at Gmail dot com or call the show - you know the number - and let me know what features you really want to see in the iPhone 6 that might even get you to upgrade from the iPhone 5S - and definitely would get you to upgrade from any other version of the iPhone. 

    More Sapphire Coming to iPhone 6 | The iPhone 6 News Blog

    I was going to talk about GT Advanced Technology ticker symbol GTAT - and about Saphire Crystals and 578 Million dollars in advanced payments from Apple and a new factory in Arizona and more - but then Dr. John - sent me an article right before recording this - and I pulled what I wrote and need to touch base with some friends in the Quartz Crystal world to get their thoughts on this - as it could change my initial thoughts on if we will or will not be getting a Saphire screen on the iPhone in the future.  Hope to have more on that for ep 289 or 290.  

    http://blogs.computerworld.com/smartphones/23091/

    high-end-us-smartphone-buyers-5x-more-likely-pick

    -apple-over-samsung

    Interesting article from Jonny Evans at Computer World.  In a nut shell - it is found that High End US smartphone buyers are 5X more likely to pick Apple over Samsung.  Hmmm - that is not what the Fandroid boys would have you believe.  So how does he come to this conclusion - well by going by what Samsung said.  See Sammy said only about a 1/3rd of all their smartphone sales are to Higher end customers which are ones that compete with the iPhones.  So if you take the latest Comscore data - which had Apple at 40.6 % of US smartphone sales - and Samsung was at 24.9% and you divide that by 3 - then it is a ration of 40.6%  for apple vs 8.3% for Sammy or a basically 5 to 1 ratio.  

    Seems the S4 sales have not been going as well as Sammy had hoped for too. 

    http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/samsung-

    galaxy-s4-may-be-worst-phone-i-have-ever-owned?source

    =NWWNLE_nlt_review_2013-09-13

    Thanks to Gerry for the heads up on this next one.  Which is a post from the site - Network World dot com - where the author of the post Alan Shimel had this to say about the Samsung Galaxy S4 - quote Samsung Galaxy S4 may be the worst phone I ever owned unquote - which is also the title of the post.  Essentially he goes over how bad a phone the S4 is when you look at the idea you might actually you know try to use it as a phone - which seems to be something he struggled with a lot with the S4.  Funny early on I used to complain the iPhone was great at everything but being a phone - but that is no longer the case - at least for me - the iPhone is a really good phone and I rarely if ever have a dropped call anymore - which is something that for me was an issue for the Original iPhone and the 3GS - but since the 4 it has gotten better and the 4S was great - as is the 5S.  

    Under the category of how low can they go - Blackberry has called off their search for someone to buy them - presumably because anyone with enough money to buy them and dumb enough to hand over that money - is still stinging from loosing so much to Bernie Madoff. In addition to calling off their search for a buyer - they are getting rid of their current CEO - Thorsten Heins. The New Interim CEO - as if any CEO of Blackberry at this point is not an Interim CEO is John Chen.  Or as I said back on Ep 267 - That in Waterloo they like to refer to them as CEO Du Jour.

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    thanks tash for this next one.  Which is about Amazon looking a little desperate in one of their ads - where they try to take a shot at the iPad Air - by saying the Fire HDX is lighter than Air.  umm - yeah it is also smaller - a 8.9" screen vs 9.7" screen for the iPad - which actually when you look at real estate the difference is much more - as the iPad is wider.  

    So screen area for the HDX is 35.6 square inches vs the iPad Air's 45.2 Square inches.  So it is a screen reduction of 21.2% for the HDX - but There is a 18% difference in weight.

    So yes the HDX is lighter - but it is not proportionately lighter - ok - yes getting overly geeky with numbers.  But seemed an odd ad from Kindle - when you consider the iPad Mini is coming out and it is lighter than the HDX - although again its screen size is smaller at 7.9 Inches.  which is 29.6 square inches.  vs the 35.6 square inches of the HDX and the 45.2 square inches of the iPad Air.  

    Wow - never did that comparison before - 29.6 vs 45.2 inches.  So the iPad mini is 65.4% of the iPad Airs screen size.  

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    PLAY VOICEMAIL Shannon_custom_ringers_quest

    Hi Rob,

    Just thought you'd like to see my new iphone 5s that was ordered on launch day and delivered by Apple store 2 weeks later.

    After a week I noticed a slight bulge in the screen, overnight whilst on charge stand it got worse until this 2 days later…. 

    Which is a picture of the screen bowed up at least .1 to .15 inches - which is close to half the thickness of the device.  

    I called apple care In uk and was told that its a known problem with faulty components on the battery making it expand! Do NOT use the phone and bring it into an apple store for a new replacement ASAP.

    Regards,

    Mike G, Brighton, England

    Hi Mike thanks for the pictures.  Folks if you notice any bowing of your device - do not repeat do not plug it in to the charger and immediately call your local Apple store.  You don't want to mess around with Lithium iON batteries because after they expand then tend to ignite and that obviously is not what you want to have happen in the middle of the night when charging.  

    Yo yo Rob,

    On your latest podcast someone asked about how to send apple feedback. For anyone, developer or not,apple.com/feedback is the place to do it. I am not a developer and I have used this frequently.

    I plan to use it for the same issue another caller mentioned about albums not having their own folders in the music app. When you have a band or artist's complete catalogue, it's annoying to scroll through them all to find the album you want. If apple doesn't change this, I'll look forward to a jailbreak tweak. 

    Regards,

    Tracy H

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Declan_answr_issues_charging_iphones

    Hi Rob,

    I first noticed this bug on iOS 7.0.2, but remains in 7.0.3: The standard Calendar app shows those from 1921 and back wrongly (calendars from 1922 and up show just fine).  In 1920 for example the months show at Dec, Feb, Mar - there is no Jan and Dec is listed twice.  

    Regards,

    Fabio

    Hi Fabio - unless you are planning on traveling back in time to 1921 or earlier - I am guessing this would be what they call a minor bug.  Besides if you are able to travel back in time to 1920 - I am doubting that Apples calendar saying the month is December - when it should be Jan is going to through you off much.  My guess is you will just be hoping you don't get small pox or worse yet the Spanish flu.  You know maybe Apple messed up the calendar on purpose so time travelers would not go back to 1920 - so they would avoid the spanish flu.  

    Hi Rob,

    I know someone who would like to buy an unlocked iPhone 5s in the US to gift to someone in their home country. The Apple store said they don't carry them. Any options?

    Regards,

    Ken

    Hi Ken - You want to get the Verizon version of the iPhone 5S - off contract - as that is the one that is unlocked and can be used anywhere. 

    Hi Rob,

    Could you put up a survey question seeking how many days people have been waiting for their gold iphone 5s phones? I'm on day 48 with no end in sight and att likely botched my order some how (others who ordered after me on the same model have already shipped). 

    Regards,

    Peter E

    Hi Peter - sorry to hear your Gold iPhone 5S is MIA.  If anyone else order 40+ days ago and is still waiting for their Gold iPhone 5S - please send and email or call in with when you ordered.  

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Quest_about_backups_syncs

    Thanks to Tash for the heads up on this next one.

    Which is an article at TUAW about how to back up your iPhones Text Messages.  

    For business or personal reasons I can see strong reasons to want to get a copy of all your text messages backed up on your computer.  And this article goes about how to do that - for both Mac's and dare I say it PC's as well.

    Look for the link titled - Backing up your iPhones Text Messages in the show notes for Ep 288 over at today in iOS dot com.

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    Hi Rob,

    Cool project to help parents, outdoors or sun lovers.

    http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/uvindesir-the-tiny-uv-index-meter-for-iphone-and-android

    Thomas

    Tuscaloosa AL

    Thanks Thomas - and what this is is a project called UVindeSir - The Tiny UV index Meter for iPhone.   And it is over at Indiegogo dot com.  And well as the name indicates - it is a device you plug into the head phone port and it gives you a reading of the UV index and recommends what SPF protection you need.  Price of this is $25 right now for early birds - this project has until November 29th to get funding - the Goal is $20,000 and so far they have raised just $3,700 - so they are a bit behind where they need to be.  Seems people are more interested in funding RF ID chips to find their remote then they are about measuring the harmful UV rays from the Sun.  

    Search for UVindeSir at indiegogo dot com - or look for the link in the show notes for ep 288

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    the-tiny-uv-index-meter-for-iphone-and-android

    PLAY AUDIO FROM KEVIN_Crossman ABOUT SELLING DEVICE

    http://www.todayinios.com/usell

    We have a new sponsor this week - and that is Usell spelled U  S E L L - who is an aggregator of buyers of mobile devices.  You know you have some old mobile devices - be it iPhones, iPads, or dare we says it Android devices laying around that are collecting dust.  Don't be your own little island of misfit mobile devices - sell them off to someone that will love them and use them and touch them all over.   You remember how happy that The Charlie in the box was and the spotted elephant was when they found new owners - well that mobile device you have collecting dust or stuck in a draw can feel the same way.  And when you go to today in iOS dot com slash usell - you can put a smile on your face too by getting cold hard cash.  For example an iPhone 5 64 gb AT&T version right now will get you a top offer of $266 - that is $26 more than the same device would get you at that company that has the name of cheetah food.  

    Again go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is slash U S E L L - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

    http://dekke.net/slope.html

    Thanks to Tash for this next one.  Which is an accessory that is not an indigogo or kickstarter project - rather it is something you can buy now.  It is the Slope - which is a stand for your iPad.  What is special about this one is it uses a unique suction tech with microscopic suction.  Essentially it is a nano foam.  So you simple push your iPhone onto the stand is it stays stuck to it. And stays put - but is easy to remove and reposition.   It really is a very elegant looking stand - which will set you back $60 bucks.  Look for the link titled - Slope iPad Stand in the show notes for ep 288.

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    9 Apps Optimized for the iPhone 5s' A7 Processor - Slideshow from PCMag.com

    PC Mag had a nice article about 9 apps that have been optimized for the A7 Processor. 

    1 is Infinitely Blade 3.  Which runs $6.99.

    2. Is the free App - Argus - it is an activity monitor - that takes advantage really of the M7 processor.  

    3 is the free app - Pixlr Express Plus - from auto desk - which is an image editing program.  Which by the way if you have an iPhone 5S - this is a must get app.  Search in the app store app for pixlr express plus - three words with pixlr spelled P I X L R 

    4. Another free app is 123D creature - Also from Autodesk.  Essentially this one lets you put 3D creatures into your photos.  Yes gimickie - but cool none the less. And did I mention it is free.

    5. Sketchbook Mobile is a $0.99 app - and it is the update to the old none optimized version of Sketchbook - and you guessed it - it is also from Autodesk.  This is one app in the past that has been used multiple times for the show album artwork - and if you are looking at your iOS device as a creation device - and artwork is your thing - then sketchbook is a good tool to have in your tool chest.

    6.  djay 2 for iPhone - this app is $1.99 - and it is for all you iOS dj's that want to mix your own sets.  And the new A7 version offers a new feature called Harmonic match for key detection and pitch shift which helps when you are doing a mashup - but if you knew what I was talking about you knew that already.  

    7. vjay for iPhone - which is $2.99 - because you know video is worth more than audio.  Not.  But anyway - vjay for iPhone comes from the same people that did djay 2 for iPhone.  This app allows you to mashup videos, music and other media on your iPhone.  

    8.  Total Conquest - which is a free game from Gameloft.  If you are a fan of the history of rome podcast - this is the free game for you - as well this game is a social strategy game about the roman empire - and did we mention it is free.  

    And 

    9. Sing Karaoke by Smule - which is free - but there is an optional premium subscription - so it is a free-mium app.  So if you are a karaoke bar fly - this app is for you.

    So there are 9 apps optimize for the A7 and there are plenty of others out there now.  I hope to talk about more for the new iPad's shortly.  

    PLAY AUDIO - MARK_NZ_issue_bricked_iph4

    And yes folks Mark has tried putting it into DFU mode and recovery mode and nothing.  He sent over a screen shot showing it with an Error 2001 occurred.  He tried what Apple suggests for Error 2000 to 2009 and error 1604.  So if anyone has experience of an iPhone 4 giving an error 2001 and you were able to get the unit unbricked - please let us know what you did - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.

    Hi Rob,

     

    Wanted to give you my take on iOS 7.0.3 from the point of a

    legally blind person. Although a lot of the features are great,

    I feel Apple could've done more for people with visual

    disabilities. I know I'm in the minority of the minority here, but a lot

    of the backgrounds are too whited out for people like me.

    Even with the Bold Text and Contrast buttons "ON" it does little to

    provide contrast. The keyboards in particular for

    Mail and Messages are nearly impossible to read without

    VoiceOver being activated. I prefer the older iOS versions

    with gray menu and keyboard backgrounds, and letters on the keyboard in bolder fonts, but I digress. Also, the invert colors in the

    Accessibility menu can have the some effect conversely. I've

    also heard normal sighted users say they don't like the plain, whiteout

    look. My question is, "Are there any apps that can

    provide some kind of overlay remeniscent of the older

    iOS versions? If you or your listeners could help I'd be grateful.

     

    Thanks for being the heads up for disabled listerners! Your

    show is slammin'!

     

    Rick-East Haven, CT

    PLAYVOICE MAIL - Larry_warning_znitro_glass

    Hi, Rob. 

    I want to give my son my jailbroken iphone 5 running iOS 6.1.2 on ATT. What is the best way to remove all of my content and info while still maintaining the jailbreak?

    Also, how do I go about getting the phone activated with his number?  Do I have to take the phone into ATT or can I just get a new SIM card? 

    Regards,

    Chris

    Las Vegas

    Hi Chris - first to delete out all the porn links history - umm I mean info from your old iPhone - go to Settings -- General - Reset - then choose - Erase all content and settings.  

    That will clear out any potential embarrassing or confidential web browsing history and chat history and emails. 

    Hi Rob,

    Can I play in anyway from an Apple TV 3rd gen to a iPad air in anyway?  

    Regards,

    Michael

    Hi Michael - not unless you Jailbreak your Apple TV at a min - and likely both devices.  Does anyone out there know if there is a jailbreak app for Apple TV and an iOS device - that allows you to stream content from your Apple TV to your iOS device.

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    Apple TV (3rd generation): Using an iOS device to set up your Apple TV

    If you have a 3rd Gen Apple TV - and an iOS 7 device - you can now set up our Apple TV using your iOS 7 device.  Apple TV software needs to be updated to the latest version.  More info in the show notes for ep 288 - look for the link titles Using an iOS 7 device to set up your Apple TV 3rd Gen

    Speaking of which we sure are over due for a new Apple TV.

    Not that I am really sure what a new Apple TV should offer for new features - other than the obvious - having an app store.  But hopefully said Apple TV App store would be available for the Apple TV 2nd and 3rd gen units as well.  

    Thanks to Tash for this next one - which is an article from Lifehack on how to get iTunes Radio outside the US with out a Proxy server - which is also basically the post title.  I will not go over how to do it - beyond saying it involves creating a US app store account and knowing a specific US address.  So make sure you have a valid US address with zip code before trying this. 

    http://lifehacker.com/how-to-access-itunes-radio-outside-

    the-us-without-a-pr-1417005225

    Thanks to Tash for this next one as well - which is titled iPhone 5S and 5C repairs coming to an Apple Store near you.

    Seems they will soon be able to repair screens, fix or replace volume buttons, rear cameras, speakers and vibration motors on the iPhone 5S and 5C.  Home buttons for the 5C will be on the menu as well - but the touch ID for the 5S is an off menu item due to the complexity of it.  Expect more about this on future episodes - as right now it is all speculation and he said she said.  

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/11/07/iphone-5s-5c-

    repairs-coming-to-an-apple-store-near-you/

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Jesse_MI_Lightening_port

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Jesse_MI_part2

    Hello rob 

    Starting with ios 7.0.2 and continuing with 7.0.3 I am getting asked for my apple id password everytime I access Reminders, calendar, settings, mail apps it seems to go away about 2 weeks after the update comes out but reappears after next update. Anyone have this problem and know how to solve this and keep it from appearing? Regards,

    David M

    Hi Rob.  In ep. 287 you talked about the free iLife & iWork apps with new iOS and OS X devices.  At about the 43:30 mark, you mentioned that free OS X iWork apps apply to Macs purchased Sept 1. 

    The iWork apps for OS X - Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - are free for Mac computers purchased after October 1, not Sept 1.  OS X Mavericks is required for these.  The download process is a little different as compared to the iOS apps; the OS X apps should show up in the Mac App Store on the Purchases screen - looking for them in the normal store will still show prices.  If someone purchased a computer on/after Oct 1 and does not see the apps in their Purchases screen, they should use the “Up-To-Date Program” link on this page to request that they be added to their account: http://www.apple.com/creativity-apps/mac/up-to-date/

    Also I’d like to point out that as with all iOS or OS X App Store apps - even though the apps are free with the purchase of a device, once installed the apps will show up in the Purchases section of your iTunes Store account in the App Store and can then be installed on any compatible devices that you own & use that same Apple ID on - so in my case, when I bought an iPhone 5S and got the free apps, I then installed them on my wife’s iPhone 5 and on my iPad as well - all free of charge.

    Thanks Rob, I love the show!

    "The Freakin Eurekan"

    Hi Rob,

     

    I think the "New" Mail app's red numbers are now correct and if we can call it a 'bug', it did really 'bugged' me!  It seemed to have gone away with the most recent update to iOS 7.0.3  I'm very happy those very large New mail numbers are gone at least for now! 

     

    Did your 100,00+ number go away also?

     

    I can't thank you enough, you're the best for iOS fans, you just make sense of all this complex and a bit confusing stuff we call Apple...!

    Loren from 'not yet winter' Colorado

    Hi Loren - now my iPhone is showing 93,518 unread email messages - Ugggg.  But on the plus side the imap account I had issues with started working again - with me really not doing anything other than creating a duplicate account for that email address and then deleting the new duplicate account - which somehow caused the original one to start working again.  

    Hi Rob,

    I'm in Sheffield, UK and purchased the iPhone 5S running iOS 7.0.3. Around twice a day when unlocking using Touch ID the screen goes black, the Apple logo spears then it seems to "soft boot".  A springboard crash registers in Diagnostics and the usage statistics since last charge revert to hyphens. Any ideas?

    Regards,

    Alfred C

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_fdbk_lightnini_port

    Thanks again to our sponsor Squaretrade.  Remember for your iPad warranty - just $89 for a two year warranty - you save $35 by going to square trade dot com slash t i i 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2.  the iPad Air is not really as light as air it is still a pound and subject to the laws of gravity - and square trade is there to help you when your iPad becomes part of a newtonian science experiment.  Squaretrade dot com / tii 2 for your $89 iPad air warranty. 

    I also want to thank our other sponsor Usell - go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is the letter U s e l l - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.  

    If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news.  Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback.  Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.    

    And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The  feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else.  An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed.  I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in.  And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show.  This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.  And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.  

    And that folks is going to do it for us today.  

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    Sun, 3 November 2013
    Tii - iTem 0287 - JD Powers Jumps the Shark

    Tii - iTem 0287 - JD Powers Jumps the Shark

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    iPad Air Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii2

    iPhone 5S Warranty - Squaretrade.com/tii

     

    Shortened Battery Life Found in Some New iPhones - NYTimes.com

    2013 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Study--Volume 2 | J.D. Power

    Apple Q3 2013 Quarterly Report

    How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? -

    Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's Q4 2013 

    AT&T's Management Discusses Q3 2013 Results

    Sprint's CEO Discusses Q3 2013 Results

    Apple is either terrible at designing charts or thinks you won’t notice the difference

    Apple’s record quarter in education: iPad has 94% of tablet market

    iPad Air Supplies Expected to Be Plentiful

    iPad Air Availability - Apple-Tracker.com

    Apple iPad Air reviews are in: 

    iPad Air beats the iPad 4 by 80 percent in benchmark tests

    iPad Air Reviews: 5 Complaints From the Critics

    Apple's iPad Air, iPad mini launch

    Apple iPad Air Networks - Tablet Coming to Various Regional Telcos

    200 MB of Free Mobile Internet Data for new Tablets Starting at $0 Down | T-Mobile

    Addition by subtraction?

    Find My iPhone, Podcasts, Movie Trailers apps all updated 

    iMovie for iOS projects no longer work on the Mac

    iPhoto For iOS Saves Edits Back To And Deletes Photos From Camera Roll

    iOS daylight savings time bug strikes again

    Sharepod | iPhone & iPad Music Transfer for Mac & PC

    How to disable nicknames for Messages, Phone, and Mail in iOS 7

    iPhone Backup Extractor for Windows and Mac

    Lock the iPad to just one app | How To - CNET

    Apple's 2014 Capex Rises to $11 Billion 

    Apple Under-Spends Its Forecast 

    Siri to Gain Translation Features in Near Future

    Russian carriers that ditched the iPhone last year want it back

    The fear is palpable as Microsoft exec blasts Apple iPad and free software

    BlackBerry denies fake BBM reviews as Samsung fined

    Genneo - Kickstarter

    GameCase brings a full-size, natively supported gamepad to iOS 7 devices

    BBM for iOS and Android Downloads Hit 10 Million+ Download First Day

    Twitter / MuscleNerd: @iphonesteven If you've already

    How to get unlimited talk, text, and data for $30 a month on an iPhone

    iPhone Touchscreen Accuracy 

    OptoFidelity TPPT tester proved significant fails in Apple iPhone touch accuracy

    iPhone 5s vs. Nokia Lumia 1020: Camera Shootout | DustView

    Google Fiber app gains new DVR features, now on iPhone and iPod Touch

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    Garageband

    AudioBus

    SampleTank

    Pages

    Photoshop

    reUP

    Snailboy

    CheckMark

    RMaker

    Ringtones

    BBM

    Talk-a-Tone 

     

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    Sun, 3 November 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0287 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0287 and Episode Transcript

    Hi Rob,

    I made this artwork using Pages for iOS in order to create the text, and Photoshop for iOS to piece everything together.  It was, of course, inspired by the new iOS 7 game center and also uses the iOS 7 font (Helvetica Neue - Ultralight).

    Regards,

    Paul S

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    Transcript for Episode 287

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    http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/shortened-battery-life-found-in-some-new-iphones/?_r=1&

    I mentioned on previous episodes how to improve battery life on your iOS 7 device - and that if you have the new iPhone 5S - you should be getting great battery life - well it seems a few unlucky iPhone 5S owners may actually have units that have real issues with battery life and Apple acknowledged that yes there was a manufacturing issue. Apple said quote “We recently discovered a manufacturing issue affecting a very limited number of iPhone 5S devices that could cause the battery to take longer to charge or result in reduced battery life, We are reaching out to customers with affected phones and will provide them with a replacement phone.”    unquote

    So if you have a new iPhone 5S - and no matter what you do to improve battery life you can't - there is now one thing you can do that will definitely improve the battery life - take it your local apple store and get a new unit. As always - make sure you back up your iPhone to your computer prior to heading off to the Apple store.  That is one nice thing About Apple - they are quick to replace a defective unit - and quick to get out updates to fix issues as well - iOS 7.0.3 fixed the level not being level.  How long would it take for a fix like that to get out to the masses of an Android unit.  Ok granted that is me trying to make lemon aide out of lemons - but still the nice part about iOS - is apple can get out updates to all users very very quickly - with no delay because of carrier versions of the OS.  

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    http://www.jdpower.com/content/press-release/Czb4Aa9/-2013-u-s-tablet-satisfaction-study.htm

    Something is seriously wrong with the results  of JD Powers latest Tablet Survey.  Seems they have Samsung's tablet beating the iPad 4th Gen in customer satisfaction.  

    http://www.jdpower.com/consumer-ratings/telecom/ratings/919201690/2013-Tablet+Satisfaction+Study/index.htm 

    So lets go over the numbers.

    Overall Satisfaction - iPad & Samsung = 5 stars 

    Performance - iPad - 5 stars / Sammy - 3 stars 

    Ease of Use - iPad - 5 stars / Sammy - 3 stars 

    Physical Design - iPad 5 stars / Sammy - 4 stars 

    Tablet Features - iPad - 5 stars / Sammy - 4 stars 

    Cost - iPad - 2 stars / Sammy - 4 stars 

    Something just does not add up. 

    How can sammy get 3 and 4 stars in each category but get 5 stars overall. 

    Apple gets 5 stars in everything but cost and is behind Sammy how????

    PLAY AUDIO CLIP - forthemoney.mp3

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    http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q3-2013-quarterly-report

    Here were my predictions for the Apple quarterly call - I said on the last episode.

    Quote I will pin the number at 34.8 Mil iPhones sold. With at least 2.5 Mil being listed as Channel inventory fill.  

    I will say I think the iPad numbers will be lower than a year ago - which was 14 mil.  I think Apple will actually report around 13.6 Mil iPad's sold last quarter.  unquote.

    So How did I do or more importantly how did apple do.

    on the iPhone side - they sold 33.8 Mil (vs 26.9 Mil a year ago quarter and 31.2 Mil last quarter)

    14.3 Mil in Channel inventory that is +3.3 Mil iPhones in Channel inventory for the quarter.  1.8 Mil in Transit.  

    So my predictions of 34.8 Mil iPhones sold with +2.5 mil in Channel inventory were not far off.  

    When you take out the 1.8 mil in transit - that leaves +1.5 Mil added to channel inventory which is 1 mil off from where I thought it would be and why I was exactly 1 mil high - or at least that is how I would spin it if I was Uncle Gene or one of the other Anal-ists out there. 

    On the iPad side Apple sold 14.1 mil units which was 0.5 higher than I expected. 

    Some of the other bits and pieces from the quarterly call - Apple had total revenue for the last quarter of 37.5 Bil vs 36 bil last quarter and 35.3 Bil in the yr ago quarter.

    Cash is now at 146.8 Bil up just 0.2 bil for the quarter - the small increase in cash is based on the fact apple has been working over time to give money back to shareholders as dividends and to also buy back stock.  

    Apple really did not mention iPods on the call - but in their release info - they shows iPod sales at 3.5 Mil units down from 4.6  mil last quarter and 5.3 mil in the year ago quarter.  

    International sales for Apple were 60% of all sales.  

    And one point Tim cook tried to drive home in the Q and A section - was that the iPhone 5C - is not Apples low cost entry - today the iPhone 4S is the low cost entry to the iPhone world - and the 5C was never intended by Apple to be that 3rd world BRIC nation low cost entry all the ANAL-ists want it to be.  

    Overall I think it was a really strong quarter for Apple - but how did wallstreet see it - by End of Day on Tuesday Apples stock was at $516.68  vs $529.88 which is where it ended Monday prior to the call.  So Apple stock changed negative 2.49% for that day. However it did go up a little during the week ending at 520.03 per share.  The titles of blogs and newspaper articles ran the full spectrum - right after the call - but most were definitely slanted negative And many saying Apples Profits were disappointing.  Now Mind you Apple came in at the high end of their guidance and above Anal-ist estimates - but some how the numbers according to a whole lot of articles disappointed.  Of course those saying Profits disappointed - are also the same ones yelling for Apple to do a low cost iPhone.   Hmmmm  - So they want apple to buy market share at all costs - just as long as you know it does not hurt Profit margin.  I really don't get and understand what these people are looking for. 

    Apple reported numbers better than any other tech company by a wide margin - yet they somehow disappointed many.  By the way the iPhone only part of Apples revenue was $19.5 Bil - that is more than Googles $14.89 Bil last quarter - for all of Google.  And it is also more than MS $18.53 Bil for the quarter.  Yes for 2013 - a year people have been down way down on the iPhone and Apple. 

    Queue in REM's End of the world as we know it - well if that was legal in a podcast - Yes The iPhone product line alone beat out Google in each of the first 3 quarters in Revenue - and Apples best quarter for revenue will be this quarter by far.

    Actually the numbers for 2013 are the following - and please please please keep these numbers in mind when you hear from the tech press and wall street about Apples disappointing numbers.  In calendar year 2013 - Google has a total of $43 Billion in Revenue. MS has a total of $58.2 Bil in rev - and the iPhone line alone has a total of $60.6 Bil in revenue.  Apple over all has $116.4 Bil in Revenue.  Which is exactly 2X that of MS.  And over $15 Bil more than MS and Google combined.  Yes so keep those numbers in mind when you read about the demise of Apple this week and next week and the rest if 2013.

    I was just thinking about this.  Apples iPhone revenue last quarter was greater than Motorola Mobility, Blackberry and Nokia Cell Phone and Smartphone revenue combined last quarter.  And by a pretty big margin at that.  If someone had said in Jan 2007 - that Apple would have greater revenue from the iPhone sales - than any one of them - they would have been laughed at - to say the iPhone would be greater than all 3 combined would have been just crazy talk. And that it was actually about 3 times those three combined is simply unthinkable to the Rob of 2007 that started this show - even as big of a fan boy as he was back then - which you can hear by going back and listening to those old episodes some time.  

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    Per how the Anal-ists did on their predictions for iPhone sales.

    Closest to the hole was Bill shop of Goldman Sachs - with a guess of 33.73 Mil units sold vs reality of 33.8 Mil - so pretty much dead on.

    The biggest muff goes to Ben Reitzes at Barclays Capital with a what was he thinking low guess of 29 Mil iPhones sold.  And the biggest hit over the green was Mani Ghaesmlou with the Braeburn group with the overly optimistic guess of 38 Mil units. 

    I figured it would not be fair to go over iPad numbers - since Apple kind of gave away the basic range and definitely the max range - when they said they hit 170 Mil iPad sales this month.  Which meant last month and quarter they were under 170 Mil and that meant the most they could have done was 14.8 Mil - but on 10/23 - a day after apple gave out that info - Alexander Pterc of Exane BNP Paribas - predicted 15.64 Mil iPads - Hello Mc Fly - anyone home.  This is a quote Professional unquote anal-ist - that you know gets paid to cover these things.  Yikes.  

    So given that and that most anal-ists gave their guesses before 10/22 - the closest to the hole was Turley Muller with Financial Alchemist with a hole in one guess of exactly 14.1 Mil units sold.  The biggest muff is a tie between Matt Lew of the Braeburn Group and Mani Ghaesmlou with the Braeburn group with the low guess of 11.5 Mil sold - and yes that is the same Mani that was the furthest off too high for the iPhone.  So basically he is just throwing darts at a dartboard.

    On the way to overly optimistic side was Speculative Fiction writer and part time Professional Apple Anal-ist - Peter Misek from Jefferies - with a way over the green guess of 18 Mil units sold.  

    It is funny how the quote Pros unquote can be so far off - even though most are paid crazy amounts to be so inaccurate.  

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    Sprint had their quarterly call and it is usually nice to check in on these things.  

    This last quarter Sprint sold 5 Mil SMART Phones of which only 1.4 Mil were iPhones. That is 28% of smartphone sales are the iPhone on Sprint. If those numbers sound familiar - it is because they are identical to the previous quarter where Sprint also sold 5 Mil smartphones and 1.4 Mil were iPhones.  I had to go and do a double and triple check to make sure I was not reading an old transcript.  But nope - they really did duplicate numbers.  

    In all the iPhone was mentioned 3 times in the call - all in one short burst.  But that is 3 more times then the iPhone was mentioned in the AT&T quarterly call.  Oh well.  Gone are the days when it gets mentioned a dozen plus times on these calls.  Sprint did say they were in a constrained inventory position with regards to the 5S and had a waiting list for some models.  

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    I do need to slap Apple on the wrist for their very poor graph in their Oct 22nd presentation - when they showed all time iPad sales.  I thought it looked off - but did not realize how off until David Yanofsky at Quartz super embossed the real graph over the one Apple showed.  Apple kind of made it look a little like a hockey stick - but it really was more linear.  when you look at the Apple chart at some points it would be as much as 30 mil units off.  Yes their graph is smooth and curvy - but that is not actually how it is in real life. 

    Shame on Apple for putting up that chart.   And kudos to David for being overly anal and calling out apple on it.  Your my Hero.  

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    one other interesting comment from Tim cook during the conference call - is that in the education market for tablet sales - Apple is at at 94% market share for the iPad vs all other tablets.  Which makes you wonder who those brainiacs are that wasted their money on that 6% of non-ipad tablets.  

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    Hi Rob,

    According to this article, it won't be necessary to stand in a long line to get the iPad Air on Friday. It will be possible to order online with the ship-to-store option. I hope that's true because I have been making plans to show up at either the Apple Store or Best Buy a couple of hours before they open Friday so I can get the one I want. Now I may just need to wait until online orders are available and have one waiting for me at the store when I get there.

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    The other good news I got yesterday was that Logitech announced their new line-up for iPad Air. They weren't specific on when they would be available other than November but it means I may not have to use my older keyboard case with my new iPad air for too long.

    http://blog.logitech.com/2013/10/28/logitech-unveils-lineup-of-products-for-new-ipad-air/

    Regards,

    Myron U

    Myron  - thanks for the heads up - yeah it does seem from what is being reported about this Friday November 1st launch of the iPad air - that no one is really expecting it to sell out.  However the iPad mini which does not have a ship date yet - that seems to be the one most are expecting to be in short supply until at least some time in 2014.  If you are looking to get an iPad Air and live near an apple store - best to go on line at 12:01 AM PT on Friday and order you iPad mini for in store pickup later in the day on Friday.  

    Folks if you do get a new iPad Air this weakend - make sure to call into the show and let us know which version - wifi only or Wifi LTE and what storage level and why on the storage level - and also tell us your thoughts of the new iPad Air. 

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    http://www.apple-tracker.com/ipad-air

    For those that want an iPad air - the folks at Apple dash tracker dot com have a tool to check for iPad airs in inventory at your 20 closest Apple stores. It sure does look like the 128 gb version is either in demand or no stock was delivered.

    For example the wifi only unit in space gray 128 gb - was only available at 5 of the 20.  Where as 16 and 32 gb were in inventory at all 20 stores and the 64 gb was available at 17 of the 20 as of late Saturday evening.  

    It does change a little for the silver version.  13 of 20 stores had the 128 gb version, and all 20 stores had the 16, 32 and 64 gb versions.

    For the Cellular version the Silver version for Tmobile was available at 10 of 20 stores which is better than the 1 of 20 for ATT version and 0 of 20 for Verizon.  The Sprint version was at 17 of 20 stores for the 128 gb version.  Things look worse for the Space Gray version.  In short it looks like Silver iPad Airs have better availability as do the lower storage options and the wifi only options.  If you are looking for a Space Gray 128GB Verizon version - no soup for you - at almost any store in the US when I checked on a bunch of Zip codes.  Actually of all the apple stores I could check on over 100 - only the Fifth avenue store in NY had one.  

    I point all this out not just for those looking for the iPad Air - but for those planning on getting the iPad mini 2 like me.  

    Look for the link in the show notes titled - iPad Air Availability - Apple-Tracker.com  for ep 287 at today in iOS dot com

    Hi Rob,

    I arrived at the Apple Store in Canberra, Australia just after 8a.m. for the iPad Air launch.  There were about 50 people in the line and Apple staff were handing out cards for the items people wanted to buy.

    They were already out of 128Gb/cellular iPads so I looked elsewhere in the centre and on the phone but with no luck.  

    I have now ordered online, with engraving, and should receive it late next week or early the week after.

    Thanks heaps for the show - always interesting and entertaining.

    Cheers, Bert

    Hi Rob,

    In line at the Glendale galleria For the IPad Air  I'm the 1st person here at 6am it's 7am and there is 6 people now across the street 600ft there the new Iphone store at the Americana there is 30 people in line. I will. E getting The silver 64GB iPad air today.

    This is Tony from Burbank the only person who watches podcast on Apple TV signing off 

    Hi Rob,

    I woke up early drove 45 minutes my local Best Buy store only to arrive at 7:30 and no one else was parking lot or even waiting in line. so I went to breakfast with next Best Buy at five after 8. I was in the store buying an iPad 32gig, I bought one for myself one for my mom for Christmas gift got two covers and left the store in about three minutes. 

    Regards,

    Jim

    Valdosta Georgia. 

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    The new iPad Air reviews are out.  And they are all for the most part very positive.  Look Apple took a device in the iPad that had a basically 99% favorable rating and well made it faster and lighter. Duh of course the reviews are going to be positive.  

    ZDNET has an article to a bunch of the reviews.  But the one article I liked was from LapTopmag dot com.  They took the time to go through the many different pre-release reviews and come up with 5 complaints that were brought up from all the reviews. 

    1. No Touch ID - I agree with this - I was hoping they would have had touch ID - especially As I now find myself holding my thumb on my wifes iPad all the time waiting for it to unlock.  

    2. Cameras don't Wow - I find this a nit pick more than a complaint - I mean well I guess some are complaining - but really - don't you know what a tool you look like taking a photo with a tablet - just sayin.

    3. A bit Pricey - again a nit pick.  You get what you pay for and if you want to pay less - there is lots and lots of crap to choose from out there.  Just make sure you make room in the draw in your desk - because that is where non iPad tablets quickly find themselves living. 

    4.  Runs Warm - but then they note that it is not as warm as the 4th gen iPad when it is running full tilt.  So it runs a little warm - but not as warm as the last gen.  This is bad how?

    5.  No Display innovation.  Umm it is already a retina display - where did they think Apple was going to go with it?  Someone actually complained that when the iPad mini 2 launches the iPad Air will not be the best pixel density iPad.  Oh My is all I can say - well All I can say on a G rated show.  

    Essentially for the iPad air it comes down to this for you. Do you want the 9.7" display or the 7.9" display.  If you want the bigger display and you don't have a 3rd or 4th gen iPad - then the iPad Air will be a good choice for you.  If you are like me and have a 3rd gen iPad and are looking for something a little smaller and a lot lighter - then the iPad mini will likely be your cup of tea.  But I am biased as that is what I want.  And yes putting the same number of pixels in the 7.9" screen that are in the 9.7" screen - means the pixel density is greater.  So the mini while lighter and cheaper - will have a better display then the heavier and more expensive iPad Air.  

    Per speed tests - the iPad Air and iPad Mini should have identical results as they are basically identical internally.  

    http://www.zdnet.com/ipad-air-beats-the-ipad-4-by-80-percent-in-benchmark-tests-7000022607/

    So Rob you ask how did the iPad Air do on the bench mark tests.  Well I am glad you asked - because that brings us to another ZDNET article that goes over some bench mark tests of the iPad Air vs past iPads.  And well it blows the other iPads out of the water - as is to be expected based on the new A7 64 bit processor.  On the Multicore Geekbench 3 test the iPad air was 88% faster than the iPad 4th gen and 432% faster than the iPad 2nd and 3rd gen and iPad Mini.  It was even a little bit better when the single core test was done.  Now mind you the iPad 2nd, 3rd and 4th gen and the iPad Mini all seem very snappy as it is.  So while raw processing / bench mark tests show the iPad Air is much faster 2 to 5 times faster than those older iPads - you will not likely see that raw performance improvement with most day to day use.  But it is alway nice to know you have it under the hood for those times you do actually need it.  I am stoked to get the iPad Mini and see how it works with BossJock and exporting as an MP3 and see how that changes vs the iPad 3rd gen.  Actually with the A7 chip on the 5S - encoding to Mp3 for a 60 sec recording takes 41 seconds.  But on the iPad 3rd gen - a 60 sec recording takes 53 secs. So while the A7 is much faster you really need the apps optimized for the 64 bit architecture to see the real speed improvements - and for most apps you just will not see that.  So if your main reason for getting an iPad Air or iPad Mini is you want to see great performance increases compared to your older iPad - unless said older iPad is the first gen - you are likely going to be disappointed for some time.  Keep that in mind when buying the iPad Air - it is about the future when more and more apps are optimized for the A7 - not the present when only the apple apps are.  

    http://www.zdnet.com/apples-ipad-air-ipad-mini-launch-6-not-so-obvious-takeaways-7000022338/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539

    Oh and one other thing to remember - Apple changed the name of the iPad full size to iPad Air for a reason - it is so they can introduce at some point in the future - the iPad Pro.  Come on you know it is true.  So if you look at 9.7" and go I want it bigger - there is likely something in the pipeline that will make you happy.  

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    One bit of good news not highlighted or mentioned or hinted at at the Oct 22nd event is that for those of you looking for a cellular version of the iPad air - but not on one of the big carriers - well the iPad Air is going regional.  Some of the carriers that already confirmed they will be getting the iPad Air November 8th are - GCI, Bluegrass Cellular, C Spire Wireless and US Cellular - with US Cellular saying and you know what we are getting the iPad Mini as well.  No date on the iPad mini availability as well Apple has not even announced that yet beyond the later in November mention at the Oct 22nd event.  

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    T-Mobile is offering up a data plan starting on Friday November 1st where they claim - Free Data for life.  Well 200 MB of free data every month.

    I called t-mobile to try and figure out exactly what type of plan I would need for this and sadly the person I talked to did not know but kept trying to get me to sign up to some other plan.

    What I do know from the site - is you can bring your own tablet that has cellular.  So if you buy the iPad Air or iPad mini 2 with cellular at the Apple store you can bring it to T-Mobile and get this offering.

    And to get the free 200 MB starter data as they call it you need to have an active mobile internet account with t-mobile - which it seems can be a $0 a month plan.  But likely will cost you $10 to set up with their sim if you do not buy the Tmobile version of the iPad Air.  So if what I understand to be true on this - is you set up your device to work with t-mobile by going to your local tmobile store and getting a sim card kit for $10 and creating an account which you set up as an On Demand data plan as a post paid customer.  And then going forward you get 200 MB of free data each month.  Now this is a good offering for those that don't do much away from the house surfing and when they do it is just checking emails or tweets. But if you are someone that plans on watching netflix at little suzzies Dance class on Monday / Wed / Friday for 2 hours a night - yeah this offer of 200 MB is meaningless to you.  

    I will try to get more info on this for the next show.  

    Hi Rob - I hope the delay getting out a new episode doesn't mean you are under the weather.  

    SIDE NOTE - Not me - I had a dog that was - she is a 16 pound pug and she ate an entire bag of oreos.  She was touch and go but seems better now.  To put that in perspective - that would have been like me eating over 12 bags of oreos.  Yeah not good.  Ok Back to his email.  

    I purchased a T mobile iPad Air at my local Apple Store. I turned off wifi and created a new TMobile account under settings and cellular. I am a new customer and don't have any existing service with them. I selected the default "On Demand" plan with zero minutes and zero charge. They only ask for the standard personal info, but no credit card needed. I then received an email welcoming me to T Mobile and saying I will receive 200 mb free from now until 12/02/13. I assume at that time I will get another 200mb. I expect if I use the 200 mb, they will push frequent notifications trying to get me to buy more. That will be fine for me and not a bother. If a person gets decent coverage, I think the T Mobile iPad is the way to go.

    Also, if you pay for a plan on T Mobile and you use up your allotment of data before the end of the month, according to their web site, they don't just cut you off, they simply drop you to a lower speed. I had Verizon and when I reached my limit, I was cut off completely. This IMO is another reason to go with T Mobile. 

    Another also, I read on line, on any old iPads, if you get a new T Mobile sim, you can sign up and get the free promotional data. It doesn't have to be on a new iPad or one specifically targeted to T Mobile.

    Regards,

    Darrin

    Darrin - Thanks for that info - It does sure sound like when I get my iPad Mini - it will be the t-mobile version.  As I just need the cellular part for occasional use.   

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    I want to thank our sponsor today which again is square trade.  For those of you that just dropped $500 to $900 on a new iPad Air - you will be happy to know there is an iPad warranty for you to - go to square trade dot com slash tii2 - that t i i the number 2.  

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    If you have a new iPhone that just arrived and is less than 30 days old - time to get a warranty for it as well - go to square trade dot com slash tii  - for your iPhone warranty - links in the show notes for both those. 

    Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show. 

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    Hi Rob.

    I have been syncing my iPhone 5s via iTunes by clicking the choice to sync with iPhoto on versions 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 but now it has disappeared as a choice on iTunes syncing setup.

    I did update iPhoto to version released yesterday (9.5) and I have installed the most recent iTunes 11.1.2

    and am on Mavericks.

    It shows the choice to sync to Aperture which I also have and another choice to sync directly with my Pictures folders but no more iPhoto.

    Can you please offer any assistance or insight? 

    Regards,

    Fraser

    Ontario Canada

    Hi Fraser - I am running iTunes 11.1.2 and iOS 7.0.3 - but not Mavericks - but what I am seeing is when my iPhone 5S is connected - and you go to it in iTunes on my computer and then go to the Photos tab - I am seeing iPhoto listed as an option to sync to.   

    From what I read - Mavericks still supports direct from computer to iPhone sync of Photos via iPhoto - as long as you are not set up to sync photos via iCloud.  So check to see if you have iCloud sync set up for your iOS device or your Mac.  I will say there is a lot of back and forth on the support forums about this issue and there are a few people that did say 100% they could still do this with Mavericks - and a couple saying 100% they could not.  I tend to feel in those cases - the ones that can't have something set up wrong.  But if no one could then I would say it was a mavericks issue.  

    Thanks to Tash for this next one - and this is an article more for the Mac OS X users - than iOS users - and it is about how some of the Mac Apps for iWork and iLife actually saw some features removed with their quote updates unquote.  Seems what Apple decided to do is make the Mac Apps and the iOS apps more similar in feature sets - and they did this by moving the feature set up a little with the iOS apps and down a little with the OS X apps - so they are kind of moving to meet in the middle - which well sucks if you use the iWork and iLife apps mostly on your lap top.  Hopefully Apple quickly adds back missing features on the OS X side and at the same time add those features to the iOS versions.  

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    Hey Rob, my wife and I both just upgraded (her 4 and my 4S) to 5Ss and couldn't be happier! I LOVE THIS DEVICE. Also went with square trade warranties on both devices, thanks for the discount!

    You mentioned in episode 286 that iWorks comes free if you buy a new iOS device. How do I take advantage of this? Is it iWorks for my device only or for my MacBook as well?

    Thanks Rob! Updating to Mavericks now… 

    Regards,

    Aaron M

    Hi Aaron, Kyle and all the others that asked about this.  To get your free iOS apps - Pages, numbers, keynote, iPhoto, iMovie and Garageband - on your new iOS device purchased after September 1st.  On said new iOS device - launch the App store app.  You should see a popup about Apples Apps - and you are then presented with the option to download All - for the Apple apps - and that includes the apps I just mentioned plus the Podcasts App, iBooks, iTunes U, Find My iPhone and a few others.  Click download all to get them all.  Again these apps are free on the iOS device you purchased after Sep 1st running iOS 7 or later.   If you do not see the pop up when you launch the App store app - go to bottom of the screen for the App store app and select - Apps made by Apple.  And you should see Free next to all those not installed already.  Just tap on Free and start the install process.  For those that see a price next to any of the apps from Apple - it means said device was purchased before September 1st.

    Thanks to Tash for this next one.

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    I do want to talk a little about what you really get with the new Apple Apps that just updated.  

    From the release notes lets start with the Podcasts app.

    First it is designed for iOS 7 as all these updates Apple apps are.  The Podcast store is now in the feature tabs at the bottom - no more flipping over to the Podcast store and then back to your library.

    Search is much much improved.  

    Podcasts now automatically update with new episodes - even while the app is not open.

    You can also choose how often the Podcasts app checks for updates to your feeds. 

    And iCloud now keeps your subscriptions, stations and play position in sync with iTunes and Apple TV.

    And as mentioned - the lyrics tab / show notes now show up.

    Overall - I think the update to the Podcasts app was a very good update.

    With the Garageband App - You can now create a song with up to 32 tracks using touch instruments, Audio recording and loops - This does require the A7 Processor.   16 tracks are available for the any other iOS 7 device except the iPhone 4.  

    It supports AirDrop and full 64 bit processing.

    And you can record compatible 3rd party music apps using inter-app audio.  

    For Numbers - There are new Apple design templates - YAWN.  You can animate data with new interactive column, bar, scatter, and bubble charts.

    You can use AirDrop to send your spread sheet to anyone nearby.

    You can share a link to your spreadsheet via Mail, messages, Twitter and Facebook - and anyone with a shared document link can have access to the latest version of the spread sheet and can edit it with you at iCloud.com  You can export to .csv.  And there is some coach tips for guided in app help you can turn on.

    iMovie saw a bunch of additions.  Share Clips and movies to iMovie theater.  Adjustments bar for easy access to video and audio controls.  Three new transitions - Slide, wipe and fade through black or white.  Slow Motion - Cutaway - Picture in picture - and split screen effects.  You can add the audio portion of video clips to a movie - i.e. you an strip out and use the audio from a movie.  

    You can duplicate audio or video clips.  You can trim - split and reposition music and sound effects.  Adjustable audio fade in and fade out.  Share via AirDrop to send video clips and iMovie projects. Nice I am sure for sending video from your iPhone to your iPad.  

    If you have a movie you have created with the new iMovie and it uses some of these features - please email me a link to the video to share with the audience.  

    Keynote - my favorite Apple App - also had some changes.  There are some new animations and effects - including updated Magic Move, Clothesline and more.  New Apple designed themes.  

    You can animate data just like with numbers, you can use AirDrop to send your presentations.  And like with Numbers - you can send a link to your presentation - and anyone using iCloud you send it to - can get access to view and edit it with you.  And there are also coaching tips for guided in app help.  

    And not surprising of all the Apps - iPhoto seemed to have the most new features / changes.  Not surprisingly because - Photos are such a big thing with the iPhone. You can order pro-quality prints and create and order professionally printed hardback photo books.  So now you can totally blow off your entire family on the flight back from a vacation - as you work to get a book created of your vacation and all your significant other can remember is you played on your iOS device the entire flight and did not notice your 5 year old kicking the seat in front of him or that your 7 year old asked the flight attendant when they removed the weight limit for "stewardesses" and after that they did not get their drinks. Ok maybe best to create that photo book - at night when all are asleep.  

    Some other useful features of the new iPhoto - actually the most useful is the ability to delete Photos in the Camera Roll  from iPhoto - something no other app can do as well as save edits back to your photo roll you just made.  Which when combined with the advanced search controls - will hopefully make managing your photos where you keep the ones you want and delete those you don't need a little easier.  You can share photos from iPhoto directly via messages.  There is improved support for Panoramas in web journal layouts.  And of course there is AirDrop support.  

    And Finally there is the Pages App - Now over 60 templates to choose from.  Text formatting options added to your keyboard,  There is the same animated data that is in Numbers and Keynote.  There is also the same share a link and collaborative options via iCloud.  You can now turn your documents into ebooks by exporting to ePub.  This is one I am looking forward to using on my new iPad mini if and when I get that. 

    Apple realizes to keep people looked in - they need to offer up the best productivity apps - so I would expect we will see updates to all these apps on a rather regular basis going forward.  If you find any neat new features in any of these apps - Podcasts App, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iPhoto, iMovie and Garageband - let us know 206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon-dog  or email us at today in iOS at gmail dot com.

    favicon_3.icohttp://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/27/ios-daylight-savings-time-bug-strikes-again/

    Its back - The iOS daylight savings time bug that is.  Yes in the US this weekend is Daylights savings and in the past that has usually meant some sort of issue.  because I guess everyone that works on the code for this part of iOS lives in either Arizona or Indiana.  Seems this year in the UK when they hit their daylight savings time - the wrong current time line in day view was the bug this time around.  I guess expect the same in the US.  Just becarefull looking at your day view in the calendar app on Sunday.  And yeah definitely make sure when you get up Sunday all your alarms are still working.  Who knows what else will pop up this weekend.  

    http://www.getsharepod.com/

    Hi Rob,

    Levi needed a way to access notes in an old backup and the program I use is iExplorer by Macroplant. It's for both Mac and PC and I've been using their other program Sharepod for years. Which allowed me to copy music out of a defunk iPod, iPhone, iPad to your computer. It even would import the music into iTunes after it checked to make certain you didn't already have said music in your library. iExplorer is a newer offering which works for devices running iOS 7 and allows you to extract data from any old backup. Notes, Voicemail, Texts, etc... It does it all and you can download and use it for free (with some limitations) then buy it later if you like for $35. Here their website www.getsharepod.com Hope this helps, love the show

    Dave Tarantelli in little Rhody

    Hi Rob, 

    I heard a listener was wondering how to retrieve notes from an old iOS backup...well, I found this software that looks promising. Just thought I'd share it. 

    http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/

    Regards,

    Richard

    http://www.getsharepod.com/

    VOICEMAIL - ERIK_answer_reminders_location

    Hey Rob, I sent the email to you about the maps app lagging and Yes iOS 7.0.3 Did fix it.

    Regards,

    Robert

    Great to hear the 7.0.3 fixed that issue. 

    Hi Rob,

    I was wondering why my mail app keeps having me enter my password for my individual accounts? It seems it does this every 3 days? I fine this puzzling. Thanks 

    Regards 

    Jonah

    Hi Jonah - I have not seen that issue with my mail on my iPhone - but my imap account stopped working on Thursday night so I am guessing something changed with imap and gmail and the iPhone on November 1st.  Still trying to get it to work again - but my other accounts which are working fine are set up as pop accounts. Hopefully I will get that fixed sometime today after this episode goes live.

    If others have been having issues with email and their iPhone since iOS 7 - please let us know.  206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.  

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Sharde_ringtone_app_direct_to_phone

    Hi Rob,

    Ringtone app with music already on your phone "RMaker"

    Ringtone app to find already made ringtones "Ringtones" 

    Regards,

    Simeon F

    Hi Rob,

    Ben here from productivitypad.blogspot.com, just listening to 286 and heard the caller ask about the "other" category. As you said most of this is real but some of it is not, particularly if you have had downloads such as podcasts abort and leave half finished files floating around. There is an app for PC and Mac that is free called Phone Clean that will clear that out for him. It works really well and has sped up several of my devices by freeing up memory.

    Regards,

    Ben N

    On the last episode I had a question about tipping Apple store employees - and here is what I received back from an Apple store Blue shirt.

    Hi Rob,

    I work in Redacted at the Apple store.

    I don't know if you got any feedback yet, but current apple policy states that no employees are allowed to accept any financial bribery. I've been offered for carrying a computer out to a car a car for an elderly man and turned it down. Also We regularly have our one to one members give us things like fruit and stuff (apples, bananas and oranges) when they come in for a training session. I think this is potentially a grey area. Though It may be okay because there isn't a direct exchange of goods (aka a bribe of discounted hardware, sessions) since there is not an actual two way transaction.

    Regards,

    Redacted

    Hi Rob,

    If anyone misses the flying icons in iOS 7.0.3 - Turning off "Reduce Motion" brings back the flying icons. 

    Regards,

    Steven in Houston

    VOICEMAIL - Jonathan_potential_answr_tweet

    Rob, 

    Here is A handy tip. It might be true your nickname is Big Boy but you might not want everyone to know. 

    The tip is - How to disable nicknames for Messages, Phone, and Mail in iOS 7  

    Chris in London.

    Thanks chris for the heads up on this.  Yeah seems in the Message thread if you have a nickname applied - it is what is shown.  Ok to kill this "feature" off go to Settings App --> Mail, Contacts, Calendars --> Short name (under contacts) then scroll down to Prefer Nicknames and turn it off.  Which is exactly what I did.  Because yeah that could get embarrassing.  

      

    http://www.imore.com/how-disable-nicknames-ios-7

    Lock the iPad to just one app | How To - CNET

    There is a nice article on Cnet titled Lock the iPad to just one app.  I know we talked about this when iOS 6 came out - but it is worth mentioning it again for iOS 7.  essentially how it works is you first set up guided access feature.  Setting - general - restrictions - guided access  turn it on and set a 4 digit passcode.  Then go to the app you want open it and quickly tap the home button 3 times.  You can then pick places in the app where they can not touch.  Note to self - need to do a tutorial on how to lock Netflix App into just kids mode.  Seems someone was watching a few minutes of breaking bad recently and it was not me or the wife.  Then after you do that and select with buttons to turn off - you hit the start button in the top right.  To get out of guided access - triple click the home button and enter your 4 digit passcode.  Did not catch all that - well look for the link in the show notes for ep 287 over at today in iOS dot com titled - lock the iPad to just one app - and check out the video link they have in the article.  For parents with kids who like to get into apps on Mom's iPad you don't want them to - this is a nice feature.  Especially on a long car ride and they are in the back seat and you don't want to worry about what they are getting into while you drive.  

    favicon_5.icohttp://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/10/30/apple-under-spends-its-forecast/

    A few different posts out there about Apples plans to spend $11 Billion in Capital expenditures for fiscal year 2014 which started at the end of September.  The first post I read said this would be a 57% increase from what they spent in 2013 - which got me all excited.  until I read another post that said in 2013 Apple planned to spend $10 Billion - but only spent $7 Billion on new buildings and equipment.  Seems the 11 Billion planned for 2014 is only 10% more than the 10 billion planned for 2013.  The reason for the shortfall in spending for 2013 according to apple is quote largely due to a combination of some timing changes and efficiencies we were able to achieve unquote.  In reality what most of the capital expenditures winds up being spent on is equipment that apple buys and puts in their suppliers factories.  This is how Apple gets ahead of the competition - by enabling their supply chain to out perform the competition and by also restricting their suppliers from using that equipment for anyone but them. 

    When Carl Ichan talks about giving all that money back to investors - this is something he misses - Apple uses their capital very wisely - they buy the best supply chain in the world.  

    So back to 2013 - and the short fall - the comment about timing changes - really sounds like some product line was pushed out.  And that in part will explain the 2014 expenditure increase - there is also the spaceship campus construction - ok - maybe not a good a use of capital as bolstering the supply chain.  

    I should put the expenditures into perspective in 2012 - Apple spent 10.3 Billion - 11 Billion is only 6.7% increase from 2012.  Yeah - 11 Billion in that context and considering the space ship campus - it does not sound as impressive.  

    Siri to Gain Translation Features in Near Future - David-Marsden.Com | David-Marsden.Com

    Hi Rob,

    I have a question for you or for the listeners, I am looking for an app that can do speak detection and auto language detection. I mean that I want to let it hear some kind of a language and the app will tell me which language is it and do a translation for it. Is there any app like that?

    Regards,

    Alon for Israel

    Hi Alon I am not sure if there is an app like that - but it may be coming to siri in the future.  

    ASK SIRI WHAT LANGUAGES SHE UNDERSTANDS AND RECORD THAT.

    The interesting thing in the sentence is the SO FAR comment. 

    One rumor about what is next for Siri is a basically she becomes a universal translator.  You say something to her and than ask her to say it in another language.  The other person says something in the other language and Siri says it back to you in your language.  

    That would be a nice built in feature for iOS 7.1 - but likely it will be iOS 8.x.  Why is this likely going to happen - well Apple did a hire a bunch of multilingual cloud experts and it is rumored that is what they are working on.  

    ASK SIRI WHAT IS THE GERMAN FOR New Features coming soon

    favicon_3.icohttp://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/23/russian-carriers-that-ditched-the-iphone-last-year-want-it-back/

    We talked some time back about a couple of Russian Carriers no longer carrying the iPhone.  MTS and Vimplecom.  Well now seems they are back.  Vimplecom signed an agreement with Apple and MTS acquires its iPhones through a 3rd party distributor to get around some rules laid down by Apple.  

    While their decision in the past to drop the iPhone was headline news - it seems their decision to go back with the iPhone was relegated to page 23 right next to the community happenings section.   

    http://macdailynews.com/2013/10/23/the-

    fear-is-palpable-as-microsoft-exec-blasts-apple-ipad-and-free-software/

    Some great quotes out of MS about the free offering of iWork Apps to iOS and OS X users. “Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for communications, also argued that Microsoft’s tablets were better than Apple’s new iPads,” Pimentel reports. “Reacting to news that Apple was dropping its fees for its iWork suite of apps, Shaw said in a blog post, ‘Now, since iWork has never gotten much traction, and was already priced like an afterthought, it’s hardly that surprising or significant a move.’”

    “He also downplayed Apple’s rollout of new iPad devices, saying Microsoft’s Surface and Surface 2 ‘are less expensive than the iPad 2 and iPad Air respectively, and yet offer more storage, both onboard and in the cloud,’” Pimentel reports. “‘When I see Apple drop the price of their struggling, lightweight productivity apps, I don’t see a shot across our bow, I see an attempt to play catch up,’ he wrote. ‘I think they, like others, are waking up to the fact that we’ve built a better solution for people everywhere, who are getting things done from anywhere, and who don’t have hard lines between their personal and professional lives. People who want a single, simple, affordable device with the power and flexibility to enhance and support their whole day. ‘ He did not discuss Apple’s surprising move to make its new Mac operating system known as ‘Mavericks’ available free of charge. “

    When Apple offers a reduction in price to ZERO - for some of the best selling apps in the iTunes app store - it is not about trying to ship product collecting dust - like when MS reduced the price of the Surface tablets - nope this is about Apple improving the user experience of the Apple Ecosystem. Something clearly those at MS don't get or don't want others to get. So the quote is either one we can just as easily in this case blame on incompetence as we could on Malice.

    60db819cef3245b8bf28a6684eeadab0.icohttp://macdailynews.com/2013/10/23/the-fear-is-palpable-as-microsoft-exec-blasts-apple-ipad-and-free-software/

    http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/blackberry-denies-fake-bbm-reviews-as-samsung-fined-50012597/

    Well seems Samsung was just fined by Taiwan's FTC - for paying for both Fake positive reviews of its product and for also paying for fake negative reviews of its competitors products.  I mean it is bad enough to pay for fake positive reviews - but they went the extra mile and paid for fake negative reviews.  

    So to quickly go over Samsungs  recent actions - 1. Fake paid reviews,  2. Cheating on Benchmark Tests  3. Continued copying of Apple products.  4. Admitted to sharing documents from lawyers to engineers the courts said they could not share. 

    Seems Samsung just keeps raising the bar on how sleazy they can be as a company.  Makes you wonder how any one could be pro Samsung - I mean anyone not getting paid to be pro Samsung that is.  I know the next time I hear or read anyone saying something nice about samsung - I will think they are just being paid under the table to say something nice.

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Wayne_henderson_fdbk_upgrade.

    Hi Rob,

    With the new iPads that are coming out, I wonder if there's any reason to not get the iPad mini, since it has the same specs as the MAIN iPad. Is it really worth the $100 for the bigger screen? I mean the mini is technically a better screen with the same pixels. It has everything the bigger iPad does internally. It's weird people want a bigger phone and a smaller tablet. One thing that really stuck out to me as a sore thumb was this quote from the Oct 22nd event, quote The biggest request we've gotten is a retina display for the iPad mini, and we listened unquote that to me was a bad omen. I miss the days when apple didn't do what consumers wanted, rather they showed consumers what they wanted. Like Steve Jobs would say people don't know what they want because we haven't showed them yet.   Apple shouldn't respond to customer requests, it's done so well telling customers what they want.

    Anyways, I would love to hear your response on this, and I still hate the smaller side bezels even tho I'm in the less than 1% on that I'm sure

    Regards,

    Jason Higley

    Hi Jason - First up if you don't like the smaller side bezel then the iPad mini will be a better solution - as I am guessing the smaller side bezel will be less noticeable on the Mini than the iPad Air.  

    I agree with you on that quote - That seemed like the most un-apple quote I have heard in a long time and I agree with you - I hope Apple gets back to showing us what we want rather than giving us what we ask for.  No company gets ahead of the competition or stays ahead by listening to their customers.  I am not saying they should flip the bird to us - but don't tell us you added it because we asked for it.  Next they will be adding a micro-USB connector and a SD card slot plus a removable battery if they keep on that path.  

    Hey Rob,

    You might already know this...

    You can now use your iPhone camera to scan the numbers on the back of gift cards. It immediately recognizes the little box around the code and locks it in. It's actually pretty neat! And sure beats dealing with reading and entering each character. 

    I'm on 7.03, I haven't used a gift card for a year so I don't know when they implemented this..

    Regards,

    John P

    Indian Harbour Beach Florida

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - SAM_FL_TIP_FLICKING

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - FRED_quest_photo_in_specific_order

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - Don_iPhoto_resequence_photos

    588416520f319f343e4510544bb5d8e5.pnghttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2139966387/genneo-power-through-motion?ref=live

    Here is a Kickstarter project I have been waiting to mention it is the Genneo - G E N N E O - and it is a Mobile generator that you put in your backpack or laptop bag or jacket and as you walk the motion generates power used to charge USB devices i.e. iOS devices.  

    I have been waiting on this one I mentioned as I met the lead designer of this at a 1 Million cups event here in Kansas City.  

    Sadly right now they are a little behind their goal of $100,000 - Yup you know what I think about that high a goal.   They currently have around $11,000 in pledges so they are 11% of the way there roughly.  This one has a pledge period running until Nov 20th at 3:01 AM ET.  

    Pricing on this is $175 for the 2900 mAh version and $225 for the 3,400 mAH version,  If you walk around campus or back pack - this is a nice solution to allow you to charge your devices just from the movement of you walking about.  

    He did a good job explaining how it works - they have some patents - and why they will be able to produce this in a production environment and why they will hit their time lines.  Which would be very unique for a kickstarter project. They have an estimated delivery of Feb 2014.  

    Look for Genneo - spelled - G E N N E O - at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 287

    Yeah delivery dates and Kickstarter are more a if all the stars align just right type date.  Take the earphones I mentioned early in the summer - the Soundband.  I think it originally had an October ship date for the first 100 - that date has now slipped to some time in Q2 2014 - probably best case at this point.  So much for that being a Christmas or Valentines day gift.  Maybe if we are lucky it will be a mothers day gift.  But I would not be surprised at this point if it became a 4th of July day gift or Labor day gift.  Oh well.  Maybe Christmas 2014 is now covered.   At least they keep sending updates.  The Other two Kickstart projects I funded and am waiting for are the SOS Charger - Original ship date August 2013 - updated ship date Late November.  The last or first one of the three I am waiting for is the RECAPs project that lets your record phone calls from your iPhone - they shipped out the initial 10 units at the end of September and are supposed to ship out the rest in November - so hopefully I have that to report on shortly - which by the way - Sep / November is what they original said they would do - so - really that one has stayed on schedule so far.  Kudos to iGor Ramos the lead on that project. 

    http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/19/gamecase-for-ios-7/?ncid=rss_semi

    Thanks to Chris in London for this next one.  Which I kept pushing out to the next episode.  It is about the GameCase - which brings a full size natively supported Gamepad to iOS 7 devices.  

    This is made by the folks at Clamcase - Now this is not supposed to ship until late 2013 or early 2014 - but if the folks are listening at Clamcase - You know I would love to get a review unit.   For those that like to  play games and like the use of physical controls - you can sign up for notifications at game case dot com - which I did and also requested as press eval units as well. We shall see.

    7292709b9b0db5da462aaf1d92cb9bc1.pnghttp://www.appsngizmo.com/bbm-for-ios-and-android-downloads-hit-10-million-download-first-day/

    Hey

    I got bbm on day 1 and I am noticing huge battery drain since on my iPhone 5. Just a heads up since 20 million users joined bbm. I prefer iMessage. 

    Regards,

    Dev. 

    Hi Dev - thanks for the heads up on the issues with BBM - so if you just installed BBM and your battery life is dropping faster than Market share for blackberry smartphones - now you know why.  

    Oh and I guess I should mention for those that did not know - Black Berry Messenger finally is available for iOS devices.  Just search for BBM in the iTunes app store or look for the link in the show notes for ep 287.   

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Quest_iph5_issue_charging

    Hello rob, I have an ipod 5th gen and my gmail whenever I launch it it just says "no offline messages" , but on all my orther gmail accounts, it works, any suggestions?

    Regards,

    Daniel 

    Hi Rob,

    For years I've used the Reqall app & web service to send short voice transcription emails directly to my email.  When the app is running only a single tap to record and another tap when done and the message is sent to their server where it can be routed as an email, reminder, or text message.  I simply use it to send to my email and the transcript shows up in the subject line.

    Reqall no longer works in iOS 7 and the service is being shut down.  I'm looking for any alternative that is easy to use. Using the mail app with microphone button, dictation to siri, or dragon dictate all take much more time, many more taps, and can be a huge distraction.  I'd love to hear of any alternatives that TIO listeners may know of.

    Regards

    --Ed in Lenexa

    Dear Rob,

    I upgraded to the iPhone 5S on launch day and I was extremely happy with the overall performance of the phone.

    However, last weekend I broke my right collar bone during a bike accident and I lost the use of my right hand. Being right handed, this was a huge inconvenience. But because of the design of the iPhone 5S, I could still use the phone with my left hand and reach every corner of the phone. I also happened to have set up my phone to recognize both left & right thumb prints. 

    Being an Apple fanboy has it's benefits! I couldn't imagine any Sammy phone user trying to use one of those FAT phones with just one hand! 

    Tony L

    San Francisco

    Hi Tony - Sorry to hear about your accident - and I hope your recover quickly.  And yes you are correct one handed operation on one of those phablets or 5" smartphones would be difficult at best.  

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Gary_issue_703_touchID

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - DRMACKAY_703_imessage

    For those asking about iOS 7.0.3 update and the ability to jailbreak in the future - At least according to Musclenerd - it is safe to upgrade to iOS 7.0.3 assuming your are already running iOS 7.0.x already. So Yes it seems ok to update. Which makes sense because in the past when a new Jailbreak came out - it worked for whatever was the latest and greater version - so if you just came home from the Apple store with a new iOS device - the day a jailbreak was made public - it would jailbreak your device. That by my definitions is a public jailbreak - and one I would promote.

    favicon_6.icohttps://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/

    392800557066231809

    Hi Rob,

    I think this article will be very interesting for your listeners in the US who are interested in dropping their high cost plans with the big carriers.

    Thank you for the great job you do in helping us get the most out of our iOS devices.

    Dr. John M

    And this is an article titled How to get unlimited talk, text and data for $30 a month on an iPhone.  

    Hint you will need the following - 1- T-mobile Prepaid plan, 2 - google voice - 3 - talk-a-tone App.  

    And then well 4 - the link to the article per the title previously mentioned which goes over how to tie items 1 to 3 together.  

    Thanks Dr. John for the heads up on that. 

    http://thetechblock.com/get-unlimited-talk-text-data-30-iphone/

    http://www.neglectedpotential.com/2013/10/iphone-touchscreen-accuracy/

    I had a few people asking my thoughts on the testing done by OptoFidelity - testing the accuracy of the iPhones Touch screen vs that of the S3 and found the S3 more accurate across the entire screen with the iPhone being less accurate around the edges.  

    Sadly so far I have not see an official response from Apple.  Some have said this inaccuracy on the edges is on purpose by Apple - so that when you touch at an angle towards the side of the screen - it purposefully off - kind of Apples way of Kentucky windage for you.

    Apple has said in the past - as in the way distance past of 2007 - that they already change the target size for keys on the keyboard based on what the iPhone thinks you are trying to type.  So if you are typing the word slow - by the time you get to the w the target areas for the W is bigger than that for the Q or the E or the S around it.  Making it easier for you to hit.

    My guess is the inaccuracies measured by the robots at OptoFidelity are on purpose and not a bad design - why else would there be a pattern for the inaccuracies.  This is also the thinking of Nick Arnott over at Neglected Potential who wrote a really nice blog post on this.  

    It would be nice is Apple put out something official about this.  If they do I will make sure to mention it on a future episode. 

    favicon_7.icohttp://dustview.blogspot.com/2013/10/iphone-5s-vs-nokia-lumia-1020-camera.html

    I saw a nice blog post for the blog - Dustview.  The post was titled - iPhone 5S vs Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera Shootout.  

    As the article mentions the 1020 has the camera called by many as the current leader of the pack in smartphone camera.  HOWEVER - once you read this article and see the side by side shots - you will see that not only does the 5S hold its own - over all - the 5S is really the better camera.  

    They did 10 different side by side photos - where each photo had some different condition to it.  Some were about colors - some clarity some low light - some about zooming in.  And in the end the score was 8 to 3.  One of the categories they tied.  So they could have really scored it 7.5 to 2.5.   It is hard to audibly explain the difference in pictures - because you know a picture is worth a 1,000 words and there are 10 different photos with 2 versions of each - and that would mean 20,000 words are needed.  Or I could just say look for the link to the post titled - iPhone 5S vs Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera Shootout - in the show notes for ep 287 at today in iOS dot com.  But yes I was really surprised by the out come of this test as a few certain tech podcasters seem to be so high on the Nokia Camera - doubt they ever did a side by side test like this.  That's ok - we realize it is fashionable right now to be negative about Apple - I am sure once the wind blows in the other direction they will be back in Apples camp again.  Just Sayin

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - Quest_arnold_musicapp_ios7

    Long time listener Tash in Australia has been having a bugger of a time with her iPhone 4S since updating to iOS 7.  It has slowed down and the battery life sucks - and she seems to have tried everything.  Seems this is a wide spread issue in Australia.  

    Again for me in the US - upgrading to iOS 7 on my iPhone 4 - and it seems to be working better and faster and battery life is much much improved.  I get a much longer charge out of my iPhone 4 running iOS 7.0.3 - then I do with my iPhone 4S running 6.1.2.  

    Any way if Anyone in Australia was having issues with sluggish performance and horrible battery life after updating to iOS 7 - and were able to fix the issue - please please please let us know. 

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

    Hi Rob

    I am planning on getting the iPad mini with Retina Display. I would love to save money and get thee 16GB version. I know iCloud saves apps, music, and photos, but do you recommend using cloud apps such as DropBox for an iOS device? If not 32GB will be my choice

    Regards,

    AJ 

    Hi AJ,

    Even with iCloud and Dropbox and Flickr - which are all great for getting some content off your iOS device to free up storage space - there is another issue.

    Are you an App junkie ?

    If so - go with 32 GB as a min - apps are getting bigger and bigger size wise due to the requirements of retina specs for images.  

    So if you have more than 50 apps on your iOS device now - go with 32 GB - if you just use the stock apps plus a half dozen other apps - and don't care about apps - 16GB when used with icloud, dropbox and flickr should work for you.

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Michael_email_redbadges_turn_off_tip

    http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/30/google-fiber-app-dvr-iphone-ipod/?ncid=rss_truncated

    For this next story - First I need some paper. 

    (CRINKLE SOME PAPER)

    Now I need a couple of paper cuts - Check.  And now the lemon Juice.  Ok - adding that to the paper cuts.  CHeck - and I am ready for this next story.  Which is for those lucky few that have google fiber. Google just updated their iOS app so it now works on the iPhone and iPod touch as well - and they added new DVR features.  Per the aforementioned lemon juice in my paper cuts - that relates to the fact I live in the only city in america whose city council was incompetent enough to say no to Google Fiber and then when they were ready for Google fiber - Google said No Fiber for you.  So now I am living in the only city in Kansas City metro area that will be with out google fiber.  All I can say is everyone on the City council up for election in the spring of 2015 will be gone.  And I am seriously considering running. Yup Overland Park made it so hard on Google to get approval - that Google picked up their ball and went home.  Ok I am ranting - but I am still pretty upset about it.  Anyway if you have google fiber or are getting ready to get it good news for you - you can take the Android tablet they supply with each hook up and put it under the kitchen table leg to balance out the table - and download the Google fiber app for any of your iOS devices and control it with a device you don't have to feel embraced to be seen using.  

    Thanks again to our sponsor Squaretrade.  Remember for your iPad warranty - just $89 for a two year warranty - you save $35 by going to square trade dot com slash t i i 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2.  the iPad Air is not really as light as air it is still a pound and subject to the laws of gravity - and square trade is there to help you when your iPad becomes part of a newtonian science experiment.  Squaretrade dot com / tii 2 for your $89 iPad air warranty. 

    If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news.  Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback.  Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.    

    And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The  feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else.  An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed.  I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in.  And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show.  This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.  And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.  

    And that folks is going to do it for us today.  

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    Mon, 28 October 2013
    Apple Q3 2013 Quarterly Report
    Apple Q3 2013 Quarterly Report

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    Apple Q3 2013 - Quarterly Report Summary:

    Rev = $37.5 Billion (vs $36 Billion a year ago quarter and $35.3 Billion last quarter)

    Total Cash = $146.8 Billion (up $0.2 Billion for the quarter from $146.6 Billion)

     

    Last Quarter Sales:

    iPhones Sold = 33.8 Mil (vs 26.9 Mil a year ago quarter and 31.2 Mil last quarter)

    iPads Sold = 14.1 Mil (vs 14 Mil a year ago quarter and 14.6 Mil last quarter)

    iPod Touches Sold = Not given as usual but over half of the 3.5 Mil iPods sold

    All iPod's Sold = 3.5 Mil  (vs 5.3 Mil a year ago quarter and 4.6 Mil last quarter)

     

    Misc Notes:

    International sales were 60% of sales

    14.3 Mil in Channel inventory that is +3.3 Mil iPhones in Channel inventory for the quarter.

    4.1 Mil Channel inventory same as beginning of the quarter.

    iPhone 4S is Apples low cost entry - not the 5C.

     

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    Wed, 23 October 2013
    Tii - iTem -286 - iPad Mini 2, iPad Air, iOS 7.0.3

    Tii - iTem -286 - iPad Mini 2, iPad Air, iOS 7.0.3

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    Snap guide for Battery Life

    Apple’s October 22 iPad And Mac Event

    Apple — iPad — Compare iPad models.

    The iPad Usage Trend Continues to Baffle Analysts - Patently Apple

    iOS 7 Download Traffic Overtaking Netflix Inside Carrier Networks

    iOS 7 on 71% of Apple Devices One Month After Launch | TechnoBuffalo

    T-Mobile announces free global data roaming, texts starting October 31

    AT&T unveils $5 'data day passes

    How to: Solve Keyboard Lag on iOS 7

    iPhone 5s Reportedly Outselling iPhone 5c Two-to-One 

    Verizon's iPhone Activations Support 36 Million 

    Verizon's Management Discusses Q3 2013

    Apple's iWatch and wait approach

    No Touch iD and gold color option for iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2

    Unlock iOS 7: Gold iPad Mini 2 With Touch ID 

    Facebook ads are 1,790% more profitable on iPhone than Android

    iOS versus Android for Businesses in Q3 

    Did you know that the iPhone 2G is a collector's item?

    EU Could Force Apple To Accept Universal Charger

    Baby monitor app texts you when baby is crying

    Canonical founder: Apple's 64-bit chip to unify Mac

    Lost 'Doctor Who' Episodes Are Now Available Exclusively Through iTunes

     

    Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii App

    Garageband

    Audiobus

    SampleTank

    Photoshop Touch

    Fotor HDR

    AAsessmyvs

    AAluminate

    Ghost Tours NYC

    Snapguide

    Garageband

    iPhoto

    iMovie

    Numbers

    Pages

    Keynote

    Direct download: tii_0286.mp3
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    Wed, 23 October 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0286 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0286 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob,

    Todays Apple event image with text added via Photoshop for iPad. 

    regards,

    Chris in London

    =====================

    Transcript for Episode 286

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    http://snapguide.com/guides/improve-battery-life-in-ios7-for-iphone-ipad/

    Remember that Bakers dozen of Battery life improvement tips for iOS 7 that I went over a few weeks ago on the show - well I put them together to make a snap guide - so if you have the snap guide app - just search for walch - W A L C H - in Snapguide and you will see my battery life saving guide and also my how to podcast from an iPhone guide.  And of course if any of you have done a snap guide - iOS related or not - let me know and I will mention it on the show.  Since well snap guide is iOS related - so even if your guide is for a better double chocolate chip brownie - let me know.  

    Hi Rob,

    Thanks for the heads up! Your heads-up make your app way more valuable than the price! 

    Regards Robert F

    And Robert is talking about the push message I sent out Tuesday Morning about the Apple event actually being streamed live.  Yeah Apple.  and if you have the Tii App - you would have or should have received said push. 

     0010 - Apple’s October 22 iPad And Mac Event Now Official As Press Receive Invites | TechCrunch

    Normally on these events I try to put the milk at the back of the store and you need to get all the way through the store to get to the breaking news of the event.  But this time we will put it up front.  So what was announced at the event.

    Well to start off there was the video with the dots about designing things for how they feel and to delight the user.  And how it takes time to do this and there are lots of no's to get to each yes.  This was the Designed by Apple in California video we saw back at WWDC in June.  

    Then Tim cook came out with shirt untucked and did his update on numbers and rah rah

    First was on the iPhone - 9 million iPhones first weekend.  Old number - no new info on that.  Then the rah rah video from Launch day of the iPhone 5S and 5C from different apple stores around the world.  

    Per iOS 7 - 5 days after it launched there were over 200 million iOS devices running iOS 7.  Today 64% of iOS devices are running iOS 7.  

    There have been 20 Mil listeners of iTunes Radio - about 1/3 rd of the number of podcast listeners. 

    There is now over a million apps on app store and over 60 billion App downloads.  Which works out to over $13 Billion paid out to Developers.  That means also - lots and lots of free app downloads.  

    Getting into the meat of the presentation - First up was the update on OS X and Craig Federegi - this time with shirt untucked.  I will not go over all of the OS X stuff.

    Craig did comment about his untucked shirt - I think he has been listening to the show. Actually last event he was the only one with his shirt tucked in.  

    One feature from Mavericks - is sending your maps locations right to your lock screen on your iPhone - which is nice.  

    Another great new feature of Mavericks is it is Free - as in nada - nothing - no cost to you. And available today.  Wow I mean not Wow on the Today part but on the Free part.  Did not see that coming.  

    Then Phil Shiller with shirt untucked came out and talked about the new Mac BookPros.   Better specs lower prices.  Nothing about internals and fan noise. Drat. But the website for Apple and the macbook pro show it still with the asymmetrical fans introduced at the last update. 

    There was also some Mac Pro Porn - that led us to about the 40 minute mark of the presentation. 

    Then Eddy the Stuff Que came out with shirt untucked and talked about iLife apps - 

    New update to iPhoto for Mac and iOS.

    New update for iMovie for iOS 7 and you can do picture in picture and speed up and slow down video on your iPad or iPhone.  Sweet - I know recently we had questions about the best app for picture in picture video editing - it now seems to be iMovie is the answer or at least one of the first answers.  

    And there is a New Version of Garageband - finally.  New look - new design.  I need to hold off upgrading for a bit until I am sure it still is ok for Podcasters and well this podcaster in particular.  I am excited and scared to try it out.  Maybe I will wait until Thanksgiving to upgrade to Mavericks and the new Garageband - then at least I will have 4 1/2 days to get things figured out on my production side.  If you are a podcaster and use Garageband I recommend you wait a bit.  

    There are also New versions of the iWorks suite - Numbers, Pages and Keynote.

    Then finally at the 52 Minute mark the unthinking happened - An Apple employee came out on stage with his shirt tucked in. It was Roger Rosner - and actually he was the only Apple Employee at the WWDC even that also had his shirt tucked in - Roger my friends is the real Maverick at Apple.  A Shirt tucked in, not going to drive a hybrid - likes red meat type of Maverick.  

    Tim came back at the 57 Minute mark and he led us into the iPad announcements.

    But first he mentioned that Over 170 Million iPads sold - reaching that mark early this month. That means last quarter Apple sold less than 15 Mil iPads last quarter - probably right about the 14.6 Mil mark they had from the quarter before.  Maybe later in the show we will get into speculation of iPad and iPhones sold last quarter which Apple will announce next Monday.  Really not much speculation on the iPad number.  It is somewhere south of 15 Mil and likely north of 14 Mil.  But still all time said was earlier this month we sold our 170 millionth iPad.  So it is possible if earlier this month meant two days ago - it is possible When Apple reports numbers the sold less than 13 Mil iPad's last quarter.  

    Tim as he likes to do - showed a chart on Tablet Usage share - As he proudly stated the iPad is used 4 times more than all those other tablets combined. 

    And today there are over 475,000 iPad apps. Not apps that just work with the iPad in stretched mode - but Apple that are either only for the iPad or have universal mode.  Like the Tii App.  

    Then Tim showed a video of how people are using their iPads.  It r was a nice mix of examples of where people are using the iPad to consume content and how some are using it to create content.    

    Then Phil came back to talk about the new iPads.  Thinner lighter - more powerful - That sums up what Apple is now calling the  iPad Air - Which is the new name for the 9.7 inch iPad and it has the smaller bezel - that had been shown in leaked photos all over the place for the past couple of months.  the iPad Air is just 7.5 mm thick - 20% thinner than the 4th gen iPad maxi.  The full size iPad used to be 1.4 pounds - now it is down to 1.0 pound. As expected the A7 Chip is the heart of the iPad Air and it is the 64 Bit processor that you have in the iPhone 5S - so All Android tablets will soon be destroyed in the benchmark tests - even if they keep cheating and try turning it up past 11.  Oh And the M7 Motion processor is in the new iPad Air as well.   Graphics are 72 x more powerful than original iPad.   And CPU power is 8x more powerful than the original iPad.  

    Another areas of improvement is Faster Wifi.  Mimo tech for wifi - which means Multi in - multi out - and it means faster streaming of content.  The iPad Air also has improved / Expanded LTE coverage / bands.  

    But still the same 5 MP camera.  There are dual mics to quote help with siri unquote and of course the key trademark of the iPad - it has 10 hour battery life.

    Per colors available for the iPad Air - there is Silver / white and space grey / black.  There is no Gold for the iPad Air.  

    Pricing Still starts at $499.  And they will Start shipping Nov 1st in a whole bunch of countries Actually Apple had over 40 countries listed.  Including the top 10 countries listening to this show.  The US, The UK, Canada, Australia, China, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden and France.  You actually have to get to the 13 th country for top countries downloading this show - New Zealand - before you find one not getting the iPad Air on Nov 1st.  

    What was not announced - Well No Touch ID for the iPad Air.   That was one of those yes it is / no it is not rumored features leading up to the event.

    Then we got into the new iPad Mini.  And my gut was wrong - they did add a Retina Display.  And it Also gets the A7 Chip.  Yup I am buying one for the wife. Camera stays the same at 5 MP. Per colors available there are two - Silver/ white and Space Grey / Black. No gold for you.  Pricing for the new iPad Mini is now $399 - and it will be available later in November.

    the iPad mini first gen dropped to $299 for pricing.  

    So the iPad product line is 

    iPad Mini 1st gen $299.  iPad 2 - Still around at $399, iPad Mini with Retina display at $399 and the iPad Air at $499.  Those are all in 16 GB versions and wifi.  There are LTE versions available as well - add $130 to the price and add $100 to the price to go up one storage level to 32 GB or another $100 to get to 64 GB or another $100 to get to 128 GB for both the iPad Air and new iPad mini 2nd gen.  $699 for the 128 GB iPad Mini at 128GB - $829 when you add in LTE.  Go to $929 for the top of the line iPad Air.    

    Oh yeah there are New covers and cases.  Yada Yada.

    A quick wrap up by Tim and then the event ended at the 84 minute mark.  Good event on the iPad Mini side - was really surprised to see both the A7 and Retina for the iPad Mini - but as I said on a previous episode - if it had both I would get it and I will.  I really did not think it would have both - but glad it did.

    Essentially or not even essentially - actually the iPad Air and new iPad Mini have the same specs except for the size of the screen and size and weight of the units.  

    The Battery life is still listed at 10 Hours for both units - that did mean a slight increase in weight for the 2nd gen iPad mini from 0.68 pounds to 0.73 pounds - or 308 grams to 331 grams for the wifi unit. The depth increased a tad from 7.2 mm to 7.5 mm - again this is for the iPad mini.   The Camera is identical to the iPad Mini first gen - so no change there.  Only thing new is the 3X video zoom on the camera side that is.  

    And the big changes really are going from an A5 to an A7 and M7 processors and also to the Retina Display. And well going from $329 to $399 dollars - there is that too. 

    The big changes on the iPad air are going from an A6X to an A7 and M7 Processors.  And then the lighter weight and new length x width and depth.  

    There is the improvement in Wifi and the improvement in LTE - but those are very minor changes for most.

    So overall - if you were holding off getting an iPad Mini - this event was good news.  If you have an iPad 3rd or 4th gen Maxi - I am not sure the iPad Air is going to cause you to rush out and get a new unit.  But if you had an iPad 2nd or 1st gen and were waiting for a new gen iPad and one you can use for most applications instead of a laptop - then you are probably happy - but still not at a point where you have to upgrade - more that it would be nice to upgrade.  

    If you are an anal-ist - you probably are not happy.  

    As if

    That is because there was no new category of product - no iWatch, No full on Apple TV, No iUnicorn so to speak.

    What Apple did in this event is what they have been doing for years - incremental updates to their products.

    But they did some things I think were important - they released major updates to their iLife and iWork suites and are making them free to all new iOS device buyers and all new Mac Buyers.  And they made Mavericks free - which means they will be getting most usable Macs up to the same revision level in very short order - don't under estimate the impact that will have on the whole iOS / Mac interaction ecosystem.

    http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/

    Hi Rob,

    I'm completely underwhelmed with "the biggest breakthrough since the original iPad" they made the side bezel about half as thick as it used to be… I hate that because it makes it hard to hold in portrait with one hand… they made it thinner, they changed the shape slightly, they made it lighter, and it has the new processors that the iPhone 5s has… Phish! I'd rather have a 4th gen

    Regards,

    Jason

    Hi Jason thanks for your feedback.  I think having rewatched the keynote now for a second time - and having gone over the specs vs the last couple of gens of iPads - I think Apple does have an issue in that their iPads are sooo good - not only are people using them more - but they are likely feeling no real need to upgrade to the new iPad.  Sure some maybe even many listening to this show will not feel that way and will rush out to get the new iPad.  But for most current iPad owners - the changes today are not going to be enough to get them to upgrade now - and that really is not to take anything away from the new iPad's - but rather to point out one of the issues with 4 Times more usage being on an iPad - is that people are using their iPads now and getting along so well that the iPad dominates tablet usage.  It seems Apple is getting to a point where a 4 to 6 year window for iPad replacement may be the norm - and that means slowing iPad sales if Apple does not actively court those current Android users of Tablets and try to convert them to iPad users - Apple could see a decline in iPad sales yr over yr if they don't actively pursue non-iOS tablet users.  That said again this is more a testament to how good the iPad was - not about the level of upgrade in the new iPads - which I think is great - especially on the iPad Mini side.  But even my Wife said to me after the event when I explain what was new - that she is very happy with the performance with her iPad - when she gets it out of the kids or my hands.  

    If you don't have an iPad - then the new iPad's represent the best offerings to get.  If you want a larger screen - get the iPad air - if you want something for more on the go / travel type usage - then the iPad Mini is the way to go - but both are great devices - both have the 64 bit processors and both have retina displays and both give over 10 hour battery life - and both are faster and more powerful than any other tablet out there.  

    Hi Rob,

    I was wondering why apple failed to mention in the keynote, that you can configure the new iPad Air up to 128 GB? I think that is a pretty important feature.  And why the lack of touch ID?

    Regards,

    Jonah

    I was actually surprised to see that the iPad Mini had the 128 GB option - the 4th gen iPad already had the 128 gb option - so seeing it carried over was not surprising - but it was very pleasant to see it for the iPad mini.  That means I could get my wife the iPad mini and put every picture of our kids on that for her.  That is huge deal for her. 

    Per the lack of touch ID - it is very likely - that some of the rumors about production capability not being there yet for the sensors may have been spot on.  If some time between now and say WWDC in June - Apple releases a version of the iPad Air and iPad Mini with touch ID - we know for sure it was a capacity issue.  

    If they wait until next year - it might just mean it was a road map issue.  As in Apple just wanted to keep that an iPhone feature only for now. 

    Of course it could be a third issue - a Margins issue - as in Apple is doing all they can to keep up margins.  

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    Hi Rob,

    With regards to Episode 0285 and your solicitation for anecdotes for iPhone 5s crashes...

    I have an iPhone 5s 64GB Silver/White for AT&T running iOS 7.0.2; and yes, I have experienced numerous crashes.

    Most of the time, the crashes occur when I switch between apps i.e. the app that I land on or switch from crashes.

    And every once in a while, SpringBoard crashes! I see the grey screen with black Apple logo that one sees when one boots up the phone when that happens. The interesting thing is that I was on a phone call once when it happened. The phone call continued uninterrupted while SpringBoard crashed and boots up.

    My wife's iPhone 5 (White 64GB AT&T) did not seem to have any problems running iOS 7 (again, I don't have the version info but if I have to guess, it would be 7.0.2). At least, I am not hearing any complaints from her.

    Anyway, overall, we, a family of 4 iPhones (and numerous other Apple devices) love the new look & feel & sound that comes with iOS 7.

    Regards,

    James.

    iOS 7.0.3

    This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:

      •  Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices

      •  Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts

      •  Updates lock screen to delay display of "slide to unlock" when Touch ID is in use

      •  Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search

      •  Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users

      •  Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating

      •  Improves system stability when using iWork apps

      •  Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue

      •  Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice

      •  Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode

      •  Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation

      •  Fixes an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive

      •  Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text

      •  Fixes an issue that could cause supervised devices to become un-supervised when updating software

    For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:  

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

    The iPad Usage Trend Continues to Baffle Analysts - Patently Apple

    Patently Apple had an article that falls into one of my favorite categories - Articles about how iPad usage continues to confuse Anal-ists.

    From the Article - iPad owners use their devices most often when compared to other Tablet owners - duhhh - and an amazing 80% of iPad users are heavy users 10 or more times a day.  In our house the two iPads are used so much by the 4 of us - that my wife complains she does not really have her own iPad.  Something I hope to rectify shortly with one of the new iPad's announced today - shhhhhh - don't tell her.

    From the Gartner report on usage quote Other tablet providers need to understand why owners of their tablets spent significantly less time on their devices  unquote -  Hint - because their tablets UI sucks and the ecosystem is far inferior.  And the touch UI is laggy and the hardware feels cheep - and they really just wanted an iPad when they asked for an iPad - and did not want any tablet.  Again - they wanted a GI Joe with kungfu grip and they got an Action Jackson syndrome.  That is what happens when someone asks for an iPad and gets an Android tablet. 

    Still it shows that Gartner does not get it because they seems just as frustrated in trying to understand what I think is just so obvious to all of us.  There is a big difference in the User Experience between the iPad and iOS ecosystem and that of the Android devices and their ecosystem with ecosystem in this case in air quotes.  

    iOS 7 Download Traffic Overtaking Netflix Inside Carrier Networks - Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com

    Hi Rob,

    Thought you'd find this of interest. 

    Greg in L.A.

    And in this case this is referring to download traffic for iOS 7 actually surpassed that of Netflix on Carrier networks - when the iOS 7 upgrade was released. 

    Yeah - another reason to shy away from upgrading the first few days a new upgrade comes out.

    iOS 7 on 71% of Apple Devices One Month After Launch | TechnoBuffalo

    In the Apple event - Tim Cook said 64% of iOS devices had iOS 7 installed.  But Mixpanel found for its users that number was actually at 71% just 27 days after the launch of iOS 7.  Per their stats from a year ago - it took iOS 6 30 days to get to just 61% - so iOS 7 is definitely in higher demand than iOS 6. 

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - Rodny_ind_quest_4s_5c_mvno

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/09/t-mobile-said-to-launch-global-data-in-more-than-100-countries

    Hi Rob, 

    Think AT&T or V or S will also do this? 

    Dr. John M

    And what Dr. John is asking about is per T-Mobiles announcement they would offer free global data roaming and texts starting Oct 31st.  This is for more than 100 counties.  This is for its simple choice customers - and there is no extra charge.  For Voice calls the carrier will chafe a flat rate of 20 cents per minute when roaming globally.  And yes this works with the iPhone.  Check with your local T-mobile store for more details before heading overseas.  And while it is for over 100 countries - it is not for ALL countries - so you will want to confirm with T-mobile if you are traveling abroad that where you are going is covered. Not that I am at all trying to downplay this - as it is a very very nice offer.  Just want you to make sure if you are traveling to Albania or the isle of Mann - that you are covered and not just assuming your are covered. Again this starts on October 31st.  

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/17/att-unveils-5-data-day-passes-for-tablets

    And speaking of Carriers and data plans.  AT&T announced a $5 data day pass for cellular capable iPads - or put another way a $150 a month data plan.  Hmmm put another way does not sound as good as a $5 data day pass.  That day pass also gets them a total of 250 Megabytes of data for that day.

    There is also another plan - that gives you 1 GB of data usage over a 3 month period for $25.  

    Still these plans kind of suck compared to what was originally offered for first gen iPad owners - which was a $30 a month unlimited data plan which you could purchase on a month to month basis from the settings app.  AT&T yanked that as we mentioned on the last episode and that resulted in a class action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T which they recently lost.  

    Hey Rob,

    I know that you fully back SquareTrade and that they are one of your show sponsors. Just wondering what your take is on other iPhone insurance policies. My wife and I are Verizon customers and are about to upgrade her 4 and my 4S.

    For the past year and a half I have paid $9.99/month for the Verizon Total Equipment Coverage and a couple weeks ago my sleep/wake button stopped working. I took it to a Verizon store and they offered to mail me a replacement phone but couldn't swap it out in store and, of course, directed me toward the Apple Store without telling me that Apple wouldn't be able to swap it out either since my phone was past the standard one-year warranty that comes with the phone. Not knowing that, I went to the Apple Store and they, of course, directed my back to the Verizon store where I  went and then just had them mail me one. 

    I got my replacement phone a couple days later and sent my defective phone back to Assurion or whatever in their nice box with the shipping already paid, etc. No deductible, I'm pretty happy. Now the phone looks brand new but has some issues and is obviously refurbished. No deductible is nice but I would rather have a phone that lives up to my standards after paying $9.99/month for a year and a half. 

    Would I be better off getting AppleCare+ for $99 and paying their $79 deductible if there's an issue? Or getting SquareTrade for $94 (via the Tii promo code discount and paying their $50 deductible? Are they all the same refurbished pieces of junk that are riddled with issues? I'm trying to figure this all out before we purchase our new phones next week... 

    I would also like to know your take on the best place to go to for trade-in! My wife's is a 32GB 4 and mine is a 16GB 4S. I've price shopped online and Verizon's Device Recycling Program seems like it would offer us the most money for our old devices with Best Buy and Apple Store right behind them. I know online and in-store are usually different ball games. Any idea who offers the best trade-in value on the spot? We just want to put the money towards two new 5S.

    Regards,

    -AAron M

    Hi Aaron - I can tell you what I did - and that is I spent the $94 and got the Squaretrade warranty for my new iPhone 5S - by going to square trade dot com / tii - if you go to that URL - you get $30 off the 2 year warranty and again that means it is just $94 for you - and me.  I think the Verizon and AT&T warranties are total rip offs.    $10 a month for 24 months is $240 vs $94 + a $50 deductible if you need it.   So yeah definitely go with Squaretrade dot com slash tii for your warranty.  And unlike Apples warranty - if down the line a jailbreak is made available and you jailbreak - with square trade you are still covered.  I have had many listeners in the past that needed to use their square trade warranty and their results were very positive. You can even bring your iPhone to Apple and get it repaired and they will reimburse you.  

    Per the question of reselling - if you main goal is getting the most money possible - ebay or craigslist - if you sell via craigs list - also set up your exchange in the parking lot of you local police station.  You can not be too careful when it comes to selling via craigs list.  

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    PLAY VOICEMAIL BRIAN_PAGES_BLUE_SCREEN

    Hey Rob, this is Dave in Palm Springs California. 

    In episode 285 you ask if anybody was having problems with the blue screen of death on a 5S. I am raising my hand.

    Whenever I try to copy something from Pages, Apple's wordprocessing, with the purpose of going to another program like, Mail to paste it, Pages crashes and I get the blue-screen-of-death, followed by a complete reboot of the iPhone.

    Apple techs scratch their heads and tell me to reset all settings. That does not seem to help the matter and only infuriates me. Any suggestions?

    Dave

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - BEN_IOWA_LOCATION_BASED_REMINDERS

    Hi Rob,

    Thanks for a great show. I traveled to England, France and Belgium in the fall of 2012, about two weeks after the release of the iPhone 5. I bought the Verizon iPhone 5 on launch day. I knew that the Verizon iPhone 5 contained unlocked GSM radios inside it which would allow me to use the phone on most GSM networks in Europe. All I had to do was buy a prepaid GSM SIM card when I got there. Easier said than done.

    When I arrived in London, I learned that the iPhone 5 used a nano-SIM which was fairly new at the time and I couldn't fine one from any of the carriers in London. I did some quick research and found that you could use a SIM cutter tool to cut down a regular SIM card to make it fit in the nano-SIM slot. I finally ended up paying someone from a small electronics shop to cut down a full size GSM SIM that I purchased from the mobile carrier called "3" (http://www.three.co.uk/).

    The cut down card worked great in my iPhone 5 however I never saw LTE speeds in any of the three countries I visited. LTE rolled out much more slowly there that it did here in the States and I think it just wasn't available when I visited last fall.

    A year later, I'm sure there is better LTE coverage and I'm sure it's trivial to find GSM prepaid nano-SIMs that will work in unlocked iPhones. I hope this story can help someone else.

    best--

    Rob

    Hi Rob,

    Did we lose the "Reader" function with the IOS7 update ? Or am I missing something in the settings ?

    It seems to be missing in Safari and web articles that used to offer it.

    This is evident on both an iPhone 4S and an iPad 3rd Gen., both running the latest version of IOS 7.

    Regards,

    SgtMac in Tidewater, VA.

    Hi Sgt Mac,

    You have to be on a site where there is a post for this to work.

    And be on a specific post.  Then Upper left of the screen next to the URL - tap on the symbol that is 3 lines same length with a 4th line shorter.  That will switch you in and out of reader mode.

    So it is still there - just not as prominent.  

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_answr_lockscreen

    How to: Solve Keyboard Lag on iOS 7 - TechnoStop

    If you upgraded your older iOS device to iOS 7 and you seeing a keyboard lag when you are typing - no you did not suddenly start typing faster - you are really seeing a lag - well at least some people are.  And here is how to get rid of said lag.

    Go to Settings - General - Reset - and select - Reset All settings.

    No not reset network settings - but rather reset all settings.

    When you do this your iOS device will reboot and ALL of your settings and all of your customizations will be set to default.  That means if you mad the font bold - yeah - reset.  Turned off parallax - yeah reset.  Wallpapers - yup reset.  But hey if all of a sudden you felt like you were typing way to fast for your iOS device - then this is something to look into.

    iPhone 5s Reportedly Outselling iPhone 5c Two-to-One Since Launch - Mac Rumors

    Still lots of reports and articles talking about the failure of the iPhone 5C and horrible sales of the 5C.  And well they are pretty much BS - All of them spinning it negatively at least - some accounts show a 2 to 1 ratio of 5C to 5S sales - if that is true - that is outstanding for a unit that is nothing more than a year old iPhone 5 wrapped in plastic. 

    Those that expected the iPhone 5C to sell like hotcakes - well does not know much about iPhones or hotcakes.  As I stated before on this show - I do not recommend the 5C to anyone - spend the extra benjamin and get the 5S with the 64 bit processor / better camera / touch ID / and a metal cases that looks elegant vs the plastic OMG look at me and these bright colors that is the 5C. 

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2013/10/17/

    verizons-iphone-activations-support-36-million-sold-in

    -the-september-quarter/

    On the next episode we will be going over the Apple quarterly conference call 

    But we do have a little insight into how at least Verizon did with iPhone sales last quarter.

    First up the iPhone was mentioned 4 times in the call.  Which is twice the mentions of the last quarterly call.

    The first time the iPhone was mentioned it was to talk about supply constraints of the iPhone.  

    The second time it was to say 51% of Smartphone activations were iPhones.  that is 51% of 7.6 Million.  That compares to 51% of activations the previous quarter for the iPhone of 7.5 Million smartphones.  So the iPhone held its own at Verizon for the last quarter even though Verizon was severely supply constrained.  

    Chuck Jones at Forbes takes these numbers compares to last year and Kentucky wind ages for the addition of China, NTT Docomo and the 5C and comes up with an estimate of 36.3 Mil iPhones sold last quarter.  To put that in perspective last year in that quarter there were 26.9 Mil iPhones sold.  So that is quite a big jump - we will be going over the actual numbers on the next episode and will also see how the anal-ists did.

    Per my thoughts - I think that 36.3 Mil sounds a little high - but then I have not been too good recently on these numbers.  But for arguments sake - I will pin the number at 34.8 Mil iPhones sold. With at least 2.5 Mil being listed as Channel inventory fill.  

    I will say I think the iPad numbers will be lower than a year ago - which was 14 mil.  I think Apple will actually report around 13.6 Mil iPad's sold last quarter. 

    We shall see on ep 287.

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/101030451/

    Hi Rob: 

    Read: Apple's iWatch and wait approach. Maybe they are right and Apple slips the NFC chip into the iWatch first. If so, this would be a brilliantly devious way to get iPhone 5S owners to buy an iWatch too. 

    Woody

    Hi Woody - well one thing not mentioned / hinted at or even remotely brought up is wearables today.  So no your wrist was not one of the things Apple wanted to cover in this event.

    And that means no iWatch in 2013 and who knows if and when such a devices will be launched - but expect rumors about a Jan / Feb event for the iWatch to start in 3, 2, 1 - go.

    Do I think if when Apple does an iWatch - that the iWatch would have NFC - nope - I am thinking by the lack of any NFC support - Apple is showing they do not believe in the tech.  Like they did with mobile flash.  

    So don't hold your breath for any Apple device to have NFC anytime soon if ever.

    We will talk about iBeacons on an upcoming episode and explain why the lack of NFC in the iPhone is not a bad thing and may be a really good thing.  

    http://www.digital-101.com/2013/10/no-touch-id-and-gold-color-option-for.html

    Analist - Ming Chi-Kuo of KGI securities is lately getting a rep of hitting the nail on the head with his predictions.  So what did he say prior to the Oct 22nd event - well that the thickness of the new full sized iPad would be 7.5 mm and that is a check.

    That it would be 20% lighter.  Well if you want to get technical it was 28.6% lighter - and that means more than 25% lighter - and that means Nope on the 20% lighter.  Too far off to give him credit.   He said it would have the 64 bit A7X chip and an 8 MP camera.  Ummm - technically 2 nopes - It is the A7 processor - not the A7X - so that sounds like speculation and not insight.  And the 8MP camera guess is just plain wrong.  

    He did get the iPad mini rumors right - saying Retina and the A7 chip.  And he said no Touch ID for the iPads and no gold colors.  So he got those correct.

    Now he did go on to predict the Mac BookPros would get improved battery life to 10 hours - ummm - no.  

    So again this is an Analist that is supposed to be one of the best on his sources or in my opinion guesses - and he was less than 50% this time around.  

    http://www.unlockios7.com/2013/10/gold-ipad-mini-2-with-touch-id-photos.html?m=1

    from Dan C - comes a link to pictures of an iPad mini 2nd gen with both touch ID and gold color - ummm Nope and Nope. 

    But the pictures are pretty.  

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/17/facebook-ads-are-1-790-more-profitable-on-iphone-than-android/

    Thanks to all that sent in the link to this next one which is titled - Facebook Ads are 1,790% more profitable on iPhone than Android.  The company Nanigans  which is one of the largest ad buyers - found that the return on investment of a Facebook ad on iOS is 1,790% greater than the same ad is on Android. 

    The company was actually hesitant to report their findings as per what it would mean for Android ads and the controversy it might bring.  Essentially what this means is right now based on current CPM's for Android ads - you loose money when you advertise on Android - and you make 162 % more cash than you spend when that ad is on an iPhone.  

    Put simply - there is a positive ROI for advertising on iPhone Apps and a negative ROI for advertising on Android apps - or put even more simply - if you are still advertising on Android Apps you are an idiot and someone will soon have your job and you will be on unemployment and only able to afford and android smartphone.  

    http://www.apppartner.com/ios-versus-android-for-businesses-in-q3/

    Good Technology whom we mentioned in the past - has a new set of iOS vs Android data available for mobile devices getting activated in the corporate world - and well it is iOS by a good amount.  

    In Q3 - 72% of mobile activations were iOS - 90% of tablet activations were iPads. 

    Android actually dropped from 30% in Q2 to 27% in Q3.

    So once again iOS is showing it is the dominate force in the work world - and this has to do with the support and security built into iOS by Apple - and their efforts to go after the business marketplace.

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - NEW_IPHONE_USER_QUEST_OTHER_WHAT_IS_IT

    Hi Rob. I just sent a voice memo to you and was wondering if you received it. I'm sorry there was no subject, but that leads into my question. Obviously being blind, I use voice over to navigate my iPhone five. The mail app it's self seems to work just fine, but when I'm in another application and the share menu pops up, navigating the fields  trying  to send an email becomes very quirky and darn near impossible. I was wondering if any of your listeners had this problem or if you  new of a way to fix it. Thank you for the wonderful show my friend, you have taught me quite a lot. Regards.

    Blind Joe 

    Hi Rob,

    I have a similar email issue with apple mail indicating 4 flagged messages on my iPhone 5 when there are none.  If more messages are flagged the count increases appropriately, and when all flagged emails are deleted or unflagged the counter remains at 4.  Called Apple Care, they suggested reset all settings, and then did a hard reset with no effect.  When I upgraded from iOS6 to iOS7 there were 4 flagged messages, maybe just a coinscidence.

    Still looking for the solution.

    Regards,

    Mike from Chicago

    Hi Rob do you know how to prevent or fix my maps/gps from lagging?

    I'm a truck driver and really depend on this app. I've never had a problem until ios7.  I've had my iPhone 5 for over a year now and never once had this problem and I use it every day. 

    On the app it shows where you are all the time with a blue dot, sometimes it shows me somewhere else then 30 seconds later it catches up to where I'm really at. Any suggestions I would appreciate it. I did close out all apps and reset my network settings, still the same thing. Please help! 

    Regards

    Robert

    Hello Rob,

    Have you had the issue where your voicemails are reappearing after being deleted? I have a 5s and this has been happening since launch. I have att and am not sure if this is a carrier or apple iPhone/ios issue. Can you ask listeners? Regards,  

    Joe

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    Hi Rob,

    Love the podcast, 

    Candy crush level 266. I found it worked best for me to delete the addictive game from my iPhone. I play on my iPad at home. I have been stuck on this level for a while. It may be the end.

    Thanks,

    Lynn in Indianapolis

    Hi Lynn - you definitely are farther along than anyone else that emailed / contacted the show - I had another person say they were stuck on level 147 - which I was stuck on for some time - but finally broke through.

    Folks if you want to curse me - then download the free and highly addictive game candy crush - from your iPhone in the US go to today in iOS dot com slash candy - that is today in iOS dot com slash candy to download Candy crush for free for your iPhone - and let me know where you are.  

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/16/did-you-know-that-the-iphone-2g-is-a-collectors-item/

    Do you have a pristine original first Gen iPhone still in the box - never used - just sitting around collecting dust?  No - Of course you don't  because if you purchased an original iPhone when it launched - you quickly removed said device from the box and you know used that wonderful shiny new magical device.  But lets say you purchased two that day and and you put one under your bed and wanted to sell that never open / used iPhone 1st gen - how much could you get - well one recently sold on ebay for $1,999 - which sounds really impressive until you think about this.

    If you took the $600 you would have paid back in June 2007 and instead purchased Apple stock - which was going for about $120 a share - you could have purchased 5 shares at that time.  Which would mean today those shares would be worth over $2,500 or actually over $2,600 when you add in the dividends - so yeah - while getting $1,999 for something you paid $600 for way back in the day sounds good - it is not as good as what would have happened if you purchased Apples stock instead of the extra iPhone.  

    That all said if you do have an original iPhone sitting around and it is pristine condition and you still have the box.  You probably could get more then enough for it on Ebay to buy a couple of new iPads.  

    EU Could Force Apple To Accept Universal Charger

    One item / rumor out there was that the EU could force Apple to give up on the Lightening port and go with the far inferior micro USB port.  It is likely if push comes to shove - Apple will just start shipping iOS devices with the micro USB to lightening adapter to get around the rules recently voted upon in the EU. This is one of those items we will likely hear about again some time in the future when someone from the EU feels they are not getting the attention they need - so they force an issue with Apple to get them the publicity said EU politician seeks.  While I was not a big fan of Apple switching to the lightening port last year - I still think it is much better than the micro-usb port.  I like not having to figure out which way to plug in the cord.  

    0055 - Baby monitor app texts you when baby is crying - Parent Buzz - Boston.com

    For Parents out there with new borns - there is an app / baby monitor that texts you when the baby is crying - ummm Yeah. The app called WeMo Baby by belkin of all people - sync's the monitor up to an iOS device and runs off your homes wifi.  Sorry - I just don't think this is the best idea - as it is not when your baby is crying that you are most concerned it is when your baby is possible choking that you are most concerned.  Besides with my youngest child that was colic-y the app would have been blowing up my phone with text messages - My youngest son cried for 3 months straight. 

    Voicemail - Jonathan_issues_during_installation.

    And what he is seeing is on the first home screen in the upper left there is an app kind of greyed out that is hovering over the app in the top left corner but offset more towards the side of the screen - I have not seen this on my devices running iOS 7.0.2 - which is what he was running on his iPhone 5. But if you have seen this let us know. Call or email the show at….

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - Shavan_iOS7_installed_issues_skip_past

    Hi Rob,

    Is it ok to Tip Geniuses cash at the apple store?  The last time I was helped by the Genius he really went above the call of duty and got me new phone.  The time prior to that I was under the impression my laptop motherboard had to be replaced and was going to cost a few hundred dollars and they fixed it for free by cleaning out the earphone jack!  Later I realized I should have tipped him but don't want to get him into trouble.  Can Geniuses accept tips?  

    regards,

    Keith W

    Hi Keith it would be my guess they can not accept tips - well maybe it is ok in NY / LI - but out side of the NY area - where you basically tip for everything - I am guessing it is not ok.

    But hey if any of my Apple Store associates that listen would like to write or call in un-officially and let us know the rules about tipping and the Guinness bar - it would be appreciated - 206-666-6364 - 206 -moon-dog or send that email to todayinios at gmail dot com.

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - LEVI_CA_QUEST_PULL_NOTES

    Hi Rob, 

    Please give your opinion on this. Thanks in advance for your insight. 

    Dr. John M 

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57607142-37/canonical-founder-apples-64-bit-chip-to-unify-mac-iphone/?google_editors_picks=true

    And what this is - is an article saying that Mark Shuttleworth - the founder of Canonical - thinks that Apple is working towards a unified OS for both iOS devices and Macs.  

    My thoughts are no - I think they will move to be closer and closer with more cross over in feature sets - but I think future versions of OS X - will remain the Pickup truck - for the heavy lifting type applications - that you need the most powerful OS. And that iOS will remain the OS for the masses that is a lighter / less powerful OS that is ideally suited for content consumption and light content creation.  

    I don't see them merging into one - but I do see them becoming more complimentary to the other and having stronger and stronger cross over feature sets.  I think this was indicated by Apple when they said Mavericks will be free to all - I think they want to get all users that can get upgraded to Mavericks up to the latest version - so as to make the interaction with iOS devices even stronger - and keep people locked into both platforms.  

    http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/10/some-lost-doctor-who-episodes-are-now-available-exclusively-through-itunes

    Hello Rob,

    I thought this might be of interest to you.

    Don from Guntersville Alabama

    Of course it is.  And this is about some exclusive iTunes content - well not just any iTunes content - it is about Lost doctor who episodes.  These are the ones they just found this summer at a TV station in Africa.  That seems rather a quick turn from discovery to iTunes exclusive.  There are 11 episodes at a $1.99 each.  

    Thanks Don for the heads up on that.  

    PLAYVOICEMAIL - FRANK_LV_PART@_USE_THISONE

    Hi Rob,

    I think my favorite part of the keynote this morning, other than the new devices, was all of the pot shots against Microsoft. It was fun watching Apple make fun of Microsoft's pricing model.

    It just goes to show the difference between a hardware company and a software company. Apple gives away the software to promote their hardware. Microsoft doesn't have that option so they charge for it.

    For the iOS devices, there were basically no surprises with the iPad Air, other than the name. I think the rumor mill had that figured out pretty well. I was surprised that the chips is an A7 and not A7X. I'm guessing that means the A7 has plenty of processing power to handle the larger screen in the iPads.

    The one unexpected twist was that the iPad Mini shares almost all of the same specs as the iPad Air, except, of course, the screen size. It really makes for a more difficult decision of which one to get.

    I was disappointed that there is no pre-order. I was really hoping to get one next Friday but I don't plan to stand in line to get it so I will just order it online and have it shipped.

    Myron U

    At this point I do not see a ship date or launch date for the iPad mini - just a Later in November mention.  

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    PLAY VOICEMAIL - Sharde_PART2_window

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - QUESTION_RETWEET_PUSHES_IS_IT_POSSIBLE

    Thanks again to our sponsor Squaretrade.  Remember for your iPhone warranty - just $94 for a two year warranty - you save $30 by going to square trade dot com slash t i i 

    And finally thanks to Candy Crush for sponsoring this show - on your iPhone in the US only go to -  todayinios dot com slash candy -  Again in the US on an iPhone go to today in iOS dot com slash candy - and get ready to give up your extra free time.  And I am at level 149 now.  

    If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news.  Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback.  Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.    

    And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The  feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else.  An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed.  I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in.  And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show.  This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.  And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.  

    And that folks is going to do it for us today.  

    Well actually not really - After the outro and music - stick around for some additional Listener feedback.   No comments from me - but please send in your comments about their comments.  

    OUTRO

      

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    Mon, 14 October 2013
    Tii - iTem 0285 - Feeling a little Askew

     

    Tii - iTem 0285 - Feeling a little Askew

     

     

     

    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    Tii - Moderated Google+ community

    iPhone 5s in 51 More countries by Nov 1st

    Making iOS 7 More Readable - NYTimes.com

    Having Trouble Sending iOS 7 Messages? 

    The iPhone 5S Motion Sensors Are Totally Screwed Up

    AnandTech | Looking at CPU/GPU Benchmark Optimizations in Galaxy S4

    Android's dirty little benchmark secret and why it won't happen on the iPhone

    Note 3’s benchmarking “adjustments” inflate scores by up to 20%

    Apple rules, Android drools for responsive tablet touchscreens

    iPhone screen is twice as fast as S4 or any Android phone 

    How to Add More than Five Fingerprints to iPhone 5s TouchID

    iPhone 5S availability checker

    What is iOS 7's AirDrop? 

    A simple guide for Android to iPhone/iOS switchers | Computerworld Blogs

    iPhone 4s Tips and Tricks - Apple

    iPhone 5c - Tips and Tricks - Apple

    iPhone 5s - Tips and Tricks - Apple

    iPhone 5S vs 5C vs 5 vs 4S vs 4 vs 3Gs vs 3G vs 2G Speed Comparison Test

    Apple settles class action lawsuit over termination of unlimited data for iPad 3G

    iPhone 5C will sell more 5S models than the iPhone 5 ever would have

    Target discounting iPhone 5c to $49.99.

    iPhone 5c Chinese Blog - site

    Is the iPhone 5C the New Surface RT?

    iPhone 5c was never "as in cheap" - so what?

    Two factors reveal Apple’s real mission with iPhone 5c - ZDNet

    iPhone 5s takes top slot from Samsung Galaxy S4 at U.S. carriers

    Australian telcos struggle to sell iPhone 5c

    iPhone gaining over Android in US, two-thirds of iOS users on Apple Maps

    IPhone Still Tops Android in Shopping, Thrillist CEO Says - Bloomberg

    Apple’s Jony Ive: ‘I Would Love, Love, Love, To Show You What We Are Working On Now’

    Apple Will Hold Fall iPad Event on October 22 - AllThingsD

    A Detailed Hands-On Look at Apple's 5th-Gen iPad Design

    Leaked Parts Show iPad 5 In Space Grey | Cult of Mac

    How to Restore iOS 6.1.2 Without Losing Jailbreak

    How to Restore iOS 6.1.2/Without Losing Jailbreak - youtube

    Jessica Alba Caught With An iPhone

    Microsoft boosts iPad trade-in offer to $350

    BlackBerry delays launch of BBM apps for iOS, Android

    Qualcomm: Apple’s 64-bit A7 Processor Is Not A “Marketing Gimmick”

    Samsung Says Next Smartphones Will Be 64-Bit 

    Gazelle saw 210% more Samsung trade-ins during iPhone 5s launch weekend

    Eric Schmidt calls Android 'more secure than the iPhone'

    Eric Schmidt calls Android more secure than the iPhone, elicits laughter from crowd 

    Panasonic pulls plug on smartphones

    Structure Sensor — Kickstarter

    Apple quietly discontinues Cards app for iOS 

    Apple pulls Apple TV update amid bricking complaints

    iTunes 11.1 Kills Custom IPSWs for iOS 7, Claims Hacker

    Apple Offers ‘Last Compatible Versions’ of iOS Apps for Ageing Devices

    Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface

    U.S. import ban on some Samsung devices upheld

     

     

     

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    Mon, 14 October 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0285 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0285 and Episode Transcript

    Rob,

    Sending in some artwork for a future Tii episode. 

    4 generations of iPhone's (iPhone 5 and 5S make the 'T,' a white iPhone 4S for the first 'i' and a black iPhone 4 for the second 'i') make up this artwork with a couple of iOS 7 inspired circles to top it off. 

    I used the following apps:

    A+ Signature - to add the circles

    Snapseed to clean up and crop the image a bit

    Regards,

    Tim, WI

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    Transcript for Episode 285

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    I have a new moderated Google+ community for iOS, iPhone, iPad & Apple TV if you want to join - just go to - today in ios dot com / community

    0009 - Apple - iPhone 5s & iPhone 5c Arrive in Italy, Russia, Spain & More Than 25 Countries on Friday, October 25

    For many of you not in the initial grouping of countries the iPhone 5S was released to - Good News - 35 additional countries will be getting the 5S and also the 5C on Friday October 25th.  And then 16 more countries including Albania will get them on November 1st.  So by November 1st the iPhone 5S and 5C will be available in 60 countries over all.  

    I am not going to read off all 51 of the countries - because well some of you may be driving and I don't want anyone to fall asleep.  But If you are in a country that does not yet have the iPhone 5S and you are waiting with baited breath - then go look for the link in the show notes for ep 285 titled - iPhone 5s in 51 More countries by Nov 1st -

    Hi Rob,

    I've been a listener since 2007.

    Wanted to remind the caller from the #284 that both the Tyson Corner, VA and Glendale, CA Apple stores opened on the same day. Guess I have to represent the East Coast! Maybe it's a tie on which is the "original"?

    Love your show, thanks for all you do.

    Regards,

    Tracy M

    Hi Rob,

    Last episode a caller stated that the Glendale Apple Store was the first.  This is not true.  The very first Apple Store opened in McLean, VA at the Tysons Corner Mall.  The Glendale store opened 3 hours later.  Just saying…

    About the Tysons Corner Apple store:

    — The first Apple store opened at 10 a.m. ET on May 19, 2001, at Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va.

    — The second Apple store opened three hours later, at 10 a.m. PT at the Glendale Galleria in Southern California. 

    Regards. 

    --Isaiah

    Hi Tracy and Isaiah - Thanks for the follow up on that.  I should have known that.  I think I did know that at one point. Well I know it again now.  At least until I forget it again.  But either way - both stores opened on the same day at the same local time - but that mean the Tysons corner store was open for 3hrs by the time 10:00 AM PT rolled around.  

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/technology/personaltech/making-ios-7-more-readable.html?partner=yahoofinance&_r=1& 

    Lets talk about making text more readable in iOS7 for those that were born prior to 1972 olympics.

    First there are two things you want to do 

    1. Go to Settings --> General --> accessibility - Then turn on Bold Text -  which will then result in a reboot of your iOS device.

    When it comes back - you will see a nice increase in girth for the fonts on your iOS device.  

    2. Go back to Settings --> General --> Accessibility --> Increase Contrast - and then toggle on Contrast.  

    Finally if you want to increase the text size in some of the apps - go to Settings --> General -  Then text size - and change the size of the text -  this will be really noticeable in the Email preview and in the email itself.  

    Personally I found going to Bold was good enough for me and I actually reduced the font size on notch.

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    0012 - Having trouble with iMessage or FaceTime on iOS 7? Here's how to fix it! | iMore

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    Hi Rob,

    I just recently upgraded one iPhone 5 to iOS7 and bought 3 new iPhone 5s'.  Only had this issue with one of the 5s but this fixed it.  Just thought I'd pass it along.

    http://www.imore.com/having-trouble-imessage-or-facetime-ios-7-heres-how-fix-it

    Regards,

    Don from Guntersville, AL

    Thanks Don - and this is a list from iMore.

    They suggest one of three ways to fix the issue with FaceTime or iMessage.

    1. Is simply turn FaceTime or iMessage off and then back on in the Settings app.  

    In the Settings app go to FaceTime or Messages - tap on them and then toggle off and back on the switch for each.

    If that does not work 

    Option 2 is to Hard Reboot your iOS device.

    That is where you Hold down the Power button and home button at the same time. Once you see the apple logo appear lift off the buttons.

    Then if it still is not working - repeat from Option 1 - turning off and back on FaceTime and iMessage in the settings app.

    And then if that does not work - Option 3 - which is really what I would call option 1 - Go to the settings app - then to general - then to Reset - and then to you guessed is - Reset network settings.

    Once the device reboots - make sure to re-connect your wifi.  Confirm wifi is working and then try FaceTime and iMessage.

    Wondering how many people with issues are ones that when updating to iOS 7 - did not do the reset network settings prior to the update.  Just sayin.

    0012 - Having Trouble Sending iOS 7 Messages? Apple has a Fix on the Way - The Mac Observer

    Now I should note - Apple has commented about the iMessage slash FaceTime bug affecting a small % of users - and they likely will have a fix sooner rather than later.  

    In the mean time their advice is essentially refer to some docs - that tell you to basically do what iMore and others including me are saying - Reset Network Settings.   The Control Alt Delete of iOS .  As in it fixes so many little glitches.  

    http://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-5s-motion-sensors-are-totally-screwed-up-1440286727

    Recently I commented on the built in Level for iOS 7 and pondered why Apple would hide it inside the Compass app and not mention it. 

    Well now we have one possible answer - on the iPhone 5S - it is not calibrated correctly for some unknown number slash % of units. I noticed this when first playing with my iPhone 5S and saw that on my desk it was saying it has a 3 degree slant - which I thought was odd. Well now Gizmodo is reporting that it is the iPhone 5S with the slant and not my desk. And you know what they are right - I put an iPhone 4S and and iPhone 4 - on my desk and checked the desk - and both said it was level as in 0 degrees - but there right between them my iPhone 5S still said there was a 3 degree list. And now the mystery behind the hidden level is revealed - Apple did not want anyone to actually use it and see how off it is for some iPhone 5S owners - like me.   

    Although some have reported bringing their iPhone 5S with this issue into their local apple store and have been handed a replacement.  I actually made a Genius bar appointment with Apple about my iPhone 5S - and when I went to the Apple store - I was told they are not replacing the iPhones with this issue - that a patch is coming soon - and that they had just heard about this issue mid week at the leawood store and when they went and checked -- ALL their display iPhones were off by 3 degrees just like mine.  The Apple employee told me nothing to do now - just sit tight and wait for the patch.  So that is what I will say to you if you have an iPhone 5S with this issue.  Sit tight and wait - and well don't hang any pictures or book shelves using your iPhone 5S as the level for the time being.  

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/7187/looking-at-cpugpu-benchmark-optimizations-galaxy-s-4

    Remember back to Ep 279 - And the article from Anandtech that I mentioned - come on think quick. Yeah well seems most in the Tech Press forgot too. As that article was about Sammy turning it up to 11 when the S4 detected a benchmark test. Or put another simpler way Samsung just being a bunch of liars trying to juice benchmark test and there by deceive the general population. Well I guess since it was Sammy - and sammy is so in bed with google - the tech press gave them a pass - everyone seems to have forgotten about it - so much so Ars Technica is claiming they just discovered this 2 months later. 

    By the way back then in Ep 279 I said the following:  Quote 

    Whether it be the CPU or the GPU - you can't trust the results for any bench mark tests for the S4 - because they over optimized for those tests - and as such do not give real world comparisons. So any and all Benchmark tests that the iPhone 5S runs in September - and then is compared to the S4 - yeah take them with a big big grain of salt. unquote

    So Yeah - when we talked about the 5S smoking - destroying - killing - obliterating the S4 in benchmark test - those results were against a juiced up S4.  Yeah - Puts the innovation of the A7 64 Bit processor and iOS 7 into an even better perspective. 

    0012 - Android's dirty little benchmark secret and why it won't happen on the iPhone

    Now Anadtech and others are also reporting it is not just Sammy that are juicing their benchmark results.  Seems almost all the Android manufacturers - save Google are doing this. So Yes any benchmark results from Sammy, HTC and LG - yeah they are BS.  And not BS as in Bob Saggat - but BS as in what comes out the back end of a bull.   ONCE Again - this needs to be stated strongly - APPLE did NOT repeat NOT juice their units.  And to be fair - Google did not either with their MotoX and Nexus units.   But that also explains why when looking at the Benchmark results - the 5S - totally destroyed the Moto and Nexus units - but then again - it did destroy the juiced units as well.  But really the gap between the iPhone 5S and the android world is best viewed when looking at the big gap between the 5S and the MotoX for benchmark test.

    Now can we really say we are surprised of such shenanigans to put it nicely from the Android phone makers - Nope - not at all.  

    Apple rules, Android drools for responsive tablet touchscreens | Macworld

    One set of tests Android Phone Makers have definitely not found out how to cheat on yet - are the responsiveness of the touchscreen tests. 

    Hey want to guess who the big winners were -  Well judging by my chipper tone - you would be guessing it is iOS devices - and you would be most certainly correct.

    First lets talk about Tablets - the iPad mini was actually the top of the heap with an avg responsiveness time of 75 milliseconds.  That is how long from when you touch to when there is a response on the screen os some sort.  The 4th gen iPad was second with an avg time of 81 mili secs.

    The Surface RT had a very respectable 3rd with an avg of 95 milisecs.   

    The Kindle Fire HD 2013 - was the top of the heap for Androids with a 114 Milisec time.   

    Then the nexus 7 at 135 milisecs and the Sammy Galaxy tab 3 8.0 with a time of 168 milisecs.

    By the way the eye can notice changes down to about 10 milisecs - so that the Galaxy tab was almost 100 milisecs more delayed than the iPad mini - is a big big deal - as all the Android tablets will seem very laggy if you are used to using an iPad.  Which is true for me - any time I try out an android device - I clearly notice that its responses to my touch - are well more icey then a scorned lover.  

    iPhone screen is twice as fast as S4 or any Android phone | CNET UK

    Taking these touch testing to a smaller screen resulted in pretty much the same thing.  iPhones rule - Android's devices drool.

    Note these tests were not done an the 5S - but were done when the 5 was the top of the line.

    The iPhone 5 had an average response time of 72 milisecs.  The iPhone 4 was in at 92 milisecs.   The S4 was in at 114 milisecs,  the Lumia 928 - at 117,  the HTC one at 121 and the motoX at 123 milisecs.

    Again iPhones to the winners circle. 

    Again they have not tested the iPhone 5S yet - but they did say those tests are coming soon.  We will talk more about this in the future.

    But for now there is one clear message from the results - if you are into games - that require good touch response - then iOS devices are for you.

    And if you are used to iOS device - going to Android devices - there is going to be touch lag you need to deal with mentally.  

    However going from Android to iOS - things should seem much more snappy and responsive.  

    How to Add More than Five Fingerprints to iPhone 5s TouchID

    Previously we had a caller talking about on the touch ID to make it more accurate - you would create 5 fingerprint profiles for the same finger.  Well now comes word of the opposite being possible - where you can use multiple fingers in a single profile.

    You could use both thumbs on one profile and both index fingers for the next and so on - getting all 10 of your fingers in there for the 5 profiles.  

    Some have done even more  than 2 fingers per profile - and supposedly the accuracy is still very good.

    What you do when you are adding a fingerprint - is when you do the multi tap part - you just switch between fingers.  

    Personally I am just sticking with one for each thumb and just one thumb per profile and one for my wife.  And that is it.

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    0015 - Grey AT&T iPhone 5S Availability

    There is a nice site called iphone-check.herokuapp.com

    Where you put in your zip code - and it shows you the Apple stores closest to you and some kind of close - and what the availability is of iPhone 5S's 

    So if you want to see if your 64 GB Gold iPhone 5S for AT&T is available at the local Apple store or the one 6 hours away - you can now do it.  I kind of think it is cruel to know that at the leawood store 8 minutes away there is nothing - but at the mall of america 8 hours away - there is my precious Gold iPhone 5S for AT&T.  ROAD TRIP.  Oh wait - and now it is gone.  

    Just look for the link in the show notes titled -  iPhone 5S availability checker  - over at today in iOS dot com for ep 285. 

    What is iOS 7's AirDrop? Seven things you need to know Metro.us

    On the last episode for saving battery life I gave a bakers dozen of tips that if used should greatly improve  battery life.

    As an FYI -  I had an iPhone 4 running iOS 7 and an iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.2 and I had charged them both up to 100% and then removed and let them sit around in standby mode.  After 11 days basically not using the 4S at all - and just using the 4 as a calculator and to check the level a couple of times.  Well the iPhone 4 running iOS 7 had 73 % of charge left -  while the 4S running iOS 6.1.2 only had 21 % of charge left.  So again if you are loosing more then just a few % of charge at night - something is not set right - with iOS 7.   My experience is iOS 7 is better on battery life than iOS 6 - if you set things up correctly. 

    One of the items I did mention turning off is AirDrop - and I have had a few people email in asking about AirDrop and what you can and can not do with it.  Especially questions with regards to using AirDrop between your iOS device and you Mac.   Here is what Apple has to say about that quote AirDrop for iOS supports only iOS 7 devices. You cannot use AirDrop on iOS to share with OS X, and OS X users can't use AirDrop to share with iOS devices. unquote

    So For now at least - You can not use AirDrop between your iOS device and you mac.  Only between your iOS devices.  Not sure if Mavericks will fix this issue - I hope it does - but for now - pre-Mavericks - It is just iOS to iOS device.

    Some more info on AirDrop - For those that have no idea what it is - it is a way to share photos, videos and other files between for now iOS devices quickly and easily.  Bluetooth and Wifi are both used to connect and transfer files.  File transfer is very quick.

    However as it used both bluetooth and wifi - you do need to be close to the other person to transfer - but not so close you need to bump them. 

    Essentially how it works from the end users perspective - is you select the file or files you want to transfer - then select the user or users you want to transfer them to - and they then either accept or deny the request.  If they accept it starts to transfer right away. 

    You can also choose when turning on Airdrop to allow Everyone and that means anyone to see you to share with.  OR just those in your contacts list.  

    Airdrop is a nice feature when you need to use it - but it is one I recommend you keep off until you are in need of it - as it is limited in range - if the person that wants to transfer a file is close enough to transfer said file - they are also close enough to yell at you to ask you turn it on.  Obviously in a business environment - that might not be the best idea if you are in a meeting and your work mates are wanting to send you a butt crack shot of the boss bending over at the copier or worse a pic of your bosses Wale tale and your boss is a he.  But in most cases a simple a hey turn on airdrop verbal request will be fine. 

    A simple guide for Android to iPhone/iOS switchers | Computerworld Blogs

    Jonny Evans had a nice post for you former or soon to be former Android suffers who just did or are about to switch over to the light side - known as iOS 7.  He goes over how to move over your contacts, your calendar items, Your Media, and Your music, plus some info about Googles Apps on the iOS side. 

    I will not get into the specifics of the article out of fear of boring  those of us fortunate enough to not have been subjected to the lagy fragmented Malware existence known as Android - but for those of you making the move - look for the article in the show notes for Ep 285 titled - A simple guide for Android to iPhone/iOS switchers

    And well congrats on the move - you are now among friends.  

    Hi Rob, 

    I'd like to remind you of my first comments to Today in iPhone way back after Apple lowered the price by $100 after so many of us had purchased the very first iPhone. I wrote you and said I'd like to Salute Steve Jobs, I'll let him guess which finger I'm using!

    Being the long supporting fan of your podcast I downloaded Candy Crush from the tii web site and now I'd like to salute you Rob. You sick sadistic person. Level 140?  I think if you put that obsession down we'd get weekly updates. I'm stuck on level 30, my eyes are bloodshot, friends are whispering behind my back and I'm thinking of joining the local 12 step program. 

    Signed 'Determined to get to 31!!'

    Steve R

    Hi Rob.

    I love your show. I'm in level 67 in candy crush.

    Regards,

    Boss in Nigeria

    Hi Rob,

    Per Candy Crush - Damn You  - I'm Addicted Now.

    Thanks 

    Tash in Australia

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    John - just tap on he center of the photo - the white bars will go away. 

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    Hi Rob,

    As a workaround for the listener who wanted to easily shuffle all songs in a genre but couldn't find the button in IOS 7, you can ask Siri and Siri will do it.

    Kind regards,

    Danny from London England

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    Hi Rob,

    In the latest podcast you mentioned callers had to be in your contacts

    to be blocked. I have been blocking random numbers all week and none

    of them are in my contacts

    Regards,

    Jesse H

    Thank to Dick and Jesse and a FEW others that let me know - you do not need to have a call in your contacts to block it - you can also block calls in your recent call list. And it can be for incoming or out going calls. 

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    Hi Rob, still loving the show and the recent debates on innovation and screen size. The spooky music issue made me smile. I use only an ipad 3, and ipod touch 5, and wouldn't mind a bigger screen on my ipod but that's not why I mailed. I love the ease of asking Siri to wake me up in the morning, it's so convenient, but I'm now oversleeping almost everyday because the new alarm sound in Ios 7 is so gentle, almost relaxing. I can't find anything in settings to change the sound to something more 'alarming'. So I've now lost a great feature in IOS 6 and am now forced to use a 3rd party app to MANUALLY set a more 'rooster' like alarm. How did the guys at Apple make such an obvious mistake? The internet is showing others complaining about this but can find no solution. Do you or any of your listeners know a workaround? Many thanks, 

    Geoff, London.

    Hi Geoff,

    First per a larger screen on the iPod Touch - Apple already has an offering - the iPad Mini.  Just Sayin.

    Second per the alarms - I agree with you that the new ones just don't cut it for us heavy sleepers - which is why I went back to the original alarm - which you can do as well - by scrolling down in the ringtone options until you get to classic and tap there and then choose quote alarm unquote - which is the old classic - wake you out of a dead sleep alarm from iOS 6 and earlier.  Hope that helped. 

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    Hi Rob,

    This is for the gentleman who found he could not access iTunes Radio from the music app in iOS 7. I had the same issue. If you are logged into an iTunes account outside of the US App Store then you cannot see or use iTunes Radio. To get this feature you must quit the music app, log out of your iTunes account, and log in to an iTunes account using a US iTunes account. Then it will give you a pop up saying that this account is only valid for purchases in the US App Store and it will automatically switch you to the US store. Then relaunch the music app and iTunes Radio will now be available to you. 

    Regards,

    Mike

    Hi Rob,

    Some people have complained about iTunes Radio not doing explicit lyrics, well I just discovered that if you hit the little "i" with the circle above it at the top center of the screen it gives you options and one of those is to turn on explicit with a slider. Didn't know of this was common knowledge but it was new to me and I wanted to share 

    Regards,

    Jason H

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    Apple - iPhone - iPhone 4s Tips and Tricks

    Apple is trying to help you with your user experience with your iPhone 4S, 5C and 5S running iOS 7.  They put up three different articles - for Tips and Tricks - one article for each of the phones.

    These are nice articles for those looking to get more out of their iOS 7 experience - many of these items have been mentioned on the show - back during the reviews of the betas or since the release - but some may be new to you.  They go over a limited number of tips for Photography, Swipe Gestures, Maps, Siri and more.  Look for the links titled -  iPhone 4S or 5C or 5S tips and tricks in the show notes for ep 285 over at today in iOS dot com.

    And hey they even show the tip about finding the hidden level.  So maybe they were not trying to hide that feature after all.  

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eSrdgTHhK0&feature=youtu.be 

    And speaking of the 5S, 5C and 4S - there is a video up on youtube showing all the iPhones even made in a side by side comparison.  Sadly it seems many in the blogis-phere only wanted to look at that fact that earlier version of the iPhone shut down quicker than the current versions - which seems more to do with the iOS versions - and nothing to do with the speed of the units.  In the very brief comparison of real world use to a website - the 5S clearly smoked all the other devices.  The video really should be looked at more for the entertainment value in seeing all the iPhones side by side and not as a comparison of speeds of units. 

    Look for the like titled - iPhone 5S vs 5C vs 5 vs 4S vs 4 vs 3Gs vs 3G vs 2G  in the show notes for ep 285.  

    0023 - Apple settles class action lawsuit over termination of unlimited data for iPad 3G - SlashGear

    Remember back to when the iPad first launched - and the cellular version was just on AT&T and if you got one of the early versions with cellular you could get an unlimited Data plan - and then AT&T changed the rules and you lost the unlimited Data plan - well of course the lawyers remember this - and one lawyer put in a class action suit against Apple and AT&T about the essentially bait and switch offer.  And the lawyer won and Apple and AT&T lost - and if you were one of the early ones who purchased the GSM iPad before June 7th 2010 - you have $40 coming you way from Apple and AT&T- but probably not until some time in 2014.   In all fairness to Apple - it was really AT&T that changed that plan offering and at the time based on Apples comments they were not exactly thrilled with that decision - I bet they are even less thrilled now they have to dish out some cash because of it.  

    http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/iphone-5c-will-sell-more-5s-models-than-the-iphone-5-ever-would-have/#p3

    Thanks to Tash for this next one.  Which is an article on ArsTechnica - which has a conspiracy theory - that the iPhone 5C's biggest goal from Apple is to drive people to buy the 5S - hence the main reason for getting rid of the 5.

    I mean that is crazy speak - if that was really Apples goal - they would take the internals of the iPhone 5 and then wrap it in plastic - plastic that yells - Hey 1974 called and it wants its color deck back.  Oh and maybe throw in some cheesy swish cheese type   

    covers that make you subconsciously want to play a game of connect four and watch All in the family.   But Clearly that is not at All what Apple did - so yeah that myth is so busted.  

    Target discounting iPhone 5c to $49.99... or less | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

    Because if this Myth or theory was true Target, Walmart, Best Buy and Radioshack would not be selling the 5C for $50 off already would they.  

    Now what I did find interesting is all the coverage a site that no one ever heard of before said Apple was cutting production capacity on the 5C from 300,000 units a day to 150,000 units a day.  This site was again a site no one seems to have heard of before and is in chinese.  For all anyone knows this is a 12 year old kid in his mom's house blogging this.  That aside - somehow have a production run of 150,000 units is looked at at bad.  Especially since they were likely running at what ever their real initial rate was for at least a month - and likely close to 3 months. Based on rumors from the summer on when they said full production started.  

    So if they were at 300,000 units for 3 months - that is 27 mil units.  And that means 150,000 units is 13.5 Mil in a quarter.  Neither is chicken feed - and both are very respectable.  Given that high end estimates put Q4 iPhone sales overall at 45 to 50 Mil units. So if 15 to 20 mil are iPhone 5C's - that sounds pretty darn impressive.    Either way reports of dismal sales seems to be exaggerated if Apple is selling 15 Mil or more iPhone 5C's.  Because in the past Apple said there was at least 50% of the top line iPhone sales and then a mix of the other units for the other 50% - and that mix seemed skewed towards the lower end unit.  

    Even at 50 mil units - sold in Q4 - if the 5C was 15 mil of that - and the 5S was 25 Mil - that means the 4S would only be 10 Mil - and that means the 5C is selling better than the 4S did vs the 4 last year.  

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    Translation of article:

    Phone5C listing due to its high price , it has not been all good, until we got the news that Apple's internal sales for iPhone5C did not place too much hope , October 10 , we learned from insiders , because the actual dismal sales , Apple has begun to reduce iPhone5C capacity , average daily production was previously iPhone5C 300,000 , now reduced to 150,000 . 

    iPhone5C had previously been considered Apple for developing countries, especially China and India, the launch of low-cost version , but the actual sale price and iPhone5S almost the same, before iPhone5S, then iPhone5, as plastic body iPhone5C no particular highlights , it is difficult to attract users also natural . 

    Apple's products in the country are popular , the price can be seen directly from the channel , the current iPhone5S Taobao price is still relatively stable, but iPhone5C BNM has dropped to 3,500 yuan, or 4,488 yuan despite Apple's official . 

    iPhone5C poor sales for the consumer is not a bad thing, as we have seen the gray channel prices have dropped significantly over time , Apple iPhone5C price adjustment will fall into place !

    http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/12/is-the-iphone-5c-the-new-surface-rt.aspx

    Hi Rob, 

    This article on Motley Fool is so bad. Clearly it was created as link bait - comparing the iPhone 5c to the Surface RT. He says that the 5c will sell "tens of millions", and then he says it may be this year's surface RT. What???? 

    Kirby

    Hi Kirby - Yeah anything that sells 10s of millions should not be compared to the Surface RT - 10s of units Yes - 10s of Million - nope.  And as we just mentioned they are likely to sell over 15 mil 5C's in this quarter alone.  Good to See Rick Munarriz putting the fool back in fool.com

    http://www.zdnet.com/two-factors-reveal-apples-real-mission-with-iphone-5c-7000020669/

    Thanks to Dr John M for this next one - And it is an article from ZDNET which I think does a nice job of going over what they think Apples real mission is with the iPhone 5C - and that in a nut shell is not about selling more iPhone 5S's - but rather it is about selling less iPod touches and reaching out to the kids getting their first smartphone.  And that to me makes sense.  The 5C is not something I would recommend to listeners of this show. 

    But I can see as a parent if you have a kid and they need a new phone or their first phone - getting them the cheaper iPhone 5C makes a lot of sense - it is not as likely to break as the 4S - and they don't really need the overkill of the 5S's A7 processor.  They are likely making calls - sending texts - sending emails - taking pictures - and playing some games.  Plus you want to have them on an iPhone so you as a parent can track where they are.  Sorry kids - that is what good parents do.  Will be interesting when Apple goes over their financials at the end of the month from last quarter if they say anything about the 5C sales.  

    iPhone 5s takes top slot from Samsung Galaxy S4 at U.S. carriers; good showing by 5c too | 9to5Mac

    In the mean time all we have to go by are some sales estimates at US carriers by Canaccord for September.  And guess what the iPhone 5S was number one at ALL four major US carriers.  Shocker.  But what was actually shocking is that the iPhone 5C was number 2 at AT&T and Sprint - and Number 3 at Verizon and T-Mobile.  The Galaxy S4 was number 2 and 3 where the iPhone 5C was not.  But that the 5C beat out the S4 at two carriers is saying the sales of the 5C are not horrible - unless you want to say the S4 sales are horrible as well.  Again will be interesting to see what Apple says on October Monday October 28th at 5:00 PM ET when they have their next quarterly call.  Strange that they are doing this call on a Monday - they are almost always on a Tuesday.  And Apple has already warned - that they may exceed their previous guidance range when they report.  

    http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/australian-telcos-struggle-to-sell-iphone-5c-20130924-2ubc5.html#ixzz2fn1lpC00

    Hi Rob, 

    I'm a blind listener so couldn't make sense of the graphs. 

    Not sure if this is too long for the show, but maybe you could summarise. 

    Regards, 

    Adam M

    And this is per an article from SMH.com - which goes over that in Australia at least the iPhone 5C is not selling well at all - at least not at the telcos - and not according to Localytics - which shows a very small % of iPhones activated are 5C's vs those 5S's activated.  

    One report in the article said one of the telco's received 10,000 iPhone 5C's and they only sold 500 of them.  No in fairness a representative of that telco said those numbers were incorrect.  Incorrect of course could mean they received in 10,500 units and sold just 500 or it could mean the sold 501 units.  Or it could mean it is way off - but it does seem from the article and from Localytic stats - at least in Australia - they are not a big fan of Plastic iPhones.  

    Again October 28th will be interesting.  

    iPhone gaining over Android in US, two-thirds of iOS users on Apple Maps

    Interesting numbers from Comscore - in the 3 month period ending in August - in the US - iPhone market share went up.  From 39.2% in the quarter ending in May to 40.7% in the quarter ending in August.  And android dropped between those periods as well.  Again that is in the US - but still leading up to the pending release of a new iPhone - you would expect a drop off in iPhone market share - not a gain.  Will be interesting to see the numbers for the end of November when they do their next pull of data.  

    IPhone Still Tops Android in Shopping, Thrillist CEO Says - Bloomberg

    Love reports about smartphone users activities - with iOS vs Android - because at the end of the day - market share is meaning less if all people on Android side do is make calls and send texts.  

    This time the report comes from Ben Lerer CEO of online publisher - Thrillist Media Group.  He stated the iPhone generates 90% of mobile revenue at his company.  

    This disparity in mobile shopping led them to develop a higher quality app for iOS.  

    Jeremy Levine of Bessemer Ventures Partners said quote  IPhone users simply spend more time on their phones, I see it across Yelp, Pinterest, LinkedIn unquote

    And this news should be shocking to no one listening to this show.  As I always said - People Get Android smarphones in general because they need a phone and people in General get and iPhone - because they need more than a phone.  

    Apple’s Jony Ive: ‘I Would Love, Love, Love, To Show You What We Are Working On Now’

    When I was a kid my Mom would go out on the day after Christmas during the sales and buy us Christmas gifts for the next year.  She would then come home later that day after shopping and say - Oh I bought you some really nice things for next year.  Wow - 364 days to wait - wonder and imagine - Not saying it was child abuse - but definitely a session or two of therapy could be focused on those December 26th comments.  I bring this up because Sir Jony just one N Ive did a recent interview with USA Today in which he said quote - “I would love, love, love to show you what we are working on now, but I’d lose my job, un-quote

    Thanks Jony - I would love love love for you to show me to.

    Apple Will Hold Fall iPad Event on October 22 - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD

    But at least according to All Things D and a few other sites - October 22nd may be the next time we get to see some of the things Sir Jony had been working on in the recent past. 

    This means Invites should be going out to the press on Tuesday of this coming week - give or take a day.  

    The real questions is will that event be iPads or Mavericks and new Apple Lap Tops or a combo of both.  

    I really need a Mac Book Pro with no fan.  That is what I need as a podcaster - a Mac Book Pro that makes as much noise as an iPad - which is none. 

    Most of the money right now is betting this event at a Min will be the new iPad 5th gen.  Most also expect a new iPad mini as well.  

    Based on what I am seeing on photos and video of leaked cases - what we should see at a min is a new iPad 5th gen - it will be in a case design that looks more like the iPad mini does now.  Which means it will not be as wide - with the side bezel in portrait mode being thinner like with the mini.  It would also have stereo speakers at the bottom and it would be thinner than the current iPad 4th gen.  Additionally there would likely be two colors - White/silver and Space Grey.  

    Internally rumors say it will be an A7X processor - not sure that is a rumor as much as it is speculation / educated guess / no-brainer.  So yes the iPad 5th gen should be a 64 Bit machine. 

    The camera is also supposed to get a bump - some suggesting it will get basically the same camera that is in the 5S.  That seems extreme - but hey why not.  They need to do something to differentiate from the 4th gen iPad - and a much better camera might be something one or two users want.  Sorry I still feel like a dork anytime I try to use my wifes iPad to take a photo.  The 5th gen iPad should also have touch ID.  Essentially it would be picking up many if not most features from the 5S.  

    I think most of these rumors are likely for the 5th gen iPad Maxi.  

    Some other rumors are there might be a larger iPad - an iPad Maxi Mondo if you would - coming in at 12 or 13 inches.  I don't know if this is the generation / year for this - maybe next year - and maybe introduced around WWDC - with launch in time for the back to College season. But not likely this year - this announcement.

    There are also some rumors about there being a redesigned Smart Cover for the iPad 5th gen - with it having just 3 folds instead of 4 - yeah articles like that are why I need to drink 5 hour energy drinks now just to get through the show notes.  Really 3 folds instead of 4 - how the heck does that justify 1000 words.  What I would like to see is a keyboard in the cover like on the surface RT.  Some more features in the cover is what I like - 3 folds - really.  

    Now where the rumors really start to go all over the place is when we talk about the next Gen iPad mini.  Let quickly go over some of the latest rumors leading up to the event and then give my thoughts.

    The rumor makers say the iPad Mini will or will not have a retina display or it will have a retina display but will not be announced at this months event and not announced until late Q1 2014. 

    Rumors say it will or will not have a touch ID.  It will or will not have an A7 processor.

    It will come in Gold / Silver and Space Grey.

    It will have the same camera at the 5S.

    It will print money and cure cancer and help the cubs win the world series.  

    Ok maybe not that last one - but I have seen some people say it will have the A7x 64 bit processor, Retina display, touch ID and 8 Mega Pixel camera all in the same breath - with out busting out into laughter.  

    I just don't see that happening - not anywhere near the price point of today's iPad Mini.  Why - Because I think Apple showed us with the iPhone 5C - they are more interested in Margins then they are in market share.  And Yes putting all those features into the mini at current price points would increase market share - it would also kill margins for the iPad line and essentially kill the iPad Maxi or at a min force Apple to reduce its price and margins as well.  

    My thoughts are Apple does need to make some changes to the mini.  But I don't think we will see the A7 processor - and that also means likely we will not see touch ID.   It will likely be the A6 processor - and possible the A6X - which would mean a retina display.  I am still having a hard time accepting the retina display for the mini - something tells me it will not happen because battery life is more important to Apple.  But you also need to put some gap between the iPad mini gen 1 and gen 2.  And while I think the 8 MP camera is likely - I don't think going with just the 8 MP camera and the A6 processor along with a gold / silver and Space Grey version will be welcomed by the masses as a good upgrade.  And definitely not accepted by the tech press. 

    If I had to put money down on what I think will happen of all the scenarios.  I think the iPad Mini does not get updated in 2013.  But some time Q1 or Q2 - it is updated and at that time it gets the A6X processor and Retina display.  But still not the touch ID or the A7 Processor.  

    Scenario 2 is it is announced on the 22nd - it is just the A6 processor - and the 8 MP camera - with the new Gold / Silver / Space Grey colors - and a slightly lower price - going to $299 - but no retina display or A7.  

    Looks like I have some work to do for the next rumor bingo card.  

    I will say this - I would like to get an iPad Mini - but if the 5th gen iPad Maxi is an A7 64 bit processor and the 2nd gen iPad mini is the A6 32 bit processor - I will go with the Maxi - and not the Mini - it is that clear cut for me.  I want the next purchase to be with the processor I can get the longest life out of - and I am thinking a couple of years from now I would regret getting a device with the A6 processor when I could have gotten one with an A7 - even if the price difference is what it is now.  

    Hey Rob, 

    As I prepared to package up my jailbroken iPhone 4s and ship it out to the ebay winner, I found these two links helpful for resetting my device and wiping the content without destroying the jailbreak or even needing a computer. 

    http://www.hackurideviceblog.com/2013/05/how-to-restore-ios-6126116160260160.html 

    Regards,

    David M

    Hi David - thanks for the heads up on those links - folks look for the two links titled how to restore iOS 6.1.2 without losing jailbreak.  One is a post and one is a youtube video. Links of course are at today in iOS dot com for ep 285. 

    And keeping that jailbreak helps get you more money when selling your iOS device - while wiping the data is well definitely needed prior to giving it over to someone that found you via craigslist.

    Jessica Alba Caught With An iPhone - Business Insider

    Remember last year when Jessica Alba was doing ads for Microsoft's Windows Phone.  Well seems Jessica does not either.  As she has been seen recently out and about with her iPhone and taking pics at a runway fashion show.  Per MS part they said her contract expired in May and that Ms Alba still quote uses her lumia phone from time to time.  unquote.   Camera pans slowly left to show Ms Alba's lumia propping up the table leg in her kitchen.

    It is funny you have MS going with Ms Alba and Blackberry that went with Alicia Keys - and all they showed was celebs will go back to what they love the most - and in those cases it was the iPhone and in both cases it just turned into a stronger celeb endorsement for the iPhone then it did for either of the products they were paid to endorse.

    Why do these companies go out and hire celebrities that are not already using their products.  Why don't they just go and find a celebrity or two that are real users of their products and do the campaigns around them.  I heard a rumor Nick Lachey and Bristol Palin are using a Windows Phone.  

    Or I guess the Windows Phone team could just create a bunch of hilarious viral videos making fun of Apple - yeah that could work. 

    http://www.geekwire.com/2013/microsoft-offering-350-gift-cards-nonmicrosoft-device/

    Speaking of Microsoft - I mention this next one not because I want you to take them up on the offer but rather to point out how desperate MS is getting.  Seems Microsoft is giving you up to $350 when you trade in your old iPad or iPhone to get a new Windows Phone or Tablet.   Ummm Yeah - while they are at it they are also offering to cut you with paper and squeeze lemon juice into the wounds - that they will do for no cost at all. 

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/09/21/blackberry-postpones-bbm-ios-android-app-rollout/2848177/

    So Blackberry first announced on Sep 18th that BBM - Blackberry Messenger would be released for iOS and Android for the weekend of sep 21st and then they announced that it was delayed. Of course in between those two announcements Blackberry also announced that they are laying off 4,500 employees. My guess is they had some issue more important to deal with then releasing BBM for the two platforms that combined were driving the nails into its coffin.  Yeah  this is one of those stories that got pushed from the last episode - can you tell.  Yup best time to kick someone is when they are down.  

    Qualcomm: Apple’s 64-bit A7 Processor Is Not A “Marketing Gimmick”

    Oh from the how wrong are they category comes the quote from Qualcomm's CMO Anand Chandrasekher who said the A7 was just a marketing Gimmick and that there is zero benefit to consumers. 

    So how wrong was he - well besides the bench mark tests where the 5S smoked every device running a 32 bit snapdragon processor - some running at 2x the clocks speed and with more ram.  There was also Qualcomm's own PR department that essentially picked Mr Chandrasekher up and chucked him under the first bus that passed by.  The PR department at Qualcomm said quote  “The comments made by Anand Chandrasekher, Qualcomm CMO, about 64-bit computing were inaccurate,”  unquote

    The under the bus placement of Mr Chandrasekher was probably not just because Qualcomm is a big customer of Apples - but also more than likely that Qualcomm is pretty far along on their road map to get out a 64 bit mobile processor - and well all the money they spent on it and the efforts their sales team will do on selling it to the likes of Samsung are not best served by someone at Qualcomm saying it is all a marketing gimmick - even if that was true - which clearly based on benchmark tests - it is not.  

    Samsung Says Next Smartphones Will Be 64-Bit - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD

    Samsung after the announcement of the iPhone 5S with the A7 64 bit processor said - Hey we will be making a smartphone with a64 bit processor soon too.  

    Well of course they will - This is the company that was slavishly coping Apple products at every turn.  But then its not like they are releasing a Gold colored Smartphone.  Nope - they are releasing two gold colored smartphones.  Really - no kidding.  

    Gazelle saw 210% more Samsung trade-ins during iPhone 5s launch weekend | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

    Hey speaking of Sammy handsets - Gazelle saw a 210% increase in people selling Sammy smartphones during the iPhone 5S launch weekend vs a year ago launch weekend.  Seems some people are moving on up to the iPhone 5S and the iOS ecosystem - and shedding the burdens of Malware and outdated OS's builds.  

    http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/7/4814422/eric-schmidt-says-android-is-more-secure-than-iphone

    One thing I love about Eric Schmidt - is that he is always good for a face palm type quote every couple of quarters.  And the latest one comes from a gartner conference when asked about Android and it not being secure he said the following:

    quote not secure? It's more secure than the iPhone unquote 

    PLAY QUOTE FROM THE PRINCESS BRIDE

    Now in fairness - I think we should play the whole exchange that took place - here it is.

    THEN PLAY AUIDO.

    I love the audible laughter you can hear in the background.  Mind you this was not a conference of tech journalist or lay people - this was a Gartner IT conference - those in the audience are very tech aware and knowledgeable people and they found the comments funny - as in the same way looking back we find it funny when Eric Schmidt said in late 2011 that by the summer of 2012 the majority of TV's in stores would have Google TV embedded.  or also in late 2011 when he said in 6 months time the majority of developers would be developing for Android before iOS.  

    Seems Mr Schmidt is picking up the baton left behind by Mr Balmer for mind numbing quotes.  And as a podcaster covering iOS - I have to say thank you Mr Schmidt - you make my job easier and more fun.   But I do have one request - next time - save those type of quotes to the lulls we have in-between iOS product announcements.  I mean this would have been a great quote in mid December or early Feb.  Just sayin. 

    More blood on Apple iPhone’s Multi-Touch screen: Panasonic pulls plug on smartphones – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

    Some news on the Smartphone competitor front - Panasonic has thrown in the towel.  Seems the lack of Profits probably had something to do with it.  As that is a pretty common issue for most Android smartphone manufacturers. Panasonic said they are going back to just making Feature phones - you know the clamshell type.  Seems there is still a niche in Japan at least that are loyal to those devices.  Of course that is a country where they sell more adult diapers than diapers for children.  So I am guessing that market for feature phones is suffering some lets call it churn issues.  

    Hi Rob,

    I am writing you just to let you know I bought squaretrade warranties for two iPhone 5s' that are now part of my family. Used squaretrade.com/tii and got a fabulous discount! Thanks much for all you do for us!

    Regards,

    Sergio

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    Hello Rob,

    I live in the UK and am thinking of upgrading from a 3GS to the new 5s when the dust has settled and they are freely available.

    The 5s bought in USA is £160 cheaper than the same phone in the UK. Could you tell me if I buy a 5s in USA will it be fully functional in the UK? If so what do I need to look out for?

    Love the show. I have been a listener for nearly 4 years now ever since getting my first iPhone.

    Nev :-)

    Hi Rob,

    I'm planning on going to Italy next year. I've heard that a Verizon phones work on the carriers in Europe, and want to know if I should get an unlocked Verizon phone or if a subsidized Verizon phone would work as well. 

    - Jessi 

    Hi Rob,

    I upgraded to iOS 7 this afternoon. The only issue I had was I had to manually turn off my iPhone and restart it before the 'App Search' feature would work.

    Regards,

    Dan

    Hi Rob,

    Just finished upgrading my iPhone 5 and iPad mini.   After downloading update wirelessly I had to do the 2nd verification of the download install about 20 times on each device before it would install .  It seems flawless so far.  I am actually like it.   I thought it was to cartoony in all the preview articles.

    David L

    East Brunswick Nj

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    Hi Rob,

    OS 7 was just release today and all I have to say is it's great.  I enjoy the new look and feel of iOS 7. Apple did it right this time

    Regards,

    Mike L

    Hi Rob,

    Per iOS 7 - Wow, this is going to take some getting use to.

    Regards,

    -Luke

    Hi Rob,

    With all the attention for 'the look' that went into IOS7 Why, Oh Why did they pick a Kitchen Fan Exhaust Cover as the symbol for Settings?? C'mon, you know that's what it looks like!

    Regards,

    Steve R

    Long Realty Foothills

    Hi Rob,

    Where is the control for Cellular data in iOS 7 - it used to be in Settings - Then General - then Cellular.

    Regards,

    Keith

    Hi Keith,

    In iOS 7 - Apple moved your cheese - or at least the Cellular settings - and if it had teeth it would have bit you.  Not that cheese has teeth.  Now it us under Settings - then Cellular - Yup not in General anymore - and Cellular is right up at the top - under Airplane mode / wifi / bluetooth you will then see Cellular.  Apple bundled the controls for all wireless items together - as they should be.  Was kind of a bad choice on where it was previously. 

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    0045 - Structure Sensor: Capture the World in 3D by Occipital — Kickstarter

    This week for a kickstarter project there is one called the Structure Sensor - two words.  It is to be used to capture images in 3D.  It connects to your mobile iOS device so you can capture 3D maps of indoor spaces.  You can capture 3D models of object for 3D printing.  This one had a goal of $100,000 - like I said HAD - it blew by that and is over $930,000 and counting and this one has until November 1st at 11:39 AM ET for you to get in on the action. 

    Pricing on this is for the low low price of $349 -  and that is for the Structure Sensor for iPad.  If you are interested in 3D printing this is one you will want to check out - search for Structure Sensor - 2 words at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 285 at today in iOS at gmail dot com. 

    http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/10/apple-appears-to-have-quitetly-discontinued-its-cards-app/

    Hi Rob,

    I read on my mailing list (haven’t confirmed it) that apparently the Cards app which Apple made such a big deal about at the iOS 5 event apparently is gone.

    By the way, thanks for being so fair about mentioning accessibility on your show.

    Regards,

    Sieghard

    Hi Sieghard - Yup -  the Cards app needs a sympathy card sent its way - I confirmed this with my contact inside Hallmark it is indeed dead - Hallmark is the company that did the actual printing and management of the Cards App for Apple - and they said it just never took off - and they were not surprised Apple killed it.

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57604058-37/apple-pulls-apple-tv-update-amid-bricking-complaints/

    Hi Rob,

    The Apple TV update was released last night.  I haven't had a good look at it yet but it did brick one of my two Apple Tv's. The 3rd Gen went into DFU mode and wants the micro USB cable to connect to iTunes. My 2nd gen updated perfectly fine. 

    Issue with this is - apple didn't supply that cable with the device when purchased (I have nothing else that uses it) so I will have to go out and buy one to figure out what happened. 

    Regards,

    Orland

    Hi Orland - Yup as you found out the hard way Apple had a little issue with their update for 2nd and 3rd gen Apple TV's as in some of the Apple TV's were getting bricked and you needed to get a cord and connect it to your computer to un-brick it - Dooohhh.  

    Apple the Pulled that update - fixed the issue and has since re-released the update.  So if you had not updated - you are good to do so now.  What is new in the update.

    Well quite a bit.  

    iTunes radio for starters is now on Apple TV - which I like.  And if you like the music you hear - you can now purchase music directly from the iTunes music store from your Apple TV.  

    iCloud Photos and Videos are now added to your shared photo stream.

    There is AirPlay from iCloud where you use your iOS device to play videos from iTunes in the cloud.  

    You can now also sync your podcasts and podcast stations across Apple TV and all your iOS devices.

    So some nice new updates for Apple TV - if you can get past that whole bricking the device issue.  

    Again - now it is safe to update your Apple TV. 

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    Hi Rob this is Jeff from Cincinnati ohio and it is 3am in the morning here. We'll I just ordered a 16 gig iphone 5s in silver from the apple store and it took about 1 minute.

    It will ship in 1 to 3 days and I should have it by sept 30 - October 1

    Regards,

    Sleepy Jeff

    Good morning Rob,

    Just ordered 2 iPhone 5s' online. One gold 32 GB AT&T, and one space grey 32 GB AT&T. There was no option to pickup them up at the store at least in my area. The gold one is available to ship in 7 to 10 days, the "black" one is available to ship in 1 to 3 days. The Apple Store was very responsive. I ordered online from my computer with no problems. 

    Regards,

    Sergio from Austin, TX

    Hi Rob,

    I ordered my Verizon 5s online at 12:01 and got 1-3 days shipping. As of 12:25 all the gold models were estimating shipping in October. There are still good shipping times on grey and silver models.

    regards,

    Michael from Seattle

    Hi Rob,

    When I was in line at the AT&T store I was there until about 11:30 PM and the AT&T manager stopped and asked which model I wanted. I told her the Gold 64gb model. She then said she could save me the disappointment and time waiting in line. They only had the black/grey in 64gb. I then decided to go home and try ordering online. I ordered one from Apple. Thank you to Rebecca for saving me a bunch of trouble.

    Wanted to let u know the outcome. I hope I get it quicker from Apple then I would have if I ordered it from AT&T. Kudos to Rebecca (Manager of the AT&T Store). We don't have a Apple store in town yet. They have not finished putting one in our Battlefield Mall. 

    -David D.-

    Hi Rob, long time listener I have called the show before, long time ago that is. 

    Just to let you know this morning I went to the apple store in the palisades mall (NY) there was like 120 people in line around 8:15am the apple employees came out and said we have black and only black and for ATT only 16/32GB so I left. 

    Now at the ATT store in Clifton NJ there is like 30 people they said you can have any color as long as is black lol. But at least they do have 64GB black that is. 

    The manager said that they send a white phone for display and no Gold model not even for display. 

    I was looking for gold or maybe silver but I will buy a black one since I have 30 days to exchange. 

    Also a friend of mine is a manager at a different ATT Store and he told me yesterday that all if the NY and NJ area only got black 5s I didn't believe him but now I do :(

    Regards,

    Delvi A

    From NJ 

    Rob,

    Today I picked up a 64g black 5s. Fortunately, being in a small town I was able to walk up to the door and be the 5th person in line at 8 when they opened. 

    Transitioning from the 4s and I am very impressed. The speed increase of just opening an app in comparison, almost gave me whip lash. Not to mention how fast it was able to restore over 4,000 songs and who knows how many apps (total of 32g of information). I don't know if that is all thanks to the a7 but I don't care, because I love it. I was very doubtful about a finger print reader.  However, after reapplying my thumb over 20 times to make sure it gets every edge and detail, my outlook has changed. 

    Where is the innovation? Just kidding. Coming from a 4s there is enough innovation to keep this guy happy for another two years.

    Regards,

    2LT Mason C

    United States Army

    I'm so ticked.

    In Panama City FL I called just about every store that sells iPhone, no GOld iPhone. Not one was shipped. Verizon could not even order a gold phone. The system was down. Most stores received limited white and some black.

    I called apple, waited for 6min and ordered two gold, 16gig and 32gig. Say ship time is Nov 5th.

    This sucks

    Regards,

    Jim f

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    0065 - iTunes 11.1 Kills Custom IPSWs for iOS 7, Claims Hacker - IBTimes UK

    For jail breakers out there - It looks like iTunes 11.1 and later are reportedly killing custom IPSW for the lasted version of iOS 7.  What does this mean - well if you have an older device that is jailbroken you may / probably want to hold off upgrading iTunes - as if you need to rejailbreak - depending on the method you use - you might not be able to.

    It may also mean it will be a little longer before an iOS 7 jailbreak is available as that adds one more thing the jailbreak teams need to work around.  

    When will we see a jailbreak for iOS 7 for the masses - is a question I get a lot.  And the answer so far is not soon enough but also not any time soon - definitely not this month - and maybe not until 2014.  

    @planetbeing  from the evaders team said the may have all the pieces needed - but not that they did.  And Pod2G quickly  followed up that even with all the pieced it may take a while and is  long road.  So for now - just realize there is not an untethered publicly available jailbreak for iOS 7 - so don't believe anything you might see looking like a press release or post for a site claiming to have a jailbreak especially if they are asking for money - there are a lot of scams that go on about jailbreaking when there is a new OS released.  never pay to jailbreak.  That is the best advice I can offer for now - that and be patient - it does look like this year they are ahead of where they were last year at this point.  

    http://mobilizer.instapaper.com/m?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fapple-offers-last-compatible-versions-of-ios-apps-for-1332363677

    Thanks to Sieghard for the heads up on this next one - which I don't think we mentioned yet - at least I could not see it made it on a past episode - as this kept getting bumped.   But Apple is now making older versions of Apps available to devices running older version of iOS.  So if you have an iPhone 3GS and are stuck at iOS 6.1.x - and an app updates to where you need iOS 7 or later - and if there was a version of the app available that allowed iOS 6 or later - that would be the version made available to your device running iOS 6.1.x  Engadget is reporting on an older iPhone 3G running iOS 4.2.1 - it was able to download a version of Instagram that works with iOS 4.2.1.  This is good news for all you  like me that passed old iPhones down to your kids to use as iPod touches.  This is a nice customer service feature added by Apple.  Kudos to them.  

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/30/delta-pilots-fought-against-deal-to-replace-ipad-flight-bags-with-microsoft-surface

    It sucks to be a delta pilot.  No Delta did not get rid of the Max Weight limit for Flight Attendents - as that would be a down right tragedy.  But rather - something almost as bad.  Seems Delta's IT department decided against the wishes of the Pilots - to go ahead and get in bed with MS and to go and sign an agreement to bring MS Surface tablets into the cockpit.  Unlike American Airlines and Jetblue that already have the iPad in the cockpit - where they replaced flight bags weighing in at 40 pounds or more - Delta said they are ordering 11,000 Tablets from Microsoft and not Apple - in an apparent Marketing coup for MS - well that was right up until the part when the Delta pilots started bitching and saying Delta's IT department is in bed with MS and that the pilots fought hard for the iPad.  And then all marketing buzz was lost.  Now it seems they Delta will not be getting these tablets for another 2 years - because well the Surface is not actually qualified to be in the cockpit - kind of a small detail.  So I guess Delta Pilots can cross there fingers and hope the Surface will fail - Which I guess is better then the one finger the Pilots seem to think their IT department was raising towards them.

    Need to watch out for companies where the IT department forgets that their employees are their client and someone they need to listen to - rather than someone they can dictate to.

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    Hi Rob,

    What is going on with this app?

    I can not clear the 5000+ "New/incoming" mail and I have tried to "mark as read" but it will comeback with 4 to 5000+ new, it's getting to be very annoying.

    Any thoughts or suggestions.

    Regards,

    Loren from Colorado

    Hi Rob,

    Native Apple apps are crashing a lot on my iPhone 5S.  Are you hearing about this from others?

    Regards,

    Michael

    Hi Michael - I am hearing about this from other blogs where people are reporting a blue screen of death for the iPhone 5S - I personally have not seen this - and for me I don't notice many crashes - a few - but nothing overly annoying or more than I can remember before.  

    And I am not hearing about it from users much.  But folks if you are seeing a lot of crashes on your iPhone 5S - especially the blue screen of death - let me know - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.

    Hi Rob,

    Possibly everyone else had already known this or may be ok with it,

    but I have realized, to my disappointment, that ITunes radio is really

    nothing more than a collection of static pre compiled play lists. They

    play the same songs in the same order each time. If you choose one of

    the top ones or if you create a station from an artist name the same

    thing happens. It plays the pre compiled play list. Sure it is free

    access to those tunes played in full length and that is an advantage

    and an easy wy to discover and purchase them and I guess that is

    entirely the point. I'm just a little disappointed it is nothing more

    than a collection of play lists though.

    Regards,

    Jim

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    http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/08/samsung-import-ban/2944403/

    Hi Rob, 

    FYI and please give your thoughts on how US import ban on some Samsung devices being upheld is different from when Apple's products being banned were overturned by President Obama. 

    Thanks, 

    Dr. John M 

    Hi John well it is a Big difference.  A huge difference a major fundamental mindblowingly different situation.  

    The Samsung Patent in question - was a "standards essential Patent" and was under the guidelines of FRAND - which Samsung was clearly violating and the ITC should never ever have granted that verdict against Apple. PERIOD. 

    It was a very bad decision by the ITC and hence why it was the first one over turned by a President since President Regan back in the 80's. 

    The one for the Samsung - is not about standards essential patents - but rather technology patents - that clearly Samsung was in violation of. Now whether some of those patents should have been granted is another story - like the rounded corners. But others - like the snap back and accelerated scrolling those - are legit and Sammy definitely "slavishly" copied those.  And well in later devices of Sammy units they designed around those patents.  But early devices - the ones banned - which are not for sale for the most part anyway - those clearly violated Apples technology patents - and that is why it was upheld - it was not about protectionism - it was about two completely different scenarios.  

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    Mon, 30 September 2013
    Tii - iTem 0284 - iOS 7.0.2

    Tii - iTem 0284 - iOS 7.0.2

     

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    Links Mentioned in this Episode:

    iOS 7: how to disable the most annoying new features

    How to fix battery life on iOS 7 for iPhone

    Hidden Features of iOS 7 | Vidinterest

    iOS 7 Tips and Tricks : Secrets Revealed

    iOS 7 found to sport new networking tech 

    Unable to Install iOS 7? Here's How to Fix It

    Sloppy UI

    a iOS 7 Bug Lets Anyone Bypass iPhone's Lockscreen

    iOS 7.0.2 Bug found - Force Quit Apps will come back.

    Another iOS 7 Bug Lets Anyone Make Calls From Locked iPhones

    Foolish tweets of iPhone owners who believe fake ads

    Apple iOS 7 running on 60% of Apple mobile devices in one week 

    iOS 7: Rave Reviews and Soaring Adoption

    Mixpanel Trends - Mixpanel

    iPhone shortages frustrate networks on launch day

    Fights break out at Apple store in Pasadena

    iPhone "campers" robbed at gunpoint in Houston

    Apple stays mum on iPhone 5C preorder numbers

    Analyst: iPhone Launch Attracts Longest Line Ever

    Analyst: iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s Sales to Hit 6M on Launch Weekend 

    First Weekend iPhone Sales Top Nine Million, Sets New Record

    Gene Munster's iPhone launch estimates off by 5M units for the second year in a row

    78% of iPhone Sales Globally Were iPhone 5s

    Apple now allows customers to check iPhone retail availability via Apple Store app

    iPhone 5S supply may not reach demand until December

    iPhone 5s Teardown - iFixit

    AnandTech | The iPhone 5s Review

    iPhone A7 Chip Benchmarks: Forget the Specs, It Blows Everything Away

    A New iPhone 5s Teardown Reveals Just How Little Apple Pays For Each Handset 

    On Apple, the new iPhones and points made and missed | TUAW

    First iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C drop test videosAmongTech

    iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Arrive at Alaska Communications Oct. 1 

    US Regional Carriers To Offer Apple's iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c From Oct. 1 

    Apple: New iPhone Not Storing Fingerprints, Doesn’t Like Sweat 

    iPhone 5s fingerprint reader has a timed safeguard, dislikes sweaty digits

    Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID

    Is Touch ID secure enough to keep your iPhone 5s safe?

    Lock Your New iPhone with Nipples

    Why I Hacked Apple’s TouchID, And Still Think It Is Awesome.

    Tips How can I just reject an incoming call in iOS7

    iOS 7.0.2 bug lets anyone bypass Lock screen passcode to access Phone app?

     

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    Mon, 30 September 2013
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0284 and Episode Transcript
    iOS Artwork - iTem 0284 and Episode Transcript

    Hi_Rob, here is a picture i took with my iPhone 5. I used the app AvgCamPro and added the text with The app Path On.

    Regards,

    Martin Infante Fresno CA

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    Transcript for Episode 284

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    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/iphone/10320848/iOS-7-how-to-disable-the-most-annoying-new-features.html

    Ok - first up - this episode is going to focus on three things iOS 7 update some tips / tricks.   The new iPhone 5S / 5C's and your feedback.  Normally when I prep an episode I have 30 to 40 articles queued up when I get ready to do my show notes - once I had over 50.  This time I am at over 130 articles and on top of that I have over 85 new voice mail messages since the last episode and even more than that on the email side - I feel Like Carrie at the end of Season one of Homeland - when she had all those papers all over her apartment floor.  And Saul walks in and sees it all.  Well now I need to be Saul and figure out how to put it all together - so here goes.  

    I guess I should say to those that were waiting to update to iOS 7 - yes - go ahead and update now.  Unless you need to jailbreak.  All others it is safe to update.  

    And I think based on feedback from those that did already update to iOS 7, the first thing to talk about is Battery Life with iOS 7.  Apple added some new features that are on by default that are lets just say not the best friend of your battery.  

    If you iOS device is set up correctly - it should only loose about 2 to 3% of battery life at night.  And a brand new iPhone 5S should easily make it through a whole work day even with active use. 

    Again that is if it is set up correctly for Battery life.

    I will say this - when I first got my iPhone 5S the battery life seemed fine.  Then the next day it started to tank - really fast - even when a sleep I was loosing 10% an hour or more.  I had an issue with the Test Flight - I know many of you are beta testers - and if you are set up for Test flight - and updated to a new phone - and did not let them know about your new phone to get it added to test flight - but try to download a new beta of an App - it gets into a vicious battery sucking cycle of constantly trying to redownload the app.  So if you batter life  sucks really bad - and you use Test flight - check to see if you have an app that is trying to redownload all the time and delete it.  

    But for everyone else that is looking for Battery life improvements with both new and older iOS devices - here are a bakers dozen of tips - and mind you some don't apply to all iOS devices running iOS 7 - like this first one.  

    1 - Turn Off Parallax - there are some that say this feature makes them motion sick - but really I just think they are looking at the battery % indicator and that is what is getting them sick.  

    Oh hey speaking of the Battery % indicator - I had a couple of people ask about that.  To turn on or off the %  for the battery - go to  Settings App - then General - then Usage and then scroll to the bottom and you will see the toggle for Battery Percentage.  Settings - General - Usage - and scroll down.

    Back to saving said battery - To turn off Parallax go to the Settings App - then general - then Accessibility - then to Reduce Motion - and turn it to ON - Yes turn it on.  Turning ON Reduce Motion - turns OFF Parallax - Yes Clearly someone at APPLE is just Messing with our heads on that one.  

    2 -  is turn off Airdrop - unless you plan on using it now or in the next few minutes - there is no need to have it on.  Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get to control center - and just tap on Airdrop near the bottom left - to turn it off. 

    3 - and while you have control center open - tap to turn off bluetooth.  Again unless you plan on using it right now - no need to have it on.  

    4 - is also in the control center - turn down your brightness.  I find if you set it about a 1/3 of the full setting - it will still look great.  

    5 - is to turn off background app refresh except for those apps you want that info for.  Go to  Settings App - General - then Background App Refresh - and then turn off all those apps you don't need to update in background - like any games.  Or Yelp or Speed test apps  or games - Yeah not need for games updating in the background - I don't suggest shutting this down completely - as there are needs for apps like Mapquest or other navigation apps to keep updating with your location info. But the more you turn off the better it is for battery life.

    6 -  Turn off Auto App Updates.  Go to Settings --> then iTunes & App Store --> then under automatic Downloads - Turn them all off.  Do you really need to have an update to an iBook happen automatically.  

    Please note - these choices are meant for those that want improved battery life - there will be tradeoffs with your experience - if apps updates are not downloading or apps are not getting the most recent info in the background - that means - you will need to manually get that info / updates done. 

    7 - Do not use Dynamic Wallpaper - Really - Why would you do that?   Go to Settings then Wallpaper & Brightness - and make sure you select a static wallpaper - not one of the dynamic wallpapers.  Oh and definitely not a panoramic Wallpaper either. I mean really do you have that much battery life you can just piss it away by putting up a panoramic view of your kid in on a soccer pitch as your wallpaper.  

    8 - Turn off Push mail and auto fetching of mail.  Go to Settings then Mail, Contacts, Calendars - and go to Fetch New Data - Then Turn off Push - and set iCloud and your mail accounts to Fetch - and finally set Fetch to Manually.  This just means the next time you check your email - you need to pull down to refresh - i.e. fetch new mail.  You could also set that to hourly - but still if the purpose is to save battery life - just set it to manually.  

    9 - Turn off notifications for those items you don't need.  No need to Mail - after making it manual in the last step.  Plus no need for Photos or Game Center.  Go through your list of apps and only select the ones you want to see updated info from in the lock screen.  And deselect ones you don't need - like any game app.  

    10 - Change Auto lock to 5 minutes or less.  For iPad's this one can be a pain - as if you are reading - it can lock on you too quickly So don't set for just 1 minute on an iPad.  But 1 Minute may be fine for an iPhone. To make changes on this one go to Settings then General then Auto-lock - and select 5 minutes or 1 Minute or something in between.  

    11 - Quit Open apps in the background on a regular basis.  If you have 183 apps on your iOS device - there is no reason to have 182 of those apps open in the background.  Per the last episode to force quit an app - double tap on the home button - and then swipe up on the preview of the app - to close it.  

    12 - Don't set Alarms or Reminders based on Location.  If you set up a reminder to remind you when you get home and it is 8:30 AM - that will mean it is constantly checking your location through out the day.  Well right up until your battery dies that is.  

    13 - Location services - The ultimate battery killer - only allow it for those apps you absolutely need it for.  Games - NO - Maps - Yes.  And keep an eye out in the upper right for a purple triangle - that means locations services are on.  You can not turn it off completely - well ok - you can - but you should not - because if you did - it kinda sorta kills most features of find my iPhone like for simple location search. Note - even if off you can still reactivate by enabling lost mode - but still you want to have locations services on and you want to limit it to apps that benefit you.  Go to Settings then Privacy then location services and look at what apps have locations toggled on.  You might be surprised.  Like Tunein Radio or Shazam or Stitcher or a bunch of games - Yeah turn it off for them.  

    I know there are other tips about turning off LTE and even disabling keyboard clicks.  But come on whats the point of having an LTE iPhone if you can't use LTE.  

    And I will say this - if you do all the things I mentioned above - and your battery life sucks - you may have a corrupted apps or backup you set up from or you may have a defective battery.  What you need to do in this  case to find out if it is software or hardware issue is to go to Settings App - then iCloud - then Find My iPhone - and disable Find My iPhone.  Next connect your iOS device to your computer and back it up.  Then Select Restore iPhone - this will delete out everything - and you should set it up as a brand new iPhone.  Not from a backup.  Note - this does suck to do - as it means getting emails and everything else set back up correctly.  But you made a back up so you can restore from it later on.  Just do this and then see if after a few hours if your battery life is better then it was or the same.  If it is the same - take said device to your local apple store and see about getting a new device.  If it is better - then you have to decide if you want to restore from the last back up - or just stay as you are and start the manual process of setting up the device.  

    Again I will say this - there is no reason not to see as good of or better battery life from iOS 7 then you did with iOS 6.  On my iPhone 4 - after over a week in standby mode - the battery life was over 50%.  And I had used it on and off during the week.  Usually just as a calculator or to check something in the Settings App - but point is - I am seeing really good battery life with iOS7 and I would say even better for my iPhone 4 then I saw with iOS 6.1.3  

    Hidden Features of iOS 7 | Vidinterest

    Ok - So now that your iOS device is running all day plus - you can actually use it - and here are some new features i