Today in iOS Podcast - The Unofficial iOS, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch News and iPhone Apps Podcast

This is a blues number - recorded using Garageband on the iPad and I used an iRig adapter to plug the harmonica into the iPad. It's a blend of two tunes: Homeydripper and Evan's Shuffle.

Regards,

Jon

SONG_Evan_Honey.m4a

Thanks JON for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank MIKE J for sending in the Artwork for today's show. MIKE had the following to say.

Hi rob, I made this artwork on my iOS device using the sketchy app. This is a sketch of you.

Regards,

Mike J

01:57

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote 5 Reasons Why Apple’s iPad Tablet Will Fail

1. It won’t fit in your pocket.

2. It’s too expensive.

3. It won’t replace the laptop.

4. You only get access to a watered-down Internet.

5. No one really needs an iPad. unquote

Daniel Nations, About.com Guide, 26 January 2010

Good thing no one really needed an iPad - hate to see what the shortages would have looked like if people actually needed one of these things - just saying.

02:32

For Promo codes - On Ep 297 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the apps BLAZE&GRAZE,SLENDER MAN ORIGINS and FEED ME MUNCHY . We will be giving out those promo codes sometime this week.

If you would like to learn more about this app go back and listen to the beginning of Epi 297.

A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/21/apple_patches_ios_ssl

_vulnerability/

03:30

There is a lot of mis reporting or exaggerating or just plain link baiting going on about the SSL bug in iOS 6, iOS 7 and Mac OS X .9

This is not something where if you are at home on your private locked down network and surfing the web you are at risk. Repeat in that scenario you were not at risk.

This is what is called a man in the middle type vulnerability - and it WAS a major vulnerability in that regards - but it still required some evil nehr do well to be on the same network or be creating the network for them to get access to your private data.

This is not about visiting a website and getting malware installed on your device or it stealing your contacts info.

This is about you doing what you thought was a secure transaction on an open network and having the secure transaction or data stream being exposed. I don't want to down play this vulnerability at all - and if you have not updated your iOS device or Mac running Mavericks - you need to STAT.

Per explaining this bug - with out getting all techie.

The simplest analogy of this is you are in a class and you want to pass a note to sally - and you hand the note to billy and ask him to pass it to sally. But you don't want Billy to read the note so you lock it in a small box - and only Sally and you have a key. If SSL is working correctly - no mater who in the room gets the box it does not matter the note is safe as only you and Sally can unlock the box.

But in this case with Apples bug - the lock was broken - and anyone that go a hold of the box could use a paper clip or bobby pin to unlock it.

You will hear this bug referred to Goto Fail bug - that is because this bug is where they had the action - goto fail twice in a row in basically an if then type statement. Or to put it in basic coding logic - if true then goto fail else goto fail.

In other words no matter what goto fail - and that sadly was in one place that brought the whole Apple SSL security house of cards come a crumbling down.

Happily there is no reason you should from this point on be effected by this - Apple has pushed out fixes for this. But if you are still not sure you should update - here are some tweets from Musclenerd - from the iPhone dev team

quote - It takes no iOS expertise for bad guys to abuse the SSL bug Apple just fixed. Many more can exploit (for bad) SSL bug than a normal iOS bug

yep it really is a must-have update. Otherwise you’ll always be doubting your online privacy/security

Apple didn’t apply even 1 update that would’ve broken evasi0n7 at 7.0.6 (i.e. they let JBers have the SSL fix too). Thanks, Apple! :)

I wouldn’t want to be that guy at some future tech or infosec conference using older firm ware :) Or even maybe just at a baseball game

In a nut shell - update to iOS 7.0.6 or 6.1.6 and if you are on a Mac - running Mavericks update to the latest version there.

If you are jailbroken and don't want to update - or can't - get the tweak - SSLpatch - one word - and it will also fix Apples SSL Bug.

Goto: Fail -

https://gotofail.com/

08:10

If you want to check your mac or iOS device to see if it is vulnerable to the SSL goto fail bug - go to - gotofail.com on the browser you like to use and see. Plus check from safari.

On my Mac which I have not upgrade to Mavericks yet - it is fine - I am running - 10.8.5 - and the tests say I am fine. Actually on the Mac side this bug was not introduced until 10.9 - mavericks. Which kind of kills the whole tin foil hat theory that this was what the NSA meant in their prism slide when they said they added Apple in Oct 2012. So the Mac side it was Fall 2013 for Mavericks and it was Sept 2012 for iOS 6 when this bug was intro'd into the wild. Not Oct 2012 like the Tin foil hatters are speculating.

Don't blame on malice that which can easily be explained by incompetence.

As I mentioned the good news is Apple did already release patches for all the OS versions effected by this bug. So one advantage of iOS is you get quick updates and even updates for versions no longer officially supported. As in iOS 6.x

Ok yes - that is making lemonade out of lemons - but remember as bad as this was and it was bad - once made public updates were out to everyone effected.

Not the same can be said for Android - where there is a major security bug that is just as bad going on two years old.

This site will help you determine whether your computer is vulnerable to #gotofail.

Safe.

We have examined your OS and browser version information and determined that an active vulnerability test was appropriate. Fortunately, your browser correctly aborted loading our test image upon seeing an invalid ServerKeyExchange message.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/22/us-apple-flaw

-idUSBREA1L01Y20140222

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html

10:27

By the way for those that are code junkies - you can see the code in question by looking the link titled - ImperialViolet Apple's SSL / TLS bug in the show notes for ep 298 over at today in iOS dot com.

Here is some feedback on the updates:

Hi Rob,

This update for the 3GS has to break some kind of record

Being able to update and refresh a phone this old is simply amazing !!!!

The 3GS has been the best money I have ever spent

Regards,

Anthony McD

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/02/new-ios-flaw-makes-devices

-susceptible-to-covert-keylogging-researchers-say/

10:56

Here are some more titles for a different iOS subject.

Quote iOS flaw makes devices susceptible to covert keylogging, researchers say unquote

Or Quote iOS 7 has dangerous key logging vulnerability unquote

or Quote New Security flaw opens iPhone, iPads to covert key logging. unquote

or Well you get the picture.

Lets forget for a second about this all being available in any OS that allows programs to run in the background. This is big news because with iOS it is a theoretical possibility that researchers have found - which is much more of a threat than the already in the real world implementation of key logging in Android, linux and Windows. It is the fear of what might be vs the reality of what is that makes this so news worthy. Or maybe it just makes good link bait.

While the SSL issue is a real world issue - this key logging one on the iOS side is not - if you want a key logging issue - just look at android -

there are a plethora of key logging apps - and not all of them are malware. Just some of them.

Why ZDNET and Arstechnica saw fit to publish an article about this is well proof that link bait still works.

Now if you want to talk about what this quote theoretical vulnerability unquote is - essentially they researchers showed how they could get an app into the iTunes app store that when running in the background can then monitor keystrokes done in another app. Not that they found any in the wild - just that they know how to do this and they put the code in an app that was then approved by Apple - for testing purposes and they are working with Apple on this by the way.

Their recommendation is that you close out any apps you are not using. So don't leave flappy birds or other free apps like that open - force quit them - if you don't want to be as exposed to this theoretical vulnerability.

http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2014/02/background

-monitoring-on-non-jailbroken-ios-7-devices-and-a-mitigation.html

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/why-is-an-app-worth-as-

much-as-a-small-oil-field/

13:08

Also big in the news of late is Facebook dropping 19 Billion dollars with a b on WhatsApp - which has over 400 Million users of their app world wide - which is a text messaging app. Or more precisely it is a messaging app that allows for text messages that are not via your carrier - i.e. don't count against your text message plan.

Now there was a little brew ha ha - back in December and again in Jan - when people saw requests from Facebook - per the Facebook app for Android - for you to give Facebook permission to read your texts. Facebook said this was so they could check your text messages for ones they send with confirmation codes. And that they are not actually you know reading your messages for content. But well if you give them permission cart blanc to read your text message - then well they can. And because of this some WhatsApp users are running away as fast as they can.

That said - If the user base of WhatApp users drops from 450 Million to 446 Million users - it is not really a big deal to Facebook. As not only did they get What's app - but probably just as important - they kept Google from getting What's app - whom is reported to be the other party that was trying to acquire them - thus creating a bidding war and hence the 19 Billion with a B price paid.

Congrats to the devs of Whats App on a true Rags to Riches story. Oh and yeah you have to love that one of the co-founders Acton - was turned down for a job at Facebook prior to the creation of whatsApp. So he went from a job that could have paid in the 100k range to a pay out 5 years later in the Billions from Facebook. Kudos.

15:06

I want to take a minute now to talk about today's sponsor. And that is Hover - if you go to hover.com and use promo code - tiiSSL you can get 10% off your domain name registrations and transfers when you sign up as a new hover user.

And today I am going to talk about Email - Hover offers up custom emails. Which if you are trying to look professional - you at your own domain dot com looks more impressive then your name 64 @ gmail dot com. I know I go to my rob@podcast411.com email when I am reaching out to someone new and trying to impress. Plus I am going to NAB in April and I got a press pass and one of the requirements was your email could not be from a free email account. So todayinios at gmail would not work - but rob@podcast411.com did.

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17:42

PLAY VOICEMAIL - TIM_chi_cellular_facetime

Hi rob. A caller wanted to know how to do FaceTime over 3G. The simple answer is you can't do it. There was some iOS 6 update (I think) that started to let you do FaceTime over cellular, but it was only a feature for iPhone 4S and later iphones. FaceTime only works over LTE and "4g". I've tried to use FaceTime over 3G and it dosent work for me either. I'm on at and t.

Ben K

PLAY VOICEMAIL - ANSWR_FACETIME_3G

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

105412562215997292912?cfem=1

19:48

Some really good activity in our Google+ community.

Which is to be expected since we now have over 490 Google+ users in that community - Yup we almost to the 500 member mark. Thanks to everyone that has joined.

We had over 60 posts since the last episode. Of those most replied to post there was one from Cresent Bolton - whom asked about Photo Apps and where he could create folders and put pictures in them in that app. One of the answers was Chris in London who pointed out the jailbreak app - Photo Organiser Pro - and Alex Tran pointed out Photo Organizer 7 - which is also for jail breakers.

There were posts about the SSLpatch for Jailbreakers, Talk about SnappyCam Pro app, Talk about apps to remotely access your mac desktop from your iOS device. Answer - Team Viewer, and there was a post from Michael Price pointing out that all the latest updates keep turning bluetooth back on by default when you do the update.

And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.

And thanks to all 490+ of you already in the community and contributing.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23550/apple-values-your

-privacy-ads-firms-complain

21:17

With all the grief apple is getting about security - there is also another group complaining about Apple with regards to their privacy policy. That group would be Ad Firms and they are complaining Apple puts you the end users privacy way above the needs of the advertisers - Well Shame on you Apple.

Per Apples part to these complaints they said

Quote Apple respects the privacy of our customers and the security of their information. Because of this, iAd allows users to control their own ad preferences so that their experience is on their own terms," Unquote

Oh but they were not done with such blasfamy - they also said

quote Apple has always placed a priority on protecting our customers’ personal data, and we don’t collect or maintain a mountain of personal details about our customers in the first place," unquote

It is almost as if you know Apple cares about you the end user more than they do the Advertisers - Gasp.

This really does come back to what I have always said is a fundamental difference between Apple on one side and Google and Facebook on the other.

With Apple you the end user are the customer. With Google and Facebook - you the end user are the product and the customer is the Advertisers.

I do find it ironic that Android fan boys call Apple users sheep - when it is they who are have their privacy sold and slaughtered for the Advertisers. Just Sayin.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57618833-37/

real-or-not-iphone-6-photos-are-everywhere/

23:06

Hi Rob,

I was thinking after episode 296. IF and that's a big if Apple continues it's pattern for the next few years we will see a new iPhone in September, let's call it iPhone 6. Then maybe in 2015 when September rolls around we see an iPhone 6s where the S is "sapphire". I think a sapphire screen would be amazing, and an innovation that is very Apple, make something that people actually use and care about better!

Regards

Jordan in Omaha, NE

Hi Jordan - Bite your tongue. Lets hops it is not 2 years for a sapphire iPhone - and the next one has it.

Rumors about the iPhone 6 picked up a little this month when supposed pictures of an iPhone 6 surfaced - including by Sonny Dickson - who had photos of the iPad air early and also the iPhone 5C.

The supposed pictures being leaked lend to a larger screen - possibly edge to edge.

What ever the case it is likely going to be September before said next gen iPhone or iPhones launch.

And again lets hope Jordan in Omaha is wrong.

http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/5/wall-street-journal-offers-

more-clues-situation-forthcoming-apple-tv

25:16

Lets move to some rumors that might be happening any day or week now - and that is the 4th gen Appel TV.

Supposedly the next gen Apple TV will be hear prior to June - and that makes sense if it is going to run apps - Apple will want it live prior to WWDC.

The key question is will it run apps - and will it be more of a cable box. One could see the next gen Apple TV allowing the connection of the coaxial cable along with ethernet and wifi for streaming.

Imagine being able to rearrange your stations on your AppleTV slash set top box to be in the order you want.

Oxygen, lifetime, Hallmark - all that stuff you could move to the bottom of the list.

At the top you could have all your sports channels and the scifi channel - plus FX and AMC. And more importantly you can put the 4 channels together that will have the NCAA tournament - so you don't have to jump all over the place those first couple of days of the tourney.

Oh And it would have a DVR.

Yeah - that would be worth the investment in more than just one device.

And yeah - it would have apps and work with game controllers.

That is what is possible for the next Apple TV.

Or it just might look and work the same except it have an on demand figure skating tile added.

Lets hope for the former and not the later.

http://www.cultofmac.com/267673/samsung-

announces-gold-galaxy-s5-match-iphone-5s/

26:53

Hi Rob,

There truly is no limit to Samsungs copying, reminds me what people used to say about Michael Jordan "always imitated, never duplicated"

Regards,

Jason H

Hi Jason - yup - The Galaxy 5S oops - I mean S5 - has a finger print scanner and even a gold version. Hmm where did they come up with those ideas?

What is interesting is that Sammy received ZERO grief from the press about their finger print scanner - yet - Apple was put through the ringer about their much much more secure implementation of finger print scanning. See Sammy is giving 3rd parties access to your biometric data. Nice

Or as John Grubber said

quote But how come so many people lost their feces over the clearly more-secure iPhone fingerprint sensor, and there's not a peep about Samsung's? Where's the letter to Samsung from Senator Al Franken? unquote

Makes you wonder what the press will be complaining about when Apple intros a sapphire screen on the iPhone 6 - My guess is someone will likely bring up child labor issues at sapphire mines in Madagascar not realizing All of Apples Sapphire is grown in a plant in Arizona.

Oh and that gold colored Galaxy S5 - yeah the gold is not all that good looking - looks like a big band aid - Really - look at the pic from twitter user JoannaStern - which is over at cult of mac. Pretty funny.

http://9to5mac.com/2014/02/27/googles-sundar-pichai-android

-not-designed-to-be-safe-would-target-android-too-if-

he-were-making-malware/

28:40

Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next one.

Quote

We cannot guarantee that Android is designed to be safe, the format was designed to give more freedom. When people talk about 90% of malware for Android, they must of course take into account the fact that it is the most popular operating system in the world. If I had a company dedicated to malware, I would also be addressing my attacks on Android.unquote

That comes from Sundar Pichai Googles Android Head. Now he was remiss in one area it is over 95% of malware - and basically nothing for iOS - even though iOS is on about 20% of active smartphone devices. And given iOS users are more affluent in general - you would think there would be some interest in getting malware on iOS - it is just that it is difficult to do.

But you just have to love that last part quote - If I had a company dedicated to malware, I would also be addressing my attacks on Android. unquote

Surprise - they are.

PLAY VOICEMAIL - Sherry_tips_reminder_list

30:57

Hi Rob,

I totally disagree with you bashing the usefulness of android tablets.

I have multiple android tablets deployed as time clocks at the small

college where I work. There is no need to keep them under lock and

key. I just put them in our maintenance closets. iPads? No way! They'd

walk off in week. I'm sticking with Android on this one.

Love the show

Brian in Grand Rapids MI.

Brian I guess I must concede that point - if you need a tablet and need one that no one would bother ever risk jail time to steal - then yes and Android tablet would fit the bill.

PLAY VOICEMAIL - ROB_FEEDBK_SIRIREMINDERS

Hi Rob,

The new "mobile share" data shared plan I got gives me 10 gb data to share on

4 smart phones, ul talk , ul text, free hot spot use on all devices.

To add a iPad bring it in they will put a chip in and see if it is unlocked, to add iPad Is 10.00 mo. And shares your data.

I'm sure you already knew this , but it was attractive enough for me and saves me money.

Not much need for me to jailbreak now.

Regards,

Steve in Springberg MO

Hi Rob thank you for letting me Know about the software update 7.0.6

I lost my iPhone on Tuesday before I left the house and a little voice said I was going to lose my iPhone but I ignored the voice and the 2nd time the voice told me to put the phone in my draw but I Did not listen. when I did lose my phone I Tried to look for it with find my iPhone - Except I did not have find my iPhone Turned on so I did not have a ph for two days. I went to sprint to have them turn it off but they told me if I was to do that I would freeze my contract. so I still did not panic. Today - Thursday I took my son to school and the principal told me that she had my phone and good thing that I did not lock it because she was able to go through the pictures and see who the phone belongs to. I've learned my lessons.

Number one : Always Listen to that voice

Number Two: Turn on Find My iPhone

and

Number three - don't leave naked selfies on your iPhone for your kids principal to find.

Regards,

Redacted.

Ok - I kind of made up the 3rd one - but it could have happened. In any case time for a good reminder - if you do not have find my iPhone turned on - WHY? Are you waiting for a golden ticket invitation from Tim cook? Well it ain't a comin - just turn on find my iPhone on all your iOS device and add the screen lock. Do it now - hit pause - we will wait.

Ok - welcome back - don't you feel better having it turned on.

Hi Rob

On episode 297 someone was asking about Kick-starter - hand-crank charger.

That's great but if the road trip is within a couple days of civilization (maybe a weekend). how about the Morphie battery pack ($98.00 Best Buy) I got the dual USB unit that can charge 2 units, or, for me, have 4 full charges on my iPhone 5.

I am out of my car but listen to Stitcher on my iPhone 5. Therefore, I need recharge a couple times per day. I have gone 4 full charges before having to re-charge this Morphie.

Regards,

Doug Mc Vey

PLAY VOICEMAIL - ROG_SIRI_REMINDERS_BLUETOOTH

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/29731548/

microsoft-office-word-processor-for-ipad

38:06

Here is an interesting kickstarter - not sure I ever had one with this low a pledged total - $19 so far and there are 22 days to go - Mar 22 at 7:36 PM Central time.

They have a goal of $5,000 - which is not much.

What this is is a Microsoft Office Word Processor for iPad.

I really like the features.

* Create and edit .Doc word files.

* Create folders. Add or remove files in folders.

* Use special editing features such as bold, underline & italic.

* Bullet styling: Numbers, letters, check marks and Roman numerals.

* Multiple font styles, sizes and colors. Also comes with a multi color selector for custom coloring for files.

* Open files from email and cloud accounts such as Dropbox, Box, Evernote, Microsoft Sky-Drive, WebDav, Google Drive, Sugar Sync and iCloud!

And there are other features.

But I think where this project fell down - is there is just a donation of $2 or more for the rewards - or really no rewards.

You can learn more about this by searching for Microsoft Office Word Processor in the show notes for Ep 298.

http://tmk.geekhelpinghand.com/goodbye-skydrive-and-hello-

onedrive.html#.UwYfpf1cI-F

40:07

For those of you using SkyDrive from Microsoft - it is now changing names to OneDrive.

Seems there was a legal reason to change the name.

Now when you sign up you get 7GB of cloud storage and you get another 3GB of storage if your connect your camera roll.

Now you can get that up to 100GB for a year if you spend 100 Bing reward points. Evidently you can earn bing reward points by doing web searches in bing about how to earn bing reward points. And what that search will show you is you can earn 200 points by spamming your friends - I mean inviting your friends to use bing rewards. Yup it is a little annoying pyramid scheme.

Now the down side of spending 100 Bing reward points now for the 100GB is that say you use most of it up - a year from now - you either pay $50 bucks or you need to get your data off it.

Or you could as an iOS user just use iCloud and keep your bing rewards points for a starbucks gift card or at least 1/5th of one.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/25/king-withdraws-candy-trademark-app/

41:21

Hi Rob !

Thought you might find this interesting .

regards,

Jenny Q

And that is Candy Crush has withdrawn its US trademark application for Candy. This it seems because it acquired the game Candy Crusher.

However - the company is still protecting its trademark for Candy and Saga in the EU. And by protecting I am guessing they mean beating up little indie developers that had the name Candy or Saga in their name - some prior to Candy crush being available.

Still can't believe the EU courts are more messed up then those in the US.

VOICEMAIL - JEFF_CT_REVIEW_DRONE

43:17

Hi Rob!

I wanted to ask you a question regarding the iPad 2. It seems when I drain my iPad completely and begin to charge it, it charges fine. Until it reaches 86%, it won't go to 87% etc.. but when I lower the brightness all the way it seems to charge it ok. I am thinking this is a software issue or the 10 watt charger. Love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Regards

Jonah

VOICEMAIL - Marc_Unlocking_iPhone

VOICEMAIL - Hector_quest_unlocking_sprint_phone

Hello Rob,

I have a question about voice recorders on my iPhone 4s. I use a blue parrot brand Bluetooth headset and when I record voice memos it still picks up the sound through the iPhone microphone. I've tried a few different voice recorder apps from the app store and get the same results, I'm wondering is this just an iOS feature that's not allowed maybe or is it my headset or am I doing something wrong, any help from you would be appreciated.

Shannon in Fountain Hills.

Hi Rob,

I recently jail broke my iPhone 5s but shortly after then I took off the jailbreak. A few days after that I noticed my default wallpapers in the "still" category was empty. It just shows a blank screen. I've tried restoring twice and no fix. Any help would be great.

Thanks, Chris

VOICEMAIL - TIM_CHI_ANSWR_ipad_air

52:51

Some tweets from the Jailbreak team:

For upgrading to iOS 7.0.6 backup your device and restore in iTunes, then jailbreak (and restore your backup). DO NOT USE OTA UPDATE.

evasi0n7 with support for iOS 7.0.6 is now live at http://evasi0n.com

http://evasi0n.com/

53:15

If you did update to iOS 7.0.6 - it is good to know as mentioned earlier that you can still jailbreak your device - and if you go to evasi0n dot com - with a Zero in place of the O in evasion - you can get the latest jailbreak for any device running any version of iOS 7.x

As always if you are going to jailbreak - make sure you back up everything - you transfer any photos to your computer and you close out all your open apps and reset network settings first.

This it appears does help when doing a jailbreak.

54:15

Hi Rob,

On your last episode you had a marathon of tips on Siri and using the reminders app. I enjoyed that very much and found it very useful. Please consider doing a mini marathon again on similar topics. Thank you. I enjoy your show very much.

Phil

Hi Rob,

Per your request here are my favorite camera apps in order of use

1. Pro HDR by eyeApps.com

2. True HDR by ?

3. 360 by Occipital

4. Fotor HDR by Fotor.com

5. Photosynth by Microsoft

The actual most used camera app is the Apple iphone app since it is the easiest one to access and the fastest one to use.

I estimate I have taken over 5000 pictures with my iphones. Most pictures have been outdoors landscape type pictures.

I am glad that you asked for listener camera app favorites, I am looking forward to seeing what listeners are using.

Regards

Jim from Lakewood CO

Hi Rob,

I'm addicted to camera and graphics apps! I collect many paid and free apps. That being said, I use the built in Apple camera app over all. Unless you have a JB phone that allows you to select the app you want in the flip selection on the lock screen, the built app is the fastest camera you'll have.

For processing I use PicTapGo the most, it's easy and fast to tweak your photos. Basic color filters to fix your photos. Plus the icon is cool ( yes that does make a difference to me ). I recently purchased Waterlogue, and it is fantastic for water color effects for your photos. It's made by TinRocket that makes Popsicolor and Percolator, both are great too.

If you are looking for a camera replacement app, it's hard to wrong with Camera+ or ProCamera.

One more I will mention, and it is very different than every camera app out there is: NoFinder. This camera app does not have a view finder! How can you take a good photo with it? Shoot from the hip! Just set it with the type of photo you want and click away. You can see your result after the shot was taken, or not! It really does create a random feel to your shots because you can only guess where you are pointing it at. You can set it for high contrast black and white images. They look great...sometimes! Not for taking important photos where you need to know what you are taking. This is more for street photography or for cool random shots. I recommend it a lot. You can set it for square ratio for Instagram. Speaking of that my feed is: @toastist

I still plan on sending in some artwork for the show, eventually!

Hope this helps any iphoneographers out there!

- Dan

Hi Rob,

My favorite photo apps that I have are as following. I do a lot of photo editing and photography on my iPhone, as you may be able to tell from my latest tii artwork submission.

1. Cycloramic.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cycloramic-studio-360-panorama

/id587578368?mt=8

Cycloramic takes a panorama while it spins your iPhone on a table or smooth surface. It works okay on my iPhone 4 but a lot better on the iphone 5 and later because of the increased weight on the later iphones. It's not only for iPhone though, you can download for iPod touch too, except you have to use the guided mode for panoramas. You can edit the panoramas and also edit imported photos from your camera roll. You can add filters, frames, text, and stickers etc.

2. SnappyCam.

(No link)

This app was pulled from the app store because it was bought by apple. It lets you take up to 120 0.3megapixel photos per second on the iPhone 5s. You can scroll through these individual pictures and delete certain pictures individually and export the series of photos to gif video or export them all to camera roll. The developer developed this app by himself and the app was very well made. I was sad to see it Go from the App Store, but hope to see it's technology integrated into future iphones.

3. Hipstamatic.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hipstamatic/id342115564?mt=8

This app lets you take pictures in square format with the options of frames and lenses you use to take the picture. There is no post processing of the pictures as you have to select the filter and lens before you take the picture like a real camera.

Regards,

Ben K

http://www.stitcher.com/blog/?p=1382

1:00:27

I want to send out a congrats to Doug Mc Vey who is a long time listener of this show - and well it sounds like quite a few other shows - as he was named the first winner of the Stitcher award for listener of the year. Congrats Doug and thank for mentioning this show in your post on Stitcher.

PLAY VOICEMAIL - Mike_NJ_4S_Battery

1:05:08

Hi Rob,

I wonder if you can help me out. My wife regularly travels abroad for work, the problem she is having is that when she is out of WiFi coverage,she can ONLY send text messages by turning on Data Roaming on.

I have tried a few things to resolve this including: turning iMessage off and ensuring that Mobile Data is turned on. I have also reset Network Settings, but once she is abroad again, same problem.

I hope you or your listeners can come up with a solution, as Vodafone Ireland's support has come up blank so far.

Great show, I look forward to every episode.

Regards,

Brian Mitchell.

Galway, Ireland.

(Subscriber)

P.S. Maybe sometime in the future you could do a feature on "Jailbreaking". I have never done it, neither has anyone I know. Perhaps you could explain what it all about. Truth is I know nothing about it. How do you do it? Why would you do it? What are the benefits? What are the pitfalls? That sort of thing.

PLAY VOICEMAIL - ACE_ISSUE_SONGS_iPHONE5

Rob,

I’m looking for a to-do manager that integrates with Microsoft Exchange because I use Outlook throughout the day for work. I presently use TaskTask and it’s ok, but it’s not as appealing as some of the other task managers I’ve researched either visually or from an ease-of-use perspective. Problem is I haven’t found one that is easy to use and also syncs with Exchange so my changes will show in Outlook. The stock Reminders app is also ok, and syncs with Exchange, but doesn’t have functionality such as sorting subjects alphabetically. I would appreciate any recommendations from you or my fellow listeners for an easy-to-use task manager with Exchange integration.

Thanks for a great show item after item.

Stu

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1:11:15

Thanks again to our sponsor Hover dot com - remember for new users use promo code TiiSSL one word to get 10% off your purchase. Hover is who I manage all my domains with and I really do love their service and recommend them even when they are not advertising on the show. Again use promo code TiiSSL to save 10% when you first purchase domain names with Hover.

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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Tue, 18 February 2014

Tii - iTem 0297 - Android Tablet is so Crappy

Links Mentioned in this Epsiode:

Today's Sponsor - Hover.com - Promo Code = tiicook

Apple Sales Surpass All Windows PC

Tim Cook Calls Android Tablets Crappy

Apple's Tim Cook Discusses Emerging Markets and Plans for Cash

It’s official: Apple sells more computers than all Windows PCs combined

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

Apple set to discontinue legacy, non-Retina iPad 2

New Apple TV '4,1' could arrive as soon as March

iOS 7.1 rumored to arrive in March with enhanced Mobile Device Management

Flappy Bird For Android Clones Are Rife In Play Store, Comes With Malware

Neutron S - Kickstarter

Ultima S - Kickstarter

Podcast Movement 2014 - Kickstarter

Apple Brings iTunes Radio to Australia

Apple May Have Considered Purchasing Tesla

Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

Direct download: tii_0297.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:03am EDT

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Tue, 18 February 2014

iOS Artwork - iTem 0297 and Episode Transcript

Transcript for Episode 297

Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank

Jeff for sending in the music you hear in the background. Jeff wrote:

Hi Rob,

I made this song with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.

Regards,

Jeff J

SONG_In_the_sky_1.mp3

Thanks Jeff for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank BEN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. BEN had the following to say.

Hi rob, I made this artwork on my iPhone 4. First I took a picture of the apple logo on a MacBook Pro retina, then I cropped,added the text, and added the border with the Cycloramic Pro app.

This app is awesome it lets you take a panorama on your iPhone by using it's vibrations to spin it around.

Regards,

Ben K

BEN Thanks again for sending in this artwork and you can see BEN'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 297 or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.

If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.

02:09

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Business technology should contribute to efficiency. A real laptop or netbook does real work that helps a business succeed. So does a Blackberry, a Pre or an iPhone. But cool as it may be, the iPad fails that crucial test. Ignore the frenzy, save your money. unquote

Bill Snyder, PC World, 19 January 2010

Yeah wanted to go back 4 years and look at some of the quotes about the iPad - And just see how many people said it would fail or not do good. That said I did not think it would sell as well as it did - but then again no one really did - not even Apple -- if you remember how many months it was supplied constrained. Hopefully in 2014 Apple releases something new that exceeds all our initial expectations

03:03

For Promo codes - On Ep 296 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the app LOTTERY CLONE. We will be giving out those promo codes sometime this week.

If you would like to learn more about this app go back and listen to the beginning of Epi 296.

This week we have promo codes for several Apps. The first App we have promo codes for is the App BLAZE&GRAZE. Here is the review from the Devs - PLAY PROMO CODE - BLAZE AND GRAZE

-- Thanks to THE DEV for HIS review of HIS App BLAZE&GRAZE and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this app - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put BLAZE in the subject line.

The second app we have promo codes for is the app - SLENDER MAN ORIGINS. Here is the Review from the Dev.

PLAY PROMO CODE - SLENDER MAN ORIGINS

- Thanks to THE DEV for HIS review of HIS App SLENDER MAN ORIGINS and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this app - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put SLENDER in the subject line.

The third app we have promo codes for is the app - FEED ME MUNCHY. Here is the Review from the Dev.

PLAY PROMO CODE - FEED ME MUNCHY

- Thanks to THE DEV for HIS review of HIS App FEED ME MUNCHY and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this app - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put FEED in the subject line.

As Always - just send in one email for one specific item. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple items in a single email - then well - No Soup for you

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/02/16/apple-sales-surpass-all

-windows-pc-partners-combined-during-holiday-period/

07:15

I wonder what Past Rob from April 2007 would say about this next article. And that is if you combined all the Apple computers - with computer being defined as Macs, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches - you know devices you can surf the web, answer emails, create and edit word and excel docs - you know a computer. That if you combined the sales of all those devices last quarter they out numbered all the windows PC's sold last quarter. Wow. Granted - you then also to be fair need to add in Windows Phone devices - and when you do that - it brings the numbers pretty much equal for last quarters sales. Again that is still amazing and I bet if Rob from April 2007 was to predict that would be the case - I would have far fewer listeners now - as I would have been dismissed as a nut job and total Apple fan boy. To be honest I don't think back then I would believe future or current me about that stat - but it is true now. Apples influence in the computing space has never been stronger - despite the fire and brimstone articles you might see out there from google fan boyz.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/539025/20140217/tim-cook

-apple-iphone-6-android-tablet.htm

08:31

PLAY VOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_FLAPPY_SCORE_15

Some give me some grief about giving Android too much grief but You know what - I am not the only one calling Android names. One other person dogging on Android is Tim Cook. Mr Cook said the following to The Wall street journal quote

We have over half-million apps that have been optimized for iPad. That half-million compares to 1,000 for Android tablets. That’s one of the reasons, although not the only reason, why the experience on Android tablets is so crappy unquote

Ok - so unlike some reported he did not actually call Android tablets crappy - just the user experience. Tomato tomato But I will say most Android tablets are crap. Especially those you see at Walgreens or CVS - yikes - total waste of money and total crap.

Actually the full interview with Tim Cook was very interesting. I like the part where he essentially calls Carl Ichan a Day trader. Does not seem like Tim was sending or receiving any Valentines from Carl last week.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/07/apple-still-a-growth

-company-cook-says-in-journal-interview/

09:45

One thing from the interview that raised a few eyebrows - was when Tim was asked about Apple entering / releasing new product categories in 2014 - Tim's response was quote There will be new categories and we’re working on some great stuff. We’re not ready to talk about it. We’re really working on some really great stuff. I think no one reasonable would say they’re not a new category. unquote

What raised the eyebrows was the inclusion of the wiggle words - no one reasonable would say they're not a new category - because you know everyone following tech is sooo reasonable - myself included in the sarcasm quite often as well.

An iWatch - or a Full on TV - Yes new category. A Phablet or oversized iPhone - No not a new category.

I hope Future Rob does not need to come back to that quote any time in the future - but just incase I am making a mental note of it to help out future Rob.

http://qz.com/176643/its-official-apple-sells-more-computers

-than-all-windows-pcs-combined/

10:50

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12:49

PLAYVOICEMAIL - JOHN_REMINDERS_ANSWR

Hi Rob,

Just thought I'd chime in on the question of what reminders are used for.

I'll give you two examples of how I use reminders.

When I'm watching my Islanders (don't even go there) and we come to the end of the first or second period; I ask Siri to "remind me in 17-minutes to, go back to the game!". Seventeen minutes later I am reminded the game is about to resume.

2. Frequently I need to bring something to work that is not part of my regular equipment. I leave the house at about 7:55 in the morning. So, I can say to Siri; "at 7:52 a.m. remind me to "bring the tissues". Sure enough I'm reminded on schedule. It doesn't mean I won't still forget. Drat.

Regards,

Kevin B

Hi Rob,

I just want to give a tip about Siri.

First of all, if you want to set a reminder you need to say not only what do you want her (or him:) ) to do for you but when as well. Something like "remind me to buy batteries for my mouse on 7pm". If you will say "tomorrow morning on 7 am" after midnight Siri will ask you "do you mean..."

and than will ask for specific day of the month and you need to tell which one do you want to set a reminder for.

Otherwise you may set up a reminder not for the next morning but for the day after tomorrow.

If you want to check our what Siri can do for you, just ask her "How can you help me?"

Regards,

Art D

PLAYVOICEMAIL - TOM_ANSWER_REMINDERS_HOW

PLAYVOICEMAIL - example_of_using_siri

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105412562215997292912?

cfem=1

17:13

Some really good activity in our Google+ community.

Which is to be expected we now have over 400 Google+ users in that community heading towards 500.

We had almost 50 posts since the last episode and some of those posts had over a dozen replies. Of those most replied to post there was one from Bernard Walters about issues with the podcasts app and downloaded episodes not playing once away from wifi. Another was from Bruce Paterson asking if you can use multiple Apple TV's in the same house - answer to this is Yes.

There was a post from Brenden Finnerty about the Alleged iPhone 6 and not being sure about his feelings for a larger iPhone. The feedback was mixed - some saying they would welcome a 4.7" or larger device. Others saying 4.5 to 4.7 inches would be great - and other saying the current size for one handed use is the best case. So well - it seems like if Apple intro's a larger iPhone - they are best to have an update for the current size as well. So instead of a plastic iPhone and a premium - maybe you get a 4 inch premium and a 4.7 inch premium to choose from.

The most replied to post was to Amiel Kennedy's post where he asked if any one has any good tips and tricks for the iPhone - it had 29 comments. And is a good read if you are looking for some good tips and tricks and there are some great links and recommendations - like downloading the iPhone user guide for free from iBooks store.

And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.

And thanks to all 400+ of you already in the community and contributing.

Oh and there was one post from Ken Sweet - whom was getting a 404 error each time he tried to go to the community link from the Tii site or even when typing in the URL directly. If you get this 404 error let me know - I am not seeing it - and seemed like others did not have the issue - but I am curious if anyone else tried to join only to get a 404 error on their iOS device. email me if that is you too - today in iOS at gmail dot com - Thanks Ken for the heads up on this issue.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/13/apple-set-to-discontinue

-legacy-non-retina-ipad-2

19:45

There were a few sites that had posts this past week that were all about a similar item they thought was breaking news for some reason and that was - Apple set to discontinue the iPad 2. Really - Apple is getting ready to discontinue a device it introduced over 1,000 days ago. SHOCKER. Here is what I can say it means if Apple discontinues the iPad 2 - NOTHING - ZIP - NADDA - it does not mean anything else is coming to replace it - because the replacements are already here. Look the iPad Mini Retina is also $399 - the same price as the iPad 2 - but the mini is retina - has a better camera - and a much much faster Processor - and many other features it out shines the iPad 2 on. That the iPad 2 is still for sale today - is well the only really surprising news. Oh and if you ever hear anyone say Apple does forced obsolesce - the iPad 2 is just one example of what that is just not true. Apple supports their devices much much longer than any other Tablet or Smartphone maker.

http://www.zdnet.com/new-apple-tv-41-could-arrive-as

-soon-as-march-7000026186/

22:11

Thanks to Dr John for this next one. Which is it is looking like a new Apple TV - 4th gen might be close at hand. It is definitely over due and given that apple cleared out a spot for Apple TV on the Apple.com it makes sense. Now this is not just wishful speculation - there seems to be some code discovered in iOS 7 that well mentions a 4th gen Apple TV.

The current 3rd gen Apple TV - the 1080P version was introduced in March 2012. The 720P - 2nd Gen was introduced in Sept 2010.

There has also been some other references found with regards to Game Controller Framework. Could it be that the 4th Gen Apple TV - could also move more toward a game console. My oldest son has been peppering me for an Xbox 360 for his birthday in April. Sure would like to see a new Apple TV / game console I could get him instead. Hopefully said unit is out before April

Other rumors out there with regards to a future Apple TV box is the addition of a TV tuner and DVR with iCloud integration. I find that not as likely given Apple sells TV shows people miss for a few bucks a pop. Would be great if they did - call me skeptical but definitely receptive.

I hope a lot more to come on this one in the very near future.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/17/ios-71

-rumored-to-arrive-march-15-with-enhanced-mobile-device-management

23:46

Apple Insider had what they called an unconfirmed tip with regards to iOS 7.1 - hmmm - unconfirmed tip - is that one step above or below an unconfirmed rumor.

But the key gist of the tip was that iOS 7.1 is coming sometime in March. Wow talk about taking a chance on a rumor - oh I mean tip. Any way - given that it looks like an Apple TV is just around the corner - it will be interesting to see if iOS 7.1 release is somehow tied in with the release of the new Apple TV - in which case I hope this unconfirmed tip becomes a confirmed tip.

Now this tip did state that one thing new in iOS 7.1 would be Mobile Device Management for IT teams to centrally and securely configure fleets of iOS devices - including installing - i.e. side loading custom Apps. Which for my day job I hope comes true - as it would really boost our Private premium offering we have for mobile work forces looking for secure premium content distribution. Which by the way if your company is interested in being able to get out Audio, Video and PDF documents securely and easily to your mobile workforce - please contact me at my day job - rob at libsyn dot com. We have several clients we are supplying this service to and it is working out really well for them.

http://www.redmondpie.com/flappy-bird-for-android-clones

-are-rife-in-play-store-comes-with-malware/

25:42

File this next one under - SHOCKER - And it is per the post from Redmond Pie titled - quote Flappy Bird for android clones are rife in play store comes with malware. unquote. No duh. Of course they do. But if you would like to see as an iOS user what you miss out on not being on android - there is one fake malwarish version of Flappy Birds for Android discover by Sophos that quote operates under the guise of being a “trial version,” throws in the old premium message scam, with quite some force. Whereas it’s often the case that a user is tricked into sending premium SMS messagesand racking up huge bills, this so-called trial goes down the coercive road of insisting that you do; and worse still, won’t close down until you meet the demands. unquote

BRILLIANT

Yeah - Like we have said before Android is a world of Malware Hurt wrapped in a fragmented eco system. I just don't get the appeal - outside of possibly price and ignorance. Just Sayin

Thanks Martin for the heads up on that article.

Hi Rob,

My best score on flappy bird is 46.

Regards,

Mike from AZ

Wow - you have way too much time on your hands. I am still at 9.

27:10

PLAYVOICEMAIL - CHRIS_CA_REMINDERS_APP

PLAYVOICEMAIL - KEVIN CROSSMAN_answer

29:08

Hey Rob,

I just picked up two iPhone 5S' 32GB for my wife and myself. Coming from a 4S is incredible. This thing is blazing fast! I love it.

Now on to the point of my email. When I launch the camera it always has HDR off. Why isn't there a way of keeping that option on at all times? I've looked through the settings but I just can't a way. Have you seen a fix in any of the betas? I hope there's a fix.

On a same sort of note, do you have any good camera apps to recommend?

Cheers and thanks for the show!

Alex Z (ZiggyManSaad)

Hi Ziggy - Good news in iOS 7.1 beta 5 at least - when you turn on HDR - it stays on until you turn it off.

Per Good Photo Apps - there are a ton - but you know what we have not done a good covering of Photo apps in a while. So I will through this out to the audience - what are your favorite Photo apps - and why - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog or send an email to Today in iOS at gmail dot com Please send in your suggestions - and I will put them together for a good segment on photo apps - and indicate which were the most popular.

I will start us off with some feedback I got from Fotor this week.

Hello Rob,

This is Sharon from mobile team at rotor. F O T O R

Fotor is a photo editing tool. It has been updated to version 4.2.0. You can now add text to your photos with lots of awesome fonts to choose from.

Regards,

Sharon at F O T O R

Which by the way - now makes it much easier to send in Artwork for the show with the Tii Branding on it for the episode artwork. Just sayin.

Hi Rob I was just curious if you ever ended up getting that SOS crank iPhone charger from Kickstarter? I know you talked about it but I wasn't sure if you got one or not. I'm looking for an alternative way to charge my iPhone when I'm hiking or camping with my Boy Scouts and wasn't sure how well that charger worked.

Regards,

Dave T

Hi Dave - last I heard they were going to ship maybe in Feb - it is Feb - and I have not seen or heard anything from them. No links for a survey to fill out to give my mailing address - so that is kind of a bad sign and makes me really doubtful I will see it in Feb. I just hope it is here before April - that is my next trip - I will be going to NAB in April - so would love to have it for that show.

Hi Rob,

Watched you on MacVoice - Mac Jury - thanks for the heads up.

I am a NiftyDrive kickstarter supporter and user big time. LOVE It. Use it for my iTunes library and some client file backups. Helps keep the SSD clean and never even know it is there because it it is so flush.

Regards,

Edgar P

VOICEMAIL - PEBBLE_FEEDBACK_PAIR_NEW

33:30

PLAY VOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_KICKSTARTER HACKED

And what Jonathan is talking about is that well Kickstarter was hacked - Actually here is what Kickstarter had to say about this:

Quote:

On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers' data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system.

No credit card data of any kind was accessed by hackers. There is no evidence of unauthorized activity of any kind on your account.

While no credit card data was accessed, some information about our customers was. Accessed information included usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. Actual passwords were not revealed, however it is possible for a malicious person with enough computing power to guess and crack an encrypted password, particularly a weak or obvious one.

As a precaution, we strongly recommend that you change the password of your Kickstarter account, and other accounts where you use this password.

unquote

The key here is credit card info was not accesses - since that is really over on Amazon which manages their billing - but if you are using a password on their system you use else where - probably best to update all around.

I would not suggest at this time you delete your accounts with kickstarter - especially if you have open items. But if there is nothing open on Kickstarter - i.e. everything you ever order has been delivered - then deleting and starting over is not a bad idea. Just not if you have oh say the SOS Charger and the Soundband both of which are way over due - still out there. Just Sayin.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1893116150/neutron

-s-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-android-windows

35:32

Ok so for those not completely paranoid about using Kickstarter - we have a few projects you get involved with this week. First up is the Neutron S - which is quote an Anodized aluminum and magnetically shielded mount / dock for all of your mobile devices. unquote. This project had a goal of 10k and is over 40k and climbing - you have until Mar 6th at 9:01 Central Time to fund this one. Pricing on this one starts at $20. And I guess the best way to describe this is it is a mounting bracket for your iPhone that allows for quick placement and removal - but it stays secure when in place. I did find it funny in one of the pictures it shows the bracket mounted on the dash of a car right over the air bag - ummm - no - not a good idea at all. not unless you want your iPhone shooting out at you at a few hundred miles per hour when your cars air bags deploy - dooohh. But out side of that it looked interesting. look for Neutron S in the show notes for ep 297 or search for it over at kickstarter dot com.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nkmos/ultima-s-a

-new-way-to-hold-style-mount-for-iphone

36:48

Hi Rob,

I backed the original and love it, it should be a great product!

Ultima S - A New Way to Hold Style, Mount for iPhone + More

Regards,

Kirk

Thanks Kirk - and this is another Mounting solution for your iPhone - and hey - no pictures of mounting to your cars air bag. Goal on this one was 20k - and they are at over 25k. This one will accept funding until April 11th at 8:59 AM CT. So you have some time on this one - but if interested always best to pledge early.

Per the description on this quote Ultima S is the evolution of the original successfully funded stylish all aluminium universal in car mount, iPhone iPad, tablets + more unquote.

Pricing on this starts at $45 Aussie dollars. But quantities are limited at that price.

More info if you search for Ultima S in kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep297 at today in iOS dot com.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/680579142/podcast

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37:53

Ok - here is one more Kickstarter Project and I know if you sponsor this one you will get your reward and get it on time - and it is the Podcast Movement 2014 - National Podcast Conference. I am proud to say Libsyn is one of two Gold Sponsors of this event. I will be there speaking - and Libsyn should also have at least one other person at the event. This will be a Podcasters conference in Texas in August - just out side of Dallas in Addison. It will be August 16th and 17th. Plus a little bit on the evening of the 15th. There will be some big name podcasters attending. My good friend Gary Leland is one of the organizers on this. And they blew past their goal of $11,000 in less than one day. If you would like to go - and get a discounted ticket - search for Podcast Movement in the show notes for ep 297 - funding on this is going on until Friday Mar 14th at 10:00 PM CT.

The goal of this event is to get at least 600 attendees - so if you are at all interested in podcasting - and want to learn more and take your podcast to the next level this is the event for you. Even if you don't podcast - but would like to meet some of your favorite podcasters and then learn a little more about podcasting - this will be a great event.

I hope to see some of you in Texas in August.

I am sure I will be talking about this for well until August.

If you are going - please call into the show - and let me know your show info to be shared with the listeners. Or just let me know if you are going and right now a podcast consumer.

39:32

PLAY VOICEMAIL - BILL_MO_IPAD_AIR_CARRIERS

41:25

Hi rob,

I finally took the plunge and got an iPad mini. And you know, I really like it a lot more than I thought I would.

I also got the Pencil from the Guys that made Paper (53) and also really like it.

It's a bit finicky, doesn't always connect as smoothly as I'd like, but it's fun to use.

And I also got the Zagg keyboard for it. It's a great little keyboard and works a lot like my old Brydge did, with a hinged slot that really holds the iPad securely, while still being easy to take out. It feels very well-made, like it'll last a while.

I have always really enjoyed the feel of apple products and hate having them hidden away in cases, so the fact that the keyboard is just a keyboard with no back or other cover is a big selling point for me.

Of course I bought a square trade warranty for it since I'm trucking it around with me virtually everywhere I go.

I like having the smaller form factor on the iPad mini as now I can stick it in my purse instead of carry around another bag to put the iPad in.

Regards,

- Jessi D

Hi Rob,

I have a similar issue as Hector and I am not jail broken. It happens to me in the car with maps app. I get an instruction read aloud to me and when it is done the music starts. I cannot turn it off. I can pause but then the next instruction it comes right back. Annoying!!! Especially when you are getting lots of instructions back to back.

Does not do it when I use Waze gps only default Maps app.

Regards,

Edgar

Tampa, FL

PLAYVOICEMAIL - GARY_ANSWR_HECTOR_BLUE_TOOTH

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/02/11Apple-Brings

-iTunes-Radio-to-Australia.html

44:58

Sorry to my Friends down under - at the end of the last episode this article was supposed to be in there - but I put in the wrong episode number. And that is that now iTunes radio is available to Australian iOS users. Congrats. Just open the iTunes app on your iOS device and you should see the iTunes radio logo to the left.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/16/apple-tesla-purchase-audio-heart/

45:20

PLAYVOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_FLAPPY_SCORE_16

Thanks to Ben K for this next one - which is kinda of iOS related - In that it was speculated that Apple was talking with Tesla to get iOS device integration into the cars - but now it looks like they talks might have been a cover for apple to talk with Tesla about buying tesla over a year ago. Now this is not likely to ever happen as Tesla's market Cap today is over 5 times where it was a year ago. Right now it is around 25 Billion. Back then it was around $4.5 Billion. And really if you look at Apples history - there was probably very little chance of it happening a year ago - as Apple has never made an acquisition over a Billion dollars - so going for one that at the time would have likely cost them $6 to $7 Bil once they put in the premium - it just does not seem likely it could have happened - that all said - Darn - I really really really would have loved to see Tesla pulled in under the Apple umbrella. Now Google will likely buy them - given that whole driverless car thing - it just seems to make sense.

46:37

PLAYVOICEMAIL - MIKE_VEGAS_answr_reminders

48:22

Hello Rob,

I've got a problem with my FaceTime not working on when I'm on cellular 3G.

It works fine over wifi, I've rang my network and they said they're not blocking FaceTime. I've also used it many times when on 3G.

I've rang apple and gone through some diagnostics with them, reseting network settings, turning off FaceTime & back on again, re authorising my email and number etc and to no avail.

All they said to do was back up my phone and restore it.

Anyone got any ideas.

I've included a screenshot of the error box that pops up when I try on cellular to FaceTime. which says quote No Network connection - connect to a wi-fi network or mobile data to use FaceTime unquote

Regards,

Ryu in Sheffield England

Hi Ryu - it sure does sound like your carrier is blocking it or something is not configured correctly with your carrier - that said - if anyone else had this issue and was able to fix it - let us know what you did to fix it - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog - or email us at today in iOS at gmail dot com

Hi Rob,

In episode 296, someone asked how to get a PDF file from an iPad to a PC that does not have an iTunes account. Several PDF applications can do this, PDF Master or PDF Expert for example. Select a PDF file, choose "Open in...", then choose one of these PDF apps. From that app, choose an export option to email the file, and send to yourself. If you have an email account on your PC, then you can access that PDF file from your email.

Regards,

Chuck H

Hi Rob,

On your last show a caller wanted to transfer a PDF from his ipad to a computer his iPad wasn't synced to. The solution I have is just to email the PDF to himself and download it on his computer.

Regards,

Ben K

Hi Rob,

One of your readers was asking about transferring PDF documents to another PC. Best app for this is an app called PhoneDrive for both iPhone and iPads.As long as your PC has a web browser, you will be able to access PhoneDrive and transfer any file back and forth, and even between iOS devices.

Of course the iPhone/iPad/iPod/PC need to be on the same wifi network for this to work

Regards,

Quintus

PLAYVOICEMAIL - JAKE_CA_ADOBE_PDF

52:20

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Tue, 11 February 2014

Tii - iTem 0296 - iOS 7.1 Beta 5

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Today's Sponsor - Hover.com - Promo Code = tiibeta5

Pebble App Store Out on iOS, Android Version Upcoming

The Pebble App Store Is Open: Here's What to Grab First

The Real Reason Why Flappy Bird Got Pulled from iTunes

Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 5 To Developers Cult of Mac

Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 5 to Developers Mac Rumors

iOS 7.1 Beta 5 Download Released by Apple

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

Apple Yanks World's Most Popular Bitcoin Wallet From App Store

Breaking: EVERYTHING we know about the iPhone 6 | TUAW

Why Future iPhones Could Have A Sapphire Screen

How to Use Your Unlocked iPad Air on Any Carrier | PCMag.com

Steve Wozniak thinks Apple should build an Android smartphone

Padcaster Mini - Kickstarter

Cargo Stand - Kickstarter - Cancelled

Cargo Stand (Canceled) Kickstarter

Facebook launches Paper app

Introducing Paper – Stories from Facebook

iPad Mini Keyboard Case | ClamCase Pro

Touch ID not working for you? Here's a fix! | iMore

iPhone 5s: About Touch ID security

Apple - Thirty Years of Mac

MacVoices : The MacJury - Rob is a guest

Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

Pebble Light - Pebble Store

Poker Timer - Pebble Store

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iOS Artwork - iTem 0296 and Episode Transcript

Transcript for Episodes 296

Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank

Jeff for sending in the music you hear in the background. Jeff wrote:

Hi Rob,

I made this song with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.

Regards,

Jeff J

SONG_Kick 1.mp3

Thanks Jeff for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank DAVID for sending in the Artwork for today's show. DAVID had the following to say.

Hi Rob. I took this pic of my 7 year old son flying a bi-plane kite with my iPhone 4S then edited it with the instaframe and instafont apps.

Regards,

David T

DAVID Thanks again for sending in this artwork and you can see DAVID'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 296 or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.

01:57

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote We will offer the first 64-bit Android Platform based on ARM’s own core [reference design]. For the second product after that we will offer even more optimized 64-bit based on our own optimization. So we are marching ahead with the 64-bit offering, and even though it’s a little too early, I think we are at the leader group in terms of 64-bit offerings. unquote

Stephen Woo, President of Samsung’s System LSI , 6 November 2013

I guess the leader group he is talking about is with regards to Android - because well by the time they actually release a 64 bit product and get software and an OS optimized for it - it will be close to a year behind the REAL and ONLY leader for 64 bit offerings for Mobile - you know that company Sammy likes to copy off of - that fruit named company we all love - I am curious if you work at Sammy and come up with an original idea - do they water board you - lock you in a hole until you forget or just use a power drill on your thigh. Just Sayin. Yes I just finished watching season two of Scandal

03:11

This week we have promo codes for the App LOTTERY CLONE. Here is the review from the Dev - PLAY PROMO FOR LOTTERY CLONE -- Thanks to JACK for HIS review of HIS App LOTTERY CLONE and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this app - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put LOTTERY in the subject line.

http://www.appsngizmo.com/pebble-app-store-ios-android-

version-upcoming/

04:56

Rob,

I just got my pebble steel today and heard you say you got a pebble for Christmas. Know any must have apps?

David D Dick

Springfield MO

Hi David - First up there is the official Pebble App version 2.0 that was just released and version 2.0 has the pebble app store in it.

Or as Pebble says.

Quote

Thanks for upgrading to Pebble 2.0! This update unlocks exciting new genres of apps that leverage Pebble's built-in capabilities, plus a Notifications app for your recent notifications. Start exploring new Pebble apps via the Pebble appstore today.

Not all Pebble apps are currently compatible with Pebble 2.0. Below is a list of your previously downloaded apps that will no longer work on your Pebble:

Smartwatch+

The Pebble smartphone app will notify you when a compatible version of these apps become available in the appstore.

In the meantime, please join us in encouraging the developers of your favorite apps to release a 2.0-compatible update.

Thanks,

Team Pebble unquote

Except well smartwatch+ does still work you just need to update it to. Per the new apps in the Pebble App store - here are the 6 I installed and am using - well some of them at least.

Pebble Light - which is supposed to turn on the light on your iPhone - still have not gotten that to work.

SmartStatus - which requires that you also buy / download the stand alone smart status app - which I had already done.

Poker Timer - which is a texas holder tournament timer - and well not that simple to set up.

Timer - which well is pretty easy to use and it per the name a timer.

StopWatch - which is per the name a stop watch but only down to the tenths of a second and not the 100ths. Sad Face.

and

smartwatch+ - again something I had downloaded previously and requires the stand alone app to work.

So right now those are the 6 Pebble Apps I have installed - you can install up to 8. So I have two more to pick. And probably two more after I remove two of the six I have now.

Folks let me know what Pebble apps you are using.

Per the Notification setup - I can not get the Pebble to do set up that - I keep getting an error when trying to pair during the set up process.

That said I am still getting my notifications - via my set up with smartwatch+ - I am guessing there is a conflict there - vs Pebbles own notification support.

Again - the Pebble App store is in the Pebble App for iOS - which is a free app. Now while you don't pay for any apps in the Pebble App store - some do require you download an iOS companion app - and that is when / where you pay.

I should point out I am running iOS 7.1 beta 5 and maybe the issues I am seeing are do to running the beta.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/02/best-new-apps-pebble/

http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Real-Reason-why-Flappy

-Bird-Got-Pulled-from-iTunes-425554.shtml

http://applenapps.com/app-store-news/flappy-bird-pulled-from

-the-app-store-at-nintendos-request.html#.UvmNRP1cLo2

08:47

PLAY AUDIO FLAPPYBIRD

How many people have heard of Flappy Bird - my guess by now quite a few. How many actually downloaded it and tried to play it - again my guess is probably quite a few.

It is a game that is successful despite it being nearly impossible to play. But what got it the most buzz and why I am mentioning it is that it is a game that at the height of its popularity - the developer yanked the free game from the app store. Giving a tweet warning 22 hours before he pulled it saying he was pulling it. The dev said he was not pulling it down for legal issues - just that it essentially became to successful and that is not what he wanted.

Huh??? That is what I said and what my wife said - something seemed fishy. I did reach out to the dev to ask about this - but I have not heard back from him - but then again neither did CNN.

There is a post out there saying this is a legal issue and the columns in Flappy bird's original version looked too much like the pedestals in Supper Mario. And that it was Nintendo that requested the app be removed - not Apple.

I don't know that sounds fishy too - after all when Apple wants to remove something they don't contact you asking you to take it down - they take it down and then kind of contact you saying your App is no longer included in the app store with some other vague message. Google is even worse - they yank it and then don't even give you anyone to talk to. At least with Apple there is someone you can contact. But in either case - Apple or google - from my own experience - App is yanked first and you are contacted second. Maybe they make an exception if the app is a run away success - Maybe.

Still looking at the artwork for Supermario bros - the pedestals looked kinda similar but not identical to the original flappy bird columns and less so with the update.

If the Dev for Flappy bird does reply to me or others I will update on this. Per those that have not played flappy bird - it really is a frustrating but addictive little game. You tap anywhere on the screen and you have to keep tapping to keep the bird in the air. Touch the ground or a column and game over.

I think the secret on why this works as a game - is that starting a new game is two quick taps - so even though you die quickly - you are able to try again quickly - and you get this optimistic belief that you will get better and beat your current high score - which for me is a sad 9. Yes I downloaded it prior to it being yanked. And no I am not selling my iPhone for >100k with the game installed like someone is doing on Ebay.

Let me know you high score on flappy bird - send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.

http://www.cultofmac.com/265111/apple-releases-ios-7-1-beta

-5-developers/

12:06

As mentioned early - I am running iOS 7.1 Beta 5 - so oh yeah - iOS 7.1 Beta 5 came out last week. So what are the great new features in iOS 7.1 beta 5 - what are the cool exciting new additions - really what are they - because I am not seeing them. Which is a good thing - as it usually means the new beta is getting close to release - hmmm - me thinks I said the same thing about beta 4 - well this time I mean it - I just Hope Apple means it to.

There are a couple of minor tweaks for beta 5 and they include quote natural sounding siri voice for English down under and on the main isles as well - plus for Japanese and Mandarin. As is normal with better sounding Siri - you will need for your iOS device to be connected via Wifi and plugged into a power source for it to download the improved siri voice files.

Another small detail peeps have found for beta 5 is a redesigned shift and caps lock keys.

And finally in wallpaper options - the button to disable parallax is now called Perspective zoom instead of Motion.

Again really exciting updates - if you realize they are not exciting and that means 7.1 gold master is getting closer - again.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/04/apple-releases-

ios-7-1-beta-5-to-developers/

http://bgr.com/2014/02/04/ios-7-1-beta-5-download-link-released/

Into the email bag.

Hi Rob,

Wondering if anyone else is having this issue. I have a 5s with iOS 7.0.4. I had the fingerprint issue, but that was improved by turning on the reduce motion option. But I am still having a fingerprint reader issue. Probably 2-4 times per day, after unlocking the device with the fingerprint reader, the phone either crashes and reboots immediately or upon opening an app.

Any thoughts on what could be causing this and how to correct it?

Thanks. Appreciate the show!

Randy

Pittsburgh, PA

I had some crashing issues with 7.0.4 as well - I can't remember any crashes with either beta 4 or beta 5 of iOS 7.1 - so about the best I can say is hang in there - iOS 7.1 is coming soon - I think.

14:15

I want to take a minute now to talk about today's sponsor. And that is Hover - if you go to hover.com and use promo code - tiibeta5 you can get 10% off your domain name registrations and transfers.

Hover has great tutorials on how to set up your custom email for your iOS device as well as many other tutorials on setting up the email for other platforms and software.

No matter which one you choose - it is much more professional sounding to have your name at your domain dot com - that something at gmail dot com.

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16:19

PLAY VOICEMAIL - JACOBY_PART2_Answr_song

Hi Rob,

I have had sync issues from day one of IOS 7. It hasn't been restricted to my music library. I have a 5s and use a MacBook Air.

Scott, Milwaukee

Hi Rob.

A gentleman called regarding syncing his iPhone with iTunes. My iPhone 5s was not syncing my music and audiobooks with iTunes via USB to my MacBook. I was able to sync with my iPad and iPod. So I did a full restore of the iPhone. It is syncing now. So, I suggest doing an iPhone restore to remediate the problem.

Regards,

Janet

I just want to mention right now there are some price cuts kinda for iPads at Target - I say Kinda as you are actually getting Gift cards. From Feb 9th to the 15th target is giving out $50 Gift Cards when you buy an iPad. And on top of that Target is price Matching Best Buys price reduction of $349. And if you have a Redcard from Target you get $17.50 off. So Pricing of a $16 GB iPad Mini Retina drops from $399 - to $332.49 + tax and you get a $50 Target Gift Card. Not a bad deal this week. Target claims quantities are limited - no rain checks. But that is the best deal going on the iPad Mini Retina to date - check with your local target store for more info - and make sure you bring in the ad from best buy showing the $349.99 price. If you are thinking the iPad Mini Retina would make a good Valentines day gift for your significant other - I am sure a bunch of others will think that too - so get to Target ASAP before you are SOL.

Oh by the way iPad 2 prices dropped at some retailers - but since I do not recommend that device - I will not give details - other than to say Yes I know - but don't waste your money on a device that is over 1,000 days old - get the iPad Air or iPad Mini Retina - PERIOD.

PLAY VOICEMAIL - BRENT_OK_ANSWR_QUIET

https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1

21:23

Lots and lots of activity in our Google+ community.

Which is to be expected we now have over 400 Google+ users in that community.

There was a question from Emiko about recommended Password Keeping apps - 1Password recommend most - and I would add my support there. There were also suggestions for Last Pass by a couple of people and PWSafe also by a couple of people.

There was a post about Flappy Bird going away the next day - which it did. Thanks Myron Uecker for that post.

There was a post about WWE channel coming to Apple TV on Feb 24th. And once again Apple TV adds another dare we call it an App.

There was talk about the post on Cult of Mac talking about putting your iPhone into Airplane mode to get a quicker charge. If that really is your goal heck why not just power it off completely.

And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.

And thanks to all 400+ of you already in the community and contributing.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/02/blockchain_apple/

22:56

One thing I hate about the Apple Walled garden is when Apple gets out the roundup and starts spraying apps that should not be sprayed.

Take for example BlockChain - which was the most popular Bitcoin wallet in the App store - Apple went into great detail about why this was necessary oh wait - never mind they did not give a specific reason on why they pulled it down - per the CEO of Blockchain. The app is currently used by about 120,000 people - so it is not like they are going to put that jeanie back in the bottle. Maybe Apple should have thought of yanking it after the first few hundred downloads - not after it has over 120,000 people using it.

Prior to getting pulled down - Blockchain was the openly bitcoinish app on the Marketplace - A couple of others were yanked last year.

Now if you are jailbroken the Blockchain app is now available via the big boss repository in Cydia.

I Don't agree with Apple in this case - and think this app which has been downloaded so ofter and for so long - over a year - should not have been pulled down. It is actions like this that drive - push - cattle prod some iOS users over to Android.

Sure not ALL apps belong in the Apps store and Apple needs to protect users - but in this case it seems more like Apple protecting their own future business plans and nothing to do with issues for the end users. But then again - since Apple said nothing we are only left to speculate on Apples motives - which again do not look good this time around.

http://www.tuaw.com/2014/02/07/breaking-everything-we-know-about-the-iphone-6/

24:44

There is a post over on TUAW that I want to read to you verbatim - I don't often do that - but I think this one deserves it. First the title of the post quote - Breaking: EVERYTHING we know about the iPhone 6 unquote. And per the text of the post it is quote We know exactly nothing about the iPhone 6.

Neither does any other site.

We hope this helps. unquote

This post was by Erika Sudan - and is one of the few if not the only honest post with regards to the iPhone 6 out there.

No one and I mean no one in the tech press knows anything about the iPhone 6. Nothing - Zip - Nada - not the release date - not the units size - not any new features - and not even if it will be called the iPhone 6 for that mater. Sure there is speculation that the screen glass will be replaced by Saphire - but that is speculation at best - and well also a lot of hope. And if it is replaced by Saphire - there is no way to tell if it will be 4 inches - 4.5 Inches - 5 Inches or some other size.

So for those asking about waiting in line for others in June for an iPhone 6 - that is well putting the cart way way way out in front of the horse - and per the June date - that just does not make any sense at all - Apple just said in their last quarterly conference call - one issue with iPhone sales in the US has been carriers switching to a strict 2 year upgrade window. So really you need to look at when the iPhone 5 launched to see when Apple is most likely to launch the iPhone 6. And by the way that would be September 21st 2012 for US availability. Apple is likely going to try to be as close to that 2 year date as possible for the next iPhone launch.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/11/apple-fires-its-ion-cannons/

26:53

Ok - time to talk a little bit About Sapphire and the iPhone.

There has been a whole lot of speculation going on Per Apples agreement with GT advanced Technologies - ticker symbol GTAT - Where Apple will pay them 578 Million dollars for Saphire - Some are saying this will be for the screen of the iPhone 6

And it should be pointed out the money is a pre-pay from Apple for equipment that will be in a plant Apple will provide the facility in Arizona - where GT AT will own and operate the furnaces and equipment used to grow cut slurry and polish the Saphire plates. Now I did look over the materials on the GT equipment and it is possible to grow up to a 8" core. Which would be right about where you would need it to be to cut out a 5" smartphone screen.

Per the $578 Million - this is something apple can do because they did not give back all their money like Carl Ichan wants. Apple invests their money strategically to help build up their supply chain to get them unique components that when combined with other off the shelf components and apples software - makes a product that that competition can't equal.

One of the biggest questions at this point is not longer will Apple put Sapphire on the iPhone instead of Gorilla glass - but when will Appel put Sapphire on the iPhone. GTAT said in November they were entering into at least a 5 year deal. So it does not mean the next iPhone will have Sapphire. But if I had to bet - I would be betting the next iPhone does have Sapphire for the screen.

This would be a big blow to those selling warranties and protective cases - as now when you drop your sapphire incrusted iPhone on the ground - it is highly highly unlikely you would crack the screen.

Android Phone manufacturers will be forced to respond and their solution likely will be to go with plastic screens. Wait and watch and see. I bet with in 6 months of the first iPhone launching with Sapphire - we will see a higher end Android released with a plastic screen singing the praises of it not cracking when dropped. They will conveniently forget to mention how easy it will scratch.

GTAT will have its next quarterly call in the next couple of weeks - hopefully there will be something revealed in that call which will give us more insight about when they plan in shipping in bulk to Apple.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426795,00.asp

30:20

Hey Rob, heard you recommend the T Mo pad. I agree it makes it easier to get the 200 mb but I heard it is not possible to put one on Verizon. It sounds like Verizon must have imei # in their system to use their service. So you would have to buy a Verizon version to start with.

Cheers, Duane

Hi Duane,

There are a lot of conflicting reports out there on this subject. Most of this is because it was not the case with older versions of iPads.

But from what I understand to be the case NOW - Any iPad Air or iPad Mini Retina purchased for Sprint, AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile in the US - will work on any of the other 3 carriers in the US.

You might need to visit said carrier to get it activated - but that said - you can get it to work with the other carriers if you want it to.

Which is why I recommend going with t-mobile to start - just use their 200 MB free account - and if that winds up not being enough or t-mobile speeds suck in your neck of the woods - then you switch to one of the others.

I included a link in the show notes titled How to Use Your Unlocked iPad Air on Any Carrier from PCMag.com with more info on this.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/06/steve-wozniak-apple

-android-phone/

31:52

Hi Rob,

What do you think about this article - where Steve Wozniak thinks Apple should build an Android smartphone.

Regards,

Nathan

Hi Nathan,

Woz says some wild things from time to time.

The value of the iPhone vs Android phones is not just the fit and finish - it is also iOS.

I don't see Apple ever making an Android powered iPhone - Never Ever - no way no how.

Putting that crap security nightmare software on a device with the Apple logo - Woz clearly was talking tongue in cheek or maybe smoked one to many that day - whatever the case it will not ever happen.

I wonder if these comments were made when Woz was visiting Colorado. Ok I know he was not in Colorado when he said - but he sure sounds like he was.

32:53

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Hi Rob,

I wanted to write you as an apple guy who wanted to give android a try I purchased a Nexus 5 on it’s release date Halloween 2013. I tried it for four months and just sold it today and am back using my old iPhone 4. I use a haswell macbook air as my daily pc and the truth is you can not match the interoperability between iPhone and the macbook. Nothing android has works as well as iMessage or FaceTime. My old iPhone is a better experience and I have come to realize it is all about the software. Android has come a long way to be fair and the nexus hardware was very nice especially the screen but IOS is still the professionals choice. Please share this with your listeners who may be thinking the grass is greener on the other side it just is not so. I have invested the Nexus 5 proceeds to fund my 5 inch iPhone 6 purchase this September ;)

I do enjoy your podcast.

Regards,

Eric R

Hi Rob,

There was a listener(s) on the last episode having an issue where some songs would not sync to his iPhone. The thing that works for me in these cases (even with things other than music, such as videos) is to connect your phone with the cable (not use wi-fi sync) go to the Music tab for your phone in iTunes, uncheck Sync Music, sync your phone (removing all music), recheck Sync Music, then sync again. This may take a little while depending on the amount of music you sync.

Also, you mentioned the trick of using a keyboard shortcut to enter your e-mail address. One small note I've discovered is that when entering it in a field on a web page, after you hit the spacebar to paste it in, hit backspace to remove the space. Some web forms have an issue with the space character, which isn't allowed in e-mail addresses. Alternatively, you can use the "next field" arrow button above the keyboard (if it available) instead of the spacebar.

Bonus tip: if you're like me and call your wife after leaving work, then listen to audio (like music or Tii) for the rest of the trip, start your music first, then make the call. Your music will fade down for the call and will automatically resume after the call, preventing you from having to fumble with your phone while driving.

Regards,

Lou Valencia

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thepadcaster/padcaster

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40:02

For those that know what the Padcaster is but have an iPad Mini - well good news - there is now a kickstarter project for the Padcaster Mini - it will run until March 6th at 12:19 PM CT. The goal on this is $15,000 - and they have raised over 10k so far - so they look good to hit the goal.

Pricing for the Padcaster mini is $99.

For those that are going ok Rob - what is the Padcaster - well it is a quote tough aluminum frame with threaded holes and a flexible insert to secure your iPad mini for shooting iPad video unquote. You can add in external lenses for the iPad Mini to improve the optics. You can mount lights and mics - and well the original was even featured in one of apples Ads. So yeah it is kind of special. If you are serious about shooting video and want to use your iPad Mini to shot, edit, encode and upload video - you should take a look at the Padcaster. I have seen a couple of the originals in action by Video Bloggers and it is a nice accessory to help manage the other accessories around your iPad for shooting video. I mean shooting video with an iPad with out a Padcaster looks hookie at best - but with the Padcaster it actually looks professional. Search for Padcaster - P A D caster at kickstarter dot com.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotan/cargo-stand-for

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41:43

As I mentioned - I talked with bunch of Kickstarter and indiegogo developers where I had mentioned their projects in the past - one I mentioned in the past was the smart cargo for Apple Smart Cover - well that developer has a new project called the Cargo Stand. Here is the recording I did with Dotan. Please note before listening - that he actually canceled this project - more about that after the interview.

PLAY CARGO STAND Recording

Quick note - that recording was done with my iPhone 5S - the iRig Mic Cast Mic and recorded into the BossJock App.

As I mentioned Dotan canceled this project and the reason Dotan cancelled the Kickstarter project was not do to to little interest - but actually the opposite - he found a lot of interest with some of that coming from quote numerous prominent mobile accessory makers about the possibility of having one of them build and distribute the Cargo Stand under their own brand. unquote

So I guess Dotan - Congrats on these developments and it sounds like we will be hearing more about this in the coming months. i.e. before the holidays.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotan/cargo-stand

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http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/facebook-launches-paper-app

44:22

Facebook launches the Paper App - no they did not purchase the Paper app - you know that other App named Paper that has been around for like Ever - nope - they just released their own app called paper - because evidently Facebook could not be bothered to search for Paper in iTunes and the original Paper app by FiftyThree was you know App of the Year in 2012. So this is not some obscure app. That would be the Paper app from Lee Sunja. So yes - there are now at least three Paper apps in the iTunes app store. So thanks Facebook for showing you are either too lazy or too arrogant to look at what is out there when picking an app name.

I have received some positive feedback from listeners that have used the 3rd App to use the paper name - the one from Facebook. So it does sound like if you are a Facebook users - this app is worth checking out - given it is free. The App is optimized for an iPhone running iOS 7.x - it is not meant for the iPad.

The full title in iTunes for the app is Paper dash Stories from Facebook - if you were planning on searching for it. Here is what Facebook had to say about the app. Quote:

We're introducing Paper, a new app that helps you explore and share stories from friends and the world around you. Paper makes storytelling more beautiful with an immersive design and fullscreen, distraction-free layouts. We’ve also made it easier to craft and share beautiful stories of your own.

Your Paper is made of stories and themed sections, so you can follow your favorite interests. The first section in Paper is your Facebook News Feed, where you’ll enjoy inspiring new designs for photos, videos, and longer written posts. You can customize Paper with a choice of more than a dozen other sections about various themes and topics—from photography and sports to food, science and design. Each section includes a rich mix of content from emerging voices and well-known publications. unquote.

Let me know your thoughts about the Paper app from Facebook - how are your using it. Give us a call or send us an email.

http://newsroom.fb.com/News/793/Introducing-Paper

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http://clamcase.com/ipad-mini-keyboard-case.html

46:54

A quick heads up for those with iPad Mini's and looking for a case and keyboard for it. The Clam Case Pro for iPad Mini was just announced - it will run you $129 bucks for which you get a case with a nice keyboard for your iPad Mini Retina - essentially turning your iPad mini Retina into a little netbook - but you know one you actually want to use and is not a piece of junk. Past versions of the clam case have had really positive reviews from listeners. This is something I am looking at for the wife for Christmas.

Already have her Birthday and Valentines day covered - both are this week - back to back. FYI - Guys when you wife asks where you are going to dinner for Valentines day - a response of Oh really you want to go out this year - ummm - bad response - really bad response - don't know what I was thinking. Proper response - Its a surprise - which we all know means - it is a surprise to me too - because I need to call tomorrow and see where I can get a reservation.

48:04

Hi Rob,

Long time listener here, just wanted to thank you first of all for a great show over the years. I've been a listener since I purchased a 3G many years ago.

As a long time listener and "friend" of the show I wanted to let you know of my concerns about the tone of recent shows. The negativity and snarkiness of recent shows has made them largely unlistenable. I always thought your greatest strength was following the evolution of IOS in an informed and upbeat manner. The occasional dig at other OS's were charming and innocent. That is no longer the case. Beating up other companies by banging financial numbers over their heads is neither entertaining nor informative.

I am someone who makes his living recruiting engineering talent for electronics manufacturers, and I am sensitive that poor performance by a company and their products effects potentially thousands of workers and their families. It's nothing to gloat about.

I hope you take this criticism positively, as your show once emphasized the positive.

Best Regards,

Tom M

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the feedback.

But as long as Samsung continues to copy Apple - I will continue to take digs at them. Samsung in my mind and by their own actions and admissions is an evil company with no ethics. Whenever I can give them a kick in the ribs on the show - I will do so gladly. As long as they continue their evil ways.

Per Google and their numbers - it is clearly a bubble - there is no logical or rational explanation for their market cap.

And I was contrasting their market cap and revenue to that of Apples to point out something is really askew.

I am sorry if you feel I am being overtly negative - but I do not see any of my comments effecting any of these companies.

As an FYI - I was an engineer in the electronic components industry for 16 years. Designing and working with Quartz Crystal oscillators. I am very familiar with the electronics industry as quartz crystal oscillators are used in just about everything. I saw first hand in that industry what happened to US and European manufacturing when companies in Asia with the same approach and ethics of Samsung copied the designs of those that did the research and development to come up with cutting edge products. It was not good for those in the US and Europe.

I hope you continue to listen to the show - because the majority of the content is about tips and tricks and breaking news - but I do like to have a segment or two where I kick Android and Samsung a little - and I try to limit it to just a few per episode. It helps remind people why they need to stay away from that security nightmare / malware infested platform known as Android.

Regards,

Rob W

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http://www.imore.com/touch-id-not-working-you-heres-fix

55:07

I had quite a few people send in links or mention an episode of Security now where Steve Gibson talks about over training your finger prints to improve accuracy.

How do you do this - Well

Launch the Settings app and tap on General.
Tap on Touch ID & Passcode and enter your numerical passcode when prompted.
Now tap on Touch ID.
Here you see a list of all your registered fingerprints. Place one of your registered fingers on the Touch ID sensor. The registered print will pulse grey. What you should then do is keep lifting and tapping on the home button while moving your finger around to make sure you get as much of the finger print covered as possible. Don't just keep tapping the same please over and over - you want to get as much of your finger over trained as possible.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5949?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

56:24

Now I thought all of this sounded familiar - and well that is because back in October - Apple released a document about touch ID - that said quote" Touch ID will incrementally add new sections of your fingerprint to your enrolled fingerprint data to improve matching accuracy over time. unquote.

So yes - Apple does validate what Steve Gibson and some others have also said - repeated scans of your finger print improves the accuracy - especially if you give it more and more of your finger print to look at.

Still make sure you turn on reduce motion - as that helps with accuracy - well at least for quite a few people.

http://www.apple.com/30-years/1-24-14-film/#video-1242014-film

57:05

There is a link in the show notes to a video up on the Apple site - the link is titled - Apple - Thirty Years of Mac. Yes - this is an iOS show - not a mac show - but I point out the video - because all of it was shot and recorded on a single day around the world on iPhone 5S's - 15 different iPhone 5S's to be precise. It is just amazing how good that video looks - and it reminds you just how powerful that iPhone 5S camera really is.

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1:00:16

Rob

I sent a message about having issues with my phone playing music after a call and I said I was on iOS 6.0 but I am on 6.1.2 if you can just make a comment that I made that correction after you play the recording I would appreciated.

Thanks

Hector

Hi Rob

Can you help me figure out transfer pdf documents on my iPad to another PC, on which my iTunes account is not synchronized.

Regards

Faisal

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http://www.macvoices.com/wordpress/macvoices-

14042-macjury-delivers-new-product-picks-february/

1:05:41

I was a guest on MacVoices - The MacJury last week - and the video just went up - I was on there with Chuck Joiner the Host, Peter Cohen from iMore and the Loop and Chuck La Tournous from Mac Observer. We were talking about some of our favorite and more interesting iOS and Mac accessories. It is worth checking out now that this episode is coming to a close. Take a look in the show note for the post titled - MacVoices The MacJury - it runs about an hour and is available both in Audio and Video.

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Sat, 1 February 2014

Tii - iTem 0295 - Can you Spot the Bubble

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Today's Sponsor - Hover.com - Promo Code = tiicash

iOS 7.0.5 for iPhone 5s/5c With Fix for Network Provisioning in China

Apple Q4 2013 Quarterly Report

The best and worst Apple analysts: Q1 2014

Why Nothing Apple Does Is Ever Good Enough

Google+ - Can you spot the bubble?

Lenovo to buy Google's Motorola

Google+ Community

Apple TV Gains New Prominence in Apple Online Store

Apple adds Red Bull TV channel to Apple TV

The age of the iPod is over | The Verge

Banking apps on Android phones most at risk of virus: Kaspersky

Samsung’s strategy is failing

Apple's iPhone 5c boasts most available advertised memory

grip 2 for iPad mini Retina - STM Bags

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Apple bombarded with candy-themed games in protest

Should Your Podcast Have Its Own App?

MacVoices #14004: NMX - Rob Walch

Everything From This 1991 Radio Shack Ad You Can Now Do With Your Phone

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Sat, 1 February 2014

iOS Artwork - iTem 0295 and Episode Transcript

Hi_Rob.

I made this artwork by on my iPhone 4 by taking the default iOS 7 wallpaper, adding the noir effect to it in the photos app, and adding the text with DoodleBuddy.

I also want to say that I installed ios 7 on my iPhone 4 an it is not laggy at all. It performs just as smooth as ios 6.1.3.

Regards,

Ben

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Transcript for Episode 295

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In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Nokia may hasten the end of the Apple revolution. unquote

Kofi Bofah, Seeking Alpha , 30 October 2013

About the only company that Nokia has a chance of ending is Microsoft - Just Sayin.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/29/apple-releases-ios-7-0-5-with-bug-fixes/

03:51

Some of you out side the US have an iOS update available - v7.0.5 is available now for none US iPhone owners and really it is just for some iPhones out side the US and definitely not all or even most. This update corrects network provisioning for some iPhone 5S and 5C models sold in China. It also effects some in Europe and Asia Pacific as well.

Again this update is not for most - just some. And it really brings no new features or other fixes.

http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q4-2013-quarterly-report

04:33

apple had their quarterly call on Monday and I put up a post summarizing the key points of the call.

Rev = $57.6 Billion (vs $54.5 Billion a year ago quarter and $37.5 Billion the previous quarter)

Total Cash = $158.8 Billion (up $12 Billion for the quarter from $146.8 Billion)

iPhones Sold last quarter = 51 Mil (up from 47.8 Mil a year ago quarter and 33.8 Mil the previous quarter)

iPads Sold = 26 Mil (vs 22.9 Mil a year ago quarter and 14.1 Mil last quarter)

All iPod's Sold = 6.0 Mil (vs 12.7 Mil a year ago quarter and 3.5 Mil last quarter)

iPod Touches Sold = Not given as usual but over half of the 6.0 Mil iPods sold

Other notes:

International sales made up 63% of the quarters revenue.

$7.7 Bil in Cash given back to share holders last quarter.

Apple Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $174 Bil

iPhone Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $93.1 Bil

Microsoft Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $82.8 Bil

and google Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $59.8 billion More on that shortly.

Per Touch ID and a Mobile Payment System - Tim Cook all but said it is coming and coming soon.

And he did say there would be new product segments by the end of 2014. So it should be a good year.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/28/apple-best-worst-q1-2014/

07:16

It would be wrong to not mention how the Anal-ists did in their predictions for iPhone and iPad sales - And Philip Elmer-Dewit is quick to put this together for everyone. Kudos go out to Andy Hargreaves at Pacific Crest for guessing at 50.93 Mil iPhone sales which was closed to the cup. The opposite of kudos goes to Nicolae Milhalache of Traderhood for guessing 61.1 Mil iPhones sold. Kudos to Matt Lew of the Braeburn Group and Scott Craig of Merrill Lynch and Andy Perkins of Societe Generale for all nailing the 26 Mil iPads sold number. Tie breaker of the three goes to Andy Perkins for also guessing 52 Mil iPhones sold - So very close on that as well. Anti-Kudos goes to Glenn Yeung of Citigroup for a guess of 21 Mill iPads sold. Problem with Apples numbers on iPhone sales is that most anal-ists predicted in the mid to upper 50's for iPhone sales. It is funny to see how far off the majority of the group was this time around. Sadly - that means rather than saying they got it wrong - they say Apple got it wrong. And that has been reflected in the stock price this past week.

http://www.wired.com/business/2014/01/nothing-apple-can-

good-enough/

08:48

Wired had a good Article talking about how no matter what Apple does - it is just not good enough for those on WallStreet. Mind you with Apples Numbers - they exceeded Wallstreets expectations for Total Revenue and for Earning Per share - you know kind of two of the most important numbers - with regards to how things are really going. Apple also had record numbers for both iPhone and iPad unit sales. But it did not mater - Wallstreet knocked down apple stock. So lets look at how crazy some of the negativity is towards apple. I put up some charts in the google plus community. In Calendar Year 2013 - Google had a total of 59.8 Billion in Revenue and Microsoft had 82.8 Billion, The iPhone line alone had 93.1 Billion in revenue for 2013. Almost 2 x of Googles. Apple proper had a total of 174 Billion in Revenue for 2013. Now here is an even crazy analysis - if you take the Market Caps for Google, Microsoft and Apple - minus out their Cash on Hand. This give you what the enterprise or business value is of these three companies. And the results are shocking. Apples Market Cap minus cash is 209.9 Billion dollars. Just a little above last years 174 Billion in totals revenue. Microsoft - which had less half of apples Revenue at 82.8 billion - has a Market cap less cash of 222.1 Billion. And Finally Google - with Revenue in all of 2013 of 59.8 billion - has a market cap less cash of 336.3 Billion. Yes Google which has 1/3rd the revenue of Apple - has a market cap less cash of 1.6 Times that of Apples. Can you spot the bubble?

Because either Google is way way way over valued or Apple is way way way under valued right now - and My guess is it is a mix of the two.

Also Apple Generated more Cash last quarter then Google had for total revenue - and actually it was not even close. Apple generated >22 Billion in Cash to Google 16 and change billion in Revenue. So right now if you look at Apple stock price and compare it to the other companies - Apple really is a bargain.

https://plus.google.com/+RobWalch/posts/3XRSvCvD9x9

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/us-google-

lenovo-idUSBREA0S1YN20140129

11:17

File this next one under what took them so long - And that is that Google has finally sold off the Motorola handset division. Something that they were kind of expected to do right away - as Google really just wanted the patents Moto had for Handsets. Google Paid 12.5 Billion dollars and just sold the Handset division for 3 Billion plus they sold the set top box division for 2.3 billion back when the deal was first done. So Really Google paid about 7 Billion for the Patents. They should have just teamed up with Apple and MS when they purchased the Nortel Patents. It would have been much cheaper for them. There you had multiple companies team up to pay 4.6 Billion - so Google Paid 2X for the Moto Patents then a group of companies paid combined.

12:04

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15:00

Hey Rob,

I believe one of your listeners called in about Siri not recognizing a company name, and giving their messages a vulgar twist. The only idea I have for this one is if you go into settings, then general, then restrictions, then Siri, there is the option to disable explicit language. This way, with that disabled, Siri's vocabulary will be more limited, and it may force her to actually write what you want her to say, but only if in your case she is confusing it with something more explicit.

Hope that helped someone...

and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Dan

Hi Rob

I know this question has come up previously and I can't remember if an answer was ever provided. I have found a way of shuffling music within a specific genre.

Here's how:

- open the music app

- click more, then genres

- put in the desired genre in the search field like hip hop

- scroll down to the genre section and select the genre you put in the search bar

- select shuffle all songs at the top

Great to be able to finally do this.

Cheers

Stephen

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https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912

?cfem=1

17:53

Lots and lots of activity in our Google+ community.

There were posts about SwiftKey Note app finally being available for iOS.

There were also my Charts showing Revenue for Apple vs Google and MS. Plus the Market cap analysis.

Quite a few posts about Jailbreak apps - like the one on the Jailbreak App - Virtual Home. Which uses your touch ID sensor to allow you to tap but not push the home button to get it to register as a push - tap and hold again without pushing and it opens up the app switcher. Thus saving you wear and tear on the home button.

There was a post from Chris in London about the Jailbreak tweak Springtomize 3 that allows turning off of Spotlight.

There was a question about transferring ripped movies back off an iOS device on to a computer - which was solved with the suggestion of using iPhone explorer

And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/28/valentines-day-store-update/