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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

    -look-at-the-cortado-the-arduino-youll

    -never-plug-in/

     

     

    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

     

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAILS AROUND TOUCH ID

     

    Justin_PA_fingerprint_sensor

     

    Steve VA_TouchID

     

    Woody_NJ_cmnts_touchId_skin_dried_out

     

    ED_TN_FDBK_touchID

     

    Jeff_FDBK_touchID

     

     

     

    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

    -updates-bing-for-ipad-to-version-2-0-with

    -ios-7-design-skydrive-bookmarks-and-more/

     

    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.  

     

     

    PLAY VOICMAIL - Darren_issues_sync_ibooks

     

     

    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

     

    PLAY QUOTE FORM GODFATHER PART 3

     

    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

     

     

    PLAY VOICEMAIL - BRENT_OKC_unlocked_iphones

     

     

    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. 

     

     

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