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

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

Hi Rob:

This artwork was made on my iPad using Trancit, KaleidaCam and ToonCamera.

Regards,

Toni P

TONI Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TONI'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 309

- 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.

01:38

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Fewer capabilities than a netbook but a similar size? Not a good start. unquote

Lee Gomes, Forbes Asia Magazine, 5 March 2010

Well Lee your quote was Short and sweet and totally off the mark - Just sayin Did you ever notice the irony - that Apple Products are never liked by the financial folks - yet Apple makes more money then anyone else. Seems like the financial folks would be swooning over Apple - but nope they seem to like Google that just keeps missing their quarterly guidance quarter after quarter - just seems strange to me that's all.

02:27

For Promo codes - On Ep 308 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the APP - FNotes and the ebook - Little Millies Big PLAN - The expiration dates on those was well now - so I sent those out already.

Here is the feedback I already received on the FNotes App via Facebook from Mark T.

"I just wanted to say thanks to Rob, I managed to obtain one of the free codes for the FNotes App, I have to say I'm a big user of the Stock Notes App, but the FNotes app is excellent, just being able to put a Favourite Star on your important messages is great, but being able to password protect my notes is something the Stock App should have been able to do right from the start, also being able to backup to Dropbox is a bonus in my book.

Thought is just say thanks for such a great app. :-)"

Thanks Mark for the feeds back on FNotes - sorry folks no more promo codes for that as they were given out - yeah that kind of makes me a tease. Sorry.

This week we have promo codes for the App - SPACE HEADS - Two words - Here is the review from the Dev - PLAY PROMO CODE FOR SPACE HEADS - Thanks to the Dev for his review of his APP SPACE HEADS 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 SPACE HEADS in the subject line.

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.

05:37

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/27/hackers-locking-

macs-ios-devices-australia/

I try to lead off each episode with a story I think was the most interesting or dire or buzz worthy each week. Going into Monday evening when I was putting together the show notes I was really stretching to find a lead story. Nothing was looking like a candidate - I mean the last thing I wanted to lead with was a story about two new iPad commercials or what someone in customer service at a German telco reportedly said. Then Bing Bango Bongo - Some people in Australia have their phones hijacked and held for ransom and I am like Oh yeah - good news for me. I just found my lead story. Oh - was that a little shallow - sorry. Ok - lets go over what is happening first and what you need to do to protect yourself second.

Some users through out Australia reported that suddenly their iOS devices were locked down and they received a message that basically said this device is been hacked by Oleg PLiss - and to unlock the device you needed to pay them $100 via PayPal. And again this was reported by multiple users all across Australia.

What it looks like happened is that a hacker was able to use the find my iPhone app and the users email and password and lock down the devices.

How the hacker got the passwords appears to have been from other recently hacked services like ebay or one of a few other sites recently in the news about getting their user lists hacked.

It seems like people used the same email / password combo on those sites as they used for their iCloud / iTunes account. And more importantly - they did not set up two-step Verification. At least one user reported using the same password with iTunes as Ebay.

I did have a couple of people ask if they should turn off find my iPhone - HECK NO!!!. This is not an issue with find my iPhone - well ok - it is part of the issue - but not the issue - the issue is the hacker got control of their Apple ID and they did not have 2 step verification turned on.

08:34

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-

apple-ransom-hijacking-20140527-story.html

An Article from the LA Times said the following with regards to those that were hacked and getting back control of their devices:

Quote To regain access, affected users can try the method named "Use recovery mode" on per the Apple support article - iOS forgot passcode or device disabled.

If that doesn't work, users should contact Apple at one of the company's retail stores or by phone.

unquote

09:05

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6270410?start=0&tstart=0

However if you go to the apple support forum post where this new first broke - this is what the original author flagged as the advice that actually worked for him.

Quote

Turn off your phone.

Plug your cable into the computer and have itunes up (do not plug into the phone yet)

Press and hold the home key on your off phone (I did mine for about 10 seconds). If nothing happens, plug in the cable into your phone (keep holding the home key)

What you want to see come up is the picture of itunes and cable on the front of the phone

Your itunes should then recognise the phone as an unidentified phone

Select restore factory settings (it should down load some software) ~15 mins and automatically install

The phone should go through some of the standard reset screens (usually black screen with apple icon and loading bar)

You will be prompted to restore the phone.... do this from itunes not the phone

Throughout this process you must not let the phone or computer go into sleep mode.... and don't disconnect.

unquote

From Apple forum super user - Thomas_R - with 27,495 points and level 7 in the support forums - he said the following:

QUOTE This topic has grown very quickly, and there are many people saying a lot of different things. Rather than try to address everyone, I'm just going to stick to some general information about this kind of hack.

What has undoubtedly happened in all these cases is that your Apple ID has been hacked. How that may have happened, I don't know. It could be weak passwords falling to brute force attacks by a botnet. It could be that people "logged in" to a malicious fake Apple server in response to a phishing e-mail. It could be something else entirely.

Once the hackers have access to your Apple ID, they can remotely lock all your iOS devices with a message. They can also see any data stored in iCloud (calendars, contacts, e-mail, notes, etc). If you have a Mac with Back to My Mac enabled, they could potentially get remote access to that. They could also make purchases on your Apple ID.

The solution to the problem is to regain access to your Apple ID. (Erasing the device is not a solution in many cases.) Reset the password, and make sure to change it to something very secure. As an additional security measure, I strongly suggest that you enable two-step verification on your Apple ID. Doing so provides additional security, and should prevent the hacker from ever being able to take control of your Apple ID entirely away from you.

You should not be afraid of turning on Find My iPhone, which is an important anti-theft feature. Instead, simply enable two-factor authentication to make sure your Apple ID is secured, so nobody can manage to use this feature against you.

Note that enabling two-factor authentication does not guarantee that your Apple ID won't be hacked, so you still need to use a strong password. What it does protect against is changes to your Apple ID that would give the hacker permanent access. With two-factor authentication enabled, you will always be able to reset the password on your Apple ID and regain access to it, as long as you follow the directions and are careful to save the recovery key. UNQUOTE

13:09

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5570?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

FYI - if you are a past listener of this show - yes - I said you should set up two-step Verification on Episode 268 and a few other episodes before that.

If you have not done so - look for the link in the show notes titled - FAQ about two-step verification for apple ID.

Additionally make sure of course you are using a different password for your Apple ID - and why not just use a unique email address for your Apple ID. That is what I do. The only place I use my email address I use for my Apple ID is with iTunes. That is it.

This whole issue came about because the users did not set up two-step verification - and they likely used the same email / password combo on multiple services or they fell prey to a phishing scam.

One thing about setting up Two-Step verification will likely mean you need to change your iTunes password - so if you have one of those short - easy to remember - type and well hack passwords - Yeah - Apple will want that changed. Yup - say good bye to your dog's or kids names for passwords.

Again links about all this and the FAQ on setting up two-step verification in the show notes for ep 309 over at today in iOS dot com.

14:51

http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/21/technology/security/

icloud-hack/index.html

On a completely unrelated issue - There are Reports that two hackers figured out how to un-brick - bricked / stollen iPhones or in this case maybe iPhone held for ransom. Hmmm - timing on this seems ominous.

Now of course these hackers say they wear a white hat and claim this is just for those that had their own iPhones bricked / locked down. And not to be used by anyone that you know went Apple Picking. Wink Wink - Nod Nod. They have a service that helps you unblock iphones called doulci - which is iCloud spelled backwards.

So what do the experts think about this offering - well As MuscleNerd - said on twitter:

I feel sorry for those proxying thru doulci while logged into iTunes

Which basically he is saying if you use this method to unlock your bricked device - doulci acts as a man in the middle to achieve this result - but that also means if logged into iTunes - they get your iTunes credentials and log in info. Not sure how comfortable you feel about giving your iTunes log in info to hackers - but It is not something I would ever recommend. Of course if you just got your iPhone hacked and held for ransom from Oleg PLiss maybe you would do just that.

Of course the down side on all this is if your iOS device is stollen and you thought it was locked down - and you bricked it with find my iPhone legitimately - these folks are giving would be thieves as way to unbrick - mind you right now that does not unlock the sim card so your iPhone is just a big iPod touch - but they said they are working on getting that last part unlocked as well.

So do I recommend using them if your device is bricked - HECK NO.

Well Thieves use this service to unbrick stollen iPhones - of course.

Not a good start of the episode for Apple this week.

Sounds like iOS 8 - needs some additional security upgrades. Just sayin

17:59

VOICEMAIL - Tracy_answr_multi_itunes_accounts

Hi Rob

I would definitely recommend not allowing Siri access on the lock screen as if someone from work or a friend, gets your phone and wants access to a specific contact on the device, they just need to say that contact's name to Siri and the phone number comes up. Go to Settings/Touch ID & Passcode/Enter your passcode/Scroll to Allow access when locked and flick Siri to off.

Kind Regards

Steve

Brisbane, Australia

Hi Steve - if you have a very protected contacts list - then yes. But for me - not having siri when locked - which my iPhone is most of the time - and in my pocket - would be a pain - I like being able to with my phone in pocket - tap and hold the center button on the headphones and activate siri and have her call my wife or send a text and now also play a podcast. So for those reasons - for me it does not make sense to neuter Siri well if she were a he that is - which well in some countries she/he is.

I am starting to think one of the most important features on iOS 8 is going to be security - or maybe I am hoping it is. Apple could really go a long way in making the data and info on your iPhone more secure. Like password locked apps.

From Google+ Community

Hi Rob,

I'm listening to 308 of tii and listening to all the request to ios8 I'd love to see a password to turn off the phone for security..

Regards,

Chris

Hi Chris - Yes - that would be nice instead swipe to turn off - have to enter your passcode or touch ID to turn off your device. This way any thief would not be able to turn off your device and you could locate it with find my iPhone - right up until they start carrying faraday bags with them.

Here is a post from the Google Plus community that I wanted to read - it comes from Chris in London.

Quote The way to allow non-iOS users to view your shared Photo Streams is actually quite simple. You can just make them a public website that will have its own unique URL. You can then share that URL with friends and family members whenever you'd like. Here's where to get it:

Launch the Photos app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.

Tap on the Photo Stream tab in the bottom navigation.

From here tap on the blue arrow next to the shared Photo Stream you'd like to make public.

Towards the bottom there is an option for Public Website, enable it by turning it to On.

Now tap on Share Link after it's generated. You'll then be able to copy it to the clipboard or share it many various ways regardless of what mobile platform someone is using.

- Chris in London

unquote

Thanks Chris.

VOICEMAIL - Bob_CT_ask_sir_fastfoward_amountPof_time

23:33

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

105412562215997292912?cfem=1

We are now well over 750 members in our Google+ community and growing.

Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.

One post in the G+ community this past week came from -

John Hynes - and he wrote quote - did you know that if you use burst mode on your iOS device and upload images to Google+ - they automatically get animated. unquote.

It makes it like a little animated gif. IF anyone knows of an App that lets you take burst mode photos and turn them into an animated gif you can email - please let me know. Yes there is the app InstaGif - which is free - but I don't think it takes your already created burst mode photos and turns them into a gif at least I could not test that with out doing an in app purchase to allow for import. But if anyone knows of an App that definitely allows you to get access to a burst mode photo and convert to an Animated Gif you can email - give us a call or send us an email. 206-666-6364 or today in iOS at gmail dot com.

Back to the Google+ community this past week there were dozens and dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

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

And thanks to all 750+ of you already in the community and contributing.

25:08

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2014/

Good News - Apple will be streaming the WWDC 14 keynote. I don't think it is a big surprise - given the event is sold out and Apples wants the devs watching and getting excited all over the world - not just live at the event.

The event as mentioned before many times will be June 2nd at 10:00 AM PT - 1:00 PM ET. There is a link in the show notes to the live stream event.

However I will do my best to get a new episode up as soon as possible after the live event. If the best laid plans of mice and men come to pass - I will record the first part of the next Episode on Sunday night. And then finish with the part covering WWDC at the end of the episode and post right away. Again - that is the plan - lets see what Happens on June 2nd.

26:22

http://english.etnews.com/device/2960154_1304.html

From Korea IT News comes word that LG Electronics and Samsung have recently asked Sapphire Ingot and wafer makers to submit samples. Yes shocker Sammy heard about Apples investment in GTAT and Sapphire and they are looking to copy Apple. Who could have seen that one coming.

Every indication is that GTAT is now shipping in quantity its sapphire from its AZ plant. This is where Apples use of its cash to help prop up its supply chain is where Apple really stands out from everyone else.

27:45

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/sapphire-vs-gorilla-glass/

Thanks to Tash on this next one - which is an article about how Sapphire glass does not mean the end of broken screens.

Ok - the article does pull some info from a white paper by Corning - the makers of Gorilla glass - so surprise surprise they are trying to throw Sapphire under the bus.

But here is the skinny - Sapphire is the second hardest material behind diamond. Being harder than gorilla glass means it is less likely to scratch and chip - not impossible to chip and scratch - but much less likely than Gorilla glass.

Corning for their part shows that Gorilla Glass handle more pressure before breaking. That said - when you drop your phone it is more likely to shatter if there are pre-existing chips or scratches. having the surface free of chips and scratches as it is more likely to be with Sapphire than Gorilla glass - means it is less likely to shatter with Sapphire - but again Sapphire does not mean the end of Shattered screens - but it should much fewer shattered screens. Sapphire is not magic - it is just better than gorilla glass - in theory.

29:33

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/05/27/deutsche-

telekom-september-19-iphone-6/

iPhone 6 in mid-September – more specifically, on September 19.

30:45

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/apple-unveil-smart-home-

platform-155721720.html

One 11th hour rumor about what will be announced at WWDC is quote

The Financial Times claims that when Apple's World Wide Developers Conference gets underway on June 2, the big reveal won't be a smartwatch or a 12-inch tablet, but a new initiative that puts the iPhone at the heart of the connected home.

The scheme will be similar to Apple’s existing “Made for iPhone” label, given to compatible headphones, speakers and other accessories, but with a new brand and logo. Apple may also provide additional checks and assurances that certified products are not vulnerable to hackers.

The Cupertino-based company was likely to emphasise the privacy protections built into its smart home system, one person familiar with Apple’s plans told the FT, given heightened sensitivity about technology companies’ access to personal information amid revelations about US intelligence agencies’ online surveillance programmes.

unquote.

The neat thing about 11th hour rumors and Apple - those are the ones that tend to hit.

So maybe why Apple did not buy Nest - beyond the lack of any real financial soundness for the deal - might be that Apples has its own way to control your home and that is more to do with your Apple TV and or iOS device.

32:39

http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/26/the-iphone-is-still-the-best-smartphone/

Thanks to Steve from AZ for this next one - which I mention because - of one comment in the article - about size of the phone.

quote (monstrous screens are attractive while in use, but for the majority of time, your phone is still in your pocket) unquote

I was talking to one of the mom's at the pool - and she had a shattered iPhone 4S - just broke it a couple of days earlier. She asked when the iPhone 6 was coming out - and what would be the features. When I mentioned it would be bigger - she went eeewww - or something like that - she is not looking for a larger phone - she said she likes the size of the 4S. So there are still a group of people out there that like the portability / size of the 4S and 5S phones. I think when the iPhone 6 comes out - it will not just be one size - but multiple sizes. Or at least the 5S will be updated to add some of the iPhone 6 features - actually I think one version of the iPhone 6 - will be essentially the iPhone 5S - but with Sapphire glass, the A8 processor and a better camera. The iPhone Air if you will. With the iPhone 6 at 4.7 inches being the iPhone Pro. Ok wait that makes no sense unless Apple launches an iPad Pro at 13 inches. Ok - then it would make sense.

34:07

VOICEMAIL - Jeff_AR_AppleTV

Hi Rob,

There hasn't been much lately about the new Apple TV or the Mac mini. Just an idea but what if they combined these devices into one giving the tv HDR services?

Regards,

Jason H

Hi Jeff and Jason - Yup - I am definitely hopping for a new AppleTV for WWDC - but then I was hoping for it before the end of March - and also back in the Fall - seems it is way way over due.

Per features and Amazon's Fire TV box - I don't want to compare until well it is here and we know the specs - I had a few people ask about or comments on Amazon's Fire TV box. But I think it is bit premature at this time - hopefully next couple of episodes we get into more detailed comparisons.

Hi Rob,

Just thought I would send an email to let you know that I haven’t experienced any issues after updating the podcast app and itunes (for mac)… In fact I’ve found that syncing between devices has been more accurate and faster (a problem that I had been experiencing for ages prior to the update). Its seems I’m one of the very lucky few to have avoided the issues that so many of your listeners have experienced.

Regards,

Ben from sunny Australia :)

Hi Rob.

In regard to people who don't want an istick there are other alternatives such as a device called PQI air share. This is the size of a credit card and can take an sd card. It connects to your phone via wifi and can actually sync with up to 5 devices. It's on amazon for £30, it's deffo worth a look at.

Thanks,

Tom W

England.

Hi Rob

I was wondering if there was an app that would allow you to use the iPad camera connection kit to browser through the files on an external USB drive. Thanks in advance

Regards,

-Samuel

Nope - but I am currently searching for one.

With one you would be able to duplicate the iStick.

With the Camera Connection kit and a USB thumb drive.

Been testing out potential apps - and so far nothing works right.

That said - when iStick releases their app is it likely to work with the camera connection kit and a USB thumb drive.

Which may very well be why they have not released it yet. I know if I was them I would not release that app into the App store until at least the kickstarter pledge period was over and really not until just before they start shipping the iStick.

In the mean time I will keep looking for an app that works - and obviously if I find one I will mention it on the show.

38:21

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252721823/acme-

made-ergo-book-an-ipad-case-finally-done-righ

Yes - Yet another iPad Case on Kickstarter. This one is called the Acme made ergo book iPad case.

They had a goal of just $5,000 - and are over 4 times that goal and counting. This one you have until June 14th at 4:58 AM CT to be a funder of.

Pricing on this is $45 for an iPad Mini or $50 for an iPad Air.

So what makes this one a little different than others.

It is a thin case that allows for 360 degree rotation of the iPad - and you can also pop it out a little to take a photo. Additionally the cover folds back like Apples smart cover and there is a strap hidden on the cover to make it easy to hold on to and a lot less likely to drop. And you can fold the cover back but your hand through the strap and then rotate into landscape mode making it easier to hold when watching video or more importantly when recording video with your iPad.

If you have an iPad Air or Mini and are not happy with your case - this one is actually pretty neat.

Check out the video because I am really not doing it any justice here on the description. Search for ACME made ergo book at kickstarter dot com or in the show note for ep 309.

40:02

http://smallbiztrends.com/2014/05/adobe-voice-presentations-

using-your-own-voice.html

Out side of Flash - I really like what Adobe does software wise - well except for the annoying popups to update software - but the software itself is always very good.

And now Adobe has released a new App just for the iPad called Adobe Voice App.

From the description quote

Voice helps you create stunning animated videos in minutes. No filming — just talk to tell your story. Pick from over 25,000 beautiful iconic images to show your ideas and Voice automatically adds cinematic motion and a soundtrack. Persuade, inform and inspire anyone online. Make an impact.

unquote

So it is a presentation app that creates a video for you using your voiceover - and the app costs NOTHING - NODDA - No COST FOR YOU - as in Free - Well done Adobe.

If anyone makes any interesting videos using this app - please send me a link to where you post them.

I just found out about this app hours before recording so all I did was download it - I am looking forward to playing with it this week.

Again send links to your videos to today in iOS at gmail dot com. And also post them up in the google+ community.

41:18

VOICEMAIL - Max_MD_Answr_headphones_not_loud_enough

Hi Rob,

Hope all is well with you and yours. I have a question that I hope you or one of your listeners may have help for me.

I like the new Calendar App for IOS 7 however, the alerts rarely alert me. I am interested in a calendar app that you can change alert tones/volumes/vibrations/and etc. Maybe a critical appointment has a fire bell go off or something like that. I know I can set a separate alarm in the clock app but, would prefer a calendar with full integration.

Regards,

Kevin S

Hi Kevin - I know what you mean - Even though I have calls set up my calendar - what I actually do each morning is look at my daily calendar and set individual alarms for each call that day. And it is the alarms that remind me best. I wish Apples Calendar App - would allow the use of the same level of intrusion as the Alarm app for getting your attention. Alerts are nice but I like you want an alarm. Maybe that is something we will get in iOS 8 - the additions of alarms to go with alerts for calendar items. Obviously we don't just want alarms - somethings you don't need alarms for.

IF anyone knows of a good App now that meets what Kevin and I are looking for - send an email today in iOS at gmail dot com or give us a call 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog

HI Rob,

I’m a longtime listener. Since the very beginning. I listened to the show even though I willingly opted out of the first iPhone because it didn't support Exchange mail integration. But when the 2nd gen came out with iOS 2, I joined the fold and your show was and is a great fountain of information. Thanks for all you do for the sake of the show.

I have a question that I would like to pose to the user base. Whenever I’m on a conference call I generally mute myself until I need to speak. Inevitability what ends up happening is that the iPhone screen locks and shuts off. Then someone asks you a question and when you dont respond quickly they think you hung up or got disconnected because it takes a few seconds to turn on the screen and unlock the phone and hit the mute button again to unmute. The question is, is there a JB tweak that puts the mute button on the lock screen for quick accessibility?

Regards,

Hermis

Rob,

There was a supposed Jailbreak release of IOS 7.1.1 over the weekend. According to a youtuber the website change to evaders dot me. Have you heard or seen anything regarding this and is it safe to jailbreak this OS.

Regards,

Justin

Run away - run away. There is no public or untethered jailbreak for iOS 7.1.1 - and the site you mention is a scam site. There are others out there like cyber legator dot net - which look to be a legit jailbreak site - but they are not. Run away - run away.

There is at this time - end of may 2014 - no public jailbreak for iOS 7.1.1 - and there may never be one - it will depend a lot on what happens with iOS 8 beta.

When there is a legit jailbreak - we will definitely talk about it on the show.

VOICEMAIL - Crypto_Search_App REview

48:12

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/05/26/apple-tv-

3-jailbreak-very-unlikely/

Thanks to John M for this next one - which is a post titled - Apple TV 3 jailbreak very unlikely. If you have been following along in the past - Apple TV's 1st and 2nd gens had jailbreaks available - Apple TV 3rd gen has not been jailbroken so far - and per this article it does not look good for it to ever be jailbroken. The article basically says it is a combo of tech and apathy - as one of the people in the jailbreak community said he's quote starting to doubt anyone talented enough will ever care enough to [jailbreak the Apple TV 3 unquote. So for anyone that emailed in in the past about when will the Apple TV 3rd gen be jailbroken - the Answer is some time right after a full size Apple TV is available and NFC is added to the iPhone.

49:09

VOICEMAIL - Janet_OH_answr_google_voice

Hi Rob,

Which Freedom Pop device did you order?

I got mine today (Mifi 4g/3G 4082) to use with the 500mb Free plan but the device Only does 4G WiMAX and the 3G end of it will not work with 500 Free plan. I'm being told that I must upgrade to a paid plan or buy the LTE (199.00) device to use in my area.

I don't know why the 4082 device was said to work in my area before I ordered.

Regards,

Junior

Hi Junior - I got the Photon from Freedom Pop - that was the one that cost $31 and change delivered. It is just a 4G i.e. wimax device. So you must have wimax coverage in your area for it to work. Again check your coverage before ordering a device.

And Junior thanks for the heads up on the 3G not being included in the free 500 MB plan.

Rob,

I wanted to provide my reviews of Freedompop and Jingit.

FREEDOMPOP

I've looked at Freedompop for a while now. Shortly after hearing your interview on it I got an email from them about a $20 refurb hotspot and decided to try them out. The $20 hotspot was for a Sierra Wireless Overdrive (not the overdrive pro).

Currently I am still in my initial month and trying to determine what usage amount best fits me. I will say I should have done a better job shopping for hotspot, as where I live in Leavenworth KS, my hotspot only gets 3G coverage even though LTE is available. The LTE hotspot runs $100-200 depending on where you purchase it from.

Based on 16 days of use so far I have used just under 700MB. One thing I didn't hear in the interview was the option about completing offers to get more data. Based on my usage thus far I will probably downgrade my plan to the $3.99 for 500MB per mo. and then complete offers for additional data.

The offers range from a very few MB of data for the mo up to around 2.0GB. One offer I completed this month was to tryfreecreditreport.com. I signed up for a 7 day trial, but I did have to give my credit card information and cancel the trial before the 7 days were up or get charged $17.99/mo recurring. For this I received 1.7GB with in about 2 minutes of completing my registration. A $1 authorization was placed on my credit card and the next day I cancelled my trial membership. I think I can handle this once per month for the amount of data some of the better offers award.

Offer types generally include short consumer surveys, signing up for trial memberships w/ a credit card like the one I did or for registering for subscription services. The freedompop ios app is useful but could use some attention. I found it to crash quite a bit and it would be handy to be able to complete offers on the app.

Finally, I tried to add you as a freedompop friend but had some trouble doing so. It appears the site wants to invite friends but I can't seem to figure out how link up with friends to share data and receive the additional 20mb per mo. If you know how to do this maybe you can link to my account, at brianjones8282@gmail.com, please feel free to share this with the audience too so we can link to as many people as possible.

JINGIT

Jingit is an ios app that works like checkpoints or other check in shopping apps. When you are at a retail store you scan a product and complete a 1-5 question survey for for 10 cents up to $2. If you buy the product you scan the receipt and earn a larger additional reward.

What best separates this app from other check in type apps is that for $3 they will send you a debit card to put your rewards on. What appeals to me about this card is that it is a great card for low cost purchases and it doesn't like back to my bank account. If you want to use for larger purchases you can also add funds to it via direct deposit. And withdraws from US Bank bank accounts are free.

I use this card anytime I know a website is going to charge my card a $1 authorization to verify the card is an active card. This is great if you want to protect your debit/credit cards. In the case of freedompop I used it as my card of record for the freecreditreport.com to get my extra 1.7GB. Because I keep a very low balance I'm not at risk of them actually charging me the $18/mo fee if I should forget to cancel.

I have also made this my billing card for iTunes as well so that I don't have to worry about me or my kids making excessive in app purchases.

Hope these reviews are useful to some in the audience.

-Brian

Leavenworth, KS

56:16

Thanks again to lynda dot com for their support of Tii - and if you go to lynda dot com slash tii - that is l y n d a dot com slash t i i - you will get a free 7 day trial. Thanks Lynda for sponsoring this show and for the free offer.

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 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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Thu, 22 May 2014

Tii - iTem 0308 - iTunes 11.2 and Podcasts App 2.1.x

Give us a call - 1-206-666-6364

Links Mentioned in this episode:

iTunes 11.2 update focuses on podcast improvements | iMore

Podcasts for iOS Updated With Siri Integration

Itunes 11.2 Podcasts continually download - Apple Support Communities

Google+ community

See What iOS Looks Like Running On A 4.7-inch 'iPhone 6'

Apple's iPhone 6 Will Have This Revolutionary Feature

Apple Predicted to Adopt NFC in iPhone 6

Legion Meter - Kickstarter

Quickdraw Cable - Kickstarter

FAVI pico+ WiFi Pico Projector

Verizon flips switch on AWS-enhanced XLTE

iOS 7.1.1 Finally Jailbroken

Before you buy an iPhone from Virgin Mobile, read this - CNET

Apple releases iOS Human Interface Guidelines on iBookstore

Test

Apps Mentioned in this episode:

Little Millies Big Plan - ebook

FNotes

Podcasts App

Free Calls & Text by MO+

Castro

MXTube

McTube

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Wed, 21 May 2014

iOS Artwork - iTem 0308 and Episode Transcript

TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 308

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_Best_Dressed.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 PAT for sending in the Artwork for today's show. PAT wrote the following.

Hi Rob:

The artwork submission attached doesn't look that special at first glance, but it really shows off the amazing sensor on the new iPhone 5s.

I used the "SlowShutter" app set on auto to capture a time lapse of the International Space Station (ISS) as it passed over Austin, TX. The brightness magnitude of the ISS was -2.9 and the exposure time about 45 seconds. The Tii branding was done with "Phonto".

Both apps are free.

Regards,

Pat in Austin

PAT Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see PAT'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 308

- 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.

01:59

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““I think the iPad is stuck in a difficult place between the smartphone and the laptop and it’s not nearly as convenient as a phone or as powerful as a laptop. That’s based on all of four hours playing with it. The device will get more powerful and lighter and less expensive. Over time it may turn into a mainstream computing platform but I don’t think it is there yet and I don’t think Apple has the kind of hit on its hands that it had with the iPhone. unquote

Fred Wilson, A VC, 6 April 2010

If Fred Wilson opens his mouth and talks about anything Apple - just go with exactly the opposite of what he says - Just sayin

02:44

This week we have promo codes for a couple of items this week - the first is the eBook - Little Millie's Big Plan And Here is the review from the eBook Author - PLAY PROMO CODE LITTLE MILLIES BIG PLAN - Thanks to Tom for his review of his eBook and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put Big Plan in the subject line.

The second item we have promo codes for is the App - FNotes. No recording for this one - but the description from iTunes is: Sync Notes via Dropbox, with support for revolutionary keyboard Flesky, Support for TextExplorer, Lock Notes with Passwords, It is a minimalist notes app that is a good replacement for Apples Notes app.

Thanks to the devs 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 FNOTES one word in the subject line.

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

05:17

http://www.imore.com/itunes-112-update-focuses-podcast-improvements

A couple of updates last week for Podcast consumers - iTunes 11.2 and the Podcasts App 2.1

Per iTunes 11.2 what Apple said were some of the updates

Quote

This update includes the following improvements:

Improved Podcast Browsing

Quickly find episodes you haven’t listened to in the new Unplayed tab
Browse episodes that are available to download or stream in the Feed tab
Save your favorite episodes to keep them on your computer
Episodes can now be automatically deleted after you play them

This update also resolves an issue where iTunes may become unresponsive when updating Genius and improves overall performance and stability. Podcasts for iOS 2.1 or later is recommended when syncing podcast episodes.

Unquote

It is great to see an update to iTunes specifically about Podcasts. Sadly this update also caused an issue where iTunes started downloading lots and lots of old episodes from your list of subscribed episodes. For me it seemed rather random which shows it would download old episodes for and how many. Out of 40 or so shows I am subscribed to in iTunes about a dozen had between 1 and 5 older episodes download. Some people reported having all episodes download. We at Libsyn have seen and continue to see a huge spike in downloads since iTunes 11.2 came out - and 11.2.1 - which was a security update for 11.2 for mac users only - FYI - if you downloaded 11.2 for mac - then make sure to update to 11.2.1 - as it does patch a security bug.

Again great to see Apple focused on Podcasting for updates - even if the update to iTunes was not without issues.

Per the update for the Podcasts App - Apple said Quote

This update includes several improvements that make playing your favorite podcasts even easier:

Improved Episode Browsing

- Quickly find episodes you haven't listened to in the new Unplayed tab

- Browse episodes that are available to download or stream in the Feed tab

- Save your favorite episodes to keep them offline

- Episodes can now be automatically deleted after you play them

- Tap on links that appear in podcast and episode descriptions to open them in Safari

Ask Siri

- You can now ask Siri to play podcast episodes by simply saying "play podcasts"

- To play specific podcasts or stations, just ask Siri to play them by name, like "play TEDTalks"

- Please note that Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas.

Additional Improvements

- Podcasts now supports CarPlay

- Start playing a station right from the stations list -- just tap the Play button next to the station name

- Share links to your favorite podcasts using AirDrop

This update also resolves playback issues after syncing with iTunes and improves stability while downloading podcasts.

Unquote.

So it is very nice to see Apple updating the Podcast app and nice to be able to say to Siri - Play Podcast Today in iOS or Play Podcast Dave's Lounge or Play Podcast Revolutions - and well you get the point. It is nice to finally see Siri support for the Podcasts App.

As I always Say as a podcaster Apple is your friend - Google - definitely not at ALL.

09:29

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/15/podcasts-2-1-improvements/

Here is some feedback on the updates from one listener.

Hey, Rob,

Yes, the Apple Podcasts update today is an unmitigated disaster, a cluster****, if you will. First it crashed on all my devices (3 iPhones, 4 iPads). Updated iTunes. Still crashed. Deleted and re-downloaded. Crashed a few times. Now I have a gazillion unheard podcasts that I am deleting one by one. But they keep coming back.

Steve Jobs would have burst an artery.

Best always,

Jeff

Hi Jeff - thanks for that feedback - and that does lead me to this comment - you need to update to iTunes 11.2 if you update the podcasts app to v 2.1 - seems the two communicate a lot - and I found the same issue of crashing as I updated the Podcasts App first. But then once I updated iTunes to 11.2 - and it went through and finished downloading a ton of old episodes - from that point forward - the Podcasts App stopped crashing. And it has been working very well for me since.

So if you are getting crashes with the Podcasts app - make sure iTunes is updates on your computer as well. And if you still have crashes - do the old force quit all app and reset network settings trick.

But again - the Podcasts App should be working well for you now if you do the aforementioned actions.

Also I did update to 2.1.1 - which came out on the 17th - but I did not update until today - but if you are having issues with crashes - make sure you are on version 2.1.1 and not just 2.1

11:19

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6231511?start=0&tstart=0

From the Apple support community there are also people complaining about the iTunes update.

Since updating to 11.2 my podcasts have been giving me a couple issues:

(1) Everytime I start iTunes and try to refresh my podcasts it automatically starts to download all the old episodes of certain shows.

- I've tried to delete them manually but it just downloads them again.

- I've marked them as "played" and left them to be deleted automatically after 24 hours as they are supposed to be but they just download again instead.

NOTE: It's only doing it for a few podcasts from one provider (AfterBuzzTV) but it is not doing it for every show i subscribe to from them.

(2) The ones it is not automatically downloading every old episode of have had the titles changed to "Unknown Album".

- I tried restarting iTunes and my computer since this seems to have worked for other people with the "Unknown Album" problem in the past but it does not work for me.

Basically it tries to download around a 100 episodes or so everytime I open iTunes, some of which are over two years old.

It's also not deleting any podcasts after they've been marked as played for 24 hours.

Meanwhile, my itunes keeps finding older and older podcasts to download and will not stop.

If i stop them in the download box it just finds even older ones to download. It never ends. I've been trying to make it stop for hours. Its gotten back to 2011 now and it keeps finding more

13:20

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

We are now well over 750 members in our Google+ community and growing.

Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.

One questions in the G+ community this past week came from -

Paco Patron - he asked quote - I was using Talkatone app to make and receive text and calls with my Google Voice acc. Talkatone does not support GV anymore.

Does anyone here have an app recommendation. unquote

One answer from Brian L was to use the app - Free calls & test by MO+ - another suggestion was to use Google Hangouts from Francisco.

If anyone else has a good app replacement suggestion for Talkatone app - please let us know by either calling in 206-666-6364 - or emailing today in iOS at gmail dot com - or by replying in the Google+ community for this post from May 16th.

Per this past week there were dozens and dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Google+ community - and all in an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

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

And thanks to all 750+ of you already in the community and contributing.

Hey Rob,

I'm a new member of our Google + community and it's awesome how it adds another dimension to the podcast. I am learning so much and discovered a really great Kickstarter product because of it.

I want to recommend to those of your listeners who haven't joined us... Just do it!... You won't be disappointed!

Regards,

Rel

15:42

Hi Rob,

Just found this by accident. Great for people having trouble finding where to redeem promo codes/iTunes Gift Cards on an iOS device. Go to the App Store, tap on the Search tab and type "code" (without quotes).

And bingo bango bongo - A Redeem a Gift card page appears and you can enter your redeem code.

Regards,

Lou V

Thanks Lou. And folks here is a tip from me - this one is especially for those that have multiple iOS devices and are backing up to your computer. On at least a mac - in iTunes go to Preferences - then click on devices - and then delete out any extra backups for each device. I had not done that for a while - and after removing a bunch of backups - I reclaimed 18 GB of hard drive space. So if you are running low on hard drive space or even if you are not - this is a nice way to get some extra storage back on your computer.

Hi Rob,

Here's my iOS8 top 3 wishlist:

1. Better iCloud game and app saves. Right now iCloud has to be baked into the app to work. Just a few games use it, which is unfortunate when you want to sync progress between iPhone and iPad. I'd like to see Apple sync app and game progress for all apps automatically, without the app developers needing to specifically implement it.

2. More customization. It would be great to be able to choose which camera app the lockscreen slider opens, instead of the stock camera. It would also be great to choose which apps and settings are in Control Center. And of course, custom keyboards, like Swype, would be fantastic.

3. Offline dictation for Siri. Dictation has been done offline. I hope that Apple gets all the licensing they need to make it happen.

Some other quick picks- offline maps in Apple Maps, Reminders List sharing from within app and an iCloud file explorer similar to Dropbox.

We probably won't see many of these, but I can hope!

Regards,

-Jordan from Massachusetts

Hi Rob,

Bite SMS functionality

Apple created themes(replaces springboard)

Better contact blacklisting

Regards,

John S

Hi Rob

I would like to see Apple have pass-cods for the photo app and the text message app and any other app you Decide to have pass code/word for

Regards,

Sharde

Relative to my wishes for iOS8:

1) I'll vote for custom keyboards - or maybe they could fiddle with the caps key again😱 nooooooo!

2) Now that your caller mentioned it - a darker low light mode would be good - and maybe an auto-removal of full white transition screens!

3) I'd like to see them fix the control panel so that it's the same layout in both orientations.

Regards,

-Dan

Hey Rob. Thought I would let you know that if your iPad is jailbroken, you can download a tweak called OS experience that will allow you to run two apps simultaneously on a split screen. Now you don't have to wait until iOS eight is released.

Regards,

Blind Joe

Hi Rob,

Regarding running 2 apps side by side. I would love this feature because when I'm running Pocketmoney and Moneywiz I'm constantly switching back and forth.

Regards,

Bob

Hamilton, Ontario.

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20:12

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/05/see-what-ios-looks-like-running-

on-a-4-7-inch-apple-iphone-6

Thanks to Michael for this next one.

Folks Are you curious on how iOS might look on a 4.7 Inch iPhone 6 - well there is a new video that shows what iOS could look like running on said 4.7-inch iPhone. The video is a simulation that shows iOS 7.1 running on a 4.7-inch “iPhone 6″ mockup. Which ok - technically when the iPhone 6 comes out - the lowest level of iOS it will run would be iOS 8.0 - so technically it is not even possible. But iOS 7 and iOS 8 will look very much the same - so turn off the reality police for this simulation.

Based on the rumors of a 4.7 inch display - that could mean the iPhone 5S resolution of 640 x 1136 would be bumped up to 960 x 1704. Now one thing I take issue with in this simulation is they still have it 4 apps across - my feeling is with a larger 4.7 inch display - Apple would go to 5 apps across on the home screen and 6 apps up and down above the dock. So going from 20 app icons above the dock to 30 app icons. A nice 50% increase in apps above the dock.

21:43

https://trove.com/me/content/KaDQN?

chid=7298&_p=trending&utm_source=wp&utm_medium=Widgets&utm_campaign=

wpsrTrendingExternal-1-opt

Thanks to John McG - for this next one - which is an article titled - Apple's iPhone 6 will have this Revolutionary Feature - which is the A8 processor which this article says will be produced not by Sammy - but rather TSMC and would use their 20 nanometer process - vs the current 28 nanometer process. They speculate by making this change Apple could just about double the number of transistors on the same size die. This would mean a more powerful processor using less power. They say it would actually rival some processors found in notebooks and low cost desktops.

Now while I do agree that this is not only possible - but also very likely - I don't think improvements in Processor specs will bring in new users - at least not in mass - tech specs are confusing for many - and Apple does not or has not tried to sell on specs - it just does not work for the masses - what does work is examples of what you can do with said power in your pocket. And how Apple spins that increase in performance in a way mainstream users can get it - will be a good indication on how well sales will go. But if Apple starts doing ads mentioning Transistor count or density - look out - they are heading for a fall. Which I don't think they will do by the way.

23:09

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/20/nfc-mobile-payments/

Hey time for a new segment - but what to call this segment.

Well lets get into the email bag.

Hi Rob,

This rumor just doesn't seem to die, reminds me of the black knight!

Regards,

Jason H

Hi Jason - Brilliant - we will call it the Its Just a flesh wound segment.

PLAY - JUST A FLESH WOUND CLIP

And this first Rumor that is just a flesh wound per what Jason emailed a link to is the re-emergence of the rumor of NFC being in the next iPhone. Ummmm No!!! NFC - Flash - A Remove able Battery - A SD card slot - and a physical Keyboard are all things we must accept as features that shall not be gracing any future iPhones. So say we all.

23:55

PLAY VOICEMAIL - Jeff_ark_quest_2nd_line

Rob,

I just asked for your feedback on Manilla and you told me what you thought about using that type of financial app. Seems that most people must share your outlook. Below is an email that Manilla sent to me. Fortunately, on your advise, I had only registered a username, but had not used the service. Thanks for your opinion and all the hard work you do.

Guy

Hi Rob,

I have been using Manilla for a while now & really like it- but I just got a notice that it's going away in June. On this note I'm looking for a replacement app to help me keep track of my bills, due dates, balances, etc. if I have to update the info manually I won't end up using it, so I'm looking for an app that will track all my online banking data for me. If anyone out in the TII community has suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Regards,

- jessi

Hi Rob,

On your last show, you had a listener looking for a good app to use with your personal bank account. For the last three or four years, I have been using an app called "Check." It lets you make a list of your bills due and the ability to see how much money you have in your checking and savings account. It also shows a list of transactions for the month. I use it simply to keep track of my finances. I do not use their "pay my bills" feature because of the hefty fees to allow them to write checks for you. I can do that myself thank you. It is a great app to keep track of where you're at. I have had zero problems with it, and their customer service is very helpful.

Oshkosh Josh

Hi Rob,

We should keep in mind and maybe issue a disclaimer with devices that incorporate a "quick" charge.

This could cause overheating and fire/explosion as in the case in china.

This could be rare but buyer beware is in order. Whadya think?

I do know or at least it seems my ihome devices charge quite rapidly with no problems.

Regards,

Mike R

Texas

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plxdevices/legion-meter-

charge-your-smartphone-92-faster

This in regards to the Kickstarter project Legion Meter - that I mentioned on Ep 307 and one I personally funded. And from the FAQ on the Legion Meter's Kickstarter page they have this item for Is It safe? Quote Legion Meter only signals to your device what it is already programmed to do. Charging the lithium battery in mobile devices is handled by a charge management circuit already built inside your phone/tablet. Legion meter does not directly modify the charge current and it is as safe as any other USB port connection. unquote

Well Mike - if they are being legit in their comments - and it does appear they are - then you should not have any issues to worry about - They are not over charging - they are charging at the max allowable rate - per the built in circuitry in your iOS device. Now of course if they are lying about this - then they likely are going to just take our money and run anyway - so the overcharging issue will not be an issue - if we don't get a product - but if we do get a product - I would expect it to work as advertised - and that is where it allows for max current for charging - as currently iOS devices will limit charging current based on the type of charger connected.

PLAY VOICEMAIL - Tim_Chi_iStick_fdbk

31:05

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/woodforddesign/quickdraw-

cable-for-iphone-and-ipad

PLAY VOICEMAIL from Tim_part2_quickdraw

Thanks Tim for the heads up on QuickDraw Cable - with quickdraw being one word. This is in Kickstarter and has until Friday May 23rd at 3:21 PM CT for funding - so this one will be over by the time many of you hear this episode. Sorry.

This one had a goal of 10,000 Pounds - and has raised over 38,000 pounds - So it is funded. Pricing for this is $25 dollars or $18 euros for 1 quickdraw cable.

The description on this is quote

At last the cable that your iPhone and iPad deserve. High quality, elegant, functional and with a lifetime guarantee. unquote.

Some of the features -

Woven cable for strength and to reduce tangling
Built in magnetic cable tidy
Compatible with all Lightning equipped 8 pin iPhones, iPads and iPods
Apple MFI Certified
1 metre / 3+ feet long
Lifetime guarantee

That last item they are saying to guarantee it to work with future Apple OS updates - as you may know - not all cables kept working after iOS 7 came out.

Search for Quickdraw - one word at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 308.

33:11

http://www.favientertainment.com/Projectors-p/j6-led-pico.htm

Hi Rob,

Just wondering if you or the listeners could recommend a good pico projector that works with the iPhone/MBA/iPad. I need one for work where I may have to make a quick presentation on the spot without any notice.

The main features I want are as follows:

At least 2 hours of battery life (in case I want to watch a movie :) ). My presentations usually don't last more than 15-30 mins.

Small enough to fit in your pocket or at the very least in a backpack pocket.

Prefer to work with apple products using Airplay or some other wireless connectivity method so I don't have to hook up.

I have never owned a projector and always used the big clunky ones for previous needs. Don't want to tote around something that big and don't always have an AC outlet nearby when presenting. I recently saw a Favi Pico J6 (link below) that looked very promising but it is so new I can't really find a lot of feedback on it yet.

As always love the show and appreciate what you do.

Regards,

Don from Guntersville, AL

34:43

http://www.imore.com/verizon-flips-switch-700-mhz-enhanced-xlte

Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this next one - which is about XLTE.

If you are a verizon customer and have an iPhone 5S or 5C - Well Verizon has this message for you quote Verizon's XLTE is official and it is bringing double the bandwidth to dozens of cities across the United Sates. The enhanced-LTE service uses Verizon's AWS spectrum to double the speeds previously available unquote.

Now mind you double LTE speed for Verizon customers - means they basically get up to par with what AT&T and T-Mobile customers had already for speeds. Ok that said - depending on where you live - Verizon may smoke AT&T and vice versa.

But either way once you are in the 20 MBps speed range or greater - you really will not see much real world difference - unless you are timing the download of large media files - and really - much faster XLTE just means a shorter period of time to blow through your data cap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfJ2Eb_y3s

35:45

PLAY VOICEMAIL - Holly_AZ_quest_client_management App

Hi Rob,

I am having a issue with the volume on my iPhone 4s. For a while now I can't get the volume loud enough on my ear piece speaker so I can hear a phone conversation. I've made sure the speaker is clean. I've never dropped the phone. But I think I first noticed it after updating to ios 7 I do have the latest 7.1.1. I believe this is a software issue you may have discussed in the past. Any help would be great. Thank you and I love the show.

Regards,

Rodney for Richmond VA.

Hi Rob,

This is Gulzar from Abu Dhabi. I am a regular listener of your podcast for several years.

I wonder why I haven't come across any technology analysts or 'Apple Guessers' predicting Apple TV's future as a gaming device.

It is pretty obvious to me that the future of AppleTV is in gaming. When Apple releases the next version of Apple TV, it will be revealed as a gaming device that rivals X-box and playstation. With the gaming industry growing at a fast rate, Apple must find it quite attractive. There may not be any dedicated games on it right now, but I bet Apple are working closely with makers of online games to release games for Apple TV.

The processor in iPhone 5s was proved to be great for gaming. This was demonstrated during the keynote address. It will be easy for Apple to target the gaming market with its Apple TV; which will also function as a media streaming device.

Now, lets see if this prediction pans out.

Regards,

Gulzar

PLAY VOICEMAIL - ART_CA_Quest_iTunes_library_2_computers

40:49

http://absinthejailbreak.com/ios-7-1-1-finally-jailbroken/

Thanks to quite a few of you to the links on this next one - which is word that in the lab - iOS 7.1.1 is jailbroken - Mind you jailbroken in the lab is a far cry from having an untethered jailbreak for mass consumption - but it is a big step in the right direction.

And mind you in the past when an exploit this late in the game is discovered - the Dev team has been known to sit on it and hope that exploit is still there in the next major release of iOS - in this case iOS 8 in the fall.

So I would say there is a chance even if an untethered jailbreak is possible - it might not come until we are at a point where iOS 8 beta's are out for testing - actually - there is almost no chance it will be available before the first iOS 8 beta is released - which should be on or around June 9th.

Yeah - the more I think about it - it may be that iOS 7.1.x and higher never get a jailbreak.

42:46

http://www.cnet.com/news/before-you-buy-an-iphone-from-

virgin-mobile-read-this/

Thanks to Dr. John for this next one.

And it is a CNET post titled - quote Before you buy an iPhone from Virgin Mobile, read this unquote

From the article quote The hardware is fine, and so is the service. But if your iPhone ever needs replacing, watch out unquote - then the author takes you through many of the issues he had getting a replacement iPhone 5S after shattering the screen on the one he purchased from Virgin Mobile - seems the replacement from the Apple store would not activate on Virgin Mobile - and he goes through a list of frustrations. So this is an article if you were thinking of going with Virgin Mobile - well you might want to think again or make sure you get a Ballistic or other protective case.

43:36

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/05/13/apple-releases-ios-

human-interface-guidelines-on-ibookstore

Thanks to Dr John for this next one.

quote Apple on Tuesday made an iPad-friendly version of its latest iOS Human Interface Guidelines reference material available to the public as a free download through the iBookstore. unquote - this from an article over on Apple Insider.

So if you are a dev or in training to be dev - you will want to check out this iBook which covers general design and content rules - understanding Apples guidelines here - will greatly help in getting your app through and approved in the App review process.

The iBook is of course free and you can download it now.

44"49

PLAY VOICEMAIL - JD_power_fdbk

Hi Rob,

I've bounced from Apples Podcast app to Downcast, Pocket Casts & Castro. I've spent the last year with Apple but when Pocket Casts updated to 4.5 last week I thought I'd give it a go. I have very restrictive settings for wifi only & no streaming however using Pocket Casts last week, my data wheel span constantly & my iPhone 5 ran HOT for the 1st time ever. Castro 1.1 dropped yesterday & the improvements & super simple use have made it super cool. You can now constantly play podcasts & the wifi only lock down is brilliant. I still love the Apple Podcast app but this 1 is my app of choice (for now). Keep making us dream of an Android free world!

Cheers

Craig

Liverpool

Hi Rob,

A nice Youtube client I use is called MxTube for YouTube by Mingjie Niu. It allows you to download videos for offline use and even has background playback of audio. Some nice features include the ability to log into your YouTube account, access your subscriptions and add offline videos to playlists. It also has a clean looking iOS7 design. The app is universal and free. There is an optional one time in-app purchase for $1.99 to remove ads.

Regards,

Jordan from Massachusetts

Hi Rob,

I've just heard people shared the choice of an iOS app to watch YouTube offline and I want to contribute to this list the app I really like for this purpose.

It calls McTube

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mctube-for-youtube/id652124176?mt=8

There is a little story about this app - it was once stripped off its YouTube video cashing feature due to a Google's complain. At least it was its developer explanation. As you can imagine its users went ballistic because it was the whole point of downloading and purchasing its paid version in a first place.

The current version does have its feature back and it's really easy to use. Sometimes I find it even a better option to watch YouTube in general because it has a sound volume slider, for some odd reason the Google's app for YT does not have it -:)

Artyom,

FREEDOMPOP REPORT FROM WEEKEND CHESSTOURNAMENT

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51:08

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Wed, 14 May 2014

Tii - iTem 0307 - Tim Cook says Beats it to Dr. Dre

Give us a call - 1-206-666-6364

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What Is Tim Cook Thinking? Let’s Read His Mind!

The First Thing Apple Should Do With Beats

Apple's Beats Deal Is Tech's Worst Acquisition, Except For All The Others

Siri security exploit discovered on iPhone

Google+ Community

Apple plans to launch cheaper 8GB version of iPhone 5C to shore up sales in India

Apple plans to match Microsoft Surface with split-screen iPad multitasking in iOS 8

Apple to unveil iPhone 6 in August, earlier than expected

Legion Meter - Kickstarter

iStick - Kickstarter

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Apple, Inc.'s iPad Regains Customer-Satisfaction Crown

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iOS Artwork - iTem 0307 and Episode Transcript

TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 307

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_Backbone.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 KURTLY for sending in the Artwork for today's show. KURTLY wrote the following.

Hey Rob i took this picture of a drawing done by my friends to show their appreciation for the podcast. I took the pic in HDR mode with my iPhone 4 and enhance it with the built-in editor.

Regards,

Kurtly from St.Lucia

KURTLY Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see KURTLY'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 307

- 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.

02:01

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““We’ve all heard countless opinions about whether Apple’s iPad will be a hit. There’s no doubt that the iPad is a slick, sexy device, but I don’t think it will be an overwhelming success. In the end, I think that the iPad will eventually be regarded much like Apple TV – a product that Jobs should have left on the drawing boards.” unquote

Donovan Colbert, Tech Republic, 23 February 2010

This is the type of advice we need to remember next month when Apple introduces iOS 8 - If there is one new feature that all the talking heads pan - that is the one that will be the big hit - Just sayin

For Promo codes - On Ep 306 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the APPS - GRAND CANYON, ANTARCTICA, SAN JACINTO, AND FILES FINDER EDITION - We will be giving out those promo codes sometime this week.

If you would like to learn more about these Apps go back and listen to the beginning of Episode 306 for more details.

03:26

http://recode.net/2014/05/09/what-is-tim-cook-thinking-lets-

pretend-we-can-read-his-mind/

What I was going to start this episode title out as was a tough call - Was it the Beats go on. A bad Beats, Apple Beats to the sound of its own Drummer, No One Beats Apple, But really I felt Tim Cook says Beats it to Dr. Dre. was the best well from an SEO point of view at least.

This of course is all about Apples reported agreement to buy Beats to the Tune of 3.2 Billion dollars with a B. That is by far the largest acquisition Apple has ever made and actually multiple times bigger then the next closest which was well under 1 Billion dollars. For people like Google and Facebook - this is Yawn just a mid-size at best acquisition. But for Apple this is huge. As soon as the news on this broke and by news I mean - Rumors followed by a Facebook video of Dr. Dre saying he is the first HipHop Billionaire. Dr.Dre and Jimmy Iovine - own 75% of Beats - 25% is was owned by HTC - if you remember a few years ago - HTC paid 300 Mil for 50% stake in Beats then in mid 2012 - Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine purchased back half of that 50% for 150 Mil. Getting them up to 75% ownership. A pretty good buy back. Dr.Dre and Jimmy Iovine's shares each are now worth 1.2Billion on that rumored $3.2 Bil sales price - which matches up well with the Dr. Dre's comments about being the first HipHop Billionaire. Congrats to both Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine - obviously this is great deal for both of them.

Oh yeah back to the part - as soon as the news broke on this - a lot of the tech press jumped on one side of the fence or the other - with This is great Yeah Apple or This is horrible - what was Apple thinking.

I look at it like this - Beats is rumored to have had about 1.5 Billion in Revenue last year - if that is true or close to true - than the $3.2 Billion is a steal. Google spent the same amount for Nest - and nests Revenue is microscopic in comparison - Same with Facebook and What's app. Apple purchased a great brand - a status symbol - something that is cool - and something generating a good deal of Revenue at a good margin. From a financial point of view - it looks and smells like a good deal. I worked for Dover Corp - and it was as conservative a company as there is especially when it came to acquisitions - and based on the Revenue to Purchase price multiple it is better than some Dover did. Again that is an old school conservative manufacturing company. So fiscally it looks like a good deal - and marketing wise it looks good.

Per anything - else - does it really matter - if apple gets anything out of Beats Audio subscription service - that is just gravy - but current reports show that the number of registered users is microscopic compared to iTunes users. some reports saying <150,000 registered users.

At the end of the day I think it was a good acquisition that might also just be a boring acquisition - not all acquisitions need to be about what might happen in the future and made at 100 to 1,000 times revenue multiples - It is ok to make a nice conservative <3x multiple acquisition that fits with your current business. And that is what this seems to be. Plus it also open up speculation on what Apples next acquisition might be - Anyone Say Netflix. Ok - maybe not. But they should have done that 2 years ago when the Market cap was almost 1/10th were it is and before Carl Ichan got involved with them - which is probably enough right there to keep Apple out of Netflix.

Also did some digging into past episodes where I mentioned Beats Headphones - back in early December 2013 ep 290 when talking about black Friday shopping and survey's - quoting myself quote Info scouts results are based on survey's of 3,000 shoppers at target on Thanksgiving and Blackfriday and what they found was Number item purchased with 8.2% of target sales was the iPad Air 16GB wifi. #2 with 7.5% of sales was the iPad Mini 16 GB wifi. and Taking the bronze in 3d place was the iPad Air 32 GB wifi with 2.4% of Sales. #4 was beats headphones at 2.4% as well. Nothing else was over 2%. unquote. So interesting at least at Target now Apple would have had the top 4 most desired items for last Christmas.

http://gizmodo.com/the-first-thing-apple-should-do-with-

beats-1574041169

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2014/05/10/apples-

beats-deal-is-techs-worst-acquisition-except-for-all-the-others/

09:32

http://technology.canoe.ca/Mobile/News/2014/05/06/21653341.html

Thanks to Chris W and quite a few others for this next story.

Which is about another exploit in iOS 7.1.1 - this time it is about getting access to a users contact list.

The exploit was a discovered by Sherif Hashim, and works with the Siri service available from the lock screen. Activate Siri and give her instructions to make a call or send a text, followed by inputting a single letter and selecting "other" from the available options, You can then gain access to the full contents of the device's contact list. Some articles said you could get access to text messages and emails - I did not see that as remotely possible.

Anyway add this to last weeks issue of Un-encryped email enclosures and it makes the arrival of iOS 7.1.2 an almost certainty before the end of the month and the start of WWDC - maybe even out by the time you hear this episode.

Seems like Apple may have taken their eye off of iOS 7.x and put all their good people on iOS 8 - hmmm wonder if this means iOS 8 is going to be a major update. Ok - that is just the Fan boy in me spinning it.

10:58

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13:09

VoiceMail - Answer_App_pdownloader

Hi Rob,

I believe a listener (John) was asking if there was an App that would allow you to watch YouTube Videos Offline on an iPod Touch which can only run iOS 6, well happy to say there is, the App is called ' Instatube - Best Player for YouTube ' by a Company called HQ Media, in the UK App Store it is £1.49 (so at a guess around $2.50), you can watch videos through the App, but also gives you the ability to Cache it onto your Device so you can watch it at a later date without the need for an Internet connection. I have to give the kudos to my son Callum who found this app, and he uses it all the time, in that he will download a YouTube Video on his iPhone and then watch it on the train on his way to school and not have to worry me with the possibility of him going over his Data cap.

I hope this is the sort of app John's after.

Kind regards

Mark T

Quarry Bank

UK.

Hi Rob - some apps to download youtube videos include:

Instatube

and

Instatube 2

Regards,

Paul H

VoiceMail - Jonathan_answer_app_download_videos

15:46

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

We are now well over 700 members in our Google+ community and growing.

Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.

One questions in the G+ community this past week came from -

Joe V - who was asking in the comments for Ep 305 about the Wifi Hot spot called the Photon Platinum and I mentioned that was just $31 and change delivered from FreedomPop - Well it seems some others had issues finding it at least at that price - and it looks like this is an issue of where you live - in some places it is available because WiMax - Sprints original 4G network is available - and in those cases like for me - it is listed under devices at $24.99 - but if you live in an area not covered by 4G wimax - then it is listed at $99 if it is listed at all. Also thanks to Jeff B, John H, Kirk G, Rick C and Tariq F - for friending me on FreedomPop - my email is todayinios at gmail dot com - friending me - and me accepting means we both get an extra 50 MB - so if you do join FreedomPop - make sure to friend me.

Per the community this past week there were dozens and dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Google+ community - and all in an Android bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.

oh and last week I did drop my guard for a minute and let a spammer through the gates - thanks to those that let me know - he was quickly kicked out our garden and blocked from ever coming back in. But it is back to spam free again - I hope.

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

And thanks to all 700+ of you already in the community and contributing.

17:52

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/apple-

plans-to-launch-cheaper-8gb-version-of-iphone-5c-to-shore-

up-sales-in-india/articleshow/34988508.cms

Back on Ep 300 we talked about how a couple of countries were getting the iPhone 5C 8 GB version. Well now comes word that the 8GB 5C is going to make its way to India. Not really surprising news - that is one of the BRIC countries and those are the ones Apple has to be more aggressive on pricing to gain any real market share. The 8 GB 5C never made it to the US and likely never will or at least not for a long time.

18:34

http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/13/apple-plans-to-match-

microsoft-surface-with-split-screen-ipad-multitasking-in-ios-8/

Now we are talking some good iOS 8 rumor - finally - And that is for the iPad - Apple will introduce split screen mode. Where two apps can work at the same time. So you could in theory have the Twitter and Facebook up at the same time - because you have no life. Well not real life - just a virtual life.

If nothing else - I like this feature because well it screws up all the Ads from Sammy and Microsoft slamming the iPad for not being able to do it.

It is rumored if this feature is introduced in iOS 8 - it would only work in Landscape mode - which makes sense. I wonder if that means the apps would default down to their iPhone versions if they are universal apps. Two iOS apps in Portrait mode would fit next to each other nicely in landscape mode on an iPad.

That would be cool to have the Bossjock app next to say safari or evernote. I could read my show notes as I record. That would be cool.

I am sure we will think of other great features - just think of two iPhone apps you would like to have running next to each other.

Ahh at last a rumor for iOS 8 that if it does not come to be on June 2nd I can say I will be truly bummed about.

20:25

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-unveil-iphone-6-

august-040909852.html

This next one really does not fit in the rumor section - but since we don't have a flying pink Elephant section - I guess it will go here this time.

And that is per the latest rumor that the iPhone 6 will be out in August - Ummmm - Noo!!

Why do I say no - because the same rumor happened last year and the year before. Actually every year there is a rumor that the iPhone will launch 1 or 2 months before what most people think will happen.

I would expect the iPhone 6 or what ever it or they will be called - they is probably a better phrase as there will likely be multiple versions - they will be launching right around the end of September again. And once more that goes back to US carriers getting Apple locked in this 2 year product cycle that is sync'd to end users 2 year contracts.

21:39

VoiceMail - Saleem_iOS8_new_features

Number one - the aforementioned Split screen mode for two apps running side by side on an iPad.

Number two - Ability to install custom keyboards for use with any stock apps and any 3rd party apps that will allow them.

Number three - Ability to password lock any app on your iOS device.

Hi Rob,

I'm sitting in the airport at LAX and just discovered quite by accident that AT&T raised their app download cap to 100MB. Not sure if you need to be on LTE (which I'm on) or if it will work on 4G. That was a pleasant surprise, especially since I can download Leo's Fortune and play around with it on the plane.

Thanks,

Lou V

VoiceMail - Tim_question_AppleTV_siri

25:55

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plxdevices/legion-

meter-charge-your-smartphone-92-faster

Thanks to Michael - for the heads up on this next one.

Which is a kickstarter project called Legion Meter. Which the folks offering describe as Quote

A USB multimeter with integrated OLED display designed to accelerate your smartphone or tablet's charge speed up to 92% faster.

Unquote

Goal on this one was just $10,000 - which is nice to see that low - they have already raised over $157,000 of which $39 came from me - But sorry you will need to pledge $49 as the $39 and $44 levels are gone. Delivery of these will be in October and November - hopefully by then I will have my SOS Charger.

What is cool about this is not only does it allow you to see how much power your device is pulling when charging it also allows you to see how many miliWhat Hours of charge it required to max off your device. Thus letting you know what your current capacity is.

Oh it also helps speed up charging by allowing more current to flow to the device. Apple restricts the level of charging to some devices for non-apple chargers - it looks like this gets around that - with their accelerated charging mode or so they claim.

This project has until Jun 19th 2014 at 10:31 AM CT for you to get in on.

Now I do not fund many of these projects - I would go broke if I funded each project I talked about - but this one I funded as soon as I went to the site. I have a pass through meter right now that has LED's that tell you roughly how much power is being drawn when it is charging a device - but most importantly when that power level drops to zero you know the device is fully charged. The Legion Meter will tell you that a whole bunch more. It really looks like a cool geeky device and one I hope to tell you more about in October.

Search for Legion Meter in Kickstarter or in the show notes for Ep 307.

And an update already - they added a feature to allow for either Quick accelerate charge or data passthrough. So if you want to do a sync during a regular charging - you can - or if you want the accelerated charging - because you gotta get out the house and want every last bit of charge - well you can do that too.

28:46

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/isticktm-usb-

flash-drive-with-lightning-for-iphone

Hi Rob

I bought a 16gb iStick. Will let you know how I like it when I receive the product.

Steve from Arizona

Hi Rob

I just backed the iStick on Kickstarter. Have you seen it? It's a USB stick on one side and a lightning plug on the other, for transferring files to and from your iPad, from a Mac or PC.

Pretty expensive but looks genius! Why Apple hasn't made one already is crazy.

It raised its funding goal of $100,000 in just over 2 hours and most of the early bird specials were gone by the time I signed up, so had to go for the 8GB one. Apparently will ship in August. Fingers crossed...

Regards,

Danielle

Pemberton, BC

Steve and Danielle - thanks for pointing out this one - and thanks to others that pointed it out as well. This project had an aggressive goal of 100k as Danielle mentioned - and it is already past 350k and it has until Jun 17th at 2:00 AM CT for funding - so this one could easily break through a million dollars.

Per what is available for funding now - the $79 unit with is a black or white iStick with 8GB of storage. or the $99 16 GB version or the $129 32 GB version, the $179 64 GB version and about 400 of the $249 early bird special of the 128 gb version. That last one goes up to $299 when those 400 or less early bird versions are gone.

If you watch the video what you see is them saying it works with a special free app for iOS - which looks to be called iStick. My question is will that free app also work with other USB thumb drives - so if you were to take your $29 USB camera connection kit for lightning - and plug in a 8 GB USB thumb drive - of which I have a few - would it work with them. I tried out some of the free apps in the App store that kind of sorta looked like they might work from the description - and none did - but once the iStick app comes out - I will definitely try it out and see if that app works with what I have already. I will also keep trying other apps in the App store - and if anyone finds one that works with their camera connection USB to lightening cord - and a USB thumb drive - please let me know.

For now is you want to order one of the iSticks - search for iStick at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 307.

One thing to point out - is that this device is not something you can put Apps / Games on to - it is for Movies - Photos - Music - i.e. Media files - and also documents - PDF's Word excel and those type of docs. But not Apps - repeat not Apps. I just want to make sure everyone knows that before buying this - as I had one person already mention they wanted it for Games.

32:17

http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/annex-collection/drifter-

medium-laptop-backpack/

I have me a new toy - well actually a new bag for my toys. STM was nice enough to send me the new Drifter Medium Laptop Backpack. I got the Red one - I like bright colors for my Laptop bags - makes it easier to see when you walk away from it or if god forbid someone else walks away with it.

This is now my around town bag. when taking the kids to swimming lessons or Chess tournaments or swim meets. It has a nice padded pocket for my 15" macbook pro and another for an iPad. Plus lots of rooms for other items inside and as with all STM bags lots of different pockets that are really well thought out. And what I really like about this bag it has a water proof Rain cover that is stowed away until it rains and then you can cover the whole bag - which if you are at an outside event in Kansas could be at any moment.

It has pockets at the top that are soft lined for iPhones - and well now also my FreedomPop Wifi Hotspot. Yup I am all set for this weekend chess tournament. I can put a few bags of chips and cookies in the back pack, take some water bottles and my laptop and one of the iPads. Plus the wifi hotspot, Power cords and an extension cord and a few other accessories - I am all set.

Thanks STM for the bag to try out and folks look for the link in the show notes for Ep 307 titled - Annex - Drifter Medium Laptop Backpack - STM Bags. If you have a laptop and kids and kids events - this is the perfect around town bag.

34:15

VoiceMail - Free_tappyPromo

Hi Rob,

Voice Dream is an app that reads text to you. It reads web sites, pdf's, ebooks and magazines while you drive or pretend to be listening to your significant other.

I have been using this app for about two years and have been pretty happy with it. But now with this last upgrade the app move up to fantastic status.

The big change is the new Ivona voices that are available as in-app purchases.

Voice Dream has a free version but if you are serious about listening to ebooks and such you need to purchase the paid version.

The Ivona voices are $4.99 and worth every cent. The quality of the voice and the ability to read text with human inflection is amazing.

I also subscribe to Audible to get actor performance level presentation. With books that will never be on audible Voice Dream is the way to go.

Regards,

Bob B

Rob,

I've been hearing about a bill tracking app called Manilla.

Have you or any users used this app and how safe is it, really?

You have to allow it to have access to you financial institutions.

I like the functionality it promises, but don't want to do anything stupid that would open me up to identity theft.

Thanks for all you do,

Keep up the great work.

Listener since episode 1,

Guy W

37:35

http://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/2504bl/slow_clap/

Hi Rob,

Once again the jailbreak community shows that it can be faster and more efficient than Apple.

Regards,

Max C

And Max is talking about the Jailbreak tweak - AttachmentEncryptor - one word of course.

It is a fix for the iOS 7 mail attachment encryption bug - with bug in this case meaning not encrypted. And the fix is it is now encrypted.

38:08

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/05/10/apple-

incs-ipad-regains-customer-satisfaction-crow.aspx

Thanks to those that sent in this next one - which went right to the back of the show - because well I think last time I said I was done with JD powers - if you remember last time they did their consumer survey for tablets - some how they had Sammys Galaxy beat the iPad - forget for a moment that the iPad out scored the Galaxy in every category but one - Price - but in everything else related to consumer satisfaction - the iPad killed the Galaxy Tablet - yet somehow the iPad came in second - If you looked at the scoring in the different categories last time the Galaxy tab had 4 out of 5 stars or LESS and usually less in each category - but some how had an overall rating of 5 stars. Huhhhh?

and I remember saying it was not consumer satisfaction survey as much as price satisfaction or something like that. I mean under that logic a Kia would have a better rating than a Tesla. Anyway - new survey is out and JD Powers kinda seen the error of their ways and corrected their algorithm to put the iPad back in first place for consumer satisfaction over all once again. And yes - when you through out the price part of the equation - the iPad trounced the Galaxy tab.

Still - that they had to tweak their algorithm to get the iPad back on top - proves it is not very scientific - of course we new that last time when an overall score of 5 out 5 was achieved with not one category have 5 out 5 stars - or actually power circles. Clearly - they don't even know how to do basic averaging.

40:07

VoiceMail - Jim_feedback_google_voice

VoiceMail - Ed_answer_google_voice

Hi Rob. I've used Downcast, Pocket Casts and the Apple Podcast app pretty extensively and Downcast is my favorite by far. It has the most options for sorting and playback.

One of the things that's sets it apart is a great feature called "import media files" which allows the user to import audio and video files that may exist outside of any podcast feed. This makes Downcast both pod catcher and media downloader, eliminating the need for a separate audio/video downloading app.

Pocket Casts is prettier, but not quite as feature rich.

As for Apple's podcasts app, personally I would only recommend it for people who want a free option.

Regards,

- Jordan from Massachusetts

Hi Rob.

You might want to alert your listeners to this.

You might get an email asking to update your iTunes account. Don't do it, it's a scam. Look at the senders name. It is iTnues, not iTunes.

Bob B

Hamilton, Ontario

Hi Rob,

From reading around I don't think the following issue is device or iOS version specific, but for the record I have an iPod Touch 5th gen, a trusty iPad 2 and an iPhone 5S all running iOS 7.1.1, but this problem only occurs on the iPhone.

When I enter the App Store and attempt to update any app or apps, it prompts me for my Apple ID and password. Every time. Touch ID for Purchases is enabled and the correct Apple ID is in Settings > iTunes & App Store. The iPad and iPod don't keep asking.

Ideas?

Regards,

Alf Crofts

Hi Alf - I know for me at least on iOS 7.1.1 - for any devices I checked - it prompted me for my Apple ID and password each time - well the password at least - it put in the apple ID on its own. For the iPhone 5S - the first time after a restart or where it has been a while for a download - it asked for the password - but after that the prompt was just for touch ID. But if anyone else has any other thoughts / experiences like this let us know - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog. Or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.

VoiceMail - Jessi_google_voice_account

45:47

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

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Thu, 8 May 2014

Tii - iTem 0306 - Fred Wilson says dumb things - Again

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Today's Sponsor - Lynda.com/tii

Apple Claims to be aware of email attachment issue in iOS 7.1.1

IPhone bug leaves emails vulnerable

Your iPhone Passcode May Not Be As Effective As You Think

Andreas Kurtz: What Apple Missed to Fix in iOS 7.1.1

Fred Wilson Thinks That By 2020, Apple Won't Be A Top Tech Company Anymore

Venture capitalist Fred Wilson sees Apple going nowhere by 2020

G+ Community

When Hitting ‘Find My iPhone’ Takes You to a Thief’s Doorstep

Before Apple's iPhone was too small, it was too "monstrously" big

Images of alleged white and silver iPhone 6 dummy unit surface

Reviewing the latest rumors

iOS 8: What Can We Expect? - MobiDev

One-Time Samsung Lawyer Admits that Samsung Couldn't Tell the Truth if their Lives depended on it

The Great Smartphone War: Vanity Fair

TTi-100 - Kickstarter

Touch ID for iPhone 6, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 3 | iMore

Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

Files - Finder Edition

OverCast

Second Line

BiteSMS - Cydia

ShowCase - Cydia

iTouchSecure - Cydia

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Wed, 7 May 2014

iOS Artwork - iTem 0306 and Episode Transcript

TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 306

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_Aton And Eve.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 PAM for sending in the Artwork for today's show. PAM wrote the following.

Hi Rob! This is a picture of the Sample Gates at Indiana University taken on my husband's iPhone4S, which I transferred to my iPhone5 on which I used the App "Phonto" to add the text and to crop it.

Regards,

Pam Bessler

Bloomington, Indiana

PAM Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see PAM'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 306

- 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.

02:08

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Who’s going to buy an Apple iPad? Well, not you or me, anyway – not this version, not at $600-800.

It’s not going to revolutionize anything, it’s not going to replace netbooks, but it will find large and devoted audiences, particularly after the price drops and some features get added. unquote

Bruce Beris, bruceb consulting, 4 February 2010

In response to that we have the following quote Really, not a bad analysis, except for the part about being wrong and completely missing the biggest technology shift of our generation. unquote

Also Bruce Beris, bruceb consulting, 14 March 2010 - He's Just sayin

03:02

For Promo codes - On Ep 305 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the iBook Purgatory - 13 Tales of the Macabre . We will be giving out those promo codes sometime this week.

If you would like to learn more about this iBook go back and listen to the beginning of Episode 305 for more details.

This week we have promo codes for a few apps - the first 3 are for the apps Grand Canyon, ANTARCTICA AND SAN JACINTO. And Here is the review from the Dev - PLAY PROMO CODE FOR GRAND CANYON - Thanks to the Larry for his review of his APPS and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for one of these apps - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put either GRAND CANYON or ANTARCTICA OR SAN JACINTO in the subject line. notice the use of the word OR.

Grand Canyon app - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grand-canyon-

rafting-colorado/id452174804?ls=1&mt=8

JoSara MeDia - http://www.josaramedia.com

Antarctica app - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/antarctica-standing-

on-bottom/id596141129?mt=8

San Jacinto app - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/san-jacinto/id630223844?mt=8

The fourth app we have promo codes for is the App - FILES FINDER EDITION. This is an iPad only App - And per the description quote If you have to name one app which you miss most on your iPad, what would that be? Well, if you use and love your iPad as much as we do, then it ought to be “Explorer” for Windows users and “Finder” for the ones who are coming from Mac World. To understand it in one sentence, 'FILES' is just that. The same familiar interface, convenience and usability of Finder, right on your iPad. It is not just an explorer but a complete file/media organization tool along with Documents and Excel editing capabilities. unquote

Thanks to the devs 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 FINDER in the subject line.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/files-finder-edition/id733259837?mt=8

As Always - just send in one email for one specific App. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple apps in a single email - then well - No Soup for you. Oh I missed saying that.

06:28

http://modmyi.com/content/14694-apple-claims-aware-email-

attachment-encryption-issue-ios-7-1-1.html

Good Morning Rob,

I have heard over and over this morning about a security breach with the e-mail attachments with the new IOS 7.1.1.

Can you tell me if this is true? or is it just hype? If it's true, is it only with e-mails or with text messages as well? Yes, I've googled this subject, and as expected, found some articles on it, but I figured I'd find articles on anything that gives bad news about Apple.

Thank you.

Beth

Well first thanks to Chris in London and others for sending in links on this one. Which is kind of a confirmation for an upcoming release of iOS 7.1.2 - well ok it is about an issue with email attachment encryption in iOS 7.1 and 7.1.1 and other recent releases of iOS 7.x - and the issue is there is no extra encryption of attachments like Apple said there was.

Now if you do not passcode protect your iOS device - this is non-story for you - as to exploit this - the lets call them the "bad men" - would need to physically have possession of your device - and if they had yours with out a passcode - well then they would not need to use this exploit. For those that don't lock down your iOS drive - your can tune out for a couple of minutes or so.

How does this exploit work - well it seems attachments to email are not encrypted and if you can get access to an iOS device file system you could find those attachments. To get that access with out the passcode - means you need to put the phone into DFU mode and access via SSH - this does require getting past the passcode using passcode bypassing software or performing a jailbreak on the device.

CNN called this a major security issue - I would say it is a bug that will be patched in iOS 7.1.2 - if you are someone that has email attachments with the next crop report for oranges and you have a large holding in Frozen concentrated orange juice futures - well then for you - you might want to upgrade to an iPhone 5S or iPad Air - as those devices don't allow access to the file system.

The hacker I mean security expert that discovered this said he reported it to Apple and then when iOS 7.1.1. came out and he saw that Apple had not listened to him about the seriousness of this - he became sad - and when German Security experts are sad they put up blog posts detailing how to exploit security vulnerabilities. And when blog posts about exploiting iOS vulnerabilities are put up major news outlets eventually report on it - And when major news outlets report about security vulnerabilities in iOS then bad guys learn of new security vulnerabilities - When Bad guys learn about Security vulnerabilities they use said vulnerabilities - and when said bad guys use said vulnerabilities - Apple releases a patch. And then German Security Experts are no longer sad. Don't let your German security experts be sad - Apple just patch the bug.

Again - I don't consider this a "major" security bug - A major security issue is where email can be read mid stream or accessed remotely. Which again this is not - even though some blog posts make it sound that way.

That said this is one that made it on to CNN which means it is a pretty public security issue - You can go and look at the links in the show notes for more info on this. And yes if you are in Government or Corporate world this is an issue you need to know about. The work around now - Get an iPhone 5S or don't send secure info as an attachment to iOS devices or don't let your iOS devices get stollen or a combo there of. Or look for iOS 7.1.2 coming to a download near you very soon.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/06/technology/security/

apple-email-bug/index.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/iphone-

passcode-email-security_n_5274772.html

http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/2014/04/what-apple-missed-

to-fix-in-ios-711.html

10:45

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-tech-investor-fred-wilson-133159247.html

This next one will be a future how wrong were they - and actually it is by someone who has to be at times the dumbest VC in america - Fred Wilson. This is the guy a couple of years ago pushing start ups to develop first for Android then iOS. A stance pretty much everyone today agrees is stupid and well a few years ago was really stupid. Well this is not to rehash old stupidity from Fred - Because if we did that then we would also talk about when he publicly sold all his stock in Apple at $91 and told others to do so. Yeah - with Apple now at $590 a share - how did that work out for you Fred?

Again this is not about Fred's past stupidity - this is to talk about new stupidity from Fred - this time on the stage of Tech Crunch disrupt talking to Michael Arrington. He said by 2020 Apple would not be one of the top three tech companies as far as Market Cap.

His reasoning is Apple is rooted in hardware and all hardware is becoming a commodity item. Except you know when that hardware is from Apple - and is not a commodity but a luxury item.

He said the future is all about the cloud - and Apple is not good in the cloud. Yes - because everyone is so excited to give all their data over to the NSA - ummm I mean google.

Look Fred Wilson has pretty much been an Apple Hater for a long time and an Android fan boy for a long time - Yeah he would not be getting accepted to our Google+ community. And Fred has said some dumb things - but to say Apple will not be one of the top 3 tech companies in 5+ years but Google and Facebook will be - is a stretch at best. Apple is the one that is actually hitting and exceeding their quarterly guidance - Google - 9 out of 10 misses. Facebook - is in a market that shows it is susceptible to fads and changes in users tastes. At least when you look at recent past data and trends - Apple looks to be in a good place for future dominance - and I think Fred completely dismissed that people don't want commoditized hardware - they want the best hardware - something that looks good and feels good when held. If I was going to pick the top 3 tech companies in 2020 - I would pick Apple / Tesla / Netflix - these are three companies with loyal loyal loyal followings.

Plus what Tesla has planned for their Lithium iON battery plant - simply amazing stuff.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/05/05/apple-fred-wilson-arrington/

13:46

VOICEMAIL - Tosin_Answr_Triplog

Hey, Rob I just heard your interview with Steven from Freedom Pop and the one question that I was hoping you would ask is how does this business model of free service work for them? And what's the hook?

Also how do their data plans compare to AT&T's shared 10 GB plan?

Regards,

john

Hi John - I did talk to him about that - but it did not make the cut for the interview - my issue in editing - I did not like how I sounded in that part.

Essentially their business model is a standard freemium model - offer a free offering and get many users to upgrade for a paid service.

If you paid for two years up front - it is $5 a month for unlimited talk and text - 500 MB of data. You can upgrade to higher data plans - but yes if you are using 10 GB of data - than it is not so low cost.

This service is more for those that use in the 0.5 GB to 2 GB range per moth.

Remember as he said in the interview it is $0.025 per MB for data above the 500 MB initial allotment.

In the cases of <2GB of usage the service is much cheaper than AT&T.

Actually for the plan I am on now with AT&T - I would need to use more than 4 GB of Data to make it more expensive than my AT&T plan.

This is a nice offering for those looking for phones for their kids - where they limit their data usage. In those cases - you could spend just $5 a month for their iPhone plan.

Hi Rob,

I Have a question on the Freedom pop hotspot. I was planning on getting the Freedom pop hotspot for the car. We have a decommissioned iPhone our kids use for entertainment while on the road. I’m afraid that it every now and then, while the iPhone is being recharged, and connected to the hotspot using WiFi, it will try to do a WiFi backup (around 3GB), and quickly eat my data plan. The easy thing to do would be to not charge the phones while on the hotspot or to backup to iTunes only, but it will eventually happen.

Maybe Apple could add another layer to the iCloud backup setting which sets which hotspots iPhone will use to backup. If iPhone is capable to do this, I don’t know where to find it.

Manny S

Chicago, Illinois

Hi Manuel,

I would change that phone to only back up via iTunes when plugged in - no wifi backups / syncs.

No real reason for its use to be otherwise - but good point for me to mention on the show - if you are using an older iOS device like this - don't connect back up with iCloud or via Wifi to iTunes. Change it to only sync / back up via a hard line connection to iTunes especially if you plan to use a portable hot spot with limited free bandwidth.

Also someone emailed in about the Freedom Pop Photon Platinum Hot spot - the list price is $99 - but the price you can get it for from them is $24.99 - which I did purchase this past week for a total of $31.98 which included Standard Shipping. I should have it by the next episode. Remember when you do sign up if you get the free 500 MB account to go into billing and turn off Top off option. Which per the last episode in the interview was mentioned as being on by default - and yes it was. Also if you want to friend me - todayinios at gmail dot com - that gets you 50 MB of additional data. I will talk more about the hotspot in future episodes once I get it which is not until the end of this week early next week.

VOICEMAIL - JUSTIN_PA_PART1_Apple_ID

21:30

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

We are now well over 700 members in our Google+ community and growing.

Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.

And for the heads up from Lawrence McFarland who said Quote Between May 4 and 10, Target is offering a free $50 gift card with the purchase of an iPad Air or an iPad Mini with Retina Display. unquote.

Thanks for that heads up Lawrence - which is a nice added bonus for anyone looking to get an iPad for their mom or wife for Mothers day.

One questions in the G+ community this past week came from -

Bruce Paterson - who asked quote Is it just me, or the iPhone 5S' antenna sucks in large buildings?. Eg. Costco. unquote

Well Bruce how good your reception indoors is will depend a lot on the carrier you use for that location - and how close their closest cell tower is and what Frequency they are on - Lower frequencies tend to penetrate buildings better than Higher - if your carrier in your local cell is running at 800 MHz vs 1,9000 for another carrier - then you in theory would get better coverage all other factors being equal - which they never are. There are some indoor locations like Sams club and Costco - that I get great reception - there are others - like church - that I do not. Not that I am checking emails at church or anything - because well it is a dead zone. Overall It really has to do more about who your carrier is and what type of coverage they have in your area and where you are at that time vs local cell sites. But to answer your question no it is not just you - but it is not everybody either.

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

And thanks to all 700+ of you already in the community and contributing.

23:45

Hi Rob!

I have an amazing idea for an app and I was wondering if you and/or audience could give me a few pointers or tips on how to make this thing happen. Links, names of books, websites or anything will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Love the show,

Krisan

Well Krisan - thanks for the nice lead in to today's advertiser which is Lynda dot com. Who is exactly who you need to learn to program and build apps. and if you go to lynda dot com slash tii - that is l y n d a dot com slash tii - you will get a free 7 day trial to their service. They offer over 2,000 high quality video courses taught by industry experts.

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There is a new one released on April 23rd titled Building a Note-Taking App for iOS 7 by Todd Perkins. Which takes you through the whole process of building a specific app. Todd also has the tutorial - Programing for Non-Programmers iOS 7. That was released on April 10th. We are talking about very new and up to date tutorials. There is everything you need to learn how to program and more specifically how to program for an iOS 7 App. These 30 iOS tutorials plus the other 2,000 plus tutorials are ALL available to you for one low monthly fee of just $25.

This is an all you can eat monthly service - Watch anytime and as often as you like from your computer or iOS device. There are Searchable Transcripts read along with closed-captioned transcripts.

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Thanks Lynda for sponsoring this episode and for helping out Krisan. My suggest to Krisan is for you to plan a weeks vacation - Get your Mac ahead of time - yes you need a mac - and then go to Lynda dot com slash tii - and spend a week going through their tutorials - and at the end of the week you will see it is definitely worth sticking around for more tutorials.

26:37

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/us/when-hitting-find-

my-iphone-takes-you-to-a-thiefs-doorstep.html?_r=3

Thanks to all that sent in links about this next story. And really it is an old story well not the exact specifics - which this time involve a 26 year old Yoga instructor named Ms Maguire from West Hollywood. But the basic story is the same as past stories - Person has their iPhone / iPad stollen - Person uses Find my iPhone to locate said iOS device - and then said person defying all logic or personal safety goes to the strangers house in a seedy part of town to confront the person that has their iOS device. Luckily for Ms Maquire - the perp in this story - just handed over her iOS device - but the person could have just as easily grabbed her and dragged her into his house and well This is where the director cuts to a shot of a crow flapping its wings and a close up on the face of the crow.

Yeah - not good things could have happened.

Best to contact the local police and get them to go knock on the door and ask for said device back.

Remember as great as the iPhone is - it is not worth loosing your life over. I know I said that before - but it is always worth repeating - contact your local law enforcement officials - that is what they are there for. Tell them your device is stollen and you have the address / location of where it is. They are there to serve you - let them do their job - Plus I work hard to get listeners to this show and I don't need you throwing your life away and bringing down my numbers. Just sayin.

28:07

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/05/06/before-apples-

iphone-was-too-small-it-was-too-monstrously-big

Before we get into rumors about future iPhones which most feel will be bigger - it is worth mentioning a really great blog post at Appleinsider from Daniel Eran Dilger - who's blog posts are like little novels. He really puts in a lot of research and thought into his posts - and his latest one is really great. Great it is I tell you. It is titled Before Apple's iPhone was too small it was too monstrously big.

He does a great job of pulling together info from back when the iPhone first launched to info recently uncovered in the latest Apple v Samsung trial. Like this wonderful nugget from Sammy about their phone - quote "While people like our phones, they don't exhibit the same kind of passion and loyalty as they do with the iPhone." unquote

Any way it is a very full article - 1000's of words - and gives a really detailed history of the iPhone and its competitors. Plus speculation on the future.

Thanks Daniel for the post - he really is becoming one of my favorite bloggers out there - I need to see about getting him on the show some time.

29:24

VOICEMAIL - Saleem_iPhone_predictions

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/05/02/white-silver-

iphone-6-dummy/

Speaking of the next iPhone or iPhones - iDownloadblog - had a post with some iPhone 6 dummy units - not sure if by dummy units - they mean devices leaked to fool us dummies or that the units are non-working mockups. I think maybe the later - but could be the former.

What does said unit look like - well what you would expect - one button on the face - lots of glass - and it is wider and longer than the current iPhone. The back on this one shows a single flash which leads me to thing - Fake. It is also silver in color.

Also the sleep / wake button is moved from the top to the right side.

Because yes we all want the sleep / wake button right where we hold the unit.

My only thought on this - is please be a fake.

33:16

http://appleismo.blogspot.com/2014/05/reviewing-latest-rumors.html

The are other pictures of what could be the next iPhone - this time it is black and not silver - and well it also has the wake / sleep button on the right side and not the top. Uggg - hoping this is not to be. Me like sleep button on top away from big clunky left hand which is what I hold phone with and this is not a good combo for lefties.

33:46

http://mobidev.biz/blog/ios_8_what_can_we_expect.html

There is also more speculation about iOS 8 - I don't want to call it rumors - but speculation as really most of it is attributed to guess work.

Healthbook being one of the most speculated new features. The question that most ask is will it need an iWatch to make it worthwhile or will it easily work with 3rd party connected devices in the health and fitness world.

Maps is also expected to get major updates. Most of this speculation comes from all the maps acquisitions apple has been doing lately. I am guessing what most people want in this area is better public transit info - and better route options - and more intelligent routing options based on real time traffic situations.

Another rumor is with Game Center - in iOS 7 they removed the felt - in iOS 8 - they will remove the icon. And just make its features something that is built into other Apps.

There are other comments about iTunes Radio improvement, Touch ID expanding its uses, and Siri getting a major upgrade to well you know do useful stuff.

Still at this point most speculation is still at the 10,000 foot level - I really was expecting more specific rumors about iOS 8 by now - seems Apple internally for OS development has a good lid on rumors.

35:13

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/05/one-time-

samsung-lawyers-admits-that-samsung-couldnt-tell-the-truth-

if-their-lives-depended-on-it.html

Thanks to Nathan for the heads up on this next one which well goes back to Samsung. I have received some grief for bashing Sammy in the past - And well read the article in Vanity fair titled - The Great Smartphone War - and you will see all the bashing I did on Sammy - was not just warranted - it was much much too tame.

Samsung as painted in this article is a company full of liars - backstabbers and thieves. A company where one of their own lawyers said they could not tell the truth if their life depended on it. It is a picture of Sammy employees destroying evidence - skirting the law and in some cases even eating evidence to keep it away from lawyers. They talk about Sammy organizing illegal pricing deals with competitors and then at the first sign of trouble running to the law to rat out their co-conspirators - you know the ones they recruited. Is there no honor among thief's.

While Apple gets grief from many including me for getting into lawsuits with Sammy - the article details how it is Sammy that wants those lawsuits - as a delay tactic.

Plain and simple as I said before and this article clearly points out - Samsung is a company apparently devoid of any level of ethics, morality or regard for the law. But then again don't take my word for it - read the article - and afterwards - you will think twice before ever buying anything with the samsung brand name on it - I know I never will again. One thing I learned in that Vanity fair article is the name Samsung means 3 stars - sure if the stars are Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero and Juliette Danielle. Hey give yourself 5 stars if you got that joke.

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/06/apple-samsung-

smartphone-patent-war.print

37:00

VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_Answr_Podcast_apps_downcast

VOICEMAIL - ERIC_ANSWR_PODCAST_APPS_POCKETCASTS

VOICEMAIL - TODD_CT_ANSWR_ICATCHER

Hi Rob,

I use icatcher for my 70 podcasts.

One thing I like is multiple skip forward/back.

The standard 30 sec forward and back on the app screen. Customized swipe right and left so I have the standard 30 sec forward and back, 60 sec forward and 15 sec back.

Regards,

Mike R

Texas

Hi Rob,

I use iCatcher! - somebody should create a chart comparing all the features in these apps.

I like how iCatcher! allows pause/resume just by tapping, jumping forward or back with swipe in either direction, and speed changes with swipes in a vertical direction. The background downloading works flawlessly and the options for how to handle read podcasts can be tailored for each podcast. I can only quibble about the size of the back button or maybe the play/pause icons - but lots of iOS 7 apps have those issues.

Of course, in the podcast app space all the talk is about Marco Arment's yet to be released app Overcast. We'll see if he can do a pitch or get enough testimonials to convince me to buy.

Regards,

-Dan

Hi Rob,

PocketCasts 4.4.1 by ShiftJelly is what I use daily. Immediate replies to suppose requests. Downloads multiple podcasts in parallel. Just does everything right!

Regards,

Kenneth Y

Switching gears - I had Jason H write in about issues with an iPhone 4 who's power button was not working anymore. He asked for some advice - I gave some suggestions - but what he found that worked - was letting the iPhone 4 run all the way down - completely until it was dead - no charge left. Then they charged it up full and that seems to have fixed the issue with the power button. Something to think of if you have a non-iPhone 5 with power button issues.

VOICEMAIL - RON_OH_ANSWR_PHONELINE_Magic_jack

VOICEMAIL - ANSWR_SECONDLINE_apps_store

VOICEMAIL - BRUCE_answr_second_phone

50:03

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/i-d/tti-100-titanium-roller-

pen-and-stylus-for-ipad-su

This week for Kickstarter projects is the TTi-100 - not to be confused with the Tii-100. The TTi-100 Titanium Roller Pen and Stylus for iPad is quote The world's most precision titanium pen. Stylus Mod can update along with the development of screen technology, only a new Mod. unquote Ok - they need some help with their description.

This is their second Kickstarter project - the first was the tti-120 - yeah not sure why they went down in numbers for this one.

Oh wait - I see - T = true, Ti for Titanium, and 100 = diameter 10.0 mm. So the other one was 12.0 mm diameter. I get it.

They have just until May 14th at 1:50 PM CT to fund this - and luckily their goal is just $10,000 - and currently they are over $9,200 - so this looks to be getting funded.

Pricing on this varies from $110 to $180 - depending on options.

Essentially it comes down to this - are you looking for a pen / stylus that is very fashionable or as they say the world's most precision titanium pen. Sorry grammar police in me coming out. Its about time some you will say. Hey easy now.

Well if you are looking for a good looking pen/stylus that is functional - as you can get replacing tips. Then this is something to look into. Ok - Billy Mays I am not.

Anyway search for tti-100 in kickstarter dot com - or look for the links in the show notes for Ep 306. Sorry If I phoned that one in.

51:53

http://www.imore.com/touch-id-iphone-6-ipad-air-2-and-ipad-mini-3

I probably should have put this next one in the rumors section - hey if you pay attention you will see I segment this show into sections. But really decided to move it out of the rumor section because I don't consider it a rumor as much as no duhhhh.

And that is reports through asian tech press - which yes I know by definition is rumor reporting at best. And well it is about the iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 all getting touch ID - and again - no duhhh - think of Touch ID like Siri - first started out with just the iPhone 4S - but then spread to all new iOS devices.

As iMore says does anyone like unlocking their iOS devices like animals - of course not and for anyone that has an iPhone 5S plus other iOS devices - you know that whannnt wannnt wahhhh feeling when you try to unlock your other iOS device with your thumb and it does not work. Well guess what Apple execs have other iOS devices and they feel your frustration too - and now the supply chain is full of touch ID components which mean we should expect to see touch ID on all new top of the line iOS devices in the fall. Again not a rumor - just a no duhhh report.

53:21

VOICEMAIL - DEREK_Apple_split_what does_it_mean

Hi Rob

Quick question on the apple 7 for 1. If I have 1 stock work 600 when the 7 for one happens will all 7 be work 600 or will my 600 by times 7 at that time making all 7 stocks wort over 4000.

Just wondering if you new and only your opinion my decision will not be based on your answer nor I will hold you to your opining at all.

Regards,

For others that are also wondering -

A stock split does not increase the dollar amount you have - just the number of shares of that stock but at a now lower value per share.

Say on June 2nd when Apple splits the stock - that a single share Pre-Split is worth $700. After it does the 7 for 1 split - Each share will be worth $100 when it starts trading after the split.

You still have $700 worth of stock - just now you have 7 shares instead of 1.

The reason for the split is purely psychological - every day consumers are more likely to by one share at $100 then save up and get one at $700. It makes the shares more accessible to the regular every day Joe or Jane.

Rob W

H wrote back to say quote Thanks for the info I have been doing research for two day and talking everyone I know to make sure all the info adds up since I am new to the stock purchasing world. unquote

See - it is already having that effect that Apple was hoping for - getting more of the Apple fan boys to buy Apple Stock. Well that and possibly to make Apple more appealing as an addition to the Dow.

Hi Rob,

On the Apple TV update. The problem has happened to me before. After calling Apple once. The solution was to actually disconnect the device from the TV and connect it to iTunes and do the update from there. Then re-connect. That should solve the problem.

Cheers,

Chris in London

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57:07

Hi Rob,

I have an ipod touch device that can only go as high as ios 6 and is not jailbroken.

Is their an app that will download youtube videos so that I can watch these downloaded videos off-line.

Regards,

John

Hi John - I am not aware of said app - that does not require you to be jailbroken - but if anyone knows of an App that works with iOS 6 and allows you to download Youtube videos for playback offline i.e. in Airplane mode - please let us know - 206-666-6364 - 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in ios at gmail dot com.

Hi Rob,

I have more than 3 favorite Jailbreak Tweaks but I will leave room for other listeners to share. I have a jailbroken iPhone 5s.

First and foremost is BiteSMS. I don't know if I can go back to stock iOS because of this one tweak alone. This is worth the $8 all day long because it allows you to respond to SMS within any app, no more switching between apps to answer a text. Also it lets you customize the colors, blacklist people so that their texts don't notify you and it allows you to make a one of quick compose messages that you can easily send to people as a reply. You can also schedule messages to send to people as well.

ShowCase is one of my favorite tweaks because your virtual keyboard will show you lower case when you are in lower case and uppercase when you are in upper case. That makes the shift thing a moot point. If Apple just implemented this simple feature no one would care about the shift key. It makes sense and it seems like a simple fix for a virtual keyboard.

iTouchSecure is my new favorite tweak. I picked it up after listening to the podcast Let's Talk Jailbreak over at idownloadblog.com.

This takes TouchID to another level. If you have iCloud Keychain turned on your passwords are being stored securely there. After loading this tweak it is on in settings and after logging into each of your password protected accounts it is stored in the Keychain. (You have to log in again after installing the tweak.) Instead of having to type in your password any longer, it uses TouchID as your authentication for the password and it automagically enters your password for you by scanning your registered fingerprint. When you go to type in a password in an app or in your browser, in the right corner of the password field you will see a little red thumb print and the field will have a small green box around it. This lets you know that your iCloud keychain password is ready to be entered via using your TouchID registered print. Love this! It saves you time, it's secure and no more typing those bothersome passwords in.

Regards,

Ellyn M

1:00:19

VOICEMAIL - RON_OH_PART2_media_streamer

Hi Rob,

After listening to your podcast, I checked my iphone 5 serial number and it did qualify for the recall. It had been giving me problems with the switch, and I though I had solved the problem by giving it to my wife, but getting actually repaired seemed like a slightly better solution. So I Took it to the Apple store and they gave my wife a loaner and said it should take about 5 days to get it back. They have to send to California for the repair.

Thank you very much

Regards,

Jim from Lakewood Colorado

See Jim - Tell your wife getting it repaired is a Mother's day gift. Or maybe not.

Hi Rob,

Just wanted to say a big thank you for the tip about the VGA connector which meant my presentation today went smoothly.

Thanks to you, I am known as the apple geek now.

Regards,

Tosin O

Hi Rob,

I recently did a full restore of my iPad 2. This will be my first restore that I have done since I got the device back in 2011. The memory before the restore was 1.1 GB after the full restore the device had 12.2 GB. All my apps and photos were synced back using iCloud and nothing appears to be missing from the device. I am assuming it must have cleared some hidden memory on the device. The device is a iPad 32 GB black Wi-Fi model.

Regards,

Jonah R

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

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Thu, 1 May 2014

Tii - iTem 0305 - FreedomPop Interview

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Today's Sponsor - Lynda.com/tii

Unraveling the 'iScheme' at Apple Stores

The Android to iPhone switchers guide

Investor Relations Verizon

Sprint quarterly conf call

FreedomPop engadget article

FreedomPop.com

G+ Community

Apple started replacement program for faulty power button in iPhone 5

Apple Expands Capital Return Program to Over $130 Billion

Apple: What Do The Bears Say Now?

MacBook Air

Siri References for the Apple TV Found in iOS 7.1 Code

iPhone 6 Cad Drawings

iPod Touch Does More Web Traffic Than Windows Phone And BlackBerry Combined

Android security issues | F-Secure

Lunecase - Kickstarter

The Rufus Cuff - Indiegogo

Turning the table on bullies

iOS 7.1.1 brings huge battery life improvements for iPhone users

New apps power Apple's new TV ad

Apple Mobile Payments E-Commerce - Business Insider

Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

Purgatory - iBook

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iOS Artwork - iTem 0305 and Episode Transcript

TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 305

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

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

Hi Rob,

Here's a meditative piece i put together using GarageBand, on my iPad 3. The world can be a busy and stressful place; sometimes we need to gather some much-needed space for quiet meditation.

If your listeners would like more meditations, they can access my Podomatic page online or using the Podomatic App: thespacewithin.podomatic.com

Regards

Michael

Ontario, Canada

SONG_Michael_140114.m4a

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

Hi Rob,

I took a screenshot of the Find iPhone location screen. I used the AfterText app to apply a Polaroid filter and to add the text.

I find the Find iPhone app quite valuable because I am always misplacing my phone and iPad Mini around the house. When I'm in a hurry to leave I use the Play Sound feature from the iPad to locate my phone. It is a great time saver.

I also recently used the Play Sound command to hail my wife in a semi-emergency that required her attention.

Now I just need Find Keys, Find Wallet and Find Sanity, and I'll be set.

Regards,

Matt S.

Winston Salem NC

MATT Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see MATT'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 305 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.

In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “I added it up and … like 800 people are going to buy the iPad. . . . It’s not that the iPad is a failure. It’s just a product ahead of its time. No one should actually buy this iPad — between its inevitable first-generation bugs, fulfillment problems, and buyer’s remorse over added features and price drops, it’s heartbreak waiting to happen.”

Molly Wood, CNet, 31 January 2010

Hey Molly I guess I am little confused was it just 800 people that are going to buy the original iPad or was it going to be fulfillment problems - because I am thinking just 800 people buying yeah that is not going to cause fulfillment issues. You can't say no one if going to buy it and Apple will have issues delivering it in the same breath - Just sayin

This week we have promo codes for an iBook - Purgatory -13 Tales of the Macabre . And Here is the review from the Author - PLAY PROMO CODE FOR PURGATORY - Thanks to the IBOOK AUTHOR for his review of his iBook Purgatory and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this iBook - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put PURGATORY in the subject line.

05:33

http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/investigations/2014/04/27/unraveling-the-ischeme-

at-apple-stores/8281515/

Thanks to Diane B for this next one. Which is one when I first read about it I was pretty skeptical. But then you watch the video of this new report from the TV station KUSA 9 News in Colorado - and well - there is no doubt about it. This is a story about a scheme going down at an Apple Store in the Denver area - and essentially the story goes like this - a very bad man goes out and recruits homeless people or others desperate for money to come in and sign up for an iPhone at the Apple store - then once they get the iPhone - he gives them a couple hundred dollars for the new iPhone and tells them they can cancel their contract in a couple of days - which is not true - and then the person desperate for money also gets the bad credit when they default on their contract. The very bad man - while not an Apple employee - was clearly in the video known by a couple of the employees. He would be in the store with those desperate for money who then signed up one at a time - and as each one finished up - he would call in the next one from a queue outside the store.

Again - This is not an Apple employee - but it was someone at least a couple Apple employees had to know was up to no good.

Shame on the Apple store manager for not shutting this down. And ultimately - it was the mall security that chased off the bad man in this case. Apple has not commented on this yet that I know of. But if you watch the video - you can't help but wonder what the heck that manager of the store was thinking. And I am sure at Apple head quarters they are thinking the same thing - especially again given that the Apple store in this case was presented with evidence of something going on and the DID Nothing - nada - zip. I am guessing that Apple store manager is going to be looking for a new job shortly.

No word is this type of scam is going on at other Apple stores. Definitely not one of Apples better moments.

07:46

http://blogs.computerworld.com/ios/23828/android-iphone-switchers-guide

Per Tim Cooks comments on the quarterly call about all the Android to iPhone 4S switchers. Well Jonny Evans over at Computer world put together a nice Android to iPhone switchers guide.

So if you are one of those new switchers - or have a friend or relative or co-worker - or a combo there of - you may want to send them to this article. It is short - but covers some key basics.

I think the key one for switchers to remember is the home button is your friend - not sure where you are - just tap it to get back to the home screen.

The other key point I liked in the article is about software updates. Android users are not used to these. Not often at least.

On iOS - Apple updates quite often comparatively - and many updates are bug / security updates - so best to install with with in a couple of weeks of their release - unless of course you are jailbreaking. But lets assume you are not - and to check for updates - go to the "settings" app - the tap on General and then Software Update to see if there is one available or if you are up to date.

08:54

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2162303-verizon-communications-management-discusses-

q1-2014-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=single

So what did Verizon say about iPhone sales on their last quarterly call.

Well actually not much at all - and really basically nothing. They stopped breaking out percentage of iPhone sales for smartphone sales.

They did not even mention Apple or Android for that matter.

Just talking generically when talking about smartphones.

They did say Smartphone penetration was 72% of total phones on their network. So 61.3 Mil were smartphones. Of those - 22 Million are 3G smartphones - and 23 Million are basic phones. They see a good opportunity for upgrades this year to 4G SmartPhones. That means there are 45 Million potential users that could upgrade to the iPhone 6 in the fall - and that is just at Verizon.

09:42

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2173273-sprints-ceo-discusses-

q1-2014-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=single

Sprint had their quarterly call this week as well - and the iPhone and Apple were not mentioned at all. What was mentioned just 3 times was smartphones generically - as Android is not mentioned either.

What sprint said is that last quarter 94% of post-paid handset sales in the quarter were smartphones. And really nothing else of real interest.

10:04

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/29/freedompop-iphone/

Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next one which is Sprint related - and that is about the MVNO that works on the Sprint backbone - Freedompop - they just announced they are carrying the iPhone 5 for their service for a sales price of $349 which includes a plan where you get 200 minutes of talk, 500 text messages and 500 MB of data for the low low cost of Free - yup as in no monthly cost. Sound to good to be true - well I thought so - so I contacted them and asked to do an interview with them - and they replied and here is my interview with Steven Sesar the COO of FreedomPop - note this was recorded on Tuesday April 29th. FYI this interview is 14 Minutes long so if you are outside the US - you can jump forward 14 minutes and 15 seconds from here. For those in the US you will definitely want to listen to this - especially if you own a Sprint phone already or have kids and are looking for a plan for them. Here we go.

11:19

PLAY INTERVIEW

25:34

THanks again to Steven Sesar from Freedompop for coming on the show - if you want to find their app - search for Freedompop - one word in the iTunes app store and select the app - Freedompop Free Voice and text. Link in the show notes for Ep 305 as well. Full disclosure - I have nothing to disclose - there was no payment for that interview - just wanted to learn about that - and as I said - I will be getting one of their hot spots for $30 buck and the free 500 MB of data a month.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/freedompop-free-voice-text/

id835399970?mt=8

26:49

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If programming is not your thing - but you want to get more out of your iOS device - there is Shooting with the iPhone 5S by Ben Long - released April 4th - It goes over the differences between the 5S and an SLR. And takes you from Beginner subjects up to more advanced topics like understand what the heck HDR is and how to make the most of it.

And of course there are courses and tutorials on many many business and software topics. If you are looking to improve your position in the work force or just improve the pictures of your kids - there are many many tutorials for you at lynda dot com.

And again this is an all you can eat monthly service - Watch anytime and as often as you like from your computer or iOS device. There are Searchable Transcripts read along with closed-captioned transcripts.

And you don't need to take my word for the breadth and quality of their tutorials - you can check them out right now for yourself for free for 7 days by going to lynda dot com slash tii that is

l y n d a dot com slash t i i

Thanks Lynda for sponsoring this episode.

28:41

VOICEMAIL - Mike_Quest_best_option_extra_phone_line

Hi Mike - Well one option would be the app from FreedomPop. The other is k7.net

Hi Rob,

I have the 5s and have updated to newest iOS version. The apple podcast app bug HAS NOT been fixed. It's very annoying.

Regards,

Janette

Hi Rob,

Yup, some buttons still intermittently missing, even with 7.1.1 upgrade.

Regards,

Glenn

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33:19

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

We are now over 600 members in our Google+ community and growing.

Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.

One questions in the G+ community this past week came from - Joe Jackson - who wrote.

quote

Hey guys,

Quick question, is anyone having an issue updating their AppleTV to the new software? My Apple TV says there is new software that needs to be updated but when I try to updated it says the system system needs to be restarted and does not do the update. Just checking to see if anyone else is having this issue. I have a 2nd gen. and a 3rd gen. and they both say there is a software update. Any thought would be appreciated.

Unquote

First up - if you have an Apple TV - there is an update waiting if you have not done it already. If you have - it looks like most responses are saying you did not have an issue. But if you are having an issue - try a reset to factory settings - and see if that solved your issues.

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

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

And thanks to all 600+ of you already in the community and contributing.

35:35

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-apple-

iphone-idUKBREA3O23S20140425

https://getsupport.apple.com/GetSASO?PRKEYS=PF9&locale=en_US#

Thanks to all that sent in links on this next one - which is with regards to the iPhone 5 - and Apple replacing faulty power buttons for an issue they say a small % of users are seeing. From Apple quote “iPhone 5 models manufactured through March 2013 may be affected by this issue,

unquote

Apple is offering this service free of charge as you would expect to those with iPhone 5's that exhibit this issue AND have a qualifying serial number. But my guess - is all you need to do is show your iPhone 5 has this issue at the genius bar and point them to an article about this - and they will replace the unit. But if you are not having an issue and chances are you are not - then you likely will not get it replaced.

36:27

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/04/23Apple-Expands-

Capital-Return-Program-to-Over-130-Billion.html

Hi Rob. I was wondering if you knew when is the latest that we can own Apple stock in order to take advantage of the 7 for 1 stock split? Any info would be greatly appreciated. .

Regards,

Brent

Hi Brent according to Apple quote - Each Apple shareholder of record at the close of business on June 2, 2014 will receive six additional shares for every share held on the record date, and trading will begin on a split-adjusted basis on June 9, 2014. unquote

So it looks like on June 2nd you need to be the owner of record for the stock - which means you will want to purchase it at least 2 weeks before hand to be safe.

And speaking of my comments about Apple stock on the last episode being stuck between a range of 475 and 575 - well it broke on through to the upper 590's this week - which was really nice to see. Will be interesting to see when it gets to over $100 after the split. Or will it get to $700 again before the split? Probably not much chance of that - but guess we will see what is announced on June 2nd at WWDC. Maybe something announced them can move the needle prior to the actual split.

37:46

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2159703-apple-what-do-the-bears-say-now

Thanks to Cretan for the link to this next one - which is a post title - Apple what do the bears say now from seeking alpha.

Here is a quote I really loved in the article - quote

Let's just remember that Apple blew out estimates and Google (GOOG, GOOGL) missed estimates, which just happened to be Google's 9th miss of revenues and or earnings in its last 10 quarters. unquote

Think about that 9 out of 10 misses of revenue and or earning in the last 10 quarters For google.

Yup - It seems google for the past couple of years could do no wrong - and Apple could do no right. I wonder how much of this had to do with some bloggers and websites being afraid of writing something Critical of google - as they fear their site / blog might be black listed or marked down in the google ranking system. Not saying google would do that - but I am saying I think there are some out there afraid to get dinged by google - or realize that writing something bad about apple drives traffic and writing something negative about google - could hurt your page rank and placement in search results. Guess it is good thing I do a podcast - Maybe that is why google hates podcasters - we don't care about google page rank. So they have no control over us.

39:19

http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-air

Apple updated their Macbook Air line with faster processors and a lower price. I bring this up not because I want to step on Ken Ray shoes - this is not a mac podcast. But because when you look at what you get for $899 with the macbook air - it makes you wonder what is going to happen with the next iPad updates.

For example - the top of the line iPad air with wifi - is $799 just $100 less than the bottom tier Macbook Air.

Both get you 128 GB of storage.

One is a touch screen the other a full keyboard.

One a 9.6 inch screen - the other an 11" screen.

It just seems when you look at the specs and the prices - they are pretty close - and I don't see where a 12" or larger iPad would fit in price wise. Just something to think about when we start talking about rumors at the end of the summer for the next iPads.

But then again maybe I am just over thinking things - and in Apples mind the two are completely unrelated. But then Tim did say he thought more and more people would be going to the iPad vs a computer.

40:38

http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/23/ios-7-1-code-indicates-apple-

working-on-siri-for-apple-tv/

Thanks to Chris in London for this next one. Which is more signs of a new Apple TV coming - yeah I know starting to sound like a broken record on this. Well this time it is about code found in iOS 7.1 - where it makes reference to Siri and support for Apple TV - well ok - it makes reference to assistant - Apples name for siri in code - and it references a 3 for the family type it supports - with 3 being the code for Apple TV.

Clearly this would mean a new Apple TV - likely with a brand new remote - as the current remote and Apple TV box's do not have a mic input. So Adding Siri to a box with no mic input does not make sense - unless there is a new device coming to the Apple TV family.

Maybe they are holding off releasing the next Apple TV until WWDC after all - and if so maybe that is good news for an App store for Apple TV.

41:46

http://www.nowhereelse.fr/epaisseur-iphone-6-croquis-96955/

When it comes to leaked pictures of future Apple gear - the french site - nowhere else dot fr - has a pretty good record.

And now they have leaked cad drawings for the case of the iPhone 6 - or so I think they say. Supposed dimensions are 6 mm for thickness - vs the current - 7.6 mm for the iPhone 5S and 5.4 mm thickness for the iPod nano - which is just about as thin as you can go with the lightening port. So 6 mm - thickness is believable.

For the width they have it a 67 mm vs 58.6 mm now. And 138 mm for the length vs 123.8 mm now.

43:18

http://www.cultofmac.com/275633/ipod-touch-responsible-

web-traffic-windows-phone-blackberry-combined/

When we talk about the iOS products - we almost only talk about the iPhones and iPads - it seems the iPod touch sometimes gets 3rd class designation - the ugly redheaded step child of the iOS family. And when Apple does not even break out its numbers in any of the conference calls or even mention it - well that just ads to the lack of respect it gets. That all said - Opera Mediaworks released some web traffic numbers - and that lowly iPod touch - yeah it is responsible for more web traffic than Blackberry and Windows Phone combined.

The iPod touch was responsible for 3.15% of global web traffic vs just 0.18% for Windows Phone and 1.14% for Blackberries. Overall iOS devices combined for 38.17% of global website traffic. Android comes in with 42.83% of the traffic. But it took 1000's of Android devices combined to beat the 20 or so iOS devices.

44:29

http://www.f-secure.com/static/doc/labs_global/Research/Mobile_

Threat_Report_Q1_2014_print.pdf

Thanks to Stephen in AZ for this next one - which I really thought was going to be one of those kick Android stories - as it is about 99% of new Mobile threats were for Android. 275 out of 277 to be precise - and really is that so surprising. But it was one of the other two that caught my eye - one was for Symbian - ok expected. The other lets call it threat 277 - it was for iPhone. Huh??? I said - so I dug into the report more to find out what is going on for iPhone - and well here is what they said.

Quote A security researcher first reported finding a suspicious library used in popular framework for app development. When installed and run on a jailbroken iPhone, the malware hijacked various advertising modules in installed apps to display its own advertisements. iPhone that have NOT been jailbroken aren't affected. unquote

Ok - now that explains a lot. So essentially if you are not jailbroken - again there were no mobile threats for you - and if you are - well you might get some ads you were not expecting.

Now if we go over to the Android side - the types of things that can happen to you from those threats include complete financial ruin with the Banking trojan - to major financial headache with the Premium SMS trojans, There was plain data theft - and the ability to turn on your camera and microphone to record what you are doing, there was also others that turned And android device into a bit coin mining bot - that hogged CPU and drained your battery. Yeah good times.

PLAY QUOTE FROM ERIC SCHMIDT

So despite what Eric Schmidt says last quarter there were 275 new security threats for Android vs 1 new one for iPhone. And the iPhone one was just for jailbroken iPhones and it resulted in you getting different ads to ignore then you would have ignored.

On the Android side - new threats could result in your battery wearing down early, you going over your data plan early, having video or audio recording of you taken without your knowledge, All your contact and personal data stollen, Financial headaches with Premium SMS charges and total financial ruin from your banking info being stollen.

PLAY CLIP AGAIN FROM SCHMIDT

And this folks is why I am glad I do an iOS podcast - I can look in the mirror and be proud that I recommend this platform for you - I could not do that if I was doing an Android podcast. It would make me feel swarmy like a hyper marketer or business coach - if I had to recommend Android - just sayin

47:28

VOICEMAIL - Steven_VA_squaretrade

VOICEMAIL - Steven_VA_part2

Hi Rob,

I dropped my iPod touch 5th generation 32GB. It got bent backwards, since it hit on the aluminum back. Do you or any of the listeners know if the apple store will replace this? I don't know if I still have a warranty left. It works just fine, however this has almost turned me on iOS. I am considering switching to android, but I doubt I would actually do it.

Regards,

-Samuel

Hi Rob

Do u think apple will have an iPhone 6c/cheaper model or can that plastic thing?!

Is say iPhone 6L= larger 5.5 or 5 something and a 4.7, maybe.

Regards,

Michael

Hi Rob,

I was wondering if you know of a means by which I can do a keynote presentation using my iPad connecting through directly to a projector.

I am an associate lecturer in a local university and I have been asked to do a keynote presentation but I cannot guarantee they will be using an "iPad-compatible" projector. Can it be done by connecting an iPad directly to a projector or do I need some kind of software installed?

By the way I do all my work in iPhone 5s and iPad 4th gen.

Kind regards,

Tosin O

Hi Tosin,

What you need is Apples Lightning to VGA adapter - It is $49 from Apple.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD825ZM/A/lightning-to-

vga-adapter?fnode=3a

It should work fine with keynote and your iPad and a projector.

Regards,

Rob W

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55:30

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/concepter/740025653

Hi Rob!

We’ve met with you during CES 2014. We’ve showcased the iblazr LED flash and Lunecase smart cover for iPhone. you asked us to provide you with more info about the Lunecase when it will be ready for public launch. After that we’ve spent three months improving the product and came up with the all new Lunecase.

We now launching our second kickstarter campaign. This is a totally new technology and we believe it will be a great story to tell.

Regards,

Vlad Tislenko

CEO at Concepter

Well Vlad - thanks for the heads up on your kickstarter project - which folks you can find by searching for lunecase one word at kickstarter dot com. This project just went live a couple of days ago - and already they are past their goal of $50,000 - you have until June 5th at 1PM CT to fund this project.

They describe the lune case as quote :

It’s an intelligent case that receives notifications from the iPhone. Powered by electromagnetic energy. Wireless, smart, elegant.

unquote.

Right now this is a $39 case - that when you have a call coming in - you see a icon on the back of the case light up - with only the Electromagnetic energy feeding the case to light up the logo. If you get an SMS message a different icon lights up.

It may sound a little like magic - but it is not and I did see the earlier prototype working at CES for this. Is this a bit of a parlor trick of a case - Yup - but that is the fun of it. It is one of those neat things that is a conversation piece.

Plus it does light up when you are on the call and talking which is nice.

And just think if the extra energy can light up the case - imagine what it is doing to your brain. Another good reason to use the earbuds.

Anyway - if interested in learning more on this and seeing what the case looks like - search for lunecase - at kickstarter.com or in the show notes for ep 305 at today in iOS dot com.

57:40

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-rufus-cuff-

more-than-a-smartwatch-a-wrist-communicator#home

Thanks to Nathan on this next one - which came in right before I was recording - and I did not really look this over - so buyer beware - but it looked neat. Think Dick Tracy neat - it is the Rufus Cuff project on indie go go. Quote The Rufus Cuff is the world’s first Wrist Communicator unquote

It had a goal of $200k - it has raised over $266k - and climbing.

You have until May 17th to get in on this one - and current pricing left starts at $279.

This device lets you do voice and video calls right from your wrist - with your iPhone secure in your pocket. It has an on screen keyboard so you can reply to texts and emails from your wrist. They say it has a full web browser and fitness as well. and again - I did not look into this too much - as the 5 hr energy drink was already down one hour and I needed to start recording. But if you are looking for a dick tracy type wrist communicator and have been looking since you were a kid - here you go - search for Rufus cuff at indie go go dot com or in the show notes for ep 305. If anyone gets this - let us know how it works out.

One last thought - I can see on the android side where this is important - android devices have gotten so big it is nice to have a smaller device to do key things from. Maybe if Apple comes out with a 5.5" iPhone as is one of the rumors - this would be a lot more interesting for iPhone owners.

59:40

http://national.deseretnews.com/article/1372/Turning-

the-table-on-bullies-student-fights-back-with-recordings.html

Kudos to Christian Stanfield for using his iPad to record the taunting and bullying happening to him at school. And a big boo to the South Fayette High school for not protecting him and listening when he complained - and a bigger boo - when he brought a recording of evidence of said bullying - and they responded by calling the police on him for making the recording.

FRom the article on this quote:

Principal Scott Milburn called the learning-disabled boy a criminal and pressured him into erasing the recording. He called in the police, and Lt. Robert Kurta of South Fayette Township Police interrogated the boy as the associate principal and the dean of students looked on.

At first, Stanfield was threatened with a felony wiretapping charge. In the end, he was charged with “disorderly conduct,” and he was convicted by a judge in court and ordered to pay a $25 fine.

Eventually the charges were all dropped - and it Christian will likely be suing the school to change their policies towards bullying - but one thing in this case that is of interest - is that when a recording like this is made - even in a two party state like PA - that two party notification does not apply to a public setting like this where bullying is going on at school.

There have been other cases where parents that thought their kids were being bullied sent them to school with an iOS device recording what was going on - and were able to get recordings that would break your heart as a parent. Some time technology like this can change the lives of kids that go through hell at school.

Any way kudos again to Christian Stanfield for using his iPad to change his life at school and to help get the culture of his school changed.

1:02:35

http://news.yahoo.com/ios-7-1-1-brings-huge-battery-life-

153356463.html

One question I had from a few people is did iOS 7.1.1 improve or degrade battery life. Well if you are asking - it probably did neither for you. However - if you google - iOS 7.1.1 battery life what you see for the first 20 results are - 18 articles that basically say it improves your battery life - and the other 2 just asking what you found out.

Interestingly - I can't remember any time in the past where 90% of the articles stated the battery life improved after an update - with most of those articles saying it improved quite a bit.

Honestly - Myself - I have not noticed improved or degraded battery life. And anyone that emailed in about battery life getting worse - I reminded them with updates of late - bluetooth gets turned on automatically - and to turn it off - and that did the trick for them.

But right now at least from the articles out there - there really looks to be the biggest consensus I have ever seen that an update helped batter life. So if you are having issues with battery life and have not updated yet to iOS 7.1.1 - then it looks like it is time you do - just remember to turn off bluetooth after wards if you are not using it.

1:03:52

VOICEMAIL - PROMO_Free_lempire

Rob,

I'm looking for a specific app and after looking at all the options in the App Store. I thought you can send the question out to the listeners to see if I can narrow down the options to review.

I need a app to record my mileage at various locations on a trip. What I would like is to sync my mileage from the odometer to the app then start the trip. When I get to a location I need to record the mileage click a button on the app to record the current mileage. I know the GPS mileage will be different from my odometer but the error between the two will not be an issue since I will only be recording mileage for about 400-500 mile trips.

Like always thanks for all you do, your Podcast is the only podcast I listen to as soon as it is released. I always learn something from each episode.

Regards,

John

Hi Rob,

I though I would tell you about an issue with the latest update to the app - .

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They release a new version of the app with virtually no changes not any that seemed to enhance the app. But You now have a huge pop that ask you to do an in app purchase even if you purchased it before and this pop up come on every single time you open the app.

The developer is refusing to honor any previous purchases and apple will not do anything about it I know because I have been going back and forth with them all week. I think apple is not doing right by customers in this situation and I am extremely upset. please tell people to start placing complaints for this or similar situations maybe if they get enough people to complain they will do something about it.

Regards,

Hector

Hi Hector the thing to do in this situation - is to rate the app with 1 star and put in a review where you complain about the issue. If enough people put in one star reviews - they will likely do something about this - not apple - but the dev. And that is where you need to focus your efforts.

Hi Rob,

I've been seeing several articles today detailing how touch ID is faster and more accurate on iOS 7.1.1. I'm wondering if anyone in the jailbreak community has come up with a way to add those improvements to touch ID without updating to the latest iOS and losing the whole jailbreak? Any thoughts?

Thanks,

-Michael from Seattle

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1:10:08

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2014/04/28/

new-apps-power-apples-new-tv-ad/8421961/

Thanks to Dr. John for this next one. It is an article in USA today that runs down all the apps in Apples new 90 second ad Power - which shows many cool things you can do with the iPhone.

It features the apps - Star Walk, Instant Heartrate, Word Lens, Amplitude, Clear Tune, Garageband, Vocalize and the TII app - ok - well maybe not that last one but it should.

So now you know the apps featured in that ad if you have seen it and if not - you can see it at Apples website or likely on youtube with a parody or two as well.

Links in the show notes for all those apps.

1:11:50

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-mobile-payments-e-commerce-2014-4

Thanks to Dr. John for the heads up on this next one. Which is an article in Business insider talking about what Apple will build when it gets to 1 Billion credit cards. And really is 800 million note close enough - just sayin.

Anyway one item I liked from the article - is it talked about iTunes ecommerce business already is doing 4.6 Billion in revenue per quarter and growing at 11% a year. If that was a stand alone business for example it would be in the top 150 companies in the fortune 500 ahead of Qualcom, Kraft foods, Whirlpool, Southwest Airlines and General Mills to name a few. That again is just the iTunes business for Apple.

That 800 million number for credit cards is way ahead of Amazon which has around 200 to 250 million credit cards info.

So combine the biggest collection of Credit cards - with a business segment greater than all but about 150 companies world wide, add in a sprinkling of Touch ID for secure transactions and iBeacons - and wow you are starting to look at a mighty big player in the mobile payment segment - and once Apple enters likely the biggest player.

June 2nd could be a very interesting day indeed. Health and Finance - I think will rule the day with a sprinkling of Apple TV.

1:12:17

VOICEMAIL - Declan_issues_facetime_accounts

Hi Rob,

What is a better podcast app? Apple podcast app ? Or downcast ? Ps my favorite is down cast !!'

Sincerely Zachary

Hi Zachary - Most people that have used Downcast prefer it over the podcasts app - or so it does appear. I think downcast has many added features. That said I personally use the Podcasts app myself for any show that I listen to that does not have its own personal app. My preference is for show dedicated apps - like the Tii App for this show or the Mac OS Ken App - or WTF App or the Girl on Guy App. But I am a wee bit biased. For general podcast surfing and consumption out side of dedicate apps - I like the podcasts app because I like to see what Apples app can do - as it is the most used app for podcasts. I also like the Stitcher app. And the newest one I hear the most good things about is the Castro App. Please note I am not saying there is anything wrong with the downcast app - and it is probably the one I have heard the most good things about. Folks - what apps are you using now for podcast consumption?

VOICEMAIL - Word_warning_backup_issues

1:16:37

Happy 7 Year Anniversary to us:

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

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