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Wed, 23 December 2015
TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 377
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank PHIL for sending in the music you hear in the background. PHIL wrote:
Hi Rob.
This song is called FLASH GROOVE and it was created entirely with Garage Band on an iPhone. No other software or hardware were used. This is not available for sale anywhere, just a hobby thing.
Regards,
Phil W
SONG FLASH GROOVE
Thanks PHIL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JONATHAN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JONATHAN wrote the following:
Hey Rob,
I created this in the Paper app on my iPhone 6s Plus. Hope you like it and it's not too "christmas-y" and you can use it for the show.
Regards,
Jonathan N
Thanks JONATHAN, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JONATHAN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 377 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:15
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Apple’s iPad will possibly face more competition in the large tablet market as BlackBerry appears to be gearing up for a release of its own tablet device. According to a leaked roadmap document, BlackBerry may be planning a late 2013 release for a device tentatively named the B10, reports TechnoBuffalo. unquote
Nathanael Arnold, Wall St Cheat Sheet, 31 March 2013
So lets gets this right - as recent as March 2013 - someone thought something from blackberry was going to be in competition with something from Apple. Yikes - oh wait - Nat-eeee was from WALL ST cheat sheet - Wall Street reporters NEVER EVER have understood Apple - Accounting types on Wallstreet have a hard time thinking outside the Beige box - Just Sayin
03:09
For promo codes this week we have codes for the app SNAP-AN-ACTOR one word
Here is the written review of the app.
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"6 months ago, I had never touched a MacBook, let alone wrote any apps for the app store. I always held developers in high regard and never dreamed I would be writing my own apps. They say the best apps grow from a problem or need and this is exactly how Snapanactor was born.
As a movie lover, I would often be watching a TV show or movie and not be able to remember where I knew someone from on screen. They would look familiar but I couldn't quite place them. Sure, I could Google them and try to find out which roles they had played or I could go to a well known movie app and enter their name and then drill down, but what if you don't know their name?
I bought a used MacBook Pro from eBay, read book after book, took many online courses and here we are 6 months later with my solution to the problem. Simply open up Snapanactor, point your device (iPod, iPhone or iPad) and take a photo. Zoom in if you need to or you can load images from your camera roll.
After selecting your image, if the app finds a match, you will see their name, photo and roles they have played in the past. You can also use it to take photos of your family and friends to see who they resemble. Hopefully your listeners will have as much fun using Snapanactor as I had developing it."
unquote
Well thanks to the Dev for his written review of his App - SNAP-AN-ACTOR and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - please send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com and put SNAPANACTOR one word in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapanactor-celebrity-id/
id1050476827?mt=8
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 FOR FREE 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.
05:36
http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-9.2.1-
public-beta-1-now-available/
iOS 9.2.1 is available to both devs and the public.
If you do update to 9.2.1 beta 1 you can not restore to earlier versions of iOS - that means it is fixing a major security bug - or at least that is what it has meant in the past when you could not downgrade.
And if you look around - 9.2.1 is being reported to be a bug fixer - security update. But then again that is usually true with most double dot updates.
This is one of those updates - that if you are a jailbreaker you need to stay far away from. Per the rest of us - unless you are a dev - there is no real reason to update to the beta 1 - I mean unless you like giving Apple feedback as a beta tester - and in that case by all means do upgrade - as that is why they need beta testers.
It is highly unlikely Apple will release a beta 2 this year. Maybe the week of Jan 4th - but if all went well with Beta 1 - you might see iOS 9.2.1 Gold Master released the week of Jan 4th. Really will be about what the feedback on the beta is. Double Dot updates do not tend to get many or sometimes any Betas.
Additionally Apple has stopped signing iOS 9.1 - so that means if you are at iOS 9.2 - you can no longer downgrade back for iOS 9.1 - Again this is more of a Jailbreakers issue. But as mentioned above if you go to iOS 9.2.1 beta you can not go back to iOS 9.2 either.
07:19
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/12/18Apple-China-
UnionPay-to-Bring-Apple-Pay-to-China.html
Apple put out a Press Release on Dec 18th titled - Apple & China UnionPay bring Apple Pay to China. This follows up a recent rumor that said this was coming - so not a shocker.
China UnionPay cardholders will be able to add their bank cards to Apple Pay starting early in 2016. quote after relevant tests and certification required by Chinese regulators unquote.
Apple says this support will be with China UnionPay and 15 of the largest banks in China.
More on this I am sure in the future.
08:21
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-apple-
tim-cook-charlie-rose/
Tim Cook and Johnny Ive and a few others were on 60 Minutes this past weekend talking about Apple and Apple Culture and Apples Taxes and Apple in China and Apples design philosophy and more words with Apple before them.
There was a soundbite advertising the segment in which Tim Cooke is clearly pissed for lack of a better word.
Charlie Rose asks quote But here's what they concluded. Apple is engaged in a sophisticated scheme to pay little or no corporate taxes on $74 billion in revenues held overseas. unquote
To which you see the sound byte from Tim Cook: quote That is total political crap. There is no truth behind it. Apple pays every tax dollar we owe. unquote
Per what was learned that was new from the whole segment - really not much - well nothing really meaty.
We learned in 15 years - Johnny Ives Design team of 22 designers has lost 2 people total - just 2 in 15 years - that is amazing.
We also learned for the iPhone 6 and 6+ they had build up 10 different sizes / models to test before settling on the two that they did.
If you did not see the segment or even if you did - I have a link in the show notes to the transcript for it.
A lot of what was in the segment was old news or info - like when Charlie Rose asked why does Apple not bring home the 1 Million manufacturing jobs to the US. As stated before on this show - it just is not possible - they infrastructure for assemblers / engineers and more just does not exist in the US to support that type of production. What was not touched on is the US manufacturing really has been broken off into a few key areas. 1. Is the Auto industry. 2. Is the defense and Aerospace industries - which is not about low cost - it is about high reliability low unit turns. Basically the opposite of consumer electronics. 3. Large size and heavy consumer products - that don’t make as much sense to ship around the world - both household and sport and rec. and 4th of course Energy related industries. Any way - the one area the US economy is not set up for is large large scale consumer electronics. And even if Apple wanted to it would be impossible to build iPhones and iPads in the US at any kind of scale. I wish people would realize that and get off Apple’s back already. Sorry - the US is just not going to be a high scale - low cost manufacturing hub for consumer electronics. Asia is geared up for that - the US is not.
Again you can read the entire transcript or you could take those 10 to 15 minutes and do something productive. Maybe I am into this too much - but I was pretty much like - mehhh - when I read the transcript. But really I did not have any expectations that is was going to be a segment that revealed ground breaking news about Apple.
11:49
http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-sales-drop-
decline-2016-say-morgan-stanley-stifel-baird-credit-
suisse-apple-2015-12
Ah Wallstreet is up to their old tricks again - there have been a plethora of street reports about iPhone sales being a peak numbers now - and there is no room for it to grow. And we are going to see decline for iPhone sales.
Some of this is based on a couple at best component suppliers - which as Tim Cook has said many times - don’t look at data points from one or a few suppliers to indicate a bigger trend.
Others based on the thought again Apple has peaked for iPhone sales.
Katy Huberty says Apple Fiscal 2016 iPhone sales will drop 6% vs 2015. BS
And there are others on the street predicting lower iPhone sales as well.
Here is one thing I don’t see any of them talking about - Apple’s over all market share is still small compared to Android. Apple is growing quite well in China - which if you do read the transcript from 60 Minutes - Tim Cook feels is where Apple’s biggest market will soon be - not the US. And there is I believe a big pent up demand for a new 4” iPhone. And while I don’t think it will be next quarter - it could launch in Q2 2016. If Apple offers up a new 4” iPhone - I think you will see a nice step up in iPhone sales.
Apple also recently reduced pricing in India for the iPhone 5S - their market share in India is well - lets just say grouped in with other for good reason.
Apple has released new pricing models to make upgrading more attractive - they are growing in China, they are finally addressing India, they are still a small % of global market share, and they likely are launching a new 4” iPhone - combine this and fiscal 2016 should be a nice step up from fiscal 2015.
I guess it is possible the street could be right - I mean it has to happen some time - but I would be very surprised. If you have some extra cash to invest - Now might be a good time to watch Apple stock - if it drops below $100 jump on it. You could quickly get a nice 20% or more pop once apple announces this past quarters numbers. PLEASE NOTE - I am just giving my opinion - any investments you do are at your own risk and never invest that which you can’t afford to loose.
14:36
http://fortune.com/2015/12/16/apple-google-trending-searches/
In trends news - Google Released their 15th annual Year in search results - and in the Top 5 list for Consumer Tech - which Google seemed to try to burry and avoid were these results.
5th place LG G4
4th place - Apple’s iPad Pro
3rd place - Apple Watch
2nd place Samsung Galaxy S6
and in first place
Apple’s iPhone 6S
So Apple took home 3 of the top 5 spots. Again - seems Apple is still trending well. Maybe just Maybe Wall Street is once again wrong when it comes to Apple.
Another clear sign Wall Street is off their mark is this.
Apple’s Market cap right now is 598.4 Billion
Googles Market Cap is 514.3 Billion
If you remove Cash from their market caps
Apple’s Market Cap is 392 Billion vs Googles 442 Billion non cash Market cap.
When Google is valued more than Apple - where Apple is generating multiple times more revenue and profit - something is off kilter - we saw this before - and as I said then - either one is valued to much much too high or the other much much too low - or a combination of both. And last time I mentioned this - Apple stock nearly doubled. Just sayin. But hey you can go back to Ep 295 around the 8 minute 48 second mark to hear my comments back then. Granted at that time Google’s Market cap less cash was 1.6 times Apples - this time it is just 1.13 times greater.
16:22
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18:33
VOICEMAIL - Alex_iOS92_shows_skip_forward
Hi Rob,
I just wanted to let you know I have been using the AT&T Number Sync which went live in iOS 9.2 It is a great feature for AT&T customers who have multiple iOS devices. I now have cellular capabilities on my Wifi only iPad when it is connected to Wifi. You can place & receive cellular calls (using the FaceTime or Contacts app), send & receive text messages (SMS, not just iMessages) on the iPad. This works even when the iPhone it is paired to is not on the same Wifi network.
Regards
~Karthik M
VOICEMAIL - Carl_MI_Apple_Watch_BandH
21:05
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from JOHN CLARKE who posted the following
Quote
How do you organize your apps on your iPhone? I have tried multiple different ways but haven't found anything that I really like.
Do you use folders and place like apps together? If so, what are your folder labels?
Do you keep your most used apps on your home screen?
Do you keep them alphabetically?
Give me your ideas and suggestions.
Unquote
Here are some of the responses.
From Craig B
quote - I keep the ones I use often on the first page. The rest are in folders on the next two pages. Nothing fancy, but I know where most of them are. unquote
From Jim K
quote I follow Craig B's approach. My "Big Four" (Waze, Safari, Downcast and Mail) are on the bottom row. Others that I use most frequently are on the front page, including Phone, Weather (Yahoo), Music, Amazon, Slate, Twitter, Facebook, CBS Sports, etc. Those are located with ones I use the most at the bottom, within easy thumb reach.
I then have 24 folders on Page 2, in alphabetical order, with names like Apple Apps, Communications, Dining, Driving, Finance, Imaging, Listen, Nature, News, etc. I stick almost every non-Page 1/non-big 4 app in one of those folders. A few brand new apps may sit on Page 3 for a while, before I classify/file them.
unquote
From Francisco Tapia
quote
I use a lot of apps, so I keep everything in groups unless I use the app a lot.
the most often used app groups are on the doc bar. Most of the time I don't start a text message I am replying to one so I access that app via the quick reply option on the lock or banner. If I initiate a text I usually use siri.
the other way to access an app that is tucked away on another screen in a folder is to swipe down and search for the app, it's usually faster and more accurate than asking siri to launch it.
unquote
Stephen William said quote
I like having my apps in alphabetical order
unquote
From Robert S
quote
Lots of options, key is to set your goal first. My goal is to keep most frequently used apps within easiest reach, minimize the number of clicks/swipes to launch less frequently used apps, and to optimize for the physical phone (I have an iPhone 6plus so the lower part of the home screen is "closer" then the upper part.) Lastly, arrange infrequently used apps in a way that aids (re)discovery of them.
Keep in mind the different ways to launch an app when considering where to place it:
From the bottom icon dock (always the same on all screens)
From the Home Screen (pressing "Home" button gets you back fast)
From special iOS shortcuts
From a folder of apps
From spotlight search screen
From a special "launcher" app
From a today screen widget
A few "tricks":
Since swiping-up to reveal control center gets you the camera icon, I always move the camera off the home screen as it isn't needed.
I completely fill the home screen. It's wasting a high-priority launching point to leave a blank space for "future use". I simply move an icon to another screen/demote it when another app that is more important deserves to be on the home screen.
In the bottom dock, I have replaced one of the icons with a folder. Many people aren't aware they can do this. That puts six more apps only one click/swipe away from launching on every screen. I call the folder "quick access" and sometimes change the contents if I am on a trip, extended business meetings, away from my normal routine, etc.
I use the app "Launch Center Pro" as one of my home screen apps to create sub-menus for frequently used apps that don't qualify for direct home screen locations. I tend to use LCP for macro actions not just launching an app because it does take a little longer for LCP to load when you click on it. Example: I have a messages section with icons/shortcuts to "send text message to Jack" which launches Messages app with the recipient already filled-in. So I have traded-off the slightly slower launch to having several steps of using an app already done for me.
On the 2nd and following home screens, I have folders sorted alphabetically by topic with names such as Cloud, Entertainment, Finance, Games, Health, Home Control, Logistics, Music, Networking, News, Photography, Productivity, Security, Shopping, Social, Streaming, Travel, Utils, Videography, VoIP and Watch Apps.
Most of the time I will launch these apps by using Spotlight to search for them by name, but sometimes I will "Browse" my folders to look for apps I haven't used in a while that I either might want to start using more or maybe delete completely.
unquote
Barry Smitherman - asked about arranging them by color - and shared a link where someone did that. Let me say - ouch - tough to tell which app is which when you do all blue apps on one page and all green apps on the next and so on. Looks pretty - but pretty impractical.
Personally what I do is once every few weeks - I go to Settings - then Battery - then for Battery Usage for the last 7 days - I see which apps I am using the most and make sure the top ones are on the first two screens - with the top top ones in the dock.
That said I do have a couple of key folders on my main home screen - one for Recording apps and one for Podcasting Apps and I also have the App store app in the top left with the Settings app next to it.
In a nut shell my most used 4 apps are in the dock and my most used apps 5 to 15 are on the home screen along with some stock apps and key folders. Then some other key apps and folders on the page two.
After that it is just a mess with no organization at all.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
28:10
http://www.techerina.com/2015/12/apple-iphone-5s-
gets-massive-price-cut-in-india.html
I mentioned earlier that the iPhone 5S just received a price cut in India.
What I did not say was the amount - which some articles describe as a massive price cut.
It now starts at 24,999 Rupees vs the price in September where it was 44,500 rupees. That is a 43.8% price reduction. And that 24,999 is the list price - there are other better prices such as from Amazon India and Snapdeal where you can get it for 21,499 Rupees or a 51.7% price reduction since September.
Now while a 51.7% price reduction is great in helping increase sales in India - it should still be pointed out the Average Monthly salary in India is pretty close to that 21,499 Rupee mark.
29:09
http://fingerson.strikingly.com
Hey Rob, I thought some of your listeners might find this innovation of interest.
Regards,
Max in North Carolina.
Hi Max - thanks for the heads up on this next one - which is an article titled - A SmartWatch for the visually impaired.
It is a bout a braille smartwatch that will translate texts, tweets and ebooks to braille on the watch face.
The smartwatch is called Dot and the current pre-order pricing is at $300.
The Braille Cell has 4 active dynamic Braille Cells.
It does support iOS - hence why we are talking about it on this show.
Now the bad news - Pre-order pricing does not mean pre-orders - so ordering is not yet available and there was no availability date listed.
I signed up for the newsletter and will update on this on future episodes.
30:05
http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/11/e-label-act/
Hey rob, a couple random questions..
Do you have any idea how apple was finally able to rid the iPhone of all those ugly regulatory logos that used to litter the back cover of the iPhone? They date back to at least the 3G, don't remember if my original iPhone 2G had them or not, but now on my new 6S, no more ugly logos! Just "iPhone" "S" and the normal "designed, assembled, model" etc. info. Such a clean look. Just wondering if you noticed or had any insight on that. I've attached a photo stitch in case you're wondering what the hell I'm talking about.
Also, what's up with iTunes no longer backing up apps from the iPhone when doing a backup?? I used to do all my updates on my iPhone via wifi as they came and then back them up to my MacBook later but now I either have to update on my MacBook and then sync to my iPhone or update them on both platforms. What gives??
Regards,
-AAron
Hi Aaron - per the icons for the FCC on the back - thank Senator Rockefeller and Fischer for that - they intro’d a bill back in 2014 to get rid of those required symbols - arguing it is expensive to etch them in and the savings could be passed on to consumers. And hmmmm - lets see - the iphone 6S was how much cheaper then the 6? Oh yeah - ok - well it might not have been cheaper - but it is prettier.
So there is that questions solved.
Per the other question about iTunes no longer backing up Apps from the iPhone when doing a back up?
I would ask why would you need to back up the apps themselves - the apps can be re-downloaded - what does need to be backed up is the App data - and that does appear to be getting backed up - but the actual IPA files- I think that is a waste of storage to back them up - as again if needed they can be re-downloaded.
33:11
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3017239/apple-
mac/predictions-for-apple-in-2016.html
As we get ready to roll into 2016 - Yes this is the last Tii Episode for 2015.
There are many that like to make predictions - and Johnny Evans at Computer world has some for Apple for 2016.
One of which is the 4 Inch iPhone. He is also predicting a thinner and water proof iPhone 7. Not much of stretch there.
He predicts the iPad Pro will become an accepted Notebook replacement in the Enterprise space.
He also talks about person to person payments with Apple pay.
So tell me some of your Apple 2016 predictions - I will play / read them on the next episode - give me a call 206-666-6364 - that’s 206-moon-dog or send them to today in iOS at Gmail dot com.
It can be any Apple prediction that is iOS related. And yes that does cover Apple TV.
I will go over my predictions with yours on the next episode.
34:29
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/12/17/reservoir-devs-
why-apps-really-hit-ios-before-android/
I wanted to thank all that sent in this next one. Which well if you listen to the show - is something I have covered before - the title of the post is Why Apps really hit iOS before Android and it was on The Next Web dot com - and well again it is what we have said here before. And those reason per the article and past eps of this show - It is easier to develop for iOS - more support tools and a lot lot less fragmentation. End users are actually using the latest version of the OS, Much better demographics of end user and more likely to spend money on iOS side, Testing on different iOS devices is a lot lot lot less intensive than trying to track down Android devices running the latest version. So easier which means less time and less money - and more potential to make money if app is good. IE BETTER ROI - is that not really the core of any business decision. But you can read the article to see the long way that get to that quick conclusion by talking to multiple devs.
36:13
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39:02
VOICEMAIL - Ben_Canada_auto_lock_screen_issue
Hi Rob
I am upgrading from 5s to a 6s and backed up to iTunes and then restored to the 6s. However when I get calls from people who I expect to have contact details for I only see the phone number, no name. When I compare the 2 phones no sim in 5s now on the 5 s some contacts appear in bold and others not bold. How do I ensure I get all the contacts, please.
Regards,
Mark Jarvis
Womb puente UK
Hi Rob,
I got my Stainless Steel Apple Watch Band from the kickstarter project - I hope you got yours.
It is a great band.
Regards,
David D
Hi David - I have mine and I have a resizing tool in the mail - and it will be here tomorrow - so I will get it resized for my wrist in time for Christmas and my trip to NY. Looking forward to getting it on the Apple Apple watch.
VOICEMAIL - Issues_location_based_reminderds
43:53
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lumulabs/lumu-
power-a-light-meter-for-the-future?ref=discovery
This week for a kickstarter project we have the project called Lumu Power - a Light meter for the future - or just search for L U M U Power .
This one had a goal of $30k and to date has raised over 222k - so it is doing very well.
This one has until Dec 30th at 3:55 PM CT for you to fund it.
Per their description quote Lumu Power is the light, exposure, flash and color temperature meter for the iPhone. One device with power of many. Express yourself! unquote
Pricing on this is $199 - with delivery slated for Jun 2016 and if you are a photog - then you want to get more info on this light meter.
This one plugs into the Lightening port - and again more info in the show notes for ep 377 - just search for L U M U Power - or you can search at Kickstarter dot com as well.
44:54
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-maps-
for-ios-gets-offline-navigation-support-and-more-
778083?site=classic
Thanks to Dr. John for the heads up on this next one.
For those that still use Google Maps you will be happy to know if you don’t already - that the latest update to Google Maps for iOS brings with it offline Navigation support. Users can also download a region on the map also for offline use. Thus using GPS and other location services to update your location on the map when an internet connection is not possible.
Now a spokesperson from Google did say it may take a few weeks before all the offline capabilities make it out to all users.
Another new feature with this update of the Google Maps app is the addition of up-to-date Gas prices when you search for gas stations.
45:38
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/12/21/facebook-
starts-supporting-live-photos-adopts-html5-video-player
For those that like taking live photos with the 6S or 6S+ and those that like sharing photos on Facebook - great news for you - Facebook has started supporting live photos.
When you upload a Live Photo - you just follow the same process that you always did when uploading a boring old still or dead photo. If the new photo you are uploading happens to be a live photo you will now see a “live” box appear in the bottom right of the image. Just tap that box to upload as a live photo and then all your friends can see.
46:16
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp/apple-watch-iphone-trade-
in-offer/pcmcat748300921001.c?id=pcmcat748300921001
&ref=P10T12R104&loc=BODY&CampaignID=766606&
SubscriberID=11446404&eut=800270765
Thanks to everyone sending in links on Best buy deals. Seems Best Buy figured out how to finally give serious discounts to Apple product - maybe they negotiated that when they agreed to put Apple Watch’s in all their stores - but what ever the deal - you the consumer are the winner. There are big discounts on iOS and Mac devices. So if you are looking to purchase something with an Apple logo on it - you will want to check your local best buy first to see what deals they have.
46:46
VOICEMAIL - Win_quest_skype_alternatives
Hi Rob,
IS there any way to optimize photos selectively, like having an album be full resolution, while the majority are optimized. Using iOS 9?
Tim
Hi Rob, I updated my iPhone 6s Plus and my iPad air and just did notice a problem. It is kind of obscure, so most users might not notice it, but I did. If you open the iCloud drive icon, and try to play an MP3 file you are no longer able to listen to it in the background. It will automatically stop when the auto lock engages. I called Apple and they had no idea what was wrong and the gentleman told me that most people wouldn't listen to their music there anyway. That is beside the point. It used to work so it still should. Apparently the audio file is opening in QuickTime. Did anyone else notice this? Thank you and hopefully they will get it fixed soon. Jill
Hi Rob
There are seven members of our family who use iOS devices. You can have a maximum of six people in a family Linking Devices. We want to share a family calendar. Unfortunately this means that we are always having to invite one person to any event. Is there any way of setting up a calendar, without sharing publicly,, where we can automatically include seven people in the calendar? Thanks for a great show full of very useful information.
Brian (London UK)
VOICEMAIL - Bob_VAATT_raising_rate_for_unlimited
51:43
https://realm.io/news/altconf-jay-freeman-dmca-digital-
millennium-copyright-act/
There is one story I kept pushing off from October - as I needed some time to read up on it. But it is per a document released in October called - Section 1201 Rulemaking - Sixth Triennial Proceeding to determine exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention. And not this has nothing to do with a bris.
This is about Jailbreaking Tablets and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
I could read you the ruling - but it is very confusing per the actual words.
Let me give you the short version as of October 25th 2015 - the library of congress green lit Jailbreaking Tablets - saying they are exempt from the DMCA rules as they previously had also ruled for Smartphones. So now yes - iPhones and iPads and even Apple TV’s can legally be jailbroken.
Or quote In this final rule, the Librarian of Congress adopts exemptions to the provision of the DMCA’ that prohibits circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works, codified in section 1201(a)(1) of title 17 of the United States Code. As required under the statute, the Register of Copyrights, following a public proceeding, submitted a Recommendation concerning proposed exemptions to the Librarian of Congress. After careful consideration, the Librarian adopts final regulations based upon the Register’s Recommendation. unquote Ah I love Government documents.
http://copyright.gov/1201/2015/registers-recommendation.pdf
53:15
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55:58
VOICEMAIL - RON_NM_Apple_Watch2_specs
Hi Rob,
I think it's alright to remove the headphone jack in iPhone 7 as long as Apple supplies a dock with 2 lightning ports and an additional 3.5 mm jack as a standard accessory (So you can listen music and charge at the same time). I know this will never happen but just a thought.
~Karthik M
Hey Rob,
saw you on KCTV 5 news tonight. Loved the outfits!
Hope you enjoyed " The Force Awakens".
Regards,
John Clarke
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_samsung_thoughts
1:05:10
Hi Rob thanks for a great show
Have you asked Siri do you believe in Santa Claus?
Brian
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 376
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RUSSEL for sending in the music you hear in the background. RUSSEL wrote:
Hello Rob,
I am excited to share this song with you as it is being pitched to be on TV. This song contains 4 separate guitar parts, drums, violins, and cello all created on my iPad with Garageband. If it's ok I'd also like to make a shout out to the best step-dad in the world, Clay Holbrook who is probably listening to this show right now. Thanks for all you do. Hope your audience and yourself enjoy this song. Regards,
Russell Campise (CAMP-EASY)
From Las Vegas
Thanks RUSSELL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank SAUL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. SAUL wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
Here's some artwork I put together to capture a number of things. I wanted to capture Christmas with the red and green wrapping which doubles as the best podcast known to man kind covering "Apple" with the crossing "Today In IOS badging" which also doubles as light sabers crossing, Star Wars in the back ground as a stage to the complete nature of the artwork and then of course the meme love is there with word play about Steve jobs and Tim Cook being the head of house hold of Apple. I used the Over app for all the verbiage and color.
Merry Christmas Rob and fellow listeners of the Today and iOS podcast.
Regards
Saul Lowery
Thanks SAUL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see SAUL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 376 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:41
http://io9.com/the-most-hilariously-damning-review-of-
the-original-sta-1684093048
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following: Quote:
QUOTE I sincerely hope that science and scientists differ from science fiction and its practitioners. Heaven help us if they don't: We may be headed for a very boring world indeed. Strip Star Wars of its often striking images and its high-falutin scientific jargon, and you get a story, characters, and dialogue of overwhelming banality, without even a "future" cast to them. Human beings, anthropoids, or robots, you could probably find them all, more or less like, that, in downtown Los Angeles today...
O dull new world! We are treated to a galactic civil war, assorted heroes and villains, a princely maiden in distress, a splendid old man surviving from an extinct order of knights who possessed a mysterious power called "the Force," and it is all as exciting as last year's weather reports.... Why, even the most exciting fight is an old-fashioned duel, for all that the swords have laser beams for blades....
Here it is all trite characterization and paltry verbiage.. The one exception is Alec Guinness as the grand old man Ben Kenobi (Ben for the Hebrew ben, to make him sound Biblical and good; Kenobi probably from cannibis, i.e., hashish, for reasons you can probably guess.)..
Still, Star Wars will do very nicely for those lucky enough to be children or unlucky enough never to have grown up. UNQUOTE
John Simon, with New York Magazine - May 1977 - for his review of the original Star Wars film.
FYI - I know a ten year old boy back in 1977 that if he had read that would have said to Mr. Simon - I guess I never grow up then. Just Sayin
04:21
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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04:50
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/12/09/tim-
cook-iphone-battery-case/
Evidently a “few” people don’t like the look of the new Apple iPhone Battery Case - calling it the Quasimodo of iPhone cases.
Others launched meme’s that go - Apple makes iPhone 6 thinner - so it has less battery - then charges you $100 to get more battery life. Brilliant
But here is something that is not getting much press - the new battery pack from Apple - is called the Smart Battery Case - and part of that smart part is the design - as it allows the signal to get in and out - better than other cases.
The reason for the hump in the case is that the battery is placed away from the antennas. Thus unlike other cases where the battery runs the entire top to bottom and blocks signal in and out - thus meaning your device has to work harder to connect and communicate - with the smart Cases the signals get in and out with much less blockage and thus your device does not need to work as hard and use as much energy as those iPhones in the competitors cases - In Theory. And I say In theory - as I have not seen anyone actually test this yet.
But If you look at the iFixit tear down you will see the top and bottom of the cases is a microfiber mesh material - and the battery is again in the middle where it is not blocking the antennas of the iPhone 6 and 6S.
It should also be pointed out that Apple has added coupled passive antennas to further aid in maintaining good signal level.
Based on specs Apple is saying you will get more than double the battery life when you use the smart battery case. Again this is JUST for the iPhone 6 and 6S - there is no version from apple for the 6+ and 6S+
Ironically - Apple who in the past has been beat up for making something look really pretty at the detriment of optimal performance - seems this time to turn things around and put optimal performance before Looks - and yes - they are of course getting smacked down for that. Haters gotta hate I guess.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Battery+
Case+Teardown/53762?
06:58
http://petapixel.com/2015/12/08/ios-9-2-lets-you-
import-photos-your-iphone-directly-from-your-camera/
Hi Rob,
I just got the new USB 3.0 speed Lightning to SD Reader adapter for the iPad Pro.
(he then sent pictures showing the two)
The lower one is the new one. It has a longer body.
The bottom one is the new one. The new none seems to have thicker sides
I have not tried it out it. BTW, loving the new iPad Pro. Got the space gray 128GB wifi-only model. The Photos app handles my 120,000 images (270GB) iCloud Photo Library. I am in to birding/nature photography and burst mode can chew up a lot of space. :-)
Regards,
Steven (in Houston)
One thing to point out with the new USB 3 Lightning to SC card camera reader is that the USB 3 speeds are just for the iPad Pro - for other iOS devices it is USB 2 speeds - and by other iOS devices it means iOS devices running iOS 9.2 - as that is needed for iPhones to use this - but again just at USB 2 speeds.
08:07
Speaking of iOS 9.2 Here is some iOS 9.2 update feedback -
quote iOS 9.2 has made third-party keyboards a whole lot better. They open up without glitches. unquote From Amiel Kennedy
Quote I've updated my 6s+ and Air 2 and so far haven't seen any issues. Yesterday I did have issues with my BlueAnt q3 audio being choppy but today seems to be fine. unquote - from Michael Polinske
quote I've upgraded 3 iPhones and 3 iPads of various ages without any problems. I did not perform any magic rituals, just pushed the upgrade button. BTW, I also upgraded 4 macs of various types and an Apple TV4 without any problems. unquote From Craig B
quote I update an iPhone 6s Plus and iPad 2. No issues as yet. unquote Paul H
No issues from Eric S, Karthik M, and Chris S.
Really not seeing many reports out there overall about issues - almost none not NONE but almost none and much less than past single dot updates.
One report I saw was from someone that had been using a mic plugged into an iPhone and with iOS 9.2 - now they are getting an error message saying the device is not supported or draws too much power. I tried out my iPhone 6+ running iOS 9.2 with my iRig Mic HD and also the ATR 2100 mic - and both worked fine - no issues at all. So this issues does seem to be isolated - to maybe just specific mics - more news on that in a future episode.
If you were holding off updating until this episode to hear how things are going - I would say now is a good time to do that update - assuming you don’t plan to Jailbreak that is nor are using your iOS device with a USB mic that is something other than the ones I mentioned.
10:06
http://boingboing.net/2015/12/09/improve-
the-apple-remote-with.html
Per the issue of not knowing which is the front of the Apple TV remote. I saw a post on boing boing which made me go doooohhhh.
The simple solution to the problem comes out of goodfellas or some other mob movie or show. And that is taking the Thick rubber band from a stalk of broccoli - well ok this article said to use the purple one from Asparagus - but common - really - you know you are going to get the thick Green one from Broccoli like any good wise guy fan would do. Then you just wrap the green or Purple or some other color rubber band around the bottom half of the Apple TV remote and now it is easier to tell which side is which.
And that is a brilliant DIY solution to the problem.
10:47
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/12/griffins-survivor-play-
case-for-the-apple-tvs-siri-remote-is-now-available
And here is another solution - which was sent in by many not is not D I Y but rather B U Y - let me read this email.
Hey Rob,
Just saw this and thought I'd share it with you and the listeners. I think having this along with the remote strap should help with the orientation of the remote. I know you and some listeners have had issues regarding this already. I personally already have the wrist strap and have found it to be very useful in knowing if I'm holding the remote correctly. I hope adding the case to the remote will add a little thickness to it since I feel that it's too thin and doesn't feel too natural in my hand. I really love and enjoy all the hard work that you do in providing us a community in which we can all share and help each other out when we need it. Please keep up the awesome work and I'll be looking forward to another knowledge packed episode.
Kindest regards,
Mike S. from Phoenix, AZ
And what Mike S and many other sent in was a link to the new Griffins Survivor play case fro Apple TV’s Siri remote - which will run you $20. Which is a bit more then a stalk of Broccoli or Asparagus. But is also a little nicer looking and will actually protect the remote when it goes flying across the room.
12:25
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/08/best-
buy-apple-watch-discount/
For those looking for an Apple Watch and looking for a good deal on one - Best Buy is offering $100 off all versions they have in stock between now and Christmas. So yes the $349 38 mm sport version is now $249 at best buy. This is better than their black Friday deal when it was just $50 off the sport models. And this offer is available on line as well as in stores - and again is $100 of Sport and also the stainless steel version.
This is very un-usual that Apple would allow this. It could mean Apple Watch sales are not what Apple was hoping for. As apple does dictate what is allowed with regards to discounts. This is not you get a $100 gift card - like was the case with Target - this is $100 off the price period.
If this is not about pumping up less then expected lower sales - maybe it is about the Apple Watch 2 coming early in the spring and Apple/Best Buy trying to clear inventory.
Maybe a combo of both. Either way it is unusual - but if you held off and $249 or $299 is the deal you were looking for for an Apple watch sport - Best buy is the place for you.
13:44
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16:00
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_appleTV_remote_update
Hi Rob, in episode 374 a caller was asking how to get feedback to Apple, and this link http://www.apple.com/feedback/ can be used as this was the link that I used to ask Apple To get Apple Pay with my bank and the page I used said they read all emails but can't reply to all emails but they read all emails carefully. I'm not saying this will work for all but it seemed to work for me.
Regards,
Aaron in Vermont.
Rob
I learned something new today and am sharing just in the spirit of the Tii community.
My iPhone6 screen had cracked and I made an appointment with the Genius Bar to have a tech replace it. No AppleCare or other coverage so I would owe $105 for the work. Not a problem for me since I've skipped coverage for past 8 years and over 8 different devices - so I'm ahead by many $$$.
But let's fast forward to the new thing I learned. When they took the phone I had to log out of my Apple ID - and because they replaced the broken screen that includes the home button, I also lost my Touch ID. So when I wanted to pay the repair charge with ApplePay, I had no way to do it on the phone.
The Apple rep said, "hey try your AppleWatch". I thought it wouldn't work - I believed the watch was just a slave to the phone. But voilà - it worked and paid for my repair.
Maybe you told us earlier but I missed this capability. I wasn't even logged into my AppleID on the phone and my AMEX had been disassociated from the phone when I turned off it off before the repair.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville GA
19:14
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Steven Whatley who posted the following
Quote
Here is a cool idea for an iPad Pro game. How about a Pool (Billiards) game where you used use the Apple Pencil as a pool stick. Any takers? :-)
Unquote
BRILLIANT - I hope someone takes Steven up on that idea. Would love to see a Game designed that used the Apple Pencil specifically.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this feedback to Ep 375:
From Myron Uecker quote ou talked about the hoops you had to jump through to get your Remote app working with your ATV4. Yesterday I simply opened the Remote app after updating my ATV and it just worked.
I'm looking forward to getting home tonight to find out if today's update to the Remote app made it work better. unquote
When I released ep 375 - Apple had not updated the remote app yet. It was released on the 9th early in the day. So it looks like the updated remote app will be easier to set up - Sadly The remote app Works the same with the new version as the last version - in that it does not work with games. But still works fine for Netflix / HBO / Youtube and searching for apps - which is what I need it for. per entering in text.
But definitely if you have the remote app installed - make sure you have updated to the latest version.
21:20
http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/binge-on-
streaming-video-list.html
Hey does anyone know where I can find a list of services that don't count against my T-Mobile bandwidth cap? I know I of the music and video services that are now not counted and I also know the app store still runs high speed even after you pass your limit but I'd love to know of any that I didn't hear about through podcast side chat.
From Cody K
To which Kenneth B - provided the link to the t-mobile page - which I will have a link to in the show notes for ep 376 - look for the link titled - Binge on Streaming Video List.
And here is a quick run down on the services you can stream content via T-mobile and not have it count against your data cap:
Crackle, DirecTV, Encore, ESPN, Flurry, Fox Sports, Fox Sports GO, Go90, HBO GO, HBO NOW, Hulu, IG-2000, Major League Baseball, Movieplex, NBC Sports, Netflix, Showtime, Slave1, Sling Box, Sling TV, Starz, T-Mobile TV, Univision Deportes, Ustream, Vessel, Vevo and VUDU
22:26
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/12/the-apple-
tvs-app-store-is-bursting-at-the-seams-with-growth
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this next one.
There is a nice article over at AppAdvice titled - Apple TV’s App store is bursting at the seams with growth.
I will say this in perspective to iOS and iPad apps - the numbers are anemic - but for the Apple TV - it is pretty good already. There are over 2,600 apps now - with projection of 5,000 within a month and 10,000 in early 2016.
Games apps are the biggest category by far with 38% of the Apps. Entertainment is number two - followed by Education. The least popular categories in terms of number of apps - are Finance, Medical, Navigation, Shopping and Catalogs. Why the heck is Navigation even a category on a set top box device?
Since there are no ads in Apple TV Apps - as you might expect - more apps are for sale. The fact the % is just 39% was actually surprising - I would have thought the number would be higher. Of course there are a bunch that are freemium - and they go under free - then you have in app purchases to get say better looking fireplaces.
Here is some feedback on the Apple TV from the email bag
Hi Rob
I got my Apple TV 64gb. Well first it came a few days early then expected. It could of not been any easier to set up. I just put my iPhone next to it and most of the set up was taken care of. Then I had to put my password for iTunes account. After that I set up Apple Music. Then I put on a few games as well as Flickr YouTube and my go to apps for movies and tv. Netflix, HBO go and showtime any time. I tried out some games. Most games I got were on par graphically with the Wii. Some games were so so. The others were great. To my kids so far they like the games they played. So that is the main test. I will let you know more once I set up all my apps and give the kids time to play the games. I am just happy it came in time for Hanukkah. I also want to gloat about my 25% off I got. That makes it a better system then it already was. Thanks once again for the show.
Regards,
Aaron from Brooklyn.
Well Aaron - thanks for the feedback and Happy Hanukkah.
24:51
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-08/
apple-said-to-suspend-effort-to-develop-live-tv-service
This next one goes under the rumor category - but sadly the rumor category on what is not coming rather than what is.
Bloomberg is saying according to their sources Apple’s plans to roll out its own TV subscription offering are now dead in the water - as Apple just was not able to come to agreement with the TV content creators.
Apple had long been rumored to be working on a $30 to $40 a month subscription service to TV Content. Now it seems Apple is shelving or pausing or putting off for a while those efforts and instead will focus on making Apple TV the platform when individual content creators or networks can sell directly their content. IE - HBO Now. CBS CEO Les Moonves - not to be confused with More Moondog. - Well Les - he said last week that Apple has put it TV Plans on hold.
Rumors has it some big egos wanted to much money - and that is what is putting the kibosh on Apples plans for now.
I think this can be summed up like this - Apple was trying to offer a better value offering to end users - but the content creators were asking for more money from Apple then from Cable providers - this kinds killing that whole value prop for the end user angle.
Moons says he does expect Apple to eventually roll out that service - but did not say that was going to be before or after the Ice Skates were placed on El Deablo
26:27
I had asked for feedback on what folks want to see for an iPhone 7.
From Larry D - in the google + community he said:
quote
Here is what I would like to see in the iPhone 7:
1) iPad Pro style external connectors that can be used to charge the phone via a case or other external devise. This would, for one, eliminate the need to add another quarter inch to the phone size when you add a charging case.
2) illuminated Apple logo on the back of the phone or an illuminated ring on the Touch ID ring to indicate status.
3) Waterproofing
4) Sapphire glass option if not as part of the base product.
unquote
I really like the idea of the side connectors like with the iPad Pro - where if you have a case it could provide power that way rather then having to go through the lightning connector.
Per Waterproofing - I do think there is a good chance for that - as the 6S and 6S+ have taken a step in that direction with the new internal connectors with essentially gaskets around them. So the 6S and 6S+ are already more waterproof than any previous iPhones.
Per an illuminate Apple Logo - It is something I have been hoping for for years - but never really ever expecting. It is one of those things that would be neat - but never will happen due to size and power issues.
And sapphire screens - it will forever be one of those things you will see in rumors - because Apple spent a lot of time and effort to get it in the past and completely caused the bankruptcy of a company over. Where part of the settlement was the selling of all those furnaces - not scrapping of them - but selling of them - so they were purchased by someone - and that is why the rumor of Sapphire screens will be back every year from now until it finally happens - if it happens. I will say this - don’t hold off buying an iPhone for it - as it could be a rumor associated with the iPhone 17 - not just the iPhone 7.
28:51
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=53895609
It is being rumored the next Sammy Galaxy S7 will have pressure sensitive screen - OF COURSE IT WILL. For anyone that has ever doubted Sammy’s road map for the Galaxy line is located at apple.com - this is just another example why all those doubts should be removed.
This would of course be a sammy attempt to clone Apples 3D touch. So I am going to guess they will just call it - touch 3D - just saying
29:19
http://qz.com/572239/apples-not-as-secure-as-it-
used-to-be-but-its-still-way-better-than-windows-and-android/
Interesting Article from Quartz titled - Apple’s not as secure as it used to be - but its still way better than windows and Android.
I will skip the OS Ten parts and get right to iOS - Symantec in 2015 to date has found over double the number of new threats for iOS vs 2014 - which sounds dire until you realize the number of new threats in 2015 was 7. By comparison Symantec logged 9,839 cumulative Android malware threats in 2014 - which they said in 2014 17% of Android Apps were Malware in disguise.
By the way - of the 13 iOS Threats all time - 9 can only infect Jailbroken devices.
So long of the short - No it is not as secure as it used to be - but compared to Android - it is still fort knox - rather than knock on wood.
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I wear glasses - all the time - essentially I put them on when I get out of bed and don’t take them off until I go back to bed or take a shower. And if you google me for any pictures from the past 3 plus years - one thing will be constant in all those pictures - I am wearing my Warby Parker glasses. I love those glasses and I loved the experience buying the glasses.
And I would like to welcome Warby Parker back as a sponsor. If you wear glasses like me you know what a pain it is to get new glasses and how expensive it is - Eye glasses should not cost more than an iPhone not even a subsidized 16 GB iPhone. But sadly most do Especially after the eyeglass store put on all their adders. But Warby Parker is not like that. First on the price side for prescription Glasses they are $95 or you can go titanium for $145. And that includes the anti-reflective and anti-glare coating. and a very nice case. No up sells. And these are very nice very fashionable glasses. And at this price - you can afford to get a few pairs - just to accessorize for different looks if you want.
How the process works is you go to warbyparker dot com slash tii and you pick out 5 pairs of glasses you want to try on Or as they call it their Home Try on - and they ship the 5 pair out to you at no cost. You try them on for a few days and pick out the pair you like best and send them all back - shipping is covered both ways. Then once you pick the pair you like best you go online enter your prescription or scan in your prescription or even just give them the name and number to your eye doctor and they will call them - they make that part easy - and then you place the order. And that is it. It really was an easy process. My Warby Parker glasses are my day in day out glasses - So they are not just an advertiser they are who I got my primary pair of glasses from. You can see them on me in my picture on the banner for Warby parker up at today in iOS dot com or the Harry’s banner for that matter or again in any picture I have been in for the past 3 plus years.
Go right now on your iOS device to WarbyParker dot com slash tii and pick your 5 pairs and get them sent to you to try on at no cost to you. But lets say after you try on the 5 pairs you and your significant other can't agree on THE pair - simple send them back and pick out another 5 pairs and repeat
- still at no cost for the try ons. They have a lot of great styles and the site is really easy to see the different styles and colors.
And when you buy a pair of glasses with Warby Parker here is the absolute best part - they give a pair to a 3rd world charity. So in summary. You shop hassle free and get 5 days to try on your 5 pairs at your home to pick the ones you really like best - you pay 1/3rd to 1/5th what you normally pay for glasses and by buying a pair you are helping out someone in a 3rd world country to get a pair of glasses as well. Win Win and Win. Again remember to start the free home try on process go to warby parker dot com slash tii. Thanks Warby Parker for sponsoring this show and for making the best glasses I have ever owned.
33:53
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_apple_watch_Experience
Hi Rob,
When I try to print from my iPhone 6 Plus with all current software, a transit map the application crashes
From my iPad pro with all current software I know how to sort in Apple Mail for a particular sender. What I don't know is how to concatenate those emails into one document for forwarding or printing.
Same iPad pro. How do I start voice recognition from the Logitech "Create" keyboard?
Regards,
Thomas M from Sunnyvale California
Hi Thomas - first thanks for the heads up on the Transit map crashing when you try to print. I did a search in the map for directions from Fishermans warf to the Moscone center - and it will show the preview to print fine for Driving and walking directions - but for Transit when it is trying to show the preview for print it crashes the app - same if in new york city for directions from the Empire State building to the Museum of Modern Art - no issues with driving or walking directions - but transit directions crash the app. So looks like Apple has a bug to fix.
Per the questions of printing multiple emails from the same person or in a thread at once - I am not aware of anyway to do that from an iOS device - but if someone listening knows how to do this with the Native Mail app in iOS - please let us know - and if you know how to do this with another mail app for iOS - let us know that as well - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog - or record and email in the response to today in iOS at gmail dot com
And Folks also throwing out the third part of that email - if anyone has the Logitech keyboard for iPad Pro is there a way to start voice recognition from it.
Hi Rob,
There is an issue with the ThingCharger - indiegogo project, they have providing them to Sam's Clubs before shipping the units to most or even all of the backers 1st.
I pledged for the Lighting version not the USB-C version and I haven't even gotten mine yet and I see them for sale in a local Sam's Club, not cool!
This is just turning me off on funding any projects anymore and I am sure there are many other backers that feel the same.
Maybe they need to just give us Sam's Club gift cards with the amount we pledged so we can get them before Christmas.
Regards,
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
And Thomas sent a picture of the Thing Charger from his local Sam’s club. Thomas I agree - when a crowd funded project turns around and ships product to big box retailers before providing product to those that took a chance with them - it definitely hurts crowd funding campaigns in the future. Take the SOS charger - more people were able to purchase them from online stores and retailers then were shipped them that funded the project - I never received mine.
I understand why they do it - though - basically they run out of money and are looking at the sale of the product to a big box store as a loan - but really what they are doing is selling the same product twice. Once to the individual that crowd funded it - and made it possible to get it built and then again to the retailer - and I agree that just is not kosher and bad for all involved. Most of the reason this happens is bad planning or unforeseen complications which again would be bad planning. But you can’t let a few bad apples ruin the whole bunch - because this is not a wide spread issue and I only know a handful of cases where this happened. So hopefully you will give some other start up / crowd funded project your backing in the future.
37:21
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1163121769/dome-
charging-dock-for-apple-watch-and-iphone?ref=nav_search
This week for a kickstarter project we have Dome - or more precisely - Dome Charging dock for Apple Watch and iPhone.
This one has a goal of $19k - and has raise a tad over 6k to day and has just until Dec 24th at 9:00 PM CT.
According to the creators - dome is quote an elegant and clutter-free charging dock for Apple Watch and iPhone unquote.
It allows you to charge both together.
Please note it does not come with either cable for Lightning nor Apple Watch - so you have to provide them.
Pricing on this is $69 - and it has delivery scheduled for April 2016.
If you want more info on this - search for Dome at kickstarter dot com.
40:04
http://www.bumpies.co/
The folks at Bumpies sent me a set of Bumpies to review.
I have been testing out the Bumpies for my iPhone 6+ the past week plus - and I feel naked in a good way. I had a big ol hunking protective case on my 6+ for over a year. And with the bumpies I feel like I am almost totally naked now - well I mean my phone is naked - it is kind of like have a fig leaf for my iPhone. Just the parts you need protected are protected. For those that don’t remember me talking about the bumpies in the past - they go on each corner of your iPhone and then protrude above the screen and below the back so no mater how your drop it the screen does not touch the ground and the back does not touch and the sides to not touch - just the bumpies touch. And again they just cover the corners.
It comes with a wipe to clean the corners and then a little sleeve to place the iPhone in for proper placement - which was much easier then I thought it would be.
I did also keep on my glass screen protector - because you never know when something will be dropped on your iPhone screen. I highly recommend using a screen protector with the Bumpies.
With the bumpies and glass protector I am getting the same protection as my big ol hunking case - except now it fits in the cup holder and my pocket much better.
It is really nice to actually feel my iPhone again but at the same time have it protected. It really is weird in a good way to feel the back of my iPhone and the quality of my iPhone I forgot how good it feels in your hand. And now I am able to show off how pretty the 6+ is again - as just a minimal amount of the phone covered and since I went with the white ones at first glance it looks completely naked.
They have bumpies for all versions of the iPhone back to the 4. And for the 6+ at least they run just $35.
Link in the show notes - and thanks to Bumpies for sending these over to review.
42:27
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_what_he_Wants_new_appleWatch
Hi Rob,
Just listening to episode 375 one thing I was hoping the Apple watch update would fix my springboard problem on my Apple watch. I hadn't had any problems with it since I got it on launch date earlier in the year but in the last 2-3 wks it seems to randomly crash reboot and back to work. Sometimes even while I'm doing a work out it does this and resumes recording my work out without missing a beat. Kinda funny. Just wanted to put this out there and see if you or any of the listeners have had a similar experience or even better, found a fix.
Pls let me know.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hey Rob,
So just wondering if anyone else noticed that after downloading 9.2 on my iPhone 5C, it took about 30 of my 70 songs I bought from iTunes and took them out of the cloud and downloaded back onto my device. Also what I miss is the little cloud symbol clearly showing if a song is in the cloud or not and yes I am aware of the 3 red dots and seeing this way by clicking on the song itself if it is or not but I miss the old system.
Also my friend has a 5S and he gets the little "mobile device" symbol on a song and my 5C does not, which I find odd.
Regards.
RJ
48:34
http://cydiajailbreak.org/pangu-9-status-for-
pangu-ios-9-2-jailbreak/
There are a bunch of rumors swirling about an iOS 9.2 Jailbreak coming soon - but at this point on December 14th - there is no released jailbreak for iOS 9.2 - there are some scams claiming to do it - just send them money - that is always the case after a new update - but so far from Pangu team and other jailbreak teams - there is no official word of a working jailbreak for 9.2 GM that is ready for end users. So again if you are jailbroken - do not upgrade at this point - if you plan to jailbreak don’t upgrade - everyone else - go for it.
49:21
Hi Rob,
One of the greatest things about the iPhone is the ability to e-mail video attachments. Up until the latest ios update 9.2, I could always compress and e-mail video attachments. Now after the update, I only get the option to use Mail Drop or "try to send the attachment." I don't even see the mail app try to compress the video file, rendering this function as useless. Not everyone wants to use Mail Drop or iCloud or send links to their videos which reside in Dropbox, etc; some of us just want to attach a simple video file to an e-mail.
So I'm pretty unhappy about this latest update since this is a basic vital function that I need to do for both work and personal reasons. And I don't want to have to switch back to Android because of this.
I'd appreciate any help you or your audience can give me.
Thanks and Regards,
Brent from Chicago
Hi Rob,
Per ep 375 - I am one of the users who is waiting for the 4 inch screen iPhone as well. it would be awesome to add 3D Touch to the 4inch phone, but if it doesn't get added, it means that Apple is not yet ready to fully support 3D touch on the iDevices.
While the maps app as well as the podcast app are the most popular on iOS, You're right it doesn't make them better even though they are more popular. For one you can't share a point in a podcast like I have shared below at your most amusing comment from your show. Thanks again for everything you do Rob.
Regards,
Francisco Tapia
51:34
For Ep 376 - What is your favorite Animal
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Thanks again to Warby Parker for sponsor this show and please go to warby parker dot com slash tii to get your 5 pairs of glasses to try on shipped right to you door with free shipping all around. Great Glasses, Great pricing, and a great cause. Warby Parker dot com slash tii
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.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today -
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 375
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank PHIL for sending in the music you hear in the background. PHIL wrote:
Hi Rob.
This song called SLOW STRUT was all created with Garage Band on an iPhone and exported directly. No other software or hardware were used. This is not available for sale anywhere, just a hobby thing.
Regards,
Phil W
SONG Slow Strut
Thanks PHIL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank DAN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. DAN wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
Here is a pic from a Columbia river steel head that I caught last summer. I used photo editor and my iPad air to ad the text and frame.
Regards,
Dan from Vancouver wa.
Thanks DAN, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see DAN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 375 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:10
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Google glasses may look and seem absurd now but (Brian) Sozzi says they are “a product that is going to set the stage for many other interesting products.” For the moment, at least, the same cannot be said of iPhones or iPads.” unquote
Jeff Macke, Yahoo! Breakout, 27 February 2013
So Google Glass is setting the stage for the future and the iPhone and iPad are not - UMMMM speaking of Absurd - I think we just found it with your comments - Just Sayin
02:49
For Promo codes - On Ep 374 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - BRAVE & LITTLE ADVENTURE . If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 374
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:36
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/12/mega-apple-update-
day-brings-ugprades-to-os-x-ios-watchos-and-tvos/
Ok - wow - Apple saved my bacon on this episode. I mean it was a really really a slow news week before Apple released iOS 9.2. Thanks Apple.
Yes - iOS 9.2 is available now - as always if you don’t like when things go wrong - wait until after Ep 376 is out to upgrade - as by then we will have more feedback on iOS 9.2.
If you are a blow ahead type of person - then make sure you backup and sync prior to updating.
But either way - lets go over what iOS 9.2 gets you and by you I mean some of you - as some new features are only for specific devices.
First off Apple highlights the following
Apple Music Improvements for making playlists, saving songs offline and browsing classical music
A new top stories section in news so you can stay up to date with the most important news of the day - like the iOS 9.2 update
And mail drop in mail for sending large attachments.
Those are the three key points highlighted in the update on my iPhone 6+ on the main page of settings showing the update. once you start then Apple talks about the update containing many Improvements and bug fixes.
Which include the following:
In Apple music now includes Seeing which songs have been downloaded with the new download indicator next to each song in my music and playlists
New Top stories in the news app is available in the US, UK and Australia
iBooks now supports 3D touch to peek and pop pages from the table of contents, your notes and bookmarks, or from each results inside a book.
iBooks now supports listening to an audiobook while your browser your library.
iPhone support for the USB camera Adapter to import photos and videos - that is nice.
Improved stability for Safari.
And Improved stability for Podcasts app - but could it really get worse?. Podcasts App is still v2.3 - but the build number did increase slightly on my iPhone 6+ it went from 1075.33 to 1075.88 - lets see if this stops it from crashing right after subscribing to new podcasts.
9.2 fixes an issue that caused mail attachments to be inaccessible for some users with Pop Mail.
9.2 Address an issue that could cause search in contacts to display no results.
It Fixed an issue where camera screen on iPad could be black when attempting to capture video.
It Fixed an issue that could prevent wallet updates and lock screen alerts from displaying
9.2 Addresses an issue where updating iOS could prevent an alarm from going - off - Ut oh - hope that is fixed - don’t want to miss the Elf on the shelf tonight.
9.2 Siri support for Arabic - Saudi Arabia and UAE.
There is AT&T Number Sync Support
And with Safari there is View Controller improvements - these last three were talked about when we talked about the betas in the past for iOS 9.2 - so nothing new with them - just confirmation they made it forward to Gold master.
And as with most Single dot updates - there were Accessibility improvements and with iOS 9.2 the Accessibility improvements include:
-fixing issues with voice over when using camera face detection
-adding support for voiceover to wake up the screen
-adding support for voiceover to invoke app switcher with 3D touch gesture
-Fixing an issues with guided access when trying to end phone calls
-improved functionality for switch control users when using 3D touch
-fixing an issue with speech rate of speak screen
Plus there were a bunch of other bug fixes I did not mention - just tried to go over the ones you have written or called in about in the past.
So far so good - but it has only been a few hours at the new version. Again if you don’t like when things go wrong - wait until up 376 to hear if there are any issues. For those that do upgrade - let us know if there are any issues - 206-666-6364 that’s 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
And in addition to iOS 9.2 being released for iOS device - tvOS 9.1 was released for the Apple TV 4th gen - and the biggest update - is the remote app works - sorta. First make sure you have the remote app on your iOS device and open it and add a device - and you will get a four digit code to enter.
Then go to Settings on your updated to 9.1 Apple TV - and go to remotes and devices and then select Remote App and then under pairable devices you should see your iOS app - select it and enter the 4 digit code and it will be paired to your Apple TV - and you will be able to use it now to enter text in search fields. You will be able to use it to move through the different apps - but you will not or at least I was not able to use it to play any games. It did seem to work fine in Youtube and netflix - but not with games. Still working where you can enter text is what It was desperately needing.
Finally Watch OS 2.1 was released as well And it brings more languages - Arabic, Bothan, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Malay, Portuguese and Vietnamese. Additionally there is now support for right to left user interface and a new complication for islamic and Hebrew Calendars. And bugs man - squashing bugs man.
So busy busy day and on top of that there was an update to El Capitan 10.11.2. But I will not go over that.
Just safe to say - I can’t remember a day where Apple did 4 major OS updates.
11:25
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/11/apple-sneaks-a-usb-
3-0-compatible-lightning-port-into-the-ipad-pro/
As I said 9.2 broke up a slow news week - How slow was it - you ask - Well to explain how slow of a news cycle this past week was for the iOS world the best way is to go with the title of what was going to be this first article
Quote Apple sneaks a USB 3.0-compatible Lightning port into the iPad Pro unquote
So yes - the lead story was going to be about Apple making the iPad Pro’s port compatible to USB 3.0. Seems the folks at iFixit found the USB 3.0 controller in there and Apple has since confirmed that yes indeed it is compatible to USB 3.0 - right now there is not a Lightening to USB 3.0 cable available for Apple - right now that is - but at some point in the near future there should be.
FYI USB 3.0 allows for data transfer rates up to 5 GBPS - theoretically - vs just 480 MBPS for USB 2.0
I am sure we will have a follow up on this in future - but as was pointed out in a couple of articles about this - where it comes into play is when you are trying to transfer 4K video files or other large media files.
13:01
http://www.craxworld.com/apple-made-to-pay-1800-after-
data-loss-during-iphone-repair/
Continuing with the slow news week theme - we have this next one titled - Apple made to pay $1,800 after data loss during iPhone repair.
Essentially a 68 year old gentlemen named Mr White brought in his iPhone 5 to have it worked on. And during the process of working on it the Apple employee wiped it out - deleting his Honeymoon photos and quote 15 years worth of contacts unquote
Clearly Mr White was also a time traveler - which explains how he picked up the 12 extra years of contacts.
Mr. White I would like to introduce you to Mr Backup. Mr. Backup - is not new to these parts - actually he goes back to iOS 1.0 - Now if you don’t have a computer there is iCloud. But you should be and need to be backing up your photos to your Computer or iCloud on a regular basis and definitely 100% need to do it before bringing it anywhere to be repaired.
Mr White did initially ask for over $8,000 - but then said he would settle for about $1,500 - but Apple said no way - and then the court said - yup you should have settled - now pay $1,800 plus another $1,000 for court costs - have a nice day.
What does this mean for you and I - essentially Apple will be getting you to sign a waiver most likely when you bring in an iOS device for repair stating you understand the device could get wiped out and have you confirm it is backed up.
Obviously something Mr. White should have done. Once again the courts showing that ignorance is bliss and often rewarded.
14:45
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/12/03Apple-Releases-
Swift-as-Open-Source.html
A little press release from Apple last week.
quote
Apple® today announced that its Swift™ programming language is now open source. As an open source language, the broad community of talented developers — from app developers to educational institutions to enterprises — can contribute to new Swift features and optimizations and help bring Swift to new computing platforms. Introduced in 2014, Swift is the fastest growing programming language in history and combines the performance and efficiency of compiled languages with the simplicity and interactivity of popular scripting languages.* Apple today also launched the Swift.org website with detailed information about Swift open source, including technical documentation, community resources and links to download the Swift source code.
“By making Swift open source the entire developer community can contribute to the programming language and help bring it to even more platforms,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “Swift’s power and ease of use will inspire a new generation to get into coding, and with today’s announcement they’ll be able to take their ideas anywhere, from mobile devices to the cloud.”
unquote
Why this is good news is simply that apple said they were going to do what they just did - make Swift Open source and thus make sure it can be maintained and supported by the community. This gives developers the confidence to go all in with swift and that Apple can’t kill it if they wanted.
overall I am hearing and reading very positive press about this step.
16:29
http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/02/apple-puts-ios-9-
adoption-at-70-based-on-app-store-usage-numbers/
This next one is from Dr. John - and it talks about the iOS 9 adoption rate is now at 70% - based on App store usage numbers.
iOS 8 is at 22% and everything earlier is at 8%.
So you have iOS 9 at 70% adoption.
for curiosity sake I looked at Android Marsh mallow - that was released right around when iOS 9 was - well about two weeks after. But pretty close. As of December 1st it had a 0.3% adoption rate. 70% vs 0.3% hmmm - one is better than the other. Heck Lollipop which was released more than a year ago is only at 25.6%.
Which one do you want to develop for? Just sayin.
17:21
Apple TV 4th Gen, iPAd Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini - all devices enjoyed from your bed. Add in Netflix and Amazon Prime - and well that 1/3 rd of your life in bed goes to 2/5th.
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VOICEMAIL - KURT_PA_iOS9_glitching
VOICEMAIL - KURT_PA_PART2
Hi Rob,
I recommend purchasing the strap for the remote, it helps figure out the correct orientation.
Regards,
Bob A
Hello,
I am a voiceover user. I hope this is the right place to post this. Does anyone know how to delete all emails in the outlook app all at once?
Thanks!
Maria Reyes
And from Lawrence McFarland - quote If you are using your iPhone's Mail app, open the inbox, click on "Edit" (upper right corner), then on the lower right corner, click on "Trash All.”unquote
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25:01
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Stephen Williams who posted the following
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Help! I am now unable to download podcasts in the podcasts app. The download circle appears and goes through its cycle, but the result still leaves me with a podcast not downloaded. It isn't just one podcast this is happening with.
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It would up a hard reset fixed the issue. But I have seen this from others - and doing the force quit all apps - and resent network settings seems to fix the issue for any that reported the issue. The podcasts app sometimes gets stuck it seems and it needs a swift kick in the pants to getting it un stuck with regards to downloads.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Saul Lowery:
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If you are chrome app user here is a awesome feature that's now made possible thanks to Apples new 3D Touch.
So, as you know with 3D Touch and the home screen you can 3D Touch on a app icon and you will get a list of options you can choose or you will get haptic feed back telling you there's no built in feature for 3D Touch in that app currently. Well Google just updated there chrome app with 3 new goodies, those goodies being New tab, New incognito* Tab and voice search. Well the voice search tab gives you a stream lined option to use ok google kind of like how you use Siri.
How does it work?
Well you force touch on the chrome app and then choose the voice search feature, then speak your mine. Ask questions, driving directions, game show questions and more. In most instances you will get voice feed back, just like when you ask Siri a question.
What's the real benefit here?
A modified Ok Google on your iPhone.
Check it out and tell me what you think about it here in my post.
27:32
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/09/iphone-6s-3d-
touch-tips-and-tricks.html
And speaking of 3D touch - iPhone Hacks dot com had a nice article titled - 22 - 3D touch tips and tricks.
So if you have an iPhone 6S or 6S+ - this is a good article to look over.
Some of the items covered include
Use 3D touch to view live photos
Using 3D touch with the App switcher
Quickly take a photo or selfie
Easily save an image from a web page
Preview a video in a message
And my favorite
Read an email without opening it
Plus 16 others.
28:12
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MGQM2LL/A/iphone-
6s-smart-battery-case-white?fnode=9e
Apple quietly released a new iPhone 6S and 6 Battery back case.
And by quietly that means - there was no press release and by 6S and 6 we mean just the 6S and 6 - there is not one for the 6+ and 6S+. Guess apple figures the battery life is already fine for 6+ and 6S+
Pricing for the new quote iPhone 6S Smart Batter Case unquote is $99. It comes in White or Black or White or Black. The top seems to be flexible and you fold it back and slip your iPhone into it. and then fold the top back over to secure your iPhone. It does appear to have a lightening port on the bottom.
Apple claims it gives you up to 25 hours of increased talk time, 18 hours more of internet use on LTE, and up to 20 hours more video playback.
Apple also says in the description that the charge of the case is shown in the Notification center and on the lock screen.
Availability starts December 10th at stores and December 11th at your door.
Hey looking to buy someone you love a christmas gift with an Apple logo - and they have an iPhone 6 or 6S - then this might be the gift you were looking for.
Mophie the original supplier of Battery Cases for the iPhone and long time Apple partner - yeah - for them - not the best christmas present. Actually found this clip of a conversation between Apple and Mophie
30:08
http://www.cultofmac.com/399976/how-to-make-your-
iphone-run-better-in-10-seconds/
Hi Rob, Hmmm but if a strange one this but thought it might be worth sharing . Love the show Regards Simon Reedman Nottingham England.
Ok - so this next one was definitely make the rounds. I did not see any improvement doing it - but here goes - the basic line is you can quickly reset the ram on your iOS device to do so -
1. unlock your device.
2. Press and hold the power button
3. When you see the slide to power off - release the power button.
4. Press and hold the home button.
5. When it bumps you back to the home screen release and you are done.
At that point the ram should be reset. Some people claim it helps - most I have read say they did not see any change.
31:02
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/12/apple-maps-takes-
the-lead-over-google-maps-on-ios
To forgive and forget - the basis for any solid relation ship. I mean ideally there would be nothing to forgive nor forget - but in reality there is always something. For example take Apple Maps back in the fall of 2012. Well it seems we have moved on to a new phase with our iOS relations ship and have forgiven and forgot. As Apple Maps is now used more widely than Google Maps on iPhone - this according to an Associated Press report.
Actually apple is saying it is used more than 3 times more often than its next closet competitor on the iPhone and iPad.
I have to admit I can’t remember the last time I used a mapping App on my iOS device that was not Apples. It is just easier and with the Apple Watch integration it is just better overall experience especially when driving.
Obviously Apple Maps being native and what is brought up by Siri is why most users use it - after all - Apple Maps does not even need to be better then google maps - it just needs to be good enough to keep the majority of folks looking for a 3rd party app.
Just like with the Podcasts App - it just needs to be good enough - and despite what many say - it is that - as on the mobile side - it completely dominates on iOS - everything else combined and doubled and doubled again does not add up to the Podcasts App on iOS.
So really not shocking news that Apples Maps app and iOS users have made up and moved from past issues.
32:55
http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/08/mozilla-launches-
content-blocker-for-safari-on-ios-9/
Actually some late breaking news - Mozilla launches a content blocker for Safari for iOS 9.
It is called - Focus by Firefox - and it is FREE as is zip - nada - no cost to you. And it is based on the Disconnect Block list. But unlike some other content blockers that just block ads - this one blocks Ads, Analytics, and social media trackers - the stuff that bloat and slow down your surfing experience.
From Mozilla per web users quote too many users today have lost trust and lack meaningful controls over their digital lives unquote
To see how well this works - first if you have a content blocker already - go to Settings - then safari - and then Content Blocker - and turn them off.
Next go to imore.com - and wait the 10 to 15 seconds for it to load and scroll down and see all the pop overs and other items.
Then go to another site - then force quit safari.
Next go to the App store app and search for
Focus by firefox - and install it. Again it is FREE. I like free.
Then open it - and then launch Settings again go to Safari and content blockers and Turn on Focus
Then launch safari and go to imore.com and watch it load is less than a second. It really did a great job of speeding up the load time of iMore and other sites bloated with tracking and intrusive ads.
Again don’t mean to pick on iMore - but it really is one of the worst offenders out there. Sorry Rene it is what it is.
But luckily - Focus is here and it helps bring focus back to your browsing experience - and playing around with it today - I was pretty impressed. I will play more with it this week and see if I find any gotcha’s but so far so good.
35:16
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/12/03/apples-new-4-inch-
iphone-will-have-a9-cpu-apple-pay-launching-in-
early-2016-insider-says
We are now starting to get into spaghetti rumor season - that is where people start throwing a whole bunch of rumors up against the wall and see what sticks.
One of those that seems to have stuck this past week is from Ming-Chi Kuo - who is saying in early 2016 - there will be a new iPhone - iPhone 6C - essentially - which will be a 4 Inch iPhone with an A9 Processor and Apple Pay.
It will come in multiple colors - but this will be a metal back not plastic.
Ming is saying - You pitiful fool - my life is not for any earthing to give or take. Oh wait wrong ming - sorry . Ming Chi is saying the early launch would be in the March - April time frame and would help offset what would be a traditionally slowing iPhone sales cycle
This makes sense when you realize there has not been a truly new 4 inch iPhone sine the 5S. So a lot of people with 4 inchers like my wife. that don’t want something bigger than 4 inches. wow that sound all kind of wrong. Anyway - there are those that like the smaller iPhones and have not upgraded and Apple has not address that part of their market. And they are sitting there over their 2 year upgrade window and could upgrade on the cheap right now.
So yes - I can see why this one is sticking - it make sense.
One thing Ming Chi does not expect is force touch on the iPhone 6C. So really it would be kind of a hybrid spec wise between the 6S and 6. But the size of the 5S and in a new case design. But the camera from the iPhone 6 - not the 6S. Again a mix of some iPhone 6 specs - and some 6S specs.
Will be interesting to see when some leaked photos emerge - because for something that is just 4 to 5 months away - photos should be hitting the wire in 3, 2, ..
37:20
http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/iphone-7-5-
different-prototypes-50668/
Out of China is a rumor that Apple is experimenting / testing at least 5 different configurations of the iPhone 7. Each one with its own unique hardware characteristics. Which does not sound all that unbelievable - would not be surprised if they were testing may times that number of configurations.
Reportedly some of the tech in some of the prototypes includes a USB Type C connector. There is also wireless charging tech, Multi-force touch, Dual cameras, fingerprint recognition built into the screen - which I would assume means no home button.
There is also rumors of an Amoled screen for one version - plus a partridge in a pair tree.
Of course the rumor ends with They don’t know which techs / options Apple is going to go with. So really this rumor could be summed up - Apple is trying things and no decisions have been made but hey an iPhone 7 is coming - Think!!
38:15
http://www.smartgadgetreviews.com/smartphones/iphone-
7-could-dry-itself/
One other rumor about iPhone 7 possible specs - is the iPhone could dry itself. No not reach over after it gets out of the shower and actually picks a towel for itself rather than yelling I am cold I am cold and forcing you to run down the hall to reach over and get the towel the iPhone could get on its own if it just reached over and grabbed it. And by iPhone I am not talking about spoiled child with a strong will or anything like that.
No what we are talking about here is a rumor based on a patent apple submitted. Essentially it would pump the water out of the iphone via the speaker.
From the patent quote The embodiments described herein are directed to an acoustic module that is configured to remove all or a portion of a liquid that has accumulated within a cavity of the acoustic modules,” unquote
But as you know if you have listened for a while - a Patent from Apple does not usually lead to actual real world application and if said patent becomes public and that feature is not already in place - the chances are slim of it ever being used. At least again when you look at past history.
I am not going to talk about the ditching of the headphone jack on this episode as one of the iPhone 7 rumors - because we talked about it on the last ep - ep 374 - so you can go back and listen to it around the 25 Minute mark to get my thoughts on an iPhone without a headphone jack.
39:47
http://www.theweek.co.uk/iphone-7/62138/iphone-7-
should-you-buy-the-iphone-6s-for-christmas-or-wait-
for-the-iphone-7
Speaking of the iPhone 7 - one of the worst articles I read was - iPhone 7 - should you buy the iPhone 6S this Christmas or wait for the iPhone 7. Ummmm - Really - it is just December. That is not a question you ask yet - Talk to me end of June / July time frame - then maybe you hold off - but not now. If you need a new phone - get it now. Don’t wait until the end of September for the iPhone 7 - that is silly.
40:18
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/12/02/tsmc-may-assume-
full-control-of-a10-chip-manufacturing-for-
apples-iphone-7-in-2016
Hi Rob,
I hope they kiss Sammy goodbye!
Dr. John M
Thanks Dr John for this next one - which is per the article from Apple insider titled - TSMC may assume full control of the A10 chip manufacturing for Apples iPhone 7 in 2016.
Estimates according to the article is currently Sammy is making 60 to 70% of the A9 chips - with TSMC making the rest.
The A8 chip were mostly made by TSMC.
The article does state that a tear down of the A9X processor - the current top of the line chip used in the iPad Pro - that TSMC may be the sole supplier of said chip.
TSMC has some new tech coming on line that would make the chips smaller and lighter. It is called InFO - standing for Integrated Fan out - and it allows chips to be stacked on top of each other and mounted directly to the circuit board instead of onto a substrate. Because Yes - being the first customer of a brand new technology where yo will need to ship 80 Million units in the first 3 months - Yeah nothing could possibly go wrong. Yup get rid of your second source and put all your eggs in that basket - then cross your fingers - rub your rosary or rub what ever you rub for luck - because you are going to need it.
Sorry just seems to me if TSMC is going to roll out their tech first for Apple - they would want to test run it for one of the Apple product lines - one they can take a hit on and not crash the stock - and see how it goes.
So call me a little skeptical on this report - Yes would be nice to see Sammy kicked to the curb - but then it is also nice to not have to wait 16 weeks from launch to get a new iPhone because of Chip shortages. Just Sayin.
42:17
http://9to5mac.com/2015/12/08/apple-watch-2-
march-4-inch-iphone-6c/
Did I mention it was spaghetti rumor time - so Hey lets throw one more against the wall - and this one comes from 9 to 5 mac and it is that Apple is planning a March Event for the Apple Watch 2 - and possible also the 4 inch iPhone 6C. because good rumors pull in other rumors.
This rumor of the Apple event comes from Sources with knowledge of the plans.
Said sources then said Apple would start shipping the Apple Watch 2 in April.
The 9 to 5 mac piece stated that apple has been working on a New Camera, improved Wireless, Sleep tracking and health sensor tech additions / upgrades for the Apple watch - but it is not clear which of these would make it to the Apple Watch 2. Hmmm - seems to be the spaghetti is not sticking as well on this rumor.
Anyway - we are now firmly moving squarely from the New News part of the Year to the Wild off the wall Rumor part of the year.
But as always - rumors I find going back to Digitimes - will not see the light of day on this show.
43:27
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Some news from the Kickstarter project Znaps
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We are sorry we have some bad news to announce. During the stress tests we discovered a key failure in ZNAPS. In addition, we found one more minor problem with our first batch of ZNAPS. We have spent the past few days to confirm our initial findings and have found solutions to ensure we can still ship ZNAPS to everyone. However, the delivery date will be delayed for 50 to 60 days. Please read the rest of the update for a full explanation.
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So in a nut shell - units failed reliability and stress testing. And they need to build a new batch - and it will now be sometime likely in March before we see them. Not shocking for a kickstarter project.
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49:47
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578125715/mos-
pack-cable-organizing-backpack-with-extended-c
Hi Rob,
This is probably going to be useful for those road warriors or conference-going folk. Once I figure out how big it is, I might order one.
maybe on the podcast you could try and mention the dimensions or how big it looks on people wearing it in pictures?
Regards,
Chelsea
Hi Chelsea the MOS Pack is 18" x 12" x 5"
To put that in perspective My absolutely favorite backpack Laptop bag - the Drifter from STM - that I have is 18.5" x 12.2" x 7.5”
That might not sound like much of a difference - but that is 1,080 cubic inches for the MOS pack vs 1,693 for the STM bag - an increase of 57% for the STM bag vs the MOS Pack bag - that is quite a big difference when trying to get stuff into the bag.
http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/laptop-bags/drifter-medium-
laptop-backpack/
And STM already has something similar called the Drifter Energy 15” laptop backback. Which has some charging cords internal.
http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/laptop-bags/drifter-15-
powered-laptop-backpack/
Which is also 18.5" x 12.2" x 7.5”
I guess I should explain the MOS Pack a little or at least read their description quote Power your life wherever you are. The MOS Pack transforms the humble backpack into a portable charging station for all of your devices. The MOS PACK features a built-in charging station and internal cable management so you can charge everything without taking it all out of your backpack. unquote
Pricing wise the MOS Pack is currently $99 on Kickstarter with just a few left at that price then going to $120 for the next tier. vs the $120 you can find the Drifter series for online.
Per the MOS Pack - they had a goal of $15k and have raised over $50k - so they are funded - you have until Jan 4th 2016 at 12:32 PM CT to fund this.
Search for MOS Pack - M O S space PACK - at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 375
52:33
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kickshark/hydradock-11-
port-usb-c-dock-for-apple-macbook/posts/1431699
A while ago we talked about the HydraDock - which is was a Kickstarter project for a dock for the MacBook 2015 - the one with just the USB C port. At the time I had a question on if it would work with the 30 Inch Cinema display and they were not sure or did not think so - well they just confirmed it does actually work with the 30 inch cinema display - so any podcasters looking to have a fanless computer and still use a 30 inch cinema display - YES - you can get that to work. You can pre-order it now for $170 - with it shipping in January. I contacted them yesterday and they confirmed they had 50 units still available for pre-order.
Since this is for my wife’s MacBook - and it is shipping end of January - do you think I can wrap it up for a Valentines day present? Guess I would probably also have to get her Extra Strength Excedrin. Those type of gifts tend to bring on head aches around Valentines day or at least it seems to work that way in the past.
53:38
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/05/itunes-match-apple-music-limits/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds
A rumor from long ago is finally coming to be. That rumor was that Apple Match and Apple Music library matching limits which were at 25,000 would be raised and Eddy Cue at Apple has confirmed that yes indeed - The limits has been raised to 100,000 tracks - or at least Apple is rolling out that update to users. So if you are not there yet you will be shortly.
54:04
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From the Google+ community Brian Fitz asked the following - What is the thing you would like you Apple Watch to do that it currently does not do?
Responses were:
From Gerd W - quote I would like more apps for the Apple Watch. I am waiting for the WhatsApp app. unquote
From Francisco Tapia - quote I would like longer battery life and automatic sleep mode detection unquote
From Bill Jordan quote I would like it to alert me when I walk away from my iPhone unquote
From Nic Brown - quote Remote for Apple TV 4 unquote
From Me - I would like for the speaker to play music and podcasts. And I would like custom watch faces.
So Folks what are some things you want the Apple watch to do that it does not do - give us a call - 206 - 666 -6364 - 206 - moon -dog or email us today in iOS at gmail dot com.
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58:50
https://ios9tweaks.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/how-to-enable-
the-iphone-6s-keyboard-trackpad-mode-on-older-iphones/
For Jailbreakers out there - there is a tweak that allows you to set up Trackpad mode on your iPhone 6 or iPhone 5S keyboard.
Which currently is just for the iPhone 6S and 6S+. But now older iPhones - can get this option.
The tweak is called Motus .
First you need to add Creatix’s beta repo to Cydia. it is found at repo.ioscreatix.com
Once the repo is installed - download the tweak called MOTUS
once the tweak is installed - a swipe on the keyboard will enable trackpad mode.
The Tweak is free and there are no options - so once installed it starts working right away - link in the show notes for more info.
1:00:04
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151202006522/
en/Ford-Offers-Apple-Siri®-Eyes-Free-Millions-Vehicles
Ford is offering up a free upgrade to their Sync Software - this is for over 5 Million vehicles - and what this update will do is make Siri eyes-free available - which means Drivers can activate siri with a long press of the voice recognition button on the steering wheel. And then drivers can ask siri the things drivers ask siri. Such as making a phone call, looking up a phone number for a restaurant, finding out about the weather - because you know - it is hard to see out the car. Select and play music, dictate and send a text message, read a text message, and of course get directions from Apple Maps.
This is not just for new cars - this update is good for cars going back to 2011 that have the Ford Sync software.
The download is available via owner.ford.com
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Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank PHIL for sending in the music you hear in the background. PHIL wrote:
Hi Rob.
This song called DAWN OF THE NOODLE was all created with Garage Band on an iPhone and exported directly. No other software or hardware were used. This is not available for sale anywhere, just a hobby thing.
Regards,
Phil W
SONG Dawn of the Noodle
Thanks PHIL 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 left a voice mail recently about our pleasant experience buying new iPhones at the Apple Store in Greensboro NC. The photo was shot with my old 5S because I didn't have a case for the new 6S and didn't want to risk dropping it in the parking lot. However, I did massage this photo on the new phone with editing tools from the following apps: Google Photos, the native IOS Photos app, and Instagram. I am so comfortable using the Instagram editing tools that I often touch up a photo within Instagram and then post it but immediately delete it. This leaves a copy saved on my phone. The text was added with the AfterText app.
Regards,
Mudslide Matt S. Winston-Salem NC.
Thanks MATT, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see MATT'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 374 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:34
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Microsoft will ultimately muscle-out Apple as the leader in smartphones and tablets. Apple’s insistence on controlling every aspect of both its software and hardware puts it at a disadvantage to a more flexible Microsoft. unquote
Charles Sizemore, Sizemore Capital, 29 Nov 2012
Charles - you mean that more Flexible MS that now is copying Apple on the Hardware and software being designed in house - Guess MS is not as flexible as you think - Just Sayin
03:09
For Promo codes - On Ep 373 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - SILK ASMR . If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 373
For promo codes we have codes from the folks behind the BRAVE & LITTLE ADVENTURE app.
Here is their description of their app.
quote
Brave & Little is a medieval adventure based on the fairytale about Little Red Riding Hood in the Point-n-Click genre with Stealth and Hidden Objects elements.
YOU WILL GET:
- a Wonderful sense of humor and a great adventure;
- Mysterious riddles and attentive enemies;
- Over 30 unique characters;
- 23 fully interactive, hand-painted and unique locations;
- Over 50 hidden artifacts, objects, goodies and gifts;
- More than 1,500 different types of animation that make the story incredibly alive;
- Fairytale about Little Red Riding Hood, which you have never heard before.
With courage at heart, Molly is ready for a fabulous, fun and mysterious adventure, and you.
unquote
Well thanks to the Devs for their review of their App - BRAVE & LITTLE ADVENTURE and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - please send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com and put BRAVE in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/brave-little-adventure/id954147303
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:56
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2015/
11/27/apple-products-demand-big-retailers-online/76463168/
Well the holiday shopping season has kicked off - and all indicators so far are that Apple products are once again in great demand. That is not surprising at all. Target issues a release in which it said iPads were top sellers in its store physically and online. And I was at a Target store at 6:00 PM - and the biggest line was for Apple Products.
But one of those products in great demand from Apple that seems to have surprised a few of the anal-ists is the Apple Watch. Seems with Target you could get a $100 gift card with an Apple watch purchase - and that essentially $100 discount was moving Apple Watches.
IBM’s Watson - the famed computer that beat Ken Jennings at Jeopardy - well Watson predicted that the Apple watch might become the hottest gift item during the holidays.
Actually Watson was making some predictions going into the Holiday weekend based on analysis of social media - and what it found was not just that the Apple Watch would be THE gift this year - but it was head and shoulders above all other “The” gifts.
It will be interesting come January to see what Apple has to say about Apple Watch sales if anything. I would wager - it will be nothing.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-could-surprise-with-
higher-iphone-and-watch-sales-155558289.html
06:26
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151127005410/
en/Adobe-Data-Shows-Top-Sellers-Black-Friday
Ok - so when people were not buying Apple products - they were using Apple products - especially iPhones and iPads to buy other products this holiday season.
According to Adobe - for Thanksgiving day and Blackfriday - Mobile shopping saw strong growth with 37% of all online sales. Tablets were 15% and Smartphone 22%. And iPhones and iPads drove the majority of those sales with 67% and 84% respectively.
That means Apple products were responsible for 74% of all mobile orders according to Adobe.
Another firm - Custora E-Commerce Pulse which tracks more than 500Million online shoppers said Apple devices accounts for 78.3% of mobile orders vs 21.5% for Android devices.
I think if you say Three quarters of all Mobile sales were on iOS devices - you will be safe.
Once again iOS users showing they spend more than android users over all - and much much more on a per user basis.
One thing the Adobe data did not indicate was how Apple Watch sales went. According to Adobe the top sellers for the weekend were - Samsung 4K TV’s, iPad Air2, MS Xbox One, iPad Mini and Sony PS4. Again Nothing about the Apple Watch. Hmmm - maybe people’s intent to buy the Apple watch per their comments on Social media - did not actually turn into actual sales.
http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/28/adobe-thanksgiving-
and-black-friday-online-sales-up-18-ios-numbers-
almost-triple-androids/
08:21
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/11/square-
launches-an-apple-pay-compatible-nfc-reader
Hi Rob,
Square launches an Apple Pay-compatible NFC reader.
I pre ordered this long ago I hope I get it!
Regards,
Michael
Thanks Michael for the heads up on this - and as Michael said Square has launched an Apple Pay Compatible NFC reader. The unit costs Merchants $49 - and you can reserve one online at squares website now.
It is portable as it has a built in battery. And it has a magstripe reader for swiping cards from those that do not have Apple pay - also known as the have nots.
If anyone gets one and wants to let us know how it works - I would appreciate that feedback.
09:08
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-pay-hit-mainland-
china-by-february-1530369
And speaking of Apple Pay - It looks like Apple Pay maybe hitting mainland China around February.
Rumors has it that apple has 4 of the biggest banks on board. And one dev that has seen the beta say that the logo for China’s UnionPay can be found.
It does look like Apple is finally starting to get some traction in rolling out Apple pay to more countries. But as Apple is taking a cut of each transaction - that means lots and lots of negotiating in each country and with each bank. Don’t expect Apple Pay to be in most countries any time soon. Hopefully more info officially on this shortly.
09:50
Into The Mail bag.
Hi Rob,
I wanted to send a thank you to you for recommending Harry's. I have been using another mail order shaving service and I was happy with their products and for the longest time didn't have any intentions of switching. But listening to your honest impressions of your own experience with Harry's sold me on Harry's. it only took 5 business days to get to Newfoundland (considered pretty remote by your standards).
So I opened up the packaging. If you love iOS packaging, you won't be disappointed with Harry's.
So as a test of a blade, I like to run it down my cheek while it was still dry and to my surprise, it was nearly as smooth as my present blade was while using shaving gel. So I knew I was in for a treat when I had my face properly lathered up and I was not disappointed.
Harry's suggest that each blade should be good for 7 shaves. Well after 8 shaves it still was just as sharp I found out that my wife shaved her legs with it at least 6 times yet it still was in pristine condition.
With Harry's, I require many less stoked to get the job done resulting in less irritation.
In closing, i would like to thank you for your candid opinion on Harry's and directing me on a great purchase.
Now, off I go to cancel my other blade subscription before I end up with more blades from the other guys.
Have a great day!
Regards,
Shane Cashin
St. John's, Newfoundland
Shane - thanks for that feedback and glad to hear you are a harrys user now as well.
And folks with the Holiday’s upon us - Harry’s makes a great gift. It is much much more considerate than a gift card. Harry’s sent me the Winter Winston Gift set with Travel Kit - it has a great Travel bag, A beautiful cooper Razor handle, 3 blades and foaming Shave Gel - This is a really nice set and you can also add in custom engraving. I really like the look and feel of the cooper Razor and the travel bag is great quality - which I will get to use this week when I travel to DC.
Harry’s will make a great gift for any man in your life. And I can talk about that first hand as the recipient but not just from Harry’s - My birthday was last week and for my Birthday my boys gave me a harry’s gift kit as well - It was the blades, Shave Gel & After Shave kit. Like I said before I love Harry’s and my family knows it. Thanks H & P.
Harry’s has other kits as well - with the Truman Set starting at $15 - which makes a nice gift for the company office pool or for a stocking stuffer.
And the best part they all use the great harry’s blades that come from their factory in Germany - after all a great looking razor means nothing if it does not give a great shave - and Harry’s definitely gives a great shave.
Go to Harrys DOT com right now. And As a special offer to you, Harry’s will give $5 off your first order with promo code tii . Don’t wait! Free shipping for the Holidays ends on December 10th, so ACT NOW. That’s H-A-R-R-Y-S DOT com. Enter code tii. And make sure to get that order in before December 10th.
Make every morning he shaves feel like a Holiday.
13:02
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_AppleTV_TVStorage
Thanks Brent for the heads up on the Apple TV App - TV Storage Info - three words well one abbreviation and 2 other words. It is a simple free app that tells you what Apple should have had in their Settings App. For my Apple TV I have a total storage of 57.15 GB - with 7.52 GB of that used and 49.63 GB available according to the App.
Rob,
I've noticed a couple things regarding photo taking. When on a phone call and attempting to take photo, my photo screen is black and I'm unable to take the photo. When listening to a podcast and attempting to take a photo, the podcast goes silent. Are these instances normal? Is there a setting I need to change? Using native Podcast app and 6s Plus. Latest software.
Regards,
- Judy
Hi Judy,
YES - both are normal and how they are designed to work with the 6S and 6S+
The reason is per Live Photos - as live Photos are really video and audio recording. And when any audio recording application is active - it will kill any audio playing app. But with the Phone app - Apple does not want to kill the call you are on - so it just kills the photo app instead.
Hi Rob,
A friend of mine who has iPhones 5S and 6+ as well as the iPad Air 2 all running iOS 9.1 keeps receiving annoying pop ups when browsing with Safari (they seemed to start appearing after upgrading to iOS 9.0).
They can take various forms, for example informing him that his device is infected with a virus or that I have won some prize.
Quite obviously they are scams. In any case, they are seemingly impossible to dismiss. Sometimes they have a white dialogue box as tall as the message itself with "OK" and sometimes additionally "More" buttons. What would happen if he clicked one of the buttons - would malware be installed? - and what is the best and safest way to get rid of the pop up and continue to use Safari? It seems you have to click on something.
A possible solution he's found is to double tap the home button and force close Safari, turn off mobile data or wifi as appropriate, go into Settings > Safari then clear history and dats, then launch Safari and close the offending page. But though it temporarily solves the problem it soon comes back. He had also done the normal reset network settings and even clean installs to no avail.
It appears to be a widespread problem. However I have an iPhone 5S running iOS 8.2 and don't experience the problem at all.
Good show as always,
Warmest regards,
Alf, Sheffield UK.
Hi Alf - first make sure in their settings app for Safari - that Block Pop-ups - is turned on. I never have this issue and I have it turned on.
Also look at getting a content blocker - like 1Blocker and have it set up to block ads. That should solve the issue.
If they are still having issues - they can purchase the in-app upgrade for 1Blocker - and then turn on additional items or you may try another content blocker.
Also I would recommend force closing out every open window for Safari. In the Safari app on your iPhone in the lower right click on the two boxes - and then tap the x for all open windows / tabs until they are all closed out.
If you still are having issues after all that email me the URL of the site you are having an issue with.
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18:54
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Stephen Williams who posted the following
Quote
the right earbud of my apple headphones has stopped working. Any troubleshooting steps you guys can suggest or is it off to the genius bar to get a replacement?
Unquote
I replied - asking if he plugged in a different set of headphones to see if the issue was his phone or the headphones. If you do plug in a second pair and are having an issue - then get yourself some compressed air and try blowing out any debris that may be in the headphone jack.
As others said - if it is confirmed to just be those headphones with issues and they are under a year old - take them back to Apple - they will replace them for you.
But again if the headphones are ok - then a trip to Radio shack or Target or Office max for some compressed air is in your future.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Maria Reyes:
Quote What are everybody’s first impressions with the ipad Pro?
Kareem H said quote Absolutely love it. Just like the iPhone 6S+, once you use it for a while, you will not be able to go back. unquote
Stan Bently said quote Still playing with it. See immense potential beyond the current iPad/tablet experience. Find myself using it more in portrait mode than I did with iPad. unquote
Kareem replied to Stan saying - quote Indeed. I find that the reading experience is much better in portrait mode due to the amount of info displayed. unquote
I should add - I find I use it almost exclusively in Landscape mode now that I have the keyboard for it. Really can’t remember when I used it in Portrait mode.
Per Petersen replied quote Love my iPad Pro, I use it for You tube , Netflix , work, Reading. unquote
21:47
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Pencil+Teardown/52955
The folks at iFixit got ahold of an Apple pencil and that is bad news for that Apple Pencil.
The long of the short - nothing exciting or shocking.
They gave it a 1 out of 10 for repairability - as it is not meant to be repaired - and when the internal lithium ion battery finally dies some day your only choices will be a display case for dead tech or the trash bin.
Not surprisingly there is a lot of tech packed in the small package.
22:19
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+
Keyboard+Teardown/53052
In Addition to the Apple Pencil - iFixit also got their hands on an Apple Smart Keyboard.
Unlike the Apple Pencil - the smart keyboard did not even get a 1 out of 10 - getting a 0 out of 10 for repairability.
They also commented on the confusing folding required for the cover.
The conclude - quote
While durable, the keyboard is impossible to open without damaging, meaning no internal components can be replaced without destroying the device.
unquote
So in my conclusion - don’t try to open up the smart keyboard and you should be fine.
22:59
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/28/apple-
tv-amazon-prime-video-tvos-app/
Long time listeners know I am a big time fan of Philip K Dick - love his books and short stories and right now there are two TV series based on his stories going on. Minority Report and The Man in the High Castle. Minority report airs on Fox and is available via your Apple TV in the iTunes store. But The Man in the High Castle - the better of the two shows - is only available via Amazon Prime Video - which means so far - not available on your new Apple TV 4th gen. HOWEVER - rumor has it that may be changing.
Apple has said all along that the Apple TV App store is open to all - and while there are Amazon Prime Video Apps for the iPhone and iPad - which on my iPad Pro is where I watched the Man in the high Castle. How good was it - well at the end of the 10th episode - my wife goes hey wait - did you just get me to watch a sci-fi show? She just thought it was a fictional drama. Any way I digress.
It seems Amazon has indicated that they are indeed working on an App for Apple TV and it might be live before the end of December.
Well hopefully they already submitted it - as this time of year - it takes a little longer to get things approved.
But folks once this is available - definitely check out the Man in the High Castle and then Vikings.
And with a little luck Apple and Amazon will give us an early Christmas present in the way of an Amazon Prime Video App.
24:29
http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/guides/uswitch-exclusive-
leaked-photos-emerge-of-apple-app-for-improving-iphone/
One rumor making the rounds this past week is about a possible new Apple App to help people get their iDevices fixed faster and with less need to go to a Genius bar.
It looks to be where the App will ask you some basic questions about your issues - and then give you some suggestions on fixing the issue.
It would also have the ability to allow you to Chat with an advisor - so you know it is late Friday night - you are single and alone - had a few drinks - a why not try chatting with an advisor on your iDevices problems. Not that that would ever happen.
It looks like it can even help the users book a service appointment or even send in their device for service.
At this point it is just leaked screen shots - and it is not known if this will be a stand alone app or integrated into the Apple Store App.
25:21
http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/29/why-an-iphone-7-
without-a-headphone-jack-should-not-surprise-you/
One rumor that seems to have blown up this past week is about Apple ditching the headphone jack in the iPhone 7. This seems this time to go back to Mac Otakara for the origins. THIS TIME. Because well this is not the first time for this rumor. If you go back to Ep 311
http://www.npr.org/2014/06/09/320368529/apple-
jacks-the-headphone-port
From ep 311 around the 34 Minute 30 second mark. You would hear the following:
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one - which definitely is still in the rumor section - and that is Per NPR that Apple is looking at dishing the standard 3.5 MM headphone connector - and instead have headphones plug directly into their lightening port. So new iPhones at some point in the future - possibly even with the iPhone 6 - would just have the lightening port at the bottom - and no headphone port. Which well none of the quote leaked unquote iPhone 6 photos indicate - they all show the headphone port right where you would expect it to be.
So all this talk about removing the headphone Jacks well that is kind of crazy speak - to do something like that Apple would need to have considerable cooperation from the largest manufacturer of headphones. Oh Wait - Maybe Apple will go out and buy an headphone manufacturer. No - that would be crazy speak.
Well that is one way to get people to invest in a new set of $300 headphones - change the connector and say there is some incredibly better acoustic response that only headphones that plug into the lightening connector can experience. I mean after all if you are spending $300 on headphones - don't you really want the absolute best audio.
UNQUOTE
Interesting from an article on MacRumors about this latest rumor quote Apple introduced new MFi Program specifications in June 2014 that allow third-party manufacturers to create headphones that connect to iOS devices via a Lightning cable, but the rollout has been slow. Philips has unveiled Lightning-equipped Fidelio M2L and Fidelio NC1L headphones over the past 14 months. unquote
The rumors this time are also saying said iPhone that is sans a headphone jack - would have it where the lighting port supports digital to audio conversion. So all you would need is a lightening to 3.5 MM adapter.
One of the reasons sited for the need for this change is so Apple can make the iphone thinner - going from 7.1 MM to 6.1 MM thick. Except you know the iPod touch 6th gen is you know 6.1 mm thick and it has the 3.5 MM head phone jack. And the argument that it NEEDS to be removed because of a thinner iPhone gets even shakier when you look at the iPod Nano - it has a 3.5 mm Headphone jack and it is 5.4 mm thick.
I am not saying Apple is not going to get rid of the headphone jack at some point - I am just saying one of the biggest reasons I have seen on why for the iPhone 7 - is that they NEED to because the iPhone 7 will be getting thinner and the jack will not fit - and well that argument just does not hold water. As apple already has product much thinner than the current iPhone 6S that still have the headphone jack.
And add in the basic lack of interest in the industry to release headphone for lightening ports - even from Apples’s own Beats line - and this rumor looks to be just that a rumor - and not even an original one at that.
29:24
At this point mom or dad if you are listening to the show please turn it off. I am about to talk about a Christmas gift we purchased for you. Folks If you are like me figuring out a Christmas gift for those in your life that buy everything they want makes getting a gift difficult to say the least.
I have talked about Boll and Branch before - and this year - they are my solution for getting my Parents a Christmas gift. In the past we have struggled on what to get them. There have been Old fashion Pop Corn Machines, A slot machine and Gift Cards to southwest. But this year we picked them out some really nice sheets which I then used the T i i promo code to save $50.
Boll and Branch make the perfect gift for someone very special in your life - it can even be for your wife or significant other.
They come in a great box with very nice pouches - The presentation is incredible and the sheets are even better.
They also have Towels, Blankets, Hats and Scarves all made with 100% organic cotton.
And You can only get these products at one place, Boll and Branch Dot Com, where you know you’re paying for quality product, and not department store overhead.
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And they’ll let you try them risk free for 30 nights.
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32:10
VOICEMAIL - Edgar_TX_AppleTV_Rant_in_app_purchases
Edgar - thanks for the voicemail and yes I agree that the remote app should have been updated prior to the release of the AppleTV. That said you brought up the important point of making sure your password is not always available - especially if you have kids.
To check your settings folks - in the AppleTV 4th gen go to Settings - then Accounts - then iTunes and App Store - then Password Settings
I then recommend the following settings on that page.
For Purchases and In-App Purchases - set Require Password go after 15 minutes
For Free Downloads - set it to No for require Password.
Then at least each time you go to download a free app you will not have to re-enter your password.
Hey Rob
I've been on the fence about the iPad pro. I've finally come to a decision on getting one. I rarely use my MacBook pro 2015 and looking to replace it with the iPad pro. I have a question about the keyboard with messages. Is there a shortcut to send a message via messages? I would hate to have to keep reaching for the send button on screen in order to send. The last keyboard that I had for the air 2 didn't allow any shortcut. Love the show and everything that you do.
Go J-E-T-S
Regards,
AJ
Hi AJ - All you have to do to send a message in the message app is hit the return key and it sends the message.
For emails you need to hit command shift D to send an email - that per the Apple Smart Keyboard.
Hi Rob,
I am typing this on my Logitech case with my Ipad Pro. The keyboard case has beautiful backlit keys, and has the volume keys, and the screen keyboard is not present when it is connected and you are typing. It is a sturdy stand and I like the viewing angle better than the Apple keyboard case. What I do not like is that I have to pop out the Ipad Pro if I want to take a screen shot. The case is too thick for the volume and off switch to work through the case. The case is a bit heavier than I would like, but I like that the keyboard connects without needing to pair by bluetooth.
There really aren't a lot of options at this point.
Since I heard about the Ipad Pro, I was hoping that I wouldn't feel like I had to have one, they are pricey. I did just get a second part time job, that I took because my friend works there also. So on the 14th I popped in an Apple store thinking I would just play with them and hopefully not want one, but as fate would have it, there was one last one available in store, so of course here I am. Christmas came early for me.
I love the speakers, the size of the screen and I am waiting for my pencil to come. I did cover about 1/4 of the cost by selling my Ipad Air 1 on Ebay, so thanks to Apple that there is still a demand for older models.
Thanks for all your hard work - Regards,
Karen
Seattle
Hi Rob,
I heard you mention on the latest show you were disappointed you couldn't control the volume on your new iPad, I have Clamcase on my iPad Air 2 & it allows you to control volume! It is a great keyboard except for the charging port wouldn't accept on size cords?
Regards,
Roy
VOICEMAIL - Todd_AU_AppleTV_storage_Edit
VOICEMAIL - BRIAN_CA_FDBK_APPLETV
42:34
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/1235035/fblk
Hello Rob,
I'm interested in working with you on a new story idea that I think you and your fans would love. Yk Smartphone Jeans have the perfect position for your phone so it is super practical and discreet. You will look great wearing the best quality jeans on the market. Most pants have the pocket opening on top and when you are sitting down it blocks the phone making it difficult to remove. Yk Smartphone Jeans allow you to enter your phone by the side of the pocket, this innovation completely changes the game and sets these incredible jeans far above the rest. You’ve invested a lot of money in your phone. Get the jeans that will keep it safe and handy.
Regards,
Jessica
This Project is called YK Smart Phone Jeans - and it has a goal of $45,000 and so far has raised $49 - as in $49 dollars - not 49,000. So yes 1 dollar less than 50.
Essentially they look like jeans with a sorry to say this ugly extra pocket which has a zipper sown on.
I agree with them that it is difficult to get your phone out of your pocket when sitting - I just think there has a to be a prettier and better looking way of addressing this.
That said Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and you have 45 days or so left to look this one over and decide if you want to fund it. But really if a person launching it can’t even get friends or family to fund it - Yikes - those looking to launch a Kickstarter or indie gogo project can look at this one for examples of what not to do.
Search for YK smart Phone jeans at indiegogo.com or in the show notes for ep 374.
43:57
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vivienmuller/ulo
Thanks to Faisal K in the Google+ community for the heads up on this next one - which is the Kickstarter project called - Ulo - spelled U L O - quote Ulo is a cute surveillance camera, a pet owl interacting with you through eye expressions. unquote.
This one you only have until Friday December 4th at 8:48 AM Central time to fund. And it has blown away its funding goal of $223,000 - with over 1.3 Million already pledged.
Seems a lot of people want cute cuddly big brother surveillance in their house. Pricing on this is $149 Euros or about $167 US dollars. Estimated delivery - is November - as in November 2016.
If this sound like Furby meets big Brother - Bingo.
Just search for U L O - at kickstarter dot com or look for the link in the show notes for ep 374
44:55
http://david-smith.org/blog/2015/09/21/how-to-
wear-your-apple-watch-24-slash-7
For those with the Apple Watch looking for an App to monitor you while you sleep - there is an App called Sleep++ with both pluses being the symbol not the word.
The App is free - and it is recommended at night you place the apple watch into airplane mode to preserve battery life.
The Dev of the App also had a nice article where he recommends on how and when to charge your Apple Watch to allow you to use during the day but also at night when you sleep. Essentially - charge it in the morning when you get up and are taking a shower and getting ready for the day. Then again at night right before you go to sleep. And once you are ready for sleep - place the watch in Airplane mode - and then tell it you are going to sleep - and in the morning - tell it when you woke up. And it will tell you how much of the night was restless sleep.
I am going to start using this to see how I do - and how restless my sleep is.
46:33
http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2015/10/2/9443491/doom-
apple-watch-new-apple-tv-port
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one. Which is also about an apple Watch App - Well actually it is a game - and a game that has been put most everywhere and now it is on the Apple Watch and that is the game Doom. Why - because they can. I think that is enough said on this one.
46:54
VOICEMAIL - Aaron VT_ApplePay_pre_paid
VOICEMAIL - Aaron_VT_review_apple_pay
Rob,
I have a huge gripe about the new Apple TV. If you go to recent purchases and select a program that you have purchased multiple seasons of, you have to scroll to the right through ALL of the past episodes to get to the most recent show. You have to do this EVERY TIME. Why in the world wouldn't it show just the most recent season? PLEASE Apple, finish the dang interface before shipping the device! This is currently a step back from the last generation. If anyone has any suggestion to work around this please let me know.
Also - Apple please flip the axis on scrolling so when I swipe right the items scroll to the right, not the cursor. This is opposite behavior of the Mac touchpad response and is not intuitive. It's down right frustrating.
Loyal Apple fan (but annoyed)
Regards,
Ron
Foster city CA
Hi Rob,
Thanks for putting my query about the Apple TV out for your listeners.
Also, like so many others I was contemplating the purchase of an iPad Pro. I decided against it for a few reasons and one of them is one I've not seen anyone else mention. Apple does not sell a proper case for it. I know it sells a keyboard case
but I do not want that. It also sells a cover but I do not want that either.
I want a case similar to the Smartcase Apple currently sells for the Air2.
Surely this is not beyond the realm of possibility? I cannot be the only
person who wants a full case and doesn't want the keyboard with all of the extra mass, and cost, that brings.
On an unrelated note; you mentioned a couple of episodes back about how difficult it is to keep your Apple TV remote properly oriented. Cmon Rob, surely your tactile sense isn't so bad that you cannot simply touch the remote and feel the difference between the two sides where the buttons are? As a blind person I know I do this a lot more than you do but you are not without abilities. Don't even get me started on your complaint about the lack of a backlight. I mean, it has all of five buttons?
Not to pick on you too much but in my house the remotes are kept on a
table facing the TV etc and away from the couch. This way they are already properly oriented. Of course I don't have any small children who might be a bit less careful.
Thanks again for your help and for all of your hard work.
Regards,
Kevin Barry
VOICEMAIL - Bob_CA_experience_applePAy
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http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/16/att-
unlimited-data-increase/
For those still with an AT&T unlimited data plan - They announced recently that they will not throttle your data speeds until you consume 22 GB of data in one billing cycle AND you also happen to be on a congested part of their network.
In the past it was they just throttled you when you hit 5GB - but then the government stepped in and said to AT&T - you know that word unlimited - I don’t think it means what you think it means. And then threatened them with a big fine - so AT&T is making these changes not out of the goodness of their heart - but because the Government basically smacked them across the knuckles with a ruler.
FYI - If you reach 75% of the the 22GB in a billing period you will get a warning.
Again it is now a 22GB AND congested network criteria to be throttled.
53:16
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_rant_concern_product_launches_not_upto_snuff
Hi Rob,
With the new Apple TV I'm wondering if you already own an app or game on iPhone do you need to purchase it again?
Name redacted - but really this same question came in from multiple people.
I know I mentioned this on the last episode - but I will repeat this again. Apple allows app developers the choice - they can make the app Universal - where users pay once and get it on all iOS devices and AppleTV without repaying for it. Or app devs can fork the app and make an Apple TV only version you need to pay for. There are even some where you pay one price for the iPhone, another price for the iPad and another price for Apple TV. But once again it is not up to Apple - it is up to the devs - and you just need to check out each app and see if they are universal or stand alone.
Hey Rob,
great show lots of information, maybe you can spread the word on this or, let me know what this might have been. This maybe a similar version of the crypto locker. I was using my iPhone 6+ looking at a website using google Crome, only because I did not want to lose the page I had on safari, I don't remember exactly the website but, I was looking for some Christmas gifts, probably electronics, when all of a sudden I got this pop up that filled my whole screen, I'm not sure if it was a pop up, or I just got redirected to a different website, but it was a full-screen basically telling me I was doing some Thing illegal, and I needed to give them $350, via money pack, because all my data on my iPhone was already encrypted. At first I laughed, but pushing the home button, and the on off switch nothing would work, got a little concerned but not that much I have good faith in my good trusty iPhone. So I did a hard reboot, pressing the on off switch and home key simultaneously, after the reboot the phone was fine, and that was using Google Chrome as previously stated, I haven't use Google Chrome sense and never had this problem with Safari.
I listen to mostly all your shows, I DK if that has been brought up before in one of your shows, so maybe you can spread the word about that, because I know if it happens on a desktop or laptop and this you have a good back up, it's a very bad virus. So as far as the iPhone is concerned just a reboot is needed, also I'd like to know if anybody else has had this happen to them. Thanks again Rob
Great show, I get more out of your podcast then any other media I listen to.
Regards
Chris in Carson CA.
P.S. I would've done a screenshot, of the message I got but I wasn't able to use that function, I was only able to do the, hard reboot.
Hi Rob,
I am hopping mad at Apple!! The Podcast app is being reported as using a whopping 5.3 Gb even though I deleted all podcasts, including yours. I quit all programs, then restarted my iPod touch 5, and checked the memory usage and it is still sucking up my memory. I can't delete it and reload it from the App Store as it is an Apple app. Do you see similar hogging in your devices? This is more usage than I have between music and photos! I have been having problems updating apple numbers and pages and getting low memory warnings and slowness because of this amateur designed app! It is time to raise the roof at Apple over this garbage app!
Thanks for letting me vent here, if you have any solutions, or can plea to the listener base to bring this up with Apple, especially those who are in Warranty or have Apple Care and have the same problem, I would appreciate it!
Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Ron Leckfor, Hubbard, Ohio
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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.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 373
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank PHIL for sending in the music you hear in the background. PHIL wrote:
Hi Rob.
This song called Deuling Pianos was all created with Garage Band on an iPhone and exported directly. No other software or hardware were used. This is not available for sale anywhere, just a hobby thing.
Regards,
Phil W
SONG Deuling Pianos
Thanks PHIL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ROBERT for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ROBERT wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
This is a picture of the custom WWE World Heavyweight Championship that was given to the Royals after winning the World Series. I removed the WWE logo and added TII using the app Photo Editor- by Axiem Systems.
Regards,
Robert
Thanks ROBERT, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ROBERT'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 373 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:16
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote If Microsoft could ship today, Surface would send ripples across the tablet marketplace. It’s too bad the first devices won’t arrive for months. But come autumn, for all Apple’s early sales success, Microsoft will pull from a much larger and deeper ecosystem — and across the Surface, iPad is but a stone’s throw away.” unquote
Joe Wilcox, Beta News, 19 June 2012
Well as we all have learned - Beta means not quite ready for prime time - so Beta News is a good place for Joe to be reporting - Just Sayin
02:54
For promo codes we have codes from the folks behind the Silk ASMR app which has been featured before. They say there are some new features.
Here is their review / comments of their app.
“Hello Rob, we have made some big updates to our free-to-download app, Silk ASMR. which is a relaxation app. We now have In-App News alerts about free, discounted, and new relaxation tracks every week. Your podcast listeners can use the promo codes to check out our newest tracks which include hypnotic rain, babbling brooks, soothing birds, and the calming sounds of cats purring.”
Well thanks to the Devs for their review of their App - SILK ASMR and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - please send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com and put SILK in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/silk-asmr/id938717308?mt=8
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:14
http://www.meetup.com/podcasting-15/events/226827564/
If you are in the Kansas city area on Saturday December 12th from 4 to 6 PM we will have a special KC Podcaster meetup at Google Fiber Space Lounge - yes I said google. I will have a 1 hour what is and how to podcast 101 session - we will also go over the new Google Play Music destination - so there will be some 201 and 301 info thrown in. If you are a podcaster this is a great chance to meet other KC area podcasters - if you are a podcast listener same thing and if you are interested in becoming a Podcaster this is the session you have been looking for.
Link in the show notes for the meet up - space is limited - so sign up ASAP before I start really promoting this.
05:03
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/11/18/ios-9-2-beta-4/
iOS 9.2 beta 4 was released this week - just 8 days after beta 3. Seems Apple has on this round stuck to the almost weekly release schedule - that will likely be the end of that with this beta release.
What is new - Well Arabic content via siri is new - You are able to talk to siri in Arabic. Search for local places and businesses and more.
Out side of that it seems it was as expected mostly about squashing bugs man.
Obviously we are getting closer to a full release of iOS 9.2
But not something that will happen until December - as next week is typically not the week your push out new software - being most of apple is on shut down for the Thanksgiving holiday.
I would not be surprised to see iOS 9.2 GM released around December 1st or 2nd. Most reports on Beta 4 seem to be around it being stable Or relatively there of.
TV OS 9.1 Beta 3 was also released
06:32
I received my iPad Pro last week and when I first opened it up my initial reaction was - WOW that is big. I mean I knew it was going to be big - but I did not really understand how big until I opened that box and held it for the first time.
My boys both comments on how big it was. My wife called it a lunch tray.
To put the size in perspective - the screen is larger than the screen on my Wifes 2015 MacBook - and just slightly smaller than the screen on my 2015 MacBook Pro.
It is too big to fit into any of the iPad pouches in my laptop bags. So I have to put it in the main area meant for the laptops.
But you know what - Big is not a bad thing - depending on what you are going to do with it. Editing a podcast - Bigger is better. It is really easy to edit audio on the iPad Pro using twisted wave. And the iPad Pro is also smoking fast. Besides having 4GB of RAM - it is being clocked at 2.3 GHz. This results in a very powerful mobile computing device.
One good test on pure computing power is the encoding of a recording in bossjock app to MP3 format. If you take a 10 minute recording and encode to mp3 - 64 kbps - mono with the bossjock app - with the iPhone 4S - it will take you 369 seconds for that 600 second recording. For the iPhone 6+ it takes just 93 seconds and with the iPad Pro it takes only 62 seconds.
When I started podcasting 10 years ago - to encode a 10 minute long audio podcast i.e. 600 seconds on my Titanium Powerbook took over 1,200 seconds. Just to put the iPad Pro’s power into perspective.
Going multitask mode is where the iPad Pro is really nice - you can surf the web and have email open side by side and have plenty of room to be productive in both. But here is the wannt wannnnt waaahh moment - you can’t go multitask mode with all apps - just those that support it. So Sadly - Bossjock can not go side by side / multitask mode with other apps. But luckily Safari and evernote do - so I can work on my show notes much easier on the iPad Pro. I should point out that actually no audio recording apps I tested would allow multitask mode - so not just bossjock - but also garageband - Apples own recording app would not go multitask mode.
One place that big is also really nice is watching videos - I have been using it to watch Netflix - both when I work out and in bed at night. With the four speakers - the audio quality is leaps and bounds better then other iOS devices. But you do need to have something to rest it on.
Holding it for a couple of episodes of a TV show can get old quick. luckily I have a rest made for the original iPad that works really well. I will mention something similar in the Kickstarter Campaign segment later in the show - it is called Meet Booy with boy spelled b o o y of course.
Where big is never good is with big and naked - I am still having flashbacks to Kappa sorority and sophomore year UD. Wooo Sorry - flashbacked again. Anyway I was right I really do feel more angst carrying it around naked then if it had a case and I was naked. Good news is the Smart Keyboard arrived Friday morning.
I should mention between episodes 372 and 373 in the Tii App only - is the unboxing videos for both the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard - three different videos. Those are up - so please check them out in the free Tii App
So obviously the Apple Pencil did get here earlier this week - kind of hard to do an unboxing video if you don’t have the box - My Oldest son had fun playing with the Apple Pencil and creating some pictures in the Notes app.
Pairing it is pretty easy - plug it in to the lightening port and turn on bluetooth and it asks to pair. You have to plug it in any way to charge it. And a quick tip - when charging it you have to take the cap off the lighting connector on the Apple pencil - just place the cap on one of the magnets on the front of the iPad Pro to keep the cap from rolling away.
In the package for the Apple pencil it comes with a replacement tip and also comes with a connector where you can plug in the Apple pencil on one side and your standard lightening cable to the other side to charge it as well. So that was a nice surprise to get that and the replacement tip.
I did try to see if I could get it to work with any older iOS devices - nope - could not - not that thought it would but hey needed to try.
Per the use of it - I have used many styluses over the years - people still send them to me unsolicited. Not surprisingly none of them compare neither in terms of accuracy or latency - because the Apple pencil is dead on accurate and there is no latency or virtually no latency - there were a couple of times I was writing so fast it was just ever so slightly behind - but only a couple of times. One thing it showed me is that wow my handwriting is really really bad and I desperately need the smart keyboard cover. Good thing I got the apple pencil for everything other than taking notes. The Apple pencil does detect tilt - so if you select the magic marker option and depending on the tilt will depend on the thickness of the line - it works really well. So far so good with the Apple pencil - More on it on future episodes - as I have not tested any 3rd party apps yet.
As I mentioned the Smart Keyboard did arrive. I just received it this morning and here are my initial thoughts on this.
The keyboard is a good size it is actually the same size keyboard as is on my macbook pro. It takes a few tries to get used to how it is supposed to be folded but once you get it right it snaps in place with some pretty strong magnets
It does not appear that you can hide the onscren keyboard and keep typing which is annoying. but luckily there is still plenty of real estate above the on screen keyboard to easily see what you are doing. Some bluetooth keyboards the on screen keyboard would go away on my other iPads. Not sure if this is a bug or a feature. Hopefully it is a short term bug.
one of the features that I like is that command A selects ALL - command C copies and command V pastes just as you would want them to.
One thing I have not found is a way to adjust the volume of the iPad pro from the keyboard to which I say - REALLY APPLE REALLY?
How could they not have controls for volume. Maybe I am missing it - I really hope I am missing it - note I only received the keyboard earlier today - so this is not a full review. I like that you don’t have to charge the keyboard and it is light and thin - but typing on it was awkward and the way I hold my hands I kept touching the touch screen closing the keyboard. At this point I can’t say it was money well spent - again that is just per the smart keyboard and I have not really used it enough to get used to it - yet.
So my initial summarized review of the iPad Pro - it is big - in a good way. It is fast in a great way. For me as a podcaster - I think it is a great device for creating content - and I plan for it to be my main production machine for my KC Startup 411 Podcast. But not for today in iOS. But I will be using it to work on show notes more often via evernote - so it will contribute hopefully to a better work flow in the pre-production phase. The iPad Pro is I think is best described as an el camino - part car - part truck. Not really either - but in some ways better then both and in other ways not. It is not as powerful as my Mac Book Pro - and it is not as portable as my iPhone 6+. But make no mistake the iPad Pro combined with the Apple Pencil is a creation device first and a consumption device second. Which is opposite of the iPad Mini and the iPad Air. I have only just scratched the surface with it - no pun intended - but I am very much loving what I have been able to do with it - with one down side - going back to the iPhone 6+ now sometimes feels smallish.
So iPad Pro - Get it.
Apple Pencil - Get it.
Apple Smart Keyboard - jury is still out on this and still surprised by the lack of some features - given the price. Hopefully I am missing something obvious - more on this in future episodes.
Here is Some listener feedback on the Pro:
VOICEMAIL - Ron _Toronto_iPadPro_reivew
Hi Rob.
This is James from NJ. It sounds like you didn't take your own advice and use the Apple Store app to order your iPad Pro. I found out about in store pickup at the top right of the product order page along with the expected delivery date so I knew about it before it was in my cart. Just some advice for next time.
Loving it. Until I get the pencil and can use it for art, it's great as a reader for magazines and books. It might be as heavy as the first iPad but its thinness makes that unnoticeable when carrying it around. Not for laying in bed, obviously, but a pleasure in my lap. I plan on keeping my iPad Air; this is something else.
(Spelling check knows to capitalize air but not pro)
Regards,
James
Hi Rob –
I've been looking forward to Apple making the iPad Pro since the iPad came out – I'm a professional musician, and I use my iPad every day, whether I'm teaching and performing. When teaching, I have Étude books, exercises, and other pieces of music scanned into the iPad, so I don't have to lug a lot of books around. I can easily email exercises to students, or download audition music for music festivals, or what have you. When performing music, whether I'm on stage, or in the pit for a musical, I can easily have all of the music there with me, I don't have to worry about plugging in a stand light so I can read the music, or other issues like that.
I also use the iPad to record things – multitrack recording apps, GarageBand, these are all fantastic on the regular iPad, even better on the iPad Pro because of its size and speed.
There are a lot of apps, like smart music, for example, that make life much easier for musicians. I don't hear anyone in the tech press talking about the advantages the iPad brings to the table for musicians. The iPad was already good for all of these tasks – the iPad Pro, is even better.
Regards,
-Billy Bargetzi
Hey Rob
I really want to get my hands on the iPad Pro
I am a voice over user and have a 6s plus and an i-Pad air II.
The big i-Pad pro is big enough to actually put my fingers on the home row in portrait mode so I could type directly from the screen just like I am brailling on the phone at the moment.
The smart keyboard case also sounds intriguing because there is no pairing which may mean the keyboard won't stop working with voice over when the operating system updates which is what happens now.
Then, the power and the four speakers.
This is the first audio improvement in a long long time and I'm excited.
The review I mentioned stated that he could play music on the pro using on-board speakers as dinner music in another room.
He did not need to use his sound link speaker.
I will not buy before I get my hands on it.
I rarely use my windows 7 box any more because all I do I do with IOS.
That is my two cents.
Do you know anybody who wants to buy an Air II?
Thanks,
Jan Brown
VOICEMAIL - Eric_Detroit_iPAd_Pro_Purchase_pencil
Hi Rob
After listening to your last podcast, took the plunge and went out and purchased a iPad pro 128gb space grey.
After spending so much cash never had the funds to fully protect my new purchase.
While awaiting my £8 Amazon fake leather flip case I went to bed all excited after spending my first evening enjoying my amazing purchase (the iPad pro, not the £8 Amazon case).
Maybe it was something you said in your recent podcast or maybe it's just my love of my new device but that night I could not stop dreaming of me walking down my local town centre stark naked, with a smile on my face knowing my iPad pro was, and still is at home wrapped in my daughters fleece bedding.
Strange story but sure you can relate, I am still awaiting my case and screen protector and I am typing this message on my pro wearing rubber gloves whilst sitting in my padded room ☺️☺️
What protection are you currently using whilst awaiting the iPad case?
Keep up the good work
Regards
Lee Towey
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Give us a call - email us
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3006295/apple-ios/the-
minimalist-s-guide-to-the-apple-pencil.html
26:41
I talked earlier about the new iPad Pro - and one place I like using it - is in bed. Matter of fact in bed is the only place I let my boys use it. it is a great device to get some work done in bed or better yet watch Netflix.
And if you are going to be spending more time in bed would it not make sense to get the best bed possible? And that is what today’s sponsor Casper offers up. The best bed at a great price.
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Hi Rob,
A caller was requesting a suggestion to easily carry his phone.
I suggest www.ripoffs.com Made in the USA - by Veterans.
They are a division of U.S.Armor - the developer of body armor for the military and law enforcement. (Humans & K-9's)
They provide several models depending if you keep your phone naked to using an Otter Box.
I've used their products for over a decade, all models have the choice of a clip or belt loop. The clips stay on and do not jab you in the side. I carry 2 phones for work.
They run about $20, the design is simple, has a protective Velcro covering, protecting it from rain or dirt, and last for years.
Functional for both tactical missions to the occasional suit and tie deployment.
Rob your work is valued and appreciated ~ thank you for your work.
Kind regards
MFS
Atlanta
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_answer_holster
Rob hi,
Just listened to your last episode. Someone was asking how to create a US iTunes account from abroad. Since I live in Israel and wanted a US account I started years ago like you suggested with a gift card however there is a more convenient way - all you need is an American Express card issued wherever you live. After obtaining the card you call American Express customer service and add a secondary address to your account using any US address (no mail is sent there. It's only for billing purposes). Then you use that card for creating a US iTunes account.
It's that simple.
Thanks for your great show.
Eran.
Hi Rob,
I noticed in the last episode (371) you talked about how you dialed the free conference call number and how you had to make the code part of the name so it was saved, there is an easier way to do this.
First enter the number:
1-206-666-6364
To add a pin or some other access number add a coma then the number.
Example:
1-206-666-6364, 12345#
You can do this multiple times if there are layers to the menu. Also the more comas you add the longer the pause.
You can also have a delayed entry by using a ;
Example:
1-206-666-6364; 12345#
This will give you a button on the lower left of the keypad that you can enter when you're ready.
Hopefully this helps you and the other listeners. I use this daily for conference calls at work.
As always, thanks for the hard work.
Regards,
Peter in Austin
I mean sure I guess you could do it that way if you know you want to do it where it makes sense and you just tap for the code. Peter - seriously - thanks for the email and the great tip.
Hi Rob,
A listener was asking about ad blocking for the iPhone 5.
You found the Safari content blockers, which require at least the iPhone 5S
There are ad blockers that use VPN instead of Safari content blocking, and they will work on the iPhone 5. Ad requests are sent to the VPN address and no ads are returned, all other data is sent normally. Unlike Safari content blockers, they will also block ads in many apps, not just Safari.
I have found two, and they both worked on my iPhone 5.
Adblock Mobile
https://itunes.apple.com/app/adblock-mobile-protect-your/
id919790902
http://adbl0ck.com
Pro:
Free.
Shows how much ad data saved over last few days.
Cons:
Sends ad requests to their VPN server, which can use some data (though much less than the actual ads).
More complicated installation. Installs Root Profile, and if you make a mistake in the undocumented installation (such as “Cancel” instead of “Open in Adblock”), data won’t work.
Disabling and enabling involve removing and installing Profiles.
Always displaying VPN in status bar. Sometimes this covers other items in the status bar, such as battery percentage.
No customization of ad domains.
AdBlock for iOS
https://itunes.apple.com/app/adblock/id691121579
https://www.adblockios.com
Pro:
Dummy VPN server address. No data actually sent to any VPN server.
Simple enable and disable from app. No profiles.
Easy control of ad domains, and adding new ones.
Cons: $1.99
Regards,
Malcolm
VOICEMAIL - Eric_Detroit_Quick_review_appleTV_slippert_remote
Voicemail - Eric_Detroit_part2
37:20
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Robert Spivack who posted the following
Quote
Apple TV Remote Loop (wrist strap) has precision construction
I just bought the wrist strap for the Apple TV 4th gen. Yes, it does cost $12.99, but I wanted it to avoid throwing the remote at my tv by mistake causing much greater damage.
To my surprise, I found that the remote has a precision mechanical connector mechanism where it attaches to the lightning port. It has tiny latches and the lightning cable itself has push button releases on both sides of the cable stub/end.
P.S. The remote loop solves the problem of the new remote being symmetrical and makes it easier to grab it in the dark without pressing on the touch panel accidentally.
Unquote
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community were these posts with regards to the last episode:
Francisco Tapia
Daniel from Wisbench commented via the latest podcast about Alto's adventure and had about having to pay $2.99 again for the tvOS version..
Rob thanks for speaking up on behalf of the developers, it's crazy to think that a developer shouldn't have to get paid for their work, a universal App takes work, especially if you want your app to work easily on iPad, iPhone (4S, 5, 6 and Plus) sizes. Note, Auto Layout is not as easy as the apple keynote makes it out to be (it's not the end of the world, but moving an object can result in rebuilding constraints.
lastly, Alto's adventure DOES support iCloud syncing with the tvOS version of the app. so the only difference is that you need to buy it again.
From Myron Uecker
Listening to Rob mention he paid about $1500 total
for his iPad Pro, keyboard and Apple Pencil really had me thinking.
Yesterday I stopped by the local Apple Store and saw the iPad Pro.
I also looked at MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. For just
a little more than that $1500, you could buy the mid or even
high-end models of any device in the MacBook line and
get a similar-sized retina screen.
I know it really depends on what you plan to use it for, but personally, if it was my money, I would rather spend it on a 13 inch MacBook Pro and carry an iPad Air when I need something portable. Then again, I don't use mine for notes, drawing, etc. so Apple Pencil isn't something I need. I really like the size of my iPad Air 2 and don't think I would want the larger size even if price wasn't an issue.
From Mark Page
Rob I was expecting someone to reply to the guy who said in the previous podcast 371 that he had scratched his watch face and thought that it should be made with Sapphire glass. I'm assuming he has the sports watch which unlike the other versions does not have the Sapphire glass. I chose the stainless steel watch with Sapphire glass specifically to avoid scratches. Despite my clumsy knocks, the watch remains scratch free.
41:45
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Pro+Teardown/52599
iFix it got their hands on an iPad Pro and what we learned from their tear down is the following.
as mentioned - it has 4GB of ram vs 2GB in the iPad Air 2
Also there is a lot of space internally dedicated to the 4 speaker enclosures. The speaker enclosures combined occupy about 50% of the space occupied by the batteries. The sound quality on the iPad Pro is really impressive or over due depending on your perspective.
Per the cameras on the iPad Pro - they are essentially the same as on the iPad Air 2 - so nothing new there - but then if you felt like a dork taking a picture with a 9.7 inch iPad - you will feel like a much bigger dork taking pictures with the 12.9 inch iPad Pro. I know I did. So honestly - Better Cameras are pretty low on my list of spec wants for the iPad Pro.
iFixit - talks about the self balancing speakers - what that means is one depending on the orientation - will depend on what is left and what is right. Additionally the top speakers will get higher frequency sounds to produce a more balanced sound.
Per the batteries there is 10,307 MAh’s worth of battery storage. vs 7,340 mAh’s for the iPad Air 2.
Per the A9X processor it is clocked at 2.26 GHz vs 1.85 GHz for the A9 in the 6S and 6S+ and 1.5 GHz for the A8X in the iPad Air 2
Overall the iPad Pro is a beast spec wise - and that shows in the use of the device.
http://technosamigos.com/ipad-pro-teardown-by-ifixit/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9780/taking-
notes-with-ipad-pro/2
43:47
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/12/apples-new-ipad-
pro-is-faster-more-affordable-than-microsofts-surface-pro-4
There is a good article from Daniel Eran Dilger I link to in the show notes titled - Apple’s new iPad Pro is faster, more affordable than Microsoft’s surface Pro 4.
So if you were someone looking at the surface pro 4 as a potential device - besides this likely not being the show you are looking for - this article is a really important read for you - if you know - you care about specs and price.
One quote I like from the article - quote when apple first unveiled the iPad Pro it noted that its custom designed A9X chip would be faster than 80% of the PC’s that shipped this year. Benchmarks indicate that its not just faster then low end generic PC’s but also faster and less expensive than microsoft’s surface pro 4 unquote.
Again look for that link in the show notes if you want a really in depth comparison. Good read as always from Daniel.
44:50
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/15/ipad-
mini-4-faster-a8-2gb-ram/
One thing I don’t believe I talked about in the past was the updated specs for the iPad Mini 4 - or at least I don’t remember talking about them - and I had someone ask - so here is a quick update on the updated specs.
The mini 4 has the A8 chip running at 1.5 GHz - that is a dual core chip vs the iPad Air 2 which has the tri core A8X chip also running at 1.5 GHz. FYI - the iPad Pro - A9X processor is a dual core chip - but still a lot faster than the A8X tri-core chip.
The Mini 4 also has 2 GB or Ram - matching that of the iPad Air 2.
Overall the mini 4 is slightly slower than the Air 2 in real world testing and bench mark testing as well. But not a lot slower - just slightly slower.
But then again if speed and performance are your thing - then the iPad Pro is for you anyway.
46:03
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLDW2AM/A/apple-
watch-magnetic-charging-dock-white
Apple has a new and well over due accessory for the Apple watch - and that is the Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock White it costs $79 of course. And since they have “white” in the name - it kind of leads one to believe they will be having others colors in the near future.
This will be available for pickup at an Apple store today the 20th or Now. Delivery’s start next week.
It works for both the 38 and 42 mm versions - and the charging disk either lays flat in the dock or pops up 90 degrees - allowing you to put your Apple watch into night stand mode.
In the box you get the Charging dock and a lightning to USB cable.
47:28
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3004657/apple-ios/
apples-ios-just-became-a-secure-sharepoint-client-
for-enterprise-it.html
Interesting article in Computer world titled - Apple iOS just became a secure sharepoint client for enterprise IT
This is about the new Colligo email manager for iOS app - currently in beta. This enables enterprise class email and document sharing for iOS
Quote the app supports the creation, classification and storage of emails, attachments and documents as records in sharepoint unquote - that obviously is important for corporate users that are under regulatory requirements to secure their info and make sure it is protected. IE Data Compliance
Colligo is now joining Cisco, IBM, telogis and others who are releasing products to support enterprise needs on iOS devices.
This means each day Apple and its enterprise level partners are chipping away at IT’s list of reasons not to use iOS - and adding to the list of reasons on why TO use iOS
We have come a long way in the past 8 years.
48:41
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-watch-2-development-
begins-release-date-set-for-q3-2016-rumor/
Rumors swirling around this past week from multiple sources and with different specifics about the next gen Apple Watch.
One title was Apple Watch 2 development begins, release date set for Q3 2016. First let me say this - Apple Watch 2 development began well before the first Apple watch shipped. That is how Apple rolls - at least according to them in any interview they have ever given where they talked about their design process. So NO Apple Watch 2 development did not begin.
Now it is likely the Apple Watch 2 initial prototype builds have begun - and that is what is meant by the reports coming out of china. Where those sources are saying a Q3 release date for the Apple Watch 2.
At the same time another set of rumors this time from often or alway wrong Digitimes says the next Apple watch will launch in the 2nd quarter of 2016. Which is good to know - because now we know 100% - that the Apple Watch 2 - WILL NOT launch until at least Q3 2016.
I am not going to get into speculating about specs - other than to say the BIGGEST difference between the current Apple Watch and the next gen will most likely be Battery Life. Don’t expect Pebble watch life spans on a charge - but do expect triple the current battery life.
Why Triple - I think that is the threshold where a good amount of current Apple Watch owners would say - hmmm - time to pass this on to the kids / significant other / neighbor / guy on craigslist and for me to upgrade.
Less than triple battery life - I just don’t think moves the needle on upgrades. We can come back to this segment and see if I get into the who wrong were they segment or not come Q3 or later - as again based on Digitimes being wrong we know Q2 is not a chance for the release time frame.
http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-watch-2-release-date-could-
be-soon-april-2016-2189584
51:05
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52:53
VOICEMAIL - Dave_NJ_Quest_iPad_sizes_usb_external_storage
Rob:
I have an Apple TV question that I've not seen addressed anywhere yet. I have purchased iTunes content constituting movies and some TV series.
What I'd like to know if it is possible from the TV to browse the list of
purchased movies etc and tell the TV to download what you want? This is how
you can do it on an iPad or iPhone now. I figure that way I can have media
waiting for me later instead of trying to stream it.
I am an American living in the Philippines and my bandwidth isn't what it
used to be. If you can answer this question this will help me decide
between the 32 or 64GB models. I'll have a visiting friend bring me mine in
January. Although the TV will be sold here later it won't have the Siri
interface. Plus, it's cheaper to buy in the U.S.
Regards
Kevin
Hi Rob,
Long time iPhone user, short time listener. Love the show. I'm back to iPhone after a brief stint with an android phone the past two years (bad experience). I missed the 5, 5S and 6 phones, but have had all the others including the original.
So, I have the 6S and obviously ios9. I have been successful with OpenVPN and connecting to my home server. It is stable and works from wifi and cellular. I didn't even realize there were issues until I listened to your most recent episode. So whatever issues there were they appear to have been fixed, at least with the official OpenVPN app.
Keep up the great work.
Regards,
Tom
Hi Rob,
For folks who don't have iOS 9 can extract and save voice-mail messages with the use of iExplorer. There's a free trial version that doesn't expire:
http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/
With a phone plugged into a computer and the device selected in iExplorer, Voicemail is found in the Backups section.
Or, to extract Voicemail from a backup: select one of the available backups (phone doesn't need to be plugged in). Voicemail is a top-level menu item.
Regards,
Shelley
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1:00:37
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1270336974/meet-
booy-the-tablet-holder-that-adapts-to-any-sur?ref=discovery
New Kickstarter project and as mentioned earlier this one is called Meet Booy - two words with booy spelled B O O Y.
This one has a goal of $45,000 and they are at a little over $44,000 with Dec 5th being their deadline - so they are going to be funded - most likely are by the time you hear this.
What is said device - well also as mention before it is essentially a bean bag chair for your iPad - allowing you to put it different places and have really good stability with it.
Pricing on this is on the high side - $80
essentially there is a metal plat that is placed on the back of your iPad via reusable adhesive that quote leaves no residue unquote - yeah if I had a nickel everytime some said that to me. And then the leather bean bag attaches magnetically.
It is nice looking but $80 hmmm.
luckily I already have something similar.
If this is something you are interested in - search for Meet booy - two words m e e t b o o y at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 373
01:02
http://www.iosdaily.org/2015/11/popular-desktop-
browser-firefox-comes.html
You know that game - dead or alive - you have to say if some long forgotten celebrity is still alive or if they have died - and often times you get it wrong and you are surprised to find out someone is actually still alive. Ok - this next one is like that kinda - iOS App or not. In other words is this next App available as an iOS App or not. And if asked a few weeks ago I would have said yes its an app - but back then I would have been wrong - because when I saw last week that it just launched as an iOS app I was like really wow - thought you were already an iOS App - and this app I am taking so long to get to - is FireFox. Yup - it is now finally an iOS App - which again app or not app - I would have guessed App previously. Really Firefox - you needed over 1.5 Million other apps to come first before you said - yeah - ok - I think that platform is on to something? Hmmmm
1:03:05
http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/4/8724949/best-podcast-
app-iphone-outcast-pocket-casts-castro
I ran the libsyn numbers for downloads for October and as I thought would be the case the downloads to aggregator apps other than the podcasts app went up in October - this due to issues with the podcasts app - and well changes that make it awkward to start an episode and play bar so skinny you need the apple pencil to hit it.
The big winner in our stats was Overcast - not shocking.
The Verge had an article back in June ranking the different Podcast apps at that time - and then their winner was also Overcast.
Next up was Shifty Jelly Pocket Casts - and yup that was right behind Overcast in our downloads. next was Castro. Which I should say Elsie my co-host on the feed - loves that app.
Then downcast, then in their rankings were Apples Podcasts App and Stitcher and TuneIn - all tied followed
If you listened to this show for a while - hearing Overcast number 1 is not a shock - same with Downcast being ahead of the Podcasts App.
And if you are looking for another solution then Pocketcasts and Castro are two other good alternatives to listening to podcasts.
But always the best solution is a dedicated app in my opinion - that is what I like for the shows I listen to. It does make it easier when you only have one show per app. But for all those shows not considerate enough to supply you the listener with the best option - the next best option could be Overcast or Shifty Jelly’s pocket cast or castro or Downcast. If again the podcasts app is not your cup of tea.
By the way in rankings - it does go Podcasts App over 50% of all downloads, Then Stitcher almost 3% then overcast, then Pocketcasts.
1:05:20
VOICEMAIL - Ben_CA_issue_with_hey_siri
Hi Rob,
Quick question for your listeners who use Voice over on a apple Watch. My question is, is it really useful to them or is it just a novelty item? More importantly would they recommend buying one? The reason I ask is because in Ireland we have no Apple stores so I could try one out, and 2 the price. The base model Apple watch sport is 480Euro!!! Ya, a little steep i think so I'd really like to hear some peoples experiences with it,
regards
Dave in Limerick Ireland
Hi Rob
I am seeing what appears to be a bug in the mail app. My exchange account says it has 3 new emails, but I go into the inbox and there are no new emails or unread ones. Any suggestions on how to fix this so my inbox doesn't show new emails when there aren't any?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob, Does anybody know of a app or a jail break tweak that will let me have "do not disturb" on everything else except for a certain app, I have cameras throughout the house and would love for that certain app to come through in the middle of the night and block all others. If any of your listeners know of a way to do this that would be great!!! thanks Rob
VOICEMAIL - John_Redmond_slip_lower_slobovia_by_you
Oh John you busted me - I can’t slip anything by you. I mean well except for the other two easter eggs that were in the group of countries that you missed - Yup - there were 3 as in 2 more than 1 - easter eggs in that list of countries. Just Sayin Hint the other two were also fictitious countries from comic strips - One from Doonesberry and one from Dilbert to go along with Lower Slobovia from Lil Abner of course. Folks I love hiding easter eggs when I can. Kudos to the others that found Lower Slobovia - but no one commented on the other two.
01:10:20
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271505&l=5524&ctl=3A6798:
D5214088EF1540C6F30EFCF7E60915EDEC051DFD0DF83E2C&
I received this message from T-Mobile USA this week.
Quote
Starting November 19, we're optimizing video streaming for
your mobile devices. You'll get 3x more video when you use your
phone as a mobile hotspot. That means you can stream Netflix,
HBO Now, Hulu, Sling TV, WatchESPN, Showtime, and more,
without counting against your tethering bucket. This will happen
automatically with no additional charge and no action required.
Plus, you get a free movie rental each month from VUDU. And
as an additional T‑Mobile® exclusive, you'll get 30% off a year
of the Best of Live TV with Sling for $14 a month—
offer is good for 12 months.
unquote
So if you are a t-mobile USA customer like me congrats -
and if you were on the fence - this is another example of
t-mobile working to lure customers.
01:11:17
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 372
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank PHIL for sending in the music you hear in the background. PHIL wrote:
Hi Rob.
This song called CERTITUDE was all created with Garage Band on an iPhone and exported directly. No other software or hardware were used. This is not available for sale anywhere, just a hobby thing.
Regards,
Phil W
SONG Certitude
Thanks PHIL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank NICK for sending in the Artwork for today's show. NICK wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
The picture was taken with an iPhone 6, 64GB, running iOS 9. The result was cropped to a square with Photos and the Tii branding was added with Pixelmator.
Regards
Nick Tamburri
Thanks NICK, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see NICK'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 372 - or at instagram.com/todayinios 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.
01:53
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote The following are three reasons the new iPad 3rd Generation will be dead on arrival (DOA):
1) New iPad Cannot Compete with Kindle Fire and BlackBerry PlayBook
2) New iPad is Thicker and Heavier
3) New iPad Nearly Identical to the iPad2
unquote
Michael Li, The GadgetMasters, 11
March 2012
How DOA was the iPad 3rd - well it was DOA to the tune of 53.9 Million units in 2012 alone. Heck the DOA iPad 3rd gen is still fought over by my two sons every day they are allowed electronics and it is almost 4 years old - Just Sayin
02:40
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:23
http://9to5mac.com/2015/11/10/
ios-9-2-beta-3/
Apple is making it really easy for me to pick titles for the episodes. As they are turning out a new version of the iOS 9.2 beta each week. This week it was iOS 9.2 beta 3.
Initial reports on the beta 3 are it squashes the bugs man. One of which was with the App Switcher.
This one is available to both devs and public beta testers.
If this beta sounds pretty light on new features that is not surprising - it is usually in the 1st and 2nd betas we see any new features added or removed. Sometimes added for beta 1 and removed for beta 2.
In the first two betas for 9.2 we saw AT&T’s new NumberSync feature added and changes to embedded Safari Browsers with allow them to load extensions. Plus there was also Arabic Language Support added to Siri.
04:42
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/
9/9697374/apple-tv-update-tvos-9
The first update is already out for Apple TV - with tvOS 9.0.1 being made available.
If you have automatic updates turned on - it will download automatically. Most Apple TV users will have automatic updates enabled.
If you don’t have it enabled to manually get the new update on your Apple TV go to Settings —> System —> Software Updates.
Support for Bluetooth Keyboards and Apple’s Remote App is still not available.
If you are a dev - tvOS 9.1 beta 2 is also now available.
You will need to USB to USB Type C cable and will need to connect the Apple TV to your computer to install the Beta update.
Previous notes on the tvOS 9.1 beta indicate improvements in WiFi compatibility, in-app-purchase for App Store Apps, improved scrolling and Siri is enabled to work with Apple Music. Again no indication of support for the Remote App.
08:27
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/
2015/11/09Epic-12-9-inch-iPad-
Pro-Available-to-Order-Online-
Wednesday-Arrives-in-Stores-
Later-This-Week.html
Apple put out a press release on Monday the 9th titled - Epic 12.9 inch iPad Pro available to order online Wednesday and arrives in Stores later this week.
If you have the Tii app and push notifications enabled - you would have received that push notifying you of that PR.
The subtitle of the press release is quote iPad pro arrives in over 40 countries including the US, UK, china and Japan. unquote.
The over 40 countries include:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Berzerkistan, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Elbonia, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lower Slobbovia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, UAE, US, UK, Uruguay and US Virgin Islands.
It will be available in Apple Stores on Friday the 13th as well as at select Carriers and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The Apple Pencil and Apple Smart Keyboard will also be available at the same time.
The iPad Pro was available to order starting around X AM on the 11th.
I was hoping for it to be available at 12:01 AM PT / 2:01 AM CT - but that was not the case. It was actually around 2:15 AM CT. And I happened to guess right on the URL where it would be.
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-
ipad/ipad-pro
I actually had my order done online prior to it being available in the Apple Store App or being linkable on line. Hah.
I did order my iPad Pro 128 GB version wifi + cellular Gold version along with the Apple Pencil and the Apple Smart Keyboard. Delivery is supposed to be on 13th before noon - for the iPad Pro. HOWEVER the Apple Pencil and the Apple Smart Keyboard - yeah we will not see those until the 19th. I did pay the Extra $20 for expedited shipping and here is a little tip - if you pick expedited shipping for the iPad - select it for the Apple Pencil and the smart keyboard as well - as it does not raise the $20 added charge. Total cost for all this was a tad under $1,500 - at $1,493.10 - that is with the tax and shipping.
I will put up an unboxing video for the iPad Pro before the next episode - keep checking the Tii App for that.
I also sent out a push notification as soon as it was available and I posted in the Tii Google+ community. So hopefully you saw those and were able to get your order in.
FYI - correction on the last episode I said the smart keyboard was $129 - we should be so lucky - it is actually $169. Apple Pencil is $99. And the iPad Pro is either $799 for the 32 GB wifi only version - avoid. or $949 for the 128 GB wifi only version or $1079 for the 128 GB Wifi and Cellular version. Which is the one I went with.
I look forward to talking about it more on the next episode. In the mean time if you did order one as well - please call in with your reviews - 206-666-6364 - that is 206 moon dog or record those reviews and email them to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
VOICEMAIL - James_NJ_iPad_Pro_buying_experience
Thanks James - I did not even think of checking the pick up option - doohhh. Hopefully they ship sooner for me - but I some how doubt it. I will likely have at least 6 long days with a naked iPad Pro. I just relooked at my order and it says the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard deliver between the 19th and the 23rd. So I could be Naked for 10 days or well my iPad Pro could be naked for 10 days that is. Which made me think would I feel more comfortable walking down the street holding my new iPad Pro with a case on it while I am naked or the other way. And honestly the thought of walking with the iPad Pro Naked gives me more anxiety. But then I played Rugby - still have some of that Zulu Warrior left in me.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
I'm lucky enough that I'm pretty sure my employer will buy me an iPad Pro. I'm the Paralympic archery coach for Great Britain and the iPad is perfect for my needs.
Other people in my department have just been kitted out with new Dell laptops and I politely said "thanks but no thanks", knowing the iPad Pro was soon to be released.
Not only is the iPad totally suited to coaching life outside in the field, videoing and analysing but also the Pro will cost substantially less than the Dell. Even with the addition of the keyboard case and pencil.
I truly have been "post PC" for 3 years now and the introduction of the iPad Pro only makes it more likely I will never go back.
How many other listeners are totally "post pc"?
Love the show,
Regards,
Mike from Telford in England
Archery GB Paralympic Coach
Ok - I could not leave that email there so I asked Mike what are some of the features he is looking forward to.
Here was his response
Rob,
I guess the feature I'm most looking forward to is simply more screen spaces, especially for the side-by-side video and photo analysis, for example when we are looking a "before & after" photos of an athletes technique change. Currently for this I would often use the Apple TV to get the images onto a biggest screen, now I think more often than not I'll be able to do the work on the iPad Pro out in the field, in the training session and not have to wait until after.
Also every couple of weeks I'll have a full day at my desk answering emails and writing reports for 9 hours. Even though I love my touch screen keyboard I have a sneaking suspicion that I may well be faster on the physical keyboard case. Time will tell.
Along with the Apple Watch I think the iPad Pro will be a common sight at international archery events this summer leading into the Rio games.
Regards,
Mike
Thanks Mike.
Some other feedback with regards to the iPad Pro
Stephen Williams said quote So if I want an iPad pro, it's going to cost me almost as much as a MacBook Air. Think I'm going to wait for the next gen. iPad Air as the pro's price is simply too high for me. unquote
Faisal Keylani said quote I have mixed feeling towards iPad pro. I kinda like the bigger screen but I believe it's big to carry! Plus the price tag !! And it's OS is not Mac OS , it's IOS! unquote
And Michael Polinske said quote When I heard the iPad Pro was as heavy as original iPad that turned me off right away. uquote.
So too big - too heavy - too expensive is the common refrain from Con side. And a legit refrain for most.
Again call in or email in your thoughts - especially if you purchased one. I will say this - with out a doubt this is the most expensive iOS device ever. Much more - over 50% more then the previous most expensive iOS device - when you include the Pencil and keyboard. So it is going to be for a smaller segment of the audience - that said - so far I have been very very surprised by the low number of replies from people saying they purchased one. Maybe that will change - but if these first 10 hours of availability are any indication compared to past launches - shortages are not something you will need to worry about. That is all un-scientific - and just based on how it feels this time vs past launches.
http://www.gizmoday.com/online-
orders-for-the-apple-ipad-pro-start-
november-11th-tablet-hits-stores-
later-this-week-74859
18:29
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I was at Walgreens yesterday trying to find a shower gel made from the same great ingredients as my Harry’s shave gel or at least similar ingredients. I mean if I am going to care enough not to put chemicals on my face I thought some other parts of me deserved the same consideration. I spent well over 15 minutes reading ingredients - it was really depressing. Nothing and I mean Nothing matched the natural ingredients you find with Harry’s products. Hey Harry’s I want a shower gel from you something for the neck on down.
One of the reasons I am so loyal a harrys customer is because I know Harry’s cares about what they provide to you - they care so much they even purchased the blade factory for their razors - the blades are kinda important. This is a German blade factory that was started almost 100 years ago. So they know a thing or two about making blades.
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21:34
VOICEMAIL - Pauline_OK_imazing_voicemails_answer
Hi Rob,
In regards to the listener wanting to save his moms voicemail to he's computer. I use iMazing by DigitDNA. It used to be called diskaide and it does a boat load of other features.
Richard
Atlanta
Hello Rob,
my condolences to Richard B. for the loss of his mother. He asked for a way to store voice mails in iOS.
When you open voicemails and select one, a share button is displayed.
Among others you are offered to share via email or to store as a voice recording (which can then be synced to iTunes).
I hope, this helps.
Kind regards from Berlin, Germany
Boris
Hey Rob, you had a listener in item 371 who wrote in asking how he could transfer his voicemails to his computer. I just noticed in iOS 9 and later there's (finally) an option inside each voicemail on the top right to send the voicemail via text message, email and other options including save to dropbox. So he could go through the voicemails and send the ones he wants to keep to himself via email, and detach them to his computer, or just save them right to dropbox. Hope that helps.
Regards,
Aric B
Hello Rob,
I was listening to your latest episode and you had a listener ask about saving voicemails from his late mother. One great Easter egg with iOS 9 is that: if you are in the voicemail, and have the message selected, you will see the share button. You can press that and one of the options is voice memos. Once you share it with voice memos you can sync the recordings with iTunes. I have done this with messages I have saved from when my children were smaller and would leave me cute messages while away for work. Hope this helps, very sorry for the listeners loss.
Brenton Niebauer
Hi Rob,
After I listened to episode 371, I downloaded the AppleWatch app, Wristructions after I heard the dev was giving it away FREE for a limited time. Let me tell you, it ROCKS!
I used it to save the instructions you gave at the end of the episode on how to record calls from my iPhone using FreeConferenceCalling.com. Now, I have the instructions at hand, or rather, at wrist when I need to remember how to use them.
Thanks to both you and the Wristructions dev. I strongly urge the Tii listeners to grab this app for free IMMEDIATELY! Thanks for all the ways you teach us how make our iOS devices more functional.
Regards.
Dr. John M
VOICEMAIL - Ben_CA_download_voicemails
VOICEMAIL -Dave_CA_answer_sharebutton_backup_voicemail
26:51
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Steven Whatley who posted the following question
Quote
Is there a way to remove apps from the new iOS 9 Sidebar? As more & more apps are being updated, the longer (taller, actually) the list gets. Sorry, but I don't need apps like AirCoaster to be in the Sidebar. :-)
It sure would be nice if the most frequently used Sidebar apps are sorted towards the bottom.
Unquote
First there were questions about what is said side bar -
It is actually called Slide Over.
And As Barry Smitherman said quote it is only on iPads. You pull the screen from the right edge and you’ll get a sidebar to open specific apps without leaving your main app. Not true multitasking but its the best we have with the iPad Air and older unquote
And Slide Over is not supported on all iPads.
The ones that do support slide over are
iPad Mini 2 and newer.
iPad Air and newer
and iPad Pro.
So nope my iPad 3rd Gen does not support it. Nor does the iPad 4th gen or the original iPad Mini.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community were these posts with regards to the last episode:
From Wayne Henderson
Excellent episode, Rob. I still can't wait to get the new Apple TV. Soon
From Lawrence McFarland
Funny. The more I heard about Apple TV in this episode, the more I was impressed by
my Roku (which, by the way, can be remotely controlled with an app on my iPhone).
From Myron Uecker
Screenshots may be difficult but it seems to be not as difficult to record a video from Apple TV 4. Still needs a Mac and USB-C.
From Emiko Freund
I haven't finished listening yet, but I find entering passwords or searching is easier with my Nimbus controller.
From Francisco Tapia
Roku has gotten better. you have your YouTube app, and more recently the PLEX player. But you don't have AirPlay, so I can't simply send my current playlist or podcast to the Roku to listen on... I also can't just stream the WWDC videos or other media I easily have available on my iOS 9.x device.
And From Faisal Keylani
I have tried all other competitor devices out there and I can tell you that they are not worth a penny.
It's correct that Apple TV 4 is not what we have expected , but it is still a lot better than any other device out there. This is the exact same case whenever ppl compare iPhones to some other bad android phones out there. Whatever they do they will never come close to an iPhones performance!!
30:16
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/
2015/9/11/apple-pencil-could-be-a-
big-hit-or-the-next-ping
There is an article that came out back in September - I have been holding on to - it is titled - Apple Pencil could be a big hit or the next Ping.
This article is from AppleWorld.
It points out and accurately so - that when Steve Jobs announce the iPhone back in 2007 almost 9 years ago. He asked the audience who wants a stylus - then he answered Nobody wants a stylus so lets not use a stylus.
The author of the article said quote
My prognosis: it will be a hit in the enterprise and creative pro markets, but of little interest for general consumers. unquote.
So now apple sits a week and a day away from releasing a $99 dollar stylus - and who wants it - well I do.
Why - many reasons - but one of the key ones - actually the KEY ONE - my youngest son is not just Profoundly Dyslexic or quote The most severe I have ever tested unquote from childrens mercy hospital in KC. Not what you want to hear. But he also has dysgraphia. I am hoping and praying there will be some apps that offer up help for him to be able to write. To me - that is what the iPad Pro holds out a hope for and if the Apple Pencil is half of what it seems to be - then even at $1500 for just the Apple Pencil would be well worth it for me.
I know a lot of people talk about the Apple pencil for Artists or as that article mentioned Enterprise - but to me - I see the educational potential to be the most appealing.
And once apps are specifically written for the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro - and can measure force and accurate head placement - then you will have something special and in some cases maybe even life changing.
If anyone listening develops anything specifically around this - let me know and you will get soooo much love on the show you will need to send me a restraining order to stop talking about you and your apps.
That said if anyone has used any good Dysgraphia apps - please let me know or really any apps on the iPad that help kids learn to write - even for cursive - as I am sure my older son would appreciate that help.
I will be doing some searching as well - and I am sure I will be reporting on this in the future.
32:35
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/
archive/2015/10/apple-q4-
earnings/412726/
For the first time in a while Apple stocks rose in the weeks following their quarterly report - As is normal Apple beat their projections and Anal-ists guesses.
A big reason for the slight rise in the stock price was that Tim Cook said iPhone sales would rise for their fiscal 2016.
That caused many of the anal-ists to raise their Price targets. Uncle Gene Munster raised his price target to $179 up from $172. Walter Piecyk from BTIG has a target of $160. Katy Huberty from Morgan Stanley - typically a bear on Apple has a Target of $152. Mark Moscowitz with Barclays raised his target to $155 from $150.
And then in the last few days some quote Checks in the supply chain unquote - are causing some bears to scream the sky is falling the sky is falling.
A lot of that from a report from Kulbinder Garcha at Credit Suisse that reported Apple had lowered its component orders by as much as 10% according to quote our teams in asia unquote.
Here is the issue - traditionally - when these reports come out about supply chain checks - they have been wrong - usually dead wrong. First suppliers can’t talk about Apple at all. And second a lot of time when a supplier is missing their estimates it later on was not attributed to Apple reductions but other vendor reductions.
Then you have this from Brian White - who said his monitoring of component companies so weaker than average seasonality over all - but when looking at those for Apple suppliers they were delivering better than seasonal performance. In other words the supply chain not supplying to Apple is seeing a slow down and those supplying to Apple are seeing an increase.
Daniel Ives essentially called those reporting a slow down in the supply chain as yelling fire in a crowded theater.
And what is funny or sad - is even Credit Suisse who is screaming the house is on fire and the sky is falling is saying Apple will out perform. I am not saying they would say bad things hoping the price would fall so they can jump in an buy - but well…
Any way I think Horace Dediu of Asymco said it best when referring to earlier in the year when Apple price dipped. quote Wall Street was having a huge Apple shares “Everything Must Go” sale and Apple was there, $14 billion cash in hand. Long term shareholders will be rewarded. Quarters are not important. unquote. Buy Apple for the long term folks - don’t worry about the short term movement - especially when it comes from quote supply chain checks unquote - which is well as reliable as Digitimes and BGR.
http://fortune.com/2015/10/28/
apple-analysts-q42015-update/
http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/
apple-supply-chain-cuts-what-the-
analysts-are-saying/
35:32
http://www.popsci.com/iphone-7-
rumors-point-to-upcoming-panic-
mode-synaptic-provided-screens
This next one is from From Ron Leckfor in Ohio
And it is per the article titled - iPhone 7 rumors point to upcoming Panic Mode - and synaptic screens.
Essentially Apple has a patent they filed - which in a nut shell looks at which finger you use to unlock your device and if you pick a specific finger it will trigger a panic mode alarm. So maybe your train it for your thumbs and pointer fingers as a normal unlock - but for the middle finger on your non-dominate hand - if unlocked with that finger - triggers a panic or emergency mode. Which might mean it immediately transmit an alert to the authorities, records photos and video and grabs audio. Plus send out a beacon signal sending your location to designated parties.
Really that seems like something that could easily be implemented.
Maybe even Apple could add some predefined instructions if you open it with different fingers. Like Left thumb - open directly to Camera Mode - or Right thumb open to email. Or something like that. I mean why stop with just panic mode - add in some user defined modes as well.
The other rumor about iPhone 7 is that there will be a 4 inch version - which is not really a stretch - actually I would be shocked if that what the iPhone 7 launches there is not a 4 inch iPhone in the mix.
From the email bag
Hi Rob,
I've seen some rumors on the web about a smaller option iPhone when the 7 comes out. As someone who actually enjoys using Twitter with one hand, listening to music with my 5s in my normal size pockets, and laughing out loud at teen girls holding their 6 plus up to their face with both hands.. This sounds like an option for me.
Love the show, thanks Rob!
Regards,
Eric
Thanks Eric - and as I said before - my Wife has not desire at all for anything larger than the 5S - she wants the smaller size iPhone - and many others do as well. I really hope we see the three sizes of 4, 4.7 and 5.5 inches when the iPhone 7 launches next year.
I know one of the rumors even had a 4 inch iPhone launching in Q1 2016. I would guess that was someone fishing with link bait - which is why I am not linking to that article.
But speculating three sizes for the iPhone 7 - that to me is a safe and conservative speculation.
Speaking of speculating - here is a post in the google Plus community from Brenden Finnerty. quote
Is it too early to speculate on iOS 10? Oh well here is the major feature updates that I am guessing will arrive
The rumored Apple search engine is introduced
-baked into spotlight
-heavy Siri interaction
-social features added in
-one touch features for directions, check in, and Yelp reviews
Update to FaceTime
-group chat support
-record chat option and save to iCloud
-filters and emoji support
-FaceTime app available for Android
-Apple TV AirPlay option
Notifications Revamped
-smart notifications across all devices. Based on activity and location, receive only the most important notifications at that time.
-new notification banner which scrolls along the bottom or on the side of the screen
And One log in. No more individual password per app, Touch ID gets you into all.
unquote
39:38
VOICEMAIL - Thomas_CA_LEO_iPhone_security_android
Hi Rob,
One thing almost never reported in any review of the Apple TV:
Is that Siri does not work if you are outside the 8 "blessed" countries, and that also the universal search doesn't work.
I live in Belgium so I cannot use voice as search but even if I input, letter by letter, the name of a movie or TV series it only returns ITunes hits. I have the Netflix app installed and a monthly subscription but the search doesn't return any Netflix results.
A well known work around is putting the iTunes Store to USA. Siri and the universal search is then unlocked. Search does then return Netflix hits.
As Dutch is a very very small language I think it will take years before I will be able to us Siri & universal search in my native language.
Also very strange we don't have the recent added categories and Top apps in the Belgium Store. So finding new apps is almost impossible. Again putting the Store in USA 'solves' this.
I don't have a USA iTunes account and don't think I can legally obtain one. Any thought about this?
Long time listener , first time mailer,
Regards,
Renaat
Hi Renaat - I know back in the day - you could get a gift card and then set up an iTunes account being a US one from anywhere in the world - but I am not sure if that is still possible.
Essentially it used to work like this - and again this used to work regardless of what country you were in. First log out of your iTunes account - then choose the US iTunes store. Do not create an account yet.
Browse around and find an app you want to download.
At that point you will prompted to log in or create a new account - choose Create new account.
Fill in your email address and password and security question.
Then you are asked for a credit card - if you choose a free app to download - simply choose NONE. And you are good to go.
If you choose a paid one - then you can enter an iTunes gift card code for credit.
Again not sure if that still works - it was something I dug up from show notes back in 2009 and then again in 2011.
Good luck
Hi Rob,
How does apple keep skipping over the obvious. It's really silly to set up an iPad with a keyboard (almost turning it into a laptop)
But then still having to poke the screen from time to time. Seriously no mouse or trackpad support. Still? Seriously?
Regards,
Jeff W
VOICEMAIL - Chris_CA_apple_TV_thoughts_audio_isues
45:09
https://www.kickstarter.com/
projects/2083538780/turn-your-
iphone-6-6s-into-a-gopro-with-
the-prosho?ref=discovery
This week for a kickstarter project we have the ProShot Case - or as the title is fully called - Turn your iPhone 6 / 6S into a go Pro with the ProShot Case
This one had a goal of $25k - they have already raised over $33k - and have until Dec 3rd at 8:01 AM CT for you to fund this one.
The description on this is quote Proshot one word - is a waterproof case that protects your iPhone 6/6S down to 90 feet and can be mounted on almost any service.
Pricing on this is $89 while units last at that price or $99 when that early bird offer is sold out.
That gets you the ProShot case, deep dive lid good down to 90ft, the touch screen lid - waterproof down to 6 ft, wide angle lens and flat lens.
For $129 - you get some more options. including Extendable pole mount and proshot chest mount
and there is another version at $199 with even more options.
If you are a go pro type user - but really want to use your iPhone 6 or 6S instead - well this might be the case system you are looking for.
Search for ProShot one word at kickstarter dot com
46:29
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/
HJ162ZM/A/steelseries-nimbus-
wireless-gaming-controller
Hi Rob
I just got my new Apple TV. Like you I'm enjoying it but have frustrations with the inability to pair my iPhones. I have kids about your kids age and would like to start playing games with them. What remote do you use? Does it work well? Is there a website that lists Apple certified controllers?
Regards,
Mitch
Hi Mitch - I had a few people ask about this - which means I did a bad job going over this. I purchased from the Apple store the SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Gaming controller for $49.95 - Link in the show notes for it.
Why do I like this - for one thing this really is a Made for iDevices remote. It even charges via Lightening port. Ok that is nice - but what is great is the performance - there is no lag. Which is really really kinda of important in a game controller. I mean unless you are looking for an excuse for poor game play.
It can be set up as one of four controllers in multiple player games. Or put another way it supports being one of four. If apple TV supports 4 different controllers is a point of debate I am still looking to confirm. But if you did buy 4 of these each could be a different player. However most of what I read says right now at least the Apple TV will only support two MFI Game controllers and one Siri Remote. for a total of 3 players.
So at this point it does not make sense to buy more than two of the controllers.
Maybe in a future update of TVOS Apple will up it to 4 controllers and the siri remote or at least 4 controllers with the siri remote. But since the MFI controllers support 4 different players it would be nice to see Apple TV do the same. Plus that would let the whole family play at once.
VOICEMAIL - Dave_CA_appleTV_bluetooth_keyboards
50”45
http://www.slidetoplay.com/apple-
tv-apps-top-list/
Hey Rob, not sure how these guys figured it out but here's a categorized list of all available Apple TV apps, updated daily
Regards,
Aric B
Thanks Aric for the link - which folks you can find by searching for Apple TV Apps - Top List - Slide to Play - in the shows notes for ep 372 at today in iOS dot com.
It is a nicer way to search through the lists of Apple TV apps.
I like the Most Recent feature.
So you can search for most recent apps in all categories or drill down into one specific category like games - kids or games - action or so on.
51:48
VOICEMAIL - Apple_Pay_AMEX_Canada
VOICEMAIL - ERAN_CA_APPLE_PAY_TO_CANADA
Hi Rob
Are you or your listeners aware of an iOS app that can manage setting up forwarding rules for text messages?
Regards,
Athan
Troy, MI
Listener from the beginning
Hi rob,
I am looking for a good ad blocker for my ios9 iphone5 but I couldn't find any.
Can you or the listeners can help me with this?
Btw, my iPhone is on 9.0.2 and jailbroken.
Thanks and love the show,
Alon from Israel
Hello Rob,
I moved up to a 6S and for some reason, I can’t get the Camera App (Apple’s) to keep HDR ON. I’ve been to the Apple Store and nobody there can make it stick either. Any suggestions sir?
Gary in Boise
VOICEMAIL - Bob_jailbreak_don’t_talk_about_much
57:56
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/
somebody-just-won-1-million-
bounty-for-hacking-the-iphone
A startup called Zerodium offered a 1 Million dollar bounty if someone could figure out a hack for the iPhone where that exploit could be done via the browser. The requirements were the remote exploit had to work on a new iphone or iPad running the latest version of iOS and would allow the attacker to install any app they wanted with full privileges. Also it had to come via Safari, Chrome, a Text or multimedia message.
And there was actually a winner - the winning team submitted the exploit just a few hours before the expiration of the contest - which was in October.
The exploits found - as it required multiple one to do this - come via the Safari and Chrome browsers.
58:40
http://www.redmondpie.com/theres-
a-jailbreakme-like-jailbreak-for-ios-
9.1-9.2-but-you-cant-have-it/
However for those hoping for a JailbreakMe like jailbreak - which was the last Browser based jailbreak back in 2011 - yeah - keep hoping - because it does not sound like the company that put up the bounty has any plans to do jailbreaking. They are using the info for their security company and their clients who include major corporation in defense, technology, and finance - looking for protection from Zero day attacks.
So essentially they will keep the hack info private and away from Apple - so they can say to their clients - hey this hack exists - so you should pay us to put in a patch to protect your employees and data.
Kind of like saying - hey we know which baby strollers have a fatal design flaw and we will tell you which ones to buy for your kids to keep them safe. Kinda like that.
Anyway - Expect Apple to be working to fix this quickly - once they find it.
http://ipadproup.blogspot.com/2015/
11/pangu-9-jailbreak-vs-1-
million-bounty.html
59:41
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_did_not_buy_appleTV
Hi Rob,
This is Sieghard from British Columbia, Canada. I would like to get a selfi stick for my wife for Christmas and was wondering if you and your listeners could provide some recommendations. When I looked on Amazon.ca for “selfi stick” I found more results than you can shake a stick at (pun intended). Of course it should have some sort of remote shudder functionality and I see that some seem to have that on the stick handle whereas others come with a little remote, just curious what your listeners have bought, liked or not liked.
Regards,
Sieghard
Hey Rob,
Siri can have a selective accent.
Hopefully it'll be the same for most recent versions of iOS (I think it's more about the voice than the OS), but I'm currently running 9.0.2, and under the 'Voice' selection within Settings->General->Accessibility->Speech->Voices->English (US) - whew - I'm using the 'Samantha (Enhanced)' voice.
Ensure 'Speak Selection' is turned on (in the Speech section), and then have Samantha (Enhanced) speak the following sentence:
It's getting late here in Boston.
Nothing special, right? Okay, now select and have Samantha speak the following, lengthy sentence and see if you notice something different about the pronunciation of a particular word:
It's getting late here in Boston, and the skies are beginning to clear up.
If it's not obvious, slow her speech speed down a bit and try again. I'd love to hear from the programmer(s) about why the different results from differing sentence lengths, but I doubt we'll ever know.
FWIW, I tried a couple of other 'Enhanced' voices but didn't hear the same pronunciation variance. I also tried a few other large city names that have stereotypical pronunciations by locals (eg Chicago, New York, etc), but to no avail. It looks like, Samantha (Enhanced) only has one little 'trick' up her sleeve.
Regards,
-DanO
VOICEMAIL - BOB_LI_LOOKING_FOR_PHONE_POUCH
For Ep 372 - For Ask Siri this comes from Brian K.
Sing me a lulliby
1:07:55
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 371
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called EMOTING CIRCUITRY with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG EMOTING CIRCUITRY
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JEFF for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JEFF wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
The attached image was created from a photo of our local bridge , shot on my iPhone 5s. The image was then opened in the Rollworld app to create the circular image. Text and touch up done in Sketch club app and sepia charcoal effect added in Photostudio HD.
Regards,
Jeff K
Thanks JEFF, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JEFF'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 371 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:34
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote As for tablets , there simply aren’t any good Windows-based choices, so the iPad is a natural pick. But Windows 8 tablets are on the way, and there will be no NEED for iPads in the enterprise. unquote
Preston Gralla, Computerworld, 13 Feb 2012
Well then I guess those numbers of 98% of fortune 500 using the iPad - yeah that must all be about WANT and not NEED. As the phrase goes it’s good to Want things - Just Sayin
03:10
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:08
First up I do want to mention briefly that iOS 9.2 beta 2 was released to devs - as was iOS 9.2 beta 1 since the last episode. items new in the 9.2 beta -
Safari View Controller - this is the new safari window that opens up when you click on a link in some apps. It can now be dismissed using an edge swipe.
There is a new Action Extensions support in safari that allows third party applications to tap into mobile safari. For example 1Password could auto-fill passwords if given permission by the user.
But mostly from what I read iOS 9.2 both beta’s 1 and 2 were about squashing bugs man. So unless you are a dev - really at this point not much reason to install the iOS 9.2 beta. Unless you just have to live on the edge.
Ok - now on to talking about Apple TV.
05:20
Before I get into your Apple TV reviews and others out there - I want to go over my Thoughts of the new Apple TV 4th gen.
First off - it is not perfect - far from it. But I do really like it.
Some of the good to start.
I like the Apps - my kids love the apps. Now mind you I have the Game Controller and that definitely improves the quality of the Apple TV experience.
Actually let me read an email sent in that fits well with that.
Hi Rob,
So far so good! My 6-year-old son is playing Crossy Road as we speak.
The great news I totally wasn't expecting is that it plays slow-mo videos directly over AirPlay. And they load almost instantly. With the older Apple TV it took awhile to buffer videos and slow-mo didn't work at all.
Bad news is I can't connect the Remote app from my iPhone 6s. Hopefully there's an update coming soon.
Regards,
Aric B
Per playing videos via AirPlay I had the Apple TV 2nd gen (well technically still do) and Airplaying videos was painful. I mean mindnumbingly un-apple like painful.
With the Apple TV 4th gen - WOW WOW WOW. One of my favorite if not my favorite feature of Apple TV 4th gen is how well videos play on it from my iphone 6+
Aric - Thanks for the email - and yes - the lack of support of the remote app - painful to say the least when having to enter emails and passwords. I will get to that in a bit.
But games are really great - and having the second game controller - I was able to set it up to play cross roads with two players at once - which the kids love. To do that - get to the screen where you can choose your avatar - and swipe to the left all the way. And you can choose two player option. kind of hidden.
Ok - So I like the Apps and the Video playback via AirPlay. Those are two big plusses. I really really like the volume control on the remote - it makes it so I don’t have to have two remote all the time. I do like that the main remote can be used as a motion controller like with a Wii. Check out the free game labyrinth for some nice motion control action.
For other night time Action - check out the free Fireplace Apps.
A lot of the Value for Apple TV 4th gen will ultimately be in the Apps - that is why I was so excited for the Apps to be added.
That also means there will be a little bit a slow period for that value to be seen as it just launched. More apps will be added - word of mouth will kick in - and you will see and hear of better apps - thus increasing the value of your Apple TV quite a bit - but to start with you have to look at it right now as almost in a beta phase.
That said - right now I already have close to 50 apps installed and have not paid for one of them. With well over half of those apps being game apps for the KIDS - wink wink. Calculation how much I would have paid for similar apps on the Xbox and the Apple TV has already paid for itself.
But lets not forget it is also a set top box for Video - and well the netflix app and HBO now apps are there - and we get back Youtube - I was on the 2nd gen. So a little plus there. And there are other video streaming services and apps that were not on Apple TV - but to be fair - were on the Roku - so not sure how much a plus that is - just a getting to on par there.
Now lets talk about some of the issues I have seen.
1. I mentioned this is a set top box and you use it to watch videos and videos are watched in the dark. Apple thanks for the option to light up the buttons - oh - wait never mind there is no option to light up the buttons - unless you count needing to keep my iPhone near by to look at the remote. I guess over time I will learn where all the buttons are and not need to look - yes I know the old remote did not have it - but the old remote I was used to.
2. Entering in emails - passwords or any text is a major lesson in frustration - apple gives you a long string of characters and you have scroll back and forth. There is no box of characters where you can move left right up and down - making it faster.
3. Podcasts App - as in the complete lack there of. I am assuming this is still in development - as there have been some screen shots from demo units at stores that show it. But still where is it - ok - really can’t complain to loud no one actually listens to podcasts on set top boxes - but if you were one of those three people I bet you are pissed.
4. SIRI - why will it not work in search boxes. Would be really nice for you to just say - Tesla of Go-Karts - in the youtube app and it pull up those videos for you.
5. Getting used to when I push the top of the remote to do an action and when I push the play / pause button. Honestly some of the times I do one and not the other make no sense. But it is something I need to get used to - so basically Learning Curve - would be this item - and the fact there is one.
6. There is no quick and easy way to see how much of your storage you have used. At least not that I could find.
7. Some apps require downloads of the same content over and over. For example one racing app - required you download a specific data pack for different courses. So you get the download and play that course but then finish that course and go to the next - again another download - but if you go back to the first course - you needed to download again. Would be nice if it left things in a temp storage area and only deleted when you needed to download other items and deleted based on longest times since you last used. There seems to be a lot of re-downloading of content for apps with different courses and data packs.
There is an article from Jonny Evans at ComputerWolrd titled - 7 Apple TV Flaws Apple should fix Fast. And I think that fix fast item is important. His 7 by the way are mostly different then my 7. A lot of writers have written about a lot of issues or complaints they have - and well - lets play some feedback from listeners of Tii and I will try to comment after or even during each.
VOICEMAIL - Jim_PA_APPLE_TV_fdbk
VOICEMAIL - Rob_KY_appleTV_returning
Hi Rob,
It is a bad idea to make the remote for the Apple TV out of glass, be careful with yours Rob!
Regards,
Ron L
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Steve - The Apple Remote App for iOS - last updated on April 21st - now lists in the description - quote Note Remote is only compatible with Apple TV 3rd generation or earlier. unquote.
HUH. The optimist in me is saying that the update to the Remote app is minutes or maybe Hours or at words days away. The pessimist say - well it is a g-rated show so I can’t say what the pessimist in me says. Hint - one of the words rymes with duck????? With a What the before that.
And there is another much longer email from Scott in DC to end the episode on his thoughts and his disappointment for getting the AppleTV.
But my overall review is this - I really like the new Apple TV - and see a lot of potential to love it soon. But that will require some updates to the remote app and better layout of the text entry screens. And of course some killer apps.
I mentioned before the Multiplayer Crossy Roads app option - if you find any other games where you can have two or more players at once - please email those to me - todayinios at gmail dot com - and I will put together a list as a text post I put up on the Tii Site and in the Tii App and keep updating as more come in.
23:33
http://www.imore.com/how-play-crossy-road-
multiplayer-apple-tv
Here is an email Per 2 player Crossy Roads.
Hi Rob,
I wanted to try playing 2-player Crossy Road with my son using my iPhone as the 2nd controller and finally figured out how it's done (I thought maybe you'd want to try it with your kids, wanted to spare you the frustration). Just follow the instructions here:
And he provided a link to a tutorial at iMore. Turn on that ad blocker.
BTW do you know if there's a list of Apple TV games you can play using the iPhone as a 2nd controller?
Regards,
Aric B
Thanks Aric - and folks look for the link to Multiplayer Crossy Road - in the show notes for ep 371 at today in iOS dot com.
24:27
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26:32
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/02/review-
fourth-gen-apple-tv-with-siri-remote-and-tvos-app-store
Apple Insider had a very detailed review.
But lets cut to the chase - the end of the review.
Pros
The siri remote with touchpad works great
Universal search finally makes it easier to locate content
the app store and iCloud integration are off to a promising start
and Game controller support is already better then on iOS
Cons
Siri doesn’t support the app store or apple music - yet
why no iOS remote app support
and at $149 some may want to wait for more cord cutting incentives.
As I said earlier there were many other reviews - but I think Fortune had one of the best titles which sums it up well.
Quote Apple TV’s bid to fix Television Strong - despite flaws unquote.
And the good news is most flaws are things that can be fixed in a future update.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3000816/apple-
ios/7-apple-tv-flaws-apple-should-fix-fast.html
27:54
https://plex.tv
One thing I know a few people had hoped for with an App store was support of Plex for Apple TV - and that support did come in the way of the Plex App. So congrats to all those Plex users.
For those that do not know what plex is - quote Plex is a centralize home media playback system with a powerful central server - the plex media server - that streams its media to many plex player apps - the server is available on many platforms like windows, OS TEN, and many flavors of Linux as well as many NAS devices like ReadyNAS or Synolgy - unquote
To break it down further - Plex allows you play media you have stored in a centralized place - in another place. And now one of those another places is Apple TV. Which is cool because it is connected to a big screen TV.
If any of the Plex Users want to call in with their review of the Plex app - it would be appreciated - and after my over simplification probably highly warranted.
28:57
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-take-a-
screenshot-on-apple-tv-4/
I got so excited when I saw this next title come across the wire so to speak- it was the title quote How to take a screeshot on AppleTV 4 unquote. Oh cool - I thought - hold two buttons down or something like that and bam you have a screen shot - that will come in handy. Sadly that is not exactly how it works.
Step 1 is launch the mac App store - yes Mac App store - so right there I knew I was going to be disappointed.
Step 2 - search for and download Apples Xcode Development environment
Step 3 - with Xcode installed connect Apple TV to your computer via a USB-C to USB cable - Joy - need to get one of them.
Step 4 - Launch the recently installed Xcode application
Step 5 - Select Window Option from Top Menu
Step 6 - Select Devices
Step 7 - From the list of devices select the Apple TV
Step 8 Click on Take a Screenshot
So yeah ummm - like I said definitely a little disappointed in the process. Possible Yes - Practical - Heck no.
By the way that same article goes over how to record video. Which I can see being a little more useful - if interested the two of you can go to the link in the show notes again titled - How to take a screen shot on an Apple TV 4
http://www.imore.com/screenshot-apple-tv
30:36
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Hi Rob,
I would like to share my observations about the moving of the headphone jack and power button on the 6/6s and the 6 plus/6s plus phones. Before, when listening with headphones on my previous 4s, the phone in my back pocket would pick up pocket lint in the power jack port. If I just put the phone in my back pocket after using it (without headphones), I would drop it in top end first and it would repeatedly trip the power button sucking the battery life out of it. The new placement of these two items solved both problems. Sure it took a little getting used to the power button on the side but I am very pleased with the changes made. I don't know if this is why the changes were made but it works quite well for me.
Regards,
-Mike
Hi Rob
This is in relation to Katies voiceover problem i had the same issue. All she has to do is go into settings and general, accessability and to where it says voiceover on, select it and she will find more settings, scroll down to speech where she will find default dialect. She has the option to enhance whichever dialect she selects Ok hope this helps,
Regards,
Dave in Limerick Ireland
Hi Rob,
For Katie who upgraded to 9.1 and now has a strange voice over language
Go to settings, General, accessibility, voice-over, speech
From their choose default language and then select the language that you want.
I have noticed that sometimes after upgrading voice-over will lose the enhanced language even if it is selected as an option. So you need to select it again and it may need to download the enhanced language version before it will be installed correctly
Thanks Rocco
VOICEMAIL - Daryl_answr_voiceOver_issue
35:10
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from MATT SHAW who posted the following question
Quote
I'm looking for an app that will scan receipts and harvest the transaction date, business name, sale prices, total etc. for searching and sorting. I am aware that some apps can harvest names and contact information from business cards and I am looking for something similar for receipts. I don't need this for expense account purposes so it's O.K. if it does not
provide that. I've tried a few receipt scanner apps but they don't seem to do this.
Unquote
The concensus response was to look at Expensify and Tim Saulmon did confirm it will do this. Thanks Tim.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Gary Tonsley who wrote:
Hello iOS community.
Quick question for the UK based members.
Any idea if the new Apple TV has a Sky Go app? If so, I'm ready to push the purchase button 👇🏻
Thanks.
Gary
And looking at the answers - it appears that Sky News app is available but not Sky Go. But if anyone in the UK finds out about Sky Go being available for the Apple TV 4 please let us know
37:13
http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/30/ipad-pro-release-date/
There have been a few rumors about when the iPad Pro would go on sale - 9 to 5 mac was reporting it will be available on Nov 11th well at least to purchase. However Sams club is reporting it is available for pre-order now - and it will be shipping to customers on Nov 13th. Sam’s club info was not really a rumor however as it was available for pre-order already - and are already sold out. Base unit with 32 GB and wifi was $787 and the 128 gb wifi only was $937. which both are just a little lower then the $799 and $949 prices apple said they would be.
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro
I was very much expecting if you want to apple dot com slash shop slash buy dash iPad slash iPad dash pro - that the buying page would be live - but it is not yet.
Maybe this weekend - maybe on Monday.
Maybe Apple will do what they did with the Apple TV - Monday morning around 6:00 AM PT / 9:00 AM ET it will become available on line.
Really surprised Apple let Samsclub beat them to the punch.
Actually shocked it was for sale on the Sam Clubs store before the Apple store.
Again note Sams club was not the Cellular version.
As a reminder the per what will be available for the iPad Pro.
there are 3 versions - Wifi only 32 GB version - A wifi only 128 GB version and a Wifi+Cellular 128 GB version. Pricing for all three are $799, $949 and $1079 respectively.
Then there is the Apple Pencil - $99
And the Apple Smart Keyboard - $129
so fully loaded and with the pencil and keyboard and you are just over 13 hundred dollars for a total of $1,307.
I will send out a push notification once I hear it is for sale - and will post in the Google+ community as well. So make sure you have the Tii App and have joined our google plus community as todayinios dot com slash community.
http://festwiz.blogspot.com/2015/11/ipad-pro-pre-
orders-now-open-november.html
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/ipad-pro/
prod19690504.ip?navAction=
40:02
http://www.macworld.com/article/2983385/ipad/the-
ipad-pro-is-a-pilot-fish-for-apples-arm-laptop.html
MacWorld had a good article titled - The iPad Pro is a pilot fish for Apples’ ARM laptop.
Which makes sense as it should be as fast or almost as fast as the latest Macbook. If we see the slight bump is speed expected vs the iPhone 6S+.
The article also makes an interesting point. Vs the original iPad or the original MacBook Air or the Original iPhone for that matter - the iPad Pro is coming to market fully powered and then some.
My feeling when we look back a couple of years from now - I think the biggest thing we will note about the iPad being under powered at is storage. I think 128 GB max is too low. It should have been at least 258 GB if not more.
I know cloud this and cloud that - but the problem with clouds are they are not always right above your head. Your iOS device is not Joe Btfsplk - bonus points for those that got that reference. Of course if you know the back story on Joe - you don’t want your iOS device to be him anyway. Point is sometimes the clouds clear up and it is a sun shinny day. And that is not good for data.
So having storage - especially for business reasons is nice.
41:38
http://www.applecontroll.com/2015/10/
ipad-pro-hands-on-ideal-for.html
I did read an article at applecontroll dot com by Ahsan Zafar who is reporting of feedback by Fraser Spears who was able to get his hands on a iPad Pro at a recent london Education event for almost an hour.
He reports being impressed with the iPad Pro - finding it ideal for productivity Tasks.
And found harder for simpler for tasks like browsing and netflix. Really you are at an education event and you logged into Netflix. So tells Fraser us - how did the porn sites look ? I am guessing the one handed use would be harder there as well.
He did say the Apple Pencil is extremely impressive and calls it the best iPad stylus he ever used and palm rejection is nearly perfect - yeah - lets see how it handles lefties.
He was a little unhappy with the iPad Pro’s smart Keyboard because of size.
I am very interested in testing out the Apple Pencil and keyboard to see how they work.
Hopefully I will have one in the next week plus.
42:50
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-ipad-
pro-and-microsoft-surface-compare/
Here is an article I have keep pushing to the next episode. How long have I been pushing it - well here is the email that came with it.
Hi Rob,
Chiefs look pretty good so far.
This article has some good insight. FYI.
Dr. John M
Yeah - saying the Chief’s look good means it has been a while.
The article is titled How iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface Compare. and it is from CBS MoneyWatch.
It is a good article to review if you are looking at the iPad Pro for a business use case.
Also if you are on the fence - well don’t go ordering this week. As there will be many of the usual suspects releasing reviews of the iPad Pro next week - if it is going on sale on Monday. These are the reviews from people Apple gave review units to early.
But once it ships to the public - that is when the good reviews come out.
No offense to any of the usual suspects - but you don’t get to be a usual suspect unless you pull a few punches. Just Sayin.
Plus if you listen to this show - you get my feedback - and I have been called both and Apple Fan boy only concerned about his stock and then also accused of pissing all over Apple Fan boys and Apple. So I think that at least gives me credibility if both sides are upset at me.
44:22
http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-cuts-50-off-
watch-price-when-purchased-with-iphone/
Thanks to Michael for this next one.
Which is that you can save $50 on an Apple watch when you also buy an iPhone. This is a limited time offer and only available at the Apple store - physical type with the blue shirts. Not the online store. Offer expires on Nov 15th.
44:47
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46:35
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/04/aclu-google-is-
embarrassed-by-android-not-protecting-vulnerable-
users-like-apples-ios
I think I should call this next segment the How right were WE segment - And this refers to issues with Android that make us realize we were right with the decision we made to go with iOS. I have some music in the background I found. Which I think is CC and ok to use.
Actually have 3 quick articles this week.
One is titled - ACLU: Google is embarrassed by Android Security, isn’t protecting vulnerable users like Apples iOS
The article starts by saying quote the difference between encryption and security on iOS and Android isn’t just a technical issue - but a digital security divide unquote - this according to the principal technologist for the ACLU Chris Soghioan.
He said this is because quote "Apple sells luxury goods and Google gives away services for free in return for access to data," unquote, highlighting that the difference wasn't purely technical but a corporate decision.
quote "Google has by far the best security team of any company in Silicon Valley, unquote Soghioan said, but continued, quote "the security people I know at Google are embarrassed by Android. unquote
48:05
http://www.redmondpie.com/android-factory-reset-
protection-can-be-bypassed-on-samsung-phones-video/
Next up in this segment is an article titled.
Quote Android Factory Reset Protection can be bypassed on Samsung Phones unquote from Redmond pie.
To which I say - of course.
Android Lollipop was supposed stop this from being possible.
This being access to the device after resetting an Android device via Recovery mode.
In short - you were not supposed to be able to force a reset on the device without it wiping everything clean and keeping you out. Thus is someone stole your Android phone they would not be able to access data. But there is a simple bypass that gets around that and allows the thief or spy to get access to your data. Which I think leads us into this next one nicely.
48:52
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/11/02/daniel-craig-
rejected-50-million-offer-to-carry-android-
phone-in-spectre.html
And Thanks to William T for this next one or as he says - this sums up Android Pretty Well.
Plus I had to get a Bond reference in this episode somehow. And this story is great. Let me start with this quote with regards to the latest bond film Spectre
"Sam and Daniel don't like the Sony phone for the film, In their minds, the Sony phone is not the 'best’." said president of worldwide business affairs Andrew Gumpert in an email that was scooped up in the Sony Pictures leak.
They rejected a $5 Million Offer for Bond to Carry the phone with a total of an $18 million offer for being called the exclusive vendor.
But it gets better. Sam and Daniel turned down a similar $5 Mil offer for bond to carry with total of $50 Million deal from Samsung.
Yes - the idea of Bond using an Android was such an anti-bond image Daniel Craig and Sam Medes turned down $50 Mil. Look even David Niven and George Lazenby would have turned down this offer.
Heineken beer however - no problems - and well that really sums it up.
50:19
VOICEMAIL - Stan_KY_fixed_issue_syns_over_wifi
Hi Rob
I just thought I'd let you know that I tried to review the Tii app on numerous occasions and unfortunately it is virtually impossible for me. I think it's because of Voice over i don't know. All i know is it is VERY frustrating! I get as far as selecting 5 stars and my name in like 10 seconds and then it brings me back out to the app description page 😠 any suggestions are welcome
regards
Dave in Ireland
And I did check with Dave and he is on the latest version of iOS 9.1 and on an iPhone 6S plus and trying to write the review in the App Store App. If anyone knows the trick to writing a review for an App in the App store on iOS 9.1 with voiceover - please let us know.
VOICEMAIL - Jim_PA_Podcast_app_glass
54:59
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cleargrass/amber-
a-watchcase-power-bank-for-apple-watch
This week for a kickstarter project - we have one called Amber - a watchcase power bank for Apple Watch.
This one had a goal of $50,000 - it has raised almost double that and has until Nov 13th at 10:28 AM to finish funding.
From their description quote A chic watchcase which enables you to charge Apple Watch on the go, no need to sit at a desk and wait, charges iPhone as well.
unquote
So this is a mix of a case for your apple watch and a battery pack - and when your Apple watch is in the case - it is being charged. But you can also plug your iPhone into it to charge it as well.
For the road warrior - this looks like a very nice product.
Pricing on this is $55. And they say it will ship in Feb 2016.
There are four colors to choose from.
It looks nice but there is one design flaw I see - and the is when your watch is in the case - the side of the case blocks you from seeing the whole face. If they had notched out the case or made it lower in the front - when your Apple watch is on its side and charging and the case is open - then you would be able to see the watch in night stand mode. Something they should have thought of. especially since some of their photos show it in night stand mode - but with over half the face of the watch blocked.
The other down side is you have to use your own Apple watch charger cord. So it is really $55 + $29 for the cord.
It is nice looking and functional - and is one I came close to funding. But did not pull the trigger on this one - I need to control my spending on kickstarter.
Again if you travel a lot - this is a nice option - hence the reason over 1,300 people have funded this already - search for Amber at kickstarter dot com
56:56
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/289346553/move-
first-wireless-charger-for-iphone-and-apple-w?ref=nav_search
Here is another kickstarter project around the Apple Watch and charging - this we received the heads up fromCarl Vandenberg in the google+ community who wrote:
quote
This looks like a great Kickstarter project for Apple Watch owners. I got the first project from Enblue and it was very good quality.
"We are very, very proud of the final product. MOVE!, the very first wireless charger, power bank and mobile docking solution for iPhone and Apple Watch. " quote from Enblue Kickstarter project MOVE
unquote
This project is titled - MOVE - The ultimate cable free travel pal for apple watch and iPhone
It had a goal of $40,000 and has just passed it and has until Nov 30th at 11:00 PM CT to be funded.
The describe it as quote Move the first cable free travel companion for your apple watch - charge your apple watch and iPhone anytime and anywhere you want unquote
This one does not require you bringing your own apple watch cable.
Features include - Lightning Adapter, Magnetic Apple Watch Module, Wall Charger, 2 - 2200 mAh batteries, Docking Station, Travel Adapter and Nightstand buddy - what ever that means.
Pricing on this one is $129 - vs $85 for the last one - but this one does not require any extra cords. Delivery on this one is slated for April 2016.
If you are looking for a portable way to charge your Apple Watch - you have two projects to choose from - I recommend you watch both videos before making a choice.
For this one Search for Move in the show notes for ep 371 - as searching for Move at kickstarter does not find it.
59:06
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2996879/ios/cisco-
fixes-ios-9-compatibility-issue-that-blocked-some-vpns.html
Hi Rob
I’ve been listening intently to get your go ahead to update to the IOS 9 series software, which when you discussed it before today you indicated was still a problem for VPN users. Then today you indicated that we should all go ahead and update. But I haven’t heard you change your position on the VPN issue. Can you please clarify? Were your instructions to update just for those who do not use VPN or has the VPN issue been corrected? Thank you in advance.
REgards,
Joan
Hi Joan,
What I was saying if you already updated to iOS 9 - then update to 9.1
But - if you are still at iOS 8.X - and holding off because of the VPN issue - I can’t recommend you update yet - as I have still not been able to find confirmation the VPN issues are fixed.
Sorry for not making that clear on the show. I will hopefully have an answer one way or the other on the next episode.
Rob W
And one of the answers I have is this - Cisco updated its AnyConnect VPN client - and the new update now works with iOS 9.x
So now Split-tunnel VPN’s again work correctly.
However there is not much news on the other VPN’s affected.
At this point - if you are needing to VPN into your work - it is best that you specifically ask your IT guru at work - if your VPN works with iOS 9.1 - Especially if you are using Freedome VPN, ExpressVPN, and Open VPN clients.
Fun times.
1:01:03
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wristructions/
id1046240496?mt=8
Into the email bag.
QUOTE Hi Moondog,
Long time listener.
I am an app developer
Side Bar - Well played - using Moondog - it shows you are a listener. I get lots of bogus emails from devs that say things like I love your blog - umm yeah. ok - end side bar.
I recently got an Apple Watch. My wife (barely) excused the purchase because I told her I was going to make apps for it.
Side bar again - When you say wife barely with barely in brackets excused - are you saying she is barely your wife or she barely excused you or maybe it is both because of the purchase. Hmmm - English is a funny language.
Ok end side bar.
One of the main apps I was hoping to find was one where the user could create a custom set of instructions that they may use in the future, whether it be making a recipe, or setting something up at their home or work.
There are so many hands on tasks that I do periodically, and I don't want to worry if I skip a step, miss a timer, or make a mistake, and I don't want to pull up my phone every time to see the next step to perform.
After vigorous searching, I came to find there is not yet an Apple Watch app where you can create your own tasks, preset timers if you want, and have them presented in step by step instructions on your watch, so I made the app myself.
It's not obvious at first how useful it is, because the concept of how smart watches can help your life is still new, but after you use it, it may seriously change the way you do things every day.
After making it, I realized that this will especially revolutionize cooking. So if you are a chef, then this app will be your best friend, but it is designed to be useful for everyone.
Because it is essentially instructions for any task on your wrist, I titled it "Wristructions" (one word)
side bar - Nice use again of knowing how I say things on the show with the use of One Word - end side bar ,
and it is free to everyone with an Apple Watch.
Once this app gets popular, I am planning on charging for it, so get it while it's still free :)
Hope this helps you all,
Regards,
Chris Meehan
unquote
Well Chris - thanks for making this app and letting Tii Listeners know about it. Folks search for Wristructions - one word in the App store or in the show notes for ep 371.
1:03:41
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/media-kits/4g-lte-cellspot.htm
Hi Rob, Congrats on the World Series championship to share with the boys. Pretty cool. This looks sweet. Dr. John M
Thanks Dr. John for the congrats and for the heads up on this.
What Dr. John is talking about is the 4G LTE CellSpot from T-Mobile - this is as they call it the first-ever 4G LTE mini tower - or in other words a PicoCell.
It is designed for indoor use up to 3,000 sq ft.
And according to the press release it is available as of Nov 2nd to Simple Choice Postpaid customers at absolutely no cost for as long as they are with T-mobile. They also talk about just a $25 security deposit - but if you have been with them a bit - they will waive the fee. At least they did for me when I called to order it.
Yes - Called - as it is not available on the website store.
I called 877-746-0909 - and you need to ask them for help getting it - expect to be bounced around to a couple of people - but once to the right person it was quick and painless and penniless to get one. I should have it by Wednesday. I am excited as most of the time in my house where I live I am in the one bar - -110 db range.
It looks like you can also visit your local t-mobile store to get one - but since they are not charging for shipping and also waived the $25 deposit fee - I would suggest trying the 877-747-0909 number - if you again are a T-mobile customer and say you are interested in the 4G LTE CellSpot that t-mobile announced on November 2nd.
I will report back on how it was to set up and how it works on future episodes.
1:05:50
VOICEMAIL - Mike_CA_laggy_performance_reset_network_settings
Hi,
I have been watch your show for a little over a year. I have a question that I hope you can answer. Is there any way to pull the voice mails off of my iPhone and put them on my pc. My mom has just passed away and I would like to back it up to my pic so that I would never loose them. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks,
Richard Banks
Hi Rob!
Is there any way of using the iPhone to record phone calls? I would like to be able to use this feature when on an important call.
Thank you. Love the show.
Regards,
Shawna
Hi Shawna - there are four ways to record phone calls with an iPhone. Method one - is work through a 3rd party service where they act as the man in the middle and your calls go through them and they record the calls. These services cost money on a per minute charge usually. And you set it up where all incoming and outgoing calls go through them. Not what I would recommend.
Second is getting a physical device you connect to your phone to pull out the call - RECAP is one of those items.
the third way is to jailbreak and install an app to allow call recording.
And the fourth and easiest method first you sign up with the service Freeconferencecalling dot com. From that you get a conference call line - where you can record your call.
What you do is you set them up as a contact and remember your passcode and pin. I make the Passcode and pin the last name and first name is ConfCall - and before you call someone - you call the conference call line - then type 5 and star - you will hear conference call recording. Then on your phone you type add call - and call who you want. then once they answer - you merge the calls. So it is you - them and the conference call line - which is recording everything.
When the call is done - the other person hangs up - and you then type - 5 star and if you did it right you will hear conference recording stopped.
That is the easiest and cheapest way to record calls on an iPhone. By the way if someone calls you and you know you want to record it - just tell them you are on another call and need to get rid of them and then do the add call - call the conference number - do the 5 star to start it - and then do the merge calls.
You should check your state on the legality of this - for example since I am in Kansas - it is fine for me to record someone with out telling them - I am in a one party state. which means only one party needs to give approval to record a conversation. But some states require both parties to consent. If you google One party states - you will see a wiki article on this. Again always abide by the law when doing phone recordings.
Thanks to Jeffrey, Ron, Emiko, Larry, Richard and Carl for their generous donations to the show toward the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and keyboard. Folks if you would like to help out as well - there is a donate button in the lower right side of the today in iOS dot com site. Thanks again to everyone that has helped out.
Hi Rob,
I just couldn't make it past the bottom of the 12th. Longest game 1 in series history, I read. I'll have to try to catch a replay of the bottom of the 14th, sounds like it was exciting.
Being a Brewers fan, (I guess. Sigh.), it's actually nice to have someone to cheer for in the World Series. Go Royals!!
Phil S
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_CrossMan_Royals_apple_watch
For Ep 371 for the Ask Siri Segment I was going to ask siri what was the best baseball team a whole bunch of different ways - each time saying the royals - but then this email came in.
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_Redmond_Congrats_worldseries
Well thanks Jeff that is very classy of you - and would make me look really bad if I did what I planned. So rather I found something I thing Cubs fans could appreciate - cause not sure what is coming first. Actually this was sent in from Craig.
Ep 371 - Ask SIRI when is the end of the world.
1:15:59
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 10 day trial to their 3,300 plus video tutorials. Thanks Lynda for sponsoring this show and for the free offer.
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.
Thanks again to Boll & Branch for sponsoring this episode - Folks go right now to Boll and branch dot com with boll spelled b o l l - and use promo code t i i - to save $50 off the nicest sheets you have ever owned with free shipping to boot.
Finally there is the Tii App which is Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. It is fully Voiceover friendly of course. Please go right now and download the Tii App and Did I mention it is free.
And that folks is going to do it for us today -
OUTRO
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VOICEMAIL - Ron_OH_podcast_app_button
VOICEMAIL - Matt_NC_iPhone6S_just_got_general_fdbk
VOICEMAIL - Scott_DC_AppleTV_feedbk_not_happy
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Tii - iTem 0370 - Apple TV on sale and Apple Q3 2015 Quarterly Report
Give us a call - 1-206-666-6364
Send us an email - todayinios@gmail.com
Apple Q3 2015 - Quarterly Report Summary:
Rev = $51.5 Billion (vs $42.1 Billion a year ago quarter and $49.6 Billion last quarter)
Total Cash = $205.7 Billion (Up $2.9 Billion for the quarter from $202.8 Billion)
Last Quarter Sales:
iPhones Sold = 48.1 Mil (vs 39.3 Mil a year ago quarter and 47.5 Mil last quarter)
iPads Sold = 9.9 Mil (vs 12.3 Mil a year ago quarter and 10.9 Mil last quarter)
Mac's Sold = 5.7 Mil (vs 5.5 Mil a year ago quarter and 4.8 Mil last quarter)
PR from Apple
PDF from Apple
Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Today's Sponsor - Harrys.com - Promo Code = Tii
Today's Sponsor - Casper.com/tii - Promo Code = tii
How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter?
The iPhone 6s is listening for the ‘Hey Siri’ command, most of the time
Camera Shoot out - Android Authority
Enhanced Editions of Harry Potter Series on iBooks
Google+ Community - Ep 370
Apple TV 3 Gets Three New Channels
iPhone 7 rumors - Barrons
Quarter - Kickstarter
Facebook has figured out why it’s draining your iPhone battery
Apple's 3D Touch display used to weigh objects in new video
Apple Financial Results - Q4 2015
Apps Mentioned in this Episode:
Tii - Free App
Korg Gadget
AudioShare
Lock Screens
Fotor
Golden Days
My Bus Times
Facebook
Direct download: tii_0370.mp3
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 370
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called FARMING EXTINCTION with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG FARMING EXTINCTION
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank STEPHANIE for sending in the Artwork for today's show. STEPHANIE wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
I used an app called "lock screens" to get the background and Halloween effect, then added the text with the app "fotor".
Oh and I created this with my NEW Rose Gold IPhone6s plus.. which I lovvve!
Regards,
Stephanie
Long time listener from San Antonio TX
Thanks STEPHANIE, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see STEPHANIE'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 370 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:24
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Tablets will not replace the traditional personal computer. The traditional PC is changing to adapt to the customer requirements. The tablet is an extra market for some niche customers.”
Yang Yuanqing, Chief Executive Officer, Lenovo Group Ltd.,
11 Jan 2012
According to Gartner in 2014 - All PC’s - laptops / Desktops / Ultraportables equaled 318 million units sold. Tablets in 2014 equaled 216 Million units sold. That is one heck of a Niche - Just Sayin
03:06
For Promo codes - On Ep 369 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - GOLDEN DAYS (two words) . If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 369
This week we have promo codes for The App - MY BUS TIMES (THREE words) - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO MY BUS TIMES
Well thanks to the Devs for their review of their App - MY BUS TIMES and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - please send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com and put BUS in the subject line. AND this one I have 10 codes and will do a first come first serve for it - so get in the requests quick.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-bus-times/id966566885
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 FOR FREE 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.
05:05
http://fortune.com/2015/10/21/apple-iphone-q4-sales/
For multiple reasons - this is one of those episodes - where I record the beginning the night before and then stop - and come back after the Apple event - this time a quarterly call and finish up. That means everything prior to talking about The Quarterly conference call was recorded on Monday night. And to start I want to talk about some of the speculation from the Anal-ists on how iPhones sales were supposed to go last quarter. As I have said before the quarter that really matters is the one we are in now - and the reporting in January will be the one to watch - and guess what that is what most of the anal-ists are saying as well. The only way the numbers for last quarter are looked at as important is if they come in below what everyone or most everyone predicts.
This from data gathered by Philip Elmer Dewitt - The high prediction came in at 51.1 Million units by Sherri Scribner of Duetsche Bank - and the low was 45 Million by Sundeep Bajikar at Jefferies. As a reminder - on the last episode I put in an estimate of 49.2 Million units which was just above where they were previous quarter. And that would put me slightly above the average estimate from the Anal-ists which was 48.72 Mil units. We will see at the end of the episode how everyone did.
Interestingly - This is the first time in years - Philip did not put together data on the iPad predictions. It seems the iPad is getting less and less important over all. But interestingly he did put together estimates on Apple Watch orders for last quarter - which is a complete waste of time - as Tim Cook said flat out - Apple will not be giving out those numbers as they consider it competitive info - and do not want to tip off the competition with that data.
For the record on the last episode I predicted iPad sales of 9.6 Million units - we will get to all these numbers at the end of this episode. For now lets get into some other news.
07:34
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/10/the-iphone-6s-is-
listening-for-the-hey-siri-command-most-of-the-time
Thanks to Michael for this next one. Which is about when Siri on the iPhone 6S and 6S+ is and is not listening for H E Y siri.
Essentially SIRI is listening most of the time - whether plugged in or not - by default. But SIRI is not listening when your iPhone is placed face down. This is also true for other iPhones with siri when they are connected to power - I tried it with a couple where I said - H E Y siri - with power connected and them face up and she replied every time - but once I flipped the phones over and put them face down - Siri did not reply at all.
So if you don’t want Siri to respond to H E Y siri - just put your phone face down.
08:37
http://www.androidauthority.com/blind-camera-
shootout-winner-650299/
Thanks to John Hynes for the heads up on this next one - which is an article on a blind Camera Shoot out - where the Sony Xperia, Galaxy Note 5, LG G4 and the iphone 6S were all pitted against one another and there were multiple photos for people to pick their favorite. And when it was all said and done and the blind test results were tallied - the winner was - the iPhone 6S.
It received 38.2% of the vote to 34.1% Galaxy Note 5 to 17.7% for the Sony Xperia X5 and in last with 10 % was the LG G4.
So sometimes specs are not all that matters - but rather how the photos actually look - and that was what this shoot out was about. But here is the absolute best part - this test was done on Android Central. And the Comments after the results were revealed are comic genius - not intentionally so - but some of the Android users that found out after the fact they voted for the iPhone - well - they are in deep deep denial now - and trying to justify those pics saying things like - well they like instagram like photos and not quality photos. Huhhh.
Or the best comment was - this was not a blind test - people could have downloaded the photos and checked the photo info to figure it out. Ummm - yeah maybe - but who would do that and this was on an Android site with Android users doing the voting. Dooohhhh.
Nothing better then Android fan boys realizing they voted for an iPhone as the better phone. If you have some time to waste and want a good laugh or 20 - read the comments to the post titled - Camera Shoot out - Android Authority - in the show notes for ep 370.
10:42
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/10/08Enhanced-
Editions-of-Harry-Potter-Series-Now-Available-Exclusively
-on-iBooks-for-iPhone-iPad-iPod-touch.html
One Press release from Apple I never managed to get on the show was the one from October 8th when apple announced quote
Enhanced Editions of Harry Potter Series Now Available Exclusively on iBooks for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch
For the First Time, Fans Can Enjoy All Seven Beloved Harry Potter Books in a New & Immersive Way unquote
Tim Cook said quote “Harry Potter fans are going to love how their favorite stories come to life, J.K. Rowling’s legendary series is perfect for enjoying on your iPad or iPhone and we’re thrilled to offer them exclusively on the iBooks Store. unquote
And JK Rowling said quote “I’m thrilled to see the Harry Potter books so beautifully realised on iBooks for the digital world; the artwork and animations in these enhanced editions bring the stories alive in a delightful new way,” unquote
Which is good timing for me - as I was getting ready to start introducing the boys to these books. And now I can do it as iBooks.
English versions are available now - with French, German and Spanish versions coming November 9th.
And I figure as soon as I get through all 7 of those books - they might be ready for some Game of Thrones. ok - maybe that will need to wait a bit longer. Considering they are still at captain underpants.
12:09
Here is a quote sent to me from Dan Miller host of 48 days to the work you love and sent to him from one of his listeners.
Quote
I am reading Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and he wrote something that reminded me of you and your sponsor, Harry's.
"Human felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. Thus, if you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas. The money may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he escapes the frequent vexation of waiting for barbers, and of their sometimes dirty fingers, offensive breaths, and dull razors; he shaves when most convenient to him, and enjoys daily the pleasure of its being done with a good instrument."
Regards,
Artan
Unquote
And I want to thank Harrys for sponsoring this episode and for helping young men and old men and all men in between the value of a good shave. Folks if you go to harrys dot com - that is h a r r y s dot com and use the promo code t i i - you will save $5 on your first order.
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14:56
VOICEMAIL - Joe_NY_quest_turn_off_airplane_why
Hey Rob
I just got my iphone 6s plus over the weekend. I really love it. I did the check on my iphone6s plus to see which chip was in it, I have and the samsung chipset. I charged the iphone fully the evening and i had for 48hrs after that and battery fell to about 30% and I use it a bit heavily for emails, a bit of games, youtubing etc. Therefore I concluded this chipgate thing is blown way out of proportion.
Best regards
Stephen M from Belize.
Hi Rob,
In messages push and hold the camera icon and you get 2 quick options!
Regards,
Michael
Thanks Michael for that tip - so normally when you go into the messages app - and tap quickly on the Camera icon - you get the choice to select a recent photo from a preview of the last couple or select photo library or tap to take a photo or video or tap to cancel. But if you do as Michael suggests - you then get pop up from the camera icon with options for Video - Photo or an X to cancel. Nice Tip Michael - thanks again.
Hi Rob,
As a voiceover user there is one minor change in IOS 9 which I dislike and
I've not seen it mentioned anywhere else. On my iPad Mini Retina; when I
open the smart case previously I would be presented immediately with the
keypad to enter my passcode. Now, when opening the cover of the case I am
placed on a launch screen and I must hit the "log in" button in order to
bring up the keypad. An extra and entirely unnecessary step.
Regards,
Kevin Barry
Hi Kevin - it has to be in one of your settings - as when I open up my wife’s iPad mini retina - which is running iOS 9.1 now - it takes me right to the lock screen where I swipe to unlock - and then need to enter the four digit pass code. Maybe you have changed your passcode from a simple 4 digit to an alphanumeric passcode?
Hi Rob,
> I am pretty disappointed in iOS 9. It sees super laggy. Is it like this for you? I've never had lag issues with any iPhone or iOS.
Regards,
> Mike
Hi Mike,
Nope - it is very fast.
If you are seeing lag - you have an issue.
First thing to do - is force quite all open apps - then go to settings - reset - reset network settings.
See then when it re-boots if you are still having an issue.
If you are - you may need to re-install 9.1
But it definitely should not be laggy and should be faster then iOS 8.4.1
Rob W
And his response was quote
Boom! Thanks Rob. Worked like a charm. Reset network settings is a miracle worker. unquote
I can’t stress this enough - if your device was on iOS 8.X or 9.0.2 or earlier and you update to iOS 9.1 - and it is seeming laggy and slow - and animations stutter when opening. And again your device was at a previous version with none of these issues - the first thing to do - is the reset network settings. Many times - not always - but many times that fixes issues.
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22:21
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from David Van Nuys who posted the following question
Quote
I'd like to have a picture of my proof of insurance card in my Apple Wallet on my iPhone. Is this possible? How do I do it?
Unquote
One of the questions was what insurance company David used - and he stated State Farm - to which Myron Uecker pointed out that State Farm has an App - and once set up he could easily access the info. The same is also true for those with Allstate as an insurer. And I am sure many others.
Emiko pointed out the State Farm app allows you to save the insurance card as a PDF - which you can then keep in iBooks app.
One thing to point out most national companies - now have apps - so when you are looking to keep a card for an insurance company or hotel or airlines reward - there is usually an app for that.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Myron Uecker who wrote:
quote The app that initially caused people to question the chipset in their iPhone 6S, Lirum Device Info, got an update today to support iPad Air 2 and iPhone 6S directly. It actually has useful information for both devices now.
One thing that the app does seem to confirm is that last year's edition of the iPad Air 2, which is what I have, still has Bluetooth 4.0. Looks like Bluetooth 4.2 was a hardware and not software update in this year's model.
However, I'm left questioning some of the data they provide. It seems that in some cases they cannot determine what it is on your device so on the iPhone they show information for both TSMC and Samsung chips. With that being the case, I cannot say for sure that Bluetooth 4.0 on iPad Air 2 was read from the hardware or hard-coded in the app. unquote
24:55
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-tv-3-gets-three-
new-channels-ahead-of-apple-tv-4-release/
A few new Channels added to the 2nd or 3rd gen Apple TV. There is a CBS App / channel - that allows viewers to subscribe to a $5.99 on-demand access of CBS shows - with some live TV available in some markets. Which will be interesting with regards to Sports come march madness.
NBC also has a new app / channel. You need to sign up via you current providers details.
And the 3rd channel / app is the M2M channel - which is Made 2 measure - which is dedicated to fashion. It is free to view with Ad support.
So while you are waiting for the new Apple TV’s to ship - we have this available - if you have a 2nd or 3rd gen Apple TV that is.
25:48
Well if we are waiting for Apple TV’s to ship - that must mean we have them ordered. And while they did not go on sale at 12:01 AM PT as expected on Monday - they did go on sale Monday Morning - it just was at 6:00 AM PT.
I order both a 64GB 4th Gen Apple TV and one MFI controller - the one they had available and mentioned before - the SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Gaming Controller - which will run you another $50. With Taxes and Expedited shipping - it all came to just under $300. And I am told I have a delivery date of October 30th to November 3rd. So hopefully it will be here on Friday.
By the way - 14 hours later I checked and they were still showing October 30th to November 3rd for new orders.
So they did not stock out yet.
Here is some feedback about the Apple TV being available for order:
Hi Rob,
Thanks VERY much for alerting us that the new Apple TV went on sale!
Regards,
Leslie B
Glad to have helped. And folks If you have the Tii App - you should have received a Push notification Monday Morning a little after they went on sale - letting you know they were on sale.
Back to the email bag.
Hi Rob,
Order my Apple TV , today and was shocked with shipping charges, so I call Apple let them know how much a loyal customer I was , and how disappointed I was after waiting so long for this new one to come out . They wave the shipping, hope to get my New Apple TV Friday . Customers service is why I love Apple
Regards,
David
Hi Rob,
I just purchased the new Apple TV via the Apple Store App.
I believe it went on sale at 9:00am eastern time. I am in central time.
My delivery date in confirmation email is Nov. 2 - Nov. 4.
Regards,
Kraig
I went through and looked to see what the break down of 32 GB vs 64 GB units was in the Google+ community and it was 69% for the 64GB version. (9 out of 13)
Hey Rob, just listened to item 369, as soon as I heard you mention the Apple TV may be on sale through the Apple Store app, I took a look and sure enough, there it was. I was so excited I immediately dropped it in my cart and checked out with Apple Pay. That's when things got weird..
Just before I hit "pay now", I noticed a few problems in the billing info. It had the wrong billing address, no shipping address, the email address was way wrong and the phone number was my fax number! I spent about 15 minutes trying to figure this out. Apparently it was using my main contact card for the info, but it pulled most of my contact info from my linked facebook profile. I don't post my address there so there was no shipping address. And the default email address was a 10-digit number followed by @facebook.com. I've never even checked that email address, didn't know I had it..
The billing address was coming from the Wallet app, and that was wrong too, as it was also pulling info from my contact card but the wrong info, my work address and my fax number.
Anyway it was a real mess to clean up and I just wanted to give your listeners a heads up to check their Wallet account info before making another purchase. FYI, Apple Pay has been working fine and I use it almost daily, never had a problem even though the address and phone number have been wrong.
Love the show Rob, thanks. And I'll let you know when I get the Apple TV!
Regards,
Aric B
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31:46
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2015/10/19/apple-
piper-pounds-the-table-time-to-get-ready-for-an-iphone-7/
I really wanted to hold off on iPhone 7 rumors until at least after the iPad Pro came out - and I have ignored a couple - but this set of rumors on the iPhone 7 was in Barrons - so that makes it the first credible news source to really publish an iPhone 7 rumor - and they likely did so because it came from Piper Jaffray’s often wrong Gene Munster. Except Barron’s does not pay enough attention to realize how wrong Uncle Gene usually is.
For future - oh my - that was wrong reference - lets go over what Gene is saying now.
quote
While we are still almost a year away from the next iPhone launch, we believe it is worth considering what the next cycle may bring. Given a number change cycle, we expect the iPhone 7 to sport a unique design from the iPhone 6/6S. As many have speculated, the addition of 3D Touch may provide Apple with a way to eliminate the home button on the phone and use the additional space to make the screen bigger or make the device smaller. One barrier to this could be Touch ID, which is integrated into the home button currently. Apple would need to move the Touch ID reader to potentially the side of the phone to remove the home button. We believe a home-buttonless iPhone has a 50% chance for the iPhone 7. Another area on which we believe Apple may focus is battery life. Looking at Macs over the past few years, Apple has close to doubled battery life for its Macbook line up (largely 5 hour battery to ~10 hours). It has achieved this through more efficient processors and software. We believe battery life is one of the biggest areas of potential improvement and one that might be most welcomed by customers. Finally, a sapphire screen has long been rumored for the iPhone. Since Apple now uses sapphire on the Apple Watch, it could make sense for them to adapt it to the phone. We note that Apple is using the stronger aluminum from the Apple Watch Sport for the iPhone 6S case.
Unquote
I love the Home buttonless iPhone has a 50% chance for the iPhone 7 - as in - either it will or will not happen - yup two options - so a 50 / 50 chance.
Ok - we will see how he did later on - or at least reference back when he changes his mind a few times.
34:16
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Have you ever purchased a mattress by sitting on it for just a few minutes at the store only later to regret it. That happened with us for my Oldest son's mattress. We thought we purchased a good mattress - but oh my - we learned we did not - we would lay down with him to get him to go to sleep and as we tried to get up he would hear us and feel us moving and would wake up - very very frustrating. But we were stuck with the Mattress - However With Casper you get a 100 day risk free trial period. You don't like it you get your money back and they come and pick it back up and donate it to a charity. That said - the mattress they sent is great and is definitely not going back. It is a mix of Latex foam and Memory foam. No noisy springs to wake up your kid or significant other when you get up to sneak some girl scout cookies from the pantry.
Casper did an incredible job on the engineering and feel of this mattress - the nights I record episodes - the boys go and sleep with mom - so when I am done I can sleep on his bed now and my back is not all out of whack in the morning.
But just as important as quality is Pricing and the pricing is really great. Twin Mattresses are just $500, they also have Twin XL for $600, Full for $750, Queen for $850 and then King and Cal King - for $950. That is less than half the price my Parents paid for their King sized mattress and they can't stand their mattress. Like I said you have 100 days to return it risk free. And if you go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code tii - you will save $50 off those prices.
This is an american made mattress with delivery right now for the US and Canada only and it is free delivery. When said mattress is delivered - it is from UPS - in a squarish box that you think no way is there a mattress in there - But you get a cool little tool to cut open the package and the mattress opens up and expands to form.
A lot of us will be getting the new Apple TV when it comes out and many of us will have it on our bedroom. So you can throw out that spending 1/3 rd of our time in bed stat - it is going to be more. And for the cost of an iPad but not as much as the iPad Pro - is it not worth getting the best nights sleep possible - and that is what you will get with Casper or what your kids will get. Again to Save $50 off of the prices I mentioned go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code t i i - all lower case on the promo code. again casper dot com / tii - promo code tii to save $50 - thanks Casper for the great mattress for my son and for sponsoring this show.
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Hi Rob,
>> Today I confirmed with Apple support in a phone conversation with Donald regarding case number 968519956 that there is a issue with the iphone 6S plus regarding playing a podcast and using the iphone camera app. It is not possible to take a picture and play a podcast at the same time. Donald said Apple is aware of the problem and working on it.
>> I was wondering if you can try it? Play a podcast and open the Apple camera app. Be sure ahead of time the camera is set so "live" mode is off.
>> Thanks
>> Jim K
Hi Jim - I have the 6+ - not the 6S+ - so no live photos - which means no video recording. Remember live Photos is actually video recording before and after you hit the shutter button - so really it is recording video as soon as you open the Photo app if you have live photos enabled.
Any video recording application - will stop the podcasts app when you open it. That is what Live Photos is - and that is why when you open it with a 6S or 6S+ - it will stop the podcasts app. Actually it will stop any and all Audio apps - including the Tii App and the music app and any other podcasts app - from playing when you switch to the Video option on the Camera - even when you don’t hit the record button.
Not sure this is really an issue - as much as it is normal operating procedure for the iPhone - this has been true for a long time. Apple does not want you to be able to record the audio of something playing in one app - via the Camera app or any other video or audio recording app. It is about not letting you use your iOS device to illegally record music.
So surprised Apple said this was a bug - it is really a feature.
Hi Rob,
I just updated my iphone 5s to the latest software update IOS 9.1. I am a voiceover user and once I updated my phone my voiceover voice has changed to a wierd form of the english USA language. I have tryed to fix it but I couldn't. My phone is also moving and loading slower now since I've updated it. Can you help me?
Regards,
Katie
Hi Katie — this is one I will send out to the listeners - if anyone has any suggestions to help katie - please give us a call - 206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
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43:52
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1183644800/quarter-
connecting-ipad-pro-and-apple-pencil-seaml
Hi Rob
I wanted to highlight a Kickstarter project to you and your listeners. It has been a long time since I have pledged as I have been burned once or twice. Nonetheless, I pledged for Quarter as soon as I saw it. The company (Steelconnect) seems legitimate and this project is not overreaching. For $9 dollars I should (hopefully) have it by December. Check it out!
Regards Mitch
And this is a different project then the one featured on the last show - which was also called the Quarter. This one is on Kickstarter - and what it is the quote 1st apple pencil holder unquote.
This project has a goal of $4,632 and so far has raised $3,117 - and has until November 21st at 1:28 PM CT to be funded.
Pricing is currently at $9.
What this is is a holder for your Apple pencil that plugs into your lightening port - it is a simple plastic holder - and your Apple pencil lines up along the bottom normally - but if you need to charge the iPad - there is a pass through for the lightening cord - and another place to hold the Apple Pencil.
This does answer the question many asked - where do you store your Apple pencil.
One thing I would make sure if you get this is - how securely your $100 Apple Pencil stays put in the holder and how securely the holder stays put in the lightening port. Sure would hate to spend $9 and have it cost me $100 when my Apple Pencil falls away - NOW I am NOT saying that will happen - just saying if you get this - you best check it before taking it out for a spin - Just in case.
Search for Quarter at kickstarter dot com.
45:43
http://www.macworld.com/article/2997074/social-media/
facebook-has-figured-out-why-it-s-draining-your-iphone-
battery.html#tk.nl_mwbest
As long as there has been a Facebook app - there has been one word that you could always use to describe it - Sucks - as in it sucks the life out of your battery. Like 4 seven year olds sucking down juiceboxes.
Well good news - It seems Facebook has finally figured out what was going on. According to Facebook the new version that just came out fixes the CPU Spin issue that was hidden deep in its network code. What is a CPU Spin issue you ask.
Quote “A CPU spin is like a child in a car asking, ‘Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?’ with the question not resulting in any progress to reaching the destination, The version released today has some improvements that should start making this better.” unquote - Ari Grant ” Facebook engineering manager.
Seems Facebook was recently called out by some prominent bloggers about the issues with their apps - which if you listen to this show - you know we have mentioned more than once issues with the Facebook app draining batteries. Actually went back and found the first references was on Ep 271 - 99 episodes ago - that was from June 2013. Glad to see Facebook was all over that issue like a duck on a cheeto.
One of the things I ask people when they say they have a fast draining battery is - do you have the Facebook app open. Glad we can finally put this issue to bed. 99 Episodes ago - Wow. Glad Facebook really cares about us iOS users and that they use the app themselves. Not.
47:26
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Hi Rob,
Can Anyone recommend a good leather case for the iPhone 6?
I know there is StilGut leather cases that have a tab and also have a stand function. Does anyone have any experience with this or any other brand and have general advice?
Thanks,
GK
Hello, Rob,
Always an early adopter, living on the edge, ignoring your sage advice, I have found so many bugs it iOS 9.1 that it needs insecticide: App Store, Apple Music, and Pandora work poorly, if at all, and my car is tossing out "unsupported" error messages like never before.
Apple's last few rollout a have been dodgy at best. Lots of time spent performing restores and looking for workarounds.
While I don't mind and often find it interesting to play around with this type of challenge, most users just want their phones to work the same as before an update. This one step forward, two steps back thing must be tiring them out.
Regards,
Jeff in Burbank
Hi Rob!
Just wanted to let you know that our favorite tethering tweak PDAnet seems to work fine on a jailbroken iPhone 5s running iOS 9.0.2. Using 5.4 GHz channel 40" Hide tether option is on.
Regards,
Steven (in Houston)
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51:34
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/10/apples-3d-touch-
display-used-to-weigh-objects-in-new-video
Thanks to all that sent in links to this next one. Which is about a jailbroken app called Plum-o-Meter - which allows you to place two plums on the screen of an iPhone 6S or 6S+ and use the force touch as a kind of scale.
Now if you thought iPhones were popular in hollywood before - now they are really going to be popular - once word of this gets out to Lindsay Lohan - you know she will be getting one of these. And it is not going to be to weigh plums.
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VOICEMAIL - Danniel_IL_Apple_watch_touch_screen_play_pause
Rob,
I noticed you haven't updated the artwork for the podcast now that iOS 9 is out in the wild. Is this in the works, or what?
Looking forward to it,
Jonathan from NOLA
Hi Jonathan - Yes it is something I am looking at updating - a few people sent in ideas - but nothing jumps out at me yet. I was even messing around with back in June and July playing with the 9 in iOS 9 to see if I would work it in - but again nothing that I was in love with or even moderate like.
Last year I did not update until November. Looking like the same this year.
But if you or anyone else have some ideas - please send them along to today in iOS at gmail dot com. And it is even better if they are created on an iOS device.
Chances are I will just go back to the 2013 artwork.
Hi Rob,
Just want to let you know about my experience getting a new 6S. I upgraded from a 5s and the difference is staggering, particularly in speed. I got it from the Apple store using their upgrade plan and they set the phone up with my ATT service so I would have service for the rest of the day until I got home. The calling and texting worked fine but I could not get Siri to respond. It didn't matter if I used the HEY Siri prompt or if I did the old-fashioned finger on the home button...the screen would just wink on and off and no Siri. I called Apple help when I got home and they told me to upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1, which solved the problem. Everything is working fine now and I'm really enjoying the phone.
Regards,
Jeff from Redmond Washington.
Thanks to Thomas W, James K and Michael S for their generous donations to the show toward the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and keyboard. Folks if you would like to help out as well - there is a donate button in the lower right side of the today in iOS dot com site. Thanks again to everyone that has helped out.
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Hi Rob,
I'm one of your Tii podcast listeners and a Giants season ticket holder who came to admire the Royals last year. They were our best competition and I was very impressed with the sportsmanship of the Royals organization and their fans. Go Royals! (But look out for the Giants next year) 8-)
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Ep 370 - Siri - Tell me a story
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http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/
15pijbsdfvpiqhb10/event/
OK - Now lets finally get into what was discussed at the Apple quarterly conference call today.
Tim did a fiscal year 2015 review. Mentioning that their growth in revenue >50 Billion vs 2014 was greater than the revenue of over 90% of the fortune 500. Oh Snap.
Apple Q3 2015 - Quarterly Report Summary:
Rev = $51.5 Billion (vs $42.1 Billion a year ago quarter and $49.6 Billion last quarter)
Total Cash = $205.7 Billion (Up $2.9 Billion for the quarter from $202.8 Billion)
Last Quarter Sales:
iPhones Sold = 48.1 Mil (vs 39.3 Mil a year ago quarter and 47.5 Mil last quarter)
iPads Sold = 9.9 Mil (vs 12.3 Mil a year ago quarter and 10.9 Mil last quarter)
Mac's Sold = 5.7 Mil (vs 5.5 Mil a year ago quarter and 4.8 Mil last quarter)
Misc Notes:
Apple Pay and American Express will be supported in multiple countries around the world starting with Canada and Australia shortly.
30% of iPhone buyers last quarter were Android switchers.
So with iPhone sales at 48.1 Mil units - closest to the mark was Robert Paul Leitao - with the Braeburn group. And that number did again come in below the average estimate of 48.7 Mil iPhones sold.
However the $51.5 Bil in revenue was just above the average estimate of $51.38 Bil.
On the last ep I predicted 9.6 Mil iPads sold - and Apple did come in a little above that at 9.9 Mil iPads sold. and actually a 10.4 Mil unit sell through as they decreased channel inventory by 500k. So not bad - again this is the quarter when we get some real idea on how things are going - which means the Jan quarterly call. Will be interesting to see where Apple stock is tomorrow.
And if you check in the Tii App - for Ep 370 - you will see a bonus PDF that goes over the past iPhone and iPad sales charts. The key one is the last one - it shows the past 4 quarter sales for both the iPhone and iPad and how they have done since launch. The iPhone kept growing - but now the iPad is in clear decline. Will the iPad Pro be enough to reverse that? Probably not - but maybe it will be enough to flatten it out.
PR from Apple
PDF from Apple
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/10/27Apple-
Reports-Record-Fourth-Quarter-Results.html
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q4fy15datasum.pdf
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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.
Thanks again to Harry's for sponsoring this episode and please go to Harrys.com now and save $5 off when you enter the code - t i i with your first purchase. That is h a r r y s dot com and enter the coupon code T I I at check out to save $5 and start shaving better today or well at least as soon as your new shave kit arrives right to your door step.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today -
Reminding you to Go royals
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 369
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called INTER-GALACTIC BATTLE with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG INTER-GALACTIC BATTLE
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank BRUCE for sending in the Artwork for today's show. BRUCE wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
This is a photo I took one evening while playing the iconic island green 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass using my iPhone 6S Plus. I used the Snapseed app to apply some tweaks, the stock Photos app to apply a filter, and finally the Fotor app for the text.
Thanks for all that you do, and sorry but Go Pack Go!
Regards,
Bruce Woodall
Thanks BRUCE, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see BRUCES'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 369 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:36
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Yes, yes, Apple makes an iPad, but does it make a movie? We will prove that it’s not who makes the tablet first who counts, but who makes it better.”
Howard Stringer, CEO, Sony, 31 Aug 2011
Howie baby - you are missing the big picture - Apple does not make movies - but they have a really tight relationship with Disney. And I think Disney has this little family of movies Called Star Wars - plus many of the Marvel Movies to boot - Just Sayin
03:15
For Promo codes - On Ep 368 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - MyOG . If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 368
This week we have promo codes for The App - GOLDEN DAYS (two words) - Here is the written review from the dev.
Hi. I'm developer of GoodTask and I just made a new app named 'Golden Days'. It helps you remember important days beautifully. Not only showing days left for the event, it also shows slideshow based on your photos related to the event. You can put in big events you're waiting for, birthdays, anniversaries or starting day of something important to let you count from day one. Automatic alerts, notes, App Icon Badge, iCloud sync, sharing, today widget are supported. Also supports Apple Watch with complications available with watchOS 2. Thanks a lot!
Well thanks to the Devs for their review of their App - Golden Days and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - please send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com and put GOLDEN DAYS two words 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 FOR FREE 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.
05:01
The thing that lets me know I am doing a good job reporting on the show - is when I have Apple Fan boys saying I am too hard on Apple and non-fan boys saying I am too soft. Here is an example of the later from the Google+ community.
quote - I just listened to the latest Tii podcast - ep 368 <Insert unimpressed emoticon.> Let me preface this by saying I usually enjoy the show and respect what Rob does for us as a community. However, I strongly disagree on Rob's dismissive reporting of "Chipgate". Rob takes the obvious position of an Apple shareholder who doesn't own a Samsung-based A9 6s. I understand his position. but many anecdotal examples add up to something which can't be easily dismissed unquote
This again from the Google+ community and from Ces. He was complaining about really bad battery life with his unit and Some of us tried to tell him politely he just had a defective unit and to take his iPhone to Apple to get it replaced and that the ChipGate issue was very overblown. But sadly he just wanted to rail against anyone that said there is no ChipGate. He got so worked up - that When Consumer Reports released their report - which 100% agreed with what I said - that ChipGate is bogus - and I should also mention Apple replaced his unit - as we suggested was needed - He refused to apologize and then went on a I am getting myself banned from the community rant / post - which I was happy to oblige. So Ces is no more in the community. Sorry folks you do need to keep it civil. FYI - someone giving you advice you don’t want to hear is not being uncivil. Getting upset at good advice and being mean in your posts - that is uncivil. Bye Bye
07:14
http://www.consumerreports.org/smartphones/battery-tests-
find-no-chipgate-problems-in-the-iPhone-6s
Per the Consumer Reports Article My only concern is that they only used two iPhones - one with Sammy inside and one with TSMC.
Other than that what they found in real world testing is pretty much that the two units perform the same way within 1 or 2% of each other.
Or as they conclude
Quote Smartphones are as complicated as the people who use them, so it’s impossible to say with certainty that the battery- and temperature-performance differences we measured in this chipgate testing will be consistent in every imaginable scenario. But if iPhone 6s users are ever disappointed with their phones, we’re confident it won’t be because they bought the model with the “wrong” chip unquote
So again - stick a fork in ChipGate - as that “story" is dead. And yes I am deliberately being dismissive of this schlock story.
08:14
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/21/apple-releases-ios-9-1/
Apple released iOS 9.1 - the first Single Dot update for iOS 9.
Downloads were very slow by Wednesday Evening. As always I would suggest you wait a week. But at a min wait until your weekend before updating if you need the device. And also - follow the update instructions in the Tii App. Ok - that all said - I did go and update some devices.
For the iPad Mini Retina - My Wife’s iPad - it was still on iOS 8.4.1 - so it was the full update - over 1.8 GB and over 2 hours to download. I did that one via iTunes on the computer.
For my iPhone 6+ - I did the over the air update and it was much quicker - but I did it early in the day when it first was available.
Ok so what has updated - well according to the notes the following:
Live Photos now intelligently senses when you raise or lower your iPhone - so that live Photos will automatically not record these movements. - Which I had more than one person email in about hoping Apple would make a change like this.
Other updates include Apple giving you the finger - as in giving your the Middle finger - literally - as in the Middle Finger is now one of over 150 new emoji characters added with full support for unicode 7.0 and 8.0 emojis - because you can never have too many emoji’s
There is the infamous “Improved stability” especially with regards to CarPlay, Music, Photos, Safari and Search. Hmmm no mention of the podcasts app.
There is improved performance while in Multitasking UI
9.1 fixes an issue that could cause Calendar to become unresponsive in Month view.
It fixes an issue that prevented Game Center from Launching for some users.
Resolved an issue that zoomed the content of some Apps.
Resolves an issue that could cause an incorrect unread mail count for POP mail accounts
Fixes an issue that prevented users from removing recent contacts from new mail or messages
Fixes an issue that caused some messages to not appear in Mail search results.
Resolves an issue that left a gray bar in the body of an audio message
Fixes an issue that caused Activation errors on some carriers
Fixes an issue that prevented some apps from updating from the App Store.
By the way when going to update apps - you will get a message that says the iTunes store terms and conditions changed and you need to accept them. It seems you no longer have to sign over your first born. That clause was replaced with something about the removal of your left ummm - kindey - yeah - not going the other place.
Some initial feedback from Tii Listeners -
From Tosin O - quote So iOS 9.1 brings news to the UK, but still no "around me" search options as part of Siri suggestions. Is that it or are we to expect it at some point? unquote
From Myron Uecker
Quote - I'm very happy to report that it at least seems that music is now working properly in iOS 9.1. That is to say, Only Offline Music really means that now. I can once again use Shuffle and I can plug my phone into my car radio without it starting from the same song every time.
Unfortunately there may be another bug. I received a phone call and made one while driving. Both times after hanging up music didn't resume until I hit the volume up on the radio. I'm not sure what that was all about.
unquote
From Ryan B quote The update to iOS 9.1 went very smoothly for me 📱 I love the new emojis unquote
From David L who said it maybe best quote 150 New Emojis, now I can annoy even more people!! unquote
So I will say this - if you just can’t live without the 150 new emojis - then you must update now. But for others - I still recommend waiting a week as always - any issues - I will mention on the next episode. But so far things are looking good.
Not there is one group that definitely should not update to 9.1 - and that is the Jailbreakers - and 9.1 did break the latest jailbreak.
For those that do not listen to my advice and update - please let me know your experience - good - bad or mehhh.
14:12
http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/21/apple-watch-tv-os-2-0-1/
ok - iOS 9.1 was not the only OS update today - there was also Watch OS 2.0.1 - the first double dot update for Watch OS.
As with any double dot update it is about the bugs man - the bugs.
Apple said the following about the Watch OS update
Quote This update contains new emoji characters unquote - well dang - you had me at emoji - oopps - sorry back to the update Quote performance improvements, and bug fixes including
Fixes an issue that could cause software updates to stall
Fixes issues that were impacting battery performance
Resolves an issue that prevented a managed iPhone from synching iOS calendar events to Apple Watch
Addresses an issue that could prevent location information from properly updating
fixes an issue that could cause digital touch to send from an email address instead of a phone number
addresses an issue that could cause instability when using a live photo as a watch face
resolves an issue that allows the sensors to stay on indefinitely when using siri to measure heart rate
unquote
As always to update Watch OS - go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone - go to settings and then Software update and scroll to the bottom and tap on Download and install.
But first make sure your Apple watch is in range of your iPhone connected to wifi AND that the Apple watch is connected to its charger AND that is charged at least 50%
16:05
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18:25
VOICEMAIL - Joe_FL_answr_to_bluetooth_work_around
Hey Rob!
I've got two things for you today. The first is about the emails you've received about iOS 9 making people change their pass codes to 6 digit instead of 4. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this at all. With iOS 9, Apple reordered how the setup of your phone works. Before iOS 9, you went through these screens: Language > Region > Wifi > Location Services > Set Up > Sign In > Touch ID > Passcode > Apple Pay > Siri > Screen > Disgnostics. In iOS 9, they changed the order of this, now you perform Touch ID and passcode before restoring your backup. But the big change, is that the passcode screen shows 6 digits. Well, before, if you didn't want that, there was a link above the keyboard that pops up saying "Set up Passcode later." It's still there, now it says "Passcode Options", and include Alphanumeric, 4-digit, and no passcode. Mind you, this is only if you restored your phone on iOS 9 and above.
Secondly, for those of you who are having the grey bar on the messaging app in the text field, I spoke to Apple about this, and they said their software engineers were aware of this issue and were resolving it in iOS 9.1 updates, and that it is not a hardware issue, that no replacement phone would resolve. For now, the only workaround is force quitting the app and relaunching it
Regards
Brandon
Hey Rob,
I’m a long time fan who’s owned every iPhone since the original. Since I’m a serious lover of mobile technology, I also dabble in Android (though I always come back to iOS). Anyways, on episode 368 you discussed single-core benchmark tests and mentioned the HTC Nexus 9 as the only Android phone to beat the iPhone. Well, the Nexus 9 is actually a tablet not a phone so the iPhone can remain undefeated in your mentioned single-core speed test. I’d also like to mention that Android manufacturer’s processors thrive on multi-core benchmarks, not single-core. It is in this that the iPhone loses to most Android flagships. Now, this means absolutely nothing since just because a semi-truck has a bigger motor than a Civic doesn’t mean the semi will beat it in a race. This is just to say that iOS is the fluid, beautiful experience it is not because of specs or benchmarks, but because of the optimization of the hardware and software.
Regards
Edwin
Miami, Florida
VOICEMAIL - Jim_PA_podcasts_app_buttons_missing
24:27
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from John Clarke who posted the following question
Quote
Question for the community about the Podcast App... Are downloaded podcasts using data for playback if not connected to wi-fi?
I have an iPhone 6 Plus for a work phone and listen to podcasts almost exclusively on my commute to and from work. I subscribe to several podcasts and have them download over wi-fi while at home or at work. Last month as a company we had over $1200 in data overages and we have been warned that we will be charged for excessive data usage. If I remember correctly, in order to listen to podcasts I need to have "cellular" turned on.
I don't want to take a hit if I can avoid it.
Unquote
I responded saying - No turn Cellular data to off - go to Settings - Podcasts - cellular data and turn it off
Also while there turn on - only download on Wifi
That will ensure at least for the Podcasts App you are not using any cellular data
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Myron Uecker who wrote:
Quote
Here's an iOS 9 tip for using an external keyboard. If you hold down cmd for a few seconds, in many apps you will see an overlay that lists what cmd does in that app. Wouldn't you know, g+ doesn't do anything, but it works in most other apps, including Mail, Home Screen, all Microsoft Office apps, etc.
In fact, I learned about it from the release notes for the latest versions of Microsoft Office apps and decided to try it.
Unquote
Thanks Myron for that tip.
27:27
http://investor.apple.com/
Apple’s quarterly conference call will be next week on the 27th. So that means next episode we will be going over what was reported. And likely - hopefully will be up late on the 27th.
I will go over then what people predicted for iPhone and iPad sales.
But if I were a betting man - I would put the number of iPhones sold last quarter at - 49.2 Million units - just above where they were last quarter. Per iPad sales - 9.6 Million units. We will see how far off I was vs how far off the analyst were.
I will say this - good or bad - the important quarter is the one we are in.
28:18
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/19/technology/apple-
app-store/index.html
Apple made news this past week - when word broke that Apple had yanked over 250 apps - that were gathering personal info against Apples requirements.
Here is what Apple had to say
quote
We’ve identified a group of apps that are using a third-party advertising SDK, developed by Youmi, a mobile advertising provider, that uses private APIs to gather private information, such as user email addresses and device identifiers, and route data to its company server.
This is a violation of our security and privacy guidelines. The apps using Youmi’s SDK have been removed from the App Store and any new apps submitted to the App Store using this SDK will be rejected. We are working closely with developers to help them get updated versions of their apps that are safe for customers and in compliance with our guidelines back in the App Store quickly.
unquote
Per Apps on the Android that do the same thing - do you know what they call those apps on Android - Yup - the just call them Apps -
Surprised Apple did not catch it earlier.
29:49
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/10/13Apple-Updates-
iMac-Family-with-Stunning-New-Retina-Displays.html
Ok - since the last episode Apple has announced new iMac's - A New Magic Trackpad, A new keyboard and A new mouse. Combine that with the iPad Pro - and iPad updates - and why again did we not have an October event? It really baffles me. They had plenty to announce at an October event.
The new Magic Trackpad supports force touch same as is on the track pad of the Mac Book Pro and MacBook. Need to get that. probably will just put it in with the order for the new Apple TV.
30:33
http://www.applecontroll.com/2015/10/apple-tv-to-start-
shipping-next-week.html
Speaking of which Tim Cook was a guest / star at WSJ D Live. In his appearance he said that the Apple TV would go on Sale on Monday the 26th with shipments starting later in the week. I think someone might have leaked that info to him.
If Apple holds true with past new items for sale - then at 12:01 AM PT on the 26th they will go on sale.
Hopefully there will be more info before the end of this week - but if you want the new Apple TV be ready to purchase it on the 26th. And be sure to use the Apple Store App - as that tends to go live first when new products are released.
If I / when I get more info on this - I will put it out as a push notification and maybe a special post in the Tii App. Was really hoping that info would have been available prior to this episode - but nothing yet on the Apple site.
31:30
http://www.apple.com/tv/compare/
So lets quickly go over the new Apple TV again. There are two versions - one with 32 GB of storage selling at $149 and another with 64 GB of storage selling for $199.
I personally recommend the $199 unit - as the extra storage while maybe not critical now - means down the line it is more future proofed.
The new Apple TV - supports Siri, An App Store, and comes with an official remote that has motion sensors. But supports 3rd party game controllers as well.
Per the new Apple TV Remote or as they call it the Siri Remote - it has a glass touch surface, dual mics for Siri, An Accelerometer and Gyroscope. Bluetooth to talking to the Apple TV and IR for talking to your TV, And you charge it via a lightening port.
The New Apple TV supports an App store - which we have been waiting for for ever . And internally it has an A8 processor like in the iPhone 6 and 6+. It has the same length and width specs - but the height did go up.
Again be ready with your iTunes Store app come 12:01 AM PT on the 26th and keep an eye out for more info about that coming soon.
33:03
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/19/media/star-wars-force-
awakens-trailer-monday-night-football/index.html
Tickets went on sale for the Force Awakens this past Monday - when they did the entire nerd-dom came crashing down on Fandango’s website like Jabba the hut on a bowl of M&M’s and it was not pretty.
And when I realized the site was going to likely be down for some time - I thought hmmmm - where have we seen something like this before - - Oh yeah - pre-ordering Apple gear and what works there - the Apple App store app - so I went on my iPhone and looked for a Fandango app - and downloaded it - and created a quick account and was able to purchase tickets in a matter of a couple of minutes to the first showing on Thursday December 17th for me, the wife and our two kids. Score. Dad looks like the hero - getting the kids to the movie a day before all their friends. And well dad is stoked as well. And YES - YES I will be dressing up as a Jedi once again.
But this all fits in here because I want to say Kudos to Fandango - their app is great - and really really well designed. I know it is more fun to be snarky - but every now and then - I like to call out an app and give them kudos for a job well done.
I think going forward I will be doing all my movie ticket buying via the Fandango app. It even puts the tickets right in the Wallet app - just like a southwest ticket or other ticket. If you have not purchased your tickets yet for the Force Awakens - I would recommend you check out the Fandango app to do so.
34:49
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36:21
VOICEMAIL - Sean_cole_quest_calendar_issue
Hey Rob,
Long time listener - love the show! I have been using my Apple watch since I received it in June. One of the features I use all of the time is the fitness app. It's nice to have all of my daily exercise information recorded and saved so I can view it later at my convenience. I was wondering if you or one of your listeners know of a way to export all of that data out of the activity app so that I can share it with my doctor. Every time I go in for my annual check up, the first question my doctor asks me is "how much do you exercise". It would be nice if there was a way to show him the actual data. Is there any apps out there that can plot this information out? Thanks for all you do, and thanks for all of the feedback from the listeners both on the podcast and the google + community.
Regards
James
Hi Rob,
I finally pulled the trigger on an Apple Watch (black, sport edition), but the first thing I went to do, I find out I can not do. I want to be able to display the seconds on a digital face. You seem to be only able to get blinking colon separators, but no ability to display the actual seconds. This is pretty frustrating as I believe digital watches have been displaying seconds for many, many decades. I would even be ok with a complication that would just do a running second count, but I can't find that. Do you know why Apple might have not enabled the ability to display seconds in the digital faces and if there is any work around or complication that can help with this?
Love the show!
Thanks,
--David
—
Hello Rob,
Before I ask my question I feel like I am obligated to tell you how much I enjoy your show. It is the one of the few shows I listen to the day it comes out and never fast forward through.
Thanks for the show and all the hard work that comes along with it.
My question is on the Apple Watch, how can you tell if a given app is a WatchOS 2 app and will be native on the watch.
Thanks,
John B.
Go Cubs!
VOICEMAIL - Steve_LA_iPad_3Gen_iPAd_pro_quest
43:18
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1066221726/the-
worlds-first-automatic-iphone-6-6s-aluminum-wa?ref=discovery
For a kickstarter project this week we have quote The World’s first automatic iPhone 6/6S aluminum Wallet unquote - by Gresso - nice name guys.
This one had a goal of $10k - and they are at $18k - so irregardless of the name they are funded - and if you want in on this you have until Nov 19th at 9:01 AM CT.
So what is this case - well quote The iPhone 6/6S protective case with a secure and hidden wallet. Made of aircraft-grade aluminum. Patent pending mechanism. unquote
Ok - still not getting it are you - it is actually a pretty sweet looking case - that when you slide the back of it up - a draw opens up where you can have a credit card or drivers license or some cash.
Pricing on this while they last for the early bird is $59 - then it goes to $79 - and they claim it will sell retail at $120.
Delivery is slated for December and that would be Dec 2015.
If you search for aluminum wallet or Gresso at kickstarter you can find out more info.
Or just look for the link in the show notes for ep 369
44:47
http://www.pozible.com/project/201391/-1/
7a45bdb9ea825d09a98d97f52c489443
Another startup project I want to mentions the Quarter - it is a fast charging power bank. It uses the Mag safe connector from your macbook to charge the power bank and it can be charged in as little as 15 minutes. So if you ever had one of the instances where you need to leave the house and realize your phone is almost dead and you grab a battery pack and it is almost dead - well this is for you.
It is just $39 - look for the link titled - QUARTER: A FAST CHARGING POWERBANK in the show notes for ep 369.
45:27
http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Apple-iPhone-6s-
review-Solid-and-compelling-performance
There was an article from DXOMARK - which is a photography site - that did a review of the new iPhone 6S for Photos and Video - and then gave it a score and then compared that score to other leading android devices - and the results were not as good as many other sites had made out the new cameras to be. Many other sites said the iPhone 6S is by far the best - where as this site said by best if you mean 10th best - sure.
But here is the thing - they ranked the iPhone 6 and 6Plus ahead of the 6S. So call me a little surprised if not downright skeptical. But you know - since I have been known to be quote dismissive unquote of things lately - I thought I would bring in an expert to talk about this issue - Here is part of a recording sent in from Mike at the PetaPixels Podcast - the official podcast for a Photography site with an alexa rank of 4,219 vs dxomarks rank of 13,392 - lower is better. Actually before DXOmarks trashed the iPhone 6S - its alexa rank was over 20,000 - so not saying they did anything nefarious to get better rankings and drive traffic - because you know that would be me being quote dismissive unquote
Again - I brought in Mike to give his thoughts on this. Here we go.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/10/14/iphone-
6s-camera-disappoints/
http://petapixel.com/podcast/
47:03
VOICEMAIL - Sharky_James_iPhoneTake - Part 1
Ok - and there is another XX minutes of Mikes comments to go - and his full comments will be at the end of the show after the outro and music. Thanks Mike for the feedback - and folks if you are looking for a Photography podcast to listen to check out Peta Pixels.
Thanks to Edward, Vicky and Lyle for their donation to the show for the iPad Pro. It is greatly appreciated. If you would like to help out the show any time - there is the donate button in the lower right side of the site at today in iOS dot com.
Rob,
Just a quick note about the Podcast app since the latest update.
It seems very difficult to maintain my un-played podcast list now that Apple has updated to IOS9. Before the update I had "tile" style and now I'm forced to use the "list" style for organizing the my un-played podcast. It's quirky and after a few weeks I still don't get it. Am I the only one who hates the Podcast update? What's your take or others.
Love the show!
Thanks,
gasmandave (Erie, PA)
VOICEMAIL - Todd_AU_TOUCHID_iOS9_quest_ability_approve_purchase
54:05
http://en.pangu.io/
If you did not update to iOS 9.1 and want to jailbreak AND you have a windows PC - then Pangu has a jailbreak for you.
Go to en.pangu.io - link in the show notes to download the software to jailbreak your iOS 9.0 to iOS 9.0.2 device.
As always if you do jailbreak - let me know how it went and what your favorite Jailbreak tweak or App is. Please note - I did see some people say that not many tweaks and apps have been updated yet to support iOS 9. So if you are jailbroken and at iOS 8.4.1 or earlier - do you update to iOS 9.0.2 - while Apple is still signing it and jailbreak - or do you wait. My suggest would be to jailbreak to 9.0.2 - again make sure you get that version and 9.1. And then upgrade to 9.0.2 while it is still being signed by Apple - and then do this jailbreak - because there is no telling how long until 9.1 has a jailbreak available.
55:50
VOICEMAIL - Warren_FL_6S_powerbutton
Hi Rob,
I have a problem that is frustrating because it makes no sense. Over
multiple versions of IOS, currently 9.02 and with 8.4.1 and earlier,
multiple IPhones, multiple SIM cards from different carriers, hotspot
connectivity randomly works and does not work using wifi to connect to
it. The computer or other device, and I have tried multiple different
devices Apple and PC. The device will always establish the wifi
connection to the IPhone, but it will or will not actually have
internet access. Sometimes it has it for a minute and then it
disappears. It will report that the connection is limited or has no
internet access. Both mean the same, it just says it the two different
ways in different places. The phone will always have internet access
just fine when this happens. I have reset network settings, of course
rebooted, turned hotspot off and back on, turned wifie off and back
on, rebooted the phone, rebooted the computer, turned wifi on and off
and on on the computer. Plugging it directly in with a cable to the
computer results in a connection that works fine. The IPhones have
been IPhone 6 plus.
Jim
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UL_6S_John_lewis_info
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Tue, 13 October 2015
TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 368
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called DEPRESS ROBOT SYNDROME with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG Depressed_Robot_syndrome
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ABDIEL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ABDIEL wrote the following:
Hi Rob
I created this image using my iPhone 5S. I used Gradient to create the background and then PhotoLettering to add the Tii branding.
Apps…
Background Maker - Gradient Colours by michael webb
https://appsto.re/us/BLDSW.i
Photolettering by Brand Design Co., Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/icLKH.i
Best Regards
Abdiel Ortiz
Thanks ABDIEL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ABDIEL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 368 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:17
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “In the PC world, with fewer ways of differentiating HP’s products from our competitors, we became number one; in the tablet world we’re going to become better than number one. We call it number one plus.” Unquote
Eric Cador, Senior Vice President of the Personal Systems
Group, Hewlett-Packard, 21 May 2011
Eric if by One Plus - you mean somewhere in the Others category - then job well done. Because you are not on anyones top 5 or even top 10 list for top tablet manufacturers. But then maybe 1 plus was just the percentage of the market share your were going for.
- Just Sayin
03:00
This week we have promo codes for The App - MYOG - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE FOR MYOG
Well thanks to the Devs for their review of their App - MYOG and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - please send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com and put MYOG 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 FOR FREE 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.
04:46
http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/08/apple-says-battery-
performance-of-new-iphones-a9-chips-vary-only-2-3/
I want to read a quote from Apple before we get into this next story - with quotes around story.
From Apple in a statement given to Techcruch - quote
With the Apple-designed A9 chip in your iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, you are getting the most advanced smartphone chip in the world. Every chip we ship meets Apple’s highest standards for providing incredible performance and deliver great battery life, regardless of iPhone 6s capacity, color, or model.
Certain manufactured lab tests which run the processors with a continuous heavy workload until the battery depletes are not representative of real-world usage, since they spend an unrealistic amount of time at the highest CPU performance state. It’s a misleading way to measure real-world battery life. Our testing and customer data show the actual battery life of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, even taking into account variable component differences, vary within just 2-3% of each other.
unquote
Ok now that we have the FACTS out of the way - what is the story that was running wild last week. Well it was that if you had the Samsung processor - it could provide anywhere from 50 to an hour and 50 minutes WORSE battery life - and that was enough to launch the Chip-Gate type articles. But see - those posts out there about the major difference in battery life - NOT one - not a single one of them were based on actual measurement of virgin units doing real world testing - but rather on using an app that estimated what battery life would be - and that App by the way - was pulled by the dev when they said it had issues with the new devices - and has since been put back up.
Any way - any stories you read about Sammy’s chips being worse than TSMC - yeah - NOT one of them are based on real measurements - like Apples statements are.
There is nothing to see here with regards to battery life. Battery Life differences between the two are not a story - or more accurately are not THE story.
The real story here is that APPLE is using two different manufacturers for their A9. And that more than anything else is probably how Apple has been able to keep shortages down this year at launch - and how they just launched in 40 new countries last week - and how they will be in over 120 countries by the end of the year.
This is a good thing. Not a bad thing that Apple is able to have two manufacturers for the A9.
Now it does suck if you find out your device has Sammy inside. Because it feels a little like you are sleeping with the enemy - but specs wise - it is not an issue.
07:49
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lirum-device-info-lite-system/
id591660734?mt=8
If you want to find out which chip you have - it is simple - kinda - sorta - once you download a free app.
The app is called Lirum Device Info Lite - link in the show notes of course.
Open said app once installed - tap not now - to close the pop-up ad.
Then at the bottom of the screen you will see info for the Model along with an alphanumeric code.
The TSMC chips for the A9 for the 6S and 6S+ are
N71mAP and N66mAP respectively.
For Samsung’s A9’s for the 6S and 6S+ they are
N71AP and N66AP respectively.
So if you see the M in the number - it is TSMC and if not it is Sammy.
Again that is for the 6S and 6S+
08:46
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/iphone-6s-a9-battery-life/
There is also a good article in Wired - that goes over this - the title of the article is quote It doesn’t matter which A9 chip your iPhone has - get over it unquote - and yup that sums up my feelings on this as well.
Look link baiters want nothing more than there to be another Apple Gate with this launch - and they will trip over themselves and you to rush out articles based on nothing - YES BGR I am looking at you. That is the problem with many of these schlock tech reporting sites - and make no mistake - BGR is a schlock site with very questionable reporting. They are fine if you are looking for tutorials - but get into breaking news or rumors - and their quality plummets down to Digit-times levels.
Now they are not the only ones guilty of this - essentially anyone reporting ChipGate as a real issue - are guilty as charged. Again - this whole thing started because no one took the time to do real world testing and they SOOOOO wanted there to be an issue.
Ok - Soap Box I do get down off of now.
09:53
Ok - I have been mentioning I would update my iPhone update sheet - and I am finally ready to go over this.
For those new - what I have been doing over the years - is looking at all the new features available for each new generation of iPhone and then scoring each new feature and getting an over all upgrade score.
For example the iPhone 4 vs the 3GS - had a total score of +30. The 4S - was a +29. The iPhone 5 was just a +25. The 5S was a +30, The 6 and 6+ were a +24. And the new 6S and 6S+ surprisingly came in much higher then I initially would have expected with a +33. That makes this current Generation the biggest increase for any generation iPhone.
My scoring is 100% determined by me. So yes it is not overly scientific. It is based on a score of 1 or 2 or 3. A plus 1 is for a minor tweak or new feature. a 2 is a new feature that is something that clearly improves over past gens - and a 3 is a significant change - in the feature set or functionality.
For Example the A8 Processor - got a +1 - where as the A9 gets a +3. The performance jump we talked about last episode almost makes me want to give it a +4 - but that is not an option.
4K vidoe recording gets a +3. As does Video playback support. the 12 MP new camera - also a +3. As is the improved 5 MP front camera.
3D Touch - gets a +3 as well - not so much for what it can do today - but how it will be used in the future.
And the semi-Water Proof features added - gets a +3. This will be evident to anyone that drops it in a pool or bathtub or urinal - and it keeps on working. The addition of the gasket and seals for the connectors is huge. No Apple is not talking about it - but it is there - and it is a big big upgrade - especially for anyone that has ever had an iPhone dropped into water.
On the + 2 side of things - there is the 2GB of RAM. This should improve the over all UI and what you can do with the iPhone.
Live Photos gets a +2 as well - as it is a nice new unique iPhone feature.
I gave Deep Trenches a +2 - because once you look at some of the new photos with the 6S and 6S+ - you realize there is some nice magic going on - and this is a big part of that magic - that allows the extra MP to matter.
And the improved LTE / Wifi get a combined +2.
On the Plus 1 side we have Optical Video Stabilization - which is just for the 6S+. There is also now Playback Zoom for Video - that gets a plus 1. Almost gave it a plus 2.
Faster Touch ID gets a +1
As does Tougher Glass
And finally Stronger Aluminum gets a +1. Wanted to give it a Plus 2 - but being annoyed by bendgaters - is not justification enough to bump it up - so I left it at +1.
Overall as I said to start - this Generation of iPhones is the biggest update ever. And goes along with S level updates being the better updates as we have been saying on this show for a long time.
If you would like to see the entire chart - including the new features added to past iPhones going back to the iPhone 4. In the Tii App for Ep 368 - go to the bonus content - and I will have it in there as a PDF. The second page has the updates with the scores.
I will also have some links in the shows notes articles going over some of the improvements and testing for the iPhone 6S and 6S+.
But here is my overall recommendation - if you have a 5S or earlier - and you are ok with going with a larger size phone - then now is the time to upgrade. The only reason not to - is if you are like my wife - and you want the smaller size iPhone.
If you have an iPhone 6 or 6+ - I still find it hard to recommend an upgrade - but it does make more sense to upgrade to the 6S from the 6 - then it has for any other generation upgrade. So if you have upgraded each year in the past - this year - well you likely already upgraded.
http://www.redmondpie.com/detailed-benchmarks-show-
iphone-6s-is-the-fastest-phone-in-the-world/
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2986731/
smartphones/first-look-the-new-iphone-6s-plus-
impresses.html
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/waterproof-iphone-6s/
15:07
http://www.redmondpie.com/dual-core-iphone-6s-smokes-
galaxy-s6-note-5-other-android-phones-in-initial-benchmarks/
Now of course we do not live in a world with just iPhones - that would be a purely utopian world. Nope - we also have Android devices out there - and when it comes to comparing the iPhone - we can’t just compare this gen to last gen. Nope - we also need to look at how it does against those other phones.
When it comes to benchmark test - that is easy - the iPhone 6S and 6S+ smoked - toasted - destroyed the comp. Not even close. Single core speed tests for the A9 came in above 2,500. The closest Android phone was the HTC Nexus 9 - coming in at 1887. That was actually the only Android phone that came between iPhones with the A8 and A9. The A8 came in at over 1600. Yes - all other Android phones tested - were slower than the 1 year old iPhone 6 and 6+. Next on line was the Galaxy S6 edge at 1309. Wait a second Rob- last week you said the 5S was at 1,399 - oh - good catch - so really all other Android Phones were slower than the 2 year old iPhone 5S. Sweet. The Samsung Galaxy S6 came in at 1207 and the numbers drop from there.
So looking at bench mark tests the iPhone 6S and 6S+ smoke and destroy all competition. And the 6 and 6+ and 5S beat everything else except the HTC Nexus 9.
16:58
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-cameras-on-the-new-
iphones-set-a-new-standard-for-smartphone-
photography-2015-9
But of course smartphone use is a lot more than just bench mark tests. There is also how people use the phone - and in reality that most often is as a camera.
Business insider has a nice article on how the iPhone 6S Plus did vs the Galaxy Note 5. Make sure to have your ad blockers installed before heading over.
So how did it do. Quote the iPhone 6S plus is the new reigning champion of smartphone cameras. Many smartphones that take pictures with accurate color tend to look gloomy and dull - even in bright sunlight. but the iPhone offers an excellent balance of color accuracy and enticing brightness unquote.
And that is why Deep trenches gets a +2.
The iPhone 6S and 6S+ are the fasted smartphones and have the best cameras - and if you are on an Android Phone - then it is definitely time to join the Utopian future known as iOS.
If you have an older iPhone and are on the fence about upgrading - really the only two reasons I can give for not upgrading for those on the fence - Size - that is if you want the smaller 4” form factor - and Money - if you don’t have an extra Grand laying around then wait until it is time for your carrier subsidy to kick in - if you even get one of those anymore.
18:38
Hi Rob,
Your show is one of my regular podcasts. I appreciate ALL your timely and informative subject matter. Always accurate and trusted. Best thing you do is let us know when to install upgrades.
I have also found your advertisers to be what you say they are ... Especially Harry's
Stay well my friend
Dave
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21:00
VOICEMAIL - Tom_Answer_voiceover_quest
Hi Rob,
I heard Coby mention that since he had upgraded to iOS 9.1 beta 1, he now has to enter a 6 Digit Passcode, I too had this on my new iPhone 6S Plus and also on my Sons iPhone 6 after a restore of his data from his iPhone 5S.
But if you go into Touch ID & Passcode and opt to change your Passcode, enter in your Current Passcode it will then ask you to set a new Passcode, but will also give you an option of Passcode Options, at the bottom of the screen, so if you select that, you can then change the passcode back to a 4 Digit Passcode.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Mark Tracey.
West Midlands
UK.
Hi Rob,
In item 367 at 1 hour and 45 seconds in, you read a email from Dan in Vancouver indicating 2 issues with IOS 9. The first was with texting where the field in which you would normally type a message would become populated with a prompt to record a spoken message with no apparent way to dismiss it. I have a 6 plus and my wife has a 5 and we both were experiencing this after we installed IOS 9 and the only way I found to temporarily fix it was to force quit the text app and reopen it. I have since upgraded to IOS 9.0.2 on my 6 plus and the issue is still there. In both cases it happens randomly. If anyone knows a fix please share it.
Regards,
Steve in Texas
Hi Rob how do you get the podcasts ap to automatically download in the back ground?
Regards, Conrad
Go to Settings —> Podcasts —> Turn on “Background App Refresh”
Also there may be a bug with the Podcasts app - so while you are there - turn OFF - “Delete Played Episodes” as it may be deleting just slightly played episodes or episodes downloading while listening to others.
Here is an email I received on this.
Rob
While downloading Ep. 0367 via cellular data, I decided to finish listening to 0366. Download progressed fine and upon reaching the end of listening to 0366, the Podcast App marked both episodes as "Played Episodes to be Deleted".
I had not even touched the play button for Ep. 0367 so it seems we might have another bug? Maybe listeners can chime-in if they have experienced the same.
Regards,
PaulG in Lawrenceville
VOICEMAIL - Raj_Answer_per_call_lost_notes
27:08
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Kent Kersey who posted the following question
Quote
Does anyone know of an easy way to see which songs/albums you've downloaded to your iPhone on Apple Music?
Unquote
And Marc Lobart answered where to find that. First you open the Music App - next at the bottom select “My Music” Then in the middle of the screen look for the red text - Might be Artists or Albums or Songs or Genres or Composers - depending on what you had it set to. Tap on that and you will get a pop up with those options to choose from - select Songs - That will close the pop up - next tap on songs again and then at the bottom of that pop up - select the toggle switch - Only Offline Music - turn that on. And that should close the pop up.
That will then list just the music you have on your iOS device.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Faisal Keylani who linked to an article:
This per Apple releasing the A1633 iPhone 6S - which is Apples unlocked SIM-Free - not for any specific carrier - world phone. This is now the answer to the question - on which iPhone should I get if I want one unlocked. The A1634 is the 6S+ version.
29:34
http://www.redmondpie.com/unlocked-t-mobile-vs-sim-
free-iphone-6s-6s-plus-whats-the-difference/
There was a nice post on RedmondPie - that goes over the difference between the A1633 and 34 vs the other iPhones.
Especially with regards to the T-Mobile unlocked phone - the new ones have one more band for LTE - Band 30 - which is not available for the T-Mobile phones.
In the US for example when you go on line to buy an iPhone - you will now see the following options for Carrier
AT&T
Sprint
T-Mobile
Verizon
and now - SIM-Free
Delivery of the 6+ Rose Gold Sim free for 128 GB is listed as 2 to 3 weeks.
Looks like it is one to two weeks for other options.
I think it is pretty self-explanatory - but when you buy an iPhone that is SIM-Free - it is exactly what you get an iPhone with no SIM card.
But really it comes down to if you want an iPhone no strings attached and will work in more places world wide then any other phone - the A1633 and 34 - are the phones you are looking for.
Again - just choose the SIM-Free option. And pretty surprising to see this on sale in the US within a month of Launch.
NOTE - this does not mean they will work in China. They have a different system there all together. But they should work Globally except in China.
I should also welcome the following countries to the iPhone 6S and 6S+ party - as they all started getting the new iPhones on October 9th and they are
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dorne, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Harrenhal, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan
But remember - is you are looking for a world phone - the SIM Free version is the one to go with.
31:57
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/12/apple-
seeds-fifth-ios-9-1-beta/
Apple is keeping up with its rapid release of the betas. With iOS 9.1 Beta 5 now available as of Monday October 12th. It looks like the full release of 9.1 is on schedule for later this month. We know it is scheduled for later this month as 9.1 is needed to set up Apple TV from an iOS device.
Changes this time around seem to be new emoji’s because evidently Apple thinks we can’t get enough of them.
New Wallpapers
Developer support for live Photos
and iPad Pro - Apple Pencil Compatibility - but not sure how anyone can prove that last one - since neither device is out.
There is also the so called - stability / speed improvements. Which is just a generic place holder for the 2nd beta and later.
32:45
http://www.msn.com/en-au/money/technology/iphone-
6s-users-report-boiling-hot-home-buttons/ar-AAfbD0D
Here is a strange one - and have not heard of any listeners with this problem.
It comes from Msn.com and the post is titled - iPhone 6S users report boiling hot home buttons.
And well you guessed it is about users reporting Touch ID - that is too hot to touch. Not 3D touch but 3 Alarm Touch.
This according to some on Apples support forums - is just the touch ID that is getting hot - and if they held down the home and power buttons together for around 10 seconds - after the phone restarted all functioned well again.
Which I find interesting - because the same ones saying the home button was too hot to touch are the same ones saying if you hold it and the power button down for 10 seconds the problem goes away once it reboots - either that or all the nerves in your finger are dead and you can’t tell it is hot anymore - one or the other.
That all said - as I mentioned I have not heard of this issue from any listeners - if anyone had a hot home button on their 6S - let me know.
And let me know if powering it down and back up solved the issue.
34:05
http://www.marco.org/2015/10/09/overcast2
Marco Arment the developer of OverCast is doing something interesting - he is making OverCast free - as in completely free. But Rob you say -it was already free - Yes - but many or the best features were locked behind an in-app purchase. Not any more - now all the features are unlocked and free.
Marco is trying a new model where he asks for some donations instead.
So yes his smart speed and voice boost features are all unlocked now. There are 3D touch shortcuts - and of course the Apple Watch App.
There is a play next by priority feature. Which is nice for those that like this show - make Today in iOS a priority and when a new episode comes out - which as you know can be any day of the week - and the new ep of Tii moves to the top of the list.
This is Overcast Version 2.0 as well - so there are new features - especially with regards to streaming content. Plus lots of improvements to the app.
The thing I like about Overcast most - is that the features are with you the consumer in mind - and focused on helping making it easier to consume the content you know you want to consume - not trying to force content on you you never heard of or asked for.
So if you have lots of podcasts you listen to - and you have not checked out Overcast yet or recently - now is a good time.
If you are using the Overcast App - make sure to recommend the Today in iOS podcast.
35:59
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/16/technology/
android-hack/index.html
Here is a fun Android Article - it appears to hack an Android phone - you just type in a really long password. This is one of the oldest hacks in the book - it is called and overflow error. And with Android devices running the Latest Version of Android - Lollipop - yes it is vulnerable to this - hey Password is not the password - what should we try next hack. Once you overwhelm the device with too many characters - it crashed to the open home screen.
According to google - someone that has your phone and does this - can quote view contact data, phone logs, SMS messages, and other data that is normally protected. unquote. Yeah so you know nothing major or anything.
Google did release a patch for this back in September - which means most Android users will be getting that patch - oh - yeah - never. But the ones that do - it will probably be in 2016 at best before they see it.
37:01
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39:40
VOICEMAIL - Tyron_CA_3D_touch_options
VOICEMAIL - Jonathan_NO_quest_make_show_how_long.
It takes me at least 20 hours a week to get this show produced. That 20 hours a week is spent answering and sort emails and voicemails. I do look at them all. I spend a good amount of time reading articles and researching for the episode. And it takes 6 hours min to get all the show notes done. The actual recording takes about 1 hour for every 20 minutes of episode. The typical evening I record episode is over 4 hours for the recording / editing / exporting / encoding / show notes creation and publishing. For example tonight I started recording at 10:30 PM - and right now XX minutes in - it is XX:XX XM time.
Per voicemail messages - I have a folder I move them to - and then pull them out in usually what is a most recent in - first out method. Meaning if I fall behind - and your recording does not make it on right away - with in the last 3 eps - chances are it will not make it on - until well at least the quiet periods between New Years and WWDC. I went and looked in the folder - and there are over 1,200 voicemails in there. That does not count the much much great number of emails. So today I am going to make the rest of this episode ALL about listener feedback. No more news - just listener feedback with most - the vast majority being voicemail messages. That will clear the way for future feedback about the new Apple TV , iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and new keyboard case - all which will be coming between late October and late November. The rest of the ep will be voicemails that came in since the iPhone 6S and 6S+ were announced and up until this afternoon on October 12th. So essentially all come from the past 5 weeks. But if I get over 90 Minutes before the Outro - then I will close it down for this week - and get to the others next week.
VOICEMAIL - Scott_TX Issue_carplay
VOICEMAIL - Dave_CA_6S_issue_LTE_just_data_helps_tip
Hi Rob,
Just thought I'd write in and mention that you can probably say "Hey Siri" without spelling it out for 2 reasons. 1) The "voice training" feature seems to be working very well. I tried this with my wife and Siri wouldn't activate on my phone unless I asked, and 2) I believe the feature is disabled when playing audio, as when connected via Bluetooth to Sync in my Ford, I can't get it to activate when audio is playing, but it works fine when I pause the stream.
Really digging my new 6s Plus. Here are a couple of tricks I've discovered. On a 6s or 6s Plus on iOS 9, 3D Touch and hold on the keyboard to enable a trackpad to move the cursor when typing (similar to 2-finger drag on the iPad). Also, I've noticed in iOS 9, with the screen locked, plugging in a headphone jack now turns on the lock screen with a slider icon for the Music app in the lower left (similar to the fashion used by the Handoff feature) you can slide up to launch into that app. Thanks for the show, Rob.
Lou Valencia
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 367
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called OPPOSING FEAR with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG OPPOSING FEAR
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank CHRIS for sending in the Artwork for today's show. CHRIS wrote the following:
Rob,
Here is a Bit of Today in iOS artwork. I created it Using Photoshop Touch App utilising the photo layering applying photo layers and multiplying an image of Quantum Teleporting from NIST, Apple Event Siri Wave and Text.
Regards,
Chris in London
Thanks CHRIS, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see CHRIS'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 367 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:25
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Research in Motion’s new tablet is surprisingly mature for a new product, and one that will clearly be embraced by both consumers and corporate users alike.” unquote
Jack Kapica, Digital Journal, 15 April 2011
If by embraced you meant rejected or repudiated or pushed away or shunned - then yes they were quote embraced unquote - Just Sayin
02:55
For Promo codes - Doohhh - I did a first - I sent out the promo codes for Cool Timer Pro to those that asked for the 40 Years of Concert Photos and vice versa. Which is why I should not be copying over promo codes at 4:00 AM after I finish a show. I apologize to all I sent the wrong codes to and to the dev and iBook authors. We have given away promo codes for almost 400 different apps it was a pretty good run of not doing that before. Lets see if we can go another 400 apps of not doing that again.
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:09
http://www.forbes.com/sites/abigailtracy/2015/10/02/
in-wake-of-t-mobile-and-experian-data-breach-john-legere-
did-what-all-ceos-should-do-after-a-hack/
For all of us US T-mobile users that signed up between September 1st 2013 and September 16th 2015 - It appears that t-Mobile’s partner Experian - had a slight ummm data breach. which I mean for a company that is doing credit checks and has your personal info and social and other details - Yeah I mean I can see how they let that happen. Please note the issue here was not with t-mobile but with their soon to be vendor that does credit checks.
And again I said us - because I signed up with them September 2014. Sweet.
apparently all effected will be notified in writing - This according to t-mobile CEO John Legere - who to his credit did not hide when news of this broke - he actually went on to twitter and answered peoples questions.
He also said that T-mobile customer will also be notified when you logging your mytmobile.com account.
He did say if there is no notification when you sign in all is fine. But best to take advantage of free protection services being offered by t-mobile right now.
There is a link in the show notes to the page T-mobile put up about this. Again - check your account and see if you are affected.
http://www.t-mobile.com/landing/experian-data-breach-faq.html
05:42
http://betanews.com/2015/09/20/adblock-plus-defends-ad-
blocking-applauds-peace-and-backs-crystal-for-ios/
I have not said much on the Adblock feature in iOS 9 - and the controversy that was brought up by Marco Arment - mostly because I was trying to research on this and see if my gut feeling on this was wrong.
I went and even attended a webinar about Adblocking from the Folks at TapInfluence - who are definitely Anti-AdBlocking.
But here is what I thought was interesting in the webinar - in one slide they had - that was titled Why People Block Ads.
The main reasons were 1. Ads Obscure content, 2. Privacy 3. Bandwidth 4. Slow Website Load 5. Because they can.
But they missed a big reason for mobile - Battery Life. If you are browsing on mobile devices and downloading lots and lots of extra content - sometimes 10 times or more content without ad blockers then with ad blockers - then adding an ad blocker if you do a lot of surfing the web makes a lot of sense. Because it is not like you actually look at those ads - so you will be missing nothing - and saving battery life to boot.
By they way I am not going to build up to where I stand - I will state it right now - I am all for ad blocking - the issue as I see it is that Ads have become such a burden on web browsing - that they make the entire experience bothersome - I sometimes I find an article that is really good and I have to debate on if I even want to link to it - because it is so overrun with ad crap. Pop ups - redirects to get to the article - or video ads that start on their own - it is all really annoying and as mentioned also a drain on your iPhones resources.
Per the issue with Marco Arment - if you are not aware - he had a very successful ad blocker he released called Peace - it was so successful it made it to the number one paid app in iTunes app store for a couple of days - and then Marco pulled the plug - because he felt guilty for suppling users a tool that he felt would be used to bypass ads and cost content creators money. Also it seems he may have been beat up by his publisher for doing it.
See that is the other side of this argument - that without the ads there would be no content.
Marco said on his blog post quote
I still believe that ad blockers are necessary today. but I've learned over the last few crazy days that I don't feel good making one and being the arbiter of what's blocked,
unquote
Marco’s app used a data base from Ghostery to decide what to block. So technically he was not the arbiter of what was being blocked - he was more like the Executioner of Ads - and Ghostery was the judge handing do the sentence. But in either case - Marco did not feel right swinging the sword that was being used to cut off the heads of Advertisers.
I am saddened to see Marco had pulled the app - and disappointed.
But I am happy he proved there is a huge market for this type of product - and that means those sites like iMore and BGR and others that are littered with ads and scripts and pop up and pop overs and pop wherevers - they need to understand that there are limits to how much people will endore when it comes to hijaking the browsing experience. And since he showed there is a demand for it - there are now many others more then willing to pick up that sword and start a swinging. And good for them.
Lets talk about how bad some sites are out there - I mentioned the iMore site before - the load time for the main page is 22.43 seconds. BGR’s load time is 23.09 seconds, For comparison - Daring fireball site loads in 2.11 seconds, Marco Arments site - Marco.org loads in 1.8 seconds and Today in iOS loads in 1.52 seconds. But I will work to get that down to under a second.
Look there are ways to have sites that are not so user unfriendly - and the reason again for Ad blockers is because of sites that just chew up so many resources and it slows down the browser experience quite a bit.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/18/9353023/marco-
arment-peace-ad-blocker-withdrawn
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/18/technology/peace-ad-
blocking-app-pulled/index.html
10:26
https://brooksreview.net/2015/09/content-blocker-test/
There is a good review of Ad blockers at brooksreview dot net.
Interestingly his results were close to mine when looking with no Ad blockers active. As he also tested the iMore site. not saying they are getting a name for a bad user experience - but.. Rene - you might just want to rethink things over there. Just sayin.
Anyway they found with no blockers on iMore loaded in 18 seconds. With the best ad blocker that was reduced to 2.3 seconds - that blocker was 1Blocker
Daring fireball loaded in 2.2 seconds with no blockers and 1.3 seconds with the best blockers - Peace, Crystal and Selenium.
He tested a bunch of other sites as well.
His results came down to this - for the fastest Ad blockers.
1. 1Blocker was the fastest over all.
2. Ad Block Multi
3. Adamant and Blockr 1.0.1 tied for 3rd.
Now here is one issue - 1Blocker whitelists The Deck Ads by default - which means you need to add a custom rule to block those. That said - Right now - 1Blocker which is free - is the one I am using and testing. By the way once you install the Ad blocker - go and launch the app on your home screen - this will allow it to run and get the updated list of sites to block. then click on start using - and click the big button to turn on. Then go to settings - safari and turn it on. Oh and note there is an in app purchase to allow you to block more then one type of content at a time. There is a block ads switch, a block trackers switch, a block twitter widgets, and so on. As a free app you only get one item. You have to spend $2.99 to block all or multiple categories.
There is also a nice list of Ad blockers over at the loop insight.com
Once you install an Ad or really Content blocker - go to Settings then Safari and scroll down to Content blockers - and flip the switch to enable / disable your content blocker of choice.
Here is one piece of advice I have seen mentioned many places - running multiple different Content blockers at once does not make things faster and in most cases slows things down.
Again - let me know what Content blocker you have settled on or decided against - 206- 666- 6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS At gmail dot com.
http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/09/16/a-list-of-content-
blockers-for-ios-9/
13:44
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/10/will-losing-its-apple-
developer-account-hurt-ifixit
I had a this next item sent in from a bunch of people - some made at apple and some taking Apples side.
And that is about iFixit - Getting a dev unit for $1 and then going and tearing it down and here is the important part - putting up the video and post about the tear down.
Because of that Apple said you broke your developer agreement - where you said if you received the unit you would not report about it.
My Opinion is this - APPLE Had to revoke their dev license. I know I joked about devs sending in their reviews of the new Apple TV - or actually not to. Wink Wink. But In this case iFixit accepted the terms of the $1 unit - and then went and broke those terms - they even said they knew it could get them booted. And really Apple again had to to send the message - nope you can’t do that.
This is not talking a little about a new feature in iOS 9.X beta - this is a full fledged tear down and posting of video of said tear down - of a device they explicitly agreed they would not do that.
So again don’t be mad at Apple - they just did what they had to do.
15:12
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+
TV+4th+Generation+Teardown/49046
Ok - since I was not one Apple sent a review unit to - I have no qualms talking about the iFixit tear down.
So what did we learn - Well essentially not much. I mean nothing worthy of getting your developer license revoked - that is for sure.
It just verified a lot of what was already talked about by Apple per the device. The Optical audio out is gone. The micro USB port is replaced by a USB C port.
One thing that was new and we learned from the tear down is that there is 2 GB of RAM - which makes sense - as the biggest argument against too much RAM is the battery draw - but since this is not mobile - battery drain is not an issue.
So Apps should run very smooth on the apple TV 4th gen.
Overall they gave it a repairability score of 8 out of 10.
We also are hearing from those that did not keep their lips sealed - that The new Apple TV - will support two 3rd party remotes and the Apple TV remote at the same time. So a max of 3 connected players at any one time.
This my kids will be bummed about - as they like to play up to 4 players at once on minecraft and their NBA game on the Xbox. Will be interesting to see if Apple makes an update at some point to allow up to 4 players at once - which really is kind of a standard in set top box games or even my Atari - just sayin.
16:51
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/10/amazon-will-ban-
sales-of-the-apple-tv-and-googles-chromecast-later-this-month
Another item a lot of people sent in about is the story that Amazon will be banning sales of the Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast later this month.
according to Bloomberg no Apple TV or Chromecast devices will be available for purchase on Amazon.com starting on October 29th.
Amazon is supposed to have sent an email to marketplace sellers with regards to the removal - and said no new listing will be allows and existing inventory will disappear later in the month.
According to Amazon quote
Over the last three years, Prime Video has become an important part of Prime, It’s important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion.
unquote
Now it is very possible that the 4th Gen Apple TV will be listed in the Amazon App store - as it could support Prime Video - if Apple allows the App in the Apple TV App store. It could also be a move Amazon is doing because Apple rejected an Amazon Prime Video App - and this ban is a barging chip they are using to get their Apple TV app approved.
Or it could just mean Amazon is scared of the new Apple TV 4th gen and wants to get rid of all competition from their store.
I guess we will know more once a launch date is announced for the Apple TV.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/amazon-
will-ban-sale-of-apple-google-video-streaming-devices
18:12
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20:04
Voice Mail - Warren_FL_ordered_afterLaunch
Hi Rob,
Just let you know, I ordered my IPhone 6s Plus at my ATT store on Sept. 14 (the 128 gig gold, but couldn't get rose color).
I was all ready for Oct 19th. I got an email from ATT on the 22nd of Sept. That the phone was shipped, I was shocked, I received the phone Friday afternoon, the official launch date. And ATT said they will give me $200 for my 64 gig 5s.
Regards,
Roy S
Warren and Roy - Thanks for the feedback - I wonder if that is something we need to be worried about - is it - Apple has better supply - or is it demand is much lower over all this time around. Or Maybe it is just AT&T where the demand has dropped.
Hi Rob,
Received the iPhone 6s Plus 128gig version on the 25th and found it to be laggy and occasionally the transition from one screen to another would hang and the icons would become super large, stalled in their transition to the next screen as if the processor was busy with other actions.
What caused me to return it was the failure to down load apps. I set this up as a new device and was downloading the apps I actually use, when it stopped downloading. The app held at the "waiting" stage. This happened with any app I tried including the Apple Store app.
As a test I simultaneously attempted to download the Hilton Hotel app and my work iPhone 6 breezed through in moments and the iPhone 6s Plus began the process, circle loaded up l, but the data never downloaded.
I reset the phone and the problem persisted.
For $1000 that was enough for me, back it went. I will keep the 5s for another year. By then more devs will put the Taptic Engine to good use.
Love the show and always look forward to the next episode and listener observations and comments.
Regards,
Mike from Chicago
Mike thanks for the feedback and sorry to hear of your issue - but I think this next feedback
Voice Mail - Mike_CA_response_laggy_performance_logic_board_issue
25:38
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Wayne Henderson who posted the following question
Quote
I love my new iPhone 6s, EXCEPT for the Touch ID, since it is now too lightning fast. Is there anyway to adjust it? Or, is it something we can hope for a fix in an iOS update?
Unquote
Wayne - not saying that sounds like a oh poor me my new iPhone is just too fast post or anything - but.
Ok - here were some of the responses.
From Brian sullivan - he suggested using the sleep / wake button or an unregistered finger.
Chanah Vo says quote its extra extra fast. well all get used to it soon.
And other advice was to basically un-reigster a finger and then re-learn that finger - but just the middle and not the tip of the finger. Then you can push the home button with the just the tip - hmmm seems there is a joke there I am missing - any way - just use the tip — - - of your finger on the home button and it will wake up the screen to see your messages.
Or you know you could just downgrade to a slower older iphone.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Timmy T who wrote:
quote Google Fixed the Google+ app. unquote
To which Craig said he did not know it was broken - and Timmy replied saying the issue was you couldn’t read whole posts if they were long by just tapping on it - you had to tap on comment in order to read the entire post.
and now it is working correctly where you can see the whole post by taping on it. So Timmy thanks for the heads up on that.
27:45
http://social.techcrunch.com/gallery/15-hidden-features-
tucked-away-in-ios-9/
I wanted to talk a little about a couple of features in iOS 9 - that some or many do not get.
1. Is the Keyboard doubles as a trackpad - that is for those with iPads and the latest iPhones - but that requires 3D touch for the later on the iPads - just use two fingers at once on the keyboard to activate. this is a nice feature especially when typing a large text document or email and needs to move easily around to do some editing.
2. Picture in Picture Video - new iPads only. To activate this start watching a video in safari - tap on the video with one finger - then in the controls pick the icon that looks like a box inside a box. You can then move that around as needed.
The box with the new video will float about any other apps you go to. So this is a nice way to watch a sporting event and answer emails or comment in social media. Like wow - I drove for 9+ hours to see this football game and it seems the team forgot to send their defense up here or their offense. Oh wait - the offense is just late - a little to late. Oh and look they missed the bus to Cincinnati as well. Just saying.
So sports fans rejoice - you can now watch your games and write snarky I just fell off the bandwagon type comments at the same time.
29:14
http://www.applecontroll.com/2015/09/iphone-6s-teardown-
treatment-specs.html
One spec uncovered by iFixit that I did not mention on the last episode is that the A9 Processor for the 6S and 6S+ is clocked at 1.82 GHz. This is a nice speed bump up from the 1.38 GHz speed of the A8 processor in the 6 and 6+
If you look at the single core benchmarks for each iPhone generation - the A9 processor gives the biggest jump in RAW benchmark scores in the history of the iPhone.
From the 2G to 3G - there was no change - it was the same processor - so that was the worst update.
We then go from a bench mark of 143 to 155 from the 3G to 3GS
And from 155 to 212 when we get to the 4.
The 4S - single core speed stayed basically the same coming in at 217 - but its dual core jumped to 410. Still most apps run single core - so the 4S increase was actually not all that great or even noticeable for most applications and uses. Still the 4S is being updated and supported by iOS 9 - so it is a nice little work horse of a phone.
The 5 Really sped things up jumping to a 707 score That is over 3.2 times increase. That was the biggest multiple increase of any update and really offered the biggest noticeable improvement.
The 5S was no slouch jumping up to 1398 - almost a 2X increase. If you increased from a 4S to a 5S - they were worlds apart.
The 6 however was just a small bump up to 1615. Which is not much of an increase at just 1.16 times the past generation. The 5S and the 6 and 6+ performance wise - are very similar when running most apps.
The 6S jumps up to 2556 - for a single core - which smokes all other smartphones by a wide margin and is 1.58 times faster than the 6. The 941 jump in bench mark tests clearly is the biggest. But from a % increase was the 3rd best in the history of the iPhone. That said - if you are increasing even from the 6 or 6+ - the speed increase in noticeable - according to almost all reporting in. In some cases as we heard before it is too quick.
I almost have enough data now to do my iPhone comparison chart update and give a score to the iPhone 6S and 6S+ - hopefully next episode - which is what I said last episode. But the more I read on benchmark tests - the more impressed I am with what Apple did under the hood with this update.
It also make me very excited for the iPad Pro - and what it will be able to do.
32:07
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/09/30Apple-Brings-
Apple-Music-iTunes-Movies-iBooks-to-Customers-in-China-
Starting-Today.html
For iBook users Apple has made some changes for what iBook authors can do - and this is good for both groups.
From Apple quote
Updates for iBooks on iOS and Mac Readers can now choose a new reading mode in iBooks called Gray. The new mode offers white text on a gray background and makes reading on an iOS device or Mac easier on the eyes.
Additionally, with the latest version of iBooks, readers can multitask. For example, you can read a book and browse the web with Safari, side-by-side.
With iBooks for iOS, you can use Spotlight to search for books by title, author name, or series name. This will show you books you already have in your library and books available on the iBooks Store - such as books that are more compelling then the one that made you want to multi-task with safari. If you already started reading the book, we will also show you how much of the book you’ve already read.
To get the new version of iBooks for iOS, update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to iOS 9. To get the new iBooks for Mac, install OS X El Capitan v10.11.
Updates for iBooks Author With the latest version of iBooks Author, we have improved the import function for Pages and Microsoft Word documents. For best results, you should use section breaks between chapters when you write your book in Pages or Microsoft Word.
If you’re using one of the EPUB templates, you can now also add Pop-Over widgets with text or images to your book.
Unquote
And speaking of iBooks - On September 30th quote Apple® today announced that Apple Music™, iTunes® Movies and iBooks® are now available to customers in China. Apple Music combines an extensive and diverse music library with the knowledge of world-class music experts who have programmed playlists and radio stations just for you. Launching with millions of songs in its catalog, Apple Music in China features music from artists including Eason Chan, Li Ronghao, JJ Lin and G.E.M., as well as a wide range of international artists including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and many more. Fans can also rent or purchase movies from a great selection of Chinese studios as well as Hollywood blockbusters on the iTunes Store®, in addition to enjoying paid and free books from the iBooks Store℠. For the first time, customers in China will have access to Apple’s entertainment ecosystem with music, movies books and podcasts right at their fingertips. unquote
I added in the part about podcasts - because clearly it was an error of omission and was supposed to be in that press release. Right.
In any case - if you are in China there is now more content available for you via the Apple Eco-system. So please check out my free iBook - Podcast101 - A new copy is in the works - with the new iAuthor. But the current one still has all you need to go from Zero to Podcast in one evening.
35:15
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/htc-president-calls-
monthly-android-security-updates-unrealistic/
Thanks to all that sent in this beauty of an article.
It is about a quote from HTC’s president. This with regards to Googles announcement that they are going to roll out monthly Android security updates. What was his quote - well that it is quote unrealistic unquote. Seems unless you have an android phone purchased directly from Google and unlocked to any carrier - the idea of monthly updates is just not one HTC thinks can be supported - given that most devices also have a carrier level of software - and that means even if HTC does update their software for ALL their phones every month - then the carriers need to get behind that and make their updates / approvals on those changes as well. And I would have to agree with HTC’s president - that is not only unrealistic - it is fantasy land - with Peter Pan - flying boats and ticking alligators type thinking. there is no way the carriers are going to support updates for ALL the android phones they carry now not to mention the ones they carried last quarter or last year or two or three years ago.
Yet with the iPhone 4S - which was released 4 years ago - when there is a security update - all iPhone 4S owners can get it that day is they want. That is a big big big difference between the iOS eco-system and the Android frago-system.
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Hi Colby - I think you have a setting that changed. I just updated my iPhone 4S to 9.1 beta 3 - and that is not the issue at all - that phone stayed on its traditional 4 Digit code. Actually for the iPhone 4S running beta 3 of 9.1 at least there is no option to even get to 6 digits on the pass code.
Hi Rob,
I setup or trained my iphone 6S plus siri since day 1 when i got it and on episode 366 when the caller said “H E Y - Siri" my Siri did not wake up at all since it was not my voice (yayyyy) - worked as planned.
Anyway i love my iphone 6s plus and my wife and i are definitely loving live photos
Regards,
Jorge
Hi Rob! Philip from Green Bay.
Sorry I missed you when you came to town! I was camping in the Nicolet National Forest last week, only got back the night before the big game. Just catching up, and heard you were in town for Monday Night Football. I hope you had a great time in northeastern Wisconsin, despite the outcome of the game. The Pack and A-Rod were really on, that night!
Oh, IOS stuff:
I had a 2nd gen iPad that no longer would charge, and had gotten extremely doggy anyway. Since I didn't want to buy a year-old normal size iPad, I was forced to choose between the iPad Pro and the new Mini 4. I'm so glad!! The Mini 4 is a beautiful machine, barely smaller screen than a normal iPad, very fast, very light, more portable, and half the cost of the Pro. The Pro looks cool, but way too big, heavy, and pricey for my needs. The Mini is fantastic!
Take care, Rob! Hope the Pack sees the Chiefs in the SB "L"!!!)
Regards,
Phil S
Thanks Phil for the feedback. The trip went fine to and from - using Siri to get us around was easy. One thing I really liked about the Apple Watch - was sometimes I would have a podcast going when driving - but the Apple watch would remain focused on the maps - showing upcoming turns and how far to the next turn. Another thing I really like about the Apple watch - when using driving directions with maps - it vibrates when you should be turning. It really is a great companion to the iPhone for road trips.
Phil per your comments on the Chiefs and the supper bowl - Yikes - it is looking really doubtful the Chiefs even make the playoffs - at 1 and 3 - we would need to go 10 and 2 to finish out the season to have a realistic shot at the playoffs. And that is something that would be shocking if they could do it - as they just have not looked like a team that can win 10 out of 12 games.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1490536746/xlicon-
the-worlds-most-versatile-iphone-6-6-compan?ref=project_link
Thanks to the folks running the kickstarter project - XI.i.con - the world’s most versatile iphone 6S / 6S+ companion over at kickstarter dot com.
also worlds worst name - XI.i.Con - really. Ok - ignoring the bad name - which ranks up there with iPad. What they are offering is actually a neat device - and they have two versions - on for the 6 and 6S - and another for the 6+ and 6S+
To better describe it they say - quote The magnetic dock, sync, and wireless charging all in one that also acts as a portable battery for your iPhone unquote
So in a nutshell - it is a case that allows for wireless charging in a dock that also doubles as an external battery pack.
There is even a proximity alarm for your phone and the dock. When they get to far apart an alarm goes off.
They have a goal of $30k - and have raised $8k so far. This one has until November 5th at 12:14 AM CT to be funded.
Pricing while they last is $49. There is less than 20 left at that price - then it goes tot $54.
That price will get you the XI Case and XI Powerdock and a free 2X charging cable. Delivery is set to December 2015.
Search for XI dot i dot con - at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 367.
49:27
http://appreneurscholars.com/
Are you a student and an App dev or do you know someone that is. Well the Appreneur Sholarship Award is back and looking for entries for the 2016 winners.
Two student App Devs will receive $5,000. These will be awarded at CES on Jan 8th. Entry deadline is November 30th. Winners notified December 11th and announced on the 15th.
Link in the show note for where to register.
If anyone does register or has someone they know register - please let us know.
It seems this is open to Students from Elementary school up to Grad School.
50:11
Voice Mail - Kevin_Crossman_daniel_back_of_the_show
VoiceMail - John_Vanco_dan_uk_rant_touch
Hi rob,
I've been a long android user straight back from the nexus one, right upto to Samsung note 4, it's cost me a fortune keeping up with the so called flagship phones, so I decided a couple of months ago to try iOS. I didn't want to go all in on the iPhone 6, so I brought a second hand iPhone 5, WOW everything worked perfect, never had to keep doing soft resets everyday, I'm writing this on my new iPhone 6s 64 gb, I'm a huge convert now, I'll be having Apple TV when it comes out and the new mini iPad 4 for xmas, great show rob love listening and your little digs at android
Cheers from Wayne in Walsall UK
Thanks Wayne for that feedback.
I would like to thank all those that donated to the show last week. Rene, Philip, Javier, Nev, Bob and Henrik - your contributions are greatly appreciated. Folks if you would like to help out the show - there is a donate button on the lower right side - at today in iOS dot com. Thanks to all who have contributed not just this past week - but any time in the past.
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58:10
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/06/apple-seeds-
ios-9-1-beta-4/
Apple released today the 4th Beta of iOS 9.1. The new beta offers bug fixes to past betas of 9.1. And also a larger emoji set and the option to disable contact photos in the messages app. and there are some new wallpapers as well. Overall a minor update on the beta - with the bug fixes seeming the biggest part of this version of the beta.
58:42
VOICEMAIL - Gary_FL_loyalty_cards_stocard_app
Hi Rob,
I installed 9, it was working fine, except my texting was acting weird kept on wanting to record a message when I tried to text instead of allowing me to type my message then installed 9.1, that seemed to fix that problem. Today I installed the new notes and after I did I lost all my saved notes. Anyone know how to get my old notes back? They were on my iCloud account. I googled the issue but couldn't find anything that helped. Also, this is the first time since the first iPhone that I didn't order the new phone, I don't see enough in the iPhone 6s to upgrade yet.
Thanks,
Dan from Vancouver
Hey, Rob!
For the guy with the gym membership card wanting an easier way to access his card on his iPhone, I have been using a very handy app since pre-passbook/wallet called Key Ring by Mobestream Media. You can literally store any card you can think of, with many membership/loyalty cards already in its database. And, for those that are not, you simply take a picture of the front and back of your card, and the app generates a scannable barcode. Also, with the Handoff feature in iOS, and most likely the gym you attend, the Key Ring icon will appear on your device's Lock Screen in the bottom left-hand corner when you approach the gym. Hope you find this useful!
Regards,
JACOBÍ
Hi Rob,
-A recent caller wanted a quick way to access his gym card as a photo. I use the CardStar app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cardstar/id301460311?mt=8 to store all my loyalty and membership cards. I keep it on the app home screen for quick access. It uses location to pull up my nearby cards. So, if I'm in Staples, it shows the Staples logo and other nearby card logos. I tap the logo and the card is displayed.
-I have an answer as to why users recklessly forge ahead with an IOS update soon after release. Reason 1: for the adrenaline rush. Same irrational high you get when putting money on the Raiders to win the Super Bowl or betting on a long shot in the 6th race at Santa Anita. Reason two: morbid fascination.
-A tip for Verizon customers: Most Verizon outlets in my area are contract sellers, meaning that the employees are not Verizon employees. My family makes a point of driving to an official Verizon store staffed by Verizon employees because we find the staff to be more knowledgeable and the service to be more comprehensive and of better quality.
Now for my dilemma: I am eligible for phone upgrade at the end of October and want to stay at the basic price point. This leaves me with these options:
iPhone 6s 16GB - Pros: latest performance and features Cons: Battery life (relative to 6S+), Photos will take up more space. Is there a way to choose a lower resolution than 12 megapixels?
iPhone 6 64GB - Pros: 4x the storage Cons: Battery life, no 3D touch, new camera features, etc.
iPhone 6 Plus 16GB - Pros: Excellent battery life. Easier to read screens with my aging eyes. Cons: No 3D touch, new camera features, etc. Too honking big?
IOS 9 promises smaller app sizes because downloads will not include graphics and code for other IOS devices and models but this will probably be better assessed over the next few months.
At this point, I am leaning toward the iPhone 6 64GB. How does iPhone 6 battery life compare to the iPhone 5S? I have been disappointed with battery performance on my 5S. I cannot go a day at work without having to go out to my car to retrieve my charging cable.
We exchanged emails some time ago in which we both foresaw, erroneously, Apple moving away from 16GB entry level storage. It is becoming nearly impossible for most users to get by with a 16GB phone. I have to prune my apps, photos, podcasts and music constantly to maintain a little breathing space. I also run the Memory and Disk Scanner Pro app (99 cents, works great) several times a week to reclaim precious space.
Apple promotes the following fantastic apps as FREE! but they take up around 2.4 GB, in their versions for iPhone 5S. That is 15% of the storage space of a 16GB unit.
Apps (for iPhone 5S)
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Size
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Pages
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279
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Numbers
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Keynote
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463
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iMovie
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757
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GarageBand
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628
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And that is before any files are created with the apps. The 16GB level seems obsolete. I can't imagine that the difference in manufacturing cost of a 64GB and 16GB units is $100. I suppose that Apple is subsidizing the cost other features with the premium price on storage. Kind of the way a Tylenol is billed at $27.00 while hospitalized.
Regards,
Mudslide Matt S.
Winston-Salem NC
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 366
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called COLD ORBIT NIGHTS with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG COLD ORBIT NIGHTS
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank PAUL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. PAUL wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
The photo was taken at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. It was edited with the Photogene, and TiltShiftGen apps. Thanks Rob.
Regards - Your Friend
Paul M.
Thanks PAUL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see PAUL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 366 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:13
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Given what I’ve seen of Honeycomb and Motorola’s excellent tablet, Cupertino will have some serious catching up to do with their iPad 2. unquote
J.P. Mangalindan, Fortune, 4 February 2011
J.P. I want to introduce you to a former sponsor on this show - their name is Warby Parker - because were not seeing so good - Just Sayin
02:42
For Promo codes - On Ep 365 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE App - COOL TIMER PRO . If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 365
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:30
https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_9/from_date:
-9,report_unit:day,to_date:0
Apple reported a 52% adoption rate of iOS 9 with in 3 days - this based on visits to the iTunes Store.
But is it possible there was a lot more visits by iOS 9 devices looking for updates to apps - then really a 52% adoption rate.
I mean one of the first things you do when you upgrade to iOS 9 is update apps - right.
Other services were showing around a 20 to 25% adoption rate in the first 3 days.
If we look at Mix Panel today - September 30th - they are showing an adoption rate of 55.05% for iOS 9.x vs 37.84% for iOS 8.x vs 7.11% for older than iOS 8. They actually show September 24th as the day iOS 9 beat out iOS 8 for adoption. And September 26th as the day it went over 50%.
All incredible numbers.
So now the question is - can you update to iOS 9. or should you. And well no - not iOS 9. But rather you should update to iOS 9.0.2 - that just came out today on the 30th.
iOS 9.0.2 - fixes some additional bugs - the biggest one in my book is the issue with the Podcasts App. For the first time I am able to use the Podcasts App on iOS 9. Yeah.
I do want to say some are having crashing issues still - but it is different crashing issues with the podcasts app - before it would say updating library at a white screen and crash. Now for some it goes to your list of podcasts - it shows them - it starts to download podcasts and then crashes. One suggestion - make sure you download all your podcast episodes before updating.
Also if you were one that has been crashed for a while - before updating - go and turn off downloading. Then update - then open the podcasts app - then turn downloading back on.
06:52
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/30/ios-9-0-2/
Ok - but iOS 9.0.2 was NOT just about the Podcasts App fix - there were other items as well.
Here is what apple said iOS 9.0.2 fixed.
quote fixes an issue with the setting to turn on or off app cellular data usage.
resolves an issue that prevented iMessage activation for some users.
resolves an issue where an iCloud backup could be interrupted after starting a manual backup
Fixes an issue where the screen could incorrectly rotate when receiving notifications
and Improved the stability of Podcasts
So nice to see Apple with two double dot updates so quickly. Yes would have been better to not have needed them - but it is what is.
Apple also stopped signing iOS 8.4.1 - so no going back folks if you are at iOS 9.0.x
Also Apple released - iOS 9.1 Beta 3 - and apparently it fixes the issue with the Podcasts app as well.
08:04
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/09/28Apple-Announces-
Record-iPhone-6s-iPhone-6s-Plus-Sales.html
Well Apple released their iPhone first weekend sales numbers and as expected it was more than last year. I had speculated it would be about 12.5 Million units. It actually came in at 13 Million units. From Apple
Quote
CUPERTINO, California — September 28, 2015 — Apple® today announced it has sold more than 13 million new iPhone® 6s and iPhone 6s Plus models, a new record, just three days after launch.
unquote
Congrats to Apple on those numbers - but again that is not really about demand - as we know demand is greater - but rather about logistics - and well Congrats to Tim Cook on the Logistics of getting 13 Million iPhones to users in the first 3 days.
Some other good tidbits from that press release
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iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available in more than 40 additional countries beginning October 9 including Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Taiwan. The new iPhones will be available in over 130 countries by the end of the year.
unquote
Then there was a whole bunch of Yada Yada - Yada Yada in the PR.
09:30
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2015/
09/28/iphone-save-cannot-apple/72972532/
So how did Wallstreet re-act to the news of the new record for iPhone Sales - ummm not so good.
Seems some wanted to see higher numbers - because this time around - China is part of the opening weekend. They were not there at launch weekend last year.
But strangely enough - none of the anal-ists were predicting over 13 Million units sold. Most were in the 11 to 12 Million range.
But suddenly when Apple actually exceeds the numbers those anal-ists had predicted. The Anal-ists then go - but yeah - this time you had China in the numbers. As if they did not know that ahead of time.
Yes - this year the iPhone launched in 12 global regions including China vs last years 10 regions where China was not included. But so what - this still was not about demand - it was about logistics.
So over or under - the number should not matter - but with it being over - how can the anal-ists be negative on that? Wow - they really confuse me sometimes.
Anyway - the real measure will be in January when Apple says when Q4 2015 sales were for iPhones.
10:41
https://linkbeef.com/this-is-how-you-switch-off-the-new-
iphone-feature-that-is-sending-bills-soaring/#_
Thanks to Doug in Cincy and other for his next one.
There is one new feature in iOS 9 - that is turned on by default - that most people will want to turn off. And by most - I do mean you. It is Wi-Fi Assist. And the reports from listeners are not good about going through a lot more cellular data then ever before. Yours truly included.
What this feature is supposed to do - is when you have a weak Wi-Fi signal - it is supposed to switch to Cellular to give you a better connection. Sounds reasonable. Except it seems Siri or whomever is make the call on what is a weak Wifi signal is really not all that happy with Wi-Fi and it is switching over a lot to Cellular. And this is driving up cellular data usage and in some cases causing people to pay more for their data plans.
To Turn this option off - go to Settings App - then select Cellular - and then scroll down - and keep scrolling down - until you get to the bottom of the page - and there the toggle switch is hidden. Go and turn it off.
Also as you go back up the page - take a good look at those items that have cellular data turned on - many times - these apps ONLY need cellular data for ads - so turn off cellular data for those apps you know you will not need it as well.
Reality is you don’t need nor want to use cellular data for ads in games or other apps that don’t need a network connection.
Here is an email on this.
Hi Rob,
Wifi assist defaults to cellular data when experiencing a weak wifi signal. Have had to up my data since my daughter got a
Six. She used 12 gb. Usually she uses 3-4
Sincerely,
Cindy E
13:08
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Hi Rob,
I’ve just updated my IPhone 6 and IPad Air 2 to IOS 9.0.1. The problems that I was experiencing the the Accessibility>Zoom feature not responding properly in 9.0 appears to have been improved although it is still intermittently unresponsive. Perhaps the next update will fix it properly but at least it’s usable.
I agree that IOS 9 includes many changes but I’ve yet to see anything that is really new. There are some very minor changes but I feel that Apple has tried to claim lots of credit for tweaks instead of giving us real innovation.
I’m sitting at home today awaiting delivery of two iPhone 6s’ for my wife and I. I wasn’t going to upgrade this time but I’m exactly half way through my purchase plan with £300 to pay on my iPhone 6. My provider has offered me £271 for my existing phone so I’m getting the new phone 12 months early for £29. I’m also getting a new Lightning cable so it’s a no brainer.
I took some of your advice before upgrading, reset network settings, and had no problems. I did end up resetting my watch and that took a little longer than I expected but all devices are now working fine.
Overall, apart from the upgrade to Watch OS 2, I don’t think this was a major upgrade. I always look forward to a new version of IOS because I like new toys but so far, I’ve been disappointed. Perhaps I’ll get more from IOS 9 with my new 6s.
Love the show. More often would be better though.
Regards,
Stuart Duncan
Dundee
Scotland
H Rob,
I just received my iphone 6S and I am Happy to report it actually does fit into my iPhone 6's clear, protective case. Not sure it would fit into every case but just sayin for your listeners, test the 6s in your 6 case before you buy a new one, it just might fit. Same with the 6+ and 6s+ I suppose.
Regards,
Aric B
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23:55
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Myron Uecker who posted the following question
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Proof that the "Hey Siri" in iOS 9 works as advertised. I enrolled my iPhone 6S earlier today and it does work for me. My wife was sitting right beside me and enrolled her phone and my phone didn't respond at all.
Unquote
To which one comment was - how do you enroll.
Well in iOS 9 - when you activate allow “hey siri” which is in the settings app —> general —> Siri
You get taken to a screen that says - “Setup “Hey Siri” - this helps siri recognize your voice when you say “hey siri”
Then the option to set up Now.
Once you select that you will say Hey Siri a few times and then with some commands and after a 6 or so prompts to siri it says it is ready.
Very easy to set up - so folks - please set that up so I can start saying Hey Siri - without spelling out the H E Y. I think maybe one more episode of spelling it out is going to do it for me.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Saul Lowery who wrote:
I just discovered another cool feature of the iPhone 6S and 3D Touch. So if you are browsing along on a website and you see a link, 3D touch on the link and it will pop up a pre view of the website, it looks really cool. If you want to go to that website, press harder. This is a awesome feature in my book. As I'm watching this feature in action, the website is actually being loaded up so you can quickly check it out and see if you want to actually pop in on it.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - PAUL_HEY_SIRI_item_
28:22
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+6s+Teardown/48170
One of my favorite posts to come out after a new iOS device launch is the post from iFixit where they tear down the device and we get to see what really makes it tick and pick up a few nuggets of insight not shared during the keynote.
Lets start off with the iPhone 6S teardown.
First up is the question about the adhesive strips around the display. Are these for holding the display in place or for giving it better water proofness - if that is a word.
The large taptic engine in the 6S - is a big reason for the reduced size in the battery.
As mentioned before both the 6S and 6S+ are heavier then the 6 and 6+. Part of that has to do with the new screen assembly. It is 15 Grams heavier in the 6S then it was with the 6. 60 grams vs 45 grams.
The Battery on the 6S is a 1715 mAh battery down from the 1810 mAh battery of the 6. That said - Battery life is listed as the same. So Apple improved battery efficiency - while reducing battery size to get a wash - when it came to the battery life. I am sure we will be hearing from those of you that upgraded to a 6S from a 6 - on your thoughts on Battery life shortly.
They pulled out the 12 MP camera - but did not go over the manufacturer at least not for the 6S - we shall see for the 6S+ later on.
Finally we get to the circuit board and as already been shown via tests - it does indeed have 2GB of RAM. So now Zero question marks on that.
One of the bigger surprises in the teardown - is the discovery of tiny seals that surround each of the cable connectors. These match a patent Apple filed back in March per waterproofing board to board connectors.
It would seem with the addition of these seals - plus the aforementioned adhesive strips that act as a gasket - Apple has made the new iPhone 6S more waterproof - even if they did not make any such claim.
there are videos out there of the iPhone 6S being submerged in a bowl of water for an hour with no issues.
It seems those cable connectors are the most vulnerable to liquid damage - and by adding in the seals around them - Apple greatly improved the waterproof or resistance of this generation of iPhones. Even again if they are making no such claims. It might be this is a lot of testing going on - so that next year for the iPhone 7 - they can take it to the next level and claim a truly waterproof iPhone. Need to come back to these comments in a year and see if that was indeed the case.
By the way iFixit Makes sure to say - quote this device doesn't come with a water resistance rating, and we do not recommend getting your 6s wet. Water and smartphones are not the best of friends. unquote
So yeah - what they said.
For the iPhone 6S - iFixit gives it a repair score of 7 out of 10 - which is actually pretty good for an iPhone.
32:12
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/
iPhone+6s+Plus+Teardown/48171
Now on to the iPhone 6S+ teardown.
As with the 6S - the 6S+ also has an adhesive strip around the perimeter of the display. Again - this may be more for waterproofing then for adhering the display.
The display on the 6S+ is 20 grams more then the 6+ - 80 grams vs 60 grams.
So yes 3D touch brings with it some added weight.
Interestingly the Taptic engine in the 6S+ is actually smaller - quite a bit smaller than they on the 6S. 15 x 8 x 4.9 MM for the 6S+ vs 35 x 6 x 3.2 mm for the 6S. That is 588 cubic mm for the 6S+ vs 672 cubic mm for the 6S. Maybe Apple needed the extra space for the battery. And that battery is just 2750 mAh for the 6S+ vs 2,915 mAh for the 6+ a drop of 165 mAh.
Again - Apple is claiming identical battery life between the two devices.
The Rear camera for the 6S+ is noticeably bigger than that for the 6S - this do to the extra optical image stabilization feature.
Again no notice of who made the camera module - and no indications if it is at all related to their LynX purchase - which at this time it does not at all look to be the case.
Next it is time for the chips and again it is confirmed there is 2GB of RAM for the 6S+ - not that that is a surprise to anyone.
Really no big surprises that were not shown for the 6S.
Repairability for the 6S+ is also a 7 out of 10.
34:17
http://petapixel.com/2015/09/28/how-the-iphone-6s-
camera-compares-to-all-previous-iphones/
Thank to Mike for the heads up on this next one.
There is a nice article over on PetaPixel dot com titled - How the iPhone 6S Camera compares to all previous iPhones. And it does a nice quick job showing the improvement in our pics of the past 8 years.
When you look at the low light pictures - it clearly shows the 6S is much better then the past iPhones.
From the article quote The improved sensor, software updates and new A9 processor on the iPhone 6s has made this camera the best yet, There is an apparent increase in the speed of auto focus and improvements to colour accuracy, details and sharpness, especially in low light. unquote
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/30/ifixit-iphone-6s-waterproof/
35:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGzLd8Xwx4
As I said on a couple of previous episodes - as soon as the iPhone 6S and 6S+ were released people would be tripping over themselves to get videos up on Youtube showing how they bent the new iPhones - and Yup - that was the case - but really that was about as much as a stretch as predicting the A9 processor would be in the next Gen iPhone.
What was not predicted was just how darn hard it is to actually bend the 6S and 6S+. Apple really did a great job on adding rigidity to this generation of the iPhones. As one tweet I saw went quote looks like Apple injected viagra into the series 7,000 aluminum unquote.
One of the video on Youtube shows a video person struggling mightily to try and bend it with his bare hands. He is shaking he is trying so hard - but to no avail.
36:43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjiuf5ftIPY
And we had this email sent in.
Hey Rob,
I had not seen this version of the "bend test" before. Figured you would want to see it even if it can't be shared on the podcast.
Regards,
Peter H
Thanks Peter - and while I can’t show it - I can describe it. The person in this Youtube video did a unique bend test - he placed the iPhone 6S+ across two very solid surfaces so just a little of the ends are on them. Then in the middle he places a solid block about 1 inch wide - but going across the width of the iPhone and on top of it he starts adding 25 lb weights. So you are talking a very concentrated force in the middle of the iPhone.
It takes about 150 lbs of weight for some case separation and 180 lbs of weights to finally destroy it.
Last year 90 lbs of force bent it and 110 lbs broke it.
So in this unscientific test - at lest the 6S+ was much more rigid then the 6+
Hey maybe the S stand for Stiff this time.
In all seriousness - the 6+ took a lot to bend - but the 6S+ well to bend it you really really have to go out of your way to cause it an issue on the bending side.
38:26
I mentioned a few episodes ago about PIDS - Post iPhone delivery syndrome and right about now - some of you are suffering from PIDS. And by Suffering I mean your significant other is letting you know that they need some attention and are feeling a little jealous of your new shinny Apple device.
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41:23
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_Ark_first_impressions_OK_iPhone6S
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_6S+_feedback_3D_touch_camera_impressions
Hi Rob,
Horrible experience on Friday when I tried the Apple upgrade plan. Plenty of balance on my credit card and excellent credit. I was declined by Citizen One after 7 tries I finally gave up and paid full price for the phone. I purchased the gold 6s with 128gb. I will probably take the phone back and do At&t next for 12 months, since evidently my credit is not good enough for Apple's upgrade program. I spent two and a half hours in the store trying to get the upgrade program to work. It was a huge waste of time and I really hope they get this program fixed before the lose loyal customers. I am a long term listener an love your show Rob. Stood in line for the first phone and immediately found your podcast. You and the other listeners have helped me immensely.
Thanks,
Larry from Granbury, TX
Hi Rob,
I wanted to share some information I discovered the other day about iOS 9. I know Apple noted that Siri was going to be more predictive and a more active assistant; however I wasn't aware of howmuch more advanced Apple made her.
The other day, I was in the car, and Siri was adding some items to my Reminders. At one point, I wasn't sure if she added, let's say, exactly what I I had said. So I asked her to read my reminders back to me. In the past, I would receive the same response: "Sorry, Brenton, I can not complete that request at this time!", but this time, she actually read back every one of my reminders. I was very surprised by this. When she finally stated the last item, it was in fact added wrong (not quite what I had told her); so again, I asked her to Delete the last item in my list. Again, I was expecting an error message about not being able to do that, when she did it!!
I am really excited to see what other new things Siri can do to be more helpful. These are little things that are really shaping the iOS experience and setting it apart from the competition. I just wanted to share with you and your listeners. Keep up the great work.
Brenton N
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54:12
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilepo360-keyboard/best-
folding-keyboard-got-better-with-1-year-batte
For a kickstarter project - this week we have the following email to read.
Hi Rob,
Richard from Flyshark team. Our Flyshark folding keyboard was a success on Kickstarter. With the feedback and more experience, we created Flyshark II:
- Bluetooth 4.2 for faster, more secure connection
- Longer battery life from Better Energy efficiency and a bigger battery
- Special shortcut for iOS for selfie, search and screen capture
- Universal Bluetooth keyboard compatibility
- Lighter and Sturdier with new structural engineering improvement
Now we have launched on Kickstarter - Search for flyshark 2.
Regards,
Richard Wu
FlyShark Team
Richard thanks for the email and saving me the time to work up the description.
This project has a goal of 30,000 dollars - and has raised over half of that so far and they have until Oct 24th at 9:20 AM CT to be funded.
What Richard did not mention is when folded close this keyboard is about the same size as the iPhone 6+ - so not very big - and definitely very portable.
Pricing on this is $49 with delivery slated for November.
This really is a good looking and compact key board - and that it supports bluetooth 4.2 - is nice for the new iPhone owners.
Again search for flyshark 2 in kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 366.
56:06
VOICEMAIL - Joe_NY_GET_rob_6S+
Joe thanks - but in this calendar year - I have purchased a Mac Book Pro, a Mac Book, an Apple Watch Sport - and will be getting at least one Apple TV - and likely an iPad Pro. Very likely an iPad Pro - if folks want to donate toward that iPad Pro - that will be appreciated especially considering the price to get one with the keyboard, apple pencil and top end for storage - Folks there is a donate button on the lower right side of Today in iOS dot com. I think I need to pass this year on a new iPhone. But Joe - Thanks for the feedback and thoughts.
Hi Rob,
I just Listened to Ep 363. A good Round-Up of the event. Just noticed, with the TII app as you were talking about the three year old comic. I clicked on the link while listening. And was surprised the link opens in the App not going off to Safari or other default browser set. Kudos for that.
The Tii App the best way to consume everything Today in iOS.
Regards,
- Chris In London
Per the pre-order experience for the 6S and 6S+ here is some of the feedback from listeners.
Hi Rob,
Att.com opened early. Order placed for Silver iPhone6S at 2:55est. Five minutes early,
3:07 est Apple app on iOS device finally opens, Apple.com still on hold shows closed
3:19am est. Apple.com finally opens online for me, but I already ordered on Att.com.
Regards,
David L
Hi Rob,
The Apple Store website and Apple Store app all still seem down for me , but Verizon let me place my order early around 2:54 EST, and I got the confirmation email almost immediately.
Regards,
Ryan B
Hey Rob,
so I was able to watch the long-winded September 9th event by dividing it up into two evenings after work and here are my take aways: As an iPhone 6 owner on T-Mobile JUMP, I was planning on upgrading my device every year but after seeing what apple has to offer this year, I'm just really not excited to upgrade. The numbers are great on processor and graphics speeds, forced...ahem...3D touch looks cool and efficient, but, like you, I was really hoping to get a camera that's flush with the body. You can keep your high megapixels and give me a camera that doesn't protrude! But hey, that's just me. I understand that the general public may want the larger megapixel camera and Apple feels the need to keep up with the Jonses. So I may be waiting another year and just paying off my monthly EIP until I own this 6 outright then selling it and upgrading to the 7. I’m not in love with this slippery rounded body style anyway, hopefully that changes next time around. On to the really exciting news... Apple TV! YES, finally! This one could be a game changer. I really hope to be able to get rid of Comcast eventually and this may just be the ticket. If Apple is able to lock down Amazon Prime and an NFL package, I’m sold. Who am I kidding? I’m probably going to buy a new Apple TV regardless :) The new iPad Pro is impressive, it could replace the need for a laptop but it’s really not much cheaper than buying a new Macbook. And the Apple Watch just isn’t for me…right now at least :) Well, that’s my four cents, keep up the good work on the show. PS why do you sound so different when you’re on the road using different mics??
Regards,
- Double A
Hi Rob,
12:17AM, ordered two 6S+ 128GB (Rose Gold for the wifey, Gold for myself) for pickup at the Stanford Apple Store at 8AM on September 25th! I will be standing in line again! Good night world.
Regards,
Tony L
From Jim Siegle
quote Just ordered through Apple Store App. Shipping 9/25. Tried on ATT app, unable there. Going back to bed. It's 3:33 AM here. unqote
Hi Rob,
Apple App Store finally came online at about 12:11 AM. Ordered my At&t iPhone 6s 64GB to be delivered on 9/25. I'm a happy iPhone owner.
Regards,
Chris D
Hi Rob,
Finally at 8:52 am GMT it goes through on website. Was on phone trying to call O2 at the same time and they kept cutting me out after waiting in line for about 10mins. Now can't wait for the next 2wks to roll by. Gosh that was painful.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hi Rob.
At 1:30 AM PDT I reserved a new Gold 64GB 6S for purchase a my local Apple retail store on September 25th. There were plenty of time slots available starting at 9:30 AM. I chose between 12:00 to 12:30 PM. I am planning to purchase the unlocked AT&T compatible phone with AppleCare Plus and pay the full amount at purchase.
Thanks for your Podcast. I listen every week and learn something new every time.
Warmest regards,
Will B.
Honolulu, HI
Hi Rob,
Trying for 2 hours but nothing.
I have a business verizon plan. Apple app says, SORRY, you have to contact your rep. My online verizon business account doesn't give me the option to order
Regards,
Cindy E
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1:05:23
http://www.wxyz.com/lifestyle/quiz-are-these-people-waiting-
in-line-for-the-pope-or-an-apple-product
Hi Rob.
This is hilarious.
Are the people in line for Apple or the Pope?
Regards,
Robin
Macomb, MI
And what it does is - it shows you a dozen pictures of people waiting in line - and you have to decide are they waiting in Line for a new iPhone or to see the Pope.
I have to admit - I did really bad at this - 4 out of 12 right. Just guessing with out looking I would have done better.
Thanks Robin for that.
Folks look for the link in the show notes for ep 366 titled - Quiz: Are these people waiting in line for the pope or an Apple product?
1:07:10
Thanks again to Boll & Branch for helping you defeat PIDS and for sponsoring this episode - Folks go right now to Boll and branch dot com with boll spelled b o l l - and use promo code t i i - to save $50 off the nicest sheets you have ever owned with free shipping to boot.
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.
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I had some interesting feedback about my coverage of the new iPhones to date. More than One person said I was being my typical Fan boy self and there is nothing compelling about the updates. Another person said I was essentially pissing on my listeners by being so snarky and negative on the upgrade. Win Win - And by Win Win - I mean if I upset both sides of the isle so to speak - it must mean I am right where I need to be.
Next episode - I hope to do my comparison on how the update for the 6S and 6S+ compare to past updates. and go over those in more details. Plus go over some of your additional feedback. I will say - if you have a 5S or earlier - this is a no brainer upgrade - well actually not no brainer - as you need to choose between the two sizes. If you have a 6 or 6+ then it is not so easy of a choice. Again I will go over that more hopefully next episode. Per my comments about 16GB - I stand firm on my belief there - 16GB is too small for anyone other than the I don’t install apps and don’t take photos and don’t even listen to podcasts crowd. But for anyone using the iPhone as more than phone - for you - I have to really really point out - 64 GB is the bare min size I would recommend from the available sizes. I do think Apple should have offered 32 GB this round - but I understand financially why they did not. It means more users will be choosing 64 GB - and that means added margin for Apple. It is sad to think this is likely more about financials then it is about the end user. And that just does not seem very Apple-ish. Let me know your thoughts on the updgrade - if you were someone agonizing or still agonizing on upgrading. What do you have now - and what is making the decision tough for you?
And that folks is going to do it for us today -
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 365
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called HOUSE TONE with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG HOUSE TONE
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank EB for sending in the Artwork for today's show. EB wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
To create this artwork I used the apps PicCollage and Pixalmator
Regards,
EB
Thanks EB, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see EB'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 365 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:09
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Why will Microsoft dominate the tablet market? The answer is as simple as it is obvious. Windows will continue to dominate, for the same reasons it has always dominated the PC and laptop market and continues to do so, by a wide margin. Let me make another obvious prediction. The iPad can never replace people’s laptops and PCs, or even make much of an impact in these markets, because it simply does not even begin to have the same capabilities — not even close. unquote
Tim Acheson, 26 January 2011
Let me make an obvious observation Tim does not know the difference between pickups and cars and which one sells a lot more of - Just Sayin
02:56
For Promo codes - On Ep 364 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE iBOOK - 40 SOME YEARS of CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY . If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 364
This week we have promo codes for The APP - COOL TIMER PRO - Here is the written review from the dev.
Smartphoneware is a small developer team. Our “Best Timer” for iOS that was launched in 2011 and made it to the #1 utility in the US and many other countries and was selected by Apple for App Store Rewind 2011. We have taken our great experience in timers and made an even cooler timer - “Cool Timer Pro” for iOS.
The main idea behind Cool Timer Pro is not to count only time but to also visualise it. Advanced animations and a futuristic design allow you to measure the time and to watch time flow. The application combines a beautiful hourglass, cool countdown, an elegant kitchen timer, a reliable stopwatch and stylish multi timers all in one App.
If you want an excellent visual time indicator for your activities or you need your kids to wait patiently for a few minutes or to do homework for a certain length of time try Cool Timer Pro.
Well thanks to Devs for their written review of their App - COOL TIMER PRO 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 todayinios at gmail dot com and put TIMER in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cool-timer-pro/
id1024556351?mt=8
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 FOR FREE 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.
05:03
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/21/technology/apple-
xcode-hack/index.html
Lets start this weeks episode talking about probably the biggest news the past week with regards to iOS - at least in the main stream press Nope - Not iOS 9 and its release, or the Coming launch of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus Nope it was Apples’ Malware issue.
What is not always clear in the titles of these articles - or even in the body of some of them - is that the issue - is mostly with apps being downloaded in the Chinese app store. Yes - they are available elsewhere - but these are apps specifically designed for the Chinese market by Chinese developers.
So how did Apps with Malware get inside the Apple Walled garden - well they were built with a compromised version of Xcode. The Malware is being called XcodeGhost and was used to build a bunch of apps for the Chinese Market.
This even includes a Chinese version of Angry Birds 2 built by a team from Rovio in China.
It seems that in China the official download of Xcode can be slow - really slow - So a few sites in China hosted what they claimed was Xcode - the official version - but really it was a modified version that when you built apps with it - it added in Malware.
Apple has been pulling down apps. And the number of apps affected range from a low of 85 to a high of almost 5,000 depending on the article you read.
Some of the affected apps are very popular in China including the WeChat App, Angry Birds 2 - by the aforementioned Chinese team for Rovio, There was Didi Chuxing - a leading Taxi requesting app, Railway 12306 a popular Train-ticket purchasing App and China Unicom’s Mobile Office - to name just a few of the popular ones.
So what did Apple have to say about all of this?
Well on the 25th of September they put up this post for developers and also sent out as an email
Quote
We recently removed apps from the App Store that were built with a counterfeit version of Xcode which had the potential to cause harm to customers. You should always download Xcode directly from the Mac App Store, or from the Apple Developer website, and leave Gatekeeper enabled on all your systems to protect against tampered software.
When you download Xcode from the Mac App Store, OS X automatically checks the code signature for Xcode and validates that it is code signed by Apple. When you download Xcode from the Apple Developer website, the code signature is also automatically checked and validated by default as long as you have not disabled Gatekeeper.
Whether you downloaded Xcode from Apple or received Xcode from another source, such as a USB or Thunderbolt disk, or over a local network, you can easily verify the integrity of your copy of Xcode.
Yada Yada Yada Yada
unquote
So what should you do - if you are in China - first and foremost - make sure you update all your apps - many of the affected apps already have replacements built with a clean version of Xcode available - like Angry Birds 2. Beyond that look for the link in the show notes for the article titled - These are the 85 iOS apps affected by the XcodeGhost malware - And see if you have any of those installed.
http://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2015/
09/21/apple-withdraws-some-china-apps-after-malware-found
http://www.phonearena.com/news/These-are-the-85-iOS-
apps-affected-by-the-XcodeGhost-malware_id73932
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09222015a
11:56
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?
regionid=1&articleid=48335991
MixPanel was looking at iOS 9 adoption rates - and what they found was that in just 3 days - Apple did with iOS 9 what it took over 9 months for Android to do - and that was hit 20% adoption rate for their latest and greatest software.
And then on Monday the 21st - just 5 days after launch Apple reported the following:
Quote the fastest iOS adoption ever, with more than 50 percent of devices already using iOS 9.
unquote
Clearly not people that listen to this podcast. Or Podcasts a lot for that matter. Because there is one confirmed and major bug - and that is for Heavy Podcast app users. The Podcasts App is still crashing and burning for many. Or more precisely when you go to open the Podcasts App - it takes you to a white screen with the words updating library - and a spinning wheel - then about 15 seconds give or take 5 later the app crashed back to the home screen.
I have been talking to Apple about this - sharing my crash log files and anything else they want. At this point it does appear to be a very small % of users this is affecting - but there is an Apple iTunes forum board post on this with over 11 pages of posts - 15 posts per page.
If you like me updated to iOS 9 and you like me were a power consumer of podcasts - and you like me are now seeing the white screen and a crash - sadly there is no simple solution. For Some - with quotes around some - for some users they have wiped their iphone clean to factory fresh settings and were able to then get the podcasts app to open - well at least until they tried to set back up with their back up - and then it crashes again. Others could not even get it to work with a full restore. Another thing we know is it is not limited to one set of hardware - the issue is affecting all makes and models of iOS devices that update to iOS 9 AND had a healthy Podcast library.
Again the % is small - but for this audience it will be much higher. If you have subscribed to more than 5 or 10 podcasts ever - DO NOT update to iOS 9 at this time. If you do - well there is always the Tii App for direct consumption.
Actually the benificiary of this issue seems to be Overcast - which was in the top 30 of free News apps this week. And for the Paid news apps - Pocketcasts, Downcast and Podcruncher are all in the top 10.
At libsyn we have been watching to see if this issue affected overall downloads - and it has not. There were actually more downloads in the 7 days after the release of iOS then there were in the 7 days prior to the release. A modest 1.3% increase. So whatever is happening it has not affected podcast downloads yet.
At this point it looks like it will take a double dot update to fix the issue - and yes - people running iOS 9.1 beta 1 and beta 2 are still having the issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7218432?start=150&tstart=0
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/09/21iPhone-6s-iPhone-6s-
Plus-Arrive-on-Friday-September-25.html
15:19
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/09/apple-releases-ios-9-0-1-
with-fixes-for-setup-assistant-alarms-other-bugs/
And speaking of double dot updates - Apple released on the 23rd their first double dot update - iOS 9.0.1
And NO this does not fix the Podcasts App issues. Whannnt Whannt Wahhh
What it does fix is the following:
Quote Fixes an issue where some users could not complete set up assistant after updating.
Fixes an issue where sometimes alarms and timers could fail to play
Fixes an issue in safari and photos where pausing a video could cause the paused frame to appear distorted
Fixes an issue where some users with a custom APN set up via a profile would lose cellular data.
If you are already updated to iOS 9 - then yes go and update to iOS 9.0.1 - it is available as a pretty small over the air update - just 35 MB in file size for my iPhone 6+ - file size will vary depending on your iOS device.
16:16
https://thestack.com/security/2015/09/21/apples-
ios-9-breaks-vpns/
Another bug reported with iOS 9 that could be a key reason not to update - is that for some users it is breaking VPN’s. Like with the podcasts app this is something first noticed in the betas and not fixed yet.
Cisco had the following to say about this bug claiming quote “a couple of OS regressions between iOS 8.4.1 and iOS 9 […] Most notable is that when doing split tunneling, the Tunnel All DNS option no longer functions as expected. This was reported to Apple under Radar # 22558059. This is not resolved in the iOS 9 release.” unquote
As with the podcast app it is not affecting all users. But for some users DNS resolution will not work for them depending on their network setup. Some corporate servers will no longer be usable by the users even after they had a successful login - and when Users can’t use - that is an issue. Especially for those required to VPN to their work server to access docs.
So if you are someone that relies on VPN’s at work to get your work done - you definitely do not want to upgrade to iOS 9 yet - as even cisco seems to be saying the only solution if you have a VPN issue in iOS 9 - is to downgrade to iOS 8.4.1 for now.
17:43
http://geardiary.com/2015/09/18/iphone-6-plus-heating-up-
battery-draining-after-ios-9-0-update-do-this/
Another issue some iOS9 updaters are reporting is their iOS device getting hotting and sucking down the battery life like a thirsty 4 year old sucks down a juice box.
The solution for you if your iOS device is getting warming and the battery life sucks is simple - do the reset network settings step I always recommend - yup that seems to fix the vast majority of people reporting issues with iOS 9.
Of course they probably would not have had the issue if they had done that prior to updating to iOS 9.
I do find it funny how every year I recommend two things - 1 - wait - and 2 - if you are going to update - at least force quit open apps - back up and then reset network settings before updating.
And every year - someone will go out of their way to say they did not listen and had no issues - but then I also have many others that say - they wished they had listened.
Like this email
Dear Rob
WHY WHY WHY didn't I heed your advice and wait a couple weeks to update my iPhone 6 to iOS 9?? The phone is slow to respond when opening and closing apps at times. It has definitely lost some "zip" in areas here and there. I should've waited.
Regards,
Chris G
Russell Springs KY
PS. A couple episodes back when you recorded from a hotel I thought it actually sounded great!
Thanks for the feedback Chris - and I would suggest at this time to first force quit all open apps then go to settings —> general —> Reset —> reset network settings
And then see how things are working.
By the way this is not voodoo that I am recommending - it is not about putting magnets in your socks to cure some alignment - this is based on advice we had sent in long ago - and is given out at Apple stores and apple support. The theory is that sometimes you get a rogue process that goes running on - especially one that is pinging a network over and over - and that causes battery usage issues and slows down other items. By force quitting apps and then resetting network settings - in theory at least all background activities should be closed out - especially any that were having issues.
20:16
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DavidVanNuys1/posts/
7Em72CBhMN7?cfem=1
One question that came in from a few people is the H E Y siri function that apple mentioned being on all the time - how come that does not work yet in iOS 9 - well because you need an iPhone 6S or 6S+ for it to work all the time - it has to do with the M9 processor being brought into the A9 Processor.
But it is a hardware limitation for making siri always in listening mode.
20:54
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2985302/apple-ios/
apple-s-rapid-ios-9-adoption-shows-the-future-of-it.html
Nice Article from Jonny Evans at computer world talking about iOS 9’s rapid adoption rate.
Actually earlier I made it sound like it took 5 days for iOS 9 to get to 50% adoption rate. But according to Apple - it was actually less then 3 days to get to 52% adoption rate.
Compared to 9 Months for Android to get to 20%.
Ouch - now you know why it is better to program for iOS.
Any way - if you were wondering if you should update to iOS 9 at this point. As long as you 1. Are not a power user of Podcasts and use the Podcasts app - and 2. Do not need VPN services for work - then for the rest of you - yes it looks safe to update.
I highly recommend when you do update - that you follow the procedures in the PDF in the Tii App - it goes over the steps to take. Again - yes there are more then probably needed for most - but if you do the update right you will have less issues likely down the line.
22:07
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/21/apple-watch-
watchos-2-top-features/
One reason people were also waiting upgrade to iOS 9 - was that they were waiting for the delayed Watch OS 2 to be released - and released it is now.
If you are updated to iOS 9 and have an apple watch - then yes I recommend you update to Watch OS 2. Remember the original Watch OS - was really a beta - so Watch OS 2 - is the real software where we get to start seeing what is possible.
First you do need to update to iOS 9 on your iPhone.
Then
quote to install the Watch OS update - make sure apple watch is
1. in range of your iPhone connected to Wifi
2. connected to its charger
3. charged at least 50%
unquote
And yes you do the update from inside the Apple Watch App on your iPhone.
It takes a little bit - 30 minutes or more - for the full download / install / restart process.
Some of what is news is new clock features including faces that include photos from your photo album, and time-lapse.
You can now set favorite contacts directly from your watch.
There is a new time travel mode which allows you to look into the future for the next few hours to see what events you have coming up.
And if it is plugged into the charger and you put it on its side - it enters night stand mode. where it shows you the time in big letters - the charge status and the day and date.
23:53
https://forums.developer.apple.com/
message/51161#51161
Hi,
Love the show, just thought I would let you know that after upgrading to WatchOS2 my calendars stopped showing up on my watch. Both my personal Gmail calendars and my corporate one.
After lots of testing - repairing etc nothing worked.
Found this article in the apple dev forums.
. https://forums.developer.apple.com/
message/51161#51161
Turns out there is an issue with MDM profiles (our corporate policies) that are stopping the sync. I confirmed this by removing the MDM control and the calendars returned,
Now waiting to see what the MDM providers will say needs changing either their side or Apple's side.
Regards
Russ
Thanks Russ for the heads up on that - and I have heard from a few listeners that had that issue since updating to Watch OS 2. So if you need calendar sync with your office - you may want to actually hold off updating to Watch OS 2.
25:08
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27:53
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_UPDATE_STRANGE_THINGS
Hi Rob,
I installed iOS 9 on my iPhone 6 and my IPad Air to last night. I am very disappointed with what I have been presented with. The differences are minimal and it has broken zoom feature on both devices. Neither respond to the three finger double tap and drag gesture for zooming in and out.
Apple has claimed that Siri is much better than before but from what I have seen there is absolutely no difference. Oon the he Siri feature which I understood was going to be available without the device having power, it does not work unless plugged in
The final nail in iOS nines coffin as far as I'm concerned was the delay of releasing I OS2 for my Watch.
As you can tell, I am not at all impressed.n i'm interested to hear what your other listeners think.
Love the show. Keep up the good work.
Regards,
Stuart Duncan
Dundee
Scotland
VOICEMAIL - ALLAN_LA_iOS9_update_from_iOS7
Hey Rob,
In response to the person who did a restore of their phone and lost all of their health data, I thought I'd share my experience with restores. You can save your health data when you do a restore! You will need to first unpaid the watch from your device. This forces a watch backup to be stored on your phone. You can check this by going to Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage (iOS 9) / Usage (iOS 8.x) > Manage Storage (under Storage, not iCloud) > Watch. You'll see a list of recent backups, which are performed when the watch is charging. Once you have your watch backup, you'll need to create an iCloud backup, or an ENCRYPTED backup on iTunes. This is done by selecting the "Encrypt Backup" option in iTunes. When you restore your device, just re-pair the watch, and it'll ask you to restore your Apple Watch.
As for my experience upgrading. I haven't had any issues so far. Was very bummed to see that Apple decided to wait on WatchOS 2, but glad they did and not had another update-gate like they did with iOS 8.0.1, which I was affected by. I did come from the Developer Beta and the GM, so my update was very small (<800mb) and only took about 4 or 5 minutes on my work connection.
Also got my iPhone 6S reserved in store, as I will be doing the upgrade program, but I did want to provide you with some insight: there is a second upgrade option Apple is doing in store called the iPhone Installment plan. It's extremely similar to the upgrade program, is you make payments over 24 months, but does not include AppleCare+ or the ability to upgrade yearly. Great for people who are on a carrier financing plan and like that option, but don't want to be tied to a specific carrier. You can still switch whenever you want and continue making payments like normal.
Thanks,
Brandon
Hi Rob,
on item 0364 there was mention that doing an erase and full restore of iPhone looses all of the personal data such as health tracking. There IS a way to preserve that data and restore it. This includes passwords stored, health tracking, etc.
If you connect to a computer running iTunes and do an encrypted backup, then restore from that backup, all the deeper personal data is restored.
Regards,
Bob,
Santa Cruz, CA
VOICEMAIL - LUIS_NOTES_APP_QUESTIONS_INFO_REQUEST
37:35
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Paul Haseldine who posted the following question
Quote
Since updating to iOS 9 my 6 plus no longer reorientates when I turn it on its side. I have to open a app before it it changes. Is this a feature of iOS 9.
Unquote
And I also saw requests about icons not rotating when turned.
This has to do with the Zoomed mode. Seems for some updating to iOS 9 - zoomed mode was turned on.
To get the iPhone 6+ back into standard mode - go to Settings —> Display & Brightness —> View - and then select “standard” mode - that will then allow your icons to rotate on the iPhone 6+ as well as apps that are supposed to like Mail and notes and others.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Myron Uecker who wrote:
quote - Something I should mention that's new in iOS 9. It confused me when I first encountered it in the beta so you might encounter it as well. When the screen is locked, double-clicking the home button (or your device thinking you did) brings up Apple Pay now, even if you aren't anywhere near a NFC reader.
Under Settings app for Wallet & Apple Pay there is a setting, "Double-Click Home Button" to turn that back off again. unquote
Thanks Myron - for that tip.
40:07
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/22
/iphone-6s-reviews-performance/
The reviewers have put out their reviews.
As I try to remember to do each year - I just go right to the final thought for each reviewer. Here are some final thoughts on the reviews for the iPhone 6S.
From the Verge’s Nilay Patel
quote But if you have an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus and you’re not ready to sign up for a yearly phone upgrade program, you might not feel the usual pull to get a new iPhone unless you really want a better front-facing camera. The speed improvements are incremental, the battery life is about the same, and it'll take a while for developers to really make use of 3D Touch. And by the time that happens, it will probably be time to buy an iPhone 7. unquote
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/22/9368415/apple-
iphone-6s-iphone-6s-plus-review
From Joanna Stern with the WSJ
quote The story of the iPhone 6s is the same as the 5s, or the 4s before it. It is a slightly better iPhone—that must be what the S stands for. And like its “S” predecessors, it doesn’t address all complaints. That’s what the iPhone 7 is for—right, Apple? unquote
http://www.wsj.com/articles/iphone-6s-review-a-
slightly-better-iphone-6-1442923203
From PocketLint
quote For iPhone 5S readers looking to upgrade you'll move leaps and bounds ahead of what you've come to expect from your phone, while even keen iPhone 6users will see benefits too. The iPhone 6S doesn't disappoint. unquote
http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/135252-
apple-iphone-6s-review-is-3d-touch-worth-the-upgrade
From Walt Mossberg
quote The iPhone 6S is the best smartphone out there, period. If you already own last year’s model, you might not find its new features compelling enough to upgrade. But, if you own an older iPhone, or an Android phone you’re ready to ditch, this new iPhone will make you much happier. unquote
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/22/9367511/walt-
mossberg-reviews-iphone-6s
From John Gruber
Quote New-number iPhones (4, 5, 6) are about showing off Apple’s design prowess. The S models are about showing off Apple’s engineering prowess. Storage capacities and battery life are unchanged from last year’s iPhones. Everything else — the materials they’re made from, the performance of their custom CPU/GPU, the quality of the cameras, the smoothness of the user interface — is noticeably, tangibly improved. unquote
http://daringfireball.net/2015/09/the_iphones_6s
From Sam Grobart at Bloomberg reviewing both the 6S and 6S+
quote With prodigious speed, well-thought-out interfaces, and flawless hardware-software integration, these new iPhones provide the tool for whatever it is you're doing and just let you do it. The best thing about the 6S and 6S Plus isn't all the new stuff to pay attention to, it's all the stuff you never notice. unquote
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-22/
iphone-6s-review-come-for-the-new-features-
stay-for-the-screaming-speed
From Matthew Panzarino Tech Crunch reviewing both the 6S and 6S+
quote both the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are worth your attention and, if it’s in your budget, a purchase. The camera alone is worth the price of admission — it’s truly great — and the glimpse into the future of three dimensional computing is just a bonus. unquote
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/22/review-
apples-iphone-6s-and-6s-plus-go-tick/#.tivas2:bqtC
43:37
http://bgr.com/2015/09/09/iphone-6s-vs-iphone-6-comparison/
BGR had an article titled - 6 ways the iPhone 6S is better than the iPhone 6
First is 3D Touch - and is probably the biggest difference.
Unless you are into selfies - then the S versions front camera is much better. As is the rear camera. And that would be the biggest advantage. Plus there is live photos.
There are now more colors - ok - Rose gold is nice - but ahhh.
The New Housing - if you were one of the handful of people that bent their 6+ or 6 - well the new version is supposed to be much much harder to bend. Well maybe Consumer reports can do a video for us and let us know for sure.
Better Processor and better ram = better performance
Battery Life - it is expected that actual battery life performance will be better - but lets wait for a few tests before throwing this one out as a reason to upgrade.
44:36
http://www.cyberockk.com/2015/09/top-10-new-
features-of-iphone-6s-and.html
A couple of the other items that are new and improved with the 6S and 6S+ not mentioned by BGR are
1. Faster Touch ID
2. More LTE Bands - because you can’t have too many LTE bands.
3. Faster Wifi
4. Being able to say H E Y siri any time you need to and have her respond - even when not plugged in.
and
5. With 3D touch on the iPhone 6S and 6S+ force touching on the keyboard brings up track pad mode.
http://www.vietreader.com/tech/155-iphone-6s-and-
iphone-6s-plus-top-8-best-new-features.html
http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-6s-is-a-bigger-
hardware-upgrade-than-most-2015-android-flagships-heres-the-proof/
http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-6s-keyboard-
features-trackpad-mode-thanks-to-3d-touch/
45:07
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?
regionid=1&articleid=48552960
I look forward to hearing back from those of you that get the 6S and 6S+ this next week - please call the show - 206-666-6364 that 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Let me know your purchasing experience if you waited on a line to get one.
And let me know you overall feeling of the new iphone.
Now if the past reviews and new specs were not enough to push some of you off the fence - some early bench mark tests have come in and they are CRAZY man - just Crazy.
The iPhone 6S is as powerful as Apples new 2015 12 inch retina Macbook.
the iPhone 6S scored a 2292 in a single core test and a 4293 on a multi-code test.
The Retina Macbook - 1.1 ghz version had a single core score of 2295 and a multi core score of 4464
I guess you can say is that a computer in your pocket - jokes now and well they would not be jokes.
46:18
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48:59
VOICEMAIL - JAN_LV_gym_photo_icon_open_photo_home_screen
Hi Jan - this is what you need to do - first - get that image you want uploaded to a reliable server somewhere - if you happen to have a libsyn account - upload it via FTP into your assets folder.
Then you email yourself the direct URL for that image.
http://assets.libsyn.com/images/tii/harrys_banner.png
In the case of an image it’s URL will be assets dot libsyn dot com slash images slash your show slug slash the file name.
Once you get that in your email - click on it - and then when the image opens - at the bottom of the screen - tap on the box with the arrow coming out and then select add to home screen - and then when ever you need to get to an image in one tap - there it is.
Make sure the file size is smaller - less then 200k in file size - and it will open almost instantly even with a slow data connection.
You don’t need a libsyn account to do this - any service that allows you to upload and get a static URL for that file should work. Some like libsyn will work better than others.
Hi Rob,
I'm in Canada.
I went into settings / general / language & region and set my region to United States.
Rebooted the phone and the news app was on my home screen.
Love the show!
Regards,
-Darcy
VOICEMAIL - SCOTT_WI_HOW_TO_SAY_FOND_DU_LAC
VOICEMAIL - SCOTT_WI_LAMBEAU_HAVE_FUN
Hi Rob
I Am pleased to say my autistic son has finally spoken. The below app is what we have been getting him to use. It did cost $330, but it was worth it, as it helps him to communicate with us.
Proloquo2Go - Symbol-based AAC by AssistiveWare
https://appsto.re/au/Kmvys.i
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
hi Rob!
The app I use the most on my iPhone is the Podcasts app and I just noticed that in iOS 9, ALL available episodes of any podcast show are now showing up in the app! This is by far my favorite new feature/fix.
Also, in case anyone had episodes in their on-the-go list and is wondering where they went in the new app, they are now in the Up Next list. In order to see it when you use the app for the first time, you need to start playing an episode, then tap on the “now playing” bar at the bottom and then on the icon with three lines and three dots. All your on-the-go episodes should show up in the same order.
To add to the Up Next list, tap the three dots icon next to any podcast episode and then “Add to Up Next” to add the episode to the bottom of the list or “Play Next” to add it to the top. When you do this for the first time, you might be asked if you want to empty the Up Next list, so make sure you don’t do that if you want to keep your old on-the-go episodes.
I hope someone finds this helpful.
Regards,
Eddy in Sweden
VOICEMAIL - MINDY_iOS9_siri_different_no_ping
Hi Rob.
I funded the Znaps Successful Kickstarter campaign and paid for the privilege. Now apparently I have to enter a discount code in another site to claim it.
Being the suspicious type, this somehow seems wrong to me. I've supported other campaigns and have not experienced this.
Comments?
Regards,
Bob in Hamilton Ontario.
Hi Bob,
They had such a huge number of backers, they needed to go that way.
I used it and it seemed to work fine.
They had been warning before it was over they would go this way - as otherwise it just was not going to be manageable using the Kickstarter tools.
So not something to worry about - actually would be more worried if they did not.
Rob W
56:54
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2091438620/pad-
and-pencil-the-first-sleeve-for-ipad-pro-and-a?ref=nav_search
Well that did not take long - and I am talking about the Kickstarter project called Pad & Pencil. Quote Elegantly carry your iPad Pro and Apple Pencil in this high-grade, oil-tanned leather sleeve. unquote
Yup this is for the iPad pro.
And this one had a very modest goal of $4k and has already raised about $5k - so it is funded and has until Nov 2nd at 10:!7 PM CT for you to fund this even more.
Pricing on this is $80. You can choose between Black, Camel and Taupe
You can choose to one with the iPad Pro with the Smart Cover or one with out the smart Cover
So for those that were looking to Apple for an answer for where to put your Apple Pencil - This Kickstarter project is one answer.
Search for Pad & Pencil at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 365.
57:55
http://www.imore.com/how-new-apple-tv-uses-demand-
resources-host-great-apps-and-games
Rob,
I think you and the listeners should check this article out to clear up confusion about how big Apple TV apps will be able to get. There's a too long, didn't read at the bottom, too.
Regards,
Jonathan Perry
Seems iMore has an article that clears up some initial misunderstanding about how big apps can get on Apple TV.
The 200 MB app limit is for the initial download bundle. Once you open the app it can download up to 2GB more per app. With up to 20 GB of other resources available in the cloud.
Now it should be pointed out the initial iOS app bundle can be 2GB in size - vs just 200 MB in size for tvOS apps.
Ok - so that is a little different then how it was initially reported - but it seems odd of Apple to restrict the initial download to 200 MB - and have a min storage size of 32 GB - where as iOS devices have an initial download size of 2GB and a min storage of 16 GB - just seems not balanced.
Either way - it sounds like App devs will have plenty of room to work with to get some great looking and image rich apps on Apple TV - even if it means the initial download is only 200 MB.
My sons are already asking about Minecraft and looking forward to playing games on the Apple TV.
59:29
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/15/9330187/remove-
apple-iphone-default-apps-stocks
Tim Cook said something I am not sure I like - and that is Apple may let users delete native apps they don’t use.
Seems in an interview with Buzzfeed news - Mr. Cook said he knows that Customers want this option - but some apps like messages, safari and mail are too core to the system and UI experience to be deleted.
Quote This is a more complex issue than it first appears, There are some apps that are linked to something else on the iPhone. If they were to be removed they might cause issues elsewhere on the phone. There are other apps that aren’t like that. So over time, I think with the ones that aren’t like that, we’ll figure out a way for you to remove them.” unquote
I don’t like the idea that people could uninstall the Podcasts App. If they leave that as a critical app - sure I am fine with Compass and news and tips being removed - but Podcasts app - noooooooo - that will hurt podcasting.
Don’t expect this until at least iOS 10 if even then. Personally I would rather just see the min size of an iPhone increased to the 32 GB size it should have been this time around.
1:00:41
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/09/iphone-
6s-4k-video-space.html
So folks have already found out the file size of 4K videos on the new S level iPhones. A one minute video at 4K and 30 fps will take up 375 MB of space. vs 1080p HD video at 30 fps which takes up 130 MB of space vs 60 MB of space for a 720p 30 fps video.
So that means on a 16 GB iPhone where only about 12 GB is available. If you had not other apps installed and no other resources taking up space - you could store about 30 minutes of Video recorded at 4k.
Of course you will not have Zero apps and resources - at best you will have 6 GB of space available or around 15 Minutes of space for 4K videos.
a 128 GB iPhone will get you over 5 Hours of video storage - assuming similar amount of apps as the iPhone with 6 GB of space.
1:01:46
VOICEMAIL - Rich_16GB_iPhone
Hi Rob,
I had a theory about why Apple is calling Force Touch 3DTouch on the iPhone. I'm not an Watch owner, but I believe Force Touch is a single "level." On the iPhone, they talk about pressing lightly to preview, then harder to "pop in," which sounds like there may be more than one level. I could be misinterpreting it, but seems logical.
Also, I heard something that makes a lot of sense for why there's still a 16GB model iPhone on the market. Credit goes to Adam Christianson of the Maccast for this one. He mentioned that a lot of Enterprises use the 16GB versions because they limit their employees on what content they can install on their work phones. This made a lot of sense.
Thanks,
Lou Valencia
VOICEMAIL - PROMO_CROWDVIZ2_intro
Hi Rob,
I have a good question for your show.
I want to preorder iPhone 6s and pay full price for the phone
(no subsidy).
Which if any of the versions of the iPhone 6s (T-Mobile,AT&T,Verizon,
Sprint) comes unlocked?
I know that it is not advertised as unlocked, but I have a feeling
some or all of the versions are unlocked assuming i pay full price for
the phone.
Thanks,
Itamar
West Hills, CA
Hi Itamar - Per an agreement with the FCC the Verizon smartphone that have LTE need to be unlocked. So that is the one you will want if you are want to pre-order an unlocked iPhone - or you can go to the Apple Store and get one from them unlocked - it just might be a while before they have stock.
Hi Rob,
I have an iPhone 5s that I really like however, I really want to start using apple pay and nfc functionally. Almost all of the stores I shop at regularly support apple pay so it would really add to my iOS experience. At first I thought about upgrading just to the 6 or 6plus but I figured I should wait to see what the new features would be announced for the 6s and the 6s plus to see if it would be better to go for the latest model. The other thing I'm considering is maybe keeping my iPhone 5s and go for an apple watch instead. I currently have a pebble but as you know it doesn't do nearly as much as the apple watch. If you were me what would be the better option out of the three? The 6, 6s, or watch?
Thanks for the show and keep up the great work
-Sincerely Gabriel from Sacramento
Hey Rob
I thought this was one of the better events
- I didn’t miss the business statistics at all
- I’m not a watch person (yet) so that was the least interesting to me.
- The iPad Pro looks nice - but the real wow factor combination with the Pencil. I don’t have a real reason to buy yet though.
- The 3D touch on the iPhones looks great too, but I think we’re holding off on upgrades for now - all purchased iPhones here.
- I’ll bet we will buy The Apple TV - it’s just a matter of time. If it can pause material streamed over AirPlay I think we’ll have a Holiday sale. Right now we stream a lot of content from an iMac in another room. In order to pause / resume we have to run down to the Mac. If not we’ll probably wait until there are a few great apps. Amazon app!?
The recorded stream of the keynote worked almost flawlessly - the last one was painfully bad. And hey I sort of like "One Revolution” … hadn’t ever heard them but they were pretty good.
Nothing was too awkward - except maybe Eddie Cue’s shirt 😁
Thanks,
-Dan
VOICEMAIL - Scott_DC_audience_help_looking_device
1:10:48
http://www.cultofmac.com/389091/chinese-sperm-
bank-wants-you-to-swap-your-swimmers-for-an-iphone-6s/
Ok - this one seems too funny to be true - but it has been widely reported - so sure - lets go with it. Seems in China in the past and even very recent past people were trying to sell organs to get an iPhone - well now they can sell a part of them that does not require an surgery to remove - actually no pain at all - quite the opposite. A Sperm Bank in China is looking to pay for donations with enough cash to get a new iPhone - there are certain criteria you need to meet - such as being over 5’ 4” tall, and possess a college degree and have no genetic diseases. I guess that gives a whole new definition to force touch.
Insert RIM SHOOT here
In what I would assume is completely un-related news - it appears the Fist bump had replaced the hand shake at Apple Stores in China.
1:11:42
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201238
Thanks to Aurelian Radu from the G+ community for the link to the page on Apple.com where they have the pricing for all the countries for iCloud. So sorry for everyone outside the US when I get all US centric on pricing - it is just hard to go through pricing for all countries where we have downloads which is basically all countries.
1:13:24
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 364
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called DESERTING MELANCHOLY with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG DESERTING MELANCHOLY
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank DAN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. DAN said the following:
Hi Rob,
Here is a picture I took of the apple store in Vegas. I used an iPhone 6 to take the picture and the free app photo editor to add the text.
Regards,
Dan from Vancouver Wa.
Thanks DAN, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see DAN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 364 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:21
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “ Such a shame. Add this to the list of interesting places on the Internet you can’t see on your device. Of course, if you had a Toshiba Tablet, you would enjoy the entire Internet. Yep, Flash sites too.”
Toshiba ad when viewed on iPad, 22 January 2011
Yes because we all know how many people hold off buying a device because it does not support flash - especially mobile flash. hint THE answer is Zip - Nadda - None - Just Sayin
This week we have promo codes for The iBook - 40 SOME YEARS of CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE FOR 40 SOME YEARS of CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY
Well thanks to DAN for his review of his iBook - 40 SOME YEARS of CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY 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 todayinios at gmail dot com and put 40 Years in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/40-some-years-
concert-photography/id1037104974?mt=11
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:44
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/16/watchos-2-delayed/
Some breaking news today and that is that Watch OS 2 - which was scheduled to be released today on the 16th - Nope not gonna happen. Seems there was a bug that is taking longer to fix than expected.
Or as Apple said quote
We have discovered a bug in development of watchOS 2 that is taking a bit longer to fix than we expected. We will not release watchOS 2 today but will shortly.
unquote
So umm - Yeah - a good way to start the day.
More on the iOS 9 update in a few minutes
05:18
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/14/apple-we-are-on-
pace-to-beat-last-years-iphone-first-weekend-record.html
First lets talk iPhone 6S and 6S+ and what Apple had to say about pre-sales
Quote - Customer response to iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus has been extremely positive and preorders this weekend were very strong around the world - We are on pace to beat last year's 10 million unit first-weekend record when the new iPhones go on sale Sept. 25. As many customers noticed, the online demand for iPhone 6S Plus has been exceptionally strong and exceeded our own forecasts for the preorder period, We are working to catch up as quickly as we can, and we will have iPhone 6S Plus as well as iPhone 6S units available at Apple retail stores when they open next Friday.
unquote
By Sunday night I was checking on line and delivery of most devices was 3 to 4 weeks out for all iPhone 6S Pluses.
For the iPhone 6S - All storage levels Rose gold was out at 2 to 3 weeks - all others colors and storage options still available on 9/25. Still the same on Tuesday night - except with Verizon - the silver 128 gb was also 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.
Looking on line it seems the iPhone 6S Plus was at 3 to 4 weeks for delivery for all options for all carriers by Saturday night and that is basically all carriers world wide that were pre-selling the 6S and 6S+
Note in China all versions of the 6S were at 2 to 3 weeks by Saturday night.
Apple will not release numbers typically until Monday or Tuesday after launch weekend. Normally on Monday. For past history here is how first weekend sales went.
Original iPhone around 250,000 units. 3G - 1 Mil units, 3GS - also 1 Mil units, 4 - 1.7 Mil units, 4S - 4 Mil units, 5 - 5 Mil units, 5S and 5C - 9 Mil units, 6 and 6+ - 10 Mil units. And for the 6S and 6S+ - well it likely will be at least 11 Mil units - but here is the thing - at this point it is really not about demand - we know demand it greater than 11 Mil units - it is about supply and logistics - how many units can Apple ship in that first weekend is the real question - and Apple can be sand bagging - where they purposefully release just 11 mil units - so next year they can release 12 mil units and so on. I mean I am not saying they ARE doing that - just that well you know - they could be. By the way if I was going to put a number on it - I think Apple will report 12 to 12.5 Mil units sold in the first weekend of sales. 12.5 - would mean a 25% increase over last year - and that just sounds really nice.
Regardless of the actual number we need to realize that the iPhone 6S and especially the 6S+ and even more specifically the Rose Gold versions - will be in short supply through the end of 2015 into early 2016. The real question is on the Jan quarterly conference call if Tim cook says they are still with more demand than supply at the end of 2015 - or if supply and demand were in balance at the end of 2015. That is really when we will know more about how well the new iPhones sold.
Especially since - a lot of this first weekends sales will actually be counted in Apples next fiscal quarter.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-many-iphones-
apple-sold-164112868.html
09:23
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/09/iphone-
6s-has-2gb-ram.html
A bunch of people seemed to be doing testing with Xcode to figure out the amount of ram in the different iOS devices - and it seems the consensus is 2GB of RAM for the 6S and 6S+. With 4GB of ram for the iPad Pro.
So it does look like that item is checked off on the bingo card.
09:42
http://tii.libsyn.com/september-9th-2015-rumor-bingo-card
So how did we do on the bingo card this year. Well like in past years - some things expect did not happen - but less so this year than in past years. Or put another way - not a lot of surprises at the September event - based on rumors out there.
Per the items that were Check marks on the bingo Card.
2 GB RAM for the iPhone
12 MP Rear Camera for the iPhone
4K Video Recording on the iPhone\
Apple TV 4th Gen
That gave us our only bingo from bottom left to top right.
Other items that happened:
Force Touch
A9 Processor w/ M9 Motion Processor
6S and 6S+ announced
Min storage for iPhones stays at 16 GB
Apple TV touch pad remote w/ motion sensor
Apple TV App Store
Apple TV remote w/ Siri control
iPhones built w/ 7000 series aluminum
Apple TV with 32 GB storage
iPad Pro announced
Those we are not sure - but think not:
Full NFC access
LynX camera Module
Those that almost happened - but were just off a little:
Bluetooth 4.1 - was actually 4.2
3 to 5 MP 1080p HD Facetime Camera - yes on the 5 MPixels - nope on the 1080p Video
New Apple TV $199 to $249 price - Nope - it was just $149 and $199
Then there are those did not Happen:
iPhone 5S killed off
Rose Gold Special Edition of iPhone 6S+ - but wait - they announced a Rose Gold version - yes - but not real gold - and not uber expensive as the rumor had it.
Apple Tv to be Home-kit Hub
Camera Flush w/ back of iPhone - likely proves it is not the LynX module.
5C replaced by 4" 6C
So again - just one bingo - but there were 14 items which happened out of 24 - and that is more than any past bingo card I can remember. Plus 2 more that still have a small chance of being correct.
Hi Rob,
Only 16GB entry level iPhone?
Is the new 2015 iPhone scandal going to be #GreedyGate ?
Regards,
Guy W
Hi Rob,
I Think the 'S' in the iPhone 6S. This time Stands for 'Sensitivity'. As in the Sensitivity of the 3D Touch Screen.
Regards,
- Chris In London
12:55
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2983812/smartphones/
the-complete-iphone-6s-camera-improvements-guide.html
There is a nice article from Jonny Evans at Computer world that goes over the iPhone 6S camera improvements.
In the article he talks about the Bigger Sensor. The size increase is to help it focus faster and should reduce the number of artifacts captures when you a take a photo.
He also talks about more focus pixels for much faster autofocusing.
Color accuracy improvements by using an Apple designed image signal processor.
And the previously mentioned Deep trench - which leads to better isolation and less cross talk or bleed of colors.
Other topics he covers are the improved FaceTime camera, Retina Flash, Live Photos, Optical Image stabilization, and 4K Video
In all a lot of the major updates for the S series were camera related.
13:48
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-
iphone-6s-6s-cheapest-article-1.2362005
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one.
Which is an article on the cheapest ways to get a new iPhone 6S or 6S+. And they talk about which plan and payment options are best.
But it does come down to this. Going with T-Mobile in the US seems to be the cheapest option.
T-mobile is also offering $125 discount on new iPhones for users willing to sign up for the Jump on Demand plan and its 18 month lease structure.
A lot of the lease offerings from Sprint and T-Mobile - and similar offerings now from AT&T and Verizon - usually end up with you handing over your old device to upgrade next year. IF you don’t have kids - and have no one to pass on the old devices - then maybe a lease makes sense for you.
Personally I will not sell my old devices - with a wife and two children - there are lots of old iOS devices that are in demand in this house.
If your goal is to spend the least amount long term - then going with T-Mobile seems to be once again the best option. If you travel a lot - through out the US - then maybe Verizon makes the most sense for you - but it will cost you more.
If you don’t travel at all - then look to see what carrier is best in your local market for coverage. Price wise T-mobile is better then sprint - which is better then AT&T and Verizon - which traditionally have been either very close to each other or identical.
Lastly there is the Apple Plan - where you make payments for the device - but can upgrade next year. And you get an unlocked phone and Apple Care + coverage and you pick your carrier - but you must go to an Apple store physically to get that option - and that means waiting in line on the 25th. It is not a bad deal if you are going to be getting Apple Care Coverage and looking to upgrade yearly. But again you need to be at an Apple store to get this deal - and not until the 25th.
http://www.macworld.com/article/2982376/apple-phone/iphone-6s-pricing-plan-offers-frequent-upgrades-and-applecare-for-a-premium.html
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/10/9302255/t-mobile-
discount-apple-iphone-6S
16:25
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/09/16/iphone-6s-and-6s-
plus-to-arrive-in-india-netherlands-in-early-october-reports-say
Some news about other countries getting the iphone 6S and 6S+ - if you live in India or the Netherlands - you would be seeing the new iPhones in earlier October - a report claims.
Essentially they will start shipping on October 2nd for the Netherlands - and October 10th or 11th for India.
Pre-Orders for the Netherlands will start on Sept 25th.
Again - Apples plans are for 130 countries to have the new iPhone for sale before the end of 2015.
The dates given in these reports are from sources in the know. So take them with a grain of salt should you.
17:05
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19:16
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_apple_pre_order_experience
Hi Rob,
Jerry on episode 362 asked if anyone else was still waiting for their TrackR that they backed on Indegogo. I saw that they are commercially available now so I opened a support ticket with them asking when I could expect mine. I got a quick response apologizing for the delay in my order. They said they would get mine shipped right away. It arrived about a week later.
Regards,
Joe
Hi Rob!
Philip here, from the home of the 13-time NFL World Champion Green Bay Packers!
Ran into a problem with Apple Pay - transactions started getting declined, and I couldn't tell why. Had to call my bank, who told my the expiration date was wrong, that's why the charges were declined.
Then it hit me - I had received a new card since the time I originally added that card to Apple Pay.
Unfortunately, there is no way in Apple Pay settings to see the card's expiration date to confirm or anticipate this, let alone no way to update the card info. I hope Apple addresses this shortcoming, as you lose all history when you remove a credit card from Apple Pay.
So here is the tip: anytime you receive a new/replacement credit card, you should remove and re-add that card in Apple Pay.
Keep up the great work, and,
GO PACK GO!!!
Regards
Phil
Well Phil - thanks for that tip. Me and the family will be up in Greenbay for the Monday night game against the Chiefs - have some very nice suite seats. We will likely be the only family of four wearing Cheifs jersey’s well ok one of just a few families in Cheifs Jersey’s. Go Chiefs.
Hi Rob,
you mention that the TV remote had a IR receiver. The reason for the IR receiver in the TV remote is to interact with your TV via its IR receiver, so you can control volume and power on and off. Which for me is should have been obsolete a long time ago, why hasn't the TV industry introduced a Bluetooth remote to kill off the horrible line of site issue. I willing to bet the copying machines are starting up now(SAMSUNG,SONY,VIZIO, ETC.)
Regards,
Saul Lowery
Dooohh - Yeah - was not thinking that the remote would be changing the volume on your TV - figured it was controlled via the Apple box. Also noticed it said you can program to turn on/off the TV - so yeah per your comments looks like the IR part is to talk with your TV. Thanks for the comment. My only question right now is do I get 1 Apple TV 4th gen or do I get 2?
VOICEMAIL - Mike_CA_How_is_applewatch_doing_observing
23:44
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Chris who posted the following question
Quote
There is a Difference between Force Touch and 3D Touch
According to Apple patents, there is another level of sensitivity of Force Touch that will be used in the new iPhones. Basically, these two technologies do the same things, but what you’ll see in the newest iPhones is an additional level of sensitivity. Simply put, Force Touch has less capability to measure your touches and presses and doesn’t react as quickly to your input, whereas the new 3D Touch is highly sensitive and reacts immediately, while also allowing different “levels” of actions based on how firmly you press.
It might sound like an indistinguishable difference, but anyone who wants just a little bit more out of Force Touch (or really, really loves it) on the Apple Watch might disagree. With the Watch, you can push and wait for the click.. and that’s it. Now, 3D Touch offers functions based on a lighter push or a firmer push. And if you ever felt that you had to force Force Touch on the Watch, 3D Touch should alleviate that with its higher sensitivity.
Just Saying
- Chris In London
Unquote
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Chris who wrote:
After the Event thoughts
Most of what I thought would happen did. The iPhones, The iPad Pro. Which is the best iOS device to date.
I did get most of what I was thinking with the Apple TV 2. But oddly bemused by Apple adding older technology and not redesigning the hockey Puck design.
So HDMI 1.4. Not even HDMI 1.4a which was new in 2009. USB TO lightning connector. Not even. USB- C to Lightning.
Might be able to do 4K at 30 fps. But really only HD 1080p. Not UHD. So kinda out of date before opening the box
The compatibility with third party controllers is good. Also you can use your iPhones and Touches as controllers to play games to.
The new tvOS is good and compatible across platforms Mac and iOS 9
Disappointed, no National and International Stations added. No Apple subscription Video Service. But, TV app Store and Development Kit that allows ONE Universal App that works across platforms.
No Notification support to iPhones, Watches or Macs of when your program is on or recording.
No Apple TV App for the iPhones to schedule programming. Or from the Apple watch for that matter..
Sorta Hot and cold on the New Apple TV
oh. And looses the optical Audio Output. Thats real sad.
Just saying. Thoughts?
Regards,
Chris In London
27:45
http://www.bane-tech.com/best-ios-9-features/
Lets talk iOS 9 - First - I still recommend you wait until the 26th or later to update to iOS 9. And so far early feedback has been mostly positive.
Some of you will email and say I don’t do any of your recommended steps and all is fine. Kudos to you - and consider yourself lucky. because others will email in and say they wished they listened. As always - follow the procedures I have outlined in the PDF in the Tii app - under PDF’s.
It is at the top of the list for PDF’s and titled Recommended Update procedure for iOS - and again I do recommend you wait until the 26th.
One key reason to wait is that Apples servers get slammed the first few days and that means longer times for authentication of the update. And a site call Crittercism - has a model they run to predict new iOS updates - and it is showing that iOS 9 will be updated sooner by more people then iOS 8 was by a wide margin.
But beyond even the issue of servers being overloaded is the fact Apple would not even let devs submit their updates to be specifically for iOS 9 until this past week. So some of your critical apps are likely still going through the approval process. If you are someone that is not willing to jailbreak - then you should not update in the first 10 days. last year I did not even update my wife’s iPhone until iOS 8.1. If you need your iOS device for work - wait until the 26th at least and then do the update on your first day of your end of the work week.
Yes I know some of you will do and have done the update - and I will have their feed back later in the episode. I do believe iOS 9 will go much smoother then iOS 8 - and I hope on the next episode to say there is no need to wait until 9.1 to update - but we still need to see how the reports come in from users.
Ok - Now lets really talk iOS 9 - I went back through my notes of the betas and wanted to go over some of the key new features and where to find them.
But first - as I said when Beta 1 came out some features make it some do not to the GM - one that did not - was being able to turn the flash on and off while video recording. Sadly that is not in iOS 9.0 GM.
As is the ability to email 15 photos at once - which was in beta 1 but not in the GM.
So sadly two of the features I most liked in the original beta are not there in the GM.
But what is there for 9.0 that is new and best of for features.
Obviously there is the new low Battery Mode. This can be turned on under Settings - Battery. Now when you iOS device gets to the 20% battery remaining warning - you get the option right in the pop up to turn on Low Power Mode or to close the pop up. When you go to Setting - Battery - you can see the apps using the most battery life for the last 24 hours.
One of my favorite new features - lower case letters on the keyboard when it is lower case and upper case when the caps lock is on. It is a minor thing - but one I have really liked. I have seen some say they don’t like this feature - which is turned on by default - if you are one that does not like lowercase letters on your keyboard - you can change it back - by going to
Settings —> Accessibility —> Keyboard - and slide off “Show lower case keys” Again it is something I really like - but others no so much.
Passbook - is now called Wallet.
The notes app is greatly improved. And depending on the iOS device you have - you may be able to draw pictures in the note app now. Or add a picture.
You can add in a check list. Which I really like - as I have been using that for when I have to go to the store - in the past I made a list and deleted each item as I found it in the store. Now I just tap next to the item and the circle fills with yellow and a white check mark. I no it is a a small addition - but one for me that I like. Adding in the ability to also format text is another plus I like. I was a big user of the note app anyway - now more so.
Remember to activate the extra features for Notes - you need to go to your notes folders - and select Notes under on my phone.
The main new app for iOS 9 - is the News App if you are in the US, Australia and the UK. Which is essentially a flipboard killer. Or as I wrote back on Ep 351 quote
Essentially with the news app you can create your own customize news feed. They have partnerships with major news outlets and ESPN. But it will also support blogs. You can really add in any blogs or news source you want. But clearly - the ones that look the best are the ones Apple partnered with. To start with this will launch in the US, UK and Australia. unquote For the most part I have been using it just for searching for Apple and iOS news. I would imagine in College Basketball season that I will add in info for the Flyers. Again this is for those in the US, UK and Australia at right now - but at least one report of someone in the UK not seeing it.
In the Photo App there are now more folders for your photos. One for Selfies is added to iOS9 as is a screenshots folder. Those join depending your device - Panoramas, Videos, Slo-Mo, time-lapse as specialty folders. Plus there are also folders in the photo app for 3rd party apps - like instagram and fotor.
Public transit also made it ways to the Maps app in iOS 9 - For some areas - definitely not all. In the maps app - type in where you want to go - then tap the I in the lower right - and select transit to get info. Or when you tap the car next to the destination pin - you can also select Transit or Walk as options. Being I am in the burbs of Kansas City - when I try for Transit - I get the message - Transit directions are not available.
Siri offers more options and is quote proactive unquote. And if you are at the main home screen and swipe to the right. You will see a new screen with siri suggestions for contacts and oft used apps based on where you are and what time it is. And then items nearby and news.
Other Changes in iOS 9 with Siri - if you pull down from the center of the screen - it gives you some Siri App suggestions. Again Siri is now more then just a cheeky little virtual assistant - it is now also a predictive virtual assistant looking at your habits and patterns to guess what you will want to do next. Again for some that means on a Friday night when you pull down on the center of the screen snap chat, tinder and Uber will come up. For us married folks it will be netflix, HBO Now and ESPN Apps.
In iOS 9 when you make a hotel or airline reservation and get the email confirmation on that - it will add it right into your calendar. And that worked great - I made a hotel reservation for the 26th to the 29th at a Hotel in Fond du luc WI - go up for the Chiefs / Packers game - that was as close as I could find a hotel - but I digress - anyway I made that reservation and it added it to my Calendar.
If you have an iPad Air 2 - there is also split screen where you can have two apps open at once. That will be really nice on the iPad Pro.
Hi Rob,
In Ep 363 you apologize in advance for saying “H E Y Siri" with the new always on mode.
Good news!!! iOS9 now has you train Siri so she only answers to your own voice. I have the iOS 9 GM installed and that was one of the changes from beta 5.
I tested it with a few different people and none of them could set off my “H E Y Siri"
.. also enjoy your new TV, I'll be getting one also, as long as Apple lets the Plex app through. That was the reason I had to move away from the TV originally 😃
Regards,
-Dan
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/9/15/ios-9-
adoption-predicted-to-be-faster-than-that-for-ios-8
37:40
https://www.3dissue.com/content-blocker/
One of the new features in iOS 9 that Apple announced and some people do not like - and by People I mean advertisers. Is Content Blockers.
One thing I think there is confusion on - is that this is not built in - this is something Apple will allow 3rd parties to build and then you install. These are extensions for Safari that will stop the browser from loading online ads, pop-ups, and also other content that slows down browsing and consumes processor resources - i.e. tracking scripts, cookies, images, auto-play videos and audio and more.
Tech Crunch had a review of 3 that are not yet launched in the app store - 1Blocker, Blockr - sans the e and Crystal.
All threes of these have a premium or paid aspect.
Essentially what all three will do is make it possible for you to clear out a lot of the clutter and bogus Ad tracking scripts going on in the background when you visit a site. This means less data downloading to your device - which is good. And less CPU usage which means better battery life - also good. And much faster load times for those sites that are full of ad tracking stuff.
1Blocker for example ships with 7,000 pre-installed blockers. For sites like Wired, Mashable, The Verge, ZDNet and the NY Times - 1Blocker stopped 49.9% of data from being loaded. And with Business insider it saw an 84.5% blocking of data. iMore it was an 82.3% blocking of data.
With Crystal for example for 10 popular websites - it blocked 53% of the data and resulted in 3.9 times faster page loads on average.
1Blocker and Blockr offer varies levels of customization. Crystal is more of a one setting fits all type. If you are techie the first two will be more to your liking - if you are not - then Crystal may be best for you. I am sure there will be a lot of these type of apps out soon.
The bad news - if you are a site like iMore or Business insider - your revenue is going to plummet, The good news - Podcasting just became in more valuable to Advertisers trying to get their message out.
Of course what sites will likely do in the short term is ratchet up their use of scripts and tracking info - to offset for those small % at first that do block all that data. Which of course will slow down sites even more for regular users and cause more people to install content blockers.
So if you were not planning of using a content blocker - it is something you really should consider.
Per that - I would like to send out a request to listeners - if you are using a content blocker - which one are you using - how much does it cost - and how well is it working for you. Try doing some page loads at iMore, Business insider, ZDnet and The Verge and see the load time with it on and off for the same articles. Let me know your favorites - it is something I want to put together a nice list on to see which people like the most and which work the best based on your feedback - 206-666-6364 - 206 moon dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
So lets go into some feedback from those at update and one to start from an unnamed source
quote Hey Rob, thought I'd give you a little insight action of course this is all confidential. Apples update servers were down today for 26 minutes.
Based on call volume it appears that all updates are going really smoothly. unquote Name very redacted and email deleted and deleted and deleted. Thanks redacted.
And that report matches up well with what we saw in the Google+ community where we had a bunch of people reporting issues trying to download the update when it first was available. It looks like from 12:10 PM CT to 12:35 PM CT - people were reporting issues trying to download - After 12:35 PM CT it seemed new reports were just that it is downloading and no real issues.
VOICEMAIL - MINDY_CA_update_on_update
G’day Rob,
Decided to do a clean install of 9.0, so I backed up everything and wiped my 6+. Installation took about an hour, plus the time to restore from backup. My only issue was losing all my AppleWatch data; apparently that doesn't get stored anywhere off the phone itself. Lost my five months of perfect goals, but I can deal with that. I'm assuming this wouldn't be an issue for anyone who simply updates without restoring to factory defaults.
Regards,
Ian.
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_iOS9_experience
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/14/hands-on-with-three-
ios-9-content-blockers-1blocker-blockr-and-crystal/
46:23
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/09/16/
airdrop-ios-vulnerability/
Hi Rob,
I Came across this post today recommending an update to iOS 9.0 to fix a vulnerability in Airdrop. I guess if you want to hold off on an immediate update to the new OS then turing off Airdrop or restricting to Contacts only would suffice? Also, got the new iPad Mini 4 on order, will update on performance & usability when I get my hands on it. Hoping for Air2 performance in a smaller package, we will see. Thanks for what you do for the iOS community.
Cheers,
Julian. Norwich, UK. (PS the 'W' is silent in the Norwich, don't ask me why)
Hi Julian - thanks for the heads up - first note this is all theoretical - there were no reports of it in the wild. But Apple did patch it in iOS 9 - so here is one reason to update to iO9.
Essentially in theory what this exploit would allow is for an un-authoried user to install a malicious app on your device via Air drop - even if you did not accept that app offering.
Note - the simplest way to avoid this is to keep Air Drop turned off - unless you are going to actually use it and do so in a closed work environment or at home - not out at the local pub.
Apples has patched this - and iOS 9 has the patch - so when you update - this is a non-issue - but for those holding off updating for 10 day - yeah - just turn off air drop - which again you should have off unless you are planning on using it - for battery drain reasons.
48:22
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49:59
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/09/apples-iphone-
6s-to-offer-revamped-3-d-touch-interface
A nice kudos goes out to 9 to 5 Mac and Mark Gurman for getting the rumor right about force touch actually going to be called 3D touch.
I know I slam quite a few for their poor predictions - so only fair to say kudos when someone nails the rumor dead on.
50:16
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/07/technology/apple-
ipad-pro/index.html
I guess I should also say kudos to all those that said the larger iPad was going to be announced - too many to name there. I guess everyone one but me and Ken Ray or so it seems.
CNN Money even went so far as to predict before the event that the iPad Pro announcement would be the most important one of the September 9th event.
In many ways I agree - I think the iPad Pro is not being given its do. Part of that might be because you know Apple announced it two month early - and there are a bunch of other products actually launching before then.
Again not bitter about being wrong on that - just thinking they could have waited - that is all. Nope not bitter.
Anyway - I am looking forward to talking about the iPad Pro more in October episodes of Tii. No reason to talk about it more now - given you know how far off its launch and pre-order dates are going to be. Just Sayin.
51:14
http://www.androidauthority.com/robust-android-
ransomware-spreading-across-american-devices-641671/
Hi Rob,
I just sent you a flipboard article about Android Ransomware which I thought you might find interesting.
Kind regards
Simon Readman (pronounced Reedman…)
Thanks Simon - And this is yet another article about Ransomware and Android and a new one effecting those in the US. It is called Android locker pin dot A and it is pretty cool or nasty depending on your perspective.
Afte a users is infected the software will try to trick you into granting it device admin rights. And it does it in a way most users will fall for it. Once the software has admin rights - it can change your PIN number and lock your out of your android smartphone. Then users are presented a fake FBI message page claiming the users has been viewing prohibited pornographic material. And they they should pay a $500 fine for said activities.
And if you don’t drop out into serf mode right away and uninstall the malware - it can lock you out of your phone by generating a random pin number.
Now the good news for Android users - so far this has not been located in the GooglePlay store - so far. You get this by downloading an infected app from one of the un-offical app stores. 77% of the infected users of this app are in the US. So it clearly is on a few mainstream 3rd party sites for Android apps.
Oh - the fun with Android. Thanks again Simon for the heads up.
52:54
VOICEMAIL - Scott_Quest_dimensions_different_6S+vs6S+
Hi Scott - The 6S depth increased to 0.28 inches from 0.27 inches.
The depth of 6S+ increased to 0.29 inches from 0.28 inches. The height increased to 6.23 inches from 6.22 inches, The width increased to 3.07 inches from 3.06 inches.
Interestingly - the 6S had the same height and widths as the 6.
Hey Rob
I have friends that are Samsung Galaxy users. They like to send me videos of certain things. The problem is that they leave the video settings on default which is 4k. When they send it to my iPhone 6 via text (short clip), the video comes in at poor quality. I hope apple has found a solution to this when users send 4k videos from the iPhone 6s to older iPhones.
Regards,
AJ
Hi AJ - I think that is something we will find out really quick. but I imagine it will look fine on iOS devices. At least as good as it can look on those displays.
Hi Rob,
No mention of HomeKit working with the new Apple Tv. Do think this is something we can expect thru software to interface our home to Apple?
Thanks, love the show,
Dave (aka gasmandave) from Erie PA
Hi Dave - Erie PA was one of the cities I lived in - I was there for two winters and one summer. It is where I was living when I started podcasting back in 2004. Ok - per your question - It is something I thought would be announced - it is possible there will still be an October event - where apple shows off some new macs and home kit is part of it - OR not. But yes I would imagine at some Point Apple TV and HomeKit will converge.
Hi Rob,
Do you know if or when Apple will allow for a VPN connection to be toggled on and off in the AppleTV? It would make a huge difference for those of us who live outside the US to be able to use a lot of the new Apple TV Apps.
Thanks a lot, and I love your show and listen every week,
Regards,
Allan
Hi Allan that would be Right about the time the devil is fitted for a new pair of Jacksons or Harlicks.
I think with Apple trying so hard to get a TV / Movie distribution agreement in place with those content providers - any thing like that - might not go over so well with said video content providers
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57:31
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1152958674/the-
sensel-morph-interaction-evolved
For a kickstarted project this week we have the Sensel Morph.
This one had a goal of $60k and is now at around $400k with October 9th at 10:42 PM CT being the end time for this - so plenty of more time for additional funders.
So what is the Sensel Morph - it is quote the first pressure sensitive, multi-touch input device that enabled users to interact with the digital world like never before unquote
It will run you $249 - and it is a multi-touch interface for your iPad or computer.
It connects to your computer via USB and to your iPad via Bluetooth.
You can get overlays for keyboards typing and keyboards musical. There are gaming and art overlays as well as a drum pad and music production controller.
It even has a dev cable for connecting to arduino - so this is a pretty versatile accessory.
This is very similar to how 3D touch works - in how it senses you pushes on the surface.
If you want more info on this search for Sensel Morph - two words spelled - S E N S E L M O R P H
over at kickstarter dot com or via the show notes for ep 364 at today in iOS dot com.
59:01
http://shop.brando.com/STAR-WARS-Darth-Vader-
Lightsaber-Portable-Battery-Charger_p10587c1595d003.html
Thanks to all that sent in this next one - which is a external battery pack - Yawn you say - but no - yawn you must not. As this is a Light saber external battery pack.
This one is a replica of Darth Vaders Light saber.
It has 2800 mah of capacity - but does that matter - no - because it is a light saber.
It will run you about $52 US for this.
Awesome this does look.
Show notes link is in
Extra note - one of the reviews on the site said this feels like a novelty item and it is very plasticity and fragile to hold.
And its size is actually much smaller than a normal size lightsaber.
For Yoda this size does fit.
But still if you are a star wars collector - this is something unique for your collection - but it does not sound like a very practical item for the road warrior.
I guess if you really want a geeky device to go with your iPhone you can get one of the BB-8 droids from SPhero. This is the round droid that has a head that seems to float on the top of the body.
1:00:19
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/09/15/first-developers-
receive-apple-tv-units-promptly-post-pictures-online
Thanks to Dr. John for the heads up on this next one.
Which is a short little post showing a picture of one of the Apple Tv’s sent out to a developer for a buck. Seems the first thing devs do when they get an Apple TV is forget the first rule of Fight Club - and they start posting and tweeting and instagramming
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 363
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called NEW FOUND PLANET with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG New_found_planet
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank MR. SALES for sending in the Artwork for today's show. MR. SALES said the following:
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the opportunity to create a wallpaper for you again. I used the Quick app to create the text.
Regards,
Saul aka Mr. Sales
Thanks MR. SALES, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see MR. SALES'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 363 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:15
PLAY CLIP FROM KEVIN CROSSMAN.
03:06
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad App or iBook Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:37
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2015/
I could go over the event in the order it was presented - but nahhh - not going to do it. Rather I am going to talk about the product I have been waiting for the most first. The 4th Gen Apple TV. FINALLLLLYYYYY!!!!
The Apple TV starts 52 Minutes into the keynote.
Tim Cook started off talking about the TV experience and how stagnant it has been and how Today Apple is going to do something about it - and Apple’s vision for the future of TV - and that is APPS. Tim said there are some key features that need to be in place.
1. Powerful Hardware
2. Modern OS
3. New User Experience
4. Developer Tools
and 5. an App Store
Tim said they know this is what it takes to make a difference and they have been working very hard - and very long - with a little emphasis on the long part to a smattering of laughter - It was Tim’s way of saying Yes Rob - we know the Apple TV is over due. Well maybe not me specifically - but generically me and all those of us that have been waiting for an Apple TV with apps and an Apps store.
Eddy Cue then came on to introduce the Apple TV specs.
First up is the new Remote - which per the rumors is both voice and touch controlled. The top part of the remote is a touch surface. The bottom part is buttons. The key new buttons that I am sooooooo happy to see - Volume control No more needing both the TV remote and the Apple tv remote - just the Apple TV remote - oh yeah. Hey sometimes it is the little things that make me happy.
Another new button is the Siri button - where you can now control the Apple TV with Siri - saying such things as show me all the star wars movies. Or less specific such as show me science fiction TV shows.
But here is the best part of the search - Siri will not just give you search results sorted by popularity - but when you go and look at a show you want to view - it will also say what apps it is available from - such as iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, HBO and showtime - right now - and more will be added over time - hopefully Amazon Prime is part of the more and the time is not that far off. How this works is for example you could say show me the goonies - and you would see what apps it is available in and you can pick the one you already have a subscription with. This is in my mind one of the best new features and will get even better as it supports more apps over time.
On the sports side - I could see a lot of sports app packages and you could say show me the Dayton Flyers game - and it would show you what apps it is available on.
Or an example they gave on Siri search - was show me the modern family episode with edward norton. And it takes you right to that episode.
And then they showed another cool feature. You can ask Siri what did they say. And siri will jump you back 15 seconds and temporarily turn on the captions. Sweet.
Or as Melissa D in the Google plus community said
Quote As a person with some hearing loss, I like that "what did she say" functionality that turns on closed captions in addition to skipping back 15 seconds. Nice! unquote
That one received a lot of applause.
Other new features with the Remote - as rumored - it has a motion sensor - so yes - it is a game remote in competition with the Wii Remote. But Rob - does that mean I need to buy another remote if I want to play a two player game? you ask NOPE - because you can also use an iPhone or iPad as an additional controller.
Per the Apple TV OS - they are calling it TV OS - and There is Developer tools - with access to GameKit, GameController, SpriteKit, Game Center, CoreGraphics, CoreAudio, Metal and more - in other words the things devs will need to make games for the Apple TV.
But apps will be more than just Games and Media. They also talked about apps from Air BnB, Zula and the shopping Apps.
For devs - they are allowing Universal Apps - that means with a single purchase the users get the app on their Apple TV, iPad and iPhone. That is nice for the end users. And that includes syncing of data between apps - so maybe you are playing a universal game app on your iPhone at work - not that such a thing would ever happen. Then when you get home you can pick right up on the Apple TV.
tvOS - that is lower case t - lower case v - upper case O upper case S - And the developer Beta is available now.
Per the Hardware that is the Apple TV unit - it as expected has a 64 bit A8 Chip, Bluetooth 4.0 - yes - this has been in the works quite a long time if it is only Bluetooth 4.0 - more on that later, Wifi is 802.11 AC with memo. And it has an IR receiver. I am guessing the IR receiver is for legacy use with Master IR remotes. Because they state for control it is Bluetooth and no need to point at the unit.
Per the remote - it is also Bluetooth 4.0. Once more it has the Volume control, and the Siri button. It has a power button to turn on and off your TV as well. It also has a menu button. As mentioned it is a motion controlled remote with accelerometer and gyroscope. And lasts for a full 3 month per single charge with normal use. And to recharge it - you plug in a lightening plug - I am guessing you have a few of those around somewhere.
It does come in two models - 32 GB and 64 GB - which are actually double what some were rumoring. And the Price is lower than many predicted - although some did get it right - pricing is just $149 for the 32 GB version and $199 for the 64 GB version - which of course is the one I will be getting. The 3rd gen Apple TV remains at the $69 price point.
As I said on the last show - don’t compare the price of the new Apple TV to a roku or similar device - this is a game unit and a media device - and the price of this at $149 is well below similar devices - not to mention game pricing will be much lower as well.
It sounded like they said Devs could get the hardware today as well - Looking into that As soon as this episode is done if not sooner.
Per availability to all the non-devs - It will start rolling out in Late October and will be available in 100 countries by the end of 2015.
That introduction of Apple TV went on for right at 31 minutes.
(iPhone starts at the 83 Minute mark)
Which it took us only XX minutes to go over - I just saved you YY minutes of your life - you are welcome.
Lets go over some of the specs or items not specifically covered for Apple TV. 1 - the actual dimensions of the remote - which is 4.88 inches long by 1.5 Inches wide and 0.25 inches thick and weighs in at 1.66 ounces.
The old remote by comparison is 4.7 inches x 1.2 inches x 0.2 inches.
The console itself is the same 3.9 x 3.9 inches - but the thickness of the unit increases from 0.9 inches to 1.3 inches. And it does come with a lightning to USB cable. So actually look at as you get another lightning cord to use for other devices 89 out of each 90 days.
Interestingly it has a USB-C port - which Apple lists as service only - Oh yeah - jailbreak and kickstarter - in the future I do see.
WIFI is also 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac not just AC as mentioned in the keynote.
Per Video supported - h.264 Video up to 1080P - 60 frames per second - which is nice for good HD video for sports.
Per accessibility features - apple claims the following are included:
Voiceover
Zoom
Bold Text
Increase Contrast
Reduce Motion
Closed Caption and SDH support
Accessiblity Shortcut
Another item not mentioned - is a remote loop sold separately that attaches to the remote to keep it from flying out of your hand. Kickstarter project for 3rd party remote starting in 3, 2,…
Yeah - plenty of opportunities for kickstarter and the new Apple TV I can see already.
One the last episode I wondered if the new Apple TV would support 3rd party controllers and the answer is YES. From Apple quote
For serious gamers, the new Apple TV supports MFi-based controllers that let you run, jump, shoot, kick, throw, punch, or just about any other verb you can imagine.*
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MFI - means made for iThings.
One remote that Apple shows on their site is the Nimbus Steelseries controller - This is supposedly going to sell for $50 - when available.
http://www.apple.com/tv/specs/
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/09/09/new-apple-tv-supports-
console-style-mfi-game-controllers-apple-outs-new-steelseries-nimbus
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http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/09/apple-tv-app-limit-200mb/
Yes the Apple TV 4th gen looks great - so what is the downside. Other than the extra $50 or $100 bucks.
It seems that apple has put a 200 MB limit on Apple TV apps. Meaning some of the bigger and more popular apps like the Infinity Blade Trilogy and other graphic intensive games - running in the 1GB range - need to be reworked to meet this 200 MB limit.
Hmmm - Apple thinks apps that are 200 MB are to big for a device that starts at 32 GB - ohhh - I smell hypocrisy coming later in the show.
It seems Apple is saying anything beyond 200MB in size needs to be split apart and loaded using on demand resources.
In other words - parts of the apps need to remain in the cloud. Thanks Apple - from us the users - for putting more network strain on our internet use - and for making devs store crap in the cloud.
Another issue is there is not persistent local storage for apps on Apple TV - that means every app developed for Apple TV must be able to store data in the cloud and retrieve it in quote a way that provides a great customer experience unquote. I mean unlike the great user experience when the data is right there on the device when needed?
I wonder how this is going to work with Minecraft?
On the Xbox version there is a bunch that is saved on the devices storage.
I hope this is a policy decision Apple soon reverses.
I will say this - when looking at the two options - 32 GB or 64 GB - do not let this rule make your decision for you. Eventually I will see Apple backing off this rule. If you want the best user experience that will mean larger apps and local storage. It might not be next year but at some point - I do see Apple changing their tune on this.
That is why I am getting the 64 GB version when it is available.
Ok - I did go and check the dev center about the Apple TV dev kit here is what apple is saying:
quote - We want to give Apple developers the chance to build and test their apps on the new Apple TV before it becomes publicly available to customers later this fall. Register by September 11, 12:00 p.m. PDT for an opportunity to order an Apple TV Developer Kit. Availability and supplies are limited.
The Apple TV Developer Kit is provided for your own software development activities only. Prior to Apple’s commercial release of Apple TV, you agree not to publicly write about, review, or display the Apple TV Developer Kit unquote
Thankfully there was no restriction listed about talking about the restrictions or the offer - which will cost those devs that are selected - $1. Yes - just $1 - Kudos apple - I think it is safe to say the Apple TV is not just a hobby anymore.
Of course any Devs that do get one - calling into the show with your experience anonymously would be something I could NEVER EVER EVER recommend you do - I mean saying to call 206-666-6364 - and to give your feedback - that would be completely wrong of me and again not anything I would ever think of - because you know that might mean the next Apple event I would not be invited to. So yeah 206-666-6364 is not the number you should call in with your experiences with the new Apple TV - and if anyone did call into that number - I am sure I would have to delete any records of those calls. Just sayin.
19:33
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/08/periscope-apple-tv-app/
Speaking of someone that may have been punished by Apple for speaking when they should not have - there is Periscope and Twitter.
Seems there were some rumors in the days leading up to the Apple Event that Periscope would have an App for Apple TV. Where users could watch Periscope Videos - But shockingly there was not a single mention of it at the event. Likely because if - and this is a big if - but if they had been invited to speak - that all went out the window when someone on the Periscope team blabbed to TechCrunch. Yes - Apple absolutely would punish anyone with loose lips - and that means no Keynote for you. Again that is all speculation at this point. It is completely possible someone at Periscope simply was conjecturing about the potential of apps for Apple TV and said they would build those apps if possible. Ahhh who are we kidding - Tim Cook spanked them like a 5 year old that just tried to light the cat on fire.
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Lets go over some listener feedback with regards to the new Apple TV.
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_CrossMan_AppleTV_Apple_Watch_fdbk.WAV
Myron Uecker from the Tii Google+ community said the following
quote Rob gets what he wanted. Apple TV with apps and With Siri And that new remote unquote
Francisco Tapia said quote - apple tv looks awesome! especially that "what did they say" quick rewind feature unquote
Stephen Shaner said quote
I can see why they opted for Bill Graham Civic Center unquote
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Faisal K said quote game consoles be ware - we have a new rival unquote
Jerome Horowitz - summed it up nicely - well at least for us that were teens in the 80’s - quote - I want my Apple TV unquote
Hi Rob,
You were finally right about the Apple TV! I plan on picking one up the day it comes out in October.
As for the iPhone's I know you say that the "s" updates are the bigger updates but maybe I missed something I wasn't super pumped about what I saw. I have a 5s right now and so i am going to need to decide if I want to get the 6s or wait until next fall.
I'm looking forward to the show and hopefully you can help advise me one way or another
Regards,
Jordan H
Well Jordan - I think your email was a good segway into the next item to cover on this episode - and that is the new iPhones.
25:46
http://pocketnow.com/2015/09/09/gold-iphone-6
The iPhone part of the show started at the 83 Minute mark.
Tim starts off with talking about the iPhone growth was 3.5 times the rest of the industries growth world wide for the last quarter. That is 35% growth for the iPhone vs 10% for the rest of the industry. And when you look at China - it was even more incredible as the iPhone grew 75% vs a 4% decline for the rest of the industry - and yes - that 75% growth was definitely responsible for most if not all of that decline for everyone else.
Tim said the iPhone 6 is the most popular iPhone ever.
Tim then introduced the new iPhone 6S and 6S+ the names of which were a surprise to exactly one person - who lives in Albania. For everyone else - it was as expected for the name and for many of the new specs.
Like the fact there is a rose gold colored unit and that the aluminum used is the 7000 series that is used in the Aerospace industry. Nope not a reaction at all to Bend-duh-gate.
As expected the addition of Force Touch oh wait 3D touch - which is Force Touch with a new name. There will also be a big Taptic Engine supporting Force umm I mean 3D touch. Apple made a big deal about this new feature - I will not. I think we have covered it with the Apple watch a couple of times at least.
The also announced there is new glass - a dual ion exchange glass - which Apple claims is the toughest glass available - this was a rumor that popped up some time ago.
As expected the new iPhones will have the A9 processor. Which compared to the A8 processor in the iPhone 6 and 6+ the A9 in the 6S and 6S+ is 70% faster for CPU processing and for Graphic tasks it is 90% faster. So it is a very nice increase in speed. It is also a more energy efficient processor.
Apple is claiming it is the most advanced chip in a smartphone ever.
The M9 Coprocessor is now built directly into the A9 Chip.
This means now you no longer need to have your iPhone plugged in to ask her - H E Y Siri - it will work all the time plugged in or not. For future iPhone 6S and 6S+ users - this is my blanket apology for all times I say H E Y siri and I forget to spell out the Hey part.
They also updated the Touch ID sensor. It is supposed to be twice as fast.
Apple also announced the 12 MP rear camera. Which they talk about doing the higher MP camera but not by degrading the sensors. They also talked about deep trench separation - which we are all supposed get as our take away from the presentation. Essentially They tried to go into detail on why their 12 MB sensor is better than other people’s 12 MB sensors. Because you know - the last couple of years it was all about mentioning that higher MP count does not mean better pictures.
The camera lens is NOT flush - which most likely means the module is NOT the LynX camera modules. Which means - when I am spending money this fall - it will not be on a new iPhone. Apple TV - absolutely - 100% Yes.
The new iPhones do finally allow for 4K video recording.
The front camera or the FaceTime camera was also updated as expect and is now a 5 MP HD camera. And also as rumored - it now uses the screen as a flash for the FaceTime camera - including doing it as a truetone flash.
They did engineer it to light up 3 times brighter than normal when using it as a FaceTime flash.
They also said this works great with one handed operation especially when using those FaceTime photos for Snapchat. ok maybe they did not use those exact words.
The Panaroma pic increased to a max of 63 MP from 43 MP before.
One new feature is the LivePhotos feature. It where you take a photo - and it takes 1.5 secs before and after of video and sound. You do nothing different - you just take the photo - and if you have the live photos option selected - which it is by default - it captures the before and after moments around that photo.
It is a neat feature but it does take up a little more storage.
They have Developer API’s for this - and Facebook for example will be support LivePhotos later this year. No word on when SnapChat or Tinder will be supporting this.
They upgraded LTE again - and it is now twice as fast as before supporting up to 300 MBPS speeds - assuming you have the one or two carriers in the world that support that now. The now support 23 bands - the most LTE bands of any smartphone.
Wifi is faster as well - 2X faster then before supporting up to 866 MBPS speed.
So a quick little recap of some of those specs - 4K video recording, 64 MP panorama pics, 12 MP pics, and livePhoto pics to boot - all this adds up to a lot more storage needed for your photos.
So naturally that means Apple finally has killed off the 16 GB low end option. Ummmm - NO. Apple once more has the entry level next Gen iPhone as 16 GB, then 64 GB and the top size of 128 GB for both the 6S and 6S+ - pricing is the same as the past gen 6 and 6+ of the same size storage.
The iPhone 6 and 6+ now moves to the mid tier phones - and are now $100 less for each. And the iPhone 5S becomes the free option for those getting them with a carrier subsidy in the US. The 5C is the version that was killed off.
Also killed off was the Gold iPhone 6 and 6+ and 5S. That is correct - the 5S, 6 and 6+ are now only available in Silver and Space Gray. The 6S and 6S+ are available in Silver, Space Gray - along with Gold and Rose Gold.
Apple also introduced their own iPhone Upgrade Program available from Apple Retail in the US.
It starts at $32 a month. You choose your carrier and you get an unlocked iPhone including apple Care+ - and you can then upgrade your iPhone every year. This will mean you hand over your device to get the new one each year.
Again this is starting at $32 a month. More info on this on a later episode as it could take some time to work out all the details and T’s and C’s
Ok - Lets talk Pre-Orders. They start this Saturday September 12th - likely at 12:01 AM PT. 3:01 AM ET
If you are going to be pre-ordering - remember to have the Apple Store app installed on your iOS device. As that it typically where you can pre-order first. Also have the Website up on your computer just incase.
And you have to be ready prior to 12:01 AM PT going into Saturday Morning. So Friday Evening - make sure you have the Apple store app installed and all your info in there.
Ok - you can order on the 12th - when will you get said device. September 25th is the answer - not the oft rumored September 18th.
So the rumors and speculation around a Sep 11th pre-order sep 18th launch date were wrong.
Per the countries where the new iPhone will be available at launch. The lucky winners are:
Australia
Canada
China
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Japan
New Zealand
Puerto Rico
Singapor
United Kingdom
and the United States
By the end of 2015 the iPhone 6S and 6S+ will be available in over 130 countries on over 400 carriers.
Some other minor spec changes for the S series are the following:
The 6S depth increased to 0.28 inches from 0.27 inches.
The depth of 6S+ increased to 0.29 inches from 0.28 inches. The height increased to 6.23 inches from 6.22 inches, The width increased to 3.07 inches from 3.06 inches.
Interestingly - the 6S had the same height and widths as the 6.
The weight did change on both. The 6S increased to 5.04 ounces from 4.55 ounces. The 6S+ increased to 6.77 inches from 6.07 ounces.
The S series is now Bluetooth 4.2 - not 4.1 as I had speculated - and not the 4.0 that the non S series was.
The 4K video recording is at 30 fps for both S series units.
And the iPhone 6S+ now also supports Optical image stabilization for Video recording.
There is now stabilization with Time-Lapse Video - because yeah we all know how annoying non-stabilized Time Lapse videos can be.
When you are recording 4K videos - you can take 8MP stills.
With Video - there is now Playback Zoom.
On the FaceTime Camera - the video recording is just 720P HD video - the rumor was it was going to be 1080p video.
Per battery life - there is no difference in the specs for the 6S vs the 6 nor is there any differences between the 6S+ vs the 6+ - All specs are identical to the previous gen. That actually surprised me - I mean what are the chances the specs with the new processor - and other changes would see IDENTICAL specs. HMMMM cooking of books - naahhhh - that would be wrong.
So what were some of your thoughts on the new iPhones.
From Francisco Tapia from Google+ quote
ForceTouch renamed to 3D Touch, looks very interesting
the parallax menus feature which looks awesome on screen, but what does it look like with it disabled?
wow, i think i like the force touch to swipe between apps w/o the home button
70% faster CPU and 90% faster GPU… drool
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From Myron Uecker - quote
Live Photos. It reminds me of the newspapers in the Harry Potter movies.
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From Lasse Fredriksen - quote
Upgrading from the 6 to the 6S for one single reason: the new isight camera
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From Karthik M - quote
16 GB iPhone? Seriously? This is the problem with Apple. Sometimes they can be evil.
unquote
Karthik - I am also disappointed with the 16 GB min spec. I would not say evil - definitely greedy. But not evil. Evil is when you don’t offer upgrades to new version of the OS or sell of your users data.
Hi Rob,
I know you are getting a ton of email today... But I did not notice a difference in phones this time??? Did they mention if the plus has anything over the 4.7 other than screen/battery?
I have the 6 plus and may go 6s if it's the same this time.
Regards,
Dan
Well Dan - My thoughts on the new iPhone 6S and 6S+ - again - I will not be upgrading - my 6+ is fine for me. If you are sitting on a 5S or earlier - then I would recommend upgrading - but for 6 and 6+ owners - I just can’t justify it for most.
Per the battery life - there is still a big advantage in battery life for the + series vs the non-plus series. So if you go for the 6+ to the 6S - you will get a hit in battery life. The 6S+ as mentioned is identical to the 6+ for battery life and both are better then the 6 and 6S - which again those two are identical. Or simply put if you want the best battery life stick with the + version.
One additional spec that has kinda been confirmed by a 3rd party that got a hands on with the iPhone 6S and 6S+ is that the new devices do have 2GB of RAM - I think we many need to wait until i
http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
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44:08
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/9/9297805/apple-ipad-pro-
microsoft-surface-comic-prediction
I want to go back and now talk about the iPad Pro - Yes it was introduced and Yes as rumored it will not launch until November.
I am going to go quickly over the specs now . As well we have a long time to go over it in detail before it launches.
But first I need to read this cartoon that was written by Joel Watson back in 2012 - 3 years ago. I have a link to this in the show notes titled - A comic predicted Apple inventing MS Surface three years ago.
In the first frame it shows Balmer holding the Surface and saying quote we call it the surface unquote. The audience yells boo and says your iPad sucks. And balmer says its not an iPad its a surface - and then someone yells suck my surface the surface of my - redacted.
The Next frame it shows Balmer saying it has a kickstand and cupholder. The audience says your iPad still sucks. Balmer drops an fbomb and says we a darn keyboard right in the cover in three years when apple copies this you redacted will think it is genius. Some then says do the monkey dance
The last frame says - WWDC 2015 - And it shows Tim Cook holding up what looks like the iPad pro saying We call it the smart cover touch and we thing you’re going to love it.
Someone yells out you invented that - and Tim replies - Yes - Yes we did.
Pretty darn accurate of Mr. Watson - he missed the timing by a scant 3 months.
Ok - Now Lets go over what was announced today at the Apple Event.
The iPad Pro - predicted by many - at least many not named Rob that have a podcast about the iPhone - was the introduction of the iPad Pro. It is as expected a 12.9 inch iPad. Again - I question why this was announced now - but what ever - I am kinda over it - sorta - you know if you don’t ask me about it and don’t remind me about it - over it.
Any way lets get into the specs.
First there are 3 versions - Wifi only 32 GB version - A wifi only 128 GB version and a Wifi+Cellular 128 GB version. Pricing for all three are $799, $949 and $1079 respectively.
The size of the unit is 12 inches by 8.68 inches by 0.27 inches. And it weights 1.57 pounds. That is close to what the original iPad weighed.
Per the size of the screen - to put it in perspective the Original iPad and iPad Air2 - are the same height for the screen as the iPad Pro is wide.
Resolution of the screen is 264 pixels per inch - the same as the iPad Air 2.
It has the A9X processor with the M9 coprocessor built in.
It is sporting Bluetooth 4.2
Battery life is the same as all the other current iPads. Which are all listed as follows.
Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on wifi, watching video or listening to music.
or Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network.
Other wise all specs are the same as the iPad Air 2. with the following exceptions for brand new features.
one there is now 4 built in stereo speakers. 2 at the bottom and two on the top. YEAH!!! and About time.
There is also a new smart connector. This is for connecting to the new keyboard cover. Or as Apples says quote
The Smart Connector is a new interface that takes advantage of the two-way conductive fabric in the Smart Keyboard. It allows iPad Pro to provide power to the Smart Keyboard and lets the Smart Keyboard relay each of your keystrokes back to iPad Pro. Using the Smart Connector couldn’t be easier. Simply align the Smart Keyboard to iPad Pro — just as you would with a Smart Cover — and start typing. Now there’s even less distance between what’s on your mind and what’s on the display. unquote
The new Smart Keyboard will run you $129. It connects to the iPad magnetically and via inductive connections - there is no battery or on off switch. It just works when connected. Yes - Yes that does sound a lot or almost identical to the Surface and its keyboard connection.
The other thing that was introduced with the iPad Pro - was also rumored and that is a new Stylus called the Apple Pencil - it will run you $99. One cool feature is that to recharge it you plug it into the Lightening port. They say a full charges lasts 12 hours - and 15 seconds of charge will last 30 minutes.
So to sum this up - lets say you get the top of the line iPad pro wifi - 128 gb version and get the key board and Apple Pencil - that will set you back $1,177
Lets go over some feed back from Listeners on this.
From Myron Uecker quote
12.9 inch screen on iPad Pro. Width of IPad Pro is same as height of iPad Air!
Size and performance are great, give me external storage
And now a connected keyboard to go with it. Sounds like they are targeting Microsoft Surface.
Apple Pencil? Ok I guess I can get behind that name for the stylus.
I wonder if other 3rd party stylii can work as well as the Apple Pencil? They haven't worked well on iPad Air 2. They don't say if it is Bluetooth like the rest and haven't said if it will work on iPads other than pro.
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Hi Myron - the Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard are designed specifically and only at this time for the iPad Pro. They will not work with any other iPad’s in the Apple line up today. Maybe and likely in the future - the iPad Air next gen will support the Apple Pencil - but for now - just the Pro.
From Faisal K quote
iPad pro don't look portable anymore !!
4 speaker audio system - Beautiful
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From Stephen Shaner quote
looks like no battery sacrifice, and 4 stereo audio
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From Melissa Dorner quote
Combo of Pencil & iPad Pro could be used like a Wacom input device.
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From Nic Brown quote
I can't believe they made a stylus 😧 that's just sad
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And From Francisco Tapia quote
so they haven't said how they solve the problem of carrying the new stylus with the iPad pro
unquote
Francisco - Great question and the only answer I could find was Kickstarter. And by find I mean make up.
Also deserving a little bit of a mention - the iPad Mini 4th gen was introd as well - and it is basically the specs of the iPad Air Performance wise. Now bumped up to the A8 processor - not the A8X - but otherwise the same specs.
The iPad Air2 was not upgraded - however it is now showing Bluetooth 4.2 where it used to be bluetooth 4.0 - possibly it is a typo - that or it was a very very minor tweak.
Ok - and that wraps up iPads for now.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/
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http://www.apple.com/watch/
There was a slight announcement with the Apple Watch - there are now Gold and Rose Gold anodized aluminum Apple Watches available.
And a few new straps - and well excuse me if I yawn here - I am sure it is more about the time of night and lack of sleep - then it is about the lack of excitement about those updates. Hint that was sarcasm - you know just incase you missed it.
54:15
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From the Google+ community:
A few thoughts about today's keynote:
This from Brenden Finnerty quote
1) In general, it seemed a bit rushed. So much to fill in 2 hours that some important stuff was missed. For example, Schiller's example of why they increased MP on the iPhone. I felt he wanted to dive deeper but couldn't. I assume the new camera tech/dual lens stuff is not on the new iPhone?
2) The new Apple TV is nice like really nice. The universal search feature with app support is a home run. Wish the TV subscription service was ready. This new Apple TV with the new streaming service would have been a true game changer.
3) I might buy the new 6s just on the new Live Photos feature alone. So cool How long till Sammie copies Force Touch? unquote
From Timmy T - Quote
So for the first time in four years I was off work and had the opportunity to watch the keynote today. Of all the years to be able to watch the keynote this was by far the best. In my opinion this may very well be one of the biggest releases of hardware ever.
Also worth noting was I found it interesting that Microsoft participated in the key note given the fact that the iPad pro virtually placed the last nail in Microsofts coffin. unquote
55:48
One thing we have not mentioned yet is iOS 9 - well it will be launched as expected live to everyone on September 16th. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not update on the 16th or the 17th or even the 18th.
Wait - wait - wait.
Especially if you listen to podcast and use the podcast app - do not upgrade to iOS 9.0
Wait at least 10 days before you upgrade if then. Let apple work out any issues first.
By the way Apple did release the GM of iOS 9 to Devs. Again - folks if you are at iOS 8.4.1 or earlier - please do not upgrade on the 16th.
Let see what happens first for the masses.
I am not even going to go over my recommended update procedure - as I really think everyone needs to wait on the upgrade for at least 10 days this time around - especially if you need your iPhone for work.
For Devs however - you have two choices - iOS 9 Gold Master is now available or you can skip jail and go directly to iOS 9.1 Beta 1 - which was also made available to devs on September 9th.
More about these on future eps.
57:03
Apple also announced changes to iCloud storage plans.
Previously it was 20 GB for 99 cents a month,
200 GB for $3.99 a month
500 GB for $9.99 a month
and 1 TB for $19.99a month
The new prices are:
50 GB for 99 cents a month - you get an extra 30 GB.
200 GB for $2.99 a month - that drops a buck a month.
and 1TB for $9.99 a month - that drops 10 bucks a month.
5GB is still the free amount - that did not change.
57:39
Hi Rob,
You did great on the bingo card. Congrats on getting bit right on the Apple TV. 12 pix camera and A9 chip were talked about. Also the multi touch feature in the new iPhone and iPads. Two iPads were announce the pro and mini 4. New version of Apple watch and several new bands. No realention of iOS 9
Regards,
Melissa
Hi Rob,
I am so happy that you were so wrong about this 9-9 Apple event. I listened to your latest podcast (#362) this morning and the three tiers you placed all of the rumors. Thankfully for all of us you underestimated this event. In all honesty, I did as well. While I wish the Apple TV would be more developed and enable me to truly cut the cable cord, I was not only impressed with this significant refresh, but I was also impressed with the iPhone 6S / 6S Plus upgrades as well as the new iPad Pro.
Yes, you were right about most of the rumors, but the iPad Pro rumor impressed me the most. As I was watching the live event, I thought that an iPad Pro would only be truly advanced if it solved the physical keyboard/case issue as well as the incorporation of a good stylus to make the iPad a better content creation device and workhorse tool. I would have never considered buying a new, bigger screen iPad, but these new accessories make it much more compelling.
I am glad to be an Apple investor on a day like today where they have once again proven to be a mighty force in technology and the stock price fell by $2.16 to $110.15. The ANAL-lysts will try and poke holes in Apple, but this is by far one of the most impressive product launches I’ve seen in years. Time to buy more APPL stocks.
Regards,
Paul, from Bend, OR
I would normally go over the bingo card - but I will wait until the next episode - as I want to get this episode out tonight. Some of you have a decision to make tomorrow about pre-ordering - and this has been delayed enough due to my travels.
This next voice mail message was called in prior to the new Apple TV being announced.
VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_thoughts_apple_TV_gaming_box
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 362
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RUSSELL for sending in the music you hear in the background. RUSSELL wrote:
Hi Rob,
Here is a new reggae song I made on GarageBand for iOS. it is all my original music and rhythms. Hope you like it!
Regards,
Russell Campise, Las Vegas NV
SONG Late_night_waikiki
Thanks RUSSELL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JEFF for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JEFF said the following:
Hi Rob,
This Tii doodle was made using the following iOS apps on my iPad air2:
PhotoViva, TangledFX, SketchClub & Matter.
Keep up the great podcast & thanks for accepting listeners' Art & Music submissions.
Regards
Happy listener Jeff
Thanks JEFF, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JEFF'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 362 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:10
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “ iPad Killer: Truly, Really, I mean It
I’m the first to admit that I fall victim to shiny objects at trade shows, and I regularly call every new tablet an iPad Killer. But now, really, I’ve found it. OK, it may sound like I’m the boy who cried wolf – but Motorola’s new XOOM tablet is poised to become THE best non iPad tablet on the market when it ships later this year. unquote
Jim Louderback, Huffington Post, 6 January 2011
I am friends with Jim - so I fell bad putting him in here - but then again he did say the Xoom was an iPad Killer - Ouch Jim - really???? I don’t think you were crying wolf - maybe crying Flying Spaghetti Monster - maybe - but not wolf - a wolf actually you know exists - Just Sayin
03:00
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad App or iBook Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:51
http://tii.libsyn.com/september-9th-2015-rumor-bingo-card
Ok - I try to get a Rumor Bingo card done to review in the episode prior to a keynote event - and this episode is said episode and this part of the episode is where we go over said bingo card.
I put a post up at today in iOS dot com and it is also in the Tii App.
As I say in the post - this is not that I think All the rumors will happen - It is just the ones that seem to be getting talked about the most that are not completely crazy.
That said - let me put them in three buckets. Those Most likely to happen. Those that could happen. And those least likely to happen.
First the ones most likely to happen:
Force Touch
A9 Processor w/ M9 Motion Processor
Bluetooth 4.1
6S and 6S+ announced
Apple TV 4th Gen
4K Video Recording on the iPhone
12 MP Rear Camera for the iPhone
2 GB RAM for the iPhone
Min storage for iPhones stays at 16 GB
Then there are those that could happen:
Apple TV touch pad remote w/ motion sensor
Apple TV App Store
Apple TV remote w/ Siri control
3 to 5 MP 1080p HD Facetime Camera
iPhone 5S killed off
iPhones built w/ 7000 series aluminum
Full NFC access
New Apple TV $199 to $249 price
Apple TV with 32 GB storage
And finally there are those not likely to happen.
Rose Gold Special Edition of iPhone 6S+
Apple Tv to be Home-kit Hub
LynX camera Module
Camera Flush w/ back of iPhone - those last two go hand in hand.
5C replaced by 4" 6C
iPad Pro announced - Yes - I know most people think this one belongs in the first group - I am not most people. I still think with the Apple TV, iPhone 6S and 6S+ - plus apple watch OS2, iOS 9, and Apple TV App store - that is just a whole lot to cover and no need to force the Apple iPad Pro in - when Apple could push it out to October - especially if it not going to launch until November anyway.
Any way These are the rumors that made it on the bingo card - which really I finished up right after the last episode. I just sat on it for a few days to see if I thought it needed any changes and it did not - or at least I did not think it did.
The reality on this - is each event I go thinking yeah most of these can happen - this event will be different than past events - and each time we do not even get half of the items.
And then there are always iTems that are announced that no one predicted.
I would imagine this event will be the same as past events - in that more than half of those items will not happen and we will get a few nobody predicted.
We will of course go over this bingo card to see how it did on the next episode.
07:57
http://petapixel.com/2015/08/31/the-one-thing-
apple-understands-is-photography/
Hey Rob.
I just noticed that Petapixel is doing a Reader Poll asking "Is the camera the most important feature in your next smartphone?"
As of this moment, there are 1,826 respondents with these results:
Yes - 31.33%
Maybe - 15.12%
No - 53.55%
Now of course, this is a site that's aimed at photographers (pun intended) so I'm thinking that the results would be skewed a bit. But it's interesting that even among photo enthusiasts, it's only 31.33% yes.
You'd think it'd be higher among the photography crowd. Unless...they're placing more weight on their big boy cameras and don't value the camera in their phones as much.
Personally, I enjoy the camera in my iPhone 6 Plus.
Regards,
Mike
host of the Lens Shark Photography Podcast
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the heads up - and I would agree with your assessment that for Photographers the iPhone camera would be less important then for non-photographers - because for non-photographers like myself - the best camera I own is my iPhone 6+ - nothing else at this point is even close per what I own. To me - without a doubt - the Camera is the most important feature. And I would guess if that poll was on a parenting website - the numbers of yes’s would be over 80%.
I would say it is actually surprising it is that high where almost 1/3 of those really into photography consider the camera on their smartphone the most important feature.
09:49
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/02/ipad-pro-sep-9-ipad-mini-4-november/
One rumor that is heating up even more as we get closer to September 9th is the iPad Pro announcement rumor.
9 to 5 mac just had a big post on it this week saying it would be announced on the 9th and start pre-orders in late October and a launch to stores and users in November.
Sorry - why try to force the iPad Pro announcement with everything else - when the pre-orders are not until late October.
This rumor still does not make sense - Apple has done multiple events the past few years - the Apple press - and tech press - are all over these events - so Apple will get the coverage - and they can easily afford to rent out a venue for a morning and afternoon. I could be wrong on this - but it just does not make sense.
A counter point to that comes from this email
Hey rob
I think there will be an update to iPad on sept 9 because bestbuy canada just sent out emails for special trade in deals on iPads. Every time this deal comes there is usually iPad updates.
Thanks
Dev
And well I have a recording sent in already from one listener that thinks I am already wrong and he set it up with the how wrong were they music with a quote from me saying no iPads on Sept 9th. He said I did not have to play it if I was right - oh - no - I told him - I will be playing it on the next episode either way.
11:29
http://geardiary.com/2015/09/02/will-the-rumored-
apple-tv-be-too-pricey-for-the-set-top-market/
Rumors and speculation around the price of the new Apple TV - put the price anywhere from a low of $149 to a high of $299.
I have seen quite a few blog posts saying even the $149 price is too high. But they are basing that on looking at Roku as the competition - and if the Apple TV has the specs it is rumored to have - i.e. all the ones I mention earlier - then that device even at $199 or $249 for a 32 GB version is a good deal. Because really the comp is not Roku with all those specs it is Xbox and PlayStation and Wii.
With the Xbox 360 and PS3 being in the $199 to $249 price window.
But the games available for the Apple TV would be much more plentiful in a very short time and would be much cheaper.
And then there will be the question on will Apple come out with a true game controller or have an standard API to support 3rd party game controllers.
Apple has a lot of directions they can go with this - just based on rumors alone. How much this remains a hobby and how serious Apple is about said Apple TV will determine a lot of what we see next week.
I am hoping that the $199 price will seem like a steal - and that there is a $249 price version with the greater storage capacity.
In my mind I have visions of 3rd party classic arcade controllers and Galaga, ms pac man, 1941, vanguard, Xevious and dig dug dancing in my head.
13:25
http://www.npr.org/2015/06/11/413711268/baltimore-mans-
plan-to-fix-parking-problem-meets-opposition-from-cities
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/06/05/412240643/
episode-630-free-parking
Hi Rob,
I am sure that you may have already gotten these links.
about a Baltimore Man's Plan To Fix Parking Problem and Meets Opposition From Cities : NPR
I really enjoy the show.
regards,
-Joe
Well Joe thanks for the links. Last episode someone was asking about an app that helps you find open parking spots and I said the issue was there was no incentive for the person leaving the spot to say it is open. Well this person in baltimore created an app - that address that issue - it allows the person with the spot to sell their spot when they are getting ready to leave. How it sounds like it worked was you posted where your spot was and you were getting ready to leave and then someone would agree to buy your spot.
Shockingly some people had issues with people selling free parking spots.
When he tried to introduce his app in Boston - the City Council introduced a bill to ban his app.
Which again leads us back to the situation - there is no incentive to notify people that your spot is opening up.
14:41
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Regards
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17:03
VOICEMAIL - Aaron_NY_apple_music_does_not_like
Hi Rob, just an idea for the user who wanted a quicker way to set Bluetooth on and off between devices. Workflow for iOS is meant to have an amazing amount of work flow tasks that you can add together and then create shortcuts on your home screen i'm not sure if it would work for turning on and off Bluetooth settings, but I thought it might be worth some further investigation
regards
Rocco
Sydney Australia
Hi Rob,
You had a listener ask about easier way to get to the Bluetooth menu to enable switching between Bluetooth devices.
I had the same issue for a long time, and discovered the launcher app from from cromulent labs. This is a widget app that allows you to create various types of widgets that you can access by swiping down and using the today menu. You can create widget launchers that will allow you to access area menu within settings. I've created widgets for not only Bluetooth, but also wifi and auto lock. There are many more options as well.
Regards,
John L. Nicklas II
24:59
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Craig Lucas who posted the following question
Quote
I'm going out on a limb here. Apple TV could basically be an App, just like Netflix, Amazon Prime & Hulu etc etc. Maybe Apple TV is an app on the new Apple Games console?
Unquote
Well Craig that is definitely a spin I have not seen in the rumor blogs. As I said earlier each year something is new no one rumored about. Maybe you will be the one that nails it. Maybe it will be called Apple Arcade - instead of Apple TV.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Myron Uecker who wrote:
Per the caller that wanted to know how to access their iCloud music, in the Music app, My Music, when you select between Artists, Albums, etc. at the bottom of the screen you can toggle "Show Music Available Offline". At least that is how it works in iOS 9, and I'm pretty sure iOS 8.4.1 has the same music player.
26:37
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/08/31Apple-and-
Cisco-Partner-to-Deliver-Fast-Lane-for-iOS-Enterprise-Users.html
Hi Rob,
I'd appreciate your insight into this announcement.
Thanks,
Dr. John M
And this is per the deal Apple and Cisco just announced - Ken Ray likes to says numbers without numbers - and here we have words without meanings.
Let me read some of the Press Release from Apple.
quote August 31, 2015 — Apple® and Cisco today announced a partnership to create a fast lane for iOS business users by optimizing Cisco networks for iOS devices and apps, integrating iPhone® with Cisco enterprise environments and providing unique collaboration on iPhone and iPad®. unquote
Then there were two paragraphs of rah rah - iPad - rah rah cisco - but no info.
Then these sentences
quote To address the ever-increasing demands on corporate infrastructure, Cisco networks and iOS devices will be optimized so that they work together more efficiently and reliably with the goal of providing users with even greater performance.
Apple and Cisco are also working together to make iPhone an even better business collaboration tool in Cisco voice and video environments, with the goal of providing employees with a seamless experience between iPhone and their desk phone.
With Apple's support, Cisco will deliver experiences specially optimized for iOS across mobile, cloud, and premises-based collaboration tools such as Cisco Spark, Cisco Telepresence and Cisco WebEx in order to deliver seamless team collaboration and reinvent the meeting experience.
unquote
Ummm - Yeah - so Dr. John - I am not sure I can give you any insight - other than to say - it sure seems like a lot of Optimizing is going to be going on. Don’t get me wrong - I think it is great that apple and Cisco are working together - it just would be nice to see some specifics - like we had when Apple and IBM did a deal - rather than a PR filled with Marketing speak.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2978938/apple-ios/whats-
the-deal-with-apple-cisco-deal.html
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2978285/mobile-wireless/apples-
deal-with-cisco-will-lay-out-a-red-carpet-for-critical-ios-apps.html
28:33
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2979199/smartphones/iphone-
6s-android-bubble-bursts-as-europeans-grab-iphones.html
There was an article in Computer world titled - iPhone 6S - Android bubble bursts as Europeans Grab iPhones.
The article starts off with some date from the recently released Article from Kantar Worldpanel - where for the 3 months ending in July - 27 percent of Smartphone buyers across Europe left Android for iOS.
It seems the more mature the smartphone market - the more likely buyers were to switch to iOS. Or put another way - the more time people spend being frustrated with Android - the more likely they are to step up and get an iPhone.
29:09
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/09/03/latest-comscore-figures-
show-iphone-growing-and-cementing-us-marketshare
And speaking of data - Comscore just released some of their own.
They found that an average of 44.2% of the US market during the three month period ending in july belonged to the iPhone. That is an increase of 1.1 % points from the prior three months.
In comparison Samsung’s US market share dropped 1.3 points to 27.3%.
Android over all saw its market share fall to 51.4% down 0.8 points.
Those numbers for Apple are expected to rise this fall and Sammy’s given their luke warm reception of their new handsets should see an even bigger drop.
29:57
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/04/apple-music-44m-us-users/
Comscore also reported that 37 Million in the US used Apple music in its first month.
Now some clarification - that is 37 Million in the US that used the Apple Music APP - not that had signed up and used the Apple Music service.
That made it the 14th most popular smartphone App - just behind Twitter.
When this news broke from Comscore - it was commonly mis-reported that 37 Million or 44 Mil as the report initially listed it - were signed up to the Apple Music service.
To be quite honest - I can’t imagine that the number of users of the Apple Music app is ONLY 37 Million users.
As that works out to 24.1% reach - where as Apple Maps had a 28.2% reach.
By comparison Apple had a 44.2% reach - so that means they are saying only 54.5% of iPhone users used the Music App - again that seems low to me.
31:28
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/01/amazon-prime-video-now-offers-
downloads-for-offline-viewing-on-iphone-and-ipad-users/
Hi Rob,
For the Amazon Prime users.... This is huge! news.
Regards,
Peter H
And the huge news is that Amazon Prime Video now offers downloads for offline viewing on iPhone and iPad. Which is very nice for those you can download. For example Vikings TV show - that one you can download - there is a download button there. So you tap it and by default you need to be on wifi for it to start downloading. Works well.
However not all movies and TV series you can do the download option for. For example - Falling Skies - which along with Vikings are the two series I have in my watch list right now - that series does not allow downloading.
But some downloads are better then none - and I downloaded eps 1, 2 and 3 of Season 2 of Vikings for my up coming trip. Thus giving me something to watch on the flights in case I get stuck in a seat where work is not possible.
So Peter thanks for the heads up on those.
Folks obviously you need an Amazon Prime account for this and you need the Amazon Video app. Which hopefully come September 9th - will also be an App available on Apple TV. If so - there are a couple of TV series on Prime the Wife and I will be catching up on.
32:47
https://theoverspill.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/premium-
android-hits-the-wall-the-q2-2015-smartphone-scorecard/
I like the title of this next article - Premium Android hits the wall - the Q2 2015 smartphone scorecard.
In the 2nd quarter of 2014 - a year earlier - Sammy, HTC, LG, Sonym Motorola and Lenovo together shipped a total of 129.4 M smartphones - that was 43% of the whole smartphone market for that quarter.
In the 2nd quarter of 2015 - the combination of that same group shipped a total of 114.7 Mil devices and it was just 34% of the total market for the quarter.
These are two telling stats - none of the Android OEM’s shipped more handsets than in the year ago period - and worse than that - none made more operating profit than in the year ago period. And quite a few lost money - including both Sony and HTC.
The only one to increase handset sales and profits would of course be Apple.
Android’s Premium smartphone market is being destroyed from below by Xiaomi, Huawei, OnePlus and Oppo. And being picked off from above by Apple.
If you are in the Premium Android space you are now in between the preverbal Rock and a hard place.
34:09
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35:54
VOICEMAIL - Scott_DC_quest_about_text_shortcut
Hi Scott - I just tested this again in iOS 9 beta 5 - and it is working as good as always. It is now under Text Replacement in iOS 9 to get to it go to Settings —> General —> keyboard —> Text Replacement
And there you will see the list of ones you have setup.
For example I have kk setup to be my wifes email address. So when I want to email her - I just type kk - it then suggests - her email address and I tap return and it puts her email address in the the email.
I still have LLAP set up to be the emoticon for Live Long and Prosper hand symbol.
But yes per your question - it is still working for putting in an email address.
Hey Rob,
I was just listening to your recent podcast, item 361, and I just wanted to say two things: first, if you're going to say something bad about a person (in response to Angela's video to Apple Retail Store employee's), please please PLEASE at least pronounce her name correctly. It's Angela Ahrendts, pronounced Ar-ents. Not Arnetts.
My second thing was about the listener who called about buying an Apple Watch charger and it being stainless steel instead of white like his. Apple made two types of watch chargers, the first kind came with the Apple Watch Sport, and is all white. The second kind comes with the regular Apple Watch, and is stainless steel, to match the watch itself. What they sell in the retail stores in the stainless steel charger. So if you went and got a Sport instead of the standard, you got a different charger as well.
Regards,
Brandon
Hi Brandon - thanks for the info on the Apple Watch charger. Per Angela’s last name - She is just one of many on this show who’s last name I mangled like a 2 dollar meat grinder. And given that she was allegedly advocating pitching the Apple watch as a device students can use to cheat - yeah - not feeling even a twinge of guilt for mangling her name.
Hi Rob,
I've still not received my TrackR from indiegogo has anyone else experienced problems?
Regards
Gerry
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41:40
http://itechtriad.com/2015/08/31/android-wear-is-now-officially-
compatible-with-ios/
Well exciting news - Android Wear is now Officially compatible with iOS - Play crickets chirping.
That is right - you can now officially use Android Wear devices with the iPhone 5 or later running 8.2 or later.
Well and you will also need the latest gen of Android wear. the LG Watch Urbane or one of a number of other new devices coming out.
You also need to download the official Android wear app in the iTunes app store - so no - no jailbreaking is required.
Ok - Time to take a shower - I am feeling a little dirty just talking about that.
42:25
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/01/technology/new-nest-
thermostat/index.html
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this next one.
Which is well out the dirt and into the mud patch - as this one is about the New Nest thermostat.
Seems the new Nest Thermostat was redesigned to have a slightly thinner profile, a larger and easier to read screen and some updates on the software side.
The display is 40% larger than the past versions. The new version runs $249. It has a feature to sense movement from far away and if there is none - it shuts off the display.
Users can now set the default screen to display the Temp, an analog clock or a digital clock.
It is available now at nest dot com and amazon and best buy and eventually 7,000 retail locations.
This is the first update of the Nest since 2012 - now making the Apple TV the oldest electronic device since its last update.
43:37
VOICEMAIL - Frank_NV_issue_podcast_episodes
VOICEMAIL - Frank_NV_part2
Hi Rob,
Thank you for bringing up my question about the new notes app on your last podcast. At first I was really excited to follow your instructions. However, after following your advise I was right back where I started. I created a new note in the "On My iPad" section and here is all I see:
As you can see, the only option I have when the keyboard is hidden is the camera option. The "swiggly" line is not present. Thank you for any follow up you can provide.
Regards,
Brenton N
Hi Rob,
Persistence is key! Please see below in regards to the Sketch feature of the new notes app:
You will notice that it states the Sketch feature is only available on:
iPhone: 5 and higher
iPad: 4th gen and higher
iPad Mini: 2nd gen and higher
iPod: 6th gen and higher
Just a little something for your listeners. Looks like a new iPad is in my future.
Regards,
Brenton
Hey Rob,
Just wanted to say in response to notes and the reason it's so hard to find sketch feature as I have no issues. The reason you can only find this feature when on the "on my iPhone section" is due to not upgrading your existing notes to the new notes format because it will stop your notes from syncing to your Mac and any other devices not running iOS 9 or 10.11.
Regards,
Will
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48:29
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/01/technology/apple-
iphone-account-hack/index.html
From Larry D
quote Yet another example of Apple hating link bait.
Everywhere else that I saw an article referencing the story they specifically called out the fact that in order for this hack to happen you have to be jailbroken.
This article only mention it in one sentence in the middle of the article hopefully to be overlooked. Just complete utter disingenuous live bait. unquote
Oh - Larry - don’t limit your venom on just the CNN article with the title -
More than 225,000 Apple iPhone accounts hacked - CNN Money
Oh there are many others you can spit that venom at such as:
iPhone hackers steal more than 225,000 Apple accounts
WPXI Pittsburgh
new iOS Malware compromises 225,000 apple account - slate magazine
over 225,000 apple iPhone accounts hacked by New Malware - news factor network
225,000 iPhone breached by hackers - bloomberg
Over 225,000 Apple Accounts hacked via iPhones - UPI.com
This Malware just hacked 225,000 apple account - Esquire.com
Yup - none of those link bait - j-school 101 flunkies mentioned jailbreak anywhere in the article.
And even the ones that did - often did not get into the real details and that is this whole issue is only if you downloaded an app which was not part of the standard big boss repository.
So not only would you need to have jailbroken you would have needed to add a 3rd party repository - Weiphone’s Repository - which almost no one does outside of china - as it is based on a popular Apple blog in China.
This is a lot different than the malware lurking in the official google play store.
That said - the press sure does love their link bait titles. Just another example of fear mongering by the Press looking to use link bait for their own gains. Just Sayin
The reason this article is near the end of the episode - is that really it is not big news - and for most if not almost all listeners of this show it is not an issue. A lot of people ran around screaming about this like the house was on fire - where really it was just a scented candle burning in the corner.
51:29
http://www.wral.com/report-malware-targeting-android-
smartphones-on-the-rise/14870906/
Now if you want to really talk about a Malware issue - well let me read this email.
Hi Rob,
It is getting really bad for the Android users.
Look at this article
Regards,
Arnold
Raleigh, NC
And Arnold sent along an article titled - Report - Malware targeting android smartphones on the rise.
Here is a great quote from that article - quote Malicious software targeting smartphones with the Android operating system is becoming more common, with some handsets already infected when they're bought. unquote
You heard that right - when they were purchased - they already had malware. No need to root the phone and then add a strange 3rd party repository and then download a specific app - nope all you needed to do was buy the phone.
So yes maybe I minimized the 225,000 Jailbroken users who added in the 3rd party repository and then downloaded an app with malware a little bit. But wow - compared to buying a phone already infected - there is no comparison - none.
52:40
http://www.thegud1.com/2015/09/skype-for-android-and-
ios-redesigned.html
FYI for Skype users - Microsoft just update Skype for iOS
The redesign includes easier navigation and enhanced search.
Which is dev speak for you can now figure out our UI and our search actually returns meaningful results.
There is a new floating action button that quote makes it simple to start a new conversation, whether its about starting a video call, audio call, chat or sending a video message unquote.
In any case - if you are a Skype users - it is nice to see Microsoft is updating the app.
53:14
VOICEMAIL - Bill_RI_2nd_call_spotify_segway_music
Rob
Here's something I'd like to share about the recent comments by Runners to have more effective interaction with Apple Watch and Heart Rate. My comment also applies to Walkers, Hikers, Bikers and other activities.
First, on the Heart Rate items covered in the past 2 episodes, we must realize that Apple doesn't deliver that function as an App. It is a health sensor utility that can be viewed in Glances. It is part of HealthKit and used to help track activity to calculate caloric burn rates. While it is available to users in Glances, it doesn't have a persistent presence like an App. Thus, the Heart Rate reading won't continue to display despite a user setting Activate Last Used App on Wrist Raise. Once the utility has measured your Heart Rate, it returns that display to its hidden state.
Next, it is true that you can see your Heart Rate while using the Workout App as you explained to one listener. But the concept of swiping left many times to see it is difficult since wet fingers are ignored - also it's awkward and slightly dangerous. A runner's attention to the road, sidewalk or path is paramount for safety. So making repeated glances or longer looks at the watch could lead to a fall. All runners agree on that point - and probably agree the Workout App devs missed the boat on a clean display of key data.
I've found that the best Runners App on the iPhone is Runkeeper. It worked fine with my Pebble for over 1,000 miles of running since I got mine. Of course no Heart Rate info since that isn't in the Pebble roadmap. (As an aside, it is a great exercise watch though - with water resistance and many days of battery life.)
Now that I have the Apple Watch, I've used Runkeeper with it for over 200 miles. But the Apple Watch display for Runkeeper still lacks a unified snapshot that includes Heart Rate. You'll get elapsed time, distance and pace. There is room for a Heart Rate display in upper left corner of the Apple Watch - directly across from the current time displayed in the upper right corner. But the WatchKit for "watchOS1" didn't give App devs access to the Heart Rate health sensors.
Maybe the watchOS2 rollout on Sept. 9th will have some good news - but I don't think the Workout App devs are on top of what serious runners need.
So my feedback for all Apple Watch runners is to ask independent App devs to embrace WatchKit for watchOS2. It provides access to the health sensors in real-time. And with CoreMotion enhancements we can look forward to better running app display options.
All the best - PaulG in Lawrenceville GA
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As always - I would like to point out - not everything on the bingo card are items I think will be announced. However, these are the top rumors out there leading into the September 9th 2015 keynote event.
Remember the event will be live streamed September 9th at 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT. http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2015/ - Live streaming requires an iOS device, Safari on Mac, an Apple TV, or a PC with Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.
Please let comments about the Live even in the post that is pinned to the top of the Tii Google+ community - go there to add in your comments live as the Keynote unfolds.
Per the Rumor Bingo card above for those sight impared and using Voiceover. Below is the actual layout of the bingo card going left to right in plain text.
Top Row:
Force Touch
iPhone 5S killed off
Apple TV touch pad remote w/ motion sensor
Apple TV App Store
Apple TV 4th Gen
Second Row:
Camera Flush w/ back of iPhone
A9 Processor w/ M9 Motion Processor
Apple TV remote w/ Siri control
4K Video Recording
Apple TV with 32 GB storage
Third Row:
Min storage for iPhones stays at 16 GB
Rose Gold Special Edition of iPhone 6S+
Free Box
Apple Tv to be Home-kit Hub
New Apple TV $199 to $249 price
Fourth Row:
Full NFC access
12 MP Rear Camera
3 to 5 MP 1080p HD Facetime Camera
Bluetooth 4.1
LynX camera Module
Fifth Row:
2 GB RAM
5C replaced by 4" 6C
iPhones built w/ 7000 series aluminum
iPad Pro announced
6S and 6S+ announced
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODES 361
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called SUBSONIC ROUTINES with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was “mastered" within Audioshare
This is from my Album Space age Sonic Goodness where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG SUBSONIC_ROUTINESS
Thanks STACTY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank TOM for sending in the Artwork for today's show. TOM said the following:
Hi Rob,
Here is a pic of the Trump Tower in Chicago that I took with my iPhone 6 and edited with the filter "noir" in the built in camera and added tii with the app "over"
Regards.
Tom Downing
Crystal Lake, IL
Thanks TOM, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TOM'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 361 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:16
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “ I can’t imagine anyone under the age of 30 wanting an iPad. A PS3, Wii, GameBoy, or even a useful laptop maybe, but an iPad? Furthermore, I do not recall ever seeing anyone under 30 actually using an iPad. unquote
John C. Dvorak, PC Mag, 13 December 2010
Well Obviously Mr Dvorak does not hang out with Jared - Oh what to soon? - Any way if Mr Dvorak did hang out around folks under 30 especially those under 18 he would see that the iPad is used all the time. Today when my kids friends come over for a play date many of them bring over their iPads so they can play games together or sometimes just to watch annoying orange videos together - some times it make me wish Mr Dvorak was right - Just Sayin
03:13
For Promo codes - On Ep 360 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - KALEIDOSCOPE STEREOSCOPE 3D . If you are interested in this app or want more info go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 360
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:50
http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/27/apple-announces-expected-
iphone-6s-for-sept-9th-hey-siri-give-us-a-hint/
First off a big thanks to Damon F - who sent me photos of Patrick stewart from Sunny Ozell’s twitter stream - which showed he is still sporting an iPhone. Sunny by the way is his wife. And yes - the beginning quote you hear in each episode is that of Sir Patrick Stewart. So thanks again Damon for sending those pics along.
And now into the new - As had been expected - Apple has confirmed that their next event will be on September 9th. It will be at the normal 10:00 AM PT slot. And will be at the Bill Graham Auditorium - which was being rumored a couple of days prior to apple sending out the invites.
What is special about this venue is that it is much larger then the normal Apple venue - that may mean Apple has more to show off. To put the size in perspective - The Yerba Buena Center - which is where most of the Apple Events for the past 5 years have been - seats a little under 1,500 people. The Flint Center in Cupertino where a couple events have been seats 2,400 - and the Graham Civic Auditorium can seat 7,000 people. Obviously my invite was lost in the mail again.
Ok - now per that invite - well as always people will try to over read into it.
This time it has this quote on it - quote Hey Siri, give us a hint unquote
And then the text please join us for an invitation-only event at the bill graham civi auditorium in San Francisco on Wednesday September 9 at 10:00 AM
Above the quote and the text - is a what looks to be the bottom half of the Apple stem - along with some wavy lines and some primary colors.
Honestly - even if you are an avid Coast to coast listener you are going to have a hard time making much out of this invite.
Most do think if it means anything - it means that the next gen Apple TV will support Siri.
This event will be live streamed - which will again require an iOS device running iOS 7 or later or a 2nd or 3rd gen Apple TV or a Mac with Safari - and believe it or not a PC running Windows 10 using the Edge Browser.
For the next Episode - I will be going over the bingo card - which will have the majority of the most repeated rumors on it.
I think some of those key ones are - 1 - New iPhones - the 6S and 6S+ - which will have force touch and a 12 MP back side camera and finally 4K video recording.
With the event on September 9th - that most likely means that at 12:01 AM PT on September 11th - Orders will open for the next iPhones - using the iOS App store app will get you in first. Then iPhone will start being delivered one week later on Friday September 18th.
Some recent rumors on the next gen iPhone come from some code found hidden in iOS 9. And it suggests that the new iPhones will sport a forward facing flash and 1080p resolution which would offer better selfies overall and better pics in low light situations. Per that forward flash - it is also being reported - it will not be a mechanical flash - but rather a software flash - if you have a mac laptop and have used photo booth - you know what this is - it is where they whiten the screen when you snap a picture to use the screen as a pseudo or poor man’s flash.
And again the rumor about the 7000 series aluminum per what is used in the Apple Watch - and the more robust - harder to bend enclosure. Remember harder to bend does not mean unbendable - it will still be a thin device made of metal - given a strong enough person - they will be able to bend it with their bare hands - which again will make for a link bait-ish video on Youtube - which I am sure will get not google SEO love.
Another thing being reported by supposed leaks at carriers is that the min storage will remain at 16 GB. Many are surprised by this - however I am not - last year a lot of people chose to go with the 64GB version over the 16 GB version. But if the choice is 32 GB or 64GB - a lot of people will choose to save the $100 - and that will be a big margin hit. So sadly - I think Apple is choosing pure profit in this case over the end user experience. 16 GB is not a level that anyone should get. Sorry. And if Apple still has 16 GB as the min size for the new iPhones - that in my mind is purely a profit driven decision. Guess Apple figures 200 Billion in Cash is just not enough.
There will also likely be a new Apple TV with SIRI support and an App store.
And there may also be the introduction of the iPad Pro. That is still one not everyone agrees upon. I am still skeptical about the iPad’s being included - and if the iPad Pro is announced - it is likely there will no be much if anything said about the other iPads.
Because Apple still has iOS 9 and Apple Watch OS 2 to go over - in addition to the next iPhones and Apple TV 4th gen.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/27/apple-sends-invitations-
for-sept-9-iphone-6s-and-apple-tv-event-hey-siri-give-us-a-hint
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/leaked-part-iphone-6s-shows-
163753743.html
10:42
http://fortune.com/2015/08/29/coming-sept-9-apple-
tvs-one-two-punch/?xid=yahoo_fortune
Per the 4th Gen Apple TV - there are a bunch of articles swirling around about what this device will offer. Most seem to think the new remote will be a one where there are buttons in the lower 1/3 or so of the remote face with the rest being a touchpad on the top 1/2 or more. Matthew Panzarino at Techcrunch also believes the remote will have motion sensors - think Wii control like control.
Instantly that make the remote and the Apple TV a potentially powerful gaming machine.
Add in the App Store - and you have a device that will be making Sony and Nintendo very very nervous.
It will also likely have an A8 processor - so the same basic processor as is in your iPhone 6 and 6+ and since it is plugged in - Apple and turn up the clock speed.
I have seen reports about 32GB of internal storage. Given the remote complexity and the internal specs - this does not sound like a $99 device - but more likely a $199 device.
One other thing being reported is that it will launch with out a major video content streaming deal in place. But again it will have an app store and netflix - and that is still a lot.
Still if the device is a hit - that will help apple put pressure on the content creators to get a deal in place sooner rather than later.
It is also being reported that Apple pushed out a WWDC launch so Apple could work on quote - polish, polish, polish unquote - meaning Apple wants the UI on this to be supper buttery smooth.
I know I say this before every apple event - but it does look like this time a new Apple TV is on the agenda.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/27/apple-is-about-to-
lay-down-its-tv-cards/#.tivas2:H1a7
12:42
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2015/08/26/apple-
tvs-time-has-arrived-says-rosenblatt/
Prior to the announcement of the new venue for the Sept 9th event - there was speculation from Anal-ist Brian Blair at Resenblatt Securities - that exactly that would happen - that it would be at a larger venue and a big reason for that would be quote
We believe that it is likely to be the revamped Apple TV box, which has been expected for a number of years. One idea, which could be far-fetched, is that Apple wants additional space to create a home living room to show how HomeKit will work.
unquote
Per home kit he went on to say.
quote
HomeKit: Apple announced HomeKit in June of 2014 and we haven’t seen much from the company on what HomeKit can do. We believe a software framework for controlling multiple devices in a home would be a strong feature for a revamped Apple TV.
unquote
Lets just say this - if there is no Apple TV at this event - the price of eggs are going to double - you know due to all of us saying it will be announced and then having egg on our face - you know if case you did not get that reference. hmmm - what is it they say about a joke you need to explain. Oh yeah - it is just like a UI you need to explain - it is not very good.
14:05
I want to read to you a quote from Ep 322 - that episode went up right after I received my iPhone 6+ last year.
Quote once I received it - I noticed my Wife was suffering from PIDS - actually I noticed she suffered from PIDS when I received my iPhone 5S and 4S. Guys if you don't know what PIDS is it is Post iPhone delivery syndrome and it usually shows up as shortness of conversation accompanied by crazy requests to do chores as soon as you get the new iPhone - that is followed by mild to severe moodiness. Severe cases usually are caused by you going on and on about your new iPhone - and your significant other feels shall we say a little neglected. So guys and gals - let me say this - don't let your significant other suffer from PIDS - take them out to dinner or do something else to let them know you still care. unquote
And again you can go back to ep 322 to hear that quote around the 11 minute mark.
I re-read that quote because this year guys we have a sponsor that can help defeat PIDS - and that is Boll and Branch.
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17:47
VOICEMAIL - Luis_qatar_feedbk_apple_watch_swimming
Hey, Rob!
Just wanted to mention something from your last episode pertaining to the listener who returned his Watch and couldn't figure out a way to keep the screen on when checking his heartbeat... Yes, during workouts, and other "workou, you can raise your wrist and those apps will resume. But, for other apps, you must go into 'General --> Wake Screen' and select the "Resume Last Activity" option, which will then let him check his heartbeat without having to touch the screen with sweaty fingers. 😜
regards
JACOBÍ
(From Houston)
Hi Rob,
On episode 360, a caller asked about losing wi-fi passwords. I had the same concerns and use 1Password for iOS. It is a great app, uses Touch ID, and has a section explicitly for Wireless Routers. When I'm at someone else's house and they give me their wi-fi password, I go right to 1Password and create an entry. Then I can copy & paste the password into my wi-fi settings. I found this is particularly helpful when accessing networks of non-tech-savvy individuals (such as parents or grandparents) since half the time they'll ask me what the password is. Hope that helps.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
Hi Rob, emailing in with a suggestion for the user to weeks ago he was having problems with the volume of their alarm.
Under settings sounds there is an option called change with it changes the volume of the ringer and alerts if you allow it to with the buttons for volume up volume down.
I have mine switch to off, which means that when I volume up and volume down it only changes the volume of my music or voice-over etc it does not change the volume of the ringer or alerts.
I think this may be the problem with the user who had silent alarms when the volume was turned down.
Thanks Rocco
VOICEMAIL - Gunner_chi_apple_music_itunes_match
24:55
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from KARTHIK M who posted the following question
Quote
I Changed the Equalizer but the sound is still the same. I've tried different settings but no change in sound.
I am listening via Pandora today. Does EQ work only with the Music app?
Unquote
And the answer is best summed up by Timmy T - who said simply - Yup - And yup it is - Apples EQ effects for Audio are per files being played by the music app IT is NOT for all music being played on the iOS device - just via Apples own music App.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from MARK TRACY who wrote:
I was wondering, what will the S stand for on the iPhone 6S?
iPhone 4S --- S = Siri
iPhone 5S --- S = Security
IPhone 6S --- S = ???
Oh and the new feature I'd love to see on the new iPhone is when Tim Cook says "Just one more thing!" and drops the new iPhone into a bucket of water.
Regards
Mark from the UK
Mark - that would be a sweet ending. There have been some rumors about a water proof feature being added to the iPhone - I doubt it is this iPhone - but it would be nice.
Per the S - Apple never really says. Some say the S in 4S was about speed. Others said it was Steve. For the 5S - some said it was about sensors.
If anyone wants to put in their two cents on what they think the theme for this S update is for the S - give us a call - 206-666-6364 - that’s 206 moon dog or shot us an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
27:14
http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/27/3-6-million-apple-
watches-shipped-in-q2-2015-says-idc-making-apple-no-2-in-wearables/
A new report from IDC has Apple in the no 2 spot globally for the wearables market with 3.6 Million units of the Apple sold in the second quarter of 2015. Except you know if you listened to Ep 357 - based on the numbers Apple has provided and slice worked out for ASP’s - the best - absolute best case scenario for Apple Watch sales for Q2 2015 is 2.6 Million - no way no how did Apple ship 3.6 Million Apple Watches to end users.
IDC has fit bits sales at 4.4 Million units. Even if that number is accurate - with 2.6 Million Apple watches sold - the Revenue from the Apple watch would be greater than that for fit bit.
Overall IDC sees the market size last quarter at 18.1 Mil units.
Based on the numbers IDC had - Xiaomi had 3.1 Mil units shipped - which by my calculations really means Apple was in 3rd place last quarter.
4th place was and is Garmin at 0.7 Mil units - and 5th place is Samsung at just 0.6 Mil units sold.
Again given how far off IDC is on the Apple Watch numbers - it does bring into question all the other numbers.
28:49
http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/24/angela-ahrendts-as-back-
to-school-gift-apple-watch-will-let-students-peek-at-small-screen/
Thanks to Michael for this next one.
Which goes under the What the heck were they thinking bucket.
And by they I mean Apple and by apple in this case I mean Angela Ahrendt - who for those that are not collecting the Apple executive playing cards - Angela now runs Apple Retail.
Let me just read her quote with regards to the Apple watch - and this is per a video she was in talking to Apple store employees on how to push the Apple watch.
quote the Apple Watch is the greatest back to school item this year as it can be used in the classroom without a teacher seeing, unlike with a larger iPhone. I don’t think the teachers have caught on to the Watch yet, unquote and then she told retail staff to tell students to quote jump on it before the teachers do. unquote
Yeah - Team - way to go Apple - great life lesson you are teaching the youth. Now it is very possible - that someone simply dropped some acid in Ms Arendt’s Vodka which then caused her to run full speed into the wall - head first - just prior to recording that video.
Short of that - wow - and ummm ow
30:07
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/google-is-undermining-
apples-new-security-protections
I love this next story - and by Love I mean love hate. It is about Google telling iOS developers how to basically under cut security features in iOS 9. This specifically per the App transport Security.
App Transport security according to Apple quote “enforces best practices in the secure connections between an app and its back end.” unquote
What google was doing was asking iOS developers to disable App Transport security to serve Ads.
Per the EFF with reaction per the post that Google put up on how to and why to do this. Quote
“Apple’s App Transport Security ensures that apps make secure connections to servers, but the fix in this post disables that protection on all domains. I think developers who install this quick fix are likely to leave it in indefinitely, leaving their apps open to sniffing.”
unquote
Always good to see that Google does not treat iOS users any different then it does Android users. Which you know is kind of like how the butcher treats the hog. Just sayin.
31:14
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34:35
VOICEMAIL - Michael_CA_apple_watch_cord_two_kinds
Hi Rob,
This is per the Jam Transit Headphones.
I'll do a full review of these a little later but I can't believe what you get for 30-60 bucks. Best 30 bucks I've spent in a while.
Good bass. Good volume. Don't think there is voice prompts but not sure yet.
I tried to run down to get a low battery prompt but the thing just keeps going.
Spec is 11 hours play and 3 hr recharge.
Speaker mic is a little muffled but understandable. Plenty of volume for those low volume podcasts. Louder than earbuds. Great music sound.
Comfort ok for at least two hours.
I'll be getting a backup pair, I'm that impressed.
I guess this is a review huh?
Regards,
Mike R
Hello Rob,
I know I may be a bit late to this topic you put out on the podcast prior to the most recent one, but I thought I would add my two cents.
All the bells and whistles that Apple is adding are nice and all, but honestly, the two main features/enhancements that would interest me the most would be a better battery and probably at this point greater device storage. Innovation is of course great, but so is improving upon the basics.
I know Apple talks up how you can enjoy a seamless streaming experience with Apple Music or access all your important documents via iCloud or any of the other cloud based services mitigating the need for on-board storage, but for many of us, relying on a solid data connection at all times and places still isn’t a reality. Besides, considering the fact that apps are getting larger in size, enhanced video and photo taking capabilities, etc. storage can be gobbled up quickly. Not to mention that they can be battery hogs. That’s even before you even think about backing up to the cloud and blazing through whatever data plan you’re on.
With phones getting larger and larger and with components getting smaller and smaller, you figure there would be enough space for a bigger battery as was for last year’s model, but also slap some more flash storage in the device too. Who knows, maybe a 194 or 256 GB model simply doesn’t have the same ring to it.\
Anyway, didn’t mean for my email to sound like a mini rant, but again, forced touch, 4K filming, 12MP camera, etc. are all nice, but just give me a better battery and more storage and I would be all over that like nobody’s business.
Regards,
Cristobal
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41:36
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/hyperlinktm-
stainless-steel-apple-watch-link-brace
A new kickstarter project. This one is from the folks at Sanho Corp - they are the ones behind the Pearl Compact Mirror and rechargeable battery pack - one of the greatest ideas ever for a kickstarter project and one my wife loves and her friends envy. They also did the iStick.
Well they have a new project it is the Hyperlink - and it is a stainless steel Apple Watch link Bracelet.
This one had a goal of $50k - it is already triple that and it has until October 1st at 1:59 AM CT for funding.
Pricing on this right now is $49 - while that level is close to selling out - the next level is $59.
This is a beautiful band for your Apple watch - and they are available in silver and space black.
This will definitely dress up your apple watch - definitely a nice compliment to the great cloths you will be getting from Trunkclub dot com / tii - which is why I am backing this project. If I am going to up my game on the clothing side - I do need to have an alternative to the standard blue apple watch band.
And even if you only can get in at $59 it is still much less expensive then the $449 apple charges for their very similar link bracelet.
Search for Hyperlink in kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 361 at today in iOS dot com.
43:05
VOICEMAIL - Rich_AL_bluetooth_question
Hi Rob:
I have a question for you regarding the beta for iOS. I am running the iOS 9 public beta on my iPad 2. I really like the new features as well as some the finer tweeks. My iPad seams to be, overall, functioning very well. I am aware that MANY of the new features are only available for the iPad Air 2 and newer, but I am stumped by this: I am using the new Notes app and seam to be missing the sketch feature. This was something I was looking forward to immensely, but I do not see the option. I have scoured the Internet for answers and can not find anything concrete. Do you know if the sketch feature is available for the second generation iPad? If yes, can you advise how I can make that feature work!!
Regards,
Brenton N
from Pittsburgh PA
Get to where you see folders - and select on my iPhone or on my iPad - then get the keyboard out of the way and you should see a squiggly line in the lower right hand corner - tap it to get the tools to sketch.
Hi Rob,
On episode 360 you mention that you would have to have the phone on the bridge of your nose in order to hear the stereo separation. But what if Apple put a speaker on the top of the phone directly above where the bottom speaker is?. This would give great stereo separation when watching videos. Especially on the iPhone 6 Plus with a case with a stand. I know its not going to happen, but one can hope right?
Regards,
Travis
Watertown, NY
Hi Rob,
I recently discovered a problem when I wanted to improve the security of my Google account by adding two-step verification. After doing this on my computer, I went into the iOS mail app on my phone intending to add the application-specific password which is what Google's instructions say is needed. However, I discovered that there is no way to access the password setting in a Gmail account on the phone. I thought about deleting the account and setting it up again, but a quick search through Apple forums and other help sites showed that this could create an even bigger problem. I quickly went back into Google and turned off two-step verification. Otherwise I would be unable to access my mail.
I am running iOS 8.3, and my wife has 8.4. On both phones, I could not find any method of changing an existing Gmail account's password. Do you or your listeners know of a solution to this problem?
Regards,
Bruce
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51:55
VOICEMAIL - John_P_CA_acquiring_content_netflix
Hi Rob,
Could you please give me Daniel's Instagram name again. I must've rewound 15 times and I still couldn't get it on your podcast, hahaha.
Regards,
Shannon
www.instagram.com/mrbeardydan
Hi Rob,
Here are my event Predictions:
New iPhones 6S, 6S Plus and 6C Slightly thicker 4 inch
IOS 9 SplitScreen Features
NFC
WIfi Charging, induction Charging
Longer Life Battery
Force Touch
Graphic Animations similar to Watch
Lockscreen Animations
12 Megapixel iSight Camera 4K Video and still Recording
2 -5 Plus Megapixel front facing Camera plus Selfie Flash
New iPad Mini with similar features
New iPad Pro - Full Touch OS 10 El Capitan
2GB Ram all devices
A9 Memory Processors
Switch from. LCD Screens to OLED Possibly Sharp Made...
Regard,
Chris in London
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SIRI - Ep 361 - Give us a Hint (many times)
57:25
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And that folks is going to do it for us today -
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 360
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RUSSELL for sending in the music you hear in the background. RUSSELL wrote:
Hi Rob,
This song was made with the Garageband iOS app.
Regards,
Russell Campise
SONG_NewBeginnings.m4a
Thanks RUSSELL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank DAN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. DAN said the following:
Hi Rob!
This was a photo I took on Isla Mujeres while I was in Mexico earlier this year. The photo was taken with my iPhone 6. The moon and light stars in the sky were added using the Pixlr photo extension; the branding with the Camera PLUS app . I added an Ocean filter in Pomello and turned down the opacity to about 75%. Finally, I used iOS' built-in editing tools to adjust the contrast, black point, and overall color of the image to really make the blue sky "pop".
Regards,
Dan
South Jersey
Thanks DAN, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see DAN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 360 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:17
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “ We hope our tablet PCs can reach a global market share of 10-20% initially, and become the market leader in two to three years. unquote
Gianfranco Lanci, CEO and President, Acer, 26 November 2010
NOPE - Just Sayin
02:37
For Promo codes - On Ep 359 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - HOME PWS. I already gave all those out - thanks to everyone that sent those in.
This week we have promo codes for The App - KALEIDOSCOPE STEREOSCOPE 3D - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE FOR KALEIDOSCOPE
Well thanks to the Devs for their review of their App - KALEIDOSCOPE STEREOSCOPE 3D 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 todayinios at gmail dot com and put 3D in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/kaleidoscope-stereoscope-3d/id626273140
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:38
https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6plus-isightcamera/
To start - let me read from an Apple post that went up on August 21st
Quote Apple has determined that, in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices, the iSight camera has a component that may fail causing your photos to look blurry. The affected units fall into a limited serial number range and were sold primarily between September 2014 and January 2015.
If your iPhone 6 Plus is producing blurry photos and falls into the eligible serial number range, Apple will replace your device's iSight camera, free of charge.
The iSight camera is located on the back of your iPhone 6 Plus: unquote
There is a serial number checker at the post Apple put up - and yes my iPhone 6+ is in that range as will be yours if you purchased it prior to Feb 2015. But that does not mean you need to have it replaced or repaired. As Apple states there are just a small % of units with the issue. If you are taking photos and they are not fuzzy or blurry - but crisp and clean then regardless of when you purchased the 6+ you don’t need to get it repaired - because well there is nothing to repair. Yes many spun this to be all iPhone 6+’s are affected - but they are not - and again it is just a small %.
And since Apple made this post public - this means if even a year from now you have an issue show up it is most likely Apple will repair it at that time no questions asked. That is how Apple rolls.
The thing to ask in this situation is - are the pictures from my iSight camera - the one on the back - blurry - If Yes - take it to the Apple store and get it repaired - if no - then nothing to see here - move along - move along.
Thanks to all the morning news programs and mainstream press that made this a bigger issue then StagefrightGate - just sayin.
FYI - this is not something new either - we first talked about blurry iPhone 6+ pictures on Ep 328 back in November 2014.
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07:13
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2973682/data-privacy/the-
shocking-truth-about-proactive-intelligence-in-ios-9.html
Nice Article from Johnny’ evans at Computer world with regards to iOS 9 and one of the key new features. and that has to do with the improvement of Siri per what Apple is calling Proactive. Proactive tries to figure out what you plan or want to do next and then help you with said task.
For example if you call a certain person around the same time every day - Proactive will place that contact’s icon on your search screen around the time it thinks you might make that call.
Or if you visit the gym on a regular basis and normally play music - you will start to see a now playing dialog on the lock screen or when you connect your headphones - once you get to the gym.
Or if you get a phone call from an unknown per your contacts phone number - but that number was in an email - Proactive will let you know who might be calling.
or if you begin to write an email to multiple recipients - Proactive will suggest other people you usually include in similar groups.
or if you go to the local gentlemen’s club it automatically puts your phone to DND and turns off find my iPhone.
All that sound kind of big brother creepy - right. Well that last one could be helpful.
But I mean do you really want all this info on what you do being shared with Apple where they sell off your data to the highest - lowest and in-between bidders.
Well luckily for you - you choose an iOS device and not an Android device - and we are dealing with Apple and not Google. See with Proactive - all this data gathering and modeling it is done not in the cloud - but right on your device.
Apple is not gathering this info to sell to their vast army of quote data partners unquote. No - apple is doing this to help make your UI experience an more convenient one - and one where your privacy remains in tact. Kudos Apple - even if it does seems a little creepy - until well we get used to it and remember to not pick the extra person to add into that group email when we are talking about them in said email - just sayin.
09:25
http://fortune.com/2015/08/25/best-buy-apple/?xid=yahoo_fortune
Some interesting quotes from Best Buy CEO Huber Joly.
He said quote Demand for Apple Watch has been so strong in the stores and online unquote
Of course - so strong - with out an numbers is not really a measurable metric - but is still better then - selling better then expected or showing signs of doing well - or has pleasantly surprised us. Or we could not be happier with.
Best Buy which started selling the Apple Watch in early august at a select number of stores - originally was planning on having it available at 300 of its stores by the holiday season - i.e. November. - It is now saying it expects to be selling the Apple watch at ALL 1,050 of its stores by the end of September.
Clearly Best Buy would not be greatly ramping up the availability if it was not seeing good success of the Apple Watch. That said - so strong - is still not a number. Or as Ken Ray would say numbers with out numbers. But still - so strong - is a lot stronger a phrase than - general interest is showing an upward trend.
10:39
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12:11
VOICEMAIL - Bob_Babylon_accessibility_colors_inverted
Hi Rob,
For the person with the backup problem and the shattered screen. The Connecting action of connecting the iPhone to the Computer will Power On the iPhone and launch iTunes. Or launch separately.
To enter password with broken screen..
Hold the home button until you hear "voice over" tone. Then speak your password. Connection to iTunes will complete.
From there sync your backup. Hope this helps.
Regards
- Chris In London
Thanks Chris for that tip - I am sure that will help.
Hi Rob
Lots of Apple maps crashes with 8.4.1
Also experiencing native podcast app crashes which I have been fortunate enough in the past to not have had to deal with.
Regards,
-AAron from Crockett, CA
Hi Rob,
Per play / pause going crazy.
This happened to me also just recently.
Never happened before and I've had a iPhone all but the first year.
I've got a 4s and not the latest iOS.
I'm not sure if I was using Bluetooth at the time or what app I was listening to. It seemed like it was picking up noise or something from the mic and causing play to be interrupted. I think I was using a Bluetooth device.
I turned off Bluetooth and probably quit and restarted the app and all was good.
I think I was using a aux cable from the headphone jack while having a Bluetooth headset turned on.
Regards,
Mike R
Texas
VOICEMAIL - Michael_richmond_alarm_clocks_issue
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16::59
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Myron Uecker who posted the following question
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I’m changing my stance on Apple Music. At first there was no way I planned to subscribe to it. Even though I'm still not convinced that it is as good as advertised, one thing that I am thinking about is how my kids listen to music. I'm guessing that 7 and 11 year-old children will listen to different songs in the future. Rather than buying all of the songs they are asking me for (thank you YouTube), I can just let them download anything they want. Then when their music tastes change, they can delete it from their device and I don't end up with it in my library.
It also solves the problem of the music I ripped from CDs. I have those albums in my iCloud music library, but only my wife and I have access to that. There are songs that my kids would like on their devices but cannot have without me paying for them again. With Apple Music, they can just download what they want.
Does that justify $15/month for a family plan? For now it seems to but I can always change my mind in the future. I also downloaded a couple of albums I liked where I usually would have just bought them.
Unquote
Myron - very good point - if you have kids - especially young one as they move from Laurie Berkner to Kids Bop to some disney XD stars sound track to who knows what.
That said - for my kids - Pandora is where they get most of their music and then iTunes radio and spotify to a lesser extent. Of the three - I would say Pandora is actually where they spend 90% of their time listening to music. I went into Pandora to see what channels they had created. Kidz Bop was what was active, but there was Phineas & Ferb channel, Taylor Swift Radio, Ross Lynch Radio, and Narwhals Radio - Really boys - Taylor Swift Radio. And then a whole bunch of others stations created - and going far enough down the list was Spongebob radio, Toddler Radio and Alvin & the Chipmonks Radio - so Pandora has served for them their changing tastes over the years. But it does require a data connection for it to work.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Allan Rotberg who wrote:
quote - Does anybody know if the Apple Watch is water-proof, and if so to what extent? Can I shower with it or wash my hands without any concerns? unquote
According to Apple you can wash your hands and shower with it - but you should not go swimming with it or take a bath with it. It is more water resistant then water proof. If you fall in the pool with it on - probably not going to be an issue - but if you plan on swimming half a mile - then issues find shall you.
20:24
http://news.investors.com/technology/082115-767674-roku-
leads-streaming-media-player-market-parks-associates-says.htm
Do you know what happens if you have a consumer electronics device and you don’t update it for over 2 1/2 years - yeah - you loose market share - no duhhhhh.
And some recent numbers on the Set top box streaming device market were just released - and guess what Apple TV dropped to 4th place.
Roku is in first with 34% of units sold in 2014. Google was second with 23%, Amazon is now 3rd with 16% - and Apple TV was down to 13%.
Nearly 20% of US broadband households own at least one streaming media player - or put another way - 80% of US Broadband households do not own any streaming media players.
I like to think of the market opportunity as 80% open then 20% closed.
When you actually look at what is in those 20% of households - Roku is number 1 at 37%, Chromecast is number 2 at 19% - Apple TV is 3rd at 17% and Amazon Fire is 4th at 14%.
Again with 2014 % ’s being what they were - in 2015 it has to be even worse for Apple TV.
Unless of course Apple does release a new and greatly improved Apple TV next month with availability before November in great quantity. We don’t need shortages for the next Apple TV this holiday season.
Is there a new Apple TV coming - yes - is it coming at the September 9th event - It better it better it bet. I mean when I say I need it you you say you better. Because if it is not announced in September it is going to cut me like a knife.
22:26
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ipad-pro-with-2732-x-2048-
resolution-spotted-in-analytics-20-08-2015/
On the iPad pro rumor front - it looks like it may have been spotted in some app logs. A device with the model identifier of iPad 6,8 and a resolution of 2,732 x 2,048 pixels was found.
It was also found to be running iOS 9.1 - which would lead one to believe if announced in September we likely would not see it until at least November.
The specs of the pixels also points more towards a 12.9 inch display.
22:58
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-most-
accurate-apple-analyst-145201055.html
Some new or re-mentioned rumored specs for the iPad Pro come from Ming-chi Kuo - who is saying again that said device will have force touch. it will go into production in September. It will have a special stylus that will be designed to take advantage of force touch.
Also rumors are saying a max storage of 256 GB.
if Said iPad Pro is coming and it has the specs rumored - it looks like the credit card will get another work out this fall.
Some are also suggesting since it likely will not be released until at least November - it is not likely to be mentioned at the Apple Event in September.
There are lots of speculations about whether the September event will be all encompassing - where all new iOS devices and the new Apple TV are announced.
Or if iPad’s are pushed to October - or if the only thing in October is the iPad Pro - with the iPad mini update being briefly mentioned in September. Along with the new iPhones - with the lions share of the announcement and Apple TV with a smaller role than the iPhones - but bigger than the iPad Mini.
Needless to say - lots of things on the Bingo card for the September event.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/08/apples-ipad-
pro-will-apparently-ship-with-ios-9-1
24:51
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_Crossman_what_he_wants_in_new_iPhone
Hi Rob,
I think the most useful feature that could be added to the iPhone 6S would be a new Back button to the left of the Home button. The side swipe gesture works only in a few apps and so is not consistent. Using reachability just to be able to reach the top left Back button is painful as the Reachability gesture itself doesn't work all that well. I know Apple has resisted adding a back button all this time but that was Ok as long as the iPhone was usable in one hand. Now that is not the case, so a physical Back button makes a lot of sense.
The location of the Power button is troublesome. Many times you end up pressing it while trying to reduce volume. One solution could be to turn the Power button into slider (like in the iPad). Or at least move the button to the top. The iPad has an even larger screen than iPhone and it has the Power button at the top, so I don't know why they decided to change the Power button position in the first place.
Regards,
~Karthik
VOICEMAIL - Tosin_UK_what_feature_for_new_upgrade_ram
Hi Rob,
what feature would make me switch to the next gen iPhone.
truth be told I'm pretty recent to the iOS/iPhone world. My first phone was the 4s and then I got the 5s now I have the 6, they all had interesting features on there own.
There's really nothing right now that the 6s has that I want besides the rumoured 12 megapixel camera.. If apple ever did decide to bring back the 32gb iPhone back I'd be all over that besides the 64..
for right now I'll stick to my 6 till next fall and then pick up the 6s..
Regards,
Chris S
VOICEMAIL - Mark_StLou_what_he_wants_next_iPhone_stereo_speakers
Hi Rob,
I would like the ability to have two sim cards in the same device. A nice
dream, but hey we live in hope.
Regards
Mike L
Host of the Blind Sport Podcast
Hi Rob,
Just wanted to write in with an issue I had and solution I found. I noticed my playlists were gone off of my iPhone. I had turned on Apple Music but never set iCloud Music Library. Connecting my phone to iTunes indicated that iCloud Music Library WAS on. I went into iTunes > Preferences > General to turn it off, but it was already unchecked. I found that you also have to go on your iPhone to Settings > Music and turn it off there as well. I did another backup and sync and they are now back on my phone. Hope that helps others that were having that issue.
Bonus tip: while listening to a song on Apple Music, active Siri and say “I like this song” and she’ll hit the “like” (heart) button for you.
Regards,
Lou V
VOICEMAIL - Bob_Babylon_mic_Recommendations_request
Need to put together a PDF with my recommended set up for Mobile recording for Podcasts on the iPhone. But here is my setup - for Mobile - first you need the right apps - BossJock $10 - and TwistedWave - $10 - are the two must get apps. Bossjock for recording and then exporting as MP3 to Libsyn. TwistedWave for any editing after your record.
The Mic I would recommend would depend on your needs of the mic - there are two key ones to pick from. If all you will be doing is connecting the mic to your iPhone and most of your recordings will be an interview - then go with the IK Multimedia iRig MIC HD - it is $99 and comes with a micro USB to Lightening cable. If however you want to also connect the Mic to your home setup and you have a mixer - then go with the AudioTechnica ATR-2100 - it is $65 typically - but you will also need the USB to lightening adapter - $30. That mic gives you XLR and USB connectors - so it is more functional for both Home and travel. But for just travel - I like and use the IK iRig Mic HD most of the time - and I have both. Again - I need to put this together as a PDF some time soon for the Tii App.
VOICEMAIL - KONA_HI_Apple_Watch_returned_quest
Quick correction from the last episode in the Indie Go Go project - I mentioned the ThinCharge case - that when you added it - it changed the total weight from 4.6 ounces to 4.9 ounces - meaning it only weighed 0.3 ounces - ummm - no - as Aric B was quick to point out. Actually that is a typo on the Indie GoGo project page and it should have been - 7.6 ounces - as it weighs 3 ounces - not 0.3 ounces for the ThinCharge Case. Which is still very impressive - as other battery cases are usually double that and then some.
39:36
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597538543/the-
worlds-best-travel-jacket-with-15-features-bau
Hi Rob, Here is a KS project for the show. It is the World's best travel jacket
regards
Thomas in Tuscaloosa AL
Thanks Thomas - and this one you have until just Sept 3rd to fund. This one had a modest goal of $20,000 - they have so far raised over 308 times that amount - yes - that is right over $6 Million dollars is where they are - so this one is kind of successful.
What is said project - quote - Travel Jacket with build in neck pillow, eye mask, gloves, earphone holders, drink pocket, tech pockets of all size and comes in 4 styles.
Yes this is the Scott-e-vest of Kickstarter projects.
Pricing on this one is $119 for the sweatshirt and $129 for the Windbreaker. The Blazer is $149 - or for $369 you can get one of each and even pick the bomber jacket - which is not available on its own right now.
Anyway - if you are looking for a versatile - yes I’m a geek deal with it jacket, or blazer or windbreaker - then you have until Sept 3rd at 12:00 PM CT to fund this one. Just search for Travel Jacket - two words at kickstarter dot com.
41:02
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/genius-bar-apple-
store-secrets-2012-1#be-honest-especially-about-water-damage-1
Thanks to Tash for this next one - which is an article titled - GENIUS BAR SECRETS REVEALED: How To Get The Most Out Of Your Trip To The Apple Store
And well it actually is an article that covers what the title suggests.
One of the pieces of advice - Be honest about if your device is damaged - especially water damage. If You dropped it in the hot tub - don’t go in and say nope it has never been wet - as all the moisture sensors will have been triggered.
One of the pieces of advice is your earbuds are covered under warranty - yup we mentioned that in the past - so if you earbuds are acting up from last years iPhone purchase - take them in now and get a new pair.
And there are another 8 pieces of advice - which is worth going through especially if you plan on visiting the Apple store anytime soon - or are having issues - one more I will leave you with - is that the Geniuses can extend your warranty 45 days past the 1 year mark - if they want to. So be polite - and if in mid October your iPhone 6 or 6+ starts acting wonky - don’t think you missed the boat - you might still get coverage on the warranty.
I think the best bit of advice - is to be polite and honest and polite - and not mentioned - but will help - dress nice and wear your apple watch - and shave if you shave and shower - don’t go in looking all scraggly and smelling like you worked out 3 hours ago and have not showered in a couple of days. Yes - looking good has a positive impact on your outcome. It is just human nature. Look for the link in the show notes titled - Genius Bar Secrets Revealed.
42:47
http://appchasers.com/2015/08/11/learn-to-master-
your-apple-devices-through-podcasts/
VOICEMAIL - Eric_app_chasers_article
43:45
VOICEMAIL - JOE_NY_answer_textmessages_applewatch
VOICEMAIL - JOE_NY_apple_watch_DND_thoughts
Hi Rob,
You mentioned Duet Display on the last show. I noticed just now that it is available for Mac and PC, but I heard you say Mac. It could just be that you are a Mac user and not that concerned about PC, I was thinking about how I could use it as an extra monitor on my work machine as well.
Regards,
Myron U
Hi Myron - you are correct - it does now support Windows 7 or later PC’s. I believe when it was first released it was just for Macs. At least that was what I was thinking. Should have looked at the updated specs. Thanks for the catch on that.
Hey Rob, I haven't had to do this myself yet so I'm not sure, what really happens when you "reset network settings"?
One thing that scares me, do you lose all the wifi passwords you've entered? Like your home network or the local coffee house or bar, or gym or friend's house or my mother-in-laws house or whatever? Do you really have to re-enter all of those wifi passwords once you reset network settings?
If so is there an app that saves all your wifi passwords? And what else do you lose when you "reset network settings"?
Regards,
Aric B
Yes - you loose all your passwords that are stored for networks you frequent - that is the downside to doing reset network settings.
You can always use the notes app for the passwords - but it is not all that secure especially if you don’t have a passcode for your phone - which you know you show - but you may want to get a notes app that also have a password protecting it. Something Like Locked Folder Free
Hey Rob!
I have an iPod Touch 6th Gen and for some reason, in my health app, it doesn't count my Flights Climbed. It counts my steps, but not my flights of stairs. If anyone knows how to fix this, I would like help.
Regards
Easton.
Hi Rob,
I was listening to your last podcast when the listener called in and was getting messages on his Apple watch when we had all of the radios turned off on his phone.
I too have experienced this and wondered why. I remembered that the Apple Watch can still be connected to an iphone via wifi even if it is out of range of bluetooth. This got me thinking so turned off all my radios on my phone and looked at my router to see if my Apple watch was connected to wifi and it turns out it is. My guess is that because the Apple Watch is connected to wifi, it is somehow able to receive the message via the router.
Just a thought. What do you think?
Regards,
Johnny Applewatch
VOICEMAIL - Dalton_CA_AW_gettings_message_wifi_still_receiving
VOICEMAIL - Dalton_CA_part2_AW
51:17
http://modmyi.com/content/20209-pangu-
demonstrates-jailbreak-ios-8-4-1-a.html
Thanks to Chris in London and Francisco T for the heads up on this next one.
Which is that the Pangu Jailbreak team - yeah- they have already demonstrated a jailbreak on iOS 8.4.1
That showed this at HackPawn2015 - a security conference where you don’t want to be using the public wifi.
It is being speculated however - that the Pangu Jailbreak team will actually wait until iOS 9 is fully released before they release their next jailbreak - that is assuming that jailbreak also works on iOS 9 - if it does not - then we could see an iOS 8.4.1 jailbreak any time.
It is surprising to see them jailbreak it that quick. As it seemed Apple was deliberately killing the 8.4 jailbreak in the latest update with their nod to the Jailbreak team at the top of the release notes.
In any case good news to anyone that jailbreaks and accidentally updated to 8.4.1 - and likely good news for those that upgrade to iOS 9
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pangu-teases-ios-8-4-1-
jailbreak-iphone-6-hackpwn-2015-1516594
52:21
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_quest_how_early_new_devices
Last Episode I asked people to send me screen shots of the best signals they picked up from their carriers - when they changes from dots to DB numbers on their phone. Steven B - had -79 on Verizon in Alpharetta GA - which was the best I saw from anyone on Verizon. But Stephen M - had the winner with -53 via DigiCell. In the supplemental award - John D - had -43 - but he has a signal booster in his house - so really not a fair comparison.
Hi Rob,
Do you know of a option to turn off the ability to open the App Store from other apps.
Funny Pics App I have this issue with, I think it is embedded in to the adds to open the App Store. I don't mind looking at adds but opening the App Store over and over.
Regards,
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
Hi Rob.
I have listened to your podcast for several years, usually in my car through a cassette tape adapter and the earphone plug on my iPhone to listen over the car stereo. This work fine until the wheels in the cassette started to squeak. Three adapters later I decided to get a Bluetooth for my truck (2003 Ford Sport Trac).
I purchased a “Motorola Roadster 2” from Best Buy. It worked fairly well at first although the sound quality was not as good as the cassette adapter,(you sounded as if you had made the recording in a tunnel). After about a month I started having issues with it not connecting to my IPhone without being turned on and off. Then it wouldn’t turn on all.
I took it back to Best Buy and got a replacement (No hassle from the store at all) One month later the same problems with connections occurred. Then it died too. I took it back and got a store credit. No real options to choose from.
I really liked the ability to make hands free phone calls and listen to podcasts and audio books with the blue tooth adapter.
I was wondering if you or any of you listeners had any suggestions on type blue tooth car kit to get.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Regards,
Jon from Middletown Ohio
Hi Rob,
I use Family Mobile's prepaid services however I want to buy the new iPhone next month. I need to know which carrier will allow me to use my Family Mobile's sim with the phone? Currently I am using my old Verizon iPhone 5 (which came unlocked) with Family Mobile.
Also, If when I preorder the phone from Apple.com, will they try and make me sign up with one of the major carriers or will I be able to just pay full price for the phone? I want to pay full price...
Help!
Regards,
Sheketa from SC
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_New_iPhone_upgrade_and_more
1:05:40
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 359
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RUSSELL for sending in the music you hear in the background. RUSSELL wrote:
Hi Rob,
I am independent musician who lives in Las Vegas, NV. This song is made with the Garageband iOS app. This one in particular has a great bass AND guitar solo.
Regards,
Russell Campise
SONG_Pass_the_bass.m4a
Thanks RUSSELL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JEFF for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JEFF said the following:
Hi Rob,
This Tii image created using SketchClub, TangledFX, & the new text feature recently added to the Matter app.
Regards,
Jeff
Thanks JEFF, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JEFF'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 359 - or at instagram.com/todayinios 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.
01:48
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““At today’s BlackBerry developer’s event, RIM announced their iPad-beater: the PlayBook. The 7-inch, 9.7mm thick tablet outputs at 1080p, has e-reader functionality, and features its own BlackBerry Tablet OS.” unquote
Brian Barrett, Gizmodo, 27 September 2010
Yeah - even Gizmodo could not see the writing on the wall.
Just Sayin
02:20
This week we have promo codes for The App - HOME PWS - Here is the written review from the dev.
You turn on the evening news and the weather report shows the temperature and current weather conditions at the nearest Airport. That's great but, the thing is, most people don't live near an Airport. Weather conditions can often vary significantly across a small area, meaning that what is happening at the Airport is likely not the same as where you live!
Home PWS is an application designed to access current weather conditions from personal weather stations from all over the world!
The application will also benefit current Weather Underground* PWS owners who can easily check their home stations while on the go.
Features:
- displays current weather conditions for nearby or known stations for anywhere in the World, including temperature, dewpoint, "feels like" temperature, 24-hour temperature change, wind speed & direction, pressure and trends, precipitation in the last hour, daily total precipitation, solar radiation, UV index, soil temperature, soil moisture, and leaf wetness;
- a daily almanac showing the maximum and minimum temperatures for the day, peak wind speed and gust, as well as specific hourly-averaged temperatures and wind speeds (morning, afternoon, and evening);
- a graphical display of the data with 4x zoom so you can more closely examine the data;
- supports stations with webcams for live viewing on the go!
- save your "favorite" locations and check their conditions anywhere, anytime. Just tap on the gold star to Favorite any station;
- simply use your current location and the app will retrieve the nearest 20 stations to you, up to 50 kilometers away!
- Supports metric units via the Settings tab;
This app was made by a degreed meteorologist, full-time Dad, and part-time app developer. Your support is appreciated.
Well thanks to Devs for their written review of their App - HOME PWS 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 todayinios at gmail dot com and put HOME in the subject line. And get me those emails prior to August 21st.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/home-pws/id707100396?mt=8
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:37
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-has-patched-taig-jailbreak-
exploits-in-ios-8.4.1/
Thanks to all that sent in various links about the 8.4.1 update for iOS.
The articles varied in recommendations from - No don’t do it - if you are a jailbreaker to - yes you must do it - it fixes lots of security bugs. Later see the former.
In all Apple fixed over 40 bugs with this double dot update. That includes the 3 that were used in the current jailbreak - so yes - this update was definitely focused on killing the jailbreak - and Apple succeeded.
I will have a link in the show notes to the Apple report on this update. In it you will find all the bugs and issues squashed with this update. Including the first 3 where Apple gives credit to the Jailbreaking team.
If you are a jailbreaker or thinking of jailbreaking do not update past iOS 8.4
If you are not a jailbreaker and you are using Apple Music - then this is the update you are looking for. As again it fixes bugs with Apple Music and makes your iOS device more secure.
As with any iOS update - there are always reports of new issues popping up. So if you are sitting there with iOS 8.4 and all is working well and you have no issues and you are not using Apple Music - you may want to consider holding off updating for now.
That said I would recommend this update for all non-jailbreakers. First before you update - make sure to do my recommended steps - where you close out all apps - do a back up - and then reset network settings - then after that do the update.
Some of the problems that have popped up with iOS 8.4.1 - and mind you this is just for a very very small percentage of people are : iMessage Problems, Bluetooth Problems, Data Problems, Wifi Problems and Battery life problems. If you have any of these issues - the first recommendation I have seen out there on the boards - and which seems to work for most is you guessed it.
Go to settings - general - reset - reset network settings.
I am going to go out on a limb and say - if people had done that before they updated - probably a good chance they would not have seen the issues after the update.
In the Google+ community - Ed Tilden asked.
quote Is it worth upgrading to iOS 8.4.1 from 8.3 if I have no interest in Apple Music, or should I wait until iOS 9? unquote
I think this one is more straight forward. If you are at 8.3 - and have no interest in Apple Music and jailbreaking - yes you should still upgrade. As there were bigger bugs - security issues fixed in 8.4 and more in 8.4.1. So you will get a more secure device with 8.4.1 then with 8.3.
That said - here is this response from Levi M
Quote - I wish I would have stayed on 8.3. Music app changed way too much for my taste. And kicked audiobooks into the iBooks app. I personally hate the new music app.
Unquote
That said Levi did say he is jailbroken so he is able to put in the patch that came with 8.4 via the jailbreak - which he could have also done had he not upgraded to 8.4
Still I think outside of Jailbreakers - if you are at 8.3 - you should upgrade to 8.4.1 when you can.
If you need your iPhone or iOS device for work - then wait until the end of your work week to update - giving you your days off to fix any issues that may happen from any update.
https://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/08/17/ios-8-4-1-problems-fixes/
http://osxdaily.com/2015/08/13/ios-8-4-1-update-ipsw-download/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205030
08:55
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/force-iphone-to-show-
numerical-value-for-signal-strength/
Thanks to Michael for this next one. Which is a tip on how you can change your signal strength indicator from dots to a numerical number.
Simply go to the Phone and type in
* 3001 # 12345 # * then tap call
Once in the field test mode - Hold down the power button until you see the slide to power off message. Then release the power button.
Next Press and hold the home button - about 5 second later the phone will go from the power off screen to the home screen and in the upper left the power indicator should be showing.
FYI -113 is on the lower end of the signal strength and -50 is on the upper side of signal strength - the closer to Zero the better.
10:05
Promote Tii - to friends - or relatives or co-workers or on social media.
11:29
VOICEMAIL - Cedric_answr_app_to_announce_text
Hey Rob.
Wondering why you did not offer the Android switcher text message Bluetooth question the solution of asking Siri to read the message to him?
I know it is not automatic but he would just need to press a button on the Bluetooth headset to invoke Siri.
Regards,
Edgar
VOICEMAIL -Kevin_ny_answr_siri_read
Hi Rob,
Not finished with the current podcast but just wanted email. Literally the user can say "read messages" via Siri and it will do what he wants.
Regards,
David W
VOICEMAIL -Jeff_answr_read_message_siri
13:44
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Jaime Peralta who posted the following question
Quote
OK this is a longshot but worth a try has anyone ever been successful in unlocking a smashed screen in order to backup photos.
Unquote
From the comments the issue Jaime is having is the device can not be backed up to the PC unless it is unlocked. And they are with sprint - who will not repair but rather replace the unit. And they have photos they need to get off the device. In fairness to Jaime it is her son’s phone whom she told to be backing it up - and he did not. And she has insurance on it - and does not want to go through a 3rd party that could repair it and pay them - when she has the insurance.
There have been recommendations to try and use voice over by triple tapping the home button.
But so far no luck.
Seems it comes down now to a choice of loosing the photos or paying a 3rd party to fix the screen.
If anyone has any other suggestions for Jaime you can email or call them in.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Stephen Williams who wrote:
quote - If after the free trial of Apple music, you don't continue with the service, can you then no longer access any music you have made available for off-line use? unquote
That is an easy one - any Music you download via Apple Music is wrapped in DRM like a pig is wrapped in a blanket. And once you cancel the Apple Music service - any of that music will cease to be playable. That was a hard requirement put in place for the record labels. That said - it is just plain business sense as well. Once you stop paying for a streaming service - you no longer get that streaming content - and that is what Apple Music is a Streaming Service at heart - with the added advantage of offline playback.
16:39
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/in-a-shift-rite-
aid-to-accept-apple-and-google-mobile-payments/
Thanks Emiko for this next one.
Which is the folks at Rite Aid finally came to their senses and turned back on the ability to take Apple Pay for payment.
If you don’t remember - back when Apple Pay launched - Rite Aid turned off that capability on their payment terminals - due to their agreement with CurrentC and the Merchant Customer Exchange. Evidently that agreement or part of it expired this year - allowing Rite Aid to accept Apple pay if they wanted - and it seems they want.
So right now if you go to a Rite Aid - you should be able to use Apple Pay.
Rite Aid - did say they will also be accepting CurrentC when that is finally rolled out later this year. Or at least when later this year CurrentC is carried by 6 to its launch party.
17:39
http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-15161-the-macjury-
contemplates-what-we-want-and-need-in-the-next-ipad/
I was a guest on the latest episode of MacVoices - Part of the MacJury and we talked about what we want and need in the next iPad. Thanks to Chuck Joiner for having me on the show and I was joined on the show with Jeff Gamet - managing editor for the Mac Observer and also Father Gabriel Mosher from the site eighthway.com
So when you are done with this episode go to the show note for ep 359 and look for the link to the MacVoices post.
18:15
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/08/12/new-iphones-fiksu/
Well it looks like new iPhones are starting to show up on server logs - research firm Fiksu looked at the logs for many of the apps it works with and found iPhone 8.1 and iPhone 8.2 - last year around this time they also found iPhone 7.1 and iPhone 7.2 in their logs and those turned out to be the 6 and 6+ respectively. So this time it looks like the 6s and 6s+ respectively are the 8.1 and 8.2.
What is not found is a 3rd new iPhone - so rumors or hopes or prayers for an update 4 inch - call it an iPhone 6C - yeah right now - the evidence is not pointing to that happening at least not at the September event.
18:58
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/iphone/iphone-6s-7-
release-date-rumours-features-price-uk-images-force-
touch-photos-leak-event-pre-order-3589633/
Leading up to the September 9th event - a lot of the news will really be speculation on what will or will not be announced. The Last few weeks leading up to the event are some of the toughest weeks in the year for covering the iPhone - just because so many people realize there is a feeding frenzy going on and they want to get in on it - and that means lots of bogus posts to sort through and filter out.
Ok - that said - here is the latest in the what I consider the most interesting rumors that don’t come from total whack jobs - with emphasis on the word total
BlueTooth 4.1 - that comes from me based on Bluetooth being in the iPod Touch 6th gen.
A9 processor - that comes from everyone based on everything.
2GB of Ram - this coming from many - based on iOS 9 and many features only available for the iPad Air which has 2 GB of Ram.
Per the new Camera - this is where rumors move all over the place. There is the 12 MP camera rumor - attributed to many - Ming chi Kuo being a big promoter of that rumor.
Other rumors around the camera are pointing to the LynX camera module.
Ming also said the casing design and materials would be different and would prevent another bend gate - this is recently backed by leaked photos of the case.
Most are expecting just two new iPhones - both at the same 4.7 and 5.5 inch size - I think given the history of 3G and 3gS - 4 and 4S - and 5 and 5S - it will not surprise anyone to see an S added to the current models and the package size stay the same.
There are rumors to improved Touch ID - which well could mean anything.
There is also the rose gold iPhone 6S+ edition iPhone rumor
One of the other rumors recently was about future and maybe the next iPhones being waterproofed.
One other - and lets not call it a rumor - but rather someone looking at an apple patent and hoping - and it is about the home button being able to pop up and then be a joy stick for games. So essentially the home button would have springs under it and when you want to use it for a joystick it would pop up - yeah - can’t see that causing issues like breaking off during game play or when it pops out by accident in your pocket or when it gets stepped on by a flying pink elephant. Which is about as likely as this option coming to being.
Yeah one side of the rumor mill is going on about getting rid of the Home button and not this one comes along where the home button can turn into a joystick. Ummm no - to either this time around. There will still be a home button and it will be pretty much what you have now.
All right - I put those rumors out there for a reason - in the past if you look at all the rumors before a new iPhone launch -there are some that seem like slam dunks that do not happen and then there are new features added no one was predicting.
So that leads me to this question - what new feature or features are you looking for that for you would make the next iPhone a must have upgrade? For some it is just being released - but for others - like myself with an iPhone 6+ or 6 - you may need something major to push you into an upgrade.
For me - it is the LynX camera module - if the iPhone 6S+ has that - then I will upgrade - but force touch and a slight increase on the camera - is not going to do it for me.
Give us a call 206-666-6364 - that 206 moon dog or send an email let me know what new feature or features you NEED to upgrade come September - especially if it is one I did not just mention. Because you know there will be new features not on that bingo card.
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26:23
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-delay-live-tv-2016-210119330.html
There were a lot of rumors leading up to WWDC that Apple would unveil a TV and Movie streaming service similar to Apple Music - obviously that did not happen. Then the rumors said it is coming just in the fall - as Apple was still finalizing the deal with the TV studios and other video rights holders.
Now comes the rumor - this time from Bloomberg - that says - yeah - not this fall either. Maybe some time in 2016.
Essentially it is taking longer for apple to cut deals with these rights holders - like CBS and 21 centurty fox and so on.
The rumors indicate that shocker - it is the price of the content that is the point of contention.
Another issue beyond pricing - is concerns that Apple has the backbone capacity in place to handle such a huge amount of digital data while offering up a end user experience that is seamless. If you think that is not a realistic issue - go to your Apple TV - go to the Trailers app - and try watching a few trailers - it is a brutally painful experience.
Either or both of these issues - is enough to delay things.
So those looking to spend another $40 a month to Apple for streaming video content - yeah - you may be waiting until 2016 if not later.
Personally $40 a month seems steep - unless you are killing off cable. But still that is over 4 times the price of Netflix.
Guess we will know when we know.
28:12
http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/18/opinion-apple-tv/
Speaking of Apple TV - the rumors around a new Apple TV are continuing - I mean new Apple Event = new Apple TV rumor - right. 9 to 5 mac is reporting or suggesting or hoping that the next Apple TV will be announce on September 9th - and it will have the following features.
1. It will run a version of iOS 9.
2. It will have an A8 Chip and 1GB of Ram - and 32 GB of internal storage.
3. It will have a new remote and said remote with work with Siri.
4. It will come with an App store.
5. The new Remote will have and be a touchpad
It will be interesting to see if this is the event when a New Apple TV is actually announced.
29:16
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/08/14/apples-self-
driving-car-dont-get-your-hopes-up-yet/
Lots of rumors about an Apple Car in the last week - a lot of that driven by the release of records where Apple requested to use the GoMentum Station a 2,100 acre former naval base that is being used by some autonomous vehicles to do testing.
What the letter from Apple said was quote We would ... like to get an understanding of timing and availability for the space, and how we would need to coordinate around other parties who would be using [it] unquote
But here is the deal - just because apple is looking for a testing ground for a car - does not mean it is a car they are developing - it could also be for testing Car Play
There is nothing in the emails indicating it is about testing self driving cars.
I know a lot of people want Apple to release its own self drive - electric automobile - but it is not likely to happen any time soon.
IF - and this is a big IF - If Apple ever does plan to introduce a car - it would be something they would need to announce years - as in multiple years in advance - just because of all the testing and Government approvals that will be needed. This will not be a Sept 9th event announcement - with Pre-orders starting on Sept 11th and cars delivering themselves on the 18th.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/14/apple-
self-driving-car-project-titan-sooner-than-expected
31:59
VOICEMAIL - Martin_Answr_dev_publishing_outside_app_store
Hi Rob always enjoy your podcast. I have a question for you since you have an iPhone 6 plus. If there is a reason for you to upgrade your IPhone Sept 9th, are you going with an IPhone 6s or iPhone 6s plus? Essentially are you going to stick with the larger screen or go back to the smaller iPhone 6s.
Regards,
Jamie H
Mesa, AZ
Hi Rob,
In response to David from Ireland: The VoiceOver speech staying with the phone is an Airplay specific thing. I know many people who desire this for bluetooth. One solution requires that you have an AppleWatch, but you could control the music through the now playing glance and only hear VO through the watch speaker.
Regarding my AppleWatch: Does unpairing and repairing reset the watch completely, or is it quick? I want to have some time to go through the setup process again if this is indeed the case.
Daniel is hilarious!! “that place in California with the bridge?” Love it! And you should continue the “fun with Siri” segments at the end of the show. Really breaks things up a bit.
Thanks for all your help and advice.
Regards,
Chelsea
36:26
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/1382523
Hi Rob,
Not sure if you have mentioned this indiegogo project yet. Their only offering a case for the iPhone 6 for now. I am hoping they will get enough request for the plus.
Regards,
Lawrence
And what Lawrence is talking about is the ThinCharge - one word - which is claiming to be the world’s thinnest Battery Phone case.
This will double your battery life on the iPhone 6.
With the iphone 6 naked and afraid - it is 0.27 inches in thickness and weighs 4.6 oz.
With the Thincharge and the iPhone 6 installed - it is 0.5 Inches thick and only 4.9 oz. So about double the thickness - which is good - since part of that is the protective lip on the front of the case to keep your screen from cracking when you drop it on its face.
This project had a goal of $30k - and are over $45k now - with 37 days left for funding.
The Early Bird backer price for this is $59 and 472 of the 1000 set aside at that price have been claimed. Estimated deliver is September 2015 - which means these are already built.
Sadly again there is no option for an iPhone 6+ - this is just for the iPhone 6 and 6S or what ever the next gen will be assuming it is the same dimensions.
38:15
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/08/appointments-no-
longer-necessary-to-try-on-apple-watch
Thanks to Michael for this next one.
Which is news that you no longer need to set an appointment to go and try on an Apple Watch.
This means you also no longer need to give your name and Apple ID to try one on. If you happen to be out and about now and find yourself at an Apple store - and want to try one on you can. It looks you can still make an appointment if you want - you just no longer HAVE to make an appointment.
38:40
VOICEMAIL - Shawna_Duet_iPad_mac
Hi Rob
I am experiencing weird behaviour on my 6 plus with the music app. Audio keeps pausing by itself, without me doing anything. I thought it was an issue with my apple earbuds, but I still have the same issue with a new pair. I don't have this issue with the podcast app, just the music one. What can I try to troubleshoot this?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi.... Do you or any other listeners know if there is a way for notifications on the apple watch, messages in particular to go straight to the red dot and not appear as a full screen notification first?
After doing some testing it seems the notification goes to the red dot after approx 10 seconds, however if you turn your wrist and the screen turns on within that first 10 seconds, the full screen notification does not go away with out pressing a physical button.
Regards.
David M
from the UK
41:46
Here is a post in the Google+ community from Saul Lowery - AKA Mr Sales - talking about his Apple Watch issues for his space Grey Apple Watch Sport and scratches on the back and flaking of the paint. Saul said the following:
Quote
An Apple engineer called me yesterday and today wanting to speak to me, but I wasn't able to pick up the phone, so they left a voice message and also emailed me. So I was finally able to call them back today. He introduced him self as a Apple Engineer and was calling to investigate my Apple Watch sport scratching problem. He asked me a series of questions and also mentioned that there were others with the same issue(hey Rob, I gave Today in IOS a shout out as the way I initially found out about my paint peeling off the back of my Apple Watch). He said it wasn't officially a manufacturing defect, but it's leaning towards that being the issue. If you had your Apple Watch replaced for this issue expect a possible call from Apple themselves to get a gist of your daily activity and use case of your Apple Watch. he even asked the type of workouts I do and my working environment. I told him I use my Apple Watch from 4 in the morning to 10 at night ending the day with roughly 45% battery life, he was like wow that's a long day. He was pretty cool and very courteous I really didn't mind the phone call. I only wish other companies customer service were this great. Oh yeah I almost forgot he said that currently the Apple Watch sport space gray is the only Apple Watch with this issue, so if you own this model then you should take a look at the back of your Apple Watch and see if the paint is peeling off the letters and also if there are scratches on the back composite back of the Apple Watch sport. As of now Apple will just replace your watch, but in the future they may have a possible fix once they figure out the cause of this issue. Hope this helps out anybody that's having problems with this. Please reach out to me if you want to know what I did to avoid this same fate with my replacement Apple Watch sport to avoid the scratches, but the paint peeling is a whole other issue, I don't have a clue how to avoid that from happening.
Unquote
Thanks Saul for that feedback.
44:19
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/08/14/siri-
teen-truck-collapse/31746425/
Thanks to everyone that sent in links on this next one.
It is the article in USA today titled - Siri Saves teen after truck collapses on him.
Which well is about a teenage Sam who had his truck jacked up and the front wheels off - and he was under it working on the brakes - when the jack collapsed and the truck came down on him pinning him under it. Sam was able to butt dial 911 by activating siri - The operator initially thought it was just another butt dial mistake until she realized those screams for help might mean something was up. or down in this case.
She dispatched help and they were able to get the truck off of him and get him to the hospital where he suffered several broken ribs, a bruised kidney, a concussion and burns to his left arm. He is now in good condition - and Siri is credited for helping save his life.
45:33
VOICEMAIL - Trelawny_quest_issues_apple_watch
Hello Rob,
I need some help from you or the listeners with a problem I sometimes have with my alarm clock on my 5S. I'm running IOS 8.4. The issue is, sometimes my alarm doesn't make any sound or vibration. When I wake up (late) and then wake the phone screen up, the screen shows as if the alarm is going off and waiting to be silenced or snoozed, but not making a sound or vibration.
I've tried reading the forums for a solution and found it that is a problem others are experiencing also, but I've yet to find a real solution.
One thing that seems to possibly be a culprit is a notification coming in prior to or at the time of alarm going off. This morning it did it on me and I noticed your push notification on the new episode being up, came in prior to the alarm going off. Which caused me to turn off the notifications for TII this morning in settings (which I hate to do). I'm not sure turning off notifications will help, but I can't take that chance, my alarm going off is too important to me.
If you or anyone is aware of this problem and has found a solution, I would love to hear of it!
Regards
John M
Hello Rob,
I had my 6 plus in my pocket at work and when I took it out of my pocket it was unlocked and everything is in black and white, like the tvs of old! I did an Internet search and I found the accessibility setting for grayscale, but that was turned off and I have no idea how to change it back. I was hoping you or your listeners would have an idea on how to fix it.
Regards,
Jason H
Hey Rob,
After emailing you 5 minutes ago I did find a solution, and it is a known bug since 8.1.3… to fix the issue as restarting my phone or doing a restore didn't correct it was to go into the settings app and turn off the "Zoom" feature that allows you to triple tap the screen. I am playing around with it and when I turn that feature back on, my phone immediately converts back to black and white, frustrating 😑
Just wanted to let you know about it, and here's hoping apple finds a solution with the next update.
Regards,
Jason H
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_rob_my_new_mate
52:28
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 358
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank NASH for sending in the music you hear in the background. NASH wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song in Music Studio by Xewton for iPad!
This song is called Tropical Tundra and is a single on iTunes.
Regards,
NASH
SONG TROPICAL_TUNDRA
Thanks NASH for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank LARRY for sending in the Artwork for today's show. LARRY said the following:
Hi Rob,
Got this idea over the weekend to use apps to spell out the show title.
For this I used the PhotoStudio app to crop and enhance the picture. Oh, and obviously the apps in the picture to spell out the title.
Regards,
Lieutenant Larry.
Thanks LARRY, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see LARRY'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 358 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:04
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “““This site is dedicated to all information related to tablets competing with and hopefully defeating the iPad. Dubbed iPad Killers, these competitors will hopefully produce a higher quality and cheaper product than Apple’s latest innovation. unquote
iPadKiller.net, 13 May 2010
And if you go to iPad Killer dot net to day - yup you guessed it - the site is dead- guess the iPad killed iPad killer dot net Just Sayin
02:37
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad App or iBook Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:29
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/apples-fall-iphone-
event-to-be-held-sept-9
One of the biggest Rumors out there the past week plus was started by John Paczkowski with BuzzFeed and previously with Re-Code and before that All Things D - where Apple used to hand feed them rumors. So when he gives a rumor - it tends to be more of a controlled leak then a rumor.
And said rumor this time is that Wednesday September 9th will be the next Apple event - and I have some confirmation on that - as see - I will be at a trade show in Cleveland that day - so YES that timing make sense because it could not be worse timing than that for me.
So if September 9th is the date - which by the way is the same date as last year - except this time it would be during Labor Day week and not the week after - well if this is the date - then we should expect to see pre-orders for the iPhone 6S and 6Splus start on Friday the 11th at 12:01 AM PT. With delivery happening on Friday the 18th.
iOS 9 would then go gold master and be available to the public on Wednesday the 16th this year.
These dates make sense as Apples 2015 fiscal year ends on September 26th - so once again Apple would get a full week+ of iPhone Sales. It is still possible Apple will say to heck with fiscal calendars and lets do the Apple event not during the week of Labor day - but the week after that so as not to inconvenience the reporters. Ok - that actually sounded funnier saying then when I wrote it.
Ok - actually there is a reason not to do the week of Labor day - it is not the best week for PR buzz. It is possible Apple could do the week before for the announcement on the 2nd - with pre-orders on the 11th. or They could do it on the 16th with pre-orders on the 18th. But given that John Paczkowski is passing along the leak - I mean rumor - it is likely Apple will do it Labor Day Week this year - right when I am at Content Marketing World in Cleveland. If that is the case - I will be relying on lots of you for sending in your thoughts on the event. More about the rumors of what will be announced later in the show in the rumor section.
05:57
http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/06/everything-new-in-ios-9-beta-5/
Ok - one thing that is not a rumor is iOS 9 beta 5 for devs. And since I don’t plan to travel this month and traditionally the 5th beta has been very solid - I went and updated my iPhone 6+ to iOS 9 beta 5.
I know I say I don’t talk about bugs - but one that has been reported by many iOS 9 users and has hit me is that the Podcasts App is crashing. I have read that if you try turning off sync in the setting for the podcast app it will help and if you turn off custom colors in the Podcasts app it will help an if you hold the antenna with your left hand and lift your left leg off the ground and raise your right arm you will get better reception. Or well that is how it feels reading through the various reports on how to get the Podcasts App to launch. And so far - NO soup for me. It probably is because when I launch it - I see a message saying updating library - and then a few seconds later the Podcasts App crashes back to the home screen. I have tried everything and again no soup for me. I will keep trying - but I may have to do a full factory restore to get it to work - which seems to be the case with others. So just a warning if you are like me and have a lot of Podcasts in your library before you update - you might be in for some issues. Per how much I have in the Podcasts apps - when you go to Settings - General - Storage & iCloud usage - Manage Storage - The Podcasts App show the most storage with 61 GB of Podcasts on my iPhone. Number 2 is the Photos & Camera App at 18.7 GB. I probably will need to at that area go in and manage my podcasts - as in delete them all and start over. If that does not work - then off to the restore we go.
Ok - so beyond the bug with the Podcasts App - which is kind of a big deal for me - given my day job is podcasting - but beyond that iOS 9 has worked well. Battery life is good - where I had over 9 hours of charge and over 35 hours of stand by to get me down to the 5% mark. In the past when I measured - that was a little better or a little worse depending on the use case.
So what is new with Beta 5 if you are a dev or iOS 9 Public Beta 3 which launched shortly after the devs 5th beta last week - Well The biggest change for AT&T users is support for Wifi Calling. Of course if you switch that on - it seems users are getting the message - Wifi Calling isn’t yet available in your area - or put another way it seems iOS 9 beta 5 supports Wifi Calling on AT&T but AT&T has not yet flipped the switch on their side.
There are a bunch of new Wallpapers available - which is one of those minor things that says they are getting close to finalizing.
In the music App if you pull down - at the top is a hidden feature - Shuffle All - which will yes - shuffle all of your music from all of the artists you have music on your phone.
Under Settings and then Cellular all the way at the bottom there is an option called Wi-Fi Assist - It is turned on by default - and it will quote Automatically use cellular data when Wifi connectivity is poor unquote. That surprisingly does not get turned off when you go to the battery saving mode.
Under Keyboards - Shortcuts was renamed to Text Replacement - to better match up with what is in OS Ten on the Mac. But at this point - is that not the tail wagging the dog. I mean there are a lot lot more iOS users than Mac Users. Why not rename it on the Mac. Just Sayin.
There was also an update to the activity App - where you can now near the upper right in the monthly calendar view tap on Activity and switch it from All-Day Activity to Workouts - and Yikes - I did not realize I was working out so little. Oh my.
But Hey at least once an hour my Apple watch pings me and reminds me to get up and go get a cookie - so I do have that activity going on.
this beta is very likely the last work for iOS 9. Next will be the Gold Master. And an FYI - last year the episode title for the first episode of August was iOS 8 beta 5 and September 9th event. By the way the person last year that reported the September 9th even - Yup that was also John Paczkowski.
Funny how some things don’t change.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/videos/ios-9-beta-5-hands-on/
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/07/ios-9-public-beta-3-arrives-
with-support-for-att-wi-fi-calling-new-wallpapers-wi-fi-assist-
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11:31
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13:16
VOICEMAIL - Chris_WA_notes_app_answer
VOICEMAIL - Answer_issue_phone_number_notes
Hi Rob,
I have a suggestion for the listener who needs help getting around their iOS device trying to dial a number in a memo.
The way I get around my phone trying to dial a phone number or schedule an appointment for a phone number or date respectively, in a memo is by adding some regular text in the memo so the memo does not contain only the phone number or date. Then tap the screen once to launch the keyboard. Now tap on the regular text to select it. From this point you can select what text you wish to copy.
Hope this helps your listener.
Regards,
Dr. John M
Rob
I just want to give you heads up about using keyboard shortcuts.
I have about 20 shortcuts that keep repopulating. I have tried everything of course to get rid of them.
It is a well known issue on the message boards. Lets face it, apple does not do cloud well.
I would recommend your listeners use text expander instead. Syncs perfectly.
Regards,
Steve N
VOICEMAIL - Adam_australia_googleplus_community_no_gmail
16:03
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Sheketa Marquez who posted the following question
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Will you continue using Apple Music past the trial period?
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24% choose - not a chance. 31% choose - You bet I will and 46% choose Haven’t decided yet.
That later group probably will most renew for a few months at least as they will forget to unsubscribe. Or at least that is what apple is hoping. Sheketa you asked what I will do - well considering I have not signed up for the beta period yet - I can’t really say. I have all the music I need already ripped from CD’s or purchased on iTunes and on my iPhone Already. For free time for audio listening - I spend it listening more to Podcasts then Music - so chances are I may never sign up for the trial period - Apple Music just does not fit in with the way I consume Audio content - which is either Music I already have or Spoken Word Podcasts or Dave’s lounge for Down temp trip hop music via a podcast. But I am definitely not you typical consumer so don’t use me for an example.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
17:43
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/01/t-mobile-
tries-to-win-apple-iphone-users-with-new.aspx
T-Mobile has been doing a few things for the past couple of years to make it the carrier of choice for iPhone users - like offering Hotspots with their plans - and Voice of LTE and Wifi Calling - and now saying Apple music streaming falls under their free music streaming offering. Meaning any data streaming from Pandora, Spotify and now Apple Music plus 31 other music services said streaming does not count against your data plan on T-mobile - which if you are unlimited does not mean much - but if you are not unlimited it could mean a lot.
The CEO of T-Mobile US John Legere wrote this in a post
quote Now, every single customer who gets a new iPhone 6 this summer as part of this deal can simply swap it for the next iPhone, if they upgrade before the end of the year. Yeah, that's what I said. Just swap it out and pay NOTHING more -- nothing up front and no change to your monthly payment. No deposit. No fees. Nothing. You get the next iPhone guaranteed. And you get to LOCK IN that industry-best promotional price of $15 a month. unquote
This is per their $15 a month plan for payment of an iPhone.
They also said existing iPhone customers who have its jump on demand upgrade service will have priority access to the new iPhone putting them first in line when it gets released.
By the way if you do plan to upgrade to a new iPhone - best to sell that old one in August - as the resale value tends to drop quite a bit come September.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2953011/smartphones/with-
its-latest-iphone-deal-t-mobile-takes-control.html
19:38
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/apples-fall-iphone-
event-to-be-held-sept-9
Earlier we talked about the next Keynote / Special event being September 9th - but we did not talk about additional rumors of what would be announced - beyond saying the next iPhones - which will likely be the S level version of the 6 and 6Plus. In the article from John Paczkowski - he is saying there will be the obviously improved next gen processor which will also be more power efficient - so faster with better battery life - or Your cake and you get to eat it to upgrade.
It would have the very oft rumored Force Touch display and will have an improved camera system - whether that means significantly improved as in the LinX camera module or just slightly improved is not stated.
John does say Apple is likely to show off the companies latest iPads but the 12.9” iPad Pro is a wild card at this time.
And at this even there will also be the long very long awaited Apple TV update.
So basically he is reporting anything that can be updated that is iOS related will be updated sans the iPod touch and intro’d at this event. Ummm - I am not going to by that for a dollar.
Seems highly unlikely Apple would have an event with Two new iPhones, Three new iPads and a new Apple TV, plus the roll out of iOS 9. Yeah - just not seeing that happen.
21:22
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2954509/ios/apple-
to-introduce-new-apple-tv-with-app-store-support-this-fall.html
Hi Rob, We can continue to dream of a new Apple TV. Or, maybe it's just a fantasy... Tom Dykes Dallas, TX
Well there are others out there also reporting a new Apple TV at the September event - along with the long and oft asked for hoped for wished for Apple TV store.
Seems the report is that Apple was going to announce Apple TV and the App store at WWDC - but negotiations with the TV networks and other TV and Movie rights holders is taking longer than expected.
Per the new Apple TV - the rumors are picking up where they left off prior to WWDC - with a touch interface remote - A slightly thinner design, A beefed up A8 processor and support for Siri. And yes the App store.
Current rumors have the TV subscription service not yet ready to roll out - and would follow once Eddy Que works out all the details.
Every Apple Event for the past 2+ years I have been excitedly awaiting the announcement of a new Apple TV and App store for said Apple TV and every event I leave going - darn - well ok - next one - it will be the next one. So here we are again saying it will be this next one. Lets see if that bing card box gets check this time.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/apple/new-apple-tv-
release-date-2015-wwdc-rumours-launch-date-september-3419647/
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/07/the-next-generation-apple-tv
-is-ready-for-a-september-debut
22:53
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/ipad/ipad-pro-plus-release-
date-rumours-force-touch-poll-ios-9-run-osx-3492180/
Another recent rumor has the iPad Pro or Maxi with a release date in November. Again rumor is it will be a 12.9” screen - well except unless it is 12.2” as another rumor is suggesting. Lets just say 12 point something inch screen.
It would also have the latest and greatest and maybe then some Processor. Rumors keep saying both a Lightening and a USB-C port.
There are other rumors out there that the iPad Mini will see its last update and that the iPad Air will not get an update this year.
I would still bet on an October event for iPad’s - with the probable announcement of an iPad Pro at that event - and with an upgrade to the iPad Mini to the latest processor and 2GB of Ram - so as to better run iOS 9.
24:11
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/08/apple-banishes-bendgate-
with-a-slight-change-to-the-iphone-6s
One other rumor with regards to the iPhone 6S’s - is that Apple will offer a more rigid less bendable enclosure - YOU THINK - wow talk about going out on a limb folks.
Lets see - all most people talked about after the launch of the iphone 6 and 6Plus was how bendable it is. Even though Consumer reports showed the 6Plus was actually less bendable then the 6 - that did not stop the general public from asking and talking about it.
So yes - a more rigid less bendable enclosure for both seems like a no brainer.
One prediction I can make is you will see multiple videos in the first weekend showing the next gen iPhones bending - because - well they are metal and thin and given enough pressure they will bend. What that level is - be it 110 pounds or 150 pounds or 220 pounds - we shall see. But it will be the video of someone bending it with their bare hands which will be the one that goes viral again. Thin and metal no matter how much Apple re-inforces it - will still bend if you find someone strong enough.
And as I said last year - this is a non-issue - but one that still distracts from talking about real world specs and performance.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2968395/smartphones/
apples-september-9-event-what-to-expect.html
25:57
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/08/01/iphone-6s-prototype-
and-display-show-up-in-new-photos/
So beyond the rumors from John P at Buzzfeed about the next gen iPhone having the faster processor with better battery life and a better camera and then there is also the part about it being more rigid and with force touch - some other rumors are - Double the current LTE speeds and better Wifi and of course double the ram to 2GB.
The latest leaks of pics from the supply chain seem to confirm the same basic body design - but just slightly thicker to support the force touch. No pics of a fully assembled unit - so no way yet to know if the camera will be flush - which would indicate the LynX camera module with DSLR quality photos or if it is a slight bump in camera specs. Essentially in my mind I am saying if it is not the LynX camera module I stay with the 6 Plus - but if it is the LynX camera module then I am upgrading. The camera is my most important feature as I have kids and they are growing up so fast. SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF
27:20
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/11/rumor-apple-
to-launch-three-new-iphones-concurrently-6s-6s-plus-and-6c
And some last minute rumors about the iPhones that will be introduced in September. This latest one has it where there would be a 3rd iPhone joining the 6S and 6SPlus. The 3rd wheel would be the 6C - and would be essentially the internals of the iPhone 6 - but in a 4 inch package that is with an aluminum case and with multiple colors. Think iPod Touch 6th gen - but with a phone.
Price points for iPhones would then be the old 5S for free, 6C for $99. 6S for $199 and 6SPlus for $299.
The only real issue with this rumor is there is no leaks or photos to back it up. It seems awfully close to launch for someone not to have leaked either physical units or pictures of said units.
Late in the Spring the rumor of 3 new iPhones came up and others in the rumor mill said no that would not be the case.
Guess we will see come September 9th. I think having a 4 inch version of the iPhone 6 makes sense - I know quite a few people that want the 4 inch size over the 4.7 inch and larger sized iPhones.
29:06
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/29/android-matroska-
video-security-flaw/
Another week another Android Security flaw. This one again dealing with video. Trend Micro found a flaw that uses a malformed MKV video in apps or websites to crash androids effectively turning the device into a paperweight. Which by the way is the only state when it is actually not a security risk.
Google was told about the issue in May and is working on a solution according to the article.
29:38
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2968397/mobile-
security/ibm-finds-another-android-phone-bug.html
And it looks like Apple’s recent partnership with IBM is paying off - as IBM is reporting they found another Android flaw where 55% of Android phones are vulnerable to being taken over - or over a half a billion devices are at risk.
IBM’s app security research team called I kid you not - X-Force. Because you know - X-Men was already taken - Well X-Force discovered that quote advanced hackers could exploit this arbitrary code execution vulnerability to give a malicious app with no privileges, the ability to become a super app and help the hackers own the device unquote.
This new exploit exists on Android version 4.3 to 5.1 and a patch is available - but it is up to the phone service providers to decide when and if to deploy it. Yeah they are not known to be like a duck on a cheeto when it comes to updates. More like a 7 year old on Brussel sprouts.
30:49
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/31/flabbergastingly-
insecure-googles-android-is-the-new-flash
Daniel Eran Dilger at apple insider has a completely un-biased article titled - Flabbergastingly insecure - Google’s Android is the new Flash. Honestly I am not sure who should be more offended - Flash or Android.
If you have an Android fan boys that are bugging you send them to this article. It is quite extensive - and really it can be summed up like this. Those that just want a phone get an Android phone - those that want a secure phone get an iphone.
Ok - I admit when I said the article was un-biased that was 100% tongue in cheek.
31:29
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/goodbye-android
But there is another article titled - Goodbye Android written by Lorenzo Francheschi-Bicchierai - who was a Google Fan boy and security expert - Ironically to me that sound a lot like saying your a Prostitute that is an Abstinence Expert.
Well Lorenzo finally has realized you can’t be both an Android Fan boy and a security expert or journalist and is giving up on Android.
He talks about one fundamental reason for giving up on Android - Google has very little control over software updates. There are too many bottle necks between when Google pushes a patch and when and if it gets to the end user. First it goes to the manufacturer and then it goes to the carrier. Where we all know with iOS it goes from Apple to end user.
Lorenzo talks about users going and possibly rooting their phones and installing new versions of android on their own - if you know they are supper users. Or you can choose the other option - switch to Appel and get an iPhone - which is what he is doing.
We have said it on this show for a long time - Android is not secure - and now the rest of the world is starting to open their eyes to this fact. I will say this - all these security issues - really have shut up the Google Fan boys in the iOS and iPhone google+ communities. And that is how you know there is finally a change in public opinion. This next iPhone launch could be really really huge. Expect shortages until early Q1 2016.
33:23
VOICEMAIL - Gary_FL_answer_family_share
Hi Rob and Tii Listeners,
I have been a ballroom dance student for almost two years. Nothing makes me happier than to groove to a great tune and dance with my girlfriend. Is there a way to ask Siri to play music that corresponds to a dance. Such as "Siri? Play us a foxtrot or Cha-cha.
Thanks
Evan B
Great neck NY
Hi Rob,
I tried to use Apple Pay at a McDonalds in northern England on August 8, but it didn't work. They did not know why, although one worker said they saw someone use it yesterday.
Thanks for all you do for the iOS community.
David Bydlowski
Livonia, Michigan
Hi Rob,
A Follow up on Apple Pay. It worked perfectly at the M&S in York England.
Dave
Livonia Michigan
Hi Rob
I'd like to ask you and your listeners if they can help?
I am a voice over user and I'd like to know if you can stream audio to a bluetooth device while keeping the voice over speech on my iPhone? When i am socialising with friends i play music to a bluetooth speaker everybody can here when i am selecting a particular song or album and its really annoying! With my apple tv if i stream something from my iPhone the speech audio stays on my phone and i really really love that and would love if i could do it when streaming to a bluetooth device. Does anybody know how i can achieve this?
Regards,
Dave in Limerick Ireland
VOICEMAIL - Bob_OR_iPhone_durability_iPhone_plane
40:17
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-
the-9-magnetic-adapter-for-your-mobile-devic
Time is ticking down on the Znaps - mag safe connectors for iOS devices - and also now for USB-C - read the new MacBooks. This one is now over $2 Mil US dollars - and you have just until Friday August 14th at 11:09 AM CT to fund this one.
Again this is an adapter that plugs into you lightening port and then you have an adapter on your lightening cable and the two meet like the mag safe connectors on MacBook Pros and older mac books. They did hit a funding goal to make USB-C version available - but I do not see where you can order those. Link in the show notes - Yes - this is one I funded and I am looking forward to getting this one.
Search for Z N A P S at kickstarter dot com or for more info back in the show note for Ep 356, 357 and 358.
41:17
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1878486491/helix-
compact-and-portable-charging-for-apple-watc?ref=discovery
Here is a newer kickstarter project I thought was neat and it only has a goal of $7,500 - and am actually surprised it is not funded yet. It is called Helix - and it is quote the best Apple watch charging device for home and travel. Its unlike anything else on the market unquote.
Well so far it only has $2,342 in funding towards that goal of $7,500 - with September 2nd being the end of funding.
So what is this unique device - well essentially it is a storage / dock for your Apple Watch cord and charger. What you do is wrap your charging cord around the charger - and the slip it all into the case - and you have a compact little device where you can plug directly into the wall to charge - and it is ideal for travel or freeing up clutter. Pricing for this case is $12 - with about 50 left at that pricing then it goes up to $15.
Search for Helix in the show notes for ep 358 or over at kickstarter dot com.
42:44
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2956314/apple-ios/apple-s-
force-touch-the-future-of-mobile-interfaces.html
If you don’t have or have not tried out an Apple watch - then you likely do not know what force touch is like. But simply put it is like turning your tap up to 11. You push and push a little more. For example on the Twitter app on the Apple watch - if you open the app - you can tap to go to your time line or top trends but that is it or so it appears on options - unless you force touch - and then you have the option to create a tweet on your Apple watch. Essentially Force touch will open up another round or realm of options without cluttering up the UI.
There is a nice article from Jonny Evans at Computer world that goes over Force touch and some other possibilities with it. such as force touching to get to the setting options of apps or to open up an email when you see a preview and more.
Point is this - it will give you some extra features to choose from with out making the UI look well cluttered. There will be many unique and interesting options - like maybe adding force touch to the Tii App that anywhere in the app when you force touch it takes you to the contact the producer screen where you can call or email the show. Hmmmm - Michael - I have a new feature to add to the Tii App roadmap.
http://www.phonedog.com/2015/08/10/new-report-details-how-
iphone-6s-force-touch-may-work
44:17
VOICEMAIL - Scott_DC_issue_email_imovie_not_able_to_share
Hi Rob
I watched the recent WWDC keynote today and then updated to iOS 8.4. Am wondering is there a way of listening to past interviews on Beats One as I want to listen to Eminem's interview?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hey Rob,
Is there a way to watch Amazon Prime instant videos thru the Apple TV? I don't see an app for Amazon which really surprises me.
Regards,
Laura B
Dear rob,
I got an Apple watch Sport, but m experiencing something strange. I have the Do Not Disturb settings set to mirror from my iPhone, but when I put the watch on in the morning, DND is still active past the scheduled time, and I have to manually turn it off. this becomes annoying when I don’t realize it’s happening and start missing important notifications. Any help? I really don’t want to unpair the watch and reset everything, but would that help in this case?
Regards,
Chelsea
Hi Rob,
I am also a huge fan of Daniel's. Not sure what "back of the next" means, but I could listen all day. Best laugh I had all week.
Kevin S
Kevin - that was Back of the net - it is like saying nothing but net as a basket ball fan - except it is a soccer term. Meaning your guy just kick a goal.
VOICEMAIL - Danniel_UK_Fun_caller_quests_wifi_airplane_mode
VOICEMAIL - UK_call_out_to_Danny_uk_siri
55:34
http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-8.4-with-pp-
jailbreak-for-mac-os-x-heres-how-tutorial/
VOICEMAIL - JOSH_jailbreak_ios84_with_mac
56:31
VOICEMAIL - Quest_tii_app_playback_speed_how to change
Hello Rob,
I just started listening to your podcast. My question is - will my iPod touch 5th generation be able to download iOS 9 when it comes this fall? Is the Tii phone number (206-666-6364) would I be able call or text that number from my iPod?
Regards,
Alexej (pronounced Alexy)
From Tacoma WA
Hi Alexy - to figure out if your current iOS device will support iOS 9 - you need only know if you current device supports iOS 8. ALL devices that can run iOS 8 - can run iOS 9. So yes - your 5th gen iPod touch will be able to run iOS 9.
And yes our call in number is 206- 666 - 6364 - or as I like to say 206- moon dog.
Per calling the show from an iPod touch you would need an voip to phone out solution like Skype out to do that. Or better yet - just go get the new free app - BossJock JR and record your message with it - and email it to me. Search for Bossjock - and try out the free version. however if you are serious about audio - get the paid version. It will give the best audio quality for recording - they do a great job on the gain of the mics. Our email address is today in iOS at gmail dot com
Hello Rob,
I just upgraded my wifi speed to 45mgb. So when doing a speed test with my data and wifi connected the download speed was around 21mb. Then I put into airplane mode with wifi on and the download speed was 35mb...
Why would this happen when I have wifi connected w data???
Thanks and love the show!
Regards,
Robert S
Tip and advice for App devs when approaching those in new media to get featured. Let me set up the scenario - there was an App dev lets call him Brendon - because well that’s his name. He sent me an email that starts off quote Hi I know who you are, the king maker of apps @ Today in iOS. So here I am, Redacted, paying my respects as a new app and asking for a small favor. I’d love to have your opinion on Redacted . unquote and then yada yada yada. with some info on the app.
I replied back - please call into the show with a 60 second or less audio review of your app - stating up front you are the dev - and then giving a quick elevator pitch of your app. Keep it under 60 secs - as I will edit off anything over 60 secs. Again just call in that review to the show.
His response was classic - quote thanks for getting in touch!
what show? What is the number/website etc? unquote
Folks - that is just plain bad marketing. You as a dev are looking for any way to stand out and get featured you are fighting with millions of other apps - and you get a reply from someone you carpet bombed - and you reply back with which show and number?
I replied back with his initial quote told him he was disingenuous - and to do a little research. As an App dev - if you marketing plan involves carpet bombing - when on the off chance you actually get a reply - take a minute to do some research on the reply. And To Brendon - Thanks for the valuable lesson I can share with others.
VOICEMAIL - Jonathan_CO_quest_app_text_message_reads
1:04:49
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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.
Finally there is the Tii App which is Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. It is fully Voiceover friendly of course. Please go right now and download the Tii App and Did I mention it is free.
And that folks is going to do it for us today -
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 357
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called GEOSYNCHRONOUS with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG GEOSYNCHRONOUS
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank LOU for sending in the Artwork for today's show. LOU said the following:
Hi RoB,
To create this artwork I used dafont.com for the Tii text and the apps Font Killer and Laminar to put it together.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
Thanks LOU, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see LOU'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 357 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:03
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““the iPad is a disappointing effort that fails to live up to the hype. The iPad is both an oversized iPod Touch and an under-powered netbook.
“The iPad is a not so ‘magical’ e-reader. Expect to hear a lot of: ‘I spent a cold night in line for this?'”
Scott Moritz , TheStreet.com, 9 March 2010
Scott I am guessing what you heard a lot more of after the iPad came out was the following question - I payed ten dollars a week to the street.com for this advice? Just Sayin
02:38
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad App or iBook Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
03:21
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/22/ios-9-public-beta-update/
Right after the last Episode - Apple went and released the 2nd public beta to testers. This is the same one as the 4th beta for devs. Just looks like they are releasing to devs first and then a day or so later to the public testers.
Makes sense - if anything major pops up - they keep it limited to those that are more understanding of issues.
Before you start doing beta testing - here is an email I need to read.
Hi Rob,
I wanted to talk about my experience with iOS 9 public beta. I really wish I would have followed your advice and not have installed it. The first week was smooth. So I continued to use the iOS, but then I started experiencing massive bugs. My phone screen would turn blue and then restart itself over and over. My apple music app would crash, and during text my phone would freeze causing me to have to hard reset. Long story short the iOS cause so much issues I couldn't even update to the official iOS 8.4 without factory resetting my device. Hopefully this email will help to discourage those daring enough to download the beta especially on their main device.
Regards,
Zatise B
Normally I don’t report on Bugs in Betas - just features - and really I am not reporting on bugs I found in iOS 9 - just really a reminder to those thinking of doing the public beta - beta means testing phase - and testing phase means find bugs - and bugs there are to find. So again if you are not someone that can live with issues like freezes and reboots and unresponsiveness or Goat Simulator not working right (my son told me to mention that). Then stay away from the Beta’s. Beta’s are for those that have multiple devices and don’t rely on their device for work or as their main device.
05:15
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/7/22/smart-move-apple-
disables-app-reviews-for-those-running-ios-9-beta
If you are running the iOS 9 betas one thing you can’t do that those on iOS 8.4 can - is write reviews of Apps. This is actually a good thing - as it seems those running the public betas were writing negative reviews for Apps that were not working correctly with the iOS 9 beta. Like as my son reminds - that Goat Simulator is not working correctly. Why this is a good thing - especially for devs - is that it is not fair to negatively review an App because it does not work 100% with a beta. It is still a beta. Devs need time to get their apps fixed and then submitted and then approved in the App store. Which is why the last beta will likely be somewhere around Mid August or the week after.
So if you are a public beta tester of iOS 9 - do not be upset you can not write App reviews - as really you should be concentrating on the bugs and issues you find with the Beta itself and reporting them back to Apple - and not putting in 1 star reviews for an App that is not playing nice yet with a beta.
06:25
http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/07/21/apple-music-users/
So how is Apple Music doing - well Apple did not give specific numbers - they did say quote Millions and millions of customers are already experiencing Apple Music and the number is growing substantially every day unquote
Obviously in the free 3 month trial period - those numbers if there were even specific numbers would not mean a lot - the question will be come 3, 4, 5 months from know what % stay with the paid service - and what is that number.
Since Apple does need to pay record labels and the like - it is possible leaks will happen and we will find out what those real numbers are maybe Apple will even give those numbers - Ummm - No.
Spotify has about 20 Million Paid monthly subscribers. With that service likely to take the biggest hit - as Pandora has said so far Apple music has not effected it user numbers at all.
Right now as of July 28th - iOS 8.4 has been installed by 55% of iOS users. So really right now Apple music is only available to about half the iOS users.
Oh and snap and update on this already. Looks like the Major labels are already talking and saying that Apple Music already has over 10 Million Active users. Now the question really comes down to can Apple fix the bugs people are reporting before the 3 month subscription period is over and before users get frustrated enough to figure out how to turn off the auto subscription option.
https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/apple_music_release/
from_dat
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2953652/mac-apps/can-
apple-music-keep-its-10-million-users.html
08:22
VOICEMAIL - Don_NYC_amazon_echo_fdbk
Hey Rob - I have Spotify Premium as a freebie my from telco here in NZ, so won't be subscribing to Apple Music but i have been enjoying the free trial.
The integration with Siri is amazing. It's awesome to be able to say 'Siri play Lyin Eyes by the Eagles' for instance, but even more incredible to able to say 'Siri, play me the Top 20 songs from 1984', and they just start playing.
I find the interface a bit messy, but the suggestions and Siri integration make a compelling product.
Regards,
Simmo
Wellington, NZ
Hi Rob,
A tip for those of us running low on storage.
Make sure you delete any old videos from text messages, especially duplicates that you have on camera roll.
Regards,
Mike R
Hi Rob,
Good news for HSBC uK customers: Apple Pay is up and running.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hello Rob,
I just found a feature in iOS 9 public beta 2 That I have not seen mentioned anywhere yet.
In the Mail app, I was composing an email. I noticed an old email address that was no longer in my contacts. So I tryied to remove it. In iOS 8, I would tap ion the (i) info icon next to the email address to delete in the suggested email. In the contact info dialog, tap "Remove from recents". However, In iOS 9 "Remove from recents" is gone!
I did find the following under Settings -> Mail, Contacts, and Calendars:
If I toggle "Contacts Found in Mail" off and back on, all old email addresses not in Contacts was removed.
I hope Apple brings back the old "Remove from Recents" so, I can individually remove old email addresses.
Regards,
Steven (In Houston)
VOICEMAIL - Jerry_indy_fdbk_applewatch
15:19
Hi Rob,
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Regards,
Skip
Rob,
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Respectfully,
Sean
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18:06
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from STAN BENTLY who posted the following question
Quote
Can someone point me to a resource that I can use to get Sync over Wi-Fi to work? I have 4 devices, all running iOS8.4, the latest iTunes version, Sync over WiFi checked in the Summary section for all devices. However when I attempt to perform a wifi sync, I get a "Looking for iPhone" popup, then it and the device on the menu disappear. I've reset everything I can think of but still no use.
I'm trying to be able to sync my apps with iTunes so I only have to download the apps once, rather than for each device.
Thanks in advance.
Unquote
Some of the replies he had were the following.
From Robert Kelly quote I've had that problem for many years regardless of iPhone model or iOS and iTunes software.
The only thing that seems to work for me, currently, is making sure my phone is on and unlocked during the entire sync. unquote
And from Francisco Tapia quote The sync over wifi is very buggy. I usually have to sync over a cable with each device that is buggy.
I typically
1) deselect sync over wifi
2) sync
3) enable sync over wifi
4) sync once more.
Then disconnect and I am able to sync once again. unquote
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Tosin Oladini who wrote:
quote Just thought I'd put this out there for any folks having any issues on the iOS 9 beta which have developed since the 2nd public beta or wasn't fixed by it, it might be worth trying "reset all settings ". I had issues with VoiceOver in the first public beta and then notification centre and control centre would not work in the 2nd. Simply resetting all settings fixed it though I had already reported it to Apple via the feedback app. Definitely worth a try. You never know unquote
20:55
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/22/apple-watch-shipments/
Lets talk about what the likely number of Apple Watches sold were by looking at all the data out there from Apple and from Slice and other sources.
Last quarter - Other Products was $2,641 Million - The previous quarter it was $1,689 and $1,767 for the year ago quarter.
For the year ago quarter iPod’s were $442 Mil with Accessories $1,325 Mil
The year before that it was $773 and $1,179
If we project to this year - iPod Sales were probably around 300 Mil at most. with Accessories at 1,100 Mil.
That leaves 1,241 Mil for Apple Watches - which jives with what was also said in the conference call. That Apple Watch accounted for well over 100% of the growth for that category with declines in both iPods and Accessories.
If we look at the slice data for an ASP - they found that the ASP of their customers came in at $505. While we can through out their estimates on unit sales - the ASP number should be close to reality - as that is not a sample and projection - but rather from looking at actual unit sales pricing and getting an ASP for their customers - which is a large enough sample it should be within a couple of % points of reality.
If we take $1,241 Mil and an ASP of $505 = 2.457 Million units.
How does that jive with Tim cooks comments it out sold the iPad in its comparable launch window.
The original iPad launched on April 3rd 2010 - and through June 26th 2010 - Apple Sold 3.27 Million units - during what was an 85 day window. We do know they sold >300,000 units on the first day. That leaves 2.9 Million units over 84 days = 35,357 per day.
The Apple Watch went on Sale April 24th and the quarter ended on June 27th. That is 65 days. If we take the 35,357 per day sales and multiply it by 64 and then add 300,000 you get 2.562 Million units - or slightly more than the 2.457 Million I estimated above. How do I explain the difference - simple we know that in the first 45 to 60 days of the iPad being on sale after the initial push - it was in short supply. That means for many of those days because of supply constraint - the iPad was not selling anywhere near that average number. In reality the iPad would have sold easily well below the 2.457 Million number in the first 65 days.
Or you could say the ASP’s from Slice were a little high. In any case what we get is Apple Watch sales last quarter below well below the 3 Million unit mark. And way way below the Engadget article saying there was 4 Million units sold.
Again this 2.5 Million or even 2.6 Million unit number is not bad considering that Apple was supply constrained. And it is much higher than any other smartphone watch sales to date. It is just lower than what the folks on Wallstreet were estimating.
Endgadget had an article titled - Apple Already took 75% of the Smartwarch Market - and they based that on Apple selling 4 Million units. Which again if you look at the facts just can not be.
These numbers come from Strategy Analytics - that had the Global Smartphone market at 5.3 Million units last quarter with Apple being 4 Million.
If we adjust that to 2.6 Million (best case for Apple Watch) and add in the 1.3 Million for everyone else - we get 3.9 Million units - which I don’t even need a calculator to say Apple had 2/3rds of the smartphone market last quarter - which is still a great number.
Johnny Evans at Computer world had an article on this and said we should throw out any estimates below 3 Million - I think he reversed that - we should throw out any estimates above 3 Million.
http://watchaware.com/post/14166/slice-intelligence-apple-
has-sold-3-million-apple-watches-to-date
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2951558/wearables/
whos-gonna-win-the-apple-watch-guesswork-war.html
26:51
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/07/23/iphone-6s-front-panel-leak/
From the rumor mill comes a potential photo of the front panel on what they are saying is the iPhone 6S. And shocker it looks just like the front panel of the iPhone 6 - which is pretty much what everyone is expecting.
At this point Apple suppliers have to be ramping up production on the next gen iPhones components. So see pictures of the next gen housing is not surprising at all.
The one thing we have not seen photos of yet - and likely will not see until close to the end of August is the finished rear panel with the camera mounted - will it be flush with the 6S and 6S+ ? If it is - it bodes well for the LynX rumor - if not then it will mean another year at least for the LynX camera module - which I am really rooting and hoping for in the iPhone 2015 generation.
27:58
http://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-apple-agree-to-settle-
nike-fuelband-class-action-suit-1438016873
This next one is about a class action suit that was put forth towards Nike and Apple - This is with regards to the Nike+ Fuelband - and the suit alleges the companies misled consumers about the accuracy of the device. If you are someone that purchased one between Jan 19th 2012 and June 17th 2015 - you are now eligible for settlement check of $15 or a nike gift card for $25. The suit which was originally brought against both Nike and Apple in 2013 - alleged that quote false and/or misleading statements were made regarding the Nike+ fuel bands ability to accurately track steps and calories unquote and there were other claims - but that is the big one.
My son has the Nike+ Fuelband - so I went and put in for the the $15 Check. I will have a link in the show notes for Ep 357 titled - Nike+ Fuel Band Settlement - that will take you to the page where you can apply for the settlement.
You will need the serial number of your fuel band or bands to get the check or checks or gift card or cards.
Both Nike and Apple deny the claims in the suit - And Nike will be the one responsible for the settlement payments according to the terms of the settlement. Guess with All of Apples Cash over seas - they really did not have any spare change laying around.
My Son loves his nike+ fuel band - so I don’t have the heart to tell him about this. I will just take the $15 and get him an iTunes gift card and tell him it is for being an awesome son or wait for him to do something nice for someone or something.
http://nikefuelbandsettlement.com
29:49
http://thehackernews.com/2015/07/android-phone-hacking.html?m=1
Remember all the media brew ha ha - about when you had a friend send you a text message with some special characters - and it could cause your iPhone to reboot. This had lots and lots of press coverage from mainstream press to almost every tech blog. This was known as the effective Power bug and you can google that to see the over reporting on this issue. An issue that was completely patched in iOS 8.4 by the way.
Well what if I told you there was an exploit - where all someone had to do was send you a text message and if you choose to read it or not i.e. where you take no action at all - it would give the sender of that message control of your device if all they knew was your phone number. Something that effects over 900 Million devices.
Let me read a quote from Zimperium a mobile security blog - quote
Attackers only need your mobile number, using which they can remotely execute code via a specially crafted media file delivered via MMS. A fully weaponized successful attack could even delete the message before you see it. You will only see the notification. These vulnerabilities are extremely dangerous because they do not require that the victim take any action to be exploited. Unlike spear-phishing, where the victim needs to open a PDF file or a link sent by the attacker, this vulnerability can be triggered while you sleep. Before you wake up, the attacker will remove any signs of the device being compromised and you will continue your day as usual – with a trojaned phone. unquote.
Now If this exploit was for iOS - it would be front page USA Today news - front of CNN.com news - it was be the most talked about exploit - and have a Gate name assigned like TrojanGate or ZombieGate. But Luckily for us iOS users - this is not an iOS exploit - but it is a real Android exploit - and it is for any devices running Android 2.2 to 5.1 - which is over 950 Million Android phones. This is due to an exploit in Stagefright the multimedia component in Android - So I guess you should call this StagefrightGate if we are being fair and all - And being fair I should mention that Google has a patch now for this and is sending to manufacturers - that will then send to Carriers and who knows - 6 months from now - maybe up to 25% of devices will have the patch - but many will never be patched. Kind of sucks to have an Android Phone - Just Sayin
Will be interesting to see how widely this one is covered in the press. Oh and a quick update - seems that some in the press are covering this - NPR, Forbes and Engadget three of the bigger names that covered this so far. Just google - Stagefright MMS exploit - to see more on this - and I am not going to say I get any type of satisfaction out of this type of story - because that would be wrong to say - out loud at least.
And looking at USA Today - the top of the tech stories the morning after this news broke - was OnePlus2 2 Hopes to be a new flagship killer to rival iPhone - Yeah no news bias at all.
I did reach out to Paul Asadoorian - CEO of Security Weekly - for his opinion on this - his recommendation for any Android users are
quote - - Patch your device (if and when its available)
- In the mean time turn off the feature that automatically receives MMS
messages (instructions are in that post)
And then trade in your Android device and get an iPhone if you really care about security. ok - that 3rd point I added - but isn’t a no duhhh addition. If you care about security after all would you not already be on an iPhone.
And by the way take a look at where stagefrightgate.com takes you.
http://blog.zimperium.com/experts-found-a-unicorn-in-
the-heart-of-android/
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/07/27
/426613020/major-flaw-in-android-phones-would-let-
hackers-in-with-just-a-text
35:31
VOICEMAIL -Scott_dc_mark_all_not_working
Hi Rob,
Thought you might find this PDF of Apple Patent interesting. I was working on a patent search today for a client and came across this. Someone stealing an iPhone would know to turn it off so that it could not be located. This Apple patent shows a phone that periodically powers up so that it may report its location even when turned off.
Regards,
Bill
Bill thanks for sending over Patent US 8,840,303 B2 from Sep 30th 2014 - titled Apparatus and method for determining a wireless devices location after shutdown.
And from the Abstract - quote A wireless data processing device is described which periodically exits an unpowered state and transmits location data. unquote
So in a nut shell every so often ET wakes up and phones home with its GPS or Wireless triangulation data. Apple has yet to say this is an available option - Maybe it will be in iOS 10. This does seem like a pretty valuable option to add to iOS devices.
Hi Rob,
What happened to the YouTube app on the Apple TV?
Thanks,
Laura B
Google Killed the API’s that powered it. So if you have a 2nd gen Apple TV - no more Youtube for you. This was something we talked about a little back in April when it was first announced and happened. But then we were expecting a new Apple TV in June - and well that did not happen. So many of us with Apple TV - 2nd gen - no longer are apple to get episodes of Annoying Orange or see Pugs saying I Love You. Or those minecraft videos from the guy with the British accent that has pugs. Yup all those videos are gone as is the entire Youtube App for 2nd gen owners - if you are 3rd Gen Apple TV owner - you should be able to get the new Youtube app - if you make sure you are updated to the latest version of software for your Apple TV - by going to Settings - General - Update Software.
VOICEMAIL - Voiceover_and_the_notes
40:53
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/
znaps-the-9-magnetic-adapter-for-your-mobile-devic
Just a quick update on the ZNAPS Kickstarter project - On the last episode I said they were just over $500k in funding and 19,000 backers. Now they are over $1.3 Mil and over 47,500 backers. Kudos to the team.
For those that don’t remember or did not listen to the last episode - this is the adapter that turns your lightening port into a mag safe lightening port. Go to kickstarter dot com and search for Z N A P S - lets see who the first listener is to actually get this product delivered. Right now they are saying November 2015 - No way - Again - if I get this before Easter next year I will be happy.
By the way them getting over 1Mil dollars means they have unlocked all their stretch goals for this device - with the next stretch goal being at 2 Mil Canadian dollars (right now they are over 1.7 Mil Canadian dollard) and that stretch goal being for a version for a USB-C connector / adapter. Hopefully they get to that goal - which would mean more money from me - as I definitely would get that. Per the stretch goals that were unlocked - one of them was putting a power LED indicator on both sides of the adapter - Another was special designs. But really the dual side for LED indicator was the one I really liked.
You have until August 14th at 11:09 AM CT to fund this one.
42:48
http://reservestrap.com
Hey Rob, thought you'd like these two products:
This first one I don't think has been mentioned on the show yet. It's an Apple Watch band that charges the phone while you wear it through the watch's hidden accessory port. I haven't heard of anyone who's been able to access that port yet, let alone use it for anything like charging:
http://reservestrap.com/
The holy grail would be a usb directly on the watch band allowing you to plug it into your computer for recharging and even data transfer!
Also thought you might like this selfie stick / microphone combo on indiegogo:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solocam#/story
Hard to explain, just check out the photos and you'll get it.
And lastly thanks for the tip from your listener about using iMovie for my wife's slideshow this weekend, I think I'll do that!
Regards,
Aric B
Hi Aric - thanks for the heads up on these two items.
The first one is the reserve strap - which is similar to one we talked about on ep 344 called the Wipowerband - which right now on their site - does not look to good. With just a coming soon message - that one was supposed to cost $99. While that one got a lot of press - right now it does not look like they have a product. Can you say VaporWare.
Aric - the one you are talking about the Reserve Strap - has an Order now button - and a price of $250 for either the 38 or 42 MM size - if you go to order this make sure to select the correct size as it defaults to 38 mm. This one they are claiming gives you 2.7 X the power - for an additional 30 hours of usage. Essentially taking your from 1 1/2 days to over 3 days of solid usage.
The Reserve strap also comes in three colors - White, Grey and Black - so yes - for all those looking to get a black strap there you go.
Some other specs - They say it is water resistant. It has a micro USB charging Port. It does not look like it will charge from the inductive charging port. You will need to plug in a micro USB connector.
They also say it adheres to Apple’s Official Band design guidelines.
And it does look very nice.
At $99 I would pull the trigger right away but at $250 - I am going to have to wait until they are shipping and hear how it goes - this is one of those bands that will connect to the hidden connector under your strap. If anyone does order the Reserve Strap - please call in with a review once you get one. Or if the folks there at Reserve Strap have press units - you know you can always send one my way. Just sayin.
And the Folks at Reserve Strap did answer my question on Delivery - November 3rd is their ship date for the strap.
46:17
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solocam#/story
Aric per your second item you mention the SoloCam - it is a selfie stick that at the end you hold - it has an HD mic a bluetooth connection and a smart App where it all combines to be a mini video recording studio.
Pricing ranges from $49 for the basic Selfie stick and HD mic to $149 for the Super HD Mic, upgraded stick, adapters, stereo connector and a custom Bag. To $499 for the Ultra HD mic, stereo connector, Adaptors, Custom Case, upgrade stick and custom logo on the mic flag.
Glad I just do audio. But for your video podcasters or Youtubers - this is something you will want to check out - search for Solocam - one word at indie gogo dot com.
Right now they have $30k in funding with a goal of $40k.
you have until August 5th to fund this project.
47:18
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/08/change-dns-iphone-ipad.html
Hi Rob,
I Wonder if this works
Regards,
Tash
Thanks Tash - and the this Tash is referring to is an article on iPhone hacks that goes over how to change the DNS server on your iOS device.
If you are noticing really slow internet connections when surfing - this might be one possible solution - it is where you over ride the default DNS your ISP provides with a new one you select - in the article they make reference to a free and supposedly faster DNS from Google and another from OpenDNS - you know if you don’t want the NSA - I mean Google spying on what you are looking at. This is something I am going to test out with my Wife’s iPad mini - as she has been complaining recently about internet speed.
Of course - I would recommend before you do any of this - if you are seeing slowed wifi performance on your iOS device - first try the old standby of force quitting all open apps - then go to settings - reset - reset network settings - and see how it works after the reboot - if it is still slow - then give this a try.
Look for the link in the show notes titled - How to change the DNS server on your iPhone and iPad
47:18
http://itechtriad.com/2015/07/27/apple-watch-coming-to-
best-buy-on-august-7th/
Word on the street is that Apple Watch will be available at Best Buy stores starting on August 7th at over 100 Locations. This is expected to expand to over 200 locations in time for the holiday shopping season in the US.
In addition to the Apple watches - they are supposed to also offer up over 50 accessories for the Apple Watch.
49:43
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_crossman_fdbk_daniel_UK
Hi Rob,
I'm flying out of the country soon and need to unlock my wife's 5S. She's still on 8.0.2 but I stopped jailbreaking a while back so I'm not sure what's available to jailbreakers.
If I jailbreak her 5S is there an unlock tweak like there was back in the day?
I called ATT and they refuse to unlock unless I pay ETFs and give up my Grandfathered Unlimited data plans. So I need another solution.
BTW, Are IMEI unlock sites scams? How can they override AT&T?
Regards,
Mazin
Rob,
Just wanted to write in with a little feedback on iPhone 6/6 Plus call quality. I have a 6 Plus (first in line on launch day 😊) and my sister had an iPhone 5 until a few weeks ago when she bought a 6. Her and I immediately noticed an increase in voice quality with our calls. It actually sounds like she's talking over my shoulder rather than over the phone. We both have AT&T. Kudos to Apple on a nice improvement that probably flew under the radar for most users.
Regards,
Lou V
VOICEMAIL - Shannon_Daniel_Acent_on_Tii
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_fdbk_applecare
55:40
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apple-adjusts-its-app-
store-algorithm-impacting-some-ipad-austin-m
Some interesting info for App devs - seems Apple is adjusting its App Store Algorithm again.
Originally the App store ranking algorithm was pretty simple - it was the number of new sales / downloads in the last 7 days with a weight average for the last 24, 48 and 72 hours. I proved this out early on. But then Apple made changes and pulled in other criteria - like amount of times the app was launched - so usage came into play. It is also believed that Average ranking is also at play. No one really knows all the components any more - but it is clear from time to time it gets adjusted and a bunch of apps drop and some jump up initially after said change - and one of those events happened on or around July 17th.
If you are an app dev - here is my best recommendation - don’t worry about rankings - make a good app - and add in incentives to get your audience to rate the app. Don’t be overly spammy with pop up ads and types of actions that get in the way of using the app. Easy of use and a smooth flow from action to action with minimal or no need to click the X to get rid of the ad - will help in getting a good rating.
If you are an App dev - look for the article - Apple Adjust its App store algorithm in the show notes for Ep 357 at today in iOS dot com.
57:37
VOICEMAIL -lee_portland_quest_app_rejected_cydia
Hi Rob,
After listening to tii 356 this week & your shenanigans using your Watch to pay, I thought I'd share my sightings of Watches compared to other Smart Watches.
Since the launch of Watch I've spotted 5, & each owner when extensively interrogated, love their Sport Watches. Each 1 of them has told me it's an extension of their iPhone that effectively releases them from their iPhone. Also each person reports 2 days battery. I've also seen 2 pebble original (1 was my own) in the same time. I loved mine but only bought it to justify the existence of smart watches. They are basic but do what they do very well. In the same time I've seen no android wear watches. I'm not surprised about that!
Thanks for all you do educating us on the ways of the
Regards,
Craig
Liverpool
VOICEMAIL - Brent_okc_quest_itunes_playlists
Hi Leo
After listening to the July 17th episode, I felt a strong need to write and defend my love for the iPod Touch. I know my situation is probably totally unique but I love my iPod touch and have even considered buying a backup in case they stop selling them as you have suggested. First things first, I am a 49 year old female. I have had an iPod Touch for years, long before my first iPhone. the 5c. I would give up my phone any day before my Touch. I use my Touch strictly for podcast & music. Just as I prefer reading books on a Kindle rather than my tablet, I prefer to keep it all separate. In addition, my employer does not want to see phones lying on our desk during work hours but they have no problem with a listening device. Last but not least, for reasons I can not explain, I get much better battery life and Wifi connection from my iPod Touch than I ever have from my iphone.
Just a fan letting you know we're still out here.
regards,
Sharon Fultz
Well Sharon - I am guessing you were trying to get ahold of Leo Laporte from that show with the completely un-original name that way to similar to the name Today in iOS. I have no qualms with the iPod 6th generation. I think it is a very nice device. Especially if you are a dev of iOS devices or a pre-teen or just looking for a small wifi only device that fits in your pocket - like you are. I was very very happy to see the iPod Touch 6th gen updated and released. My only neg comments per it - was with regards to the 16 and 32 gb capacity units - I would not recommend either - if you are serious user - go to 128 gb - 2 or 3 or 4 years from now you will be very glad you did. 64 GB is the min storage level I would recommend.
VOICEMAIL - Dustin_tx_quest_untangle_famileyshare
VOICEMAIL - Dustin_tx_Try2
1:07:21
Thanks again to Harry's for sponsoring this episode and please go to Harrys.com now and save $5 off when you enter the code - t i i with your first purchase. That is h a r r y s dot com and enter the coupon code T I I at check out to save $5 and start shaving better today or well at least as soon as your new shave kit arrives right to your door step.
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.
Don’t forget there is the Tii App which is Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. It is fully Voiceover friendly of course. Please go right now and download the Tii App and Did I mention it is free.
Next week the episode will likely be delayed to the end of the week - I will be going to Podcast Movement this weekend in Dallas Texas where Libsyn will be exhibiting and I will be speaking. These events I typically don’t get anything done outside of answering fires on email. So it will be the end of next week likely before I get back to show notes. But hey 5 eps released in July - not bad. Thanks to everyone that sent in feedback this month - your feedback is what makes this show - and I just want to say it is greatly appreciated. You are the best audience ever - ok - lets wrap this up before we all start crying.
And that folks is going to do it for us today -
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 356
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called REFRACTIVE CLEANSING with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG REFRACTIVE CLEANSING
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ABDIEL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ABDIEL said the following:
Hi RoB,
I created this artwork for the show on my iPhone 5S.
I used the following Apps to create the image right after I took a screenshot of my homescreen.
First- Awesome Screenshot for Safari by Diigo Inc. to blur out the screenshot completely.
https://appsto.re/us/XJ3W2.i
Next - Screenshot Maker Pro by Takahiko Hatano to add the iPhone frame and background.
https://appsto.re/us/3WxjO.i
Then - Photolettering by Brand Design Co., Inc. to square out the image and add the Text.
https://appsto.re/us/icLKH.i
Best Regards…
Abdiel Ortiz
Thanks ABDIEL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ABDIEL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 356 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:45
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Any tablet computer, including Apple’s eagerly anticipated iPad, will face serious problems in generating big sales. Tablets look cool, but the reality is they don’t do anything new. unquote
Michael Comeau, Minyanville, 5 March 2010
I guess Big is a matter of perspective. Apple sells 4+ Million Macs a quarter - they sell more then double that for iPads in a bad quarter. Is that big? Is 275 Million iPads sold in the first 5 years considered big? Just Askin
03:24
For Promo codes - On Ep 355 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - LAUNCHCODE SHORTCUT WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER. We will be giving out those promo codes latter this week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 355.
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad App or iBook Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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 FOR FREE 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.
04:14
http://fortune.com/2015/07/18/apple-revenue-eps-2015q3/
Last week Google released numbers that were actually higher than expectations - well Yawn you say - that is normal for Apple - I mean Apple almost always does that what is the big deal. But see with Google - that was the first time Google beat estimates since 2013. So what did that do to Google stock - well it shot up 15% in one day - for the biggest one-day gain ever with regards to market cap with a market cap jump of 65 Billion dollars - beating the old record previous held by you guessed it Apple when it saw its stock jump 46.4 Billion dollars in a single day back in April 2012.
So Will Apple stock jump like Googles - if Apple exceeds earnings - no definitely not - as I said - Apple beating estimates is not news - it is expected. Yes - I know it sounds funny to say it is expected for Apple to exceed expectations. It is definitely not expected for them to meet or fall short of expectations - that is the only way for Apple to really move the stock - and that is not the movement we want to see - unless you are sitting on cash waiting for apple to drop to jump in.
SO HOW DID APPLE DO LAST QUARTER….
05:34
http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q2-2015-quarterly-report
Remember Apples 3rd quarter happens in the 2nd quarter of the year.
Ok - Apple’s Press Release for this quarterly report was titled - Apple Reports Record Third Quarter Results - which is true - and it is good results - but in some ways lower then was expected in one key area - we will get to that in a bit.
But first some of the big numbers. The Record was in Revenue for the quarter. 49.6 Billion dollars vs 32.5 Billion in the year ago quarter and $58 Billion in the last quarter.
Overall Apple now has $202.8 Billion in Cash on hand up $9.3 Billion for the quarter.
Revenue up 33% year / year and Earning Per share up 45% year / year to $1.85 per share.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/07/17FY-15-Third-
Quarter-Results-Conference-Call.html
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/07/21Apple-Reports-
Record-Third-Quarter-Results.html
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q3fy15datasum_2.pdf
06:46
http://news.investors.com/technology/071815-762206-aapl-
apple-earnings-preview-june-quarter-fiscal-q3.htm
VOICEMAIL - Jonathan_NO_fdbk_quarter_apple_watch_numbers.
07:59
http://fortune.com/2015/07/19/how-many-watches-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-second-pass/
With 27 analyst weighing in on Apple Watch sales - they came to an average of 4.07 Million units sold last quarter - with Turley Muller with financial Alchemist guessing at 2.85 Million units for the lowest guess. and Sundeep Bajikar with Jefferies with a guess of 5.7 Million units for the high side - and the actual revealed number is - And this would be where I play crickets chirping - as Apple is not going to say - PERIOD - they said multiple time on the call - that last September they said Apple Watch would be lumped in with Other Products - which also includes - Apple TV, iPods and Apple Branded and 3rd party accessories. They will not - they can not - they shall not break out Apple Watch Stats - it would be wrong to do so - because back in September they said they would not - so there - in your face Uncle Gene Munster - We ain’t answering your question or something pretty close to that is how the Q & A went.
What they did say about the Other Products category is that year over year - there was an increase from 1.767 Billion dollars to 2.641 Billion dollars - and that Apple Watch sales were greater than that increase - so all we know is Apple watch sales are greater than 874 Million dollars. If you assume an ASP for Apple Watch at $430 = that means there was at least 2 Million Apple Watches sold. If Apple Watch revenue was 50% of the Other category - then Appel Watch sales were about 3 Million units. The actual number is somewhere in between most likely - which means less than the 2.85 Mil units that was the lowest guess. Or worst than every one was predicting.
Tim Cook did say that Apple watch sales were higher in the month of June then they were in the Months of April or May. Which goes counter to what Slice said. It is possible Apple was not counting sales of devices as a sale until they actually shipped the unit to the customer. There was no follow up from the Analists on that point.
One thing on Monday that struck me about why Apple is likely not reporting the numbers - would be this little true story.
I went into the local Walgreens to buy my allergy medicine - my 24 pack of Wal-zyr D - which is behind the counter - and I have to show my drivers license to prove I am not a walter white wanna be. When I paid with my Apple watch - the women working the register said that was cool - she had seen lots of people pay with an iPhone - but that was the first time she saw someone use the Apple Watch - THE FIRST TIME and it was July 20th. That is 88 days and the FIRST apple watch that she saw where someone paid for something. THAT IS NOT GOOD when you consider I live in the more affluent part of town in the more affluent town in the KC Metro area. So if she is not seeing it - then it is likely not happening much if at all at other stores locally and that does not bode well for current apple watch sales.
11:45
http://fortune.com/2015/07/13/apple-iphone-estimates-2015q3/
For iPhone sales - last episode we talked about what the Anal-ists were guessing - collectively it was an average of 49.42 Million units sold. And the actual number was - 47.534 Mil iPhones sold for the quarter - which was 2 Million below what Anal-ists were expecting - being below wall streets estimates is not a good thing - expect some blood in streets for Apple stock over this. Which looking at after hour trading with in an hour of the news - Apple stock was down at one point over 10% - to put that in perspective that is over 75 Billion dollars in Market cap - theoretically lost in a few minutes. It did bounce back a little later on somewhat and was down just 7% or about 52 Billion dollars in market cap reduction. Will be interesting to see how it does once the market opens back up on Wednesday.
Per how the individual anal-ists did - Patrick Smellie with the Braeburn group was closest to the hole with a guess of 47.52 Million iPhones sold. Kudos Patrick.
Apple did say there was a reduction in channel inventory of 600,000 units - so really iPhone sales to customers were a tad over 48 Million units.
And they did say the 35% year over year growth for iPhone sales is about triple the industry number for smartphone sales growth.
13:44
http://fortune.com/2015/07/16/apple-ipad-watch-analysts/
The Guesses for the Anal-ists for iPad Sales are:
7.5 Million units on the low side from Lee Storch, the Braeburn Group - to 13.0 Million units on the high side from Patric Smellie the Braeburn Group and Andrew Uerkwitz - Oppenheimer.
The avg estimate was 10.71 Million units for last quarter and the one closest to the whole was? Name and affiliation withheld by request - who nailed it - with exactly 10.9 Million units being actually sold.
That was just a tad better than the analysts average. So no bad news on the iPad front.
Apple did also mention channel inventory decreased by 300,000 units - so iPad sales to customers was really 11.2 Million units.
And in the US - Apple had a 76% share of Tablet sales for units $200 or more.
14:47
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2949546/wearables/apple-
watch-satisfaction-very-high-whiles-sales-estimates-vary.html
Future Apple Watch sales are going to be greatly impacted not by Analists predictions or talking points or reviews - but rather by Word of Mouth. And right now the Mouths of current Apple Watch owners seems to have a smile on them when they talk about their Apple Watches.
One recent customer survey found the rates of satisfaction at 97% among Apple Watch users. Which is higher than both the initial iPhone satisfaction numbers at 92% back in 2007 and the original iPad at 91% back in 2010.
These extremely high user satisfaction data for the Apple watch definitely bodes well for future growth of the Apple watch - as nothing trumps word of mouth marketing for growing a product line.
Per that 97% - 66% of it was people Very Satisfied and 31% of it was people somewhat satisfied.
Additionally - it seems the least technical you were - the more satisfied you were. It seems that teachers, firefighters, insurance agents, and those not in the tech industry and not hard-core techies - these were the groups of people that couldn’t stop raving about the Apple Watch. So the right people are word of mouth marketing.
16:26
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18:07
VOICEMAIL - Jonathan_answer_apple_music_library_fixes_issues
Hi Rob,
From episode 354, the app I use for making slideshows is free, iMovie on my MacBook Pro! The newest version is really easy to use and there are loads of tutorials on YouTube or Lynda.com. I made a slideshow for my dad's 80th birthday and you can use a mix of photos and videos and even detach audio from videos you have to use for background. You can make it loop automatically.
Regards,
Carine
Hi Rob,
This is response to the other listener in ep 0355 who wanted to print directly from an iOS device but also wanted to be able to do things like resize what they're printing and all the other functionality you get using a computer. I got a $7 App called "Printer Pro" by a developer called "Readdle" that does everything I can think of wanting to do when I decide to print something on my iPhone or iPad. You can add an option to print with the app from the... up arrow box button thing menu...
Does that thing have a name? I don't even know.
The point is, it's a $7 app, which for some reason people I know think is a lot for an app, but considering how often and how long I've been using it, the cost eventually amortized out. (At least for me.)
I think there's a free version so people can try it out? But I don't think it has nearly as many useful features, it might still have the resize features.
Regards,
Michelle
Hi Rob,
Guess I am the only one that likes the beta. Thought I'd say something positive. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to test things out early and to be able to know that my voice is heard if there are any bugs.
Regards,
Shawna
Hi Rob,
I would like to send out a warning to people considering downloading the public beta of iOS 9. I downloaded it for my iPod touch 5th gen and my iPad Air 1st gen wifi model to see if it was stable enough for my iPhone 6. I had noticed a few bugs but for the most part it was fairly stable so I decided it was safe for my iPhone. After a few days of no issues my phones cellular data stopped working. I had to restore my phone back to iOS 8.4. Just a warning for anybody considering updating.
Regards,
Chris
Chickasha, Oklahoma
VOCIEMAIL - Justin_PA_answer_itunes_library_match
VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_Part2_itunes_match
23:02
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Mark Page who posted the following question
Quote
What happens at the end of the Apple music free trial to music on the icloud library? Will the icloud music library not be available to those who don't subscribe and will they have to use itunes sync?
Unquote
In a nut shell - any music you download via Apple Music for playback offline - will be protected by DRM - Digital Rights Management - that means if you cancel - then the DRM is kicked in - and your music you downloaded via the Apple Music trial or even during a paid period - is no longer available when you cancel / or choose not to renew your subscription. It is like with Netflix and Hulu+ - you only get access to the music from Apple Music when you are in the trial or paid period. But once you are in neither - then anything download via Apple Music is not available.
Now if you do purchase an album outright and pay however much the Album is - then that would still be available to you.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Fred Goertzen who wrote:
My recent calls appearing on another iPhone.
About 10 days ago all of my calls started appearing on my wife's iPhone recent call history. I am not alone, there are 100's of posts on this topic on the Apple Support Community, starting in March, 2015, with no resolution.
A further bug that I haven't seen mentioned: Her Current Period Call Time shows 1 Day 2 Hours (Last Reset July 8, 2015). When I add up the individual calls, which include mine as well, its 225 minutes.
Apple is silent on this issue.
And a big thanks to Timmy T - who replied - Are iPhone Cellular Calls set to on under face time?
To which Fred replied yes - and that he turned it off - and now all seems to be working correctly.
25:53
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/21/ios-9-beta-4-tidbits/
The Quarterly Conference call - was not the only news today from Apple. There was also the release of iOS 9 Beta 4 for devs or also known as 9b4 well at least on this episode. And this is just for Devs - and not available yet for the consumer users that are doing the public beta.
9b4 has a lot of bug fixes - but also new features.
First up - if you purchased a new iPod touch 6th gen - you can upgrade it to 9B4 - which is good news for devs - as many do buy iPod touches for doing testing for their apps.
One of those bug fixes in the beta was fixing it where the volume button works to take photos.
With the release of iOS 8.4 - there was a feature that went away - Home Sharing - This is now back with 9b4 - true to Eddy Cue’s words that it was coming back.
The Picture in Picture feature for iPads - now supports the Podcasts app - very cool. This is for Video Podcasts. So you can watch Happy tree friends while answering emails.
With Apple Pay - there is a new Settings Option in the Settings App for Apple Pay that allows you to turn on/off the feature where you double-click the home button to access from the home screen.
Bing Web results can now be disabled in spotlight search settings.
There were also some smaller cosmetic or minor minor changes - one that is mentioned often is the change of the Notifications icon from Grey to Red in the settings app.
27:57
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/15/rumor-apple-to-launch-
end-of-life-ipad-mini-model-and-ipad-pro-in-2015-forego-ipad-air-3
On the rumor front - we have a couple on the iPad side - with the iPad Mini - 4th gen - or 3.5 gen - as last years iPad mini - was so sight an upgrade it is hard to call it a full gen update. But anyway - the iPad mini 4th gen as Apple would call it - is being rumored to be the last of its line. Meaning no more new 7.9” iPad Mini’s after this next one.
If you want to know the specs for the next iPad Mini - simply look at the specs for the iPad Air 2 - and there you go. Except maybe with Bluetooth 4.1 and force touch.
The other rumor has to do with the iPad Pro - and that it might launch in November. Way to go out on a limb guys.
They are also saying that because of the update to the iPad Mini and the launch of the iPad Pro - there will be no real update to the iPad Air 2. Maybe the bump to bluetooth 4.1 and force touch - my thoughts - not theirs - but that would be it.
Per the iPad Pro - rumors are still consistent that it will have both a USB-C port and an Lightening port. As well as NFC and Force Touch. and Apple would be introducing a new Apple branded Bluetooth stylus. So that probably also means Bluetooth 4.1 for it as well.
So basically we are looking at a minor if any update to the iPad Air 2, major update to the iPad Mini - and the introduction of the iPad Pro in October / November time frame with current device updates launched in October and the iPad Pro launch in November - maybe - possibly - if it is not in another month.
29:47
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPod+Touch+6th+Generation+
Teardown/44378
The folks at iFixit - got their hands on a new iPod touch 6th gen and put up some iPod touch porn on their site.
One of the interesting finds - the A8 processor is being under clocked at just 1.1 GHZ per core. Apple is doing that to save on battery life which is important at the battery is just a 1043 mAh battery - which is small by iPhone standards - but on par with the 5th gen iPod touch which had a 1030 mAh battery.
Still with less radios - there is less battery draw.
Overall they said the internals are very similar to the iPhone 6 - sans the radios needed for a Phone - but as I mentioned the camera is not on par with the iPhone 6 - and closer the iPad Air camera.
If you want to see more of the insides of the iPod touch - there is a link in the show notes.
30:49
VOICEMAIL - Nolan_voicedream_reader_dyslexia_app
Hello Rob,
In Tii Item 354 you made a request for a "Candy Crush" type app for your son with dyslexia. While I can't help there, I can very strongly recommend two audiobook apps for dyslexics or anyone with visual, physical or print disabilities which prevent them from reading traditional print materials.
First "Read2Go" from Benetech is an accessible ebook reader for reading BookShare titles. The "Read2Go" app will read books downloaded from Bookshare multi-modally, allowing the user to see and hear words at the same time in a high quality text-to-speech voice. Bookshare is a non-profit organization which opens up the world of reading for people with print disabilities offering the world’s largest collection of accessible titles. Anyone in the world with learning disabilities, low vision or blindness, or who is unable to read standard print because of physical disabilities may qualify to join Bookshare. Membership is provided FREE to US students and schools, and for other individuals, Bookshare membership is $50 annually with a $25 setup. Discounted fees are available in some countries.
Once a user provides proof of disability and completes the BookShare enrollment, the Read2Go iOS app allows access to over 345,000 titles, all included in the membership. There are no per book charges. The Read2Go app is $19.99.
Second, "Learning Ally" is the name for both an app and a national non-profit dedicated to helping blind, visually impaired and dyslexic students succeed in education. Like Bookshare, membership and proof of disability is required, but Learning Ally accepts Bookshare membership as proof of disability.
The "Learning Ally" iOS app is similar to Bookshare in that it reads books multi-modally; the text is highlighted as it is read by the voice. However, Learning Ally also offers human-voice narrated books as well. There are over 75,000 books in their library including many best-sellers and textbooks.
The Learning Ally organization offers so much more than just the app, including 1-on-1 consultations to answer your questions, a community for emotional support, advice webinars and events to build your knowledge, and of course the iOS app with human-narrated audiobooks to help adults or children read. Learning Ally membership is $119, but they do offer fee waivers for those who qualify with application.
More information for sign-up can be found at Bookshare.org and LearningAlly.org.
I am an educator, but I'll happily admit to plagiarizing much of this email from their websites to help spread the word about these apps and organizations. My 11 year old daughter has dyslexia and I cannot recommend these two organizations and apps highly enough. They have made a tremendous difference to my daughter, helping to turn her from a frustrated student into a voracious reader. We've learned that the access to information included in books, magazines and newspapers is what is really important, not whether it comes to a person through printed text or an audiobook.
I'd love to hear other listener's experiences and suggestions. Bookshare and Learning Ally are examples of using iOS to provide "assistive technology" that comes pretty close to perfect!
Regards,
Geoff Selhorst
Dear Rob,
Per your question to us who know of apps that will help your son who is dyslexic, I would like to recommend the ReadQuick app. Back when ReadQuick was made, parents of dyslexic kids were saying it was something that really helped their kids in school. Since it shows one word at a time, it lets them just focus on each piece and removes a lot of the garble that just adds complexity for them.
best regards,
Cody K
Hi Rob,
In regards to apps that may be useful for your son and and his learning to work with his dyslexia...
The following app is not the answer to the app request on your last show, but it is a very useful tool for many dyslexics. The developer is very bright, an excellent coder, and very interested in helping find solutions and useful tools for dyslexics and the visually impaired.I happen to be blind and have exchanged many many letters with the developer, Winston Chen, and am very impressed with him.
My favorite tool that he wrote is: Voice Dream Reader
He He also developed a word processor for the ipad/iphone called:
Voice Dream Writer
Winston also has an email app, but I use the built-in email program on my iphone and really cannot say too much about the utility of his mail client.
My father-in-law was severely dyslexic, but had parents like you who really worked with him when he was young and he eventually became an M.D. with a very successful practice.
Another useful thing to learn more about is "Learning Ally" It used to be called Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. It may be worth checking with them as well. I believe their headquarters are in Princeton, N.J.
Good luck! With your attentiveness, your son will flourish.
Regards,
GM In Texas
Hi Rob
I listened to this week's Tii podcast and heard your request for an specific type of app to help your dyslexic son. I am legally blind and subscribe to the podcast Assistive Technology Update with Wade Wingler. I listen to it to be aware of current accessibility technologies that may address my specific needs. They have a weekly feature called 'Apps Worth Mentioning' by 'Bridging Apps.org' who seem to have and evaluate apps that can help various accessibility and cognitive needs. I don't know their products well, but you may find some apps that help add to the 'toolbox' you're trying to create to support your son. You might also contact this '.org' for more specific information or directions to search. Good luck to you and your family in these efforts.
Here's the link
https://insignio.bridgingapps.org/dashboard
Regards,
Doug C
Indianapolis
Hi, Rob !
Somebody asked in an earlier episode about a Candy Crush Saga-style game with letters and words instead of candy. I think you, too, were interested in something similar. Well, King has released a game just like that. It's called Alphabetty Saga.
https://itunes.apple.com/ro/app/alphabetty-saga/id814434907?mt=8
Regards,
Aurelian Radu
I also had that apps suggesting from a few other listeners. Thanks for that suggestion.
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_apple_watch_forcequit_tip
42:03
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-the-
9-magnetic-adapter-for-your-mobile-devic
Thanks to all that sent in this next one - which was actually sent in from quite a few people. And this is per the Kickstarter project called - ZNAPS - Z N A P S - and this is basically a mag safe connector for your iPhone - finally. When you have two boys running around the house - mag safe connectors have saved my laptop numerous times.
The goal on this was $94,221 - And to date they have raised a we bit over 1/2 a million dollars and they have until August 14th for additional funding - so congrats to them on this.
Pricing on this is about $9 US. That gets you one Znaps connector and 1 Znaps adapter. What you do is plug the connector into your lightening port on your iOS device - and then the the Adapter to your lightening cable - and the two then connect magnetically to charge your iPhone. BUT WAIT there is more - They also claim it will support data synchronization as well - so it is both for charging and synching - and it just $9. I mean how can you not fund this right. Actually I did fund this but at the $18 level for two connectors and two adapters.
They say this will ship in November - NOT to me it will not - I was about 19,000th on the funders list. Expect delays on this one at this point - If I have it before the end of the year I will be happy. Heck before March 1st and I will be happy.
To find out more on this one - search for ZNAPS - Z N A P S at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 356
43:51
http://www.imore.com/pebble-time-now-sale-best-buy-stores-
target-sales-begin-august
If you did not fund the Pebble Time Kickstarter project - and were waiting for more info on the Apple Watch - and now decided you were going to go with the Pebble time - well good news for you - the Pebble Time is now on sale in Best Buy stores - with Target store roll out scheduled for August 17th. Pricing at Best Buy is $200 minus a penny.
This is just the plastic version - not the steel version.
44:31
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_feedback_siri_accent_issues
Hi Rob,
In response to the guy from U.K. having problems with Siri understanding him, I don't seem to have this problem. Yes there is the odd time when Siri doesn't understand me but lately these occasions are getting fewer and far between. I must say I don't have as strong an English accent as he does but I wonder if there are many other listeners with similar issues.
But yeah I agree with the advise you gave about changing the versions of English and seeing if it makes a difference for him.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hi Rob,
I just listen to your lastest show and this is in reference to the caller from the UK saying that Siri does not understand him. My phone is running on the most recent update I believe it's 8.4, anyway after the update I fired up Siri to see if she would understand me better I said "this is a test to see if you understand me better" and the text that showed up on the screen simply read "San Diego" which completely perplexed me because it was such an arbitrary phrase...very strange indeed. i'm using an iPhone six and I'm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Regards,
George Smith
Hi Rob,
It would be nice if the watch had another button on the left
On watchaware podcast, someone pointed out that the one one regular button is only limited to contacts and apple pay! Why can't it be programmed. Reports say it's not getting used and people use Siri instead
Regards,
Michael
VOCIEMAIL - Shawna_Indy_JB_tweak_beta_still_there
51:25
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/07/02/saurik-releases-cydia-
1-1-19-runs-mobile-instead-of-root/
Thanks to Chris in London for this next one.
Which is for jailbreakers - Cydia is moving from a root level app to now running as a mobile ( or normal) type app.
How does this effect you the Jailbreak user - well now you will see some of your tweaks applied to the Cydia app - where as in the past tweaks did not effect the Cydia app. As they say quote for example if you have a tweak installed that improves how the keyboard works in all apps - it will now improve keyboard in Cydia as well.
They do warn that some tweaks might have issues with Cydia as the devs for those tweaks up until now did not have a chance to test them.
And they say if you have a tweak that causes Cydia to be unstable and unusable - you can fix it by booting your device with Cydia Substrate disabled. To do this turn off your device - and turn it on while pressing the volume up button until it finishes booting - then open Cydia - uninstall the buggy tweak and reboot again the normal way to get back to normal mode.
52:38
VOICEMAIL - Larry_amazon_ech_play_tii
Hi Rob,
I updated my iPhone 6 plus to iOS 8.4 when it was released to the public, and since the update my touch screen will intermittently be unresponsive. So far to fix it, I can just put it to sleep and wake it up and it'll be fine for a little bit, but to try and resolve the issue I have restored, reset, set up as new, erased it, just everything I can think of, but it still does it, and I've researched it and found no real answer or solution until today when I found a few videos on YouTube showing either removing and cleaning the touch screen controller or replacing it, there are several cases I've read that people have had the screen replaced just to have the problem show back up after a day or so, even a few that had the unit replaced had the problem come back...I'd just like to get this info out there so more can understand what's happening to their phones if they are seeing this, I'm sure apple knows that it's a problem, it may not be effecting a huge number of units but there are quite a few out there and I feel as long as there are no signs of abuse, apple just needs to make it right and not make us jump through hoops
Regards,
Ronny
Hi Ronny thanks for the feedback - first I would say this DO NOT REPEAT DO NOT OPEN up your iPhone and try to clean or adjust anything if you are having this issue folks - take it to your Apple store - all the iPhone 6 and 6+ are still under a year old and covered by the Apple warranty and opening the unit and trying to clean or fix something can and likely will void your warranty. See your local Apple store if you are seeing this. And per the numbers seeing this - it does look to be a very very small % of people - but even a very small % of a really large number is more than a few people. But again - don’t try to fix this yourself - see your local apple store or where ever you purchased said unit from. When it comes to defects / issues with units under a year old - Apple is better then any other company about making good on bad units with the least amount of hassle. All companies will have a small % of units with issues - how Apple has traditionally dealt with those issues is what sets them apart from all others.
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Apple Q2 2015 - Quarterly Report Summary:
Rev = $49.6 Billion (vs $37.4 Billion a year ago quarter and $58 Billion last quarter)
Total Cash = $202.8 Bllion (Up $9.3 Billion for the quater from $193.5 Billion)
Last Quarter Sales:
iPhones Sold = 47.5 Mil (vs 32.5 Mil a year ago quarter and 61.2 Mil last quarter)
iPads Sold = 10.9 Mil (vs 13.3 Mil a year ago quarter and 12.6 Mil last quarter)
Mac's Sold = 4.8 Mil (vs 4.4 Mil a year ago quarter and 4.6 Mil last quarter)
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 355
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called SEVENTH PORTAL with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" (using the term very loosely) within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG SEVENTH PORTAL
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank REL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. REL said the following:
Hi Rob,
I used Squaready, Framemagic and Phonto Apps to create this artwork.
Regards,
Rel
Thanks REL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see REL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 355 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:10
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““The rally has been especially kind to seemingly racy stocks such as Apple and Google. Both have pole-vaulted to market-surpassing gains over the past 12 months, despite the fact that the former’s hamster-wheel of innovation (to borrow an apt phrase from my Fool colleague Joe Magyer) may have hit a snag with the iPad. unquote
Shannon Zimmerman, The Motley Fool, 10 February 2010
Apple Stock since Feb 10th 2010 is 4.4 times the value today. Not bad in 5 years. The Dow Jones during that period is up just 1.7 Times the value and a good part of that increase Apple is to thank for. Just Sayin
03:01
For Promo codes - On Ep 354 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APPS - SILK ASMR and Tap Mon Battle. We will be giving out those promo codes latter this week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 354. Especially since I have more codes for Tap Mon Battle then entries - so for the rest of those - first come - first serve.
This week we have promo codes for The App - LAUNCHCODE SHORTCUT WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE - LAUNCHCODE
Well thanks to Devs for their review of their App - LAUNCHCODE SHORTCUT WITH NOTIFICATION CENTER 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 todayinios at gmail dot com and put LAUNCHCODE in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/launchcode-shortcut-notification/
id971351045?mt=8
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 FOR FREE 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.
05:10
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Apple-to-
launch-new-iPods-on-July-14-Report/articleshow/48040788.cms
Hi Rob, Well, we don't have long to wait to find out if this rumor is true. Dr. John M
And that rumor is about new iPods coming out on July 14th - missed it by that much. They actually were announced on July 15th. Yes - finally an update to the iPod Touch.
05:35
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/07/15Apple-
Introduces-The-Best-iPod-touch-Yet.html
Yes - shocking but true - Per the title of the Apple Press release - quote Apple introduces the best iPod Touch yet unquote. Well that is a relief would not want them introducing something worse than the last version of the iPod touch. Because you know that would make for an awkward Press Release title - Apple introduces iPod touch almost as good as the one from a couple of years ago. Yeah - just does not work.
So what is new in the new iPod Touch - For starters - they went to the latest and greatest processors - the A8 and M8 processor and motion co-processor.
They greatly updated the Camera to an 8 MP camera - Which is not identical to any iPhone cameras - but actually is closest in specs to the camera on the iPad Air 2. It features 2.4 aperture vs 2.2 for the 5S and later iPhones. But it does support the 43 MP panorama - like the 6 and 6plus.
Other features it supports are Burst Mode, Slo Mo Video to 120 fps. Again specs wise it is closest to the iPad Air 2 camera.
There are 4 different storage options - 16 GB - also known as no really you shouldn’t have version which is $199. There is the 32 GB - known as the Well at least it is not the 16 gb version - priced at $249. There is the 64 GB version known as the - ok now we can really start downloading apps version at $299 - and finally the 128 GB version known as the Mom and Dad are so cool version priced at $399.
You can pick from one of six colors - Silver, Gold, Space Grey - of course. Plus Pink, Blue and Red.
All versions are available as of the 15th of July.
The screen on the iPod Touch 6th gen - is the same screen that is on the iPhone 5S and 5C.
It does have built in speaker and mic.
One spec I saw on it that was unique - Bluetooth 4.1 tech. I could not find BT 4.1 on any other Apple products - not on the Macbook or MacBook Pros just announced Nor is it in the Apple Watch - all other new Apple products in the last year were on 4.0 for bluetooth.
It has the latest and greatest for Wifi support - for 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
A few things missing that are surprising - No Force Touch - would have expected that. And not touch ID and no NFC
Case / Product size is identical to the last iPod Touch - same Length, width and depth.
Again those are available now. So if you were someone holding out for an updated iPod touch - well now is the time to go out and get one - just not the 16 GB version.
09:17
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/13/apple-releases-itunes-12-2-1/
If you have not done so - you will want to update iTunes - version 12.2.1 update is now available.
It fixes iTunes Match issues - where it incorrectly changed some songs from Matched to Apple Music. It has some fixes for minor bugs and improvement fro Beats 1.
As with any double dot update - it is all about the bugs man.
09:42
https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/
Apple has now released the Beta of iOS 9 to non-Devs.
Remember folks - this is still a beta version - that means if you are someone the depends on your iPhone for work - stay away. This is just for those that don’t mind and can live with some wonkyness - So again - only install the beta if you do not rely on your iOS device for work.
I will have a link for the signup in the show notes for ep 355.
I wish I could say for you to call into the show - 206-666-6364 or email into the show - today in iOS at gmail dot com - but since it is a beta - that would be wrong - so yeah don’t call in and give feedback - at least not with your real name.
And as always definitely - 100% be sure to back up your device before even thinking of getting the beta installed.
10:48
http://allthingsapple.me/apple-pay-launches-in-the-uk/
Hi Rob
So the UK now has Apple Pay. Hope it isn't too long before Australia gets it
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Congrats to the folks in the UK - whom now have Apple Pay available for you. Currently the banks that support Apple Pay in the UK are
American Express
MBNA
Nationwide
NatWest
Royal Bank of Scotland
Santander
and
Ulster bank
Coming soon list includes
Bank of Scotland
First Direct
Halifax
HSBC
Lloyds Bank
M&S bank
TSB
and
Barclays
It looks like over 250,000 shops - points of presence will support Apple Pay right now in the UK. Including McDonalds, Subway, Transport of London, BP, Marks & Spencer and more.
One thing to point out is that Transport of London has warned riders that they need to make sure their iPhone or Apple Watch has enough charge to make it the whole journey - if you iPhone or Apple Watch dies during the journey you will be hit with a penalty to charge you the maximum fare. So check your battery status before paying with Apple pay when using Transport of London mass transit.
https://blog.7dayshop.com/the-banks-supporting-apple-pay-in-the-uk/
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=44981610
12:11
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Have you ever purchased a mattress by sitting on it for just a few minutes at the store only later to regret it. That happened with us for my Oldest son's mattress. We thought we purchased a good mattress - but oh my - we learned we did not - we would lay down with him to get him to go to sleep and as we tried to get up he would hear us and feel us moving and would wake up - very very frustrating. But we were stuck with the Mattress - However With Casper you get a 100 day risk free trial period. You don't like it you get your money back and they come and pick it back up and donate it to a charity. That said - the mattress they sent is great and is definitely not going back. It is a mix of Latex foam and Memory foam. No noisy springs to wake up your kid or significant other when you get up to sneak some girl scout cookies from the pantry.
Casper did an incredible job on the engineering and feel of this mattress - the nights I record episodes - the boys go and sleep with mom - so when I am done I can sleep on his bed now and my back is not all out of whack in the morning.
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This is an american made mattress with delivery right now for the US and Canada only and it is free delivery. When said mattress is delivered - it is from UPS - in a squarish box that you think no way is there a mattress in there - But you get a cool little tool to cut open the package and the mattress opens up and expands to form.
As they say You spend 1/3 of your life in bed - ok maybe more if you have Apple TV with Netflix and HBO NOW in bedroom. And for the cost of an iPad - is it not worth getting the best nights sleep possible - and that is what you will get with Casper or what your kids will get. Again to Save $50 off of the prices I mentioned go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code t i i - all lower case on the promo code. again casper dot com / tii - promo code tii to save $50 - thanks Casper for the great mattress for my son and for sponsoring this show.
14:48
VOICEMAIL - PAUL_BT_Headsets_Paired
Rob
I'm using BT headsets that can pair simultaneously with 2 different devices. Mostly use them with my iPhone & iPad - most of the newer BT headsets now will say on description if they can simulaneously pair. My most used ones are Jabra Rox 2.5 for stereo and a RoadKing RK400 for long-battery-life calling on road trips. Each can pair with both devices and multitask audio as long as each stream is different. Meaning listen to stereo from one device while using voice calling or voice memo on another device. No simultaneous dual stereo streaming though two devices at same time.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville GA
Hi Rob,
For the caller who was asking about simultaneously pairing a bluetooth headset to more than 1 device:
I do not have an Apple Watch, but my Plantronics Legend bluetooth headset will simultaneously pair with both my iPhone and my iPad. You can’t listen to audio from both devices at the same time, but one will interrupt the other. For example, if I am listening to your podcast and I get a notification on my iPad (such as an email notification sound or calendar alarm sound, etc.) the podcast audio from the phone will be not be heard while the notification from the iPad plays over the headset. When the notification sound from the iPad finishes, you hear the podcast audio from the phone again. Note: the audio on the phone does not stop so you may miss a few words while the audio from the iPad overrides it.
I’m not sure if this is what the caller was looking for , but I though I would offer what I found.
Regards,
Steve
Rochester, NY
Hi Rob,
I was just listening to the show Released on 07/09 and there was a visually impaired gentleman who wanted to connect both his iPhone and his Apple Watch to one Bluetooth headset. Normally, yeah, you can't connect two devices to one Bluetooth accessory, and I don't know of any headsets that do this. However, there is a company called Rapoo that makes Bluetooth speakers that will connect to two devices simultaneously so both devices can queue up songs. I know that's not the type of accessory or the use case he was looking for, but it might be a good jumping off point if he still hasn't found anything.
Regards,
Michelle
Hi Rob,
Per the question about pairing a Bluetooth headset with more than one device. I have a Plantronics Voyager headset which supports the simultaneous pairing and use with two devices. So either my iPhone and iPad or iPhone and Mac can be paired and active at the same time. I have the Voyager Pro which is a few years old. It works very well. The headset remembers the last two paired devices when turning on and pairs with them when in range. The voice prompt calls them device one and two when successful. The only thing I don’t like about the Pro is that when using it for turn by turn directions with my iPhone, there is a short lag when the phone speaks and the headset wakes up. So the beginning of the direction is cut off. For phone calls, music and any other continuous audio it is great. The noise cancellation microphone is still the best I have found even though this model is years old. It is a big headset but very comfortable and 6 hour talk time so it is designed for extensive daily use.
The Voyager Legend is current and lists the dual device feature too but I haven’t had hands on to see if the experience is any different.
Regards,
Steve from Orange California.
Hi Rob,
On the last show, someone, Henrique?, was looking for ways to free up more disk space.
My 16 GB iPhone 5S is perpetually nearly full. I use Memory and Disk Scanner Pro. I run it about once a week and it usually frees up about 1/2 GB of disk space. It is only 99 cents in the App Store.
Regards,
Mudslide Matt S.
Winston-Salem NC
Hi Rob
When you are in "My Music", select Playlists from the topmost menu. Then touch the title "Playlists" that you will see in the middle of your screen (between "Edit" and "New"). That will pop up a box at the bottom - and among the choices will be "Apple Music Playlists".
Create a new Playlist and then name it. Then click "Add Music" and click the Search Music box at the top. After you do that, a couple of choices appear directly below the search line - one is "My Music" and the other is "Apple Music". Just as a test, I chose to search for Paul Simon and added songs I've never purchased nor imported from any source.
Be patient because this is a bit different from the way you built playlists from music already stored on your device. In the old way, iOS is just setting pointers to the item - here, it must use your iCloud account to load the permissions for Apple Music.
Regards,
PaulG from Lawrenceville, GA
VOICEMAIL -Anna_Pitt_answer_low_power_mode_voiceover
21:36
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Daniel Massam who posted the following question
Quote
Any one know if the 3month apple music trial is from the date you start the trial, or does everyone get the same 3 month trial from when it was first launched?
Holding out on my spotify trial, and wondered if I'll get the full free months when I switch to apple music?
Unquote
And a few people replied back that the 90 day free period starts on the day you sign up - not per the day Apple Music launched. Thanks Stan, Gary and Blair
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Myron Uecker
Quote For those running iOS 9.0 beta, the News app has a category for Apple Music. Articles with tips and tricks for Apple Music automatically show up if you select it. unquote
23:14
http://www.thegud1.com/2015/07/ios-84-hits-40-percent-mark-in-just.html
So how is Apple doing with the iOS 8.4 uptake - well back on the 8th barely a week after its release - iOS 8.4 had already had 41.2% of the iOS users updated to iOS 8 and by the 15th that number was already over 50%. This according to numbers from MixPanel.com that is an analytics company - which claims to have 10’s of billions of records of iOS users to apps that have their tools installed.
Obviously getting to 50% this fast is great news for Apple and also for developers. Nice to see that many users that quickly go to the new version of the OS.
https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/apple_music_release/
from_date:-1,report_unit:day,to_date:0
23:56
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-consumers-
switching-from-android-to-iphone-2015-7
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one.
Which is an article in Business Insider titled - A significant group of consumers are ditching Android for the iPhone.
The article talked about a survey from CLSA - which is a banking and investment firm - in that survey it found that 53% of respondents has switched from Android to an iPhone
But only 4% of Android phone owners switched from iOS to Android.
It also found that 32% of Android users who plan to get a new smartphone in the next 12 months - plan to get an iPhone.
And 54% of all survey respondents who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 12 months - plan on buying an iPhone.
24:43
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-if-its-not-an-
iphone-its-not-an-iphone-videos/
Apple has released two new ads - with the theme around both being - if it’s not an iphone, It’s not an iPhone.
I watched both - and the tone and temperament of both reminded a lot - I mean a lot of an old Parody Apple Ad from 4 years ago called
So much so were these ads similar - that I did a mashup of them - and well you can hear now what you get when you combine all three. Kind of hard to tell what is real and what is parody.
PLAY IF_YOU_DONT_OWN_IPHONE_MASHUP
Links in the shows notes for ep 355 to the Real two Apple Ads via a Redmond Pie article - and then also to the Youtube video for the Parody ad - and then a link to my parody of the parody and real ad - which I put in Tii artwork for the images.
You have to imagine someone who created the new Apple ads - saw that original parody ad - Just Sayin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTfy96gb2KI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k4f4uYtuCY
27:02
http://fortune.com/2015/07/13/apple-iphone-estimates-2015q3/
On Tuesday of next week - the 21st - Apple will have their quarterly conference call - where they will go over among other things - how many iPhones were sold last quarter.
As always Philip Elmer DeWitt puts together a list of guesses from the indie and pro analysts out there.
The Highest guess for iPhone sales - comes from Kulbinder Garcha, with Credit Suisse with a guess of 56.28 Million iPhones sold for the last quarter. Lowest guess is Andrew Uerkwitz with Oppenheimer with a guess of 43.50 Million units sold.
Last quarterly report - Robert Paul Laitao of the Braeburn Group was closest to the pin with his guess of iPhone sales. This time he is guessing 51.1 Million iPhones sold. Which is right in the middle of the range I was thinking - which is 50 to 52 million units - but if forced to pick a specific number 51.0 million would be my guess.
27:57
http://fortune.com/2015/07/07/apple-watch-estimates-analysts/
So how many Apple Watches did Apple sell last quarter - well we will likely not find out.
But incase we do - some of the Analists made their guess known.
The high comes from Sundeep Bajikar, Jefferies with a guess of 5.70 mil - and often Wrong Gene Munster with a guess of 3 mil on the low side.
28:19
http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/14/apple-could-announce-
10m-apple-watches-sold-when-it-reports-earnings-on-july-21/
As I said on the last show - Apple does need to release some numbers if they want to keep people from guessing about numbers - Past and current.
I have seen some other estimates out there with highs of 10 Mil and lows of 2 mil - safe to say no one really has any clue.
28:39
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-92-percent-profits-
entire-smartphone-industry-q1-samsung-2015-7
But regardless if Apple watch sales are 2 Mil units or 10 mil or any where in between or even a little higher - it does not matter for devs - because when you think about it - there are over 1 Billion iOS devices out there. Getting devs excited about 2 million or 10 million vs over 1 Billion - it does even come close.
Additionally Apple is likely feeling no pressure from investors to talk about numbers on the Apple Watch Hobby - as the real butter - is on the iPhone side - and some numbers for smartphones for Q1 were just released. In Q1 Apple was responsible for just 18.3% of the global smartphone sales. But that netted them 92% of the global smartphone profits.
But still it would be nice to have some numbers - if they are good to shut up the android fan boys looking to bash us about anything they can.
29:50
http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6s/
At my presentation for KFEST - one part is I went over my best guess as of right now on the specs of the next gen iPhones. Here is what I think will be new vs the current 6 and 6+.
The Processor will be upgraded to the A9 with the 14 NM process.
Processor speed will see its first real jump in a couple of years to 1.7 GHz. RAM will also jump up to 2GB.
Video Recording will finally support 4K video.
Battery life will increase across the board with 3G talk time on the 6+ going from 24 to 26 hours.
The Camera will finally see a bump up to 12 MP - and it will use the LinX low profile camera module - which gives dSLR quality photos. This will also mean the Camera lens will now be flush with the case.
Force Touch will be added.
The M9 Motion Co-Processor will be added.
The Case will be the same basic design as the 6 / 6+. Except it will use stronger aluminum to make it tougher to bend. And there will be a new Rose Gold color that will be an edition version. Think $5,000 to $15,000 or more version.
And Bluetooth 4.1
So those are my current rumors that I think have the highest probability of happening.
32:28
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-11813467
The rumor mill is starting to report that Apple is ordering a record number of components leading up the 6S and 6S+ release this fall. That does make sense - as I have stated in the past - S level updates tend to be the better updates per what changes on the inside. I have been grading the updates each year - and the lowest scoring update since the 3GS came out was the iPhone 6 and 6+ - yet it was the highest selling iPhone. Imagine what will happen if Apple does release a version with dSLR equivalent photo capability.
Right now the rumor mill is saying 85 to 90 million units is what Apple is planning for for Q4 this year.
33:08
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/13/fixing-apple-watch-problems/
One thing I said at the KFEST conference when talking about the Apple watch and I think this is important - is that the Watch OS - is really not Version 1 - it is more like a beta - and that the real true power of the Apple watch will not be known until devs get a chance to develop native apps for it when Watch OS 2 comes out.
That is when you will start to see more of the Apple Watch potential. So regardless of what is said or not said on Tuesday with regards to Apple watch numbers - how people feel about the Apple watch today is going to change as the software gets better and new - native apps get out to us. Until then - for me at least the Apple watch is a nice accessory for my iPhone that lets me answer calls anywhere in my house and quickly reply to texts.
34:04
http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/07/06/samsung-2q2015-guidance/
Sammy recently reported numbers - Year over Year - Revenue dropped and profits dropped.
Seems all those Android Fan boys are talking a little softer these days. As sammy now for last almost two years has been reporting year over year declines in Revenue and profits.
This past quarter they also came in under their forecasts and analyst forecasts.
Will be interesting to see how Apples reporting comes out on Tuesday.
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/samsung-electronics-
announces-earnings-guidance-for-q2-2015/
34:32
VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_Siri_issues
Hello Rob,
How big memory wise are the Pages, Numbers, Keynote Apps. It seems every so often they get updated to a staggering 200+ mb. My question is ... Is the individual app size increasing and adding to what is was with each new update?
Regards,
ReyLuca from Sunny El Segundo
Hi ReyLuca - if you go into the Settings App - Then General - Then Usage - then Manage Storage - you can see the size of the apps you have installed and any associated files / docs for them.
Keynote is currently a little over 540 MB, Pages is over 390 MB, and Numbers almost 380 MB. These are big apps. Over 1GB just for those 3. And yes they are getting bigger - but maybe soon they will be much smaller - that is where App thinning will come in to play - where you in the future will be downloading not the generic same for all iOS device version of Keynote - but rather the one optimized for the iOS device you are on. That means lots of the images that are sized for other devices will not be needed and that should and will save lots of space for many apps. And these three clearly need some thinning. But then I am in a glass house there throwing stones.
Hey Rob,
My wife is looking for a good printer app for her iPad Air 1st Gen with the specific feature of being able to resize/scale an image directly on her iPad (as you would in the printing options on your MacBook) and print it out directly from her iPad to our Epson XP-200. Hope you or the audience can help.
Regards,
-AAron from Crockett, CA
Hi Rob,
So a weird thing has happened twice: I wake up my iPad mini and the lock screen goes nuts acting like a passcode is repeatedly being put in incorrectly without me even touching the screen. The only thing I can do to stop it is to hold down the sleep/wake button to turn it off.
Anybody else see this or know what the deal is?
Regards,
Ben N
VOICEMAIL - Dave_ME_apple_music_quest_icloud_library
43:54
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/silentpocket/silent-
pocket-leather-goods-that-take-you-off-the
A little over 4 years ago - I had the idea for a portable Faraday Cage for your iPhone - This would be a case that when your iPhone was in it - no signals could get in or out. Taking the phone instantly off the grid. I called it the Tin Foil Case - in honor of the Jerry Fletcher character in Conspiracy Theory and his use of Tin Foil. I even submitted this to Kickstarter and had it approved - but me and the person I was going to work with Bob - both had too much going on and it never moved forward.
I mention this now - because there is currently a kickstarter project now 4 years+ later that is going to bring this to market. Their product is called Silent Pocket - leather goods that take you off the grid.
They have a goal of $25,000 and you have until August 13th at 10:02 CT to fund this.
Their design I have to say is simpler then what we were going for. It is a leather pouch for each product you want off the grid that inside has an internal metal mesh for the shielding that when closed - they have a magnetic RF seal. nice design.
They have multiple sizes to choose from for simple RFID cards - to iPhone 6 and 6+ and even for iPad Mini.
Pricing for the smaller units starts at $29 for the smaller card wallet. They have a passport version for $35, The $79 version is the one for the iPhone 6 / 6+
The one for $99 will work for iPad Mini and iPad Air 2.
And they have some other version above that.
So if you are someone like Jerry Fletcher - and looking for a way to get off the grid - this case will work for you.
Good luck Aaron and the rest of his team. Guess maybe 4 years ago we should have put more time and effort into this.
If you want more info on this search for Silent Pocket - two words at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 355 at today in iOS dot com.
46:16
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mipowusa/power-
tube-your-smart-portable-and-powerful-phone
Thanks to Michael for this next one
Which is another Kickstarter project - this one is called Power Tube - your smart, portable and powerful phone battery.
Goal on this one was $10,000 - they have raised over $24,000 on this - so it is funded - and you have until August 12th at 10:14 PM to get in on this if you want to.
So what is this other than another external battery pack. Well it has a built in charging cord, it has a selfie shutter and keynote slide controller and they have an app to see what level of charge it has and the battery temperature, battery location and distance.
Pricing on this is $34 for one or $57 for two.
Michael pointed out the creators of this have shipped another successful kickstart project which he has received. So that is always good to hear.
If you are interested in learning more about this one - search for Power Tube - two words at kickstater or in the show notes for ep 355
47:14
http://daringfireball.net/2015/07/safari_content_blocker_imore
John Grubber over at Darring fireball - reported on an article from Dean Murphy who was writing about his experience using a content blocker for safari on iOS 9.
He looked at the site iMore - and with no content blocked the site had 38 3rd party scripts running this caused the home screen to take a total of 11 seconds to open.
After turning off all 3rd party scripts the homepage took 2 seconds to load.
Apples Content blocker - which really should be called what it is - A blocker of scripts meant to track you and stay with you as you move from site to site - when this is out -next year - and people see how fast the internet can be when onerous scripts are removed - they will want to use it all the time. Which means sites are going to need to figure out other ways to monetize and to do it where it does not impact site load performance.
This is one of those features that iOS user will love - and Google would never do - as well many of those scripts it will be blocking go back to google for tracking for ad networks. Note this will not kill website advertising - just change it to make it more user friendly - so that a webpage that should be <500 kb to load is not coming in at over 10 MB - as was seen by Dean Murphy.
By the way - this is not about singling out iMore - they are just a typical site. There are many worse - sadly.
http://murphyapps.co/blog/2015/6/24/an-hour-with-
safari-content-blocker-in-ios-9
48:54
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/30/how-to-hide-the-apple-
music-subscription-service-get-back-playlists-parent-menu-in-ios-84
Lots of questions on how to get your Playlists back if you don’t plan on using Apple Music -
It is actually pretty simple - go to Settings - scroll down to Music - then go to the Option Show Apple Music - and turn that toggle off.
That is it.
So if you are like me and just want to have your music you ripped from your CD’s or purchased from iTunes - and your play lists - and you are not looking at Apple music at this time - Toggle that switch and all is right in the world again with your music app.
49:36
https://watchingwithoutlooking.wordpress.com
Hi Rob,
A couple of weeks ago, I finished writing a book called Watching Without Looking: A VoiceOver User's First Month with the Apple Watch. It describes my first month using the watch with VoiceOver, and it includes tips on setting up the watch, using VoiceOver, customizing watch faces, and more. It also includes a list of resources people can use to learn more. I'm self-publishing, rather than offering it through the iBooks store, to keep the cost down; it's at http://watchingwithoutlooking.wordpress.com, and it costs US$10. I would appreciate it if you mentioned this to fellow Tii listeners.
Thanks,
Anna
Hi Anna - Well consider it mentioned - because well it just was. And thanks for listening to the show. And Yes Anna is a listener to the show - and not someone spamming - well either that or she has a time machine and went back over a year and sent me an email back then for some promo codes.
50:41
VOICEMAIL - Mike_CA_Notifications_apple_watch_dismiss_tip
Hi ya Rob! Here's one for the listeners. I have a Phanton 2 drone and a iPod touch 3rd gen mounted to it. I was wondering if you know of an app which would allow me to view what the iPod touch is seeing through my iPhone or iPad. Second question, do you or anyone else know if I can connect the two devices with a wifi router or range extender. Hey if I can get to work I'll send you pics and/or videos! Finally, thank you for all you and your listeners do. I have been inspired in countless ways.
Your fanboy, Chris Smith
Hi Rob,
Wondering if you or any of your listeners know if Apple Music supports public playlists? This is one of my favourite features in Spotify, whereby you can enter a genre, artist or description (e.g. "Horror Movie Soundtracks from the 80's"), and Spotify would provide a number of user-generated playlists which you could subscribe to. Best of all, when the user updates their playlist, it also updates on your device.
Best regards,
Giuseppe Marino
Australia
VOICEMAIL - Tip_lyrics_album_art
Hi Rob
I love the convenience of using the control centre to activate wifi and Bluetooth, but I would love it if we could activate cellular data as well via this shortcut. What functionality would you like to see added to the control centre?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob,
I am writing about an issue I am facing with sending bulk email to a group of contacts.
As you know in IOS you have to take the group members one by one, which is not convenient if you have to send quickly emails to a group of persons especially when you have an urgent notification to send to colleagues while you are half asleep in the middle of the night.
Is there any workaround or dedicated app for this?
Regards,
Ridha
Hi Ridha - there is the MailChimp Editor App for iPad and there is the Constant Contact App - I have not personally used either and both I believe require you have a paid account with those services. There is another app - mentioned on a couple of episodes some time ago - Mailshot Pro App - this one is $3.99 - that would be my suggestion if your groups are under 100 people.
VOICEMAIL - Todd_TX_JB_story_new_issues
1:00:15
http://www.redmondpie.com/9-jailbreak-tweaks-apple-killed-in-ios-9/
As we have said in the past - the Jailbreak world is where Apple goes to get ideas on what is possible and workable for new features. And then Apple either “borrows” as-is those ideas or improves upon them or tweaks them slightly.
As expected there are a few jailbreak tweaks that get sunset with iOS 9.
Apples news Picture in Picture on the iPad kills off VideoPane JB tweak.
The tweak SearchSettings - allowed you to do a search in settings - which as we mentioned earlier is now in iOS 9. Hopefully it worked better than iOS 9’s search.
The JB App swipeselection is now killed on the iPad by your ability in iOS 9 to drag two fingers over the keyboard and move your cursor around.
ShowCast JB tweak - which well showed the case on the keyboard - is now killed by that ability in iOS 9.
Apples new Low Power Mode - kills off the App BattSaver
The ReachApp - jailbreak tweak allows for split-Screen multitasking - now that is available on the iPad in iOS 9.
Those are just 6 Jailbreak Apps / tweaks killed with iOS 9. If you noticed a favorite or semi favorite JB App or Tweak - that is no longer going to be needed when iOS 9 comes around - give me a call or send me an email to let me know what it is or was.
1:01:45
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2947719/apple-ios/smarthome-
vendors-feel-homekit-pain.html
Jonny Evans had a post this past week over at Computer world that was titled - Smarthome Vendors feel home kit pain.
He starts off saying that Homekits plans for a roll out are being effected by manufacturers reluctance or competence with regards to providing a solution that is secure enough to meet Apples standards. So to date that is why so few have been given the Apple stamp of approval.
Seems some of the manufacturers are complaining that they don’t want to use the Apple approved chip sets and special firmware. Guess for them this whole security thing - is just kind of optional. Except that Apple is really concerned about that.
So to sum up - many manufacturers want to get access to Apples large and affluent ecosystem - but they don’t like the rules apple put in place - rules Apple put in place to protect the users in its ecosystem.
Kudos to Apple for standing their ground - and for the Manufacturers - complaining about Apple’s standards and requirements -
PLAY Girly MAN CLIP
1:02:53
VOICEMAIL - Scott_WI_apple_watch_music_out
Hi Rob,
I just talked to someone at AT&T and got confirmation/clarification that you will only be able to get the 2-year contract subsidized iPhone if ordering it online. You can't get it from AT&T store inventory either. However, you can go into an AT&it store and they will place the order for you if you prefer. Just thought I'd let everyone know.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
Hi Rob,
I have a question about the music app. First I have Spotify. It was free. Then I bought the $.99 3 month subscription as they want you to try it. I am amateur DJ working my way up to maybe be a pro. Now I can use Spotify to make my mix for party's they give me the beats per minute and other info DJ use when mixing. when I use dj apps and a mixing board from my iPhone iPad or laptop I get my music from Spotify. It even gives suggestions on what may go well in my mix. It saves the list so I can go back at another party and use what worked good with out having to search again. So my question is
will Apple let us use the music app like Spotify. If it will I would love to move over. I think if they let us use the whole music store to stream from as well then Apple has more music. I saying this because They got exclusive like Beatles, AC/DC, and Taylor Swift. That just a few names. If it all up for listening then I think they will win me over. I think I all so heard they letting you look at music videos to. So can you use Apple music app in DJ apps. I hope so.
Regards,
Aaron from Brooklyn NY
Hi Rob,
I just wanted to disagree with that iTunes reviewer about the start of your show.
I enjoy hearing about all the apps mentioned at the start. Hearing devs explain their own apps makes it feel more personal and genuine. I checked out the app you mentioned last week called "Silk ASMR". I had never heard of ASMR and now I've discovered a fascinating new app that helps me to fall asleep.
So don't change a thing, it helps me to discover new and useful apps.
I clicked the iTunes review from American Giant and marked it as not helpful, I hope others do the same.
Regards,
Andy
VOCIEMAIL - Ken_Part2_hey_siri_calling_issues
1:08:51
http://digtoknow.com/technology/mobile-phones/hilarious-
answers-from-siri-iphone/
01:09:32
After last weeks show - I quietly walked into my bedroom - grabbed my pillow and then went down to my sons casper bed - knowing he was in my bed - only to have an want want wahhh moment - as My Wife and him had gone down to his bed because he was having trouble falling asleep. That Casper Bed spoils him. Hopefully tonight I get my chance with the casper bed. And a big thanks again to Casper dot com for their support of Tii - and if you go to casper.com slash tii - and use promo code tii - all lower case - you will save $50 off a mattress shipped right to your door - again go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code tii.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 354
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called KLINGON ENGINEERING with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" (using the term very loosely) within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG Klingon Engineering
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank PETER. for sending in the Artwork for today's show. PETER said the following:
Hi Rob,
Here is a picture I took using the stock photo app on my iPhone 6+. I added the branding using "Word Dream" which was free in the App Store for a few days.
Regards,
Peter in Austin, TX
Thanks PETER, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see PETER'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 354 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:20
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““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.”
Donovan Colbert, Tech Republic, 23 February 2010
In Apples Q1 of 2013 - Apple had over 10 Billion dollars in Revenue for the iPad ALONE. $10 Billion - 1 quarter. To Put that in perspective - That Same Quarter Google had a total of 14.4 Billion for all of Google Revenue. I think it is safe to say $10 Billion in one quarter is not bad for something that should have been left on the drawing board Just Sayin
03:14
All the promo codes were given out for the MacX Video App - thanks to all that wrote a review.
This week we have promo codes for a couple of Apps - The first is the App - Silk ASMR - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODES - SILK ASMR
Well thanks to Devs for their review of their App - SILK ASMR 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 SILK in the subject line.
The Second App we have promo code for is the App - TAP MON BATTLE - Here is the review from the dev.
This is a tap tap tap type game.
You must Complete the limited taps before time expires.
Be careful! If you tap a newborn tapmon, the tapmon will run away.
Please wait until the tapmon goes to the collection room after hatching!
Earn gold by doing a battle and selling a tapmon.
-Supports Apple Watch
-Over 180 different types of TapMons!
-Tap! Tap! Try tap a egg to hatch a monster!
-Be careful! If you tap a newborn mon, the mon will run away.
-Try tap the nest and get a gold!
-Do a battle with another tapmons using your hatched tapmons!
Well thanks to Devs for his review of his App - Tap Mon Battle 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 TAP 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.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapmon-battle/id983766329?mt=8
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 FOR FREE 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.
I mentioned early a big thank you to those that wrote reviews in iTunes - One down side with asking people write reviews is as a podcaster you tend to then look at other reviews for your show - which is not something I recommend to podcasters - especially if you have thin skin. One I read for Tii from mid june was where the person said they listened and the first 6 minutes was all ads. I just wanted to scream - out side of the short this show is brought to you by the first 6 minutes is about Apps people use to create Artwork and music - and Free mentions for Apps that people are giving away to listeners - Yes the promo code give away segment is a free service I offer to Developers - so that you can get a chance for paid apps for free. It is Frustrating when a review is just plan WRONG - You don’t like my voice or cadence - that I can respect - maybe I am too snarky for some or too fan boyish or not fan boyish enough - again opinions - I respect that - but to get it wrong. If anyone wants to write a review to let AmericanGiant know how wrong they were - it would be appreciated - also click it was not helpful for their review while you are there. I am proud of my first 6 minutes of my show normally - with other shows covering the tech space you are still in introductions 6 minutes in - Where as at Tii I hope in the first 6 minutes to have gone over multiple apps and examples of what those apps can do. But I digress and I totally ruined the first 6 minutes of this episode for any new listeners - sorry. Ok - I think I need to redeem one of those Silk ASMR promo codes.
08:29
http://www.wearobo.com/2015/06/the-coolest-ios-9-features-apple-
wanted.html
Now lets get into some of the good stuff.
Last episode we looked at some of the differences between iOS 8.4 and iOS 9 Beta 2 - 9B2
This week we will go through most of the other changes in the settings app. Starting up at iCloud
First up is in the settings for icloud - Passbook is now called Wallet.
A change in Mail Contacts Calendars - is under contacts there is a new option called - Contacts found in mail - it is on by default - but if you turn it off quote Turning this off will delte any unconfirmed contact suggestions and prevent suggestions from appearing in Mail autocomplete, on the incoming call screen and in the contacts app. unquote
In the notes setting there is a new option New Notes start with - and you can choose - Title or Heading or Body - by default it is set to Body.
In the Settings for Safari - one change is Passwords & Autofill - are now split into two different items. By the way if you ever want to see what you saved as a password for a site - this is where you go. For example in 8.4 you go to passwords and autofill - then tap on saved passwords - enter your pin - and you will see the list of sites you have saved passwords for - and then tap on any to see the username and password you saved for that site. Which comes in handy if you are using a new device and can’t remember what that password was.
Again in iOS 9b2 - the passwords part is on its own.
One new addition for options in 9b2 is Frequently visited sites with the option to turn it off or on - it is on by default.
Under Photos & Cameras - in 9B2 - the section for Slideshow - is no longer there. I have not found it anywhere else - and as I mentioned before - search in settings - yeah - not helpful. Maybe this is something they will add back later on with more features. or not.
I should point out in iBooks - there are now settings for Audiobooks - this is where you can change the skip forward and also the skip back time. By default both are at 15 seconds. but either individually can be set to 10, 15, 30, 45 or 60 seconds.
In the Podcasts App settings - there is a new option called Custom Colors - where if turned on - which it is by default - it will allow custom colors based on the artwork for each podcast. If you have issues with colors - you can switch it off here.
iTunes U settings are no longer in iOS 9 beta.
And that wraps up the side by side changes in the Settings app for 8.4 vs 9 Beta 2.
I do have one comparison for 8.4 vs Beta 3 and that is in the Music app - which I skipped above because well it was not in 9b2 - but it is in 9b3 - and there is actually one feature in the 9b3 not in 8.4 music settings and that is a toggle for high quality on cellular - which by default is switched off. As apple says in the note for this option - when you switch it on - Quote Always stream music at the highest quality. This will use more cellular data and songs may take longer to start playing unquote
13:04
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/08/whats-new-beta-3-el-capitan-
ios-9-watchos-2/
Sadly iOS 9 beta 3 only came out today so I only have had time to get my two devices updated to beta 3 and to check the settings app for music and well let the kids play with it to see if their key apps still worked and they did. I will play with it more this week and report back anything I find interesting with this beta or maybe a little at the end of the show if I have time.
A quick scan of the Apple blogs finds the following items are new or changed in 9b3 vs 9b2
The biggest is Apple News App is now included. Again more on this later or likely next episode.
There is now a dedicated selfie folder in photos - and a dedicated screenshots folders.
These two join the other stock folders - Cameral Roll, Videos, and recently deleted. And depending on the device - Panoramas, Slo-mo, and Bursts. And if you have any favorited - Favorites as well.
Siri no longer makes her classic ding sound when you activate her - now it just vibrates the iPhone if you have the mute switch set for screen rotation lock function. Note for the iPad 3rd gen - Siri still makes the sound - it is just with the iPhone it is not making that sound.
Folders on the iPad are now 4 x 4 instead of the traditional 3 x 3 you get with iOS 8.4. Honestly for the iPad why can’
t they be 5 x 5 - I mean it could easily be 5 x 5 and still look good.
In the Mail app when you swipe to do an action - there are new icons for the options - more / flag / delete or archive depending on how you have it set.
One other new feature I have seen a few mention but am not seeing myself is when you swipe down for search - There is a new section called Siri Suggestions - which will show you are row of 4 apps Siri is suggesting - this is supposedly based on where you are and when it is and how what you normally would open then and there.
Maybe it knows when you are at home during the week and it is around 7:30 AM - you are getting ready to leave to drive for work - so it may show the Podcasts App and your favorite traffic app.
So I guess if you start dating someone new - that first Friday night you are with them around 11:00 PM swipe down and if it shows the Tinder App, Snap Chat and the Uber App - that person may be a player - just sayin.
Of course if you do that with your Mom's iPhone - and you see those apps pop up - Yeah - Awkward.
When you look at iOS 9 Beta 3 and all that is new - this is really the Beta you have been waiting for - and likely will be the one they open to the public. With Apple Music and the News App - that is major. If you are a dev that was waiting to update to the beta - now is a good time. So far it is seeming stable for a beta. Again I will talk more about iOS 9 Beta 3 on the next episode - and will go through some of the stock apps and will compare some differences in those. Not just with the settings.
17:04
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-watch-
may-not-be-ticking-with-customers-2015-07-07
I have had a couple of people suggest I should pull back on hounding Apple to report numbers for Apple Watch. But one of the things I said would happen if they did not - is now happening - Anal-ists are starting to assume the worst and starting to greatly reduce their projections for Apple Watch sales.
There is an Article in Market Watch with the title - Apple Watch Sales Plunge 90%.
This article is basing this obviously not from Apple Sales numbers - as there are none. But from the previously mentioned company Slice Intelligence. Slice says by their data - Apple Sold about 1.5 Million Apple Watches in the first week of availability - or about 200,000 per day. By the end of June for a 7 day moving average they were seeing that number down to 20,000 per day.
What Slice is basing its numbers on is electronic receipts sent to millions of email addresses following purchases.
So my question is this - are they only looking at receipts for online purchases? It would seem by the end of June many Apple stores had Apple Watches in stock - so it was probably switching over from an online order / wait / get apple watch shipped to you. To a walk in an Apple store try on - and then buy at that moment type purchase.
That combined with an obvious drop off in sales after the initial release are probably both contributing to the decline.
Again until Apple gives numbers - it is anyone’s guess - and sadly lots of people are paid to guess.
And the bad part with people now guessing low - and why I even talk about these stories on sales - is without Apple giving numbers - the only reality in the numbers is what the Anal-ists make for their guesses - and if their guesses are low - much lower than reality - then some devs are going to say - you know what - right now it does not make sense to add Apple Watch support for such a small potential user base.
So Mr. Cook - if you want to rally the troops - on July 21st during the quarterly conference call - give us the real numbers. Give the devs something to get excited about. That is if there is actually something for them to get excited about.
20:34
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/08/apple-
watch-collapsing-sales-report-actually-shows-apple-
is-crushing-smartwatch-sector
Daniel Eran Dilger with Apple Insider - has his own very detailed and lengthy take on the Slice data - what it means, does not mean and more.
The title of his post is Collapsing sales report actually shows Apple is crushing smartwatch sector. Once again I and Daniel would not need to go into these detailed rebuttals of Click bait article de-jur - if Apple would release some real numbers - just sayin
21:02
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-as-
motion-controller-with-apple-tv-game-2015-6
Hi Rob, Sounds cool. And now it's free! Can't wait to try it on WatchOS 2 Dr. John M
And what Dr. John is talking about is that a dev has a way to turn the Apple Watch into a video game controller.
In this case it is the dev company Rolocule - and they have a bowling game for the Apple TV that uses the Apple watch to act like a wii Motion controller - and it is paired to the game running on and iPhone and uses Airplay to display on the Apple TV.
The App is called Bowling Central and will be updated with the Apple Watch controller support when Apple rolls out Watch OS 2 in the fall.
The game is free right now - previously it was $2.99 - so you might want to download it now while it is still free.
Again that App is Bowling Central - two words.
21:56
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23:56
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_Notifications_delay_applewatch
Hi Rob,
I note one difference between 8.3 and 8.4. Now; when I use Siri to create
a reminder she simply creates it. Previously, she would present her
interpretation of what I wanted and ask me whether or not she should create
it.
Regards,
Kevin Barry
Hello Rob,
I am watching Podcaster's roundtable Ep 31. I would mention the Hindenburg app, it comes for the iOS and as a desktop program. I am starting to use Bossjock but needed a way to 'predit' some audio. Hindenburg is an option. I too have Auria and the fellow at Bossjock likes Multitrack DAW. I enjoyed the show, have some of the gear mentioned, just need to make it perform to my liking.
Regards,
Jerry
To Which I replied - and I don’t think I talked about this yet on the show -
Hi Jerry -
I have actually settled in on Twisted Wave for editing with BossJock for recording and exporting.
So my portable work flow is:
Bossjock - for recording on the iPhone.
TwistedWave - If any editing is needed on the iPhone
Bossjock - to encode to mp3 and export to libsyn.
I found the twistedwave method for editing to be the simplest and easiest for me after trying out quite a few different apps.
Both BossJock and Twisted Wave are $10 - so for $20 you have all you need on the software side for making your iOS device a portable recording and editing device.
Add to it the iRig Mic HD or the Audiotechinica ATR2100 Mic - and you have a complete mobile recording studio.
Best of Luck Jerry.
Again I don’t think I have talked much or at all about Twisted Wave - but I am really liking it for editing. I just find it more natural and easier to edit out ahhhh - ummmms - you knows - and dead air if I need to.
I use the Audio Copy / Audio Paste feature in both BossJock and Twisted Wave to also easily move the recording from one app to the other. Which is also a really important part of editing on the iPhone - if you can’t easily import / export that recording to edit - then that app is not going to work. And like I said Twisted Wave and Bossjock play well together.
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_KC_suggest_repair_icracked
30:07
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Ryan Leavengood who posted the following.
Quote
I took the case off of my Apple Watch to clean it. And to my surprise noticed all the scratches on the back. I went to an Apple store and told them about it. They were very surprised as well, and replaced my watch no questions asked. Great customer service by Apple. Kind of interesting though, I haven't had my watch out of the case and have no idea how those scratches appeared. It's a +Spigen case and I'll be letting them know about it.
Unquote
And Ryan had a few replies. Saul Lowery also had this issue - but was not greeted with the same love at the Apple store where the Apple genius told him that was just normal wear and tear.
Chuck Rahill also had the same issue and was going to the Apple store to see what could be done. Has anyone else seen any scratches on the back of their apple watch? I have not - but I don’t use a case - and either it is on my wrist or on the night stand next to my bed or on the charging pad on my desk - and that is pretty much it.
But I am interested in hearing if anyone else has had any scratches on the back of your apple watch and if you did - was it in a case or naked.
Thanks to all that replied on that thread.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Lasse Fredriksen who said quote My original plan was to stay with my original streaming service - as of yesterday, But then I learned that with Apple Music I can now ask siri to play basically any song I can think of. To me that feature in itself is enough to go for Apple Music and never look back unquote
32:29
http://www.imore.com/siri-commands-apple-music
And Speaking about Siri and Apple Music Thanks to Chris in London for this next one - which is a post titled - Nine Secret Siri Commands for Apple Music. And some of these were in the Lynda Video I mentioned earlier. And there is also an article from Computer world titled Your essential Siri and Apple music guide
Here are some of the items mentioned from those articles.
And let me preface by saying when I say Siri - I am really meaning H E Y S I R I - but will just say SIRI to keep your iOS devices from freaking out.
1 - You can say Siri Play the top songs from 1984 - and siri will add the 25 highest ranking tunes of that year to your up next. This is a fun thing to do when you get together with friends from high school - you can say play the top songs from the year you graduated high school - then you drink a bunch of wine and lament about how you did not take over the world or even the tri-state area like you had planned. But with a little luck maybe one of you did become a pop star.
2. You can also ask Siri play more like this. And she will queue up 50 similar songs for you.
3. You can say Siri after this play Lady in Red. And she will queue up that song for playing next.
4. Say you want to listen to All along the Watch tower. If you say Siri Play all along the Watch tower - she will play the song by the artist that made it most popular - In this case Jimi Hendrix - But if you want one of the covers which by the way Jimi Hendrix's version was actually a cover - but the one most famous for that song. Then say Siri Play All along the Watchtower by Chris DeBurg. or All along the watch tower by Bob Dylan - which was actually not a cover - as ole Bob wrote that song. But it was Jimi that made it truly famous.
5. You can tell siri to skip - and she will go to the next song in the queue
6. With Apple music there are many ways to discover new music - and when you do hear something you like - you can say - siri add this song to my library.
7. You can ask siri to rate a song - Siri Rate this song with five stars. Sadly this feature does not work with the Podcast app - if you ask siri to rate this podcast if you are listening via the podcasts app - with 5 stars she will say sorry you are not using the music app. Dang girl that is cold.
8. You can also ask siri - what song is this. And she will give you the info.
9. You can ask Siri to play the first album or the last album by an artist like Siri play the first album by Chris DeBurgh.
10. Siri can shuffle for you - you can say Siri Shuffle music by Chris deBurgh or Siri Shuffle music for Man on the line or Siri shuffle music for XYZ playlist.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2944993/apple-
ios/your-essential-siri-and-apple-music-guide.html
35:50
http://www.imore.com/how-turn-apple-musics-
automatic-subscription-renewal
A few different articles have come out on how to turn off Apple Music’s automatic subscription renewal.
After you open the Apple Music App - the first thing to do is tap on the Account Icon in the upper left corner. Next Tap on View Apple ID. Then under the Subscriptions subheader select Manage. Then Tap on Your Membership which is above Apple Music Membership.
Next turn the slider next to Automatic Renewal to OFF.
Of course come September if you want to enable Apple Music - you need to come back here and select the renewal option you want.
Ok - now speaking of Apple Music - I have had a bunch of feedback on it - here is some of that feedback:
Hi Rob
I'm amazed at how the new app/service is able to tailor-make a radio station for my listening enjoyment! With just a few suggestions on my part, Apple has introduced me to so many new artists and songs within my favourite genre. (Americana)
I doubt that I would have ever been able to find these on my own, given the limits of time and geographical location.
Regards,
Michael (ON, Canada)
Hey Rob.
I updated to 8.4 (iPhone 6) and was curious about apple music. Started playing around. And realized my wife had signed into her App Store account on my phone. And not thinking I just entered the password. Now upon trying to switch it to my account. I no longer have 3 free months and they have already billed me 10 dollars. I called apple for the refund which was no issue, but they are telling me it's a no go to reset the 3 free month trial for me to play around. So because of one slip up I lost out.
I've been on the phone with them multiple times and I will eventually persuade them to fix it. There should be absolutely no charges in the first 3 months. That should have been a flag to them!
Just a heads up to everyone and anyone. Use your own Apple ID. Even with family sharing turned on. It did not make a difference!
Regards,
Chris Welch
Hi Rob,
Just a thought about Apple music.. I planned initially to use the three month free trial and then turn it off after that.. But it occurred to me that for $10 a month I can use my Apple music everywhere.. Unlike my XM serious subscription which is tied to my car.
Goodbye XM!
regards,
Rich M
But not all are happy with Apple Music.
From Blair jones in the Google+ community
quote
I signed up for Apple Music (& immediately turned off auto-renew, as suggested in one article) and so far am very disappointed.
Are there really humans in charge?
Who wrote the "suggested for you" algorithms?
Do any of those people actually have any background in music? or do they just read the top-pop-charts?
Do they know the difference between Blige and Bach (or do they care)?
I gradually (couple of genres at a time) un-liked everything but Classical, and liked artists like Beethoven & London Symphony Orchestra -- but the For You (heart) tab is still pushing pop divas, gospel, R&B, experimental, & so on, with only a sprinkling of actual classical music suggestions.
Why are they pushing music I've said I don't want -- instead of music I've said I'm interested in and might actually buy more of?
unquote
Timmy T - did make a good suggestion to Blair - where he said quote
Tap on FOR YOU section of apple music, then tap on your profile in top left corner, then tap on choose artists for you, if you see a recommendation you don't like you simply hold it,and the menu will pop up and you can tap I don't like this suggestion. if you have anything other than classical music selected then you're going to get other recommendations that's how it works
unquote
Thanks Timmy - so folks if you are getting music you don’t like - go and see who is selected for you.
Hey, Rob,
Although, as a long time user of another streaming service, I was initially skeptical about Apple Music, I've become a convert for two reasons:
1. The For You section, after the week it took to develop, really gets me. So many excellent playlists, perfectly tuned to my interests.
2. Phenomenal how well Apple Music works in the car, opening up the entire iTunes catalogue by voice command. "Siri. Play Gimme Some Lovin' by the Spencer Davis Group." " Siri. Play album Blue Train by John Coltrane." " Siri. Play Little Girl Blue by Janis Joplin." " Siri. Play Special Agent Man by Johnny Rivers." All of these worked flawlessly on the first try. In fact, the only one that didn't work tonight was "Siri. Play Prelude No. 2 by George Gershwin."
Regards,
Jeff in Burbank
41:42
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/02/apple-music-vs-itunes-match-drm/
A quick little PSA from 9 to 5 mac - which is don’t cancel your iTunes match subscription if you deleted your matched music.
With iTunes Match - if your music did not have DRM and you uploaded it iTunes Match - and then downloaded again - DRM was not added to it.
However with Apple Music - if you download a song it does have DRM.
So if you have deleted your music you want to keep iTunes match - if you have not deleted your own copies of music - there is nothing to worry about. However if you download you music to other devices via Apple music - the music will be wrapped in DRM on those other devices.
Which means if you stop your subscription to Apple Music - anywhere you downloaded from Apple Music - it will stop playing.
If you are confused - read the full article - but just remember - if you did not delete you music you are ok - if you did delete your music - keep your iTunes Match service active.
42:48
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/06/bloomberg-
iphone-6s-force-touch/
Seems one rumor with regards to the next iPhone that most are now saying is a done deal - and I would agree and have agreed is that Force touch will be a key new feature added to the iPhone.
So what will Force Touch bring to the iPhone as far as usability items.
From 9 to 5 mac quote “Force Touch will be integrated into Maps to drop new pins, into media players for pressure-sensitive scrolling, into the Calendar for adding new events, and across the system for quickly looking up word definitions,” unquote
I belive Force Touch will be one of those features that once it is in the wild - the creativity of the App devs will get a chance to shine and it will be used and integrated into apps in ways we have not thought of yet. And many of those ways will be good and some not so good.
I look forward to seeing what comes of this over the next year.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2941319/apple-
ios/those-apple-force-touch-iphone-rumors-look-credible.html
43:57
http://www.cultofmac.com/327318/new-rumor-
exposes-apples-dual-lens-camera-plans/
One rumor from late June was about a future iPhone with dual cameras - yes - again with this rumor.
But now it looks like this is definitely not going to be a 2015 iPhone feature - maybe a 2016 iPhone feature - Maybe
Now the rumors do say that apple has been working on Dual Lens tech for over 3 years.
Of course all of Apples 3 years of work may have been thrown out the window in April when Apple purchased LinX. We talked about them on Ep 344 time code 48:54
Where I said LinX makes Multi lens cameras for electronic devices and their two main claims to fame is very small profile - at around half that of other camera - with quality of that of a high end SLR camera.
They also claimed on their site to have solved all problems associated with combining multiple images captured from different points in space - i.e. two lenses.
So will be interesting to see when Apple uses this tech.
Maybe the first part - the higher quality / lower profile - single lens gets into the iPhone 6S and 6S plus this year - and then in 2016 - they include the second part with the dual lenses.
Thus giving then two key new features for the camera — one for each year. Not that Apple would drag out upgrades or anything.
45:49
http://pocketnow.com/2015/06/30/metallic-iphone-6c-rumors
Rumors are back that there will be a lower cost 4” iPhone upgrade this fall. In other words there would be a replacement for the iPhone 5C.
Some are also saying this would actually be a replacement for both the 5C and the 5S. And it would be a metal body device.
Essentially it would be an upgraded 5S - with a new processor - new NFC chip and force touch as well.
Really I don’t see how that would anything other than an iPhone 6S mini.
Which is fine - I know one NBA player looking for a smaller iPhone
46:27
http://itechtriad.com/2015/07/07/nba-player-
says-his-injury-is-because-his-iphone-is-too-big/
Which leads us right into this next story which comes from the you can’t make this stuff up files and it is a story about an NBA player complaining that the reason his elbow hurts is because the New iPhone is too big. This from NBA player Matt Bonner.
Yes that is right - the guy with the biggest shoes on the Spurs - Size 17 shoe - yes size 17 is saying that the iPhone 6 or 6+ is too big for him and caused an injury to his elbow from straining to hit the buttons. Are you kidding me?
Mr Bonner I wonder what Arnold would have to say about your complaints about having to strain to hit the buttons.
PLAY DON’t BE A GIRLIE MAN
Yup - that about sums it up.
47:18
VOICEMAIL - Kim_1st_time_caller_bill_RI_apple_music
Hi Rob,
Do you know if the low-power mode feature in iOS 9 kills voiceover like it does on the Apple Watch? Would be nice to know to look forward to or not this feature.
Chelsea
Hi Rob,
Could you help with a problem I have encountered with the use of a Bluetooth headset with my Apple Watch and IPhone 6 please?
I'm visually impaired and use Voiceover on both my IPhone and watch. I can connect each device to my Bluetooth headset but I can't listen to both devices simultaneously. This means I need to have one of my devices playing through the speaker. I could use a headset for each device but that wouldn't be practical.
Is there a way to listen to both devices at the same time using Bluetooth e.g. Route watch audio to phone or vice versa? Alternatively, is there a Bluetooth headset that will allow two simultaneous audio connections?
Regards,
Stuart Duncan
Dundee
Scotland
Hi Stuart - I am not aware of a bluetooth device you can pair with two different audio sources at the same time. If anyone knows of such a device please let us know - but I think stuart your only option is to have two different bluetooth headsets one for each device.
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_HOMEKIT_fdbk
Hi Rob,
I’m a big apple fan boy and cannot wait to get the latest Apple offering as soon as possible. Unfortunately, living in The Philippines, means we are often last to get new products in official retailers. Thankfully I travel a lot and get to satisfy my Apple needs then. The first week the iPhone 6 & 6 Plus were released I happened to be in Taiwan so went hunting for units. I found 1 store in the entire country that had only 2 units, both 16gb… generally I would wait until a 64gb version became available, but frankly I was drooling over the device and couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. So now I’m stuck with a 16gb phone and keep running out of space! Do you have any storage management tips that could help me free space? I rarely have over 1gb free and have had to resort to turning off my photo stream and deleting music (I use spotify anyway). I wish there was a way to delete ALL emails on the mail app too… if you have any tricks on how to do this, I would appreciate the help!
Love your show and Thank you for all the work you do!
Enrique
Manila, Philippines
PS I love my apple watch, since buying it I’ve lost over 10kg so it looks great and keeps me in shape!
VOICEMAIL - Bruce_CA_Apple_music_issue_LTE
VOICEMAIL - Bruce_CA_part2
55:54
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/999309558/foodshare-
iphone-app-you-eat-a-meal-we-donate-a-me?ref=discovery
Here is an interesting new Kickstarter project. This one is an App - and it is called - Foodshare iPhone App - and with this app - every time you eat at a foodshare listed restaurant - they will donate a meal to a charity of your choice.
This one had a goal of just $2,000 - they are past that goal and have until August 9th at 12:09 PM CT for additional funding.
They state their $2,000 goal would cover most of their costs - but their stretch goal of $3,000 would cover all of the costs.
If you pledge $10 - foodshare will donate 1 meal to Operation food search.
$25 donation and they will donate 5 meals.
At $50 you also get a t-shirt.
They have 20 restaurants so far signed up and it looks to be all are in the St. Louis area.
If you would like to learn more about this App / charity / kickstarter project search for Foodshare - one word at kickstarter or in the show notes for ep 354 at today in iOS dot com.
56:53
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1398120161/solar-
paper-the-worlds-thinnest-and-lightest-solar
We have another kickstarter project this week.
This 2nd one is called Solar Paper - the world’s thinnest and lightest solar charger.
They have a goal of $50,000 and are about 50% of the way there - and they have until August 20th for funding.
They claim this is the quote World’s first solar charge that can be placed inside your note book or planner. it is a paper thin and ultra light weight solar charger unquote
They have a 5 Watt version for $69 - which they claim is good for an iPhone 3, 4, 5 or 6 series. Estimated Sep 2015 ship date. They claim on a sunny day it can completely charge the iPhone 6 in about 2.5 hours - and about 3 hours if it is cloudy.
They have a 7.5 W version for $99 - which they claim is good for the iPhone 6+ on a sunny day - also a September ship date.
They have a 10 W version for $129 - which they claim is good for the iPhone 6+ and even an iPad. again with a September ship date.
This one looks really nice for hikers and college students or those that sit outside a lot at starbucks.
Search for Solar Paper - two words in kickstarter or in the show notes for ep 354 at today in iOS dot com
58:19
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/30/apple-will-replace-
your-battery-once-it-hits-80-percent-health/?ncid=rss_truncated
Apple has made a change to its AppleCare+ extended warranty program - previously they would swap out your battery if the health of dropped below 50% - now regardless of the Apple device if you have AppleCare+ extended warranty Apple will change out the battery if it gets below 80% health.
This is for any Apple device purchase after April 10th 2015.
Which means Apple must be pretty confident in their batterys that they will hold over 80% of their original charge after two years. Guess that is good news all around.
59:02
http://www.zdnet.com/article/with-xcode-7-you-can-
freely-bypass-the-app-store-for-ios-apps/
Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next article.
Which is now with Xcode 7 - you can side load apps and do so with out a developer license.
So now you can install your iPhone or iPad or Apple Watch app directly to your own devices without needing to pay $99 a year. This is really nice for the teenagers out their with out a lot of extra money or just learning to develop more for curiosity then for mass distribution and want to get their own app on their own device.
I can see where with Apple locking down on Jailbreaking in iOS 9 - this might be a way to get new apps on your iOS device - via Xcode - well ok - maybe not everyone - in theory you could now get some jailbreak type apps on your iOS device .
Already one person shows how this can work using the Open Source GameBoy emulator as an example.
Will be interesting to see what type of cottage industry pops up around making source code for open source apps available to anyone what wants to side load them - and has the technical where with all to do so.
Guess I better get started on that tutorial now. sighhhh
The sighhhhh is not about making the tutorial - it is about the plethora of questions that will come in from the publishing of said tutorial.
Maybe I put up a donate via paypal to ask your questions button on the next one.
1:00:51
VoiceMail - Darrell_5yrs_question4listeners
Hey Rob, I'm throwing a huge 40th birthday party for my wife in late July and am putting together a slideshow with hundreds of photos and hopefully some video sprinkled in. Wondering if you or your listeners knew of an app that could help me create this slideshow? I have a mac, an ipad and an iphone.
My nice-to-haves are music in the background, some kind of transition control and auto replay. Ideally I would like to connect my ipad or iphone to a big screen or projector, start the show and just let it run all night. Hoping you or one of your listeners might know the best way to do this?
Regards,
Name redacted in case the wife is listening.
Hi rob
I have loads of photos on my phone and I want to back them up to iCloud but it says I can't because I backed them up on my computer. I have recently got rid of my old windows computer so I now have a iPad iPhone and a apple watch how do I back up my photos to the cloud thanks for your help and all you do.
regards,
Kevin B from
Luton England
I am going to throw this one out to any Windows users - has anyone else had this issue - and what did you need to do to get it where it allowed you to update via iCloud.
VoiceMail - Scott_WI_quest_add_2nd_birthday
Hi Rob,
I Just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the app green riding hood. I tried to thank the owners by leaving a review but it wouldn't let me. Kept coming up telling me I had to download it to leave a review. Obviously I had downloaded it as my grandchild is having a great time playing with it on my iPad. Btw, I did leave a review on your app.
Regards,
Linda S
Hi Linda - thanks for the reply. And the review of the Tii App. Sadly with iTunes - people were gaming the system - by giving out promo codes to folks that set up multiple account with the sole purpose of gaming the review process. So Apple made it such that those that get a paid app via a promo code - can not review said app. Nothing is to stop devs that were willing to game the system from dropping their price for a day to $0.99 and then have the companies they hire to game the review system to pay for the app at the lower price and then raise it back up. Which sadly is what some do. So sadly the promo codes I give out - do not give you the opportunity to leave a review. But you can always write into or call into the show with a review for an app you get via a promo code giveaway.
VoiceMail - Steve_AZ_experience_8_4_update_jailbreak
1:09:41
http://digtoknow.com/technology/mobile-phones/hilarious-
answers-from-siri-iphone/
Ask Siri “HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE”
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 353
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called FREEFALL FRIDAYS with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" (using the term very loosely) within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG FREEFALL FRIDAYS
Thanks STACY 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 said the following:
Hi Rob,
I made this artwork with an IPhone 5S photo, then Used the Autopainter app to apply the painting effect. and the Enlight app was used to add text.
Perhaps you can use around a patriotic holiday.
Regards,
Matt S
Winston-Salem
Thanks MATT, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see MATT'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 353 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
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02:25
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. between its inevitable first-generation bugs, fulfillment problems, and buyer’s remorse over added features and price drops, it’s heartbreak waiting to happen.” UNQUOTE
Molly Wood, CNet, 31 January 2010
So Miss Wood - tell me was it going to be just 800 people buying the iPad or was it going to be fulfillment problems or were you saying that Apple was going to have fulfillment problems at the 800 unit level? And I love when people give price drops and future features of next gen product as a reason not get this Gen product - like it is news somehow that next gen devices are going to be different and better. You think!!! Just Sayin
03:15
For Promo codes - On Ep 352 well two of the Apps all the codes were given out. But I am waiting to give out the ones for the Mac OS Ten App - MacX Video Converter Pro - This is a great Mac OS Ten app for well doing Video Conversion and much much more - If you are on a Mac and do anything with video - especially if you record a lot of video with your iPhone - this App is a must have.
Go back to Ep 353 around the 1 Hour 5 Minute mark to learn more about this app and how to submit for a chance to win said app.
Nothing new this week.
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.
04:30
In this weeks How wrong Was I segment - I did something with Ep 352 I have only done a couple of times ever with all my 700 Plus episodes on all my different shows. That is I made a correction and updated the file. So if you were one of the first 5,000 to download Ep 352 I am sorry about the error about the release date of iOS 8.4 and Apple Music. For some reason I had it as June 24th in my all things Apple Calendar. But clearly that was not the case. iOS 8.4 and Apple Music were actually released on June 30th. Two episodes in a row I was wrong with regards to an aspect of Apple Music - yikes. Probably best if I just stay listening to the music I ripped from my CD’s, you know those CD’s that where mostly 20 to 25 years ago - when I was switching from Vinyl to CD’s - and ripped to my computer back in 2002 and 2003. Sad to say when it comes to music - I am not cutting edge - not unless you count Chris deBurgh as Cutting edge.
05:32
http://www.cultofmac.com/327127/ios-9-beta-2-new/
First off I want to talk about iOS 9 beta 2 or 9b2 and some of the minor tweaks vs beta 1.
One big change is the icon for the Podcasts App - changed from where the white circles around the Podcast I went from slowly fading as you moved down the circle to solid white all around - Yeah not exactly big - maybe some of the other changes will excite or not. Which means we can skip mentioning the update to the Apple Watch App icon and get right into the Improved search in 9B2. As in now third party apps have their own on/off toggles for search.
The News App is now added to iCloud settings - not that the news app has been launched - but when it is - we now have a toggle for it in the iCloud settings.
As with past Beta 1’s there is a feature that then went away in beta 2. This time around it was the Content blockers option in Beta 1 that is now gone in beta 2 - this in the settings for Safari. However there are two new options in Safari settings - you can now choose to show or hide the tab bar and the favorites bar.
One nice change to 9B2 is per the iPad keyboard. With beta 1 it was showing new buttons for cut, copy and paste. Now the cut and copy buttons are replaced with undo and redo buttons - which are more useful most of the time. However if you do select text - then the cut and copy buttons return and replace the undo / redo buttons - so the cut and copy buttons are still in the keyboard - just hidden until you actually need and can use them.
Now I should point out the redo button in the Stock notes app is replaced with the check list option button. So the stock keyboard varies a bit from stock app to stock app depending on need.
Those were some of the key changes in 9B2.
Here is some feedback on 9B2
Hi Rob,
I've been playing around in the developer copy of iOS9 beta2. the biggest news for me... maybe just me. (thank you Apple!) I am now able to add the song I"m currently listening to, to any playlist I have.
This has been available in iTunes on the mac (since I started using in 2007). Since my first iPod Touch, I've often wished that while listening to a random playlist to be able to simply tap on an option to add the listening song to a playlist of my choice.
This is something that makes sense to me. I like to put together photo slideshows with video of our family vacations, picking the right song can sometimes take some time, and I'll weed through the 1000's of songs I own to find the right genre and song that I want for the trip. I would find some candidates but keeping them bookmarked was trying at best, but with this new welcomed addition, I'm so glad that iOS9 is a great refinement release!
Thanks Apple!
regards,
Francisco Tapia
One other feature in iOS 9 I have not mentioned yet - at least I don’t think I have - and I am not sure if it was in beta 1 or just beta 2 - is the ability to Save as PDF - this is basically the same as the print to PDF feature you see in Mac OS Ten. This is located in the share option - so now when in an app like notes or mail or safari - you can save the doc / email / page as a PDF in the iBooks app. Very nice addition.
09:23
http://www.cnet.com/news/whats-new-in-ios-8-4-besides-apple-music/
Lets talk also about some of the changes for iOS 8.4 vs 8.3
Obviously the big monster change is Apple Music - but there are other tweaks / changes / modifications and more to 8.4.
You can now Browse, Listen and download audiobooks from inside iBooks. And very important is that books that are made for iBooks now will work on the iPhone in addition to just the iPad as before. That means my Podcast101 iBook will now be available on the iPhone. So for all of you that hid the iBook App in some sub folder on your iPhone - time to locate it and move it back out.
Oh and do me a favor on your iPhone go to the iBook app - search for Podcast101 - one word - and download my free iBook. It helps me in the rankings. And it gives you a chance to see a free iBook and how it looks on your iphone. Hint when viewing it turn your iPhone into landscape mode.
There were other usability and stability improvements to the iBooks app as well.
In 8.4 there were other fixes - such as one for an issue where receiving a specific series of Unicode characters caused the device to reboot - this was the bug also known as the the Effective Power bug - where a “friend” would send you a text message with effective power and then some other characters and it would crash your phone see ep 349 time code 07 minutes and 51 seconds for more on that bug. Well that bug is now squashed.
They also fixed an issue that kept GPS accessories from providing location data - which you know for GPS accessories is kind of a big deal.
And they fixed an issue were Apple Watch apps became zombies - well ok - what happened was Apple watch apps you deleted would re-install all on their own. So not exactly Game of Thrones and the White Walkers raising the dead - but still a little bit a of a bother.
11:45
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/06/30/how-to-fix-
bad-ios-8-4-battery-life/
As with all iOS updates a certain percentage of users - a small percentage are reporting some issues with the update. This time it is around battery drain issues.
I know some of you have not waited to update - and if you did not wait and are seeing battery drain issues - again which it seems only a small % are seeing said issues - here are some potential tweaks / adjustments you can make to your settings to improve said battery life.
First up - go to usage and see if there is one or two bad apps causing your the most loss of battery life. It could be an issue with the update. force quit that app or apps.
A big killer of battery in iOS 8.4 - and this is not a bug or surprising - is the new Apple Music app - if you are streaming music all the time - Gee guess what you will be draining your battery pretty faster. Again you can confirm that under Settings - general - usage - battery usage.
Check to see your settings if you have auto brightness now on and where the brightness level is set. Sometimes this changes after an update.
And of course take a look at the PDF I have in the Tii App for settings to change to improve battery life and see how your settings match up. To find the PDF in the Tii app go to the episode list - tap on PDF at the top - and it is the bottom item titles iOS 8 battery saving tips. Check that out for advice on how to maximize battery life.
Per my recommendation for iOS 8.4 - if you are interested in Apple Music - then by all means go and update. If you have ZERO plans for Apple Music - it might be worth it to wait until iOS 8.4.1 comes out - which should be in a few weeks if history is any indicator on these things.
But so far most reports I have read and feedbakc sent in is mostly positive for iOS 8.4. I have two of my devices at 8.4 and both seem to be doing well - and that includes my main iPhone I use all the time - and my wifes iPad which I did not tell her yet has been updated.
VOICEMAIL - BILL_RI_IOS84_all_ok
Hi Rob thought I'd try to get to you this way also, just downloaded 8.4 I know I know did not and take your advice again but it seems to be working very smoothly and I guess I'm tardy lucky on that on that score. One question I'm not allowed to make playlists of my own and Apple music it keeps telling me I'm unable to at this time to do that. That I will be able to do it later Ron in the music settings but it's just not allowing me to do it at all. I was wondering if you had an answer for me if not maybe someone else does. Great show as always
Regards,
William A
Hey Rob I've been having some issues with iOS 8.4 where most of my third party apps are lagging so much I can't even use them for example in the photos app I can't watch any videos and and on Instagram I can't even view my feed
If you or any of your listers have the solution please let my know and thanks for the show!!
Regards.
-Mathieu
I sent the following:
Hi Mathieu,
What type of iOS device are your running on?
If it is any thing from the iPhone 5S or later - you should not have any lag.
Try the following regardless of the type of device
First force quit all your open apps.
Settings - General - Reset - Reset Network settings
Then once it reboots - go to wifi - and re-log into your wifi - also to go Settings - General - About - and put your iOS’s name back in - if you had anything special in there.
Then let me know how it is working for you.
Rob W
His response - Thanks Rob it solved the problem right away! And I was using an iPhone 5s
Remember folks before you upgrade - I always recommend you do the settings - general - reset - reset network settings step - it does seems to make things run smoother.
And make sure to go to the Tii App and in the episode list click on PDF and read over my recommended steps before doing any update. I do that and my updates tend to go great - knock on wood. Again that is Recommended - I am not saying required - so if you did not do it that way and all worked fine for you - great - but I do get emails every single dot update - that they wished they had done it that way this time.
17:37
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19:29
VOICEMAIL - Tosin_O_answer_printing_remotely_email
VOICEMAIL - fdbk_printers_away_from Home
Hi Rob,
There was an individual asking about printing back to a home printer while out and about. Many HP printers with e-print capabilities offer an email address that you can send emails to and they will print. I did this at job fair once, I was able to print the applications to the companies I was talking to along with some of the notes I had taken at the booth!
Regards,
Brenton N
Hi Rob,
Regarding the caller who requested a way to ePrint from anywhere, if you have an HP printer, you can download their ePrint app. I don't use it often, and haven't used it recently, but I can print through it to my printer from my iPhone and iPad from wherever I happen to be.
Regards,
Myron U
Hi Rob,
1. For those who have HP printer and want to print from anywhere via the web and not Android.
IOS app: hpeprint
https://h30495.www3.hp.com/c/46778/US/
en/?jumpid=ex_r11549_ww%2Fen%2Fany%2Fipg%2
Fhpeprintcenter.com-mu_eprint_chev%2Fredirect%2F20101001
2. I went to The Netherlands and used an unlocked iPhone with a SIM card purchased online from: Prepaidzero.com
Also available for other European countries.
Aloha,
Charles R. “Bob” Lundy
Hi Rob,
Love the podcast and your previous giveaway mention of my watch kit app SplitTheCheck
For the listener on Sprint traveling to France/Europe:
Call Sprint and get an “international SIM unlock” for your phone. This is available, upon request (be insistent) and you do not need a fully paid or contract expiration to quality. All Sprint phones since the iPhone 4S have both CDMA and GSM hardware inside but are carrier locked to not allow using GSM in the US. The International SIM unlock allows using 3rd party SIM only outside the US.
Keep in mind that buying a “local SIM” in-country is not painless. You will have to queue in line at a local phone carrier’s store (they are often busy) and then present your Passport and wait for them to activate the SIM. Be sure and test your phone in their presence before leaving the store. It might not work and require another visit to the store otherwise. In my last European trip, I was on a cruise ship and normally they hold your passport hostage so after waiting 2 hours at a store in Spain, I was turned away for not having my actual passport (scanned copy on my phone was not good enough).
You can buy SIMs activated and pre-loaded for various European countries in the US before you go. They are a lot more expensive in both initial cost and per-minute fees, but are less hassle so you should weigh the choice and allow time for shipping to you at home to avoid FedEx/expedite fees (don’t decide to order a sim two days before your flight!)
Strongly consider switching to T-Mobile or even getting another phone on T-Mobile to use just for the month overlapping your trip. T-Mobile has a very generous international plan as part of their “uncarrier” initiative that gives you very low cost voice calls and unlimited regular (3g, not 4G or LTE) data service in a hundred or more countries. I used it last winter on a trip to Mexico and it worked great. The lower-speed data was perfectly fine for email, general web browsing, and data-connectivity for apps such as GPS navigation and language translation apps. This sounds like a hassle, but it is something you can set up totally before your trip.
Lastly, as a fall-back, get onboard with several Voice-Over-IP (voip) apps that work great over any Wifi connection. Since your hotel, coffee shops, and many other locations now have Wifi, you will at least have communications available by stopping into the nearest free hotspot. Not as convenient, but a good “fall back” to have just in case. IMPORTANT — You must install and configure these VoIP apps BEFORE you leave the US because most of them will send a text message to your phone as part of their two-factor authentication to set up your account so if you don’t get it working ahead of time, you can’t just download the app and start using them when you are already in Europe. I recommend looking at FreedomPop, GoogleVoice, GoogleHangouts, and Vonage (they have a free version). Of course, you can always just load up some minutes/$$ on Skype and avoid the hassle of the 2nd tier free VoIP services. (Remember, FaceTime audio-calls, built-in to your iPhone, is also VoIP, but it only works to other iPhones.)
As always “your mileage may vary” - do not rely on these or anyone else’s tips without verifying yourself. You don’t want to be “stranded” because someone else gave you outdated or incorrect information.
Robert Spivack
Ask Siri what is zero divided by Zero
Hi Rob,
My mom and a friend of mine used Foursqaure to travel in Paris. I actually got my mom's location and found an authentic restaurant for her to eat at that she absolutely loved. So use Foursqaure.
As far as talking she used viber. So she only talked when she was in Wifi. She could also FaceTime other iPhone users when in Wifi. She didn't use her Sprint Data or minutes. She turned off all radios save Wifi.
Regards,
ૐ Ellyn ૐ
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_MN_answr_internation_travelers
Rob,
Here that International "deal" I mentioned. There were far better
values, but I found it nearly impossible to track down any other spot
that had nano SIM cards available.
http://boutique.orange.fr/mobile/carte-prepayee-orange-
holiday?&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CKOJzeupqcYCFYI7aQodtpsKhA
Toss my jabbering voicemail which wasn't helpful:)
Keven J
29:46
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out which is a question I heard from some others was from David Levine who asked the following.
Quote
The iTunes match option is gone in settings. Now it's icloud Music Library. Am I still paying $25 per year for match and the $9.99 per month for Radio?
Unquote
Timmy T responded saying quote
If you choose to, iTunes Match still stand as it was.
If you just use iTunes Match, nothing changes.
If you use apple music, you get iTunes Match function, plus the ability to play whatever you want.
So if you're an iTunes Match subscriber and you're planning on becoming an Apple Music subscriber, you can cancel your iTunes Match subscription on June 30 when the streaming service goes live — since all of your non-iTunes-purchased songs will be uploaded to iCloud anyway.
If you're you're not interested in Apple Music and its streaming functions, and want to stick with just storing songs in iCloud and downloading them for local listening, iTunes Match will still be around
unquote
Myron Uecker added:
Quote iTunes Radio still works the same as before if you don't subscribe to Apple Music. I didn't sign up for the free trial and my radio stations still exist and works just as before.
unquote
Thanks all for the replies.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Here is another comment in the Google+ community from Kareem H - quote The transition from the Beats app to Apple Music was absolutely seamless. It automatically transferred all of my playlist and settings and Apple also credited my prorated annual fee to my Apple account. I received $93 back. You still get the three month free trial also. Loving it so far. unquote
32:14
http://www.redmondpie.com/the-hidden-ios-9-
features-apple-didnt-tell-you-about/
Ok - so now that we know what is new in the latest version of iOS 8.4 and iOS 9 beta 2 - lets look at what is different in iOS 9 beta 2 vs iOS 8.4
I am going to do a side by side comparison for both the iPhone and iPad and go over some of the new features you will see in the settings app.
First is when you are at the main settings screen if you pull down in iOS 9 - there is a settings search box. So not sure where a setting is - search for it here. Well in theory at least - right now it does not work all that well. Searching for Battery Percentage gets you no results. Really?
No real differences in the top wireless section - that is the section starting with Airplane mode, along with wifi, bluetooth cellular and so on.
Where we start to see changes is in Settings - Notifications - with 9 we now see an option for sort order - if you have selected by Recent - then there is a new option under it for Group by app. If you select Manual - then on that sub screen you will see a list of your apps and you can move them around manually to the order you want them to show.
Before you had the list of apps broken into two groups - Include and Do not include. This allowed you to easily see which apps you were allowing notifications from - in 9 - not so much. Now the main list is one list and sorted alphabetically. To see if that app is allowing notifications you need to actually read what it says under each one - Where it will either say - off - if no notifications are allowed. Or a combination of Badges and/or sounds and/or banners. depending on what is selected. Or in some cases - it shows nothing - as in you have allowed notifications - set it on for showing in Notification center and on for showing on the lock screen - but have Sounds and Banners both turned off and Alert style when unlocked set to none. I have no idea why you would do that - but I had quite a few apps set like that or at least my kids did.
I liked the two big lists - One for those active with notifications and one where it was not better then the new set up.
Something else that is missing from the notifications main screen is the option to turn off Government alerts. In 8.4 you can turn off Amber Alerts and Emergency alerts from this screen - that is no longer the case.
There is no changes in Control center settings nor in the Do Not Disturb.
In Settings - General - we have lots of different options - here are some of the changes between 8.4 and 9. under Siri - Voice Gender is now changed to Siri Voice. And when you tap on it - you have a choice for Accent - at least for language set to english - and you can choose from American, or Australian or British. Then there is also a choice for Gender.
There is also a change Where Voice Feedback is now called Audio Feedback - and before the choices were always or handsfree. Handsfree is now replaced with control with ring switch. So if you have the ringer switch - the mute switch set to mute and have control with ring switch you will not get audio feedback from siri.
Under Settings — General - Spotlight Search is now just called Search. And rather than it just show the previous 14 or so items - it now shows all of those and all of your apps. Everything is on by default. So if you goal is to speed up search - and you have 500 apps - yeah good luck with that.
Under Settings - General - Accessibility - Voiceover - there is a new option called Modifier Keys - this is the keys that must be pressed on a hardware keyboard to activate voiceover key commands - default is Control+Option - the other choice is Caps Lock
Also under Accessibility in the Interaction section there is now new menu called Touch accommodations - which Apple says - if you have trouble using the touch screen adjust the following settings to change how the screen will respond to touches.
There are options for Hold duration which is how long you must touch the screen before a touch is recognized. Which starts at .1 secs and you can increase in length by 0.05 sec increments.
There is ignore repeat - which is the duration in which multiple touches are treated as a single touch. again where you can up it by 0.05 sec increments.
And finally you can choose for tap assistance where it uses the initial touch location, the final touch location or have it off.
These are nice options for those with mobility issues.
Also under Accessibility - is a keyboard menu option - Not to be confused with the keyboard menu under General. This one under accessibility is where you can turn on and off Show Lowercase Keys on the stock keyboard. Which the lower case letters on the stock keyboard is a nice addition - but for some the lower case letters are harder to read - so this is where you change that.
There are also settings for Hardware Keyboards for Key Repeat with options to change the key repeat interval and the delay until repeat interval. And there are some other settings for your bluetooth keyboards.
There is now also under accessibility a toggle to turn on and off shake to undo.
And there is a toggle for Vibration - where if turned off - turns off ALL vibrations on the iPhone.
Those are the changes under accessibility. Nice always to see more options there.
Usage in iOS 8.4 is now called Storage and iCloud usage. And the change is that Battery items are moved out of here - more on that later.
Under General - Restrictions - There is a new menu called Password Settings. No when you enter a password to purchase something - you can choose to always require the password for the next purchase or to only require 15 minutes after your last purchase. And whether you need also want to require a password for free downloads.
Under General - Keyboard - For the iPhone there is a new toggle for Character Preview. By default it is on - and this is where when you type on the keyboard it pops up the key you are pressing. Turning this off - seems to speed up typing at least on the iPhone 4S - and really is less distracting. So remember that one for a nice feature to improve the speed of your old iPhones with iOS 9.
Another new feature under the keyboard menu - this time just for iPad’s is a toggle for Shortcuts. Say you have created a monster list of Shortcuts and you just want to turn them off for a bit and not just delete them all - you can now do so.
And that are the changes for General items.
In wallpapers as with all major updates there are new stock wallpapers to choose from - you know just in case you don’t have any photos of your own that are worthy.
A major new category added in Settings in iOS 9 is Battery.
For iPhones - there is a toggle to turn on low Power Mode. When you do that your battery turns yellow - and many of the other options with regards to items that would effect battery are locked down into a setting to improve battery life or in some cases set to a setting not available normally - like the screen auto locks in 30 seconds when in low power mode - not an option you get otherwise. Again this option is just for the iPhone.
In the Battery menu there is now the Battery Percentage Toggle. This was moved out of the old Usage menu under General. Obviously make more sense here in the battery section.
And of course the battery usage by app is shown here now as well. One nice addition in iOS 9 is now next to the last 24 hours last 7 days is a button that looks like three lines - if you tap that on - it will then say under each app how it used battery life for example on my sons iPad - for clash of clans it says for the last 24 hours - 28 min on screen. But youtube says 1.4 hours on screen and 39 min background.
And of course there is the usage in time and standby since last full charge in this section.
And we will end the side by side comparison there for this episode and pick it back up on a later episode.
One thing missing in 9B2 that iOS 8.4 has is Apple Music - but rest easy - according to Eddy Cue at Apple - Beta 3 will have it available. And that should be out next week.
43:30
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-os-9-upgrade-will-fit-on-iphone/
One of the things announced at WWDC was that with iOS 9 - you would need a lot less free space to install iOS 9 then you did with iOS 8 per over the air updates. Which for some people is the only way they can do updates. For those people it was a major issue trying to update - and some have chosen not to. For others it was a pain to have to do the update on the computer and Pain points equal a certain percentage delaying or completely putting off the update. To Apple this is not acceptable. And one solution Apple had was to go out hire magical Pixies that can summon up hidden GB’s in your storage to make the updates to iOS 9. Well it is that or Apple kind of is cheating a little and temporarily uninstalling apps to free up space for the upgrade. Obviously it is the latter - but some are probably wishing it was the former as they don’t want apps deleted. Don’t worry - Apple is not deleting apps on your iOS device without first asking. What you will see is a message that says quote
Insuffienct space for download - in order to make room for the software update, some apps will need to be temporarily deleted. All deleted apps will automatically be replaces after the update is complete. Would you like to continue? unquote
And they you get the option to Cancel or Allow App Deletion.
My understanding on this from reading several posts is that you do not loose any app data - so no achievements or other vital info is removed - just the app itself - and then it is put back as if it was never missing. Well at least that better be the way it works or we will be talking about DeleteGate in late September.
Some say Apple should just stop selling 16 GB iPhones and this issue will go away - and while I agree 16 GB iPhones should be phased out for 32 GB min for iPhones - I need to point out - I recently ran out of space on my 128 GB iPhone - and needed to go and delete stuff - so this will actually be a welcome option to many with 64 and even 128 GB devices that just do over the air updates.
45:59
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?
regionid=4&articleid=44043243
As you may know I was not an iTunes Match user - and likely will not be an Apple Music users. But if you are a serious power user of iTunes Match - then you will be happy to hear the song limit of 25,000 songs is being increased to 100,000 songs.
This according to a tweet from Eddy Cue. It is expected to be raised to that level around when iOS 9 launches - which likely will be Mid September. So I guess for now you have to suffer through only having 25,000 songs in your library.
Which by the way if you did nothing but play your music 24 hours a day 7 days a week - with an average song size of 3 minutes - it would take you 52 days to get through all your music. or put another way - you will need to listen to some of your songs twice between now and September - I know - I know - the sacrifices Apple puts us through some times. These next 79 days are going to be brutal.
46:55
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2939432/mobile-
wireless/5-reasons-you-re-going-to-want-apple-s-next-iphone.html
There is an Article at Computer world from Jonny Evans - titled - 5 Reasons you’re going to want Apples next iPhone.
And the fan boy in me said - yeah - A P P L E -
Ok - his article is not quite so fan boyish. And maybe not as accurate either.
First up was Thinner - he thinks it will be thinner - I would say - NO - same dimensions as the current iPhone 6 and 6+
next was Metal - as in a different metal - to make it stiffer and less bendable - that I believe.
Home - as in the loss of a home button - UMMMM - no. The next iPhone will have a home button. As will likely the two after that.
Faster - duhhh - out side of the 3G - all iPhones were faster than the ones before it.
Curves - Huh ? Please don’t be referring to curved display rumors - please. So unless you are talking about Kate Upton type curves or in fairness to those that prefer the other sex who would be a guy with curves - Oh yeah pretty much any podcasters -- I don’t want to read about curves and iPhone screens in the same paragraph any more.
48:23
http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/30/revealed-iphone-6s-will-
look-nearly-identical-outside-but-numerous-changes-inside-gallery/
And speaking of the next iPhone - 9 to 5 mac seems to have gotten a hold of the casing for the next iPhone - lets call it the iphone 6S - and guess what - it is going to look identical to the iPhone 6 - same all around dimensions.
But as they say it is inside that really counts - especially with S upgrades - which as I have said before tend over all to be bigger upgrades than the none S versions.
The casings show things will be different on the inside.
but externally - all the same holes and locations - Even the Antenna lines are the same place. Killing a rumor saying they were going away. Externally it looks like the 6 and 6S will be identical in all dimensions and specs.
But fully expect force touch to be one of the differences.
Force touch will be on all new iOS gear by the end of this year.
49:38
http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/29/samsung-supply-storage-iphone-6s/
One rumor coming out of Korea is that Apple is in works on a deal with samsung for flash storage for the next gen iphone and that it looks like it will start at 32 GB - so the 16 GB version would move up to 32 - and 64 and 128 would be the other two versions.
The only thing I see wrong with this rumor is that Apple saw a lot of people go to 64 GB versions because the difference between 16 and 64 GB was so big. Many would have saved the extra $100 and went with a 32 GB version. And one thing we know Apple loves is Money and if it means going to 32 GB is going to cause many people to not spend the extra $100 - well I think you can see why it is very likely the 16 GB version is not going anywhere any time soon.
Plus Phil the Thrill Schiller — said last month that Apple believes the cloud makes up for the lack on board storage - you know - right up until you try to download a new app.
50:56
http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/25/4k-imac-2015-apple-tv-remote-touch/
Hey a quick Apple TV rumor - seems there is a some code in the new El Capitan beta that reveals a multi-touch Bluetooth remote - sounds similar to the rumors about the next Apple TV and its multi touch remote we talked about back earlier this year - when the eternal optimist in me said yeah new Apple TV definitely at WWDC. Or not.
51:53
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/06/15/apples-move-to-
ios-android-app-is-hypocritical-and-its-own-store-rules-prove-it/
One of the things Apple announced at WWDC was the launch of their own Android app - The one called Move to iOS. And I love the hypocrisy coming from the Android Fan boys that claim Apple is being Hypocritical by creating an App that they would never allow Google or anyone else to put in their app store.
And that is 100% correct when they say Apple would never let a move to Android app in their store - one it would be a disservice to someone about to make such a mistake - but two - Apple makes no bones about their app store being a walled garden. And part of a walled garden is you get to pick and choose what apps get in and what do not. Android fan boys are quick to point out that Android allows anything - and that is a selling point if you will for Android.
But you can not flaunt your advantage - and then belly ache about it when Apple uses that advantage to their own.
I think it is great Apple put out an App to help Android users make the transition over to iOS.
Have I belly ached about apples approval process - yes - but not that there is an approval process - just the sometime random nature of how that process seems to work.
Do I think Apple should allow a similar app from Google. No - because it does not have to - I mean if you have a competitive advantage - use it. And for each user that does not migrate to Android because of the work involved - that is one user more that Apple helped by not allowing such a mistake. Because in my Heart and mind I truly believe iOS is the better OS.
53:07
VoiceMail - Aaron_NJ_apple_music_thoughts
Hi Rob
Did the upgrade against my usual pattern of waiting until hearing news from you of side effects. Getting a jump on Apple Music (aMusic to me like the aWatch) was the motive. All went well and no bad side effects thus far.
Since I had just bought the aWatch at a retail store, I also noticed that when I was streaming an album from aMusic, the watch's music app will control the stream via the "now playing" controls despite the fact that the music is neither on the watch nor my iPhone. Pretty cool in my humble opinion. I didn't find any other integration of aMusic across the two platforms though.
Like you, I will take the 90-day free trial and then cancel. Here's a tip for anyone who is like-minded: once you subscribe to the Apple Music service, immediately go into your Apple Music profile (the small icon in upper left corner of the Music App). Then click on your Apple ID button and change the auto-renewal to "OFF". That way you won't forget to do it later and get charged $9.99 in October. Hope that helps some listeners.
Now, for the aMusic value proposition - the price is okay compared to other options. But what I'd like to see is the ability to build a "streaming playlist" within my subscription. Maybe I missed it in my first day using aMusic, but I don't see a way to choose a set of songs and save that list to play it later on demand.
Maybe you or the listeners can tell me how to do that?
As always - you have been keeping us straight on all things iOS and thanks for that - please keep up the good work.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville GA
Hi Rob,
I Was listening to the latest episode of Tii and wanted to add to Steve in Brisbane's comment about dictating to Siri. I noted that you can also speak various punctuations such as comma, period, question mark, and others to add them to your text.
Regards,
Kevin in Scotia, NY
VoiceMail - Kevin_fdbk_period_siri
57:28
http://investor.apple.com
Apple has announced that their next quarterly conference call will be Tuesday July 21st - this will go over what Apple calls their third quarter 2015 results and the rest of the world calls Calendar year 2015 Q2 results.
Expect an episode to go up later that evening to talk about all the great insight apple will share on Apple Watch sales. And the Tim Cook will introduce us to the Apple Car. I am guessing Apple Watch sales will not be talked about not unless they are just off the charts. I do expect words like exceed our expectations and supply constrained and great user demand and other meaningless jargon when Tim is asked multiple times for how the sales are going.
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_thoughts_numbers_apple_watch
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/6/26/apple-watch-sales-to-expand-to-the-netherlands-sweden-thailand-on-july-17
And speaking of Apple Watch sales If you live in The Netherlands, Sweden or Thailand - and have been drooling for an Apple Watch - mark your calendar for July 17th - as that is when the shinny wrist bobble with an Apple Logo will be making its way to your local apple store or retail partner. and yes you do need to look closely to find the Apple logo - it is in small print on the back.
1:00:45
http://www.taig.com/en/
One thing I did not mention earlier when talking about upgrading to iOS 8.4 - was to wait if you plan to jailbreak - and that is because there is already a jailbreak out for 8.4 - the TAIG team that release late last month the jailbreak to 8.3 - that same jailbreak now works for iOS 8.4 devices as well - as long as you have a windows computer that is.
Hopefully a Mac version is on its way.
http://www.redmondpie.com/download-taig-2.2.0-
ios-8.4-jailbreak-for-windows/
1:01:19
Thanks again to devs of the App Scapefall for their support of Tii - and please folks go to the App store and check out the game Scapefall it is just $0.99 in the iOS App store.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 352
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called Blastoff Polycarbonate Man with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" (using the term very loosely) within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push (generic:subtle preset).
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
BLASTOFF POLYCARBONATE
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JEFF. for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JEFF said the following:
Hi Rob,
I took a photo on my iPhone 5s. The image was then altered first in Tangled FX to get a painted look in the water & then in the Brushstroke app to add stucco effect to the sky & adjust colors. The Gumby Boat usually sails on my bookshelf, I snapped a photo and sent it to the Sketch Club app to erase the background and drop it onto the water and add all text. Finishing touches and light effect done in the Pixelmator app.
Regards.
Jeff
Thanks JEFF, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JEFF'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 352 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:44
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote with regards to the iPad quote ““It was a bigger iPod Touch. I question whether those features would be enough to get people to buy new machines.” unquote
Satoru Iwata, President, Nintendo, 29 January 2010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_sales
The Wii - Nintendo’s big seller started selling in Q4 of 2006 - since then it has sold about 102 Million units of the Wii. Not bad. The iPad however which was launched in Q2 of 2010 has sold over 270 Million units to date - Just Sayin
03:30
For Promo codes - On Ep 351 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - WIDESHOW. We will be giving out those promo codes latter this week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 351.
This week we have promo codes for a couple of Apps - The first is the App - Organic Green RidingHood - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODES - for LITTLE GREEN RIDINGHOOD
Well thanks to Devs for their review of their App - LITTLE GREEN RIDINGHOOD 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 GREEN in the subject line.
The Second App we have promo code for is the App - SPACE PLATFORM - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE - FOR SPACE PLATFORM
Well thanks to Devs for his review of his App - SPACE PLATFORM 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 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. Oh and these Promo codes are going to expire soon for both of these - so I will be pulling for these with in a couple of days.
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.
07:04
http://pocketnow.com/2015/06/17/ios-and-os-x-security-flaw
First up a correction on something I misspoke about on the last episode - Apple Music is $9.99 a Month - not $9.99 a year. and it is $14.99 a month for a family of 6 - and obviously not a yearly rate - Not sure what happened there. Thanks to Derek, Joseph, Jacobi, Kevin, William, and a few others that let me know the error of my ways.
Apple Music will be available on the 30th of June - with the update to iOS 8.4 - as always - don’t be the first one to update. Take your time - wait a week - you have been warned. And if you are someone that cannot wait - and has to update when it first comes out - make sure you follow the update procedures in the PDF for the Recommended update procedures - which you can find in the free Tii app - just go to the episode list and tap on PDF - and it is the PDF at the top of the list. If you follow those steps you likely will have less issues. Likely - being the key word in that sentence. Actually those procedures are recommended any time you update.
Another error in my last episode - Transit is not a stand alone app but just a view in the native Maps app.
Into the news - and there was a lot of posts about an iOS and OS X zero day security flaw that exposes your passwords or causes your first born to stollen their crib by a pack of wild dingos or allows neighbors to see you and your significant other in intimate relations - or so it seemed based on how it was spun in the Tech Press.
This is all based on a team of researchers and their white paper they released - and this quote from said white paper.
quote:
We completely cracked the keychain service – used to store passwords and other credentials for different Apple apps – and sandbox containers on OS X, and also identified new weaknesses within the inter-app communication mechanisms on OS X and iOS which can be used to steal confidential data from Evernote, Facebook and other high-profile apps.”
unquote
First lets get into some details about this - it requires Malware that you download and install on your iOS device. That means - it needs to be approved by Apple - and needs to be an App you wanted.
So unlike how it was spun by some - this is not something effecting most or really any users - this is just a theoretical issue.
And even if you installed the Malware - it does not get instant access to your keychain passwords as some made it out to be. However it can trick you into re-entering the passwords for another app it pairs up with to get that password or so it seems.
10:12
https://corner.squareup.com/2015/06/valet-beats-the-
ox-x-keychain-access-control-list-zero-day-vulnerability.html
Again as I don’t want my first born or your first born stollen by a pack of Dingos - and I definitely don’t want videos of me and my wife in the hands of Gawker right next to Hulk Hogans Videos - I took these reports serious and did some research on different posts. And lots were just Fan boys on one side sling mud at the other - but the one I found the best on this subject was from Square. Because well Security and Money and Passwords - and iOS - kinda are a big deal for them.
Or as they put it - if these assertions in the articles were correct the world was on fire - at least for them. The first thing they did was read the paper - and here is what they summarized about the issue Quote:
- Malicious app searches the Keychain for keys written by benign apps. The malicious app can see that the keys exist, but can’t read the associated secret values.
- Malicious app deletes the keys written by the benign apps.
- Malicious app then adds the keys back to the keychain without the values, and adds itself and the benign app to the keys’ Access Control List (ACL), allowing the malicious app to read whatever secrets the benign app later writes to those keys.
At this point, we could breathe a sigh of relief: Access Control Lists only exist on Mac OS X – not iOS – so despite the headlines, our applications were not vulnerable to an attack.
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Nor are other iOS apps - as iOS does not allow the level of access called out in the white paper. So at least per the Keychain vulnerability being reported - that does not affect iOS devices.
Per the other part of the claim - about inter-app communications - that one does seem to be a vulnerability for iOS - but not a new one - and one that has been reported on before at least a year before and then again this past February when it was all over the tech press as the Masque Attack II.
12:29
http://www.imore.com/depth-look-ios-os-x-xara-vulnerabilities
Of the articles I read - can you say 5 hour energy drinks - as in plural - there is a good in depth one from iMore titled - XARA deconstructed link in the show notes of course.
Again this white paper from the researchers with regards to iOS - comes down to one single vulnerability and it is one that was already known and talked about on this show before. It has to do with how URL’s can be used to call open an app. for example if you have the FB app on your iOS device - go to Safari and type in fb:// and hit go. What happens is it launches the Facebook app. The problem with this exploit is that fb:// is not unique to Facebook - any app could use that to launch it - and with iOS it will open the last app to say open me with that URL. So if you have installed a Malware app - and it tells iOS to use fb:// to open it - and you last opened the malware app - it will then be the one that launches instead of Facebook - and there is where they can get you - in a fishing scheme to get you to manually enter your Facebook credentials thinking you are logging into Facebook. And if you are on a website and it tries to launch an app and you are not sure if it is the real thing - you can double tap on the home button and see what app is really launched.
In the mean time - Apple says it is working on a fix for this issue - but it is not one has yet to have any real world examples of it actually having been implemented in a malicious attack - just ones by researchers. Just like back in February when we talked about this.
So no dingos and no peeping neighbors. But still an issue that existed before - and still is waiting for a good solution from Apple.
14:50
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/15/lastpass-hacked/
Thanks to all that sent in this next one. Which is actually something iOS users need to be aware of - well at least all those using Password managers - and specifically LastPass.
If you were or are using the Password manager LastPass - then you might want to check the crib to see if any dingos have been around.
Here is the note from LastPass to their users:
Dear LastPass User,
We wanted to alert you that, recently, our team discovered and immediately blocked suspicious activity on our network. No encrypted user vault data was taken, however other data, including email addresses and password reminders, were compromised.
We are confident that the encryption algorithms we use will sufficiently protect our users. To further ensure your security, we are requiring verification by email when logging in from a new device or IP address, and will be prompting users to update their master passwords.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but ultimately we believe this will better protect LastPass users. Thank you for your understanding, and for using LastPass.
Regards,
The LastPass Team
Well that was kinda / sorta / very embarrassing for LastPass team. Ouch. By the way this has ZIP - Zero - NADA as in nothing to do with the previous story. This was just an issue at the last Pass servers. again - Ouch - sucks to be their marketing person right now.
16:20
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/06/08/low-power-mode-in-ios-9/
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_WWDC_wrapup
Before we start talking about iOS 9 beta 1 - I want to point out I will not be talking about bugs in iOS 9 beta 1 or re-reporting those or any reports anything wonky with iOS 9 beta - it is a beta. There will be wonky things with the betas - and I do not talk about wonky and betas. I talk about Features being added or removed or changed with the new betas. Please keep that in mind as we go through beta 1 now and other beta for iOS 9 later on. Now I will say this - Beta’s are not optimized and depending on the device and apps you are using - you likely will see worse battery life with early beta’s vs older betas - keep that in mind when/ if you sign up for the public beta of iOS 9 next month.
Ok - Thanks to Francisco for this first one with regards to iOS 9 which is an article that goes over how Low Power Mode works for iOS 9.
I should point out one of the features of Low power mode - is turning off the display in 30 seconds - and once in Low Power mode - you can not change the Auto-lock setting - which really annoyed my son to no end - so I had to turn off low power mode for him. Low Power mode also turns off Background App Refresh. And of course auto push and fetch for emails - you need to manually fetch them in low Power mode. You know you are in that mode as the battery turns yellow.
So while it may sound like something you want to run all the time - if you have an Apple watch now and get annoyed by how quickly the screen turns off - then yeah this is not the feature for you.
The article talks about Network speed being effected. And motion and brightness reduced - plus other items in the past we talked about to save battery life.
This really comes down to a mode you don’t want to enable if you are going to be using the device much - but if you know you are going to stick your iphone in your pocket or backpack or purse for prolonged periods of time - then sure turn it on.
19:38
http://www.redmondpie.com/the-hidden-ios-9-
features-apple-didnt-tell-you-about/
From Nixis B
So I have iOS 9 running on a 6 plus. So far pretty stable for a first beta, nothing to special about it though
From Ryan B
Downloaded the beta to my iPhone 6 and I'm actually surprised how well it's working for me.
From Chris in London - he pointed out the new lower case letters on the keyboard when you are lowercase and upper case when upper case is selected.
From Geoff D
New keyboard is nice. Finally the shift key works how it should have always worked. The trackpad function is real nice also. Would like to see low power toggle in control center. Battery life so far is decent but less battery life is to be expected. Overall very smooth for a first beta with no real or major issues so far.
Per Chris’s comments - to get to the new lower case keys to show on the keyboard - the setting for this is not Settings - General - Keyboard - but rather - Settings — General — Accessibility — Keyboard.
Then you will see the option - Show lowercase keys and it seems to be toggled on by default. In this section there are also controls for Hardware keyboards - per Key Repeat, sticky keys and slow keys.
One thing I will be doing on a future episode is comparing iOS 8.4 to iOS 9 beta 1 for new features and removed features. I want to wait for iOS 8.4 and iOS 9 beta 2 to both be available before doing that - as the last couple of times things moved around most between beta 1 and beta 2 - and not so much after beta 2.
One of the new features I do want to mention in the beta 1 - is turning the flash on and off during a video recording. That is one I really could have used many times - where lighting changes and all of a sudden a video that started out ok - is in dire need of the flash - but you are in the middle of recording and don’t want to miss anything - now you can turn on the flash or turn it off mid video recording and then back again and again.
One other big addition to me at least is the ability to now email 15 photos at once - in the past we have always been limited to 5 photos at once.
One App that was updated in iOS 9 that many will have interest in that listen to this show and other podcasts is the Podcasts App. It is bumped up from version 2.2.1 to version 2.3
Some changes are good - some are not so good.
There is now a mini player bar which parks right above the row of buttons at the bottom of the screen, when you tap on that player bar in the middle it opens up the full play screen - where you can then tap on the artwork to get to the show notes.
On the not so good - right now - when looking at the show notes - where you tap on the show artwork - when an episode is playing - well the Phone number and email are no longer actionable links. Plus the notes are buried one click further down.
On the very good side - there is now push notifications you can enable on a per show basis - so now when a new episode of a show you are subscribed to come out - you will get a notification. It just will not be customized like what you get with the Tii App.
And there is also a new button at the bottom for Unplayed - it shows you unplayed episodes for all your shows combined - and sorted by dates - This Month, Last 3 months, last 6 months, 2014, 2013 and so on.
The My Stations button is now removed at the bottom it was removed to make room for the unplayed button. To see your stations they are now under My Podcasts - which was moved over where the My Stations button was. And unplayed is in the first position.
You can also add episode to the new Up Next feature. This means if you have lots of unplayed episodes - you can plan out how you want to play them back by adding the key ones to the up next list and then re-arranging them in that list.
Apple definitely is giving more controls to the user for managing their playback of podcasts. Especially with regards to the power users.
Hi Rob,
Will we ever see the option for Conference calling in FaceTime?
I think iOS 9 is an amazing marketing ploy. If you think about it, it is great that every device supports the update. When you look at iPad sales, they have not compared to iPhone, mainly due to carrier upgrade options. So Apple has introduced some amazing features that will encourage buyers to consider the Air or the Air two. But, again, you don't HAVE to; so it appeases the market. I will be interested to see what iOS 9 does for iPad upgrades.
I have been listening to different individuals review the new features in iOS 9. I, unlike some, am really excited about the upgrade to Notes. I agree that many of the features are over due. That being said, they did a great job of bringing aspects of Evernote and Onenote to the stock app. I am excited as now I can rely on the stock Notes app and free up space by removing Evernote and Onenote.
Regards,
Brenton Niebauer
Pittsburgh,PA
26:16
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iphone-with-ios-9-
lets-you-block-ads-in-safari-121270067459.html
Thanks to Michael for this next one.
There is one new really great feature in iOS 9 you will not see android copy any time soon - and that is the ability to block ads.
iOS developers will be able to create extensions for Safari that block cookies, images, resources, pop-ups, and other web content. In other words it will do exactly the opposite of what google wants you to do.
Expect these apps that you can add to block ads to be very popular in the fall.
26:59
http://www.taig.com/en/
Ok - with iOS 8.4 launching any minute - now - the folks at TaiG that did the last jailbreak - and launching their jailbreak for iOS 8.3. And supposedly this will also work on iOS 8.4. At this point it is too late for apple to change the launch date. As such the TaiG felt they were safe to release the jailbreak.
I am going to say this nicely and politely - do not do the jailbreak. Not yet. Seems one there is an issue where many users get stuck at the 20% remaining level. The reason to wait - is this is just the first issue we are hearing about. Give the TaiG folks some time to hear the complaints and issues and fix they sofrware.
Also this jailbreak is only available on Windows computers - so there is that part of it for Mac OS X users.
But again wait at least one week before jailbreak - and best to do it at the end of a week - so if things go bad you have all weekend to revive your iPhone.
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http://www.iclarified.com/49994/how-to-fix-
a-taig-ios-83-jailbreak-stuck-at-20
28:53
Form the Google+ community via Glenn Archibald
Quote - Recently received two Apple watches, love them, great battery life. Learning about watch with Lynda.com unquote
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31:02
VOICEMAIL - iOS9_native_icloud_drive
Hi Rob,
I heard the request for art podcasts, so here are a couple that I listen to:
Chris Oatley's Concept Art and Illustration Podcasts
https://chrisoatley.com/category/podcasts/
Sidebar - Comics, Art, & Pop Culture
http://www.sidebarnation.com
There's also one that's not active anymore, but the episodes are still up and they're great!
Drawn Today
http://drawntodaypodcast.blogspot.com/
Hope that's helpful!
Bleu C
Hi Rob,
For video podcasts, and audio podcasts, I use Downcast.
This is a universal app which gives you many controls over your
playing. You can download or stream videos. You can set it to automatically
show videos in landscape. Player controls are simple and easy to use. You
can synch across devices using iCloud Sync. If you have a Mac you can
purchase the Mac version of Downcast and synch with that app as well.
It is also completely accessible as it works perfectly with VoiceOver on
both platforms.
Regards,
Kevin B
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34:20
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out which had a bunch of replies was from AURELIAN RADU who posted about the closing of the Instacast App.
And If you have not heard - the company behind instacast - and by company I mean - developer - has decided to shut down the servers supporting the sync’g of data and to shut down the app.
There were a few very sad and this bites type comments. Seems people are jumping to Overcast and Pocketcasts and Apple’s podcasts app among other. If you were using Instacast what app are you or did you jump to?
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google+ community was this post from Tim Harrison:
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Thank you to Rob Walch and Tii. My kickstarter Pebble Watch had been giving me trouble for some time. I figured I was out of luck for a warranty on a two year old watch. On the recommendation of a caller a few episodes ago, I contacted Pebble with my screen artifact issues. They were quick to respond and I had a new original Pebble Watch within a week. No charge for the replacement or shipping to me.
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36:22
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33220189
So who’s your daddy - well when it comes to Eddy Cue - it seems his daddy is Taylor Swift.
Because a day after Miss Swift wrote an open letter voicing her disappointment in Apple for their stance of not paying artist during the free 3 month trial period of Apple Music - where Miss Swift stated Apple has the money to pay said artists and that she was not going to allow her music to be part of Apple Music because of this. Well one day later - Mr. Cue is saying you are right Miss swift and we are sooo sorry - please forgive us - yes we now realize that even though we are paying more once users sign up - that we should have and will now pay producers for music played during the trial period.
If you were not keeping track at home - and really I don’t know why you would - but Apple was going to pay a little higher % of revenue to artists and record labels for music then Spotify. But unlike Spotify Apple was not going to pay artists and labels for plays during the free period.
Not sure if this means Miss Swifts 1989 album will or will not be available on Apple Music now. And really not much chance I am going to find out on my own.
Word is not all of music available for sale in iTunes will be available for Apple Music - I am sure there will be posts and sites popping up shortly to show exactly what is missing.
More on this to come for sure.
38:01
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/06/apple-musics-
free-trial-royalties-still-up-in-the-air
And I was right here is a little more - seems Apple while they agreed to pay something during the free trial - it will be at a reduced rate and said reduced rate is yet to be agreed upon.
With spotify they typically pay 1/5th of the regular rate when it is a free trial.
So at this point it does not look like this one is completely resolved - expect me more Taylor Swift tweets, posts, open letters starting in 5, 4,3..
38:32
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/10/apple-watch-
is-about-to-become-a-perfect-podcast-machine/
Interesting article in Tech Crunch titled - Appel Watch is about to become a perfect Podcast machine.
Part of the article I agree with the part about it being a great device for long form audio playback.
But he also says it will be a good device for recording audio - umm - no - not it will not.
Clearly the author has not tried talking his significant other via the apple watch - nothing is more awkward then doing a dick tracy pose when just talking on the phone - but having to hold a dick tracy pose
while you record a podcast - ummm - yeah - thanks but no thanks.
You are limited on how much content you can store on the Apple watch - but one GB of audio content is equal to roughly 1,500 to 2,000 minutes of audio content - if encoded correctly. Around 1,000 minutes if not encoded correctly - either way that is still a lot of content.
It will just take some Marco or someone else to come up with an easy way to manage your last 10 to 20 episodes on the watch and keep it in sync with what you consume on other devices.
While I don’t think the Apple watch is the perfect podcast machine - I do think it is a nice addition to the podcasting space when it comes to making podcasts easier to consume.
40:24
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/12-9-inch-ipad-
pro-to-have-2732-x-2048-pixel-resolution-16-06-2015/
Thanks to Chris in London for this next one.
Which has to do with the rumors about the next iPad Pro.
Seems people are digging into the source code of iOS 9 beta 1 - shocker - and what they found that based on a larger keyboard that was found - the iPad Pro or maxi - will come with a resolution of 2732 x 2048 - and that works out to be a 12.9 inch iPad at 263 pixels per inch density.
Rumors for the iPad Pro had originally been with a fall 2014 launch - which did not happen - then it was spring 2015 - and then a jump to sping 2016 when it did not launch in spring 2015 - and now with this code showing up - the latest launch window is likely Fall 2015. Lets go with October 23rd for availability date.
Other rumors are both a lightening and a USB C port.
41:29
http://fortune.com/2015/06/20/apple-iphone-
thicker/?xid=yahoo_fortune
The rumor mill is now starting to heat up again since WWDC is behind us. And this time we have one about the next gen iPhone and that rumor is it will be thicker.
This rumor comes out of Taiwan from sometimes right sometimes not even close - Ming-Chi Kuo - again remember his batting average is about 300 - which is still better then the sub 200 and 100’s that someone like Uncle Gene Munster bats.
So anyway this time Mr Kuo is saying the next iPhone will be thicker - not thinner then the current iPhones. My Kuo says the added thickness is not about making it more rigid or to increase battery life - but rather to better support force touch.
He is also saying the fall iPhones will remain with just two sizes - the current 4.7 and 5.5 inch sizes. Which I know many would be disappointed with.
If Apple wants to goose iphone sales this fall - they would be wise to offer a iPhone 6C or iPhone 6 minus at 4” to get upgrades from all those iPhone 4, 4S, 5 and 5S users that did not want a larger 4.7 or 5.5 inch iPhone - and are just waiting for a smaller / faster / more powerful 4 inch iphone.
43:13
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/22/apple-
tddi-chips-no-home-button/
Another rumor with regards to future iPhones and iOS devices is the removal of the home button altogether.
wait and now we can officially kill this rumor - because it comes from ALWAYS wrong Digitimes.
This one sounded hokey anyway - but once you see Digitimes associated with a rumor - you can kill it dead.
There will 100% be a home button on the next iPhone - done.
43:42
http://watchaware.com/post/13008/of-course-
apple-will-update-apple-watch-in-2016
Hi Rob,
Of Course Apple Will Update Apple Watch in 2016
This is one reason I did not buy an Apple Watch. I am going to wait for at the third version of the Apple Watch. In the meantime, I will stick with my Pebble Time Steel which I should get in August. .
Regards,
Steve from Arizona
And steve is talking about the latest Apple Watch 2 rumors.
44:06
http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/18/apple-
watch-2-camera-tetherless/
Part of the rumors for the next gen Apple Watch include a front FaceTime video camera.
An improved wifi chip for find my Apple Watch feature
More independence from the iPhone.
Better Battery life
And additional version priced between the Apple Watch and the Apple Watch edition models.
And said Apple Watch 2 would launch in 2016 as Steve said.
But I am not so convinced and If the Apple watch 2 does launch in 2016 - I would guess it would be late 2016. But don’t be surprised if it is really spring 2017 before the Apple Watch 2 launches. It seems getting to a 2 or 3 year upgrade cycle would be more fitting for a watch - then the yearly upgrade cycle.
We shall see.
45:09
http://www.slashgear.com/estimates-put-apple-watch-
sales-at-2-8m-in-us-17-bought-extra-band-18389282/
Ok - since Apple would not tell us how many Apple Watch’s sold already - that leaves a vacuum in our knowledge base on Apple products and as they say Anal-ists labor a vacuum.
So into that vacuum is pulled the latest estimates on Apple Watch sales - this coming from Slice Intelligence whom we mentioned before - they are saying that Apple has sold 2.8 million Apple watches as of Mid June 2015.
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48:09
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/07/wwdc-2015-
guarantees-to-highlight-the-growing-gap-
between-apple-and-google
Daniel Eran Dilger over at Apple Insider had another one of his excellent and very indepth posts - this one is titled - WWDC 2015 guaranteed to highlight growing gap between Apple and Google.
This is a nice article as it brings you through a history of how Android changed and morphed because of iOS - and also how it is very different from iOS. The key difference is in the privacy of users data. As in with iOS - Data is very private and in Android user data is sold to the highest, lowest and anywhere in between bidder.
Or to quote Daniel quote
Google has done such an atrocious job of securing Android that it really calls into question whether it can be trusted with any data that isn't explicitly public information intended for unrestricted broadcast.
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Anyway - if you want a nice article to read to give you some nice ammo against that annoying Android fan boy friend or relative you know - this article is backed full of said ammo.
49:23
http://www.skynews.com.au/business/tech/2015/06/18/bug
-leaves-600-million-samsung-phones-exposed.html
Hey and speaking of security issues - this one for Samsung is a whopper. Seems about oh 600 Million - yes as in - 6 0 0 coma 0 0 0 coma 0 0 0 - sammy devices are exposed to a security bug that could allow hackers to access files, read texts and evesdrop on calls.
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an attacker who exploited the flaw could also secretly install malicious apps, access the phone's camera, microphone, GPS, and alter data.
Current and past generation Samsung phones, including the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S4, and Galaxy S4 Mini are affected.
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The flaw is located in the Sammy default keyboard. The keyboard can’t be disabled or uninstalled and can still be exploited even when it is no longer the default keyboard - brilliant.
Essentially hackers could gain access if they are on the same network.
Sammy has said they will roll out a security fix for this issue shortly. Will be interesting to see how long it takes for all 600 Million users to get said security update.
Naturally this issue was just as over reported as the one we started today’s show with for iOS - or not.
http://mashable.com/2015/06/19/samsung-fix-for-
keyboard-security-flaw/
51:16
http://www.redmondpie.com/sony-8gb-xperia-
m4-aqua-only-has-1.26gb-of-user-accessible-storage/
Thanks to Martin for this next one. Which is one you just have to scratch your head over - seems the Sony Xperia M4 aqua smartphone with quote 8GB of storage unquote - really has 1.26 GB of user accessible storage. Yes - out of 8 GB - you as the User gets a whopping 1.26 GB to use. wow - and ummm ouch. Actually I should be fair - it does allow side loading - via a an option for removable storage - and is sure sounds like that is a must add to the phone.
51:55
VOICEMAIL - Question_apple_watch_notifications
Hi Rob
Something I learned, which I thought I would share is, when using voice dictation, you can finish a sentence with a full stop and have a space after it, by saying your sentence and then the words "full stop, space bar". If you say space, it will type the word space.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob,
I often email myself to send a link to check on later, an interesting article that I want to copy later into OneNote, and even an encouraging word when I get lonely. In settings, I set email to always include a blind copy to myself (Bcc:). By accident, I found that tapping on my email address on the Bcc line causes it to turn blue. By then holding down the address, I can move it to the main address line, hence avoiding having to re-type my address every time I want to email myself.
This only seems to work in the native mail app, but since emailing from other apps defaults to this one, this tip works great for me.
Regards,
Bill Gandin (from Houston)
Hi Rob,
I can't wait to subscribe to Apple Music Family Plan. With Apple reaching out to Android users with their Apple Music App, don't you think it would be revolutionary if they gave them the Apple Podcast App too? I know it might not be the best app out there but it's defiantly the most used? Why stop there? With Mr Sonos reaching out to Apple, I'd bite their hand off. If Apple Music is to succeed it needs to be on high end home devices, like Sonos, too. Oh & put the Apple Podcast App on there too. I use Sonos daily & consume podcasts via Stitcher then have to change over to Apple Podcast App while in the car.
Regards,
Craig
Liverpool
DisAfterDark Podcast
Hi Craig - I don’t ever see Apple putting out a Podcast App for Android. It is not in their best interest. Podcasts are what Apple used early one when rolling out Apple stores to different countries - Podcasts were this grouping of free content not limited by rights issues - that Apple could deploy in iTunes when they first set up in a new country - sometimes the only content. But with Android - what is the advantage for Appel to put the Podcasts app on there? It would give Android users easy access to great content on an Android device - again why would Apple do that. Fact is on Android Podcasts are 1/25th as popular on a per device basis then with iOS. Why would Apple want to encourage Android users to try out free content to get more out of their Android device. At least with Apple Music - the reason Apple is doing the Apple Music App is to get more paid subscribers.
Hi Rob,
I received my SOS charger it worked ONCE. I was told I would get another but still never got it.
Regards,
Andrew R. R
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01:02:06
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/riyotech/dead-
proof-iphone-6-cases-protection-guaranteed-fo?ref=discovery
This episode for a Kickstarter project I came across one called - Dead Proof - iPhone 6 and 6+ cases Protection for Life.
These cases they say are designed to protect your iPhone 6 or 6+ from Water, Dirt, Dust and Shock.
And they have a kickstand to boot.
This one had a goal of just $3,800 - and has raised over $7,800
You can choose between Black, Red, Blue, White&Yellow, Green or Silver.
They claim it is the only waterproof cases with breathable Nano membrane that allow air molecules through for clear phone calls.
You have until Saturday Jul 11th at 4:47 PM CT to back this one.
Search for Dead Proof - two words in Kickstarter or in the show notes for ep 352 at today in iOS dot com
1:03:01
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelightphone/the-
light-phone?ref=nav_search
Here is an interesting Kickstarter project - it is called the Light Phone With light spelled L I G H T - but really it should be spelled L I T E - because what said phone is - is just a phone - thats it. And it is small as in the size of a credit card and is just used for make and taking calls. The idea is you take it with you for those times you JUST need a phone - and not anything else. And you set your iPhone up to call forward to the Light phone.
It is minimalist and it is cheap - $100 - and it is available for you to fund on Kickstarter until Jun 27th at 8:55 AM CT - so for some sorry too late depending on when you hear this. This one has gone well past their goal of $200k - with over $390k and counting.
I would say watch the video - the guys don’t inspire a lot of confidence - well the artist guy at least does not. Like I said watch the video and decide if this is for you.
I think it is interesting - and I like the minimalist design of this - but I will be waiting until they are actually shipping before I even think about it. Still I think this is the type of product that is inevitable - when you have the pendulum swing so far in one direction with bigger phones and more features - you need the yang for that ying.
In the comments for this one - there is mention of a similar phone already on the market. So also read over the comments - and as with any Kickstarter project - I would recommend you read the comments to see if the founders are answering questions and how they answer the questions.
1:05:06
http://www.macxdvd.com/mac-video-converter-pro/
I have a special bonus Promo code offer - this is for Mac users. I usually don’t talk Mac stuff - but this App is really a great addition for all iOS users with Macs. It is for the App - MacX Video Converter Pro - and it is a great great Video Conversion Program. This App is normally $50 - it is on sale for $35 right now.
Here is a description of this app.
MacX Video Converter Pro - feature-rich, high quality and blazingly fast video converter for Mac OS TEN.
Convert HD M2TS MKV AVC TS To iPhone iPad Android Built in 320+ video codecs and 50+ audio codecs, MacX Video Converter Pro brings you an all-in-one solution to convert HD & SD videos among almost every video codec so that you can play videos on iOS or iPod device, or even any Android device. Optimized kernel tech guarantees 83X fast speed and high quality image. Free to customize videos: cut, trim, crop, merge, add subtitle and watermark etc.
Download Online Videos, Make Photo Slideshow, Record Screen casts. Works for online video: download online videos from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Vevo, Dailymotion, and 300+ video sites in one click. Make funny photo slideshow, and create video gallery by recording on-screen activity freely.
This is really a great app for downloading Youtube Videos - and then converting them to Audio if you need just the Audio. Or taking any of your videos and converting to a lower bit rate - because well iPhone Videos are recorded way way to high a bit rate for use as a Podcast or to email to relatives.
This one app solves all of my Video conversion needs and screen cast needs - and like they say it is lightening fast.
Email me today in iOS at gmail dot com and put MacX Video in the subject line - and here is what you also need to do for this one - you need to write a review of Today in iOS Podcast in iTunes - and let me know the title of the review in iTunes. If you wrote one before - just let me know the old review title. I will then pick 8 random winners around July 4th for this one confirm the reviews are there and send out the license code. So get me the email with the reviews ASAP. This really is a great app and I want to thank the devs for sending over the license codes to give out. This is one App ALL Mac users will love.
I know I am loving it - and it has already saved me a bunch of time on some video conversions I had to do this past week.
1:08:36
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/19/apple-
store-stops-selling-the-original-ipad-mini/#.tivas2:VBTn
Were you a fan of non-retina iPad Mini’s - yeah well sorry to tell you - no soup for you any more - as Apple has stopped selling the original iPad Mini.
So from this point on for new iPad’s - they all have retina displays and all have 64 bit processors.
The price difference between the iPad Mini and iPad Mini 2 was small - just $50 - but the tech specs difference was huge with the much better processor and much better display.
So probably no tears shed on this change.
1:09:18
VOICEMAIL - RON_OH_FDBK_MACBOOK_MYTHOUGHTS
VOICEMAIL - RON_OH_cmnts_may_my_comnts
Hi Rob,
I ordered my Apple Watch on 29 April. It arrived on 6 June and this was a bit of a surprise as the date quoted by Apple was the 16th b
As a visually impaired user, I have paired the watch with a Bluetooth r headset as I use Voiceover and everything works fine. The only problem that I have noticed so far is that when I make or receive phone calls, the audio switches from the Bluetooth to the watch speaker. When the call ends, the audio reverts back to Bluetooth. I suspect that this is something Apple has overlooked.
Do you know if this is something that will be resolved with the updated operating system?
Regards,
Stuart D
Dundee
Scotland
Hi Rob,
Yeah thanks for the mention. The News App looks good. Very much like Flipboard. But without the flipping. Although not the ability for creation of your own curated magazine as Flipboard allows. Plus was perplexed a bit, by no Breaking News Stream from Apple where you could select A group of Breaking News sites, Breaking Notifications etc. Perhaps its there but we don't have enough information yet. Just thought, if your going to have a News App it should open to the latest Breaking News. Hence News.
Understand, Filpboard in negotiations with an acquisition by Twitter. Have to wait and see on that one.
Was hoping one-day, Flipboard would figure out shared advertising revenue to user created magazines that gain in popularity and well let users make some money thru advertising insertions based on the Mags theme.
Just a few thoughts
Chris
Hi Rob!
After watching the keynote, I guess it's safe to say that nothing revolutionary was presented, but rather we'll be waiting to see how Apple's take on several existing features on other platforms turn out , especially considering user experience.
Do you think the multitasking features being only fully available for the iPad Air 2 will mean a boost in sales, being the final push many people need to update their iPads?
Regards,
Diego
Listener in Norway
Hi Rob,
I'm in the process of collating past / present family pictures. Digitizing from various sources, and on to my hard drives. Once there I'm going to edit, and upload to icloud.
My question resides in geo tagging. Do you, or any of your listeners, have a ios killer app to aid and geotag photo(s) that would save me time and effort?
Really love the show, but can't help but noticing I'm sending this to a gmail a/c! For shame.
Alexander Watt
Hatton
Scotland
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1:19:06
http://www.wxyz.com/news/att-hit-with-100m-
fine-for-its-unlimited-data-plans
Hi Rob,
I received this text from AT&T this afternoon:
ATT Free Msg: Your data has reached 75% of the 5GB network management threshold. If you exceed 5GB this month, you may experience reduced data speeds at times and in areas that are experiencing network congestion. Wi-Fi helps you avoid reduced speeds. For more info visit att.com/datainfo or att.com/broadbandinfo
To which I answer:
My plan has unlimited data, "unlimited is unlimited" I'm going to complain to the FCC
What do you think?
Did I do the right thing?
Thanks,
David
Hi David,
This is a change from the past where they just throttled you because they felt like it.
Now they are saying they will just throttle you when you hit areas with network congestion.
Part of the change was per the FTC and FCC cracking down on them.
This is their answer to those complaints.
Rob W
And you know what it was a little to little a little to late for AT&T - because the FCC just hit AT&T with a $100 Million dollar fine as in 1 0 0 coma 0 0 0 coma 0 0 0 with a dollar sign before all of that.
The FCC said the company misled consumers into buying plans they believed would give them unlimited ability to send and receive data - but that once the consumer reached a certain level that the data would be slowed down significantly.
The FTC also sued AT&T back in the fall on this as well.
So anyway - David no need for you to write to the FCC or the FTC - they are already flogging AT&T over this issue.
Hi Rob
I have listened since the very beginning and love the show
Seem to remember all the complaints you used to received about mobile phone networks throttling speeds of users on an unlimited package.
Looks like they finally got their comeuppance.
Regards,
Matt - From Peterborough, UK
Hi Matt - Yup - seems to be a good time to be an AT&T lawyer covering Government lawsuits. Lots and lots of overtime and extra billings coming your way.
1:21:28
http://www.cultofmac.com/326542/teen-killed-
after-using-app-to-track-lost-smartphone/
Here is a sad story to come to the end of news items - an it is about a teenage named Jeremy Cook who was killed in Brampton Ontario when he used find my iPhone to track his missing iphone.
He did not think it was stollen he just left it in a taxi.
He went to where it said his phone was - and three other youths gunned him down.
This is a lesson to learn - if you track your iPhone down to a part of town you are not familiar with or even if you are - don’t approach strangers about your phone - call the police and let them handle it - no iOS device is worth a life - period.
My condolences go out to Jeremy Cooks family. Jeremy was 18 years old at the time of his death.
1:22:14
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 351
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STUART for sending in the music you hear in the background. STUART wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created an entire Album via iOS - The Album is Called burst and you can find it at redskylullaby.com/album/burst.
Apps I used creating the album included:
Well go back and listen to Ep 349 for the long list of apps
Today’s song is called Peace Out.
Regards,
Stuart - Red Sky Lullaby
Song_Midnight_drive.mp3
Thanks STUART for the music for this and the last two episodes and folks I will put the full song for today’s show at the end of the episode If you liked these songs please go to his site red sky lullaby.com slash album slash burst to hear more of his music. I also want to thank D.R. for sending in the Artwork for today's show. D.R. said the following:
Hi Rob,
Here's an image for your next episode. I took this photo of the Harbour here in Wellington, New Zealand with my iphone 6.
I used the app 'Typorama' and simply chose one of the filters and then one type face.
Regards,
D.R.
Thanks D.R, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see D.R.'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 351 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:41
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““What’s the single most worrisome thing about the iPad? It’s Apple’s monopoly on distribution of applications. unquote
Harry McCracken, Tecnologizer.com, 29 January 2010
Even back in 2010 - Really - that was an issue for you Mr McCracken? That Apple had a walled Garden. As I am sure we will hear later on - Apples’s walled garden is working pretty well for the App devs - and that means more quality Apps for iOS users - Just Sayin
03:18
For Promo codes - On Ep 350 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - Purrge (with two r’s) and the App BEST SLEEP TIME (3 WORDS). We will be giving out those promo codes latter this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 350.
This week we have promo codes for the App - WIDESHOW - 1 word - Here is the written review from the dev.
Greetings from the Wideshow developer team! Wideshow is a cool new app that finally brings slideshows into the modern era. It uses GPS info to find the exact street name for every photo in the slideshow. The street name is then displayed on a map next to the photo. Wideshow takes advantage of the AirPlay technology, so hooking up a TV or a projector is just a matter of seconds. In this way, you can use your iPhone as a remote and have the ability to change any setting without the viewers even noticing. Wideshow is a joy to use on your vacation photos. As you go through them, you learn exactly which landmarks you have seen and what streets you were walking. It really brings you there for a few more minutes. Try it out, I’m sure you’ll love it as much as we do!
Well thanks to Devs for their written review of their App - WIDESHOW 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 WIDESHOW in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wideshow/id991354180?mt=8
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.
05:11
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/04/apple-tv-leaps-into-first-
place-as-ios-dominates-online-video-market-adobe-reports
The first half or so of this episode was recorded on Sunday Night - with the second half being all about WWDC and it will be or was recorded after the WWDC keynote.
In the other news side of things - Thanks for Dr. John for this next one. Which is from the Awesome Daniel Eran Dilger over at AppleInsider and it is a post that goest over a report that shows video viewing and browsing. In the niche of Premium Video Viewing - Apple TV has overtaken Roku to be the top place Premium Video Viewing takes place.
This report comes from Adobe and they looked at over 200 Billion Online Video Plays, 2.85 Billion TV Anywhere authenticated video streams and 500 Billion Website visits.
According to the report from Adobe - In just one quarter - Apple TV went from 5% in Q4 of 2014 to 10% in Q1 of 2015. And think what will happen in Q2 2015 when you factor in HBO Now and Game of Thrones.
On the Mobile side - iOS now accounts for 47 Percent. With Android devices were at 15% and desktop and mobile browser based video comes in at 14% - an all time low for that category.
So what does this all mean - well that Apple is in the drivers seat of Premium Video Content. And that includes services like Netflix, HBO Go, Hulu and other similar services. Which is great for users of iOS and AppleTV - as it is likely - very very likely - that when ever any new Premium Video product or service is launched - it will be launched first for iOS and Apple TV users. Just like we saw with HBO Now.
07:29
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/06/04Apple-Watch-Arrives-
in-Seven-More-Countries-June-26.html
Some Apple Watch news - Apple has now announced which countries will get it next - with Next being June 26 and the 7 Countries are:
Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan.
Beginning on the 26th in those seven countries you will be able to order from the Apple Online Store, at Apple Retail stores and at select Apple Authorized resellers.
Pricing will not be available in those countries until the 26th.
08:01
http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/06/apple-pay-for-u-k-announcement-
could-happen-at-wwdc-launch-within-2-months/
One Last minute rumor that came up - which hopefully we will have verified by the end of the episode is that Apple Pay will be coming to the UK within the next two months - guess we will know by the end of this episode if that came to pass or not.
08:17
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/06/05/pebble-says-apple-delays-
review-of-app-for-its-smartwatch/
Apple states in the docs for Devs that publicly announcing issues with the review process for your App does not speed up the process for your App.
Yeah Right.
Two days after Pebble went public airing their frustrations with a very lengthly review as in over 6 weeks lengthy of its app - Bingo bango bongo - The App was suddenly Approved.
Yup - as Apple says it does not speed up the process going public with your review delays.
Nope never has - not even 6 years ago when the Tii App was rejected 6 times - and then I put out a Blog post detailing all the rejections and magically the App which was not changed - just resubmitted was then approved. Just Sayin.
Anyway if you are getting or have received the new Pebble - you can now get the new App for it.
09:31
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-10825968
Into the Email bag:
Hi Rob, love your show been a fan for years I've even had your Tii app for years, i've emailed you before and you always been very willing to help, hoping you can help me with this, I have the iPhone 6 Plus running 8.3 , I looked at the evasi0n website does not say anything about a jailbreak for 8.3,( they are still on 7.3 I believe ) but when I do a Google search about evavsi0n , it says there's a jailbreak available for 8.0 called evasi0n/Pangu utility. I've never heard of anything like that, it's either evasi0n or nothing IMO, is Pangu A trust worthy jailbreak?, One more question Rob, do you know what that means?
evasi0n/Pangu utility. are they combining companies are the merging or is it a scam? Thanks for all the help you have given me in the past and hopefully in the future. love what you do on your podcast its my favorite podcast and listen to it in my car all the time.
Thank you Chris in Los Angeles.
Hi Chris - Right now the latest version of iOS you can still jailbreak is 8.1.1 with the Pangu jailbreak.
http://en.pangu.io
Rumor is they have a solution that will work for 8.3 and 8.4 - but are not releasing it until 8.4 is released.
So for now since you are at 8.3 there is no legit way to jailbreak. Not yet - but hopefully soon. And I should point out don’t upgrade to 8.4 when it is first launched if you are thinking of jailbreaking - just because the rumor mill says they will be able to jailbreak 8.4 - does not mean they will be able to jailbreak the Gold Master of 8.4 - so again the best thing to do if you want to jailbreak and are now on 8.3 - is to stay on 8.3 when 8.4 comes out - at least until the Pangu team says what they can and cannot jailbreak.
11:41
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13:41
VOICEMAIL - Mike_CA_Quest_best_vdeo_podcast_app
One the last episode there was a question about bluetooth and car speakers. Here is a response from Kareem Haskett in the Google+ community
quote I have the answer to one of your viewers who called in about their phone not defaulting to the car Bluetooth speakers. If they go into settings> General> accessibility> call audio routing and switch the setting to headset, the phone will always default to the Bluetooth device for audio, whether it be a headset, ear piece, or car speaker. Most people have this setting set to Automatic and frankly speaking, the iPhone chooses wrong sometimes.
unquote
Which is also the same advice that Fraser sent in.
Thanks Gentlemen.
So again - if you have bluetooth issues on priority with you car - go to Settings —> General —> Accessibility —> Call Audio Routing
And then change it from Automatic to headset - and then going forward it should prioritize your cars Bluetooth system.
Hi Rob,
I was wondering if you could help me. Every time my wife opens her mail she gets her new mail notification in the middle of her screen. The only way she can get rid of it is by clicking CLOSE or OPTIONS and OPEN. I've tried mirroring my phone with hers but it still does the same thing. I was curious if you might know the fix. I am including a screen shot of my wife's mail issue.
Thanks in advance,
Roy
I then replied with the following:
Under Notifications - Mail - what is it set at for each mail box?
For Alert style when unlocked - change it to banner.
Let me know if that fixes the issue.
And Roy did reply back and say - yes that did fix the issue. So if you are someone that has the same issue - you can do the same thing to fix it.
I did hear back from a few listeners about the AirWatch App - most did not have any issues. But the solution for the original listener seems to be that their email addressed was double entered - and they needed to delete the app - and then re-install with just the one email address. And now it is working as expected.
VOICEMAIL - Feedbk_replacement_screens
19:52
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Robert Kelly who wrote the following
Quote
No more throttling!! I read that, starting last month, AT&T will only throttle unlimited users if they're on a congested tower. Well, I hit 10GBs last night and I never noticed slow speeds.
Unquote
Thanks Robert for the post - and this goes back to something AT&T said in early May - that they would stop the automatic throttling - this due to pressure it was receiving from the FTC.
What AT&T said in May was quote Customers on an unlimited legacy data plan may experience reduced speeds only when using data services at times when in an area where the network is experiencing congestion unquote
Again this all because of Government regulators getting up in AT&T’s business about their unfair practiced for unlimited users.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
21:24
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-10826031
One Rumor that came out this past week that definitely will not be addressed at the Keynote is a rumor or leak depending on how you look at it - per the launch date of the next iPhone.
As the story goes - there was an email allegedly sent to a blog - A Vadafone Employee confirmed the new iPhone will be available to customers on Sept 25th with pre-orders starting on Sept 18th.
First lets put this in perspective - no - someone at Vodafone does not have the Apple release schedule yet.
Per the dates - do they make sense - well lets look at last years event.
The Apple live event was on Tuesday September 9th - a week and a day after Labor day. Pre Orders started on the 12th and the iphone was available on the 19th.
In 2013 - the live event was on Sept 10th - a week and a day after Labor Day. Pre-Orders were the 13th and the iPhone launched on the 20th.
So if we go with the same week and a day after Labor day for this year - we get the Apple Live event on September 15th - with the Pre-orders on September 18th and the launch on September 25th.
To me - this sounds more like a blog doing what I just did to figure out the dates - then it does a low level Vodafone employee having the info.
Do I believe the Dates - YES - I just don’t believe the manner in which they were supposedly garnered.
Is it possible that Apple could have the event on Wednesday the 9th - two days after Labor day? Sure possible - but not probable - Apple likes to get the most PR and buzz they can from their events - and Labor Day week is not the best week to do that. Based on the calendar this year and the late date for Labor Day - I would have to go with September 25th as the launch date for the next iPhone - and September 15th the date for the special event.
The only other date for the special event that would make sense would be Tuesday the 2nd of September - with pre-orders on Friday the 11th and launch on the 18th. And the only reason I mention that possibility is that Apples 2015 fiscal year ends on Sept 26th - and it is possible Apple would want to get a full week of the next Gen iPhones sales in the books - rather than just two days. So as to better match up with last years numbers plus I will be on a Plane the morning of September 18th - and that would be the worst date for a drop date for me - so that is the other reason it might happen on the 18th.
But really - if you asked me to pick a specific date for the next Gen iPhone launch - September 25th looks the most logical based on past history.
24:48
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-10746729
Another Rumor about the next gen iPhones - is one about the iPhone 6Plus S or is it 6S Plus. This rumor is coming from the Chinese blog Feng. And they are saying the iPhone 6Plus which is currently a 1920 x 1080 resolution display is looking at doubling those numbers to be a 3840 x 2160.
This seems like Bloggers speculating Apple will play into the spec escalation game that they traditionally have not played into.
To me it seems silly to go to those numbers - as we are already at a Retina plus resolution. So all it really means in the real world going to those high res is that all our apps will get much bigger when they update their artwork to the new specs. Yeah - just was we want bigger apps.
I don’t see the real world gain in going to the higher resolution and only see the down side of more storage used per app.
26:02
http://fortune.com/2015/05/21/samsung-mistake/
Thanks to Steve from AZ for this next one.
Which is a blog post titled - This may have been Samsung’s biggest mistake in Years. And well how could I not look over this post from Fortune.
The article talks about a sales drop in China by more than 50% vs Last year. and overall the Galaxy S6 - their direct competitor to the 6 and 6Plus just not shipping as well as past Galaxy devices.
The have a quote in the Article per a research note from Oppenhiemer Bank that reads quote When we look at Samsung’s flagship in 2015, the Galaxy S6 Edge, almost all of its differentiators fall back to hardware: a cutting-edge CPU, curved display, iPhone-like metal casing, front area fingerprint sensor, and camera with OIS, unquote
The fact that the Galaxy S6 sales are down compared to the S5 is not a shocker. What Sammy did was to try and clone the iPhone - with an iPhone like metal casing - no removable battery, no expandable storage and not being water proof.
In essence - they took the features that differentiated it from the iPhone 6 and 6Plus - and removed them - and anything new like the fingerprint sensor and metal case - were direct clones of the iPhone. So basically it came down to consumers saying well if I am going to get this phone or that phone - the only difference is the OS - and guess what folks - iOS wins out vs Android when that is the case - especially at the top end of the market. And on the lower end of the market - xomai is eating their lunch as well.
So to see the Galaxy S6 having sales issues and selling less units vs the previous year - is no shocker. They really must be freaking out at Sammy headquarters - their copy what Apple does strategy is not working now - Oh no - they might have to think of something new on their own. Sammy right now is between a rock and hard place and will likely have troubles for years to come. And that well just breaks my heart.
28:09
VOICEMAIL - Mike_CA_iPhone6_new_Verizon_voice_data
Hi Rob. I just received my Apple Watch sport 42mm with sport band and I just received an email today from Apple inviting me to schedule an online personal setup session. Just wanted to let you know that it doesn't look like it's exclusive now to people who order the more expensive Apple Watch as mine was one of the lesser expensive sport models. Just thought you would be interested
Regards,
Brent Harbolt
Hi Rob,
I’ve run into a little problem with the iTunes Store. There are some songs or EP’s that I’ve purchased before full albums come out. Usually, iTunes is good about this, and discounts my later albums or preorders accordingly. But sometimes I’ll open up an album page and it doesn’t seem to remember I’ve bought songs off of it, even though they are in my purchased section. This is slightly frustrating; is there any way to tell which albums are available in complete my album or not? Is this strictly a record label thing, or is there some way I can convince iTunes that I’ve actually purchased these tracks before? I know this works with EP’s going to albums as well, because sometimes when I’ve bought the EP, it credits those songs, too.
Thanks for any light you or your listeners could shed.
Regards,
Chelsea
Hi Chelsea - I am going to throw this one out to the audience - folks - if you have any answers for Chelsea - please give us a call or send us an email.
Hi Rob
Thank you for your answer and reading out my email on your last show.
Would you believe it my Apple watch turned up three days after I sent you my email.
As a disabled apple user I love my watch it's everything and more and yet again Apple in my opinion has done it again by setting the bar!
Just a quick question this time Do you know if there is an app that can monitor your sleep through the watch yet? And if not do you know if this will be something available in the future?
Kind regards
Paul Mcfadyen (Scotland)
Hi Paul - congrats and thanks for the question - it was one I had recently thought about as well and meant to ask the audience - does anyone have a good sleep App for the Apple watch they have found. I am guessing there will be some really good options once native apps are available because right now I don’t think you can get much access to the sensors. But if anyone has found a good or great sleep app for the Apple watch - please let us know - 206-666-6364 - 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at GMAIL dot com.
VOICEMAIL - feedback_small_iPhone6_future_bingo_card
37:38
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sulivan/ucharger-
charge-your-iphone-with-any-chargers?ref=discovery
This week for a kickstarter project we have uCharger - this is a small adapter for plugging in a micro USB charge cord to the adapter and the adapter to lightening port. This is something if you are out side the US will be most attractive as outside the US you will find more non-Apple chargers than Apple Chargers. But even in the US - if you have a device you need to charge like a battery pack - they are almost always micro USB - so you need to carry that charger plus your lightening charger. This allows you to carry this small adapter which you can add to your key chain or in your pocket.
This one has until July 2nd at 5:15 PM Central US time.
So far they have raised about 50% of their goal of 5,475 dollars.
Pricing for this is 13 Euros or about $14 US. Free international shipping included.
If you are interested in this one search for UCharger - that is the letter U and charger all one word at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 351 at today in iOS dot com.
38:57
http://www.apple.com/live/
And now I will pause the recording and will come back and finish this episode Monday when the WWDC Keynote is over.
And I am back - what was one second for you was over 16 hours for me. Per Today’s Keynote - there was the typical music played before it started with the last song being Uptown Funk - not sure if there is any relevance to the last song they play.
Then they went into a funny video with some dev insider jokes - I liked the Goat Simulator joke the best - but the elevator full of Tim Cook look-alikes and the flying Angel Investor were pretty good bits as well.
After the Video - Tim Cook came out and kicked off the Keynote - the 26th WWDC event with attendees from 70 different countries - and 80% of them being first-time attendees. There were 350 student scholarship winners - the youngest being a 12 year old girl from NY. Think Aria Stark in Kings landing to get an idea on how she is feeling this week. Right off the bat Tim Cook stated there would be Native Apple Watch Apps. And that the keynote would be broken down in order to OS X, iOS and Watch OS.
Tim did not go over his typical numbers or updates - just said all is great and then handed it over to Craig Federighi - who did most of the heavy lifting for OS X and iOS.
To start with - OS X’s newest version will be called El Capitan. And the key to the update was really about performance improvements - for battery life and graphic performance. Dev beta is available now, public beta in July and Gold master in the fall.
This is an iOS show - so we will jump forward to the iOS update - and to no ones surprise iOS 9 was introduced. But before that Craig said iOS 8 is now at an 83% adoption rate - vs just 12% for Android in about similar amount of time.
First off they talked about improvements and added capabilities for Siri. And coupled it with what they called Intelligence - which is there way of saying Siri can look across your device to gather the info it needs to let you know what you need to do. When to leave for the airport. And this even extends to when you get a phone call for someone not in your contacts - the iPhone can now search through your emails to try and get an idea of who might be calling.
But here is something really important and how it differs 180 degrees in what Google recently announced at their I/O dev conference. With Apple - it is all about privacy and security of your info. If siri needs to check traffic to see when you need to leave it does it via an randomized identifier. Your info is anonymous it is not linked to other Apple services and it is NOT shared with third parties. As Apple said you are in control of your data. Again 180 degrees difference then what Google announced recently.
Search on the iPhone is getting much better - with searches extending to Vimeo, Netflix, Youtube, Health App, Weather, iCloud Drive and more. Additionally Apple is going to have a third-party API - so in theory - if I can talk to our devs - in the future your could search through the show notes in past Tii Episodes from Spotlight and siri search. As always - you will be able to decide what you do and do not want to search through. Apple showed a slide with over 35 items listed for search all currently available plus some of the new ones I mentioned and more.
They are adding a scrubber bar for scanning more easily through photos.
Then they talked Apple Pay - The first of Two Women from Apple came on stage - Jennifer Bailey who heads up Apple Pay talked about new features. First was that Discover will be supporting Apple Pay. She then mentioned some retailers they are adding - key on that list - Tradder Joe’s - yay. And they are also doing an interaction with Square. Not 100% sure how that will work - more I am sure in the near future on that one.
Next month she said Apple Pay will be available at over 1 Million US locations.
There is also a partnership with Pinterest for Payable Pins.
And as mentioned earlier in the show - the UK is getting Apple pay - but not in 2 months - but rather next month. And that it will launch at over 250k locations in the UK including at London Transit locations.
The big addition to Apple Pay - as was rumored was the addition of Store Cards and reward cards for stores. And Apple Pay automatically picks out your rewards card for you. So no more hunting for your correct rewards card to get the proper credit.
If you think you are hearing thumping - that is just Apple pay driving a few more nails into the casket for CurrentC.
And finally Passbook is getting a name change - to Wallet. Not to be confused with Google Wallet - this is Apple Wallet - or really just Wallet - and is meant to replace your actual wallet and Google Wallet as well for some.
Craig came back to talk about other Apple Apps - next up was the Notes app. where they added a tool bar with formatting options - about time. And they added a check list - so when you make out that grocery list - no more having to delete items off the list - you just check they are in the basket.
You can now add photos to notes. And you can draw in notes - no more need for back of napkins - you can just draw away in the notes app. And in other native apps you can share links back to the notes app. And of course notes sync across all your Apple products via iCloud if you so have it set up. Yes - lots of updates for the notes app.
Next they talked about the Maps app - with over 5 Billion requests for Maps. And as expected they added Transit support - or actually its own break out app - called Transit. This has lots of detailed info for those using public transportation including layouts of subway stations and where the entry and exits are and optimal walking directions to get your train. To no ones surprise this is just going to be available in select cities - but the number of cities is bigger then I expected. In the US it will be available for New York, Chicago and San Francisco as expected along with Baltimore, Philly, Washington DC. Out side the US there will also be Berlin, London - both of whom I predicted on the last episode, plus Toronto and Mexico City. And then in China there is support for Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi’an, Zhengzhou and more to come.
Apple then intro’d what is likely to be a flipboard killer - called News. This was intro’d by Susan Prescott - the second women on Stage at this event from Apple which is more women on stage then I can ever remember from Apple. Kudos for more diversity.
Essentially with the news app you can create your own customize news feed. They have partnerships with major news outlets and ESPN. But it will also support blogs - and they even showed Daring Fireball as one possible source. Sound like you can really add in any blogs or news source you want. But clearly - the ones that will look the best are the ones they partnered with.
To start with this will launch in the US, UK and Australia. Again to me this looked like a flipboard killer - wonder what Chris in London thinks about this - he is big into Flipboard. I will be interested in testing this out once available and see how it does with tech topics.
Craig then came back out and talked about the iPad man.
For the iPad they added shortcuts to the suggestion bar.
With Quicktype one new feature is on your keyboard if you swipe around with two fingers it will move your cursor around what you are typing - this is a much easier way to move to a place in a note or email and do some editing. It essentially changed the keyboard into a trackpad when you use two fingers.
Then as expected they added Multitasking - with 3 key things being part of Multitasking.
First there is Slide over - this allows you to slide over from the right another open app - so you can copy and past info from it - and then go back to your main app. It is not true two apps at the same time. Two apps at the same time is another item called
split screen view. here you can adjust the amount of screen that is split screened. So it is not just a fixed 50 / 50. Plus they also now support picture in picture - so you can start a video in a video app - and then go picture in picture with is and move that video around and over any other open apps. It worked really nice. Per what devices support what.
Slide over - not true two apps at once - but slide over is available for iPad Air and Air 2, iPad mini 2 and iPad mini 3. As is picture in Picture.
But split view - i.e. True multitasking - true two live apps at once that is on the iPad Air 2 only.
There was some confusions on some blogs about iPhone supporting these features - it does not - not even the 6 Plus - from what I went back and rewatched - only the iPad’s mentioned support these features.
The confusion came when they said that the iPhone supported - the new App switcher - which was improved in iOS 9 - but the app switcher is not multitasking - it is just well switching between apps - it just looks better now when you double tap on the home button.
Another new feature Craig then talked about is a Single switch for Optimizing battery consumption - which can greatly extend battery life when you are running low on juice.
There was a lot about iOS 9 being better optimized for power consumption on its own - and getting an hour of more real world use for most users when you update. And that it was streamlined - especially for over the air updates. With iOS 8 to update over the air you needed over 4 GB’s of space available - with iOS 9 you need just 1.3 GB of space.
No real mention of a home kit specific app.
And Car Play Craig made mention of it going wireless on connectivity - but excuse me - did they not say that same thing at a past event?
And the biggest round of applause with out a doubt was when Craig said Apple is making Swift Open source. Of course this is a dev conference - so understand the audience. But Apple thinks this is the language devs will be using 20 years from now.
They also had a screen up there with new API’s and features for iOS 9 for Devs. the Ones highlighted - were Swift2, New Health Data Types, New HomeKit Profiles, Search Extensibility, UI Testing in Xcode, Wireless Carplay, App Thinning and Gaming API’s. Others not highlighted that sound interesting - Audio Unit Extensions. Sensor Profile, And a really interesting one not mention Flyover and Walkthrough. Plus HomeKit iCloud remote access. More on these API’s in future episodes for sure.
iOS 9 beta for devs today, Public beta in July and Gold Master in the fall.
Oh and iOS 9 is available for ALL devices that iOS 8 supports - no one gets cut out this time. Take that Android users.
Tim Cook came back on stage and gave some numbers - as in over 100 Billion App downloads have been achieved. And that over $30 Billion dollars has been paid out to devs already.
The Average iOS user downloads 119 apps.
Which is amazing as the Average Podcast listeners listens to 3 podcasts or less - that means having your own app for the average podcast consumer is not something the listeners will shy away from. Just something to remember fellow podcasters that are listening - get yourself an app like the Tii App.
Next up was Watch OS. Kevin Lynch came out - and introduced Watch OS2 - yes 6 weeks in and already at WOS2.
Some of the new features he talked about - well first and foremost is that Native Apps will be supported.
Then he went into improvements of the Apple Apps
With Time Piece - They added a watch called Photo Face - where you can pick a specific Photo to be your watch screen or you can pick an album and it will pick a different photo each time you raise your wrist.
And they are adding what they call Complications - where App devs can create their own info for the Watch face.
Another new feature is called Time Traveler - where you can change the time with the digital crown and the info you see on your watch face will change - so if you have weather or calendar showing it will go to the items in your calendar for that time and the prediction for the temp at that time.
There is now a night stand mode - when it is charging that turns your Apple watch into an clock for your bed side.
You can now reply to emails directly from the Apple watch.
You can do a FaceTime audio call from the Apple Watch.
You can tell siri to start your workout. That is nice.
You can control Homekit from the Apple Watch.
And it gets Transit support.
And you can play back audio right on the speaker of your Apple Watch. And devs can access the mic as well.
And you can play video on the Apple watch.
Some of the Dev kits they showed that are available for Apple Watch are access to:
Accelerometer
Core Motion
Core Graphics
Taptic Engine
Audio
MapKit
ClockKit
Digital Crown
Core Location
Video
HealthKit
Contacts
HomeKit
WathcKit
EventKit
Microphone
So per the previous question of a good sleep app - that will definitely be possible now.
Beta for Devs is available today, And available in the Fall for everyone. Definitely need to get me that beta ASAP.
Tim Cook came back on stage and then uttered those three special words - One More Thing
And as expected that one more thing was Apple Music. Actually Jimmy Ivine then came out to go over it. Essentially they explained Apple Music as a three headed beast - ok my words not theirs. There is the Revolutionary music service - this is streaming of millions of songs.
Then there is a 24/7 global radio station. with Hand picked songs by music experts in Apple. And the there is the part where Fans can connect with Artists. Thing the resurection of Ping.
In a nut shell the costs for the streaming service is $9.99 for a single user - or $14.99 for a family of up to 6. Seems Apple has something against Catholics. Just sayin.
The first 3 months of the service it will be free to test out.
And it will be launching in 100 countries later this month with the update to iOS 8.4
Then later on it will also be available via an App for Android.
And that was the full keynote.
Well except they ended with a song from the weekend.
57:42
http://tii.libsyn.com/wwdc-2015-rumor-bingo-card
So how did the bingo card do this year.
Those which were correct were:
iOS 9, Apple Music Streaming Service, Tool Kit for Native Apple Watch Apps and Split Screen mode for the iPad for a Bingo from top left to bottom right.
Other boxed clearly checked off are Expanded Siri Features, No New Apple TV, iOS 9 for iPhone 4S and A5 devices, Mac OS 10 10.11, Apple Pay Rewards Program and Mass Transit for Apple Maps. Ok technically it is its own app - but I think that counts.
One other that I think counts is iOS 9 optimized and stabilized.
Apple did not use the word stabilized - but that is not surprising - that would be the same as saying iOS 8 is not stable. But clearly that is what this update is in large part about - which is why is also available for the same devices as iOS 8. And they definitely said Optimized.
And Rootless - was not specifically addressed in the keynote - but it looks to be part of iOS9 - Thanks to Francisco for pointing that out - so I think that is a yes - kinda.
Those items that were not announced or wrong were:
iPod Touch 6th gen
Advanced Parental Controls
Apple TV Hub for HomeKit
Trusted Wifi
Apple Watch Font in iOS 9
iOS 9 supports force touch
>200 new features for iOS 9
Select who can get a read receipt
Apple TV Apps Store
Home Kit App
Dev Access to Private API’s - although they did give access to a couple of private API’s that were not available before.
But the one that was not checked off - that I think was the biggest possible sign of something amiss - and that is - Apple Watch Sales Numbers
NOTHING - ZIP - NADA - was mentioned or hinted at per Apple Watch Sales numbers. If you want to get devs excited to develop for something — letting them know how many people are out there with said device is kind of a big deal if the numbers are a big deal - no mention tells me the numbers are lower - then anal-ists estimates. Will be interesting to see when Apple finally gives any numbers. but it could be a while.
Of course let me know what you liked most and / or least about what was announced at the WWDC 2015 Keynote. What is it you want to see see added to iOS 9 that was not announced. If you are disappointed or excited about the Keynote - WHY - what is it that got your juices flowing. Call us or email us. Would love to get a lot of feedback for the next episode.
And Here is some quick feedback I already received.
1:00:52
From the Google+ community from Myron Uecker
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I admit that I only caught a little bit of the WWDC 2015 Keynote via C-Net's Live Blog and plan to watch it later tonight, but am I the only person who thinks they spent a lot of time talking about almost nothing?
There weren't a lot of earth-shattering changes in iOS 9 or the other devices. Of course, we expected Siri updates and the Beats music service. They spent a huge amount of time talking about changes to the Notes app of all things. There wasn't a whole lot else that was new in iOS. It feels like Apple is devoting most of their resources to enhancing Apple Watch and leaving the rest alone for now.
To me the exciting change was Slide Over and Split Screen on iPad, but even that wasn't totally unexpected. Its about time they added it, but they needed the memory bump on the iPad Air 2 to even make it happen. Once that happened, we knew that it had to be something added at a major release because it would need developer support.
unquote
One item I did not talk about that was mentioned at the event was the term App Thinning. This is a long overdo feature.
Francisco Tapia has a nice post in the google+ community on this he said quote:
What is App Thinning?
if a developer has a universal app, with multiple assets for multiple screen sizes, then now when you download the app on your iPhone it will no longer download all the iPad assets with it as well. This will SAVE you so much space for really large Game Apps :) there is also on Demand deployment, where part of the app will not download until it is required! :
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Ok - next episode I hope to have more feedback on listeners thoughts of iOS 9 - along with my own experience of it. Need to update a couple of devices to iOS 9. Probably will wait on my iPhone 6Plus for a little bit - but definitely want to get my Sons iPhone 4S updated ASAP and the 3rd Gen iPad.
1:03:15
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As always - I would like to point out - not everything on the bingo card are items I think will be announced. However, these are the top rumors out there leading into the WWDC 2015 Keynote event.
Remember the event will be live streamed June 8th at 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT. http://www.apple.com/live/ - Live streaming requires an iOS device, Safari or Apple TV.
Please leave comments about WWDC event in the post for Ep 350 which will be pinned to the top of the Tii Google+ community - go there to add in your comments live as the WWDC Keynote unfolds.
Per the Rumor Bingo card above for those sight impared and using Voiceover below is the actual layout of the bingo card going left to right in plain text.
Top Row:
iOS 9 announced
iPod Touch 6th Gen.
Expanded Siri Features
Advanced Parental Controls (Time Management)
No New Apple TV
Second Row:
Apple Watch Sales Numbers detailed
Apple Music Steaming Service
Apple TV Hub for HomeKit
iOS 9 for iPhone 4S and A5 powered devices
iOS 9 Optimized and Stabilized for all devices
Third Row:
Mac OS X 10.11 announced
Trusted WiFi
Free box
Rootless
Apple Watch font in iOS 9
Fourth Row:
iOS 9 supports fource touch
Over 200 NEW features for iOS 9 touted
Select who can get a read receipt in Message app
Tool Kit for Native Apple Watch Apps
Apple Pay Reward Program
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Mass Transit for Apple Maps
Apple TV Apps Store (not likely at all)
HomeKit App on iOS device
Dev Access to Private API's
Split Screen mode for iPad
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 350
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STUART for sending in the music you hear in the background. STUART wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created an entire Album via iOS - The Album is Called burst and you can find it at redskylullaby.com/album/burst.
Apps I used creating the album included:
Well go back and listen to Ep 349 for the long list of apps
Today’s song is called Midnight Drive.
Regards,
Stuart - Red Sky Lullaby
Song_Midnight_drive.mp3
Thanks STUART 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 said the following:
Hi Rob,
This was made on my iPad Air using Nostalgio, PhotoStudio, KaleidaCam and TitleFix.
See more of my artwork at tonerinsf.tumblr.com
Regards,
Toni P
Toni Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TONI'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 350 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:14
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Nothing from the iPad specs that I’ve seen really shows any great cause for celebration. Unless Apple has also developed some new type of power source, such as nuclear cells or magical hamsters on tiny spinning wheels for the iPad, don’t expect the claims about battery life to hold true. unquote
John Breeden II, Government Computer News,
28 January 2010
The tech press always under estimates the importance and power of designing both the Hardware and software and designing them to work together - Nope no Magical Hamsters - Just hardware and software that works really well together Just Sayin
02:59
This week we have promo codes for a couple of Apps - the one is the App - PURRGE - with 2 R's - here is the review from the dev - PLAY PROMO CODE - PURRGE
Well thanks to Brandon for his review of his App - PURRGE 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 PURRGE - P U R R G E in the subject line.
The Second App we have promo code for is the App - BEST SLEEP TIME - 3 words - Here is the written review from the dev.
quote Best Sleep Time is a simple but useful app to help you optimize your sleep. The main goal of the app is to inform you either of when you should wake up if you check the app as you go to bed, or remind you with a notification when you should go to bed if you need to wake up at a specific time.
The application computes the most appropriate sleep cycles, and displays it either in the app, or on the Today Notification Center screen, or on your Apple Watch.
The app is not an alarm kind of app, nor a sleep tracker: it’s really to help you get the best sleep possible so you can wake up properly rested, rather than waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle.
The application was created initially for a personal need after a shoulder surgery where sleeping at night was difficult; after some internet searches and understanding sleep latency, and sleep cycles, the “Best Sleep Time” app was created. I hope your listener will enjoy version 1 of “Best Sleep Time” available in the “Health & Fitness” category for $1.99 unquote
Thanks to Stephen for sending in his written review of his APP BEST SLEEP TIME 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 today in ios at gmail dot com and put BEST SLEEP TIME - three words 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.
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.
06:27
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/6/2/
homekit-devices-start-shipping
Thanks to Myron Uecker for the heads up on this next one which is that HomeKit devices have started shipping.
There was a rumor recently I mentioned that said Apple was pushing out the launch of home kit - and Apple then responded and said - ummm - NO - and product would be available in June - and we are in June and yup product is already available or well at least announced.
Some of the early items are -
ECOBEE - which is a wireless thermostat - priced at $249 - ok well it is not available now - it starts shipping July 7th with pre-orders on June 23rd.
There is also Elgato - which has four different products under their eve brand. There is Eve Room at $80 which measures room air quality, temperature and humidity.
There is Eve Weather — which measures AirPressure, temp and humidity for $50
The is Eve Door - which checks the stat of door is it open or closed and what times that state changed for $40.
And there is Eve Energy - which measures electric usage and allows you switch on/off an outlet that will be $50.
You can pre-order them today - and they will be shipping in July.
iHome has a new product they announced the iSP5 SmartPlug - which is a smart out let plug which you can turn off via HomeKit.
There is one I saw that was announced and is shipping now - and that is from Lutron - it is the Caseta Wireless Lighting starter kit - priced at $230.
The big deal about home kit is that it makes things very Siri friendly. So you can just say to siri turn off my lights and Siri will turn off all the lights you have connected.
And with Lutron - they also have an Apple Watch App for controlling things.
I would expect some talk about HomeKit at WWDC - some but not much.
08:43
VOICEMAIL - Tom_NY_Police_appleWatch
Per what some of you wanted in iOS 9.
From Chris from our Google+ community
I would love to see the ability to share calendars and pictures and voice memos easier between non iOS users. My example would be.
When texting an iOS users you have the camera and microphone at the bottom of the screen.
You can either hold either button down and quickly send a selfie or a voice memo to anyone with an iOS device
There have been numerous times I go to do either send a selfie or a voice memo to someone that's not on iOS and I can’t.
Myron Uecker on that Post said he wants to see split screen on the iPad.
Brenden Finnerty has for his wish list:
-split screen for iPad/iPhone 6+
-New Apple Search Engine (iSearch?) designed for mobile
-improvement in SIRI with proactive option (makes suggestions or offers different directions due to traffic or reminds you of appointments)
-a new UI and improvements to iMessage
-new dynamic wallpapers
-Apple Watch like app arrangement option for iPhone/iPad
-stability & security improvements
Hi Rob
In iOS 9, I would like the introduction of having to enter a passcode or use Touch ID to turn off your device as what use is find my iPhone if the thief can just turn the device off to avoid tracking?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
VOICEMAIL - Karen_WA_ios9_delete_all_features_email
13:37
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Stephanie Flaherty who wrote the following
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My friend dropped her i phone 5s while trying to put on a more protective case! It seems to still work Does anyone have a suggestion of a place she can send it to get the screen replaced? Thank you in advance for any advice! Both photos show the broken screen.
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One of the replies from Ken Ostrander asked where she was located - and that Staples in the US can do it for $100.
Dave Trainman suggested taking it to the apple store and telling them the story - the irony of it might get Apple to replace it for free.
Danielle Saul - warned against just any local shop. Yes - definitely check on line to see what people say about your local repair store.
But first I would take it to the local apple store and see what they say and how much they will charge. Typically they are higher than most - but at least you get a point of reference when looking at any local people. And of course it is does matter how close you are to an Apple store.
You can also google - repair iPhone screens near me
Which is likely to land you on the site - iCracked.com - which has a network of repair centers around the country.
And there is also Batteries plus as well. Again first step is see what Apple would charge - then get pricing at some other locations locally.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
I also put up a question on the Google+ community which I will ask here as well
I Had a listener asking about an App that their IT department made them install called Air Watch. Seems like it is acting like a man in the middle and monitoring anything they type in their Message app - as it is causing the message app to be very laggy and buggy. Does anyone have any experience with the Air Watch App and know of any tips for fixing the laggy response when in the message app?
17:05
Hi Rob, one of our local news stations compared 4 razors Harrys being one of them, Harrys came in first. Here's the link if you want to share the video with your listeners.
Regards,
Mitchell
http://www.kare11.com/story/life/family/
take-kare/money/2015/05/20/shaving-clubs-
saving-money-online/27599621/
Thanks Mitchell for the link and I want to thank Harrys for sponsoring this episode - if you go to harrys dot com - that is h a r r y s dot com and use the promo code t i i - you will save $5 on your first order.
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- Harry’s limited edition Father’s Day set comes in a sleek box with a customizable card and you can go the extra mile this year and engrave both the razor and the razor stand. This giftable set is shipped directly to your door or his.
You have heard me talk many times about Harrys and I truly am 100% a full fledged Harrys customer - that is my blade - nothing else. And they really are the best blades out there Just Like the Video Mitchell sent in showed - and that quality is not an accident - Harry’s purchased a German factory to make the blades for their razors. They offer a close comfortable shave with each blade lasting well over a month for me.
Our Dad’s taught us quite a bit growing up - now is a chance to teach them something - that there is a better shave possible. Plus did I mention this really kicks the crap out of an ugly tie or some mail order steaks.
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19:31
http://www.apple.com/live/
I mentioned on the last episode that WWDC would be this Monday at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET - and Apple has confirmed it will be lived streamed again.
And it will be available at apple.com slash live.
Make sure you are on an Apple device if you want to watch this - on a Mac use Safari same on an iOS device. Or you can watch on Apple TV via the WWDC channel that was recently added.
If you want to post live while the event is going on - the post for ep 350 will be pinned to the top of the Google+ community - post your comments live as the Keynote unfolds. I will be watching it and use some or many of those comments in Ep 351.
To join the google+ community go to Today in iOS dot com / community and request to join. Note I heavily moderate it and reject more than half that request to join - many are spammers or android fan boys - you can email me today in iOS at gmail dot com - after you put in your request - it lets me know you are someone that should be accepted - and if you applied to join prior to this episode and have not been accepted - email me as well - because everyone was accepted or rejected prior to this episode.
20:51
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/23/
apple-maps-in-china-offer-a-sneak-peak-
whats-in-store-for-maps-in-ios-9
One sneak peak of what likely will be announced at WWDC is the long awaited Mass Transit Info for Apple Maps - and I say sneak peak because it seems Apple Maps in China now offer Mass Transit info and from reports - accurate Transit info. But only when you actually get on main land China.
Daniel Eran Dilger at Apple Insider showed some screen shots of Apple Maps for Kowloon section of hongkong one when he was there in Kowloon and once he was on mainland china - and it was very different with much more details when looking at that location from the Mainland.
So I think a safe box on the Bingo card is one for Mass Transit info for Apple Maps at least for some major metro areas to start.
21:59
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-
to-announce-new-10-a-month-music-
streaming-service-2015-06-01
One thing many have been rumoring for months now is that Apple will be announcing a Music Streaming service. Something to compete with Spotify and Pandora. And it looks like it will be a $10 a month unlimited on demand service and will be announced at WWDC - if the latest rumors hold true. Internally it is rumored to be called Apple Music. I am sure Apple Records has no issues at all with that name.
It looks to be the next gen version of the Beats Streaming service - and rumor has it their will also be an App for Android as well.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/01/apple-
beats-streaming-app-radio/
22:56
http://recode.net/2015/05/27/apple-to-
preview-watch-developer-kit-next-month/
Another rumor making the rounds strongly is that Apple will be previewing an Apple Watch Dev kit for native Apple Watch Apps.
Actually this rumor was backed up by comments from Apple Operations Chief Jeff Williams who said new development would allow games to run on the watch and give direct access to the sensors to said native apps.
What Williams did not say is how many Apple watches were sold just that demand has been fantastic. If Tim Cook does not give specific numbers per Apple Watches sold to the devs when rolling out the Dev kit - yikes - that would not be good.
So lets hope Tim gives specific numbers. If not look for Apple stock price to take a hit.
It should be pointed out that a dev kit now - means most likely we will not see an update to the Apple Watch OS to support the native apps until the fall. So that lag and delay you get now launching 3rd party non-native apps - yeah - that will be with you for a few more months at least.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/56080/
20150530/apple-watch-to-run-native-third-
party-apps-in-the-fall-alongside-
ios-9-release.htm
24:03
http://finance.yahoo.com/video/9to5-ipad-split-screen-
coming-151500633.html
One items a few listeners asked for is a split screen mode coming for the iPad where you can work on two apps at once - yes this is already available for other platforms Tablets.
Rumor is this is to also support the larger iPad Maxi the 12 or 12.9 Inch iPad that has been expected for some time - and this feature will be key for that device - but will be available for all iPads.
What is not really been addressed is if the iPhone 6 Plus will support split screen as well or will the iPad Mini be the cut off point. I would guess the iPad Mini is the cut off point - that way if I guess it that way and I am wrong I will still be happy that the iPhone 6+ was included.
25:16
http://www.wearobo.com/2015/05/two-12-
inch-ipad-pros-dual-viewing-mode.html
It is doubtful as in 99.999% doubtful Apple will announce a new iPad at the event - with that likely not coming until the fall.
The new Larger iPad beyond having split screen will also supposedly support multi-users. Additionally the new Larger iPad will also come with USB support - likely with both a lightening port and a USB C port.
Again not something to be announced next week - but the split screen to make it worth while should be.
25:53
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/05/report-
ios-9-will-be-optimized-for-older-devices-
including-iphone-4s/
One Rumor that my Son is really hoping is true is that iOS 9 will support the iPhone 4S. And more importantly be optimized for the older devices to make them seem snappier than they are today running iOS 8.
So essentially it will be optimized for devices running on a A5 series processor. The products that run on a version of the A5 are the iPhone 4S, iPad 2, Apple TV 3rd gen, iPod Touch 5th gen and iPad Mini - First gen.
So you have 5 devices - some still available for sale now. So I guess it makes sense for iOS 9 to support A5 series chips - but expect this to be the last update those devices get.
And if Apple can optimize iOS 9 to run better on those devices than iOS 8 is running - that will be great for users of those devices.
Some other rumors while we are here - and I look at the bingo card are well the announcement of iOS 9 beta for devs.
I guess there is the old Apple TV Apps / Store announced box in the bingo card - but more on that in a bit.
And announcement of Expanded Siri Features - but that is like saying the sky is blue - as they announce that each time. This time things to look for are expanded reach and control of apps like Calendar and Passbook and spotlight search.
We should then mention the traditional >200 new features for iOS 9 slide.
And it would be great if Apple finally announced access to some of the private API’s. Yes that is an old box in the Bingo card and likely will be back again and again.
27:59
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-
reportedly-going-start-using-173955551.html
One rumor about iOS 9 is that it will pick up the same font you see on the Apple watch for use on iOS devices.
This would be to replace Helvetica Neue with Apples own font used on the Apple Watch - don’t expect an official announcement about this - but expect some eagle eyed folks to pick out any change in font during the keynote.
28:30
http://www.cnet.com/news/apples-
2015-developer-confab-what-we-expect/
iOS 9 should include support for force touch. As it is a very safe bet all new iOS device will support force touch - so Apple might as well say it and let devs start developing for it.
Another rumor is Apple will announce with Apple Pay a rewards program. This is something CurrentC has - and Apple Pay did not - Add this to Apple Pay and lights out for CurrentC
29:08
http://www.businessinsider.com/ios-9-
rumors-release-date-features-2015-6?op=1
A new App for HomeKit could be announced. For those with an Apple Watch - think of a version of the Apple Watch App - but for HomeKit.
There are rumors out there about a new feature called Trusted Wifi - and it would likely be for both iOS and OS X - and would let your iOS device or Mac automatically connect to routers that are safe and trustworthy. But for public locations it would have a more in-depth encrypted connection.
In the message app you will now be able to pick and choose who gets to see when you read a message. Right now it is an all or nothing option. This would allow you to let your wife know when your read a message but not your boss or vice versa.
One thing I have said about iOS 9 to me that was more important than anything else is that it be more stable and more efficient. And there are now rumors coming out that a good part of the pitch on iOS 9 will be exactly that - it is a more refined OS then iOS 8 and iOS 7 were.
30:17
http://macdailynews.com/2015/06/04/no-
new-apple-tv-at-wwdc-sources-say/
One thing I was probably the most certain of for WWDC 6 months ago was that there would be a new Apple TV announced - and now in the 11th hour all indications are NOPE - no NEW Apple TV and no announcement of Apple offering Streaming TV bundles. We had recently be talking about the new Remote as that being the only question mark - but now it looks like a new Apple TV and any bundle services are being pushed out to some future date.
And that also means once again no announcement for an App store for Apple TV and no Dev Kit for Apple TV.
It seems Apple wants to wait on the next Gen Apple TV launch until they get all their ducks in a row and by ducks we mean Content partners and in a row - we mean out from under the pressure of cable operators.
We know already about HBO Now - and it is rumored Showtime will be announcing a similar offering. But for most of the rest of the TV content creators no such luck in getting their offerings into bundles or ala-cart offerings that Apple wants.
And that means no new Apple TV - no Apple TV dev kit - no Apple TV App store - and no new anything Apple TV at WWDC. If those rumor are true - again those are the latest rumors here in the 11th hour before WWDC.
31:48
http://www.techloon.com/new-apple-tv-to-
work-with-apple-watch-so-you-can-control-
it-from-your-wrist/
Some other Apple TV rumors before the 11th hour were about the next Gen Apple TV being launched and supporting Apple Watch for control. This just as recent as Mid May. Where it was being said there would be the major update and it would support control from Apple watch directly.
At this point the pessimist in me is leaning heavily in favor of the no new Apple TV news for the most part camp.
Which is wow - how many years can Apple disappoint at WWDC with regards to Apple TV. Some day I tell you some day there will be a new Apple TV - just not likely at this point to be June 8th 2015.
32:33
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2930361/
apple-ios/wwdc-apple-confirms-apple-tv-will-
be-your-smarthome-hub.html
If there is any announcement or mentions of Apple TV at WWDC it is likely going to be around Apple TV being the hub for HomeKit. What does that mean - well I guess I will be able to explain it better on Ep 351 - because rumors around the specifics are slim at best.
32:52
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-
of-tech/apple-wwdc-keynote-ios-9-os-x-
11-1294486
A couple of sites are reporting an iPod touch 6th gen rumor possibility - yes a long shot - but what the hey - If the Apple TV was pushed out - maybe this was pulled in. And it would go nicely with an announcement about Apple Music or what ever the music streaming service is. Maybe even something where with the next gen iPod Touch - you can preload certain music from select playlists into the iPod touch for playback when off line in the next XX days or hours.
After all Apple eventually has to replace the iPod Touch with a newer device with a more modern processor. And now does seem like a good time for that announcement.
33:41
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/22/ios-9-os-x-
10-11-to-bring-quality-focus-smaller-
apps-rootless-security-legacy-
iphoneipad-support/
One feature that could be announced - is not the type of feature Jailbreakers want to hear about - and it could be about added security per getting access to root files - or as 9 to 5 mac called it Rootless. Which is essentially a roundabout way of saying it will be much much harder to jailbreak an iOS 9 device. I don’t want to say impossible - as never underestimate the jailbreak devs out there. But it may mean it takes much longer to come up with a jailbreak solution.
Another rumor is about Apple Adding Password locking to individual apps where you use touch ID to unlock them. Oh wait never mind - that was just me wishing for that feature. Psych!!
And going over all these rumors I had one more Box to fill on the bingo Card - which by the way you can see in the Tii App as a bonus episode just prior to this episode. So look for that - and I will also put it as bonus content for this episode as well. So two places to find it in the Tii App. And one blog post at today in iOS dot com.
Any way for that last box. I thought about was was likely to be announced - that had not been rumored - but might make sense - so I through this last item in there based on absolutely nothing but a guess.
And well if you want to see what that is - you need to go to the Bingo card at it is 4th box on the top row between Expanded Siri Features and No New Apple TV - Yes - Yes I did just do that. Hey if you have the Tii App it is easy enough to see.
Anyway - we can talk about all of the items in the Bingo Card on Ep 351 which will be out with any luck late in the evening on June 8th - once I get to really absorb all that was or was not announced and any surprises. I like surprises.
By the way for those that are vision impaired - if you look at the blog post before Ep 351 - I did break out each bingo card box in plain text so you can read with voice over.
36:18
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/30/
google-io-2015-sets-up-a-low-bar-for-
apples-wwdc-to-leap
Speaking of surprised and developer conferences - Google just had their dev conference for Android - and the take away was basically - Mehhh. A bunch of copy iOS features were announced. There was finger print security support, A google pay system which basically scraps google wallet and tries to clone how Apple pay works. Good luck pulling that off with all the different hardware out there and so few supporting fingerprint scanners. Nightmare.
Google also announce a security feature where apps have to ask permission before getting access to the camera or mic or contacts - and the users have to agree to that access - Hey Google iOS 3 is calling and they want that feature back.
Any way from the different posts I read on it - both sides of the isle so to speak - the reactions were more mehhh to yawn. The biggest new feature was "now on tap” which seems to be googles way for driving people from native apps back to web services or to spy - umm I mean check in on what apps are doing.
The best post I read was one that basically said at the Google Dev conference Google Showed Apple the bar - and then set it on the floor. Come on Google - you have to do something to push Apple.
37:39
VOICEMAIL - Gunner_chi_appleTV_ requests
Hi Rob,
As per the caller in the medical field who wanted to know if there is a way to delay the screen going off while using the timer on the apple watch, I find my self in the same position while counting respiratory or pulse rates at work and the way I get around it is: having activated the "activate in wrist raise button" set the screen to "return to previous activity and then drop your wrist and then raise it every few seconds to check how far the timer has gone. I find this takes you back to the your timer.
Alternatively if you use the chronograph watch face then all you have to do is raise your wrist every now and again so see the timer which you can incorporate as one of the complications on the watch face.
Tosin O (MD)
Hi Rob
Here is a link to an app called "Since I…" that might be helpful to, I believe it was Dana, who called on the last podcast. She was looking for something to keep track of how long it had been since an event, and would allow her to include photos.
This app was featured on "Apps Gone Free" a few days ago. I haven't tried it but I remembered reading about it.
Regards,
Janeen
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/since-i-
beautiful-timing-for/id882032569?mt=8
Hi Rob,
A Caller asked for way to remember things like how long a couch lasted or something. I use Last Time app for a ton of things:
Last time I :
changed air filters, changed electric toothbrush, cat litter, took meds, replaced car tires, called in sick to work, replaced batteries in trackpad, sprayed pesticide around house, drained jacuzzi, got speeding ticket…….. anything you would want to know, hmmmm, When is the Last Time I did that?
Killer app that works flawlessly. I’ve used it daily for a couple of years at least. Highly recommended.
Regards,
Keith W
40:34
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
1757082952/recondo-skin-case-and-
storage-case-for-iphone-6-an?ref=discovery
For a kickstarter project this time we have one that just launched.
It is called the Recondo - and it is an iPhone 6 and 6 plus case with extra storage for your earbuds or charging cable or more.
This one has a goal of just $8,000 - and they have until Jul 12th at 12:00 AM CT to get this funded.
Depending on when you hear this it will be either $9 or $10 - as there are still some $9 versions left. Then pricing goes up from there for different versions - including a wood version at $58 for the 6 Plus.
Essentially what they did is make the case very curved so that you have storage in the case. this will make it much thicker in your pocket - but it does not look that thick.
If you are interested in this one search for Recondo at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 350 at today in iOS dot com.
41:48
http://modmyi.com/content/19314-
apple-no-longer-selling-t-iphones-subsidies.html
Looks like Apple is no longer selling subsidized iPhones to AT&T customers on a two year contract.
This means all AT&T iPhones sold at Apples stores and online will be using AT&T Next Program.
I am guessing what this will mean is if you are someone that has been grandfathered into for your iPhone all these years and you were planning on getting a new iPhone on launch day this year your only option will be at the AT&T store - not the Apple Store.
It also looks like Verizon may be following suit and will be dropping their 2 year contract program by the end of the summer and likely before the next iPhone launches.
More on this as we get closer to the likely September launch of the next iPhone.
42:36
Hi Rob,
I was just listening to Ep 348, and I thought of something that might be useful in reference to the guy who bought the too small version of the watch. You can see actual size images of the cases in the Apple Store app. Just browse the watches, pick any model, tap "buy now," and near the top of the screen, you can tap "compare case sizes" and get a good idea how it will look. Use your phone instead of an iPad so you can hold it right on your wrist and see it. This might be useful for those who don't live near enough to an Apple Store.
I don't have an apple watch currently, but I'm a new father this year, and I've been trying to send secret signals to my wife that apple watch would be a nice Father's Day gift, assuming she gets the hint early enough. I left browser tabs open on apple watch sites. I loudly watch apple watch YouTube videos near her. What else can a man do?
Regards,
Barry
Rural hall, nc
In the Google+ community from Kareem was the following
Quote Apple did not include its native reminders app which perfectly integrates with Siri on the Apple Watch but a 3rd party developer managed to do it and promptly named it Reminders Nano and it has full Siri integration. Surprisingly, Apple approved it and it sure saves them alot of work. I've been testing it for a couple of days and it is legit. unquote
Hi Rob
Now audiobooks are being moved to the iBooks app, do you know if this means we finally will be able to download audiobook purchases from iCloud?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
44:38
VOICEMAIL - Ken_quest_siri_call_speaker
VOICEMAIL - Ken_part2
From our Google+ community was this post from Danielle Saul Quote Can't believe I've only just found out that there is an Apple Watch app to control the Nest Thermostat: 'Kontrol for Nest'. The iPhone app UI is also way nicer than the regular Nest app.
Found out courtesy of my recent Apple specialist session - which was excellent even though I'd already been using the watch for a while. Highly recommend it if you get the opportunity.
unquote
Thanks Danielle for that post.
48:31
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 349
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STUART for sending in the music you hear in the background. STUART wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created an entire Album via iOS - The Album is Called burst and you can find it at redskylullaby.com/album/burst.
Apps I used creating the album included:
BeatMaker2, Magellan, Nave, Animoog, Thor, IMPC, Samplr, AuFX Dub, AuFX Space, NeoSoul Keys, Vio, iKaossilator, LoopMash HD, Electro Beats, Samvada, Pedal to the Steel, Harmonika, WeJamm, Loopseque, MasterFX, Chordpolypad, Falling Stars, SessionBand Jazz, Sketch Synth 3D and Alchemy.
This first song is called Electro Formant.
Regards,
Stuart - Red Sky Lullaby
Song_Electro_Formant.mp3
Thanks STUART 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 said the following:
Hi Rob,
I Made this Artwork on my iPad Air with Snapseed, pxl, Nostagio and TitleFix apps. See more of my artwork at tonerinsf.tumblr.com
Regards,
Toni P
TONI Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TONI'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 349 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:53
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Apple’s new iPad device is destined to disappoint. Analysts predicting iPhone-like success are going to be let down. Here are 5 reasons why:
#1) Battery Life
#2) No Multi-Tasking
#3) Virtual keyboard
#4) $30/month for 3G
#5) No Flash support
Unquote
Adam Sharp, Wealth Today, 28th January 2010
Funny looking at that list - Battery Life actually wound up being one of the iPads biggest strengths vs Comp. No Multi-Tasking, The Virtual Keyboard and No Flash Support - are still true today and meant nothing - Just Sayin
03:37
Sorry no Promo codes this week.
Either way - if you are an App dev - this was an opportunity wasted for your app.
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.
04:18
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/this-iphone-
bug-lets-users-shut-down-a-phone-by-sending-it-a-text-message-
20150527-ghbam5.html
In the category of way over hyped story is the one well we are leading with today - so add some more hype to the over hype I guess.
So what is the over hyped story - well many of you probably saw something about this - with titles like - iPhone bug lets users shut down an iPhone by sending it a text message or New iOS Bug Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message or You can crash someone's iPhone with a mere text message.
Say it ain’t so Rob - some of your are thinking - well - technically it is true - someone can send your iPhone a text and it will shut down your iPhone. The text in question is a couple of english words with a string of Arabic characters that have no meaning and a japanese character all in the same text message.
For some reason this combination causes Message app to freak out and start to crash the iPhone at which point the iPhone shuts itself down. Actually this only happens if you have banner notifications turned on for Texts - which most do. And then when the message is displayed in the banner - is when the crash happens. Prevailing theory on why this is happening is that when Apple goes to truncate the text message to display as a banner - the way Arabic works is sometime reducing the number of characters actually can make the length of the message longer. So that may be causing the message app to freak out and cause the crash.
Is this a major issue - HECK NO. What it is - well it is annoying at best for those of you that have “friends” that like to do things like send you messages they know will crash your phone. For most people however this is a complete non-issue.
The other problem with this is that when you get this not only does it crash your phone - but you can not even open the message app without it re-crashing your phone.
So for those of you with “friends” that can’t be trusted not to prank your phone - Apple has a temp solution.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/27/technology/iphone-
text-message-hack/index.html
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/26/ios-bug-
crashing-iphones-with-text-message/
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/28/apple-
temporary-text-bug-fix/
06:43
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204897
What Apple said to do if you get this message and it caused your phone to reboot - and now you can’t get into Message app without it re-crashing your iPhone - you can do the following.
1. Ask siri - to read unread messages
2. Use siri - to reply to the prank message. After your reply you can then open Messages again.
3. If the issue continues - get new friends. Umm I mean - Tap and hold the malicious message, tap more and delete the message from the the thread.
Apple says obviously they are aware of the issue and a fix is coming soon.
Again this “issue” has been way way way overblown in the media - I have seen it on mainstream media and all over the tech media - and again I did choose to lead with it this week - but more to say - this for 99.99% of the people is a complete non-issue.
For those where it is an issue - you really just need new friends.
07:51
http://modmyi.com/content/19273-how-protect-yourself-
unicode-imessage-bug-if-youre-jailbroken-updated.html
Seems the jailbreaking community was not going to wait for an Apple patch for this what is being called a Unicode bug or the Effective Power bug as the text shown for this bug starts with the words effect power. Well Jailbreakers to the rescue as there is a patch you can install if jailbroken to squash this bug.
There is a new package called - IneffectivePower - one word - that is now available in the BigBoss repository in Cydia - if you want to patch this bug and not have to update and loose your jailbreak when apple offered their patch - then you will need to install Ineffective Power - that or get better friends.
Thanks to Tim Harrison for the heads up on that story.
08:48
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/man-slapped-120-
ticket-using-apple-watch-while-114535714.html
Thanks to all that sent in this next one - and it is an Apple Watch story - And it is about a man getting a $120 dollar Ticket for using his Apple Watch while driving.
Seems a Police officer in Quebec with extremely good eyesight saw a man driving in his car and using his apple watch to change music.
How in the world any officer was able to see this and then pull the person over is beyond me - but ok - for arguments sake we accept that the person with sight that was last seen by Brand Stark in Game of thrones - actually saw this. Per the Quebec highway safety code it states that quote no person may, while driving a road vehicle, use a hand-held device that includes a telephone function, unquote.
However some others are saying the Apple watch is a Bluetooth device that communicates with the telephone signal from the phone and it has been established under the law that you are allowed to use bluetooth devices.
So this comes down - to if you get a call when driving and answer it on your Apple watch - is it a Phone which is illegal to answer or is it a bluetooth device connected to a phone which is legal to answer.
I still find the whole - the officer saw it thing as kind of fishy. Don’t be surprised to learn later on this whole story was made up.
That said - if you are driving in your car - it is still not a good idea to be playing with any device that distracts you - wait until you get to a stop light or better yet pull over to change music via your apple watch.
10:29
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12:21
VOICEMAIL - Tracy_TN_siri_set_a_reminder
Hi, Rob.
This is for the guy who was having trouble searching spotlight with VoiceOver on. I'm having the same issue. When I try to type my key terms using the keyboard, the screen essentially goes blank, and my phone acts as if it crashed. After a few minutes, it can recover from this problem by itself, but sometimes, I need to do a hard reset to get it to work again. I have, however, found a workaround. Instead of typing my search terms and to spotlight using the keyboard, I dictate them. It always works for me. Hope this helps.
Regards,
Shandy W
Hi Rob,
Per the Guy with SpotLight Search Problem.
Open the Settings app on your iOS device. Tap the General tab and then tap Spotlight Search. The results show you check marks in front of all the different types of items Spotlight will find in a search. To filter out a certain item from the search, simply tap it to remove the check mark. For example, tapping off Bing Web Results will prevent Spotlight from scouring the Web for information.
By default, your Spotlight searches and related information are sent to Apple. On its privacy screen for Spotlight, the company says it doesn't store your searches and instead uses the data to try to make its search suggestions more relevant. However, those of you concerned about privacy may still wish to turn off the entry for Spotlight Suggestions to prevent your search queries from being shared in this way.
Regards,
Chris In London
Hi Rob
I was just listening to your recent podcast and heard you mention about showering with the Apple Watch. I shower with my watch daily since I received my sports model on April 24th. It has been just over a month and my watch works just as great as Day 1.
Regards,
Evan (from Hamilton, Ontario)
VOICEMAIL - Shannon_AZ_spotlightsearch
16:10
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Tony Treacle who wrote the following
Quote
So ive been trying to update my Apple Watch and I keep getting this message. Im pretty knowledgeable about this stuff and have tried mostly everything. Anyone have any idea what to do? I keep getting an error message that says Unable to verify update - the Watch OS update couldn’t be verified because you are not connected to the Internet.
Unquote
And there was also a post from David Hirshberg with the same basic issue and one from Caryl Goodman - So it seems a few listeners to the show had issues with updates.
Some of the suggestions were to do a full Network Reset on your iPhone to try and get the two devices talking to one another again. Remember with the Apple Watch - you need to update via the Apple Watch App on your iPhone. Another suggestion was to reboot your Apple Watch by holding down the Two buttons on your Apple Watch until it reboots.
Overall it looks like this issue only effected a small % of users.
VOICEMAIL - Tony_AppleWatch
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob
I can't find today in iOS in the Google+ app. How do I find the today in iOS community?
Regards,
Levi from Moreno Valley.
Hi Levi - In the Google Plus app on your iOS device - search for iOS iPhone at the same time - it should show your the Tii community as number one. The name you should see is iOS, iPhone, iPad & Apple TV moderated. with over 2,200 members.
20:42
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/27/apple-updates-
wwdc-app-for-2015-event-confirms-june-8-conference-at-10-am-pacific
This is to confirm that the WWDC Keynote will be as expected at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET on Monday June 8th. This is not a shock to anyone - but it is now confirmed in the updated WWDC app.
I will have another episode prior to the WWDC keynote - around June 3rd or 4th. I will then go over the speculation for iOS 9 new features and other items to be announced.
If you have any last minute speculation you want to get in for iOS 9 and WWDC 2015 - please email me today in iOS at gmail dot com or call - 206-666-6364 - I actually moved any other speculation about the event I had flagged into the shows note for Ep 350. So none of that this show.
Next Episode will be more focused on the general speculation and rumors.
22:14
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102691181
Hell may have officially have frozen over - as Uncle Gene Munster - Or often Wrong Gene - has now said he was wrong about a full blown Apple TV - and it is not going to happen after all.
He said quote This is a tough day for me. It's a hard reality to accept, and I think that is the reality of it: the TV is on hold unquote
Ok - so maybe not a full on I was wrong - as he says it is on Hold. Man he can’t even say we was wrong correctly.
That said The thought of not having to hear another quote from Gene after each quarterly call about the upcoming full on Apple TV - is kind of sad in some ways. I guess he will now need to get on some other far fetched idea for a future Apple product - like oh quote I think that this augmented and virtual reality theme is something we're going to hear more about. We do believe that Apple is experimenting with that, too, and so maybe there's something within that that could play into their broader strategy here, unquote.
So Yes - Yes he did go right from saying he was kinda wrong about the apple tv to predicting some sort of Augmented and virtual reality product coming from Apple. Wow and people listen to him and invest in stocks because of his advice why?????
23:48
http://bgr.com/2015/05/27/iphone-vs-android-advertising-
google-profits-money/
An Interesting Article about Google and its revenue stream - and that the iPhone may actually be more important to google then its own Android OS per their bottom line.
It breaks down like this - 90% of Googles 66 Bil in Rev in 2014 came from Advertising.
And in 2014 the segment that was increasing most for Google was the revenue from Mobile search - which made up 18% of Googles Ad revenue.
Of that mobile search revenue - 75% came from iOS devices.
To put that in perspective - iOS devices generated $9 billion in ad revenue for Google vs just $3 Billion from Android in 2014.
So if there is 5 times more Android devices than iOS device world wide - and you get 3 time more revenue from iOS - that means on a per handset to handset comparison - an average iOS device generates 15 times more revenue than an average Android device. Yikes.
This is why Google pays Apple about 1 to 2 Billion a year to be the default search engine in Mobile Safari.
24:56
VOICEMAIL - Rich_NY_icloud_issue_FX
Hi Rob,
I wonder if T-Mo will allow free data podcast streaming on Spotify...like it does for music? As far as I know this will be the first service on their list to have podcasts. Be interesting to see what they do. Would love for them to put the MLB app on that list too!
Regards,
Dan
Hi Rob,
I am looking for an app, or a way to keep track of things and how long I’ve had them or been using them. My thoughts were for a way to take a picture of the new dishwasher or TV or work boots and have them maybe in a list. But what I wanted to be able to use it for was how long did that couch last, the TV isn’t working right but its 5 years old so maybe it IS time for a new one, and to see little things like how long does my raincoat last, or even in the case of this podcast if I had added it to the list I could see that I’ve been listening to every episode since x years ago.
My thoughts were to make a notebook in evernote and add the pictures. At least each note will tell me the last time the note was modified. I was hoping for something like an app that might just tell me 53 days etc. I see Days+ app, and that might work, but I just wanted to put this out there and see if anyone else had any luck figuring out ways to do this.
Regards,
Dan
Hi rob I was wondering if there was any screen Recording apps on the iPhone you recommend ?
Sincerely
Zachary S
I recommend using a mac running the latest version of OS Ten - and connecting your iPhone to your mac via the USB cord - and then launching Quicktime player - and then selecting “New Movie Recording” and then to the right of the record button - click the down arrow and selecting My iPhone for the camera - and then clicking record. This works great for recording screen cast videos on the iPhone. And it is again via the latest version of OS Ten and via the Quicktime player app and with your iPhone connected via the USB cord.
Hi Rob
Have you heard anyone complain since the latest Apple Watch update about the Exercise feature not working properly? I achieved the 30 min goal daily since April 24th but after the update, I'll be lucky to get past 20 minutes. For the most part, it doesn't move at all. I have calibrated it multiple times with my phone and even on a 1 hour walk with both my phone and watch, using the Fitness app, I still only get 15 minutes after 1 hour. I am not sure if it was too sensitive prior to the update or Apple messed up.
Regards,
Evan from Ontario Canada
VOICEMAIL - Question_Vision_impairment_phone_book_apps_autistic
31:37
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/638741610/plate-
your-steel-apple-watch-with-24k-gold?ref=nav_search
Under the Really Dude Category for Kickstarter projects is a $114 dollar kickstarter campaign that has until June 10th at 1:31 AM CT to be funded - which does not look like it is going to hit its goal of $19,733 - as it has just $1,500 so far.
What is said $114 project - it is the Plate your Steel Apple Watch with 24K Gold - project. Yes that is the name and well it kinds of leaves nothing to the imagination on what it is about.
So if you purchased a stainless steel Apple watch and now find yourself compelled to do your own DIY gold plating on it - there is a kit available for you in Kickstarter or well based on the way the funding is going - most likely not. This is kind of a no duhhh - it is not going to get funded project - as those that purchased a steel apple watch - choose to spend some extra coinage to get the nicer looking apple watch and most are not going to spend another $100 in the hopes that their DIY Gold plating just does not look a lot like a DIY gold plating job.
33:48
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/haloband/halo-
back-make-your-iphone-perfect/description
Now not all Kickstarter projects are as questionable as goldplating your stainless steel apple watch.
One project that has well exceeded its original goal of $20k - with now well over 150k is the Halo Back - the World’s first smart screen protector.
This project has until June 12th at 11:31 AM CT for additional funding and for you to get involved.
Curren pricing on this is $17 if there are any left by the time you hear this for one. or $34 for 2.
This is for the iPhone 6 or 6Plus - your choice - and what it does is it puts a back button at the bottom left of the iPhone - essentially it is circuitry sandwiched in the screen protector that when you touch in the lower left below the screen - it registers as a touch in the upper left where the back button is usually located for many apps.
It is a neat idea - and given the level of funding - many others think so as well.
Just search for Halo Back - two words at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 349 - thanks to all that sent this one in.
35:06
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianlegge/soscharger-
self-powered-iphone-and-smart-phone-cha
For those of you like me that funded the SOS Charger and have yet to receive it - well sad news - it looks like we are never going to get it. On May 23rd they put out a Project update - which is basically a long Dear John letter. They say they are committed to fulfilling every backers reward - but then also say they are deeply in debt - with no funds to ship what units they have and no one to ship them anyway. Long of the short - when they decided to sell to retailers last fall before shipping to funders - yeah - that was when we kinda of could see they were out of money. Oh well this was a gamble that did not pan out. If I ever receive one - I will consider it a gift at that time - but for now - I am totally writing this one off. If anyone listening does get an SOS charger - please let me know.
36:03
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/is-that-crowdfunding-campaign-
really-just-a-scam-119808318139.html
Thanks to Michael for sending in this next article - which very much relates to the story about the SOS Charger. And this article is from Yahoo Tech and is titled - Is that Crowdfunding Campaign really just a scam.
Folks - yes - some crowdfunding campaigns are scams - where the people just tried to get money and run. Is that the case with the SOS charge - no - I do know one person that received on - Paul Colligan. So I know they have product - and they sold product to re-sellers to get more money. I really think with SOS charger it is a case of don’t blame on Malice that which can easily be explained by Incompetence.
The Article Michael sent over goes over another project the Soap Router - which does appear to be malice - Well at least it appears that way when the founder of that project posted a pic of his new BMW.
The author goes over 7 ways to scope out crowdfunding projects.
Some are common sense - Do a background check on the project and make sure it does not sound like it is breaking the laws of physics type promises. Look at the comments. But I think the most important one is the last bit of advice - remember - Crowdfunding projects are about funding a product that is not yet fully developed and ready for production. You are funding an idea or concept and getting it to reality takes money and talent and sometimes good luck or at least a lack of bad luck. Hey even Apple had issues with the Apple watch and the Haptic engine from one of their vendors - things do go wrong or bad from time to time even with the best controlled supply chains. I don’t want to just throw SOS charger under the bus here - I just want to say remember for all these Kickstarter projects - consider them a 50 / 50 bet at best - and if you are lucky you get a cool new project at a lower then Retail price before all your friends. If you are unlucky - you sit here 3 years later still not able to hand crank to charge your iPhone up.
I will say this the Pearl Compact Mirror / battery pack I received via a kickstarter project is my Wifes favorite iPhone accessory and all her friends covet it as well. Sometime these projects work out - sometimes not so much. So I guess I am saying don’t give up on the crowdfunded projects - they are a great part of the iOS ecosystem.
38:43
VOICEMAIL - Shannon_EpisodeArtwork
Hi Rob,
I use PocketCast for all my podcast listening and this shows each episode's artwork both in the app and on the lock screen.
Regards,
D.R.
Hi Rob,
I use Pocketcasts as my pod catcher and there is a setting to "show embedded artwork". I get all the changing artwork on my lock screen for every episode.
Regards,
Keith F
Hi Rob,
I listen to your show using iCatcher. I have been using this app for awhile and your show episode artwork changes per episode.
Regards,
John H.
Hi Rob - The app iCatcher has always shown your unique episode artwork on the main screen. No need to change your methods - Marco needs to fix Overcast.
On the MacCast podcast Adam is apparently changing the graphics during the episode, and I see those changes too.
Regards,
-Dan
Rob
I use the iCatcher! podcast and for as long as I can remember the show are always changes from week to week. On both the lock screen and the apps "play" screen. Just an FYI,
Regards,
Richard
Hi Rob,
I use instacast. episodic art is available. just one more reason why I really like instacast over overcast and the default apple podcast app.
Regards,
Francisco T
Hi Rob:
Regarding Tii artwork. using the Instacast app, the custom episode artwork is displayed both on the lockscreen and the playback screen. In the general podcast subscription screen the top level Tii branding image is displayed. I shifted to Instacast after getting frustrated with other podcasts apps that used iCloud to sync downloads across several iOS devices. Instacast uses their own servers and not iCloud for this feature and I find it more reliable.
In other news, the YouTube "widget" on my 2nd Gen AppleTV still seems to work like it always did. My subscriptions, favorites, watch later list, etc. still function. I am not seeing the issues you described.
Regards,
Pat in Austin
VOICEMAIL - Tim_Downcast_artwork_different_per_ep
Hi Rob
I noticed a couple of episodes back that your Tii episode artwork started showing up on my lock screen and in my 2012 Camry. It matches the episode artwork in Tii app. Yes it works, not sure if a recent Downcast app update did it or why I see it when other listeners do not. Maybe an app update or hard reset?
Btw, I use both apps and this only works with Downcast app, doesn't work with Apple's Podcasts app.
Regards,
Alan in Ohio.
PS - I traced this when I first started seeing episode artwork, it was Tii episode 346 May 8th, so likely the 2.8.30 Downcast update on May 6th enabled the episode art.
Hey Rob,
I heard you talking on the latest show about the limitations of the
Podcasts and Overcast apps in that they aren't able to display the
show level artwork for podcasts. FWIW, I use Downcast and I do get the show level artwork.
Regards,
Kevin
Hi Rob.
You mentioned the problem of episode artwork not appearing in the podcasts app. It works perfectly in Downcast, displaying the episode artwork on the lock screen as well on the player screen for an individual episode, and when you go to the list of Today in iOS episodes, it shows the main podcast artwork.
On the latest episode you played a clip of your voice through bluetooth headphones. I’m so used to the way your voice normally sounds on the podcast, that I can’t even recognise it as your voice when I hear you through those headphones, and I noticed the same effect at least once before when you were interviewing people at a trade show. This must be an interesting side effect of not knowing someone’s voice in real life but only from a podcast.
Regarding having a security lock on apps, there is an app I have called “My Utilities”, for which the icon looks like a folder with four mini app icons in it, but that is just to disguise what the app is. When you load it, it allows you to store secret videos, photos and notes within the app, then lock them with a slide gesture pattern on a keypad so that no-one else can access it, and they are unlikely to even know that anything is in there due to the app looking like a folder.
Also, you mentioned that Android has a security lock in some apps, but is this worth the metaphorical paper it’s written on, considering the lack of sandboxing and security on Android phones that allow any app to access any data in the root directory of the phone?
Regards,
Matthew F
Adelaide, Australia
All thanks for the feed back so it looks like Beyond the Tii App which shows the episode level artwork - PocketCast, iCatcher, Instacast and Downcast also all support the Episode level artwork and show it on the lock screen as well. However OverCast and the Podcasts App do not. Nor Does Spotify. I did see the developer of HiCast who is in the Google+ community and listens also comment that he will update HiCast to support the episode artwork in the lock screen - it already shows the individual artwork on the play screen when unlocked.
46:09
http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/05/29/why-
the-google-photos-license-agreement-is-keeping-me-out/
There is a lot of people talking about the new Google Photos app that Google just launched. This allows you to upload all your photos and videos to Google and then you can sync among your many devices.
This is a free offering - well Freemium service any way.
For the free part you can upload images up to 16 MegaPixels and up to 1080p videos. and you get unlimited storage of your photos and videos.
You can upload via iOS via their app and also via a web browser for Macs and PC’s to get all your photos off of your computer.
Once uploaded google then does some compression to the photos to quote save space on its servers unquote - or to better index and add in tags for better search later on not mentioned.
If you don’t want the images and videos compressed you get 15 TB of drive space and once it is full it is $10 a month per terabyte of extra capacity.
Of course you do not want this to be your only place to put your images - it should only be looked at as an extra place to back up photos. Remember all those other Google pet projects that got the axe - and know there is a decent probability this one will meet with an axe in the next 5 years.
That all said - one thing you might want to consider is this - In the Google Terms of service - quote
When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Google and those we work with a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services
unquote
Some are speculating that Google is free to use any of your images for any purpose including in Ads if they want and for ever - even after you remove those images.
That said - Google was asked about that - and they responded to the Register in the UK with the following quote
"Google Photos will not use images or videos uploaded onto Google Photos commercially for any promotional purposes, unless we ask for the user's explicit permission."
unquote
What is my recommendation - Well if Google is true about not using your photos without your permission - then the argument about not using them for that reason mostly goes away.
Which then brings us back to how you are using it - I would say only to use it as a secondary back up of your images and to have at least two other physical places you have your images - i.e. on your computer and then a back up drive or service for your computer.
I think it is safe to say there is a good probability that in the next 5 years - this service will get the Axe if Google can’t figure out how to monetize the offering. Guess someone will need to remind me on June 1st 2020 - how that prediction turned out.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/29/google_
photos_terms_of_service/
49:34
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/22/apples
-iphone-5c-helps-man-survive-shotgun-blast-to-the-chest
Thanks to all that sent in this next one. Which is one of those news from the weird or in this case extremely lucky category. It is about a 25 year old British man that was shot in the chest at close range with a shot gun - and the lucky part for him - well his Green iPhone 5C was in his pocket and it took most of the blast and is credited with saving his life. His iPhone 5C did not survive - so no luck for it - and the nier do well that shot him - he was charged with attempted murder - so no luck for him - well actually I guess he could be charged with Murder instead of attempted murder - so some luck for him.
By the way I hope it goes without saying - Kids don’t try this one at home.
50:21
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_upgrade_apple_watch_quest
Hello Rob I thought I would share something that I've experienced with you regarding un jailbreaking my device. I had a jailbreak tweak called untethered hey Siri which would allow me to contact Siri without being plugged in. I un jailbroke my device for me to be able to get the Apple Watch and to my surprise thank God the tweak stayed because it's was my main reason for staying jailbroken.
Regards,
Shawna W
Hi Rob,
Was a bit tickled over your explanation about the MOONDOG from your call in number, but since the question came from a listener in the UK, a bit more explanation may be needed.
The letters on the telephone dial/keypad while very common in North America, is not so common in Europe and other areas of the world. So the cryptic spelling we have in our phone numbers here in the US, may not be as evident too all of your world wide listeners.
Regards,
Stan B
Winchester, KY
Hi Rob,
I have been a long time Sony fan and have of course been using Xperia phones and tablet, but I was always having some kind of trouble with every single unit, it was problems like: camera not working, could not update to new OS(even when the phone was ment for the new OS) and not recognizing memory card, and of course it was the android OS ( it sucks)
So I bought myself a 32gb iPad Air and a iPhone 6 128gb & guess what? I'm enjoying every second of it. I'm never never never going back to android.
Regards,
Kjell Olav Soreng from Norway.
Hi Rob
From Scotland I'm an avid listener and have been for now for many years. I just wanted to tell you the miserable time I've had with the Apple watch ordering process and I wondered wether the length of time might be because I'm in Scotland?(Thoughts).
Well my wife and I keenly ordered my birthday present said Apple watch on the 10th of April and we ordered the 42mm Space grey Sport watch. Now I've been listening to your show and how people have been reviving them early and I had initially been quoted June time which was then narrowed down to the 29th of May to the 11th of June. I had hoped I would be lucky and receive it early for my birthday(23rd of May) alas as you would say no soup for me:(
I really feel disappointed in the service I had received from Apple which is the first time ever and I have updated my iPhone every year. I guess my feelings are being made worse by hearing that Tim Cook say that the Apple watches will be in store by June.
Granted he didn't say when in June but as a quite severely disabled customer I just feel from the 10th of April to the delivery date of June the 11th has been very disappointing.
Just wanted to hear your thoughts Rob and thank you for such an amazing show
Regards
Paul Mcfadyen
Scotland
VOICEMAIL - Dave_CA_quest_Apple_watch_stay_on_longer
58:01
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 10 day trial to their 3,300 plus video tutorials. Thanks Lynda for sponsoring this show and for the free offer.
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.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today -
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TRANSCRIPTION FOR EP 348
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RON for sending in the music you hear in the background. RON wrote:
Rob,
This is a song I recorded in garage band on my iPad using just a guitar and basic effects available in the garage band app. It consists of two tracks with background picking and solo on top of that. The name of the track is "Lift Me Up" and is based off of a song I wrote back in high school many years ago and is dedicated to a band mate who passed away recently.
Regards,
Ron Siengo (last name pronounced "sing-go")
Song_liftmeup_150514.m4a
Thanks RON for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JON for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JON said the following:
Hi Rob,
This is Made with the iOS App Aviary:
This photo was taken at wharf at Manly Waters using an iOS device
Regards,
Jon P
JON Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JON'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 348 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:02
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote E-readers will outsell iPads because of the simple economics of the consumer device market. It’s triple the weight and 30% thicker than an e-reader. You need two hands to hold it. It’s got a backlit screen, and it’s too expensive to give one to everyone in your house. unquote
Russ Wilcox, CEO E-Ink (makers of Amazon’s Kindle), 28 January 2010
One of the things the E-ink reader people were touting as a reason e-ink readers would win out was their superior battery life. Sound familiar to some saying the same about the Apple Watch vs the pebble. But Apple learned with the iPad - if the battery life can get you through a full days usage that really is enough - To bad today’s pundits don’t remember how wrong Russ Wilcox was 5 years ago - Just Sayin
03:06
Sorry no Promo codes this week.
Either way - if you are an App dev - this was an opportunity wasted for your app.
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.
03:48
http://priceonomics.com/the-legend-of-moondog-new-yorks-homeless-composer/
Hi Rob
I'm from the uk! Love the show! Please explain what moon dog means?
Regards,
Lee
Well Lee I am glad you asked - It has been a while since I went over this. MoonDog - could be my shout out to the blind and homeless Artist known as Moondog - who lived on the streets of NY City Dressed as a Viking in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s - and who some considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century - A Genius who's works have been covered by the greats like Janis Joplin - and whom was touted as a great innovator by Charlie Parker and many others. A True artist and eccentric. It could be my tip of the cap to him. Maybe.
Orrr it could be because I was putting together a tutorial the same month this show launched 8 years ago - and the service I use for my call in number stopped giving out custom phone numbers right before I could get one for this show - and I had this one number 206-666-6364 which spelled out 206- moon-dog - still available from the tutorial - and decided to use it instead of just some random number - because I thought it was a really easy number to remember.
I’ll let you decide which was the real reason for the moon-dog number.
Either way there is a very cool article on MoonDog the composer in the show notes for Ep 348.
05:10
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-27/spotify-
said-in-talks-to-add-podcasts-to-challenge-apple-itunes
Ok - one interesting thing about todays show - is it is the first one I did the schedule to future release down to the minute. See I was restricted from saying these next few words until after 11:00 AM ET today - and those words are - Welcome all new listeners on Spotify. That’s right Today in iOS and Podcasts are now available on Spotify - well at least for some spotify users today. Yes this is big news for this show and big news for Podcasting.
Here is the news from Spotify - Quote This summer we will be launching a completely new Spotify experience for our millions of users.. We.. know that people can’t live on music alone. That’s why we wanted to add in Audio and video content that is hyper relevant to our users lives and that includes entertainment, news, PODCASTS, sports, weather and much more all programmed to individual tastes and preferences. It all kicks off on May 20th at 11:00 AM in NYC with a massive press event to showcase the new spotify and our new content partners. unquote. One of those new content partners is Libsyn and via Libsyn this podcast - Today in iOS.
If you are a podcaster and want to get into Spotify - first make sure you are hosting on libsyn - second make sure you are using libsyn publishing tools and not just selecting download only option and third second - email me your libsyn show slug and / or your email address - and I will get you on the list to have a spotify destination turned on for your show once this opens up to all.
Right now at the time of this announcement it is a small % of Spotify users that have access to Podcasts and a small % of Podcasts - But again welcome to all new listeners via Spotify - Boy oh Boy - I have been itching to say that. And then later this summer it will open to the masses. This is a big deal for podcasting.
By the way if you are listening on Spotify or Stitcher or anything other than the Tii App - all articles we mention today you can find links to at today in iOS dot com for item 348.
07:42
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/19/apple-watch-os-software-update/
If you have an apple watch - and this is not to rub salt in the wounds of those still waiting - but if you have one you should have seen on the 19th a message stating there is the first Update to Apple Watch software to Watch OS 1.0.1 What is this update - well like almost all Double dot updates it is about performance improvements and bug fixes.
For this specific double dot update Apple says it offers improved performance for:
Siri
Measuring stand Activity
Calculating calories for indoor cycling and rowing workouts
distance and pace during outdoor walk and run workouts
accessiblitiy
Third Party Apps
And display support for new emoji characters and additional language support for Brazilian Portuguese
Danish
Dutch
Swedish
Russian
Thai and Turkish
To Install Apple asks that you make sure the Apple Watch is in range of your iPhone, It is connected to its charger and charged at least 50%.
Seems odd to ask that it be connected to the charger and charged at least 50%.
I did update today yesterday and all seems to have gone well with the update - Per Battery Life - with 2 hours and 13 minutes of usage - and 7 hours and 40 minutes of standby - my phone is 68% of battery life which seems really good. I will see how it does over the next week or so and report back. Again my update went off with no issues - however if you did have an issue - email me and let me know what happened.
10:18
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/09/09/the-apple-watch-isnt-waterproof/
I went back and looked at a couple of articles sent in about the Apple watch from September when it was announced to see how they faired - now that we have had one on our wrist almost 4 weeks.
One article was titled - The Apple Watch isn’t waterproof.
This coming via David Pogues Article - and umm - well maybe back in September Pogue talked to the wrong people or Apple got better results then originally planed - but one thing back then they said you could not do was shower with it. And now that seems to be something that is ok with the Apple watch - not that I actually have done that.
11:06
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_watch_specs_to_include_
512mb_ram_4gb_storage-news-9726.php
From GSM Arena - the Apple Watch was to have just 4GB of Storage.
They said their might be an 8GB version but the 4GB would be the standard configuration - Umm wrong - it is 8 GB of storage. with about 6.5 GB available to the user.
They also said it would have a GPS radio - ummm - no.
The did get the 512 MB of RAM speculation right - 1 out of 3 ain’t bad if you are talking baseball - but not so good in this case.
There were other articles speculating about how it would be adopted - and we are still waiting to see on that front. One talking about it not fitting under your cuff. Excuse me - that is by design - how can some say - hey is that the Apple watch if it is hidden under your cuff?
But I think One thing I saw in a few articles from Watch people that stood out - was their compliments to Apple for not going too small or too big to differentiate between mans and womens watches. They said many would have gone with 35 and 44 MM sizes - with 35 really being too small for most and 44 being too big. They felt Apple going with 38 and 42 MM was the right size balance. And I would agree - I think any bigger than 42 MM would be tough to pull off and not look overtly nerdy - it would likely look very Googlish at that size - something just for a tech nerd. And 35 MM would not be user friendly at all.
And that brings me to this email feedback.
Hi Rob,
I got my Apple Watch Yesterday ...aaaand now it's on Craigslist.
I purchased the 38mm Space Gray sport and as soon as I opened it, I knew the watchface was too small for my wrist. Somehow I thought the 38mm face was going to be bigger than it is, and that the 42mm would be way too big. But the 38mm is actually quite small and feels too "dainty" for my wrist. By the way I'm 6'0", 185lbs, an average sized guy.
I never had a chance to try these on the Apple Store ahead of time, definitely should have and would recommend it to anyone thinking of buying an Apple Watch.
So I'm going to order the 42mm, unless any of your listeners have a Space Gray 42mm they'd like to trade? If I haven't sold mine on Craigslist yet I'd be willing to do a trade plus throw in an extra $50.
Regards,
Aric
(from New York)
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/30/apple-watch-s1-512mb-ram/
14:30
Hi Rob, I just wanted to mention that I woke up at 1:15 the morning of the Apple Watch pre-order, ordered a Sport Watch and extra Band. It said it would ship in June, but I just received a shipping notice that it will be here tomorrow! April 24th My SO will be so happy!
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Regards,
Steph in Henderson
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17:27
VOICEMAIL - Answr_apple_watch_not_accurate_arms_moving
Hey Rob, I am a long time listener and have had my space gray 42mm since the first week they came out. I am responding to the person who had the issues with heart rate accuracy on the watch. I have had similar issues that have been similar and consistent with a couple different workouts. When I choose "outdoor run" the watch has been consistent in measuring my heart rate and seems to check pretty frequently(every minute) when I review on the health app. When I choose "other" as the workout and look down at my heart rate it seems to be off or delayed. I check my heart rate manually on my wrist and it is in the 150s but the watch seems to be working on checking and it shows that I am in the 90s which was the case a couple minutes before. I also have noticed that if you send your heartbeat to another person who has a watch it may not be using your real time heartbeat, but the rate it took the last time it checked.
My feeling is that the issue with heart rate accuracy may be related to the program that is selected and how often it checks your heart rate. It seems that when I want to spot check my heart rate it takes a long time, sometimes 30-40 seconds to give me a rate.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Raj from Houston.
VOICEMAIL - Alan_Date_Answr_siri
Hi Rob,
A listener called into the last show asking about apps for Autism. This woman - Lauren S. Enders is an SLP on Pinterest and pins great apps!
Regards,
Laura in Nashville.
Thanks laura - and if you search for Lauren S. Enders in pinterest you will find her - she has 152 boards - so it will take a little searching to find the boards you want to follow or really unfollow once you follow her.
Hi Rob
For the listener looking for Autism apps, there is the grace app http://www.graceapp.com its in the App Store and is free.
Regards,
Jenny
Ireland
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23:55
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Mark Henry who wrote the following
Quote
For those of you who have an Apple Watch, this may be fun to play around with!
Unquote
And this is with regards to a tutorial over at Apple Insider that talks about how to get the monogram on the watch face to be an Apple logo.
But hey first lets talk about getting a monogram to start with. To do that go to the apple watch app on your iPhone - then go to Clock Settings and tap on Monogram - and enter your text up to 4 characters. Naturally I have Tii for my monogram. But this tutorial / article goes over how to add in the Apple logo - which does require you to copy it from a tweet.
I did try to get the L L A P logo to work - but it would not.
Note this is for the Color Watch face - the Monogram does not show up on most watch faces or any other that I could tell. Thanks Mark for the heads up on that.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
25:43
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/14/bypass-apple-watch-passcode/
Hi, My name is James, love your podcast. I came across an interesting article from 9to5mac about thieves being able to reset stolen Apple watches. See link below. Interested in your thoughts on this.
Well James - thanks to you and all others that sent links over on this one.
And in a nutshell what this article and others like it are saying is if a thief makes off with your Apple Watch - they can do a full restore to it - and then pair it to their own iPhone. There is a way to do a hard reset of the Apple Watch. This clearly is not good and brings back the possibility of Apple Picking season opening up again in Cities. Activation lock rolled out in iOS 7 essentially killed what Police called Apple Picking. That is the high theft rate of iPhones. But now the Apple watch is vulnerable. I would imagine Apple will address this sooner rather than later. But for anyone that has their Apple Watched picked - it will not be soon enough.
27:18
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/18/obama-twitter-iphone/
Seems the US commander in Chief has his own person Twitter account - and he is tweeting from an iPhone. Does this mean the iPhone is finally considered secure enough by the DOD for the President to use - NOPE - for all his business or government use - he is still stuck with a blackberry. But for tweeting - he is using one of his staffers iPhones.
For those curious his twitter handle is @POTUS - which I am sure either Hillary or Jeb is going to be bummed they have to use @POTUS2 when they get in office.
And Speaking of Jeb - he was spotted sporting an Apple Watch - but probably not the sport. Although Newt Gingrich in his pic with an Apple watch was sporting an Apple Watch sport with a Blue sports band.
28:07
http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-launches-refreshed-
15-inch-macbook-pro-new-imac-with-retina-5k-display/
Apple just announced as in yesterday May 19th a new Mac Book Pro update and a new iMac update with 5K retina display. I will not go into the details - this is not a mac show - but I mention this for a couple of reasons - one now all the mac book pros support force touch. Yes all products intro'd in 2015 support force touch - good bet that will continue with any new iPhones and iPads intro'd later this year. Second and maybe more importantly - if Apple is intro'g the a new iMac now and a new MacBook Pros now - the later a product that many at WWDC will be highly interested in - after all they touted it as Faster and longer-lasting - Wow - if this was not a G-rated show I could really have fun with that tag line - any If they make this Faster and longer-lasting Mac Book Pro announcement on May 19th - that means they did not want it to take away valuable Keynote time from those things they will be introducing and that hopefully means some really cool announcements at WWDC on June 8th. Sure this could just be all wishful thinking on my part - but that does not make it any less likely.
Either way - I have a new Mac Book Pro coming to me early in June - which hopefully will greatly speed up my whole production work flow. If not there is also the new MacBook coming in June. It is a really expensive few months for Today in iOS. No wonder Apple is the richest company in the world. Oh and lets not forget the new Apple TV likely to be released at WWDC.
30:06
https://fortune.com/2015/05/18/apple-watch-iphone-whine/
In the rumor category for Apple Watch - comes a rumor that a future feature will be where you Apple watch alerts you if you get outside a certain range of your iPhone.
Which I don’t think I mentioned on the last show - you do not need your iPhone with you to use Apple Pay on the Apple Watch. I recently ran to McDonalds to get a bunch of McFlurries - and I left my iPhone home - but I tried Apple Watch just for fun - and it worked. So no - your don’t need the iPhone on you to use Apple Pay via the Apple Watch.
That said - once Apple roles out this feature - you are not likely to leave where ever with out your Apple watch.
Hopefully Apple makes it a two way connection where both devices start vibrating and signaling when they get too far apart. That way if someone lifts your apple watch without you noticing - your iPhone will start going crazy in your pocket.
31:22
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/apple-acquires-
coherent-navigation-a-mapping-start-up/?_r=0
Quite a few people sent in links to articles about this next one - and that is Apple acquired the GPS startup called Coherent Navigation. They give more precise GPS location information. Many are speculating Apple made this acquisition to help bolster the accuracy of Apple Maps. But I think long term this may be more about Apple’s eventual push into the Automotive market and this is for more precise autonomous driving of the vehicle than it is per Apple Maps accuracy. Looking at some of the descriptions of their service in some of their investors websites - you will see the phrase - Autonomous navigation and robotics - to describe some of their services. And it looks like some of their key people come out of Trimble - which again goes back to GPS guided vehicles more than hyper accurate maps to find your lost iPhone. Maybe it will be both - but to me this plays more into the rumors about a future Apple Car then anything else.
32:35
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/05/14/apple-
to-delay-homekit-launch-fortune-reports.html
In the rumor front - I saw a bunch of articles saying that HomeKit launch will be delayed - and they all went back to an article from someone that said Homekit was going to launch in May. So basically once the person realized their initial guess was wrong - they said - it has been delayed to August or September.
Well Apple does not usually comment on these things - but this time they did - and they said ummm NO - it is not delayed. Apple said that HomeKit compatible products will be available this summer. Per Apple quote
“HomeKit has been available for just a few months and we already have dozens of partners who have committed to bringing HomeKit accessories to market and we’re looking forward to the first ones coming next month,” unquote
Will be interesting to see what the first break out HomeKit accessory will be. But in any case - expect Apple to mention something about home kit at WWDC on June 8th.
Speaking of launch times - every year around this time there is a rumor that the iPhone will launch early in August - this is what we call link bait - it is a great article title to put out because people are sooooo wanting to get a new iPhone early so they will instantly flock to it. But always the rumors are basesless - and go back to the oft quoted un-named sources, people in the know, people familiar with apple or some other phrase like that. And yes as I said it is that time of the year and once again that rumor / link bait is out again. I will give them a little credit for creativity this time - as they say the reason for the early launch is the better then expected yield for components. Take this report for what it is worth - and that is less then the gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe. Just Sayin. Oh and don’t look for a link to this one - I am not going to justify those link baiters this time with a link in my show notes.
Switching gears - kinda - This is not related to anything just an interesting observation - so I thought I would throw it in here at the end of the rumors section (yes I have sections in the show). I was looking at the different iOS 8.4 beta 3’s available - there are 34 different iOS devices it is available for - that is 1 iPod touch - 5th gen. 9 - iPhones - iPhone 4S to iPhone 6 Plus. And 24 Different iPad’s - from iPad 2 to iPad Air 2. and all the mini’s as well. I really just wanted to point that out now for future reference back to this segment - when the iOS 9.0 beta is available next month to see what the difference is in the number of devices supported. (ios_84_beta3_devices.png) and I took a screen shot of that to compare as well. Again this mention was to get it in the show notes to talk about in June. My guess is iOS 9 will not be available for the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S as a min - but will be interesting to see what other devices don’t make the cut. It is possible the 5 and 5C’s don’t make the cut as well as any device that does not have a 64 bit processor. We shall see.
36:23
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/13/technology/hackers-
starbucks-app/index.html
Remember when I went on a little bit of an Anti CurrentC rant - saying the last thing you would ever want to do is connect your checking account directly to a payment system. Only bad bad things could happen. Yeah - well Starbucks own payment system can connect to your checking account and guess what - YUP - Starbucks payment accounts were hacked - most likely via phishing scams - and people are reporting funds being pulled from credit cards, Pay Pal and also bank accounts.
Per Credit Cards - those are usually easiest to dispute.
Pay Pal takes more time / effort to dispute
But Bank Accounts - yikes -those you are often SOL.
In the article it talked about one user getting scammed out of $500 via Pay Pal and taking over two weeks to get the money back.
Point is this - it is stories like this that will doom CurrentC to failure - you just don’t ever want to connect your bank account directly to a payment system - EVER.
Credit cards give you an extra layer of security - and the ease of connecting is why Apple Pay is winning the day in mobile payments already.
Now we just need to get Target on board - and Homedepot back on board.
Seems that Homedepot while once many stores supported Apple pay - I know my local store did. Well seems Homedepot quote UPDATED unquote their payment system - and now Apple Pay has been terminated / killed / mutilated. I went this past weekend and tried it as I heard rumors they put up the block - and if you try to use it - it totally borks the payment process - and you have to void everything out that was scanned and start all over. You can’t even switch to a credit card - it totally messes up the terminal - so make sure the next time you are in Home depot - you try and use apple pay - because it took a manager to come over and get the terminal reset. Anything you can do to chew up human resources - gets a message sent up the latter to fix things. I know the manager that came over was complaining about it messing things up and said they were going to report it to their tech people.
39:02
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/19/8624871/gene-
munster-apple-tv-timeline
This one could have gone in the How wrong were they segment - but really it would have taken up to much time. It is about Often Wrong Uncle Gene Munster.
And it goes over his beating of the drum for a full size Apple TV - the article is from the Verge and it just picks one quote from each year since 2009. Starting with quote We expect Apple to Design a connected TV over the next two years launching in 2011 with DVR functionality built in unquote.
Mind you while they only put in one quote a year from Often Wrong Gene - You could easily find multiple quote each year from him about the Apple TV.
In 2012 they choose this quote from him - quote - If you are in the market for a new TV hold off - Apple has a new product coming and its going to be hot unquote.
Or in 2013 quote no question whether its a set-top box vs a TV - its an Actual TV
And then in 2015 quote while recent media reports question Apples interest in an actual TV - we continue to believe it is the most logical next area of focus unquote
And now with the Wallstreet journal and others reporting any plans Apple ever might have had for a full on TV died over a year ago.
And now finally maybe Gene will give up on his pipe dream of a full on TV from Apple.
Remember folks - just because they are an anal-ist covering Apple Full time - and getting paid 6 figures plus to do so - does not mean they have any clue at all to the future of Apples Product road map. Just Sayin.
41:13
VOICEMAIL - Paul_MS_google_pus_calendars
Hi Rob,
Rob, here is a quick way to use Apple to control the podcast app. If you engage Siri on the Apple Watch and just say the word "Play" it will automatically start playing the last item being played on the iPhone up to and including podcast. It will start right where you last left off. This works great for me since I listen to podcasts on my iPhone more than anything else. This trick works about 95% of the time. The other 5% of the time it will start playing music regardless of what you were previously listening to.
Regards,
Kareem Haskett
Hi Rob,
Just ordered my Bumpies with free Tii shipping. Thanks Rob! I'll let you know how they work out when I get them.
Regards
Sergio
Thanks Sergio for the email - remember folks you have until the end of May to use the Tii promo code to get free shipping - I have a pair on the way to me to test out as well. Go to Bumpies.co or list to ep 347 for more info.
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_WA_call_artwork_overcast_changes
46:22
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1815882105/elago-
acoustic-amplification-stand-for-iphone-6?ref=discovery
This time for a kickstarter project I have one that falls into that category of no real need for - but it sure looks good.
It is the Elago Acoustic Amplification stand for the iPhone 6.
It has a goal of $10k - and is almost 10% of the way there. With a funding deadline of June 15th at 4:30 PM CT.
Pricing on this is $100 - and what it is - is two blocks of transparent acrylic which are held together with magnets - when closed it is a dock for your iPhone 6 that then amplifies acoustically the audio out the front of the block.
It is a Pretty bobble that would look very nice on a modern / futuristic desk. If you desk is Glass and metal - then this is something you want to look at.
Again - no need for this - it is more about looks then anything else - but clearly a conversation piece for your desk.
If you were a big fan of the original Mac Cube - then this is also something you want to check out.
Search for E L A G O - elago at kickstarter dot com - or in the show notes for ep 348.
47:30
http://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Headphones-Cancelling-Microphone-Earphones/dp/B00V45K5YQ/
If you look in the Tii App between Eps 346 and ep 347 you will see another App only unboxing - this time for the Silicon Devices Comfort+ Bluetooth headphones. Make sure to check out the bonus content for that bonus Video.
These were the first ones I tested with my Apple Watch and they paired up and worked excellent. I wound up using the smallest ear plugs and the smallest hooks - and they really are comfortable - and most importantly to me stay in place - even for a brisk 4 mile walk - and then also a bike ride. Nice Job Guys - I hate when in ear headphones fall out. And the battery life was never an issue.
You can also use these with your iPhone if you want - as they have a noise canceling mic - so you can use them to listen to Podcasts and music on your iPhone - no Apple Watch needed - and you can answer and talk on the iPhone with these.
Here are recordings of me making a call from the headsets.
VOICEMAIL - ROB_Silcon_devices_test.
VOICEMAIL - ROB_2_Silcon_devices_test_indoor.
As you can hear - they work fine as bluetooth headphones with your iPhone.
I really like the comfort of these - and if you are looking for a pair of Bluetooth head phones to use with your apple watch to go walking, jogging, running, biking or working out in the gym - then these work really well - and I would highly recommend them as a companion to your apple watch - which again is exactly what I was looking for. And they also work fine with your iPhone for listening to podcasts, music and taking / receiving phone calls.
There is a link to these in the show notes for Ep 348 over to Amazon if you are looking for a pair of headphones for your apple watch to working out with. Look for the link titled - Silicon Devices - Comfort+
Per the Apple Watch - I should point out that the Apple watch does not allow you to talk and listen to phone calls via blue tooth head phones - which was something I was hoping Apple would allow. I think that is something they need to add in the next major update - if they do then these headphones should be good to go. It would be great if you are listening to music on your bluetooth headphones via your apple watch and away from your phone in your house - but still able to answer - that you could also talk via bluetooth - rather than have to hold your wrist up like a frame out of an old dick tracy cartoon. Another example of where answering on your Apple watch and talking would be nice is when doing yard work - with your iPhone in the house you can still make calls. Per anyone questioning when you would need that type of use case.
51:56
http://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/comments/2jphhf/pebble_
for_the_visually_impaired/
Hi Rob,
I know this doesn't have to do with apple, but does the Pebble smart watch have any accessibility features?
Regards
Kaitlyn In Pleasant Hill California
Hi Kaitlyn - first off - anything iOS related - means also accessories and apps for iOS devices - so it does not have to be specifically from Apple. Just like all the kickstarter and 3rd party products we talk about each week - the Pebble definitely has a place on this show.
Now to the important question - does the Pebble smart watch have any accessibility features. The short answer is yes - kinda. The longer answer is - not as many as the Apple watch but here is some of what I found out.
There is the Pebblebits firmware - which has larger notification font as one of the options.
I think however if accessibility is a key factor for you for a smartwatch - then the Apple watch is definitely the way you want to go.
That said - I will send out Kaitlyn’s question about accessibility with the Pebble to listeners of the show - that have needed accessibility features and tried the pebble out - what did you experience - and do you have any comparisons to the Apple Watch. Give us a call - or send us an email.
53:27
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OK_Issues_5S_iOS8_spotlight
Rob,
I am getting a message that I need to perform an update for carrier settings. Do you know what this is for and is it a good idea?
Mike from California
Hi Mike - this is common to see - is it a good idea - depends on what the carrier update does - normally it is a good thing. on a few occasions it has meant the removal of a feature or Network optimization - which means slowing down your connection - but overall the updates are recommended to do - as many of the carrier updates are for stability fixes or bug fixes - like fixing an issue with visual voice mail. I wish the carriers would make the info more available about what the updates are going to do or fix exactly - but getting that info is very hard to find. And some times they are just updates for a specific version of an iPhone for a specific carrier.
In General to answer your question it is good to do the updates. In General that is. How is that for a non-comital answer.
Hi Rob,
I have noticed a recent problem. I used a keyboard shortcut "work@" to quickly add my work email. I have since left that employer and no longer receive work emails on my phone. I went to settings and deleted that shortcut, but it keeps popping back up. There is no consistent pattern, I will just be typing the word "work" and my old work email auto populates. I go in and delete it again, and after awhile it comes back. Do you or your listeners have any suggestions?
Regards,
Brenton N
I then replied and asked him if you tried setting up a short cut for work to equal work to over write the original and he replied
Hi Rob,
It is funny you say that. I have tried replacing the shortcut multiple different ways, they always end up getting replaced with the original shortcut.
Regards,
Brenton
So nope that did not work - if anyone out there has any suggestions for Brenton - please let us know
Send an email or give us a call.
Hi Rob,
Does you know exactly how the iPhone 6's M8 processor contributes data to the Apple Watch Activity app? In theory, could you take the watch off and still have the app pull data from just the iPhone? Of course I never actually want to take off my Apple Watch, I just want to better understand what's really happening between both of my devices from a fitness tracking point of view.
Regards,
-Jason
My understanding is the M8 processor on the iPhone 6 and 6Plus works in combination with the sensor on the Apple watch - so for example if you are walking with the Apple watch on and your iPhone in your pocket - you are not getting two steps counted for each one - it is working together to get your step count. And from what I read it works to teach your Apple watch what type of distance you are walking. So it is recommend if you plan to go walking with your significant other or jogging - that the first few times you do so with both your Apple watch and your iPhone - it will then learn via GPS measurements your real distance - and calibrate your Apple Watch so in the future when it is just your apple watch it gives a more accurate number.
Again - you don’t need to have your iPhone with you for it to measure steps or distance - but if you do the first few times you take a walk - in the future you will supposedly get more accurate measurements.
I am doing that now - taking walks with my wife - with my iPhone in my pocket - and I am measuring what it says the distance is for the walks - which right now seems pretty accurate - again my iPhone is with me. I will then see what it says the distance is with out the iPhone. Note this only will work if you walk or jog or run. You can’t leave your phone behind and expect to get good distance readings for bike riding - for that you do need the iPhone and GPS.
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1:02:24
http://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/reset-forgotten-passcode-
on-the-apple-watch/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one. Which is how you can reset a forgotten passcode on the Apple Watch. Well first off as we learned earlier - sadly - anyone can reset it - and then use it them selves.
But this article is more for those that actually own the device.
First is to reset it from an iPhone. And from your legally pair to iPhone click on the Apple Watch App - and then go to General and then scroll down and tap on Reset and chose Erase All Content and Settings.
This does return the Apple Watch to its factory fresh state - which yes means Anything on it previously is gone - toast - ABC you later. And I saw see you later - because the good news is there will be a back up you can restore from once your re-pair it - simple select restore from back up option during the set up.
This is the method I will go over - as that is the way most will want to restore an Apple watch for a passcode they forgot - or you know you could just pick a passcode you will not forget. Just Sayin.
It is 4 digits - how tough is it to remember?
1:03:37
http://www.business2community.com/brandviews/aweber/
write-awesome-emails-apple-watch-01228060
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one as well - and it is titled - How to Write Awesome Emails for the Apple Watch.
Not how to write them on the Apple watch - but rather write them for the Apple watch. It goes over how an email will look when it comes in on the Apple watch - it talks about going All plain text for your email blasts. Which is something I always do. All these fancy emails with images - they tell me right away - DELETE ME. And on the Apple Watch - you can see them anyway. So stick with plain text.
The article has other good advice - this is geared toward Business users - but really anyone wanting to make sure their emails have a good chance of being read and acted upon when viewed on an Apple watch - this is a nice article.
So all you Mailchimp addicts with your fancy graphic rich emails - yeah - this article is for you.
1:04:32
http://appchasers.com/2015/02/03/video-download-youtube-
videos-to-your-iphone-and-ipad-without-jailbreaking/
Hey Rob,
On iTem 0346 Nick asked about being able to download YouTube videos to your iPhone or iPad without jailbreaking. There is a way using the super capable Workflow app. I've written about how to do it on my site AppChasers.com. Here is an excerpt from my post:
"Every few months an app will show up on the App Store that allows you to download videos from YouTube directly to your Camera Roll. Not long after that, the app will be removed from sale, either by the developer whose received a threat from YouTube or by Apple at the behest of the online video giant. There’s a long list of apps that have fallen victim (most recently Pro Tube lost this feature). The inherent problem isn’t one that’s going to go away anytime soon. If only there were a way to toggle this ability in an app only after it’s been downloaded from the App Store. That way it would pass Apple’s review guidelines and it would be in the hands of users to enable the feature. Well, that’s exactly what the app Workflow does.”
I hope it can be of help to Nick and your other listeners.
Regards,
Eric Meister
Thanks Eric and folks there is a link to that article in the show notes for ep 348 at today in iOS dot com.
1:05:50
VOICEMAIL - Rubin_CA_Part1_apple_watch_answr
VOICEMAIL - Rubin_multi_tracking_apple_watch
Hey Rob, listening to iTem 347 now. In regards to features that would like to see in iOS 9; the main thing I would like is a dark theme. I'm the proud owner of a 64 gig space gray iPhone 6 and although I don't mind the bright white user interface, I think a darker theme option would be really nice against my black screen and case. You mentioned a while back that they had a dark keyboard option in a past beta, I wonder why they got rid of that?
Also, WHY do they make it so hard for you to display the different artwork for each Tii episode on the lock screen of the iPhone??
One more thing, might need some help from the audience for this one. I have multiple calendars in my calendar app synced from iCal on my MacBook and only want notifications from certain calendars. For instance, I want to be notified about my reminders calendar but not every event from my work schedule calendar. Is there a way to do this? If so I haven't found it in any of the calendar or notification settings, hope you or the audience can help.
Regards,
-AAron in Crockett, CA
Hi Rob,
Per iOS 9 - Obviously I want to see improvements in stability but 2 actual FEATURES that are sorely needed are:
1) Public transit directions for Apple Maps. Probably a 50/50 chance this happens. The lack of public transit routing is one of many reasons people use Google Maps instead.
2) The ability to security lock certain apps. This should have been added back in iOS 1.0. Imagine how much this would help if your phone ever got stolen. Sadly, I doubt we'll see this in 9.0 (and yes, this feature is available in Android).
Regards,
Brent from Chicago
Hi Rob. I predict new Apple TV will be released in October. What do you think
Regards,
Steve from AZ
Hi Steve,
I predict the new Apple TV will be announced and released at WWDC (as in shipping by the end of June at the latest - but not with App store active yet - and then the App store will be launched in the Fall. This will get the new Apple TV in the hands of devs to work with via a beta update - and then full launch of updated Apple TV software in October supporting 3rd party apps.
Of course - that is kinda what I said a year ago - and the year before that and I think maybe even the year before that as well.
Hi Rob
I have an ongoing issue that I wonder have you or your listeners had or heard of ...
I had an iPhone 6 plus and used a lot for sat nav / music in car as I drive a lot and then some gaming when I'm at home - my phone used to heat up while playing "World of Tanks Blitz" which is an intensive game on the gpu I imagine and as a result would then dim the screen brightness by let's say 25%, doesn't sound like a big issue but in outside bright conditions its is like switching the lights off.
Brought the phone to an Apple Store , they never came across this issue and swapped the handset for me twice - the problem persisted. I the sold the 6 plus and bought the 6 instead and it also dims as the phone heats up. I have read forums about this issue so I know I'm not the only one but I never noticed before on any iPhone or at least to this extent.
Any tips would be appreciated, plead not I don't have auto brightness on, or zoomed mode which were possible reasons for the dimming. I usually have the phone at full brightness as it's connected to the power in my car a lot.
Greetings from Ireland.
Regards,
John
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Next episode will be late next week - likely around the 29th or 30th of May. Then there will be an episode around June 3rd previewing WWDC - and then one late on June 8th or early June 9th going over the June 8th WWDC keynote in detail. The only thing consistent about my episode release schedule is there is no consistency. - which is why I want to mention that there is the Tii App - and it is Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released - so no guessing if a new episode is out - you get a push message telling you it is out. Please go right now and download the Tii App. Plus you get to see my completely mesmerizing and mind blowing Un-boxing videos - which are only available in the Tii App.
And once again welcome to any new listeners via Spotify.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 347
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank ALAN for sending in the music you hear in the background. ALAN wrote:
Hi Rob,
I just made a song with GarageBand on my iPhone and I wanted you to hear it.
Regards,
Alan
SONG_Alan_150118.m4a
Thanks ALAN for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ARCADIO for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ARCADIO said the following:
Hi Rob,
Here is a picture from my recent trip to Cocoa Beach Florida . Used the WOW Fx HD APP. I used the mirror option to flip the tii logo to add as a reflection. I am from West Carrollton, OH. How about go Bengals next time along with the Flyers.
Regards,
Arcadio
ARCADIO Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ARCADIO'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 347 - or at instagram.com/todayinios 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.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
02:20
In this segment of how wrong were we have the following quote quote “The iPad is nothing more than a large iPod Touch. It’s lacking a 16:9 screen and while the bezel has to be of a reasonable size to allow for holding the device with your hand without your thumb poking the screen all the time, it’s simply too big. Finally those few people who’ve already used it are saying that having a standard keyboard on a device that you can’t rest easily on your lap and that is intended to be used one-handed is lunacy. Just look at the curved corner keyboards Microsoft introduced with the tablet editions of Windows to see how they should have done it. All this will have come about because Apple have done the R&D and released a product that’s been instantly derided as ugly and not what people want. If I were Steve Ballmer today, I’d be splashing out on an extra skiing holiday. unquote
Mike Halsey, Windows7News.com, 28 January 2010
When Mike talks about Windows Tablets and Skiing - all I can think of is that Wide World of sports clip for the agony of defeat - where the guy goes flailing off the skii jump - Just Sayin
03:32
For Promo codes - On Ep 346 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - Slender Man Origins 3 . We will be giving those out early next week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 346.
Sorry no Promo codes this week. I need to get on the ball.
Either way - if you are an App dev - this was an opportunity wasted for your app.
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.
04:23
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/12/
new-apple-ios-8-4-release/
iOS 8.4 beta 3 has been released to devs and public beta testers. And what is new - well support for textbooks developed using iBooks Author for the iPhone is now finally available. That means the Podcasting 101 iBook is now available for the iPhone - well at least those running beta 3 of iOS 8.4
There are tweaks to the updated / over hauled Music app - with an improved offline music mode that clearly shows which tracks are downloaded and which are stored online. There is an improved search option which scans your music and those of iTunes radio as well.
But one thing that is not seen yet - is any mention or indication of a Beats based streaming music service. There are still rumors this will launch at WWDC - but with no hint of it yet in the code base - some are starting to question those rumors.
There are still some bugs in Beta 3 which Apple states - such as:
- - Siri control doesn’t work in iTunes Radio
- - AirPlay may prove unreliable
- - Home Sharing and Genius Mixes are missing
- - iTunes Radio track skipping may cause crashes
- - Editing playlists may cause crashes
- - The new Music app can lose its place in tracks when closed
Nothing overly exciting other than Apple continues to churn out the beta updates - which is a good thing.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/11/apple-releases-
ios-8-4-beta-3/#.tivas2:NsDF
05:54
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/08/apple-watch-heart-
rate-monitor-accuracy/
Thanks to Aurelian Radu in the Google+ community for the heads up on this next one. Which is an article from 9 to 5 mac titled - How Accurate is the Apple Watch heart-rate monitor?
Well the answer is very. Seems a software engineer - Brad Larson - who is also the founder of SonoPlot - extracted the raw data from his Apple Watch and overlayed it with his raw data generated by a dedicated heart-rate monitor and the results are amazing - as the two data sets are almost dead on identical. with just minor differences. The device it was compared to was the Mio Alpha and that device has been shown to be 99% accurate when compared to the gold standard of Chest strap monitors. So in other words - the heart rate monitor on the Apple watch is very very good. This was also backed up with what the folks at consumer reports found as well.
One thing to point out is right now the Apple Watch is taking samples once per 5 seconds vs the Mio Alpha which checks every 3 seconds - so it is possible via a software update for Apple to check more often if they wanted - but hey with nearly identical results - that may not be needed.
Speaking of it checking your heart rate - Apple does this with two green LED’s on the back of the Apple watch - and I have had it where a couple times after a work out - when I am all sweaty when I took off the Apple watch it was in the midst of a heart rate scan and the green LED’s remained on for a good 20 to 30 seconds after I removed the Apple Watch. Has anyone else noticed the Green LED’s staying on after they removed their Apple Watch?
As always you can call in feed back to 206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon dog or by sending an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
And speaking of feedback - I would love to start getting your feedback on features you would like to see added to iOS 9.0 - which will be announced in less than a month. What are your wish list features to be added or are you like me just looking for it to be all about stability and streamlining iOS. To make it more snappy and less buggy.
08:48
VOICEMAIL_Lee_Casper_thanks_recommendation
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12:10
VOICEMAIL - Edgar_answer_sir_for_date_not_on_date
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_CrossMan_Answer_reminder_check_date
Hi Rob,
the mount I use is the MagicMount surface of iPhone 6 and 6+ from Scosche and it's awesome but it's in my Vette and not in an off-road vehicle. The metal plate is placed behind my Apple leather case without actually using the adhesive The case holds it fine without sticking it to the phone. For $12, it's a cheap test.
Regards,
Bob A
Hi Rob,
I had the same question as one of your recent listeners. How does one find a reputable app developer? You seemed like you had gotten burned about being approached too many times for developer references. Your answer concentrated on not trying to find someone who would code for free or who would be enticed to share in the profits. I am not a coder and have no chance of developing that skill at this point in life. I have created an application years ago on another platform, with someone who is not interested in IOS. (It is inexplicable why they don't want to develop for IOS.) I know a little about what it takes to create an application. Are there resources to locate a developer that one could remunerate at a reasonable rate and have a good chance of producing a workable product? From previous experiences, I know that there is a lot that goes into coding and producing an application. Concept origination, coding, artistic design and marketing to name just a few of the aspects of app development. I am looking for someone who can code for the IOS platform and who is not going to charge me hundreds of dollars an hour and then not produce a product. I am willing to fit into their working styles to produce a good product.
Questions for you Rob:
1. Where does one start in trying to locate an IOS developer? There are lots if developers advertising on the web but unfortunately many seem shady.
2. What do you think are the three most important questions to ask them that would help screen them?
3. What is a reasonable range of salary for a developer? This would be for an app individuals would use not an app for a corporation. Think calorie counter not integrated sales force stock tracker.
Regards,
Corrie T. M. Anderson
Hi Corrie - Thanks for the email - and sorry if my answer on the last show came across the way it did.
I have had many people approach me with a “great idea” and ask for a personal intro to a dev. Later to only find out that they wanted the dev to do all the work for free upfront.
Given that person I mentioned on the last ep does not even listen to the show - I thought it would be a good time to put that point out there. If you want an App developed your are going to pay for it -or you need to learn to develop on your own.
There is a really good book any one with an idea for an App should read first before approaching a dev - it is called App Accomplished by Carl Brown. Read that book cover to cover - taking notes and doing what Carl suggests. It will help your really vet your App before approaching a dev - as far as thinking about how many different screens and getting a good wire frame together. You will need that when approaching an App dev so they can get a better idea on how much time and effort will be needed on their side - and hence how much to charge you. Another thing the book really goes over is making sure expectations are really nailed down on both sides. It is a great read. Again that book is App Accomplished by Carl Brown.
Ok - Step 2 after reading that book is finding a dev. There are many out there - first you can do a shout out in the google+ community for tii - at todayinios dot com slash community. When you get replies from there or anywhere else you find a dev - ask for a list of someapps they developed - and then go and look at the reviews in iTunes - read the reviews in detail - if the reviews look positive - download the apps and use them to see how it looks and feels.
Remember be afraid of App reviews where the stars look like the letter C - lots of 5 and 1 star reviews usually means someone paid for the 5 stars - and the 1 star reviews are users. The Letter L is always bad - as it is all bad reviews. Look for the letter F - mostly 5 and 4 start reviews. Again read those reviews and try out their apps.
Then once you find a dev that looks to do what they say they can do - approach them with your idea and see what price they will charge. Expect at a min to be paying $10k for a simple app - and that number can rise quickly depending on the complexity you have. Is it possible to get a really simple app done on $10k - yes - but again you need to vet your devs past work. I have heard of some simple apps done in the $5 to 6k range that worked out ok - but they were very simple.
Once you start adding in social sharing and data base calls and lots of screen - well again the more complex the app the more you are going to pay. Read the book I mentioned first - it will help you really vet your app idea - and that will save the dev time and effort at least with regards to getting you an RFP completed.
As always if you are an App dev and you are for hire - please email me and make sure to also join our Google+ community.
Hi Rob
The only way I have seen to disable the annoying "cellular data is turned off" pop up messages when accessing apps, is to leave cellular data turned on for the apps in question, but turn off the main cellular data button at the top of the settings page.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
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20:31
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Robert Spivack who wrote the following
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D.I.Y. Apple Watch stand. Call me "frugal" not "cheap". Re-cycled vegetable crate corrugated box + DeWalt circle cutter + Elmer's wood glue = "Green" stand for my watch, cost < $1.00
Started as a proof of concept, ended up as a stand I actually use.
(The "secret" to DIY watch stand construction is realizing there is no electronics - just a circle cut-out and a slit to hold the Apple-supplied inductive charger and guide the cord.)
Any material - metal, wood, plastic, corrugated box, foam core boards etc. is waiting for the DIY'r with the appropriate crafting/construction skills.
Save your $30 to $50 otherwise spent on a stand for supporting devs and buying their apps :-)
Unquote
BRILLIANT!!!
Folks if you have any other DIY Apple Watch stands you have done - send in the pics and info to today in iOS dot com or do what Robert did and post a photo in the Google+ community.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
22:21
http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/kgi-iphone-6s-predictions-47316/
KGI’s Ming-Chi Kou is back - well he never really went anywhere - but he has some more Apple rumors - and this time it is about the next Gen iPhone.
He is first referencing it as an iPhone 6S and 6S+ so not going to the iPhone 7 i.e. new design this year according to Ming.
That said the report from KGI is that the S level upgrade will be a major upgrade. For the record - I have always said the S level upgrades are bigger than the upgrades to a new number. Especially when you look at the features and spec changes.
In this round of rumors the first one - is one we have heard before - and that is all the new iPhones will get force touch. I think that is a safe bet at this point. Not sure that one is even a rumor as much as common sense when you look at what Apple has released already this year.
Per the rumor of a 4 Inch version to join the 6 and 6+ - nope not going to happen this year according to Ming. That goes counter to a few other rumors stating there would be a 4 inch version - a 6C if you would.
The Processor will move to the A9 processor - duhhhh. That is hardly a rumor or inside knowledge - that is simply looking at the past 5+ years and drawing a line connecting the dots.
And the iPhones will get 2 GB of Ram. Again that seems like a duhhh - as it is already at that level in the lasted iPad Air. Again look at what Apple has done the last few years for the top of the line iPad and how that rolled into the next iPhone.
The Rear camera will go to 12 Mega Pixels up from the current 8 Mega Pixel camera.
There will also be a rose gold color option.
Strangely the report says that if certain yield issues are overcome - the 5.5 Inch 6S Plus might come with Sapphire glass. Of course they did preface that with if and might. So lots of wiggle room there.
There is talk about a special 6S Plus edition with the sapphire glass - rather then this being across all the 6S Plusses - Maybe that will be the rose gold version. That might make sense. A much more expensive 6S Plus Edition in Rose Gold - to go along with your Apple Watch Edition. Maybe it will have a price tag in the $2k range - i.e. double the top of the link 6S Plus price.
They also talk about changes to the structural design and housing materials to make it harder to bend. Previous rumors had hinted at 60% stronger aluminum. So again - a lot of this seems to be Ming picking and choosing what rumors to put into his report - more so then info from un-named sources.
There was also talk about more accurate Touch ID - but that is pretty vague at best.
Production ramp to start in August. Nothing shocking there. Especially as it is expected to roll out the end of September once again - and it is not like Tim Cook ever says when production started anyway. So a safe rumor to add in.
There will supposedly be an additional microphone added near the Speaker to enhance voice quality.
And the last rumor is There will also be gesture control support - but not sure if that is for both the 6S and 6S plus - or just the 6S plus. I could see that being just with the 6S plus - as it kind of has one foot in the iPhone world and the other foot in the iPad world.
So lots and lots of items to add to a future bingo card.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/12/
iphone-6s-11-new-features/
26:48
http://www.cultofmac.com/321945/iphone-7-concept-
features-a-home-button-built-into-the-screen/
Lets not stop at iPhone 6S and 6S + - lets move on to the iPhone 7 and a concept image - thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this one.
To describe it - the screen extends down and around and under the touch ID sensor.
It has dual back side camera lenses.
The top and bottom bezels are basically gone. So the screen basically goes to the edges all the way around - which just a tiny sliver at the top for a speaker and camera and sensor.
It has a the similar thin and curved look of the 6 and 6 Plus.
So more an interaction of the current design than a drastic redesign.
Is it pretty - Yup - is it likely - nope. But like I said - it is pretty.
27:39
http://www.businessinsider.com/switch-from-
android-to-iphone-2015-5?op=1
I know I have a certain percentage of Android listeners. Some listen just to send me nastygrams others to troll on Twitter - but many of the Android listeners I have to believe are listening because common sense tells them to get the heck off android. And for those of you that can see there is light on this side of the fence - I have a link to an article that will make it easier for you to really see the light.
This is from Business Insider and it is titled - How to painlessly switch from Android to the iPhone.
It goes over moving Mail, Photos, videos, contacts, music and more.
Come on over the water is warm and the OS will not bite.
Link in the show notes for Ep 347 at today in iOS dot com
28:27
VOICEMAIL - Shannon_AZ_bluetooth_Volume
Hi Rob
Is there a way you can use Siri to fast forward a certain time through a song? I notice you can do this with podcasts, but I can't seem to get it to happen for music.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Steve - Not that I am aware of - that feature seems to be a long form Audio feature for Spoken Word content - i.e. Podcasts - and not for music.
VOICEMAIL - Larry_fdbk_artwork_lock_screen
Hi Rob,
Just thought you and the Tii listeners should know. Straight Talk bumped up their LTE data from 3 to 5GB. After that they throttle you to 3G speed. Keeps getting better.
Regards,
Ian
From WV
VOICEMAIL - Tim_ATL_youtube_app_no_issue_yet
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34:26
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/
lunatik-epik-for-apple-watch?ref=nav_search
More Kickstarter projects for the Apple Watch - this next one is the lunatik Epik for Apple Watch. Lunatik and Epik both spelled with a k at the end.
They have a goal of $100k - and are 85% of the way there with 33 days to go - so they will easily hit their goal.
What the Lunatik is is a quote ruggedly refined wearable companion unquote for your apple watch.
It is an Aluminum case or enclosure for your Apple Watch to make it a more robust device. You have a choice of the aluminum enclosure with a black silicone sports band for $100 or for $125 you can get the aluminum enclosure with the Matching aluminum link bracelet.
These are just for the 42 MM only version.
This is the same team that about 4 years ago released a watch mod for the small square iPod nano. So these guys know what they are doing.
Search for Lunatik or Epik - both with a k at the end at kickstarter dot com or look for the link in the show notes for ep 347.
35:42
http://www.bumpies.co/product/bumpies-protectors-iphone6/
Hey Rob,
On your most recent show, item 346, you read a piece about the kickstarter project Icon. I've been using a similar product called Bumpies for a few months now. A bit more understated than Icon. Just plain, hard rubber corner covers that seem to stay on, no matter what, unless you intentionally remove them. I had an installation problem with one at first. Took it off with absolutely no damage to the phone and the company sent me two (one just in case) Bumpies as a replacement, free of charge. Like Icon, it has a raised, lay on the table design. I will never go back to a full coverage case again.
Regards,
Eric in Garnet Valley, Pa.
Thanks Eric for the heads up on Bumpies - link in the show notes for the 6 and 6Plus versions. But they also have versions for the 5 / 5S and 4 / 4S.
Pricing on these are $24 and they are shipping now. What you get for $24 is 4 bumps protectors, 1 cleaning wipe, 1 alignment sleeve, 1 set of instructions and a two year bumbles replacement warranty.
And they have a nice selector tool on their site where you pick your phone and color and then the choice of color you want for the bumpies - and you can see what it will look like. I think for the gold iPhone the Black, Grey or White bumpies look best - but they have a bunch of other colors to choose from as well.
Thanks Eric for the heads up - this looks like a nice product offering.
I did send them an email asking if you can use with a glass screen protector - here is their response
Hi Rob,
Thanks for contacting us. Per your question, the answer is yes. You can still use the product if there is a glass screen protector. Actually, we even recommend it!
And we created a promo code for your listeners. It is - tii - It's only able to be used on our official Bumpies.co website, and it will offer your listeners free shipping until the end of the month of May 2015. The coupon expires after that. If there are any issues with the code, you can let us know. We cannot wait to hear your podcast. Have a great day!
regards,
Abrahom
Bumpies Customer Service Representative
Thanks Abrahom - and hey if you have some samples to send this way I would love to try out the Black or Grey versions for my iPhone 6Plus
39:35
VOICEMAIL - Anna_Pitt_ks_video_support_applewatch_sport
Hi Rob
For Father's Day, I want to email an iTunes gift card to my Dad in the UK. Being based in Australia, is it possible for me to email an iTunes gift card to someone in another country?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hey Rob,
You mentioned that you aren't able to answer the phone call on the iPhone from the Apple Watch.
According to the demo videos on the Apple website you can answer your phone call on the phone from the watch by scrolling up on the digital crown and selecting 'answer on iPhone'.
I'm still waiting for my 42 mm sport, hopefully should be with me soon.
Kind regards
Mark G
Bristol, UK
Hi Mark - Yeah sadly - that does not actually work - it just kind of puts the call on hold - and then you need to go and answer on the phone still. So it is not a simple one tap answer on the phone.
With the Apple Watch It works like this.
1. You scroll on the crown
2. You tap answer on the phone.
3. You answer on the phone
That is not as simple as on the Pebble where you click answer and it answers on the phone.
Hopefully Apple Fixes this in a future update. Clearly this is something that can be fixed via software.
VOICEMAIL - JEFF_CT_SMALL_GLITCH_apple_watch_heart_rate
Hi Rob,
Is there a facebook app and a facebook messanger app out for the apple watch yet?
Regards
Kaitlyn in Pleasant Hill California
VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_taptic_fddk_not_selling_bad_product
Hi Rob
My son is autistic and is non-verbal. Am wondering if there anyone out there that can recommend an iPad app that is good for helping with speech development for autistic kids?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Folks if you have a good suggestion for Steve - give us a call - 206-666-6364 - that 206 moon dog - or send a recording to text reply via email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
VOICEMAIL - Joe_NY_Swipe_up_glances
Hey Rob,
I noticed that you talked about the music app "bug" that allowed you to control volume and sometimes playback. Although the music app (on the Apple watch) does seem to have a mild ability to interact with other apps there is a much better option that's actually very simple!
The music app glance. Slide up from the watch face app, then left or right* until you find a playback screen which works essentially like the lock screen on your iPhone. Play/pause, volume control and a display of what your listening to (as in name of episode, and name of podcast when listening to a podcast). For podcasts this even includes the skip 15sec back or forward on the podcast.
I have included a screen capture of this glance on the watch in case you wanted to add this as an example to the tii app.
I've also tried this with several apps and I have attatched a table I created with information about these, feel free to share this on the tii app if you think it's worth while.
Regards,
Dan from the UK
Thanks Joe and Dan - and folks if you want to make the glances feature even more useful for Podcast consumption - get rid of everything but the music app controls and overcast if you use overcast - so the only things in glances are the stock screen that is the first one with Airplane mode , silence, do not disturb and Ping your iPhone - which can’t be removed. And then the music control screen called Now Playing and the Overcast screen.
To do this go to Apple Watch App on your iPhone - select Glances - and then leave the Now Playing and Overcast lines - and delete everything else.
VOICEMAIL - TOSIN O APPLEWATCH REVIEW
53:42
http://www.redmondpie.com/comex-hacks-apple-
watch-to-run-web-browser-video/
Thanks to Myron Uecker for the heads up on this next one.
Which is a report that Comex - a jailbreak dev - has managed to hack the Apple watch to get a web browser on it. And he released a video to prove his prowess.
Of course I am not sure exactly what you want to be browsing on your Apple watch given the small size of the screen.
The chances of Apple adding safari to the Apple Watch any time soon are slightly less than that of a regular character in an episode of Game of Thrones not dying.
54:16
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/04/29/10-most-
wanted-apple-watch-jailbreak-tweaks/
Thanks to Chris in London for this next one Which is a title of 10 Most Wanted Apple Watch Jailbreak tweaks.
Surprisingly one of them is actually Browse the Web. Of course their reason for wanting it is - because we can. As in Can surf with it. Ummm yeah.
Pull the iPhone out of your pocket and surf the web. I have other things I would rather do with my Apple watch to drain the battery.
Some of the 10 items in the list that I do agree with.
Custom Watch Faces - Yes - I want back my custom Tii watch face.
Changing the default time out setting for the screen - yes - the biggest frustration with the apple watch is the rapid speed in which the screen goes to sleep.
Playing any audio from your apple watch speaker or via bluetooth headphones from the Apple Watch. Yes - The Apple Watch should be an Airplay option for an audio speaker source for your iPhone.
Native Apps for the Apple watch to help speed up the speed of the apps. I think the biggest one would be a native Podcasts app - where episodes are stored natively on the Apple Watch. Right now to get podcasts natively over - you have to create a smart play list on your computer that then syncs with your iPhone and then syncs to your Apple watch - the next time you are charging it up. UMMM Yeah - not exactly ideal. Can you say 2004 is calling and they want iPodder X back.
One thing missing from this - is being able to answer a call on the iPhone from the Apple Watch.
The sooner the jailbreakers start adding these things - the sooner Apple will get around to adding them natively.
After all one thing Jailbreaking has proven to be over the years is a great testing bed for future iOS native features.
56:44
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-unlock-your-
apple-watch-using-your-iphone/
Thanks to all that sent in this next one - and it is a tip for those with the Apple Watch - and how to set it up to easily unlock it. There is an option - if you go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone - then select Passcode - and then turn on Unlock with iphone. What happens is the next time you put your Apple watch on - to unlock it - you simply put your finger on touch ID and unlock your phone - and it automatically unlocks your Apple watch - until at least the next time you remove it from your wrist.
This is especially nice for those with mobility issues - where tapping in a 4 digit code on the 38 mm screen especially can be a very big chore if not downright impossible. Now just place your finger on touch ID - and it unlock both your iPhone and your apple watch.
If you have any other favorite Apple Watch tips - give us a call - 206-666-6364 - that’s 206-moon-dog or email them in to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
57:55
http://redpark.com/lightning-ethernet-cable/
Thanks to Muscled Nerd for the heads up on this next one - which is the company red park dot com - They offer cabled that are used by app devs and businesses to connect external devices to the iPhone and iPad.
They now have a new Ethernet to Lightening cable available.
Mind you - you need apps that specifically know what to do with said cable and it will run you $89.
Essentially this is for field service applications. And you must be using Apps that specifically are designed wit the RedSocket SDK.
More info at the link in the show notes for ep 347 for red park dot com
I was looking at their products and they even have a lightening to Serial cable that connected to RS-232 serial devices at baud rates up to 115.2 kbps. Very cool and nerdy.
58:54
VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_fdbk_apple_watch_wait_and_see
Hi Rob,
I ordered the Apple Watch Sport on 28th April after a call to Apple confirmed that there is no available date for when the Device will be available to purchase in the Apple a stores.
I then made an appoint with my nearest which is 60 miles away so that I could be sure that the device is suitable for me as I have a visual impairment.
I arrived for my appointment on Saturday. The assistant strapped a watch onto my wrist and I was shown a rolling demo. I told her that I wanted to try the accessibility features but she said that they don't have a fully operational device as all in-store devices are locked down and she couldn't demonstrate the features that I was I interested in. I expressed my dissatisfaction and she said she would pass my feedback on.
I just thought you might like to share my experience with your listeners. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff but a bad experience overall.
Regards,
Stuart D
Dundee
Scotland
Hi Rob
Thanks you for all you do (how often do I hear that on the podcast?!)
I have had the Pebble Steel since last July and have loved it. I saw the original on Kickstarter and didn't think much of the plastic case. When the Steel came out I really liked the look of it.
Now along comes the Apple Watch, I like the look of the watch, but because I have actually been using the Pebble for 9 months now I know what I like about having a connected watch - notifications on your wrist. That's the main feature I like about having a "smart watch".
The Apple Watch may have many more features that will outshine the Pebble, but in all honesty I don't think I'll use the extra flashy features. Battery life is a real turn off, my Pebble Steel gets 5-6 days comfortably and I would hesitate on getting something that lasts such a short time. I can get a couple of days on my 6 Plus if I wanted to (could probably stretch it to three if I was really frugal).
Another thing I don't like about the Apple Watch is the look of it, I don't like the look of it - the case that is. It just doesn't look all that robust. I like the look and feel of the Steel over the Apple Watch. I'm a working man, not a fashion model....
I'm actually really looking forward to getting the Pebble Time OS on my Steel.
I will be waiting for the next version / revision of the Apple Watch before I consider it. I haven't completely written off the Apple Watch yet, gen 2 will be even better. I don't hate it, I just don't want it.
Regards,
Paul M
Hi Rob, thought I would drop you a line about the issue I am having with my original Kickstarter Pebble watch.
Every time I get an alert on the Pebble the screen goes crazy, almost unreadable.
Sometimes simply by pressing a button the screen will go back to the previous screen ok, but often it will stay jumbled up, see screen shot.
I went on line to see if I was alone and discovered it seems quite a common problem.
I followed the instructions on line which were to send them a screen shot along with various specific pieces of information via the support function of the IOS app (the online webpage is ok for reporting issues but there is no function for attaching a screen shot so you have to do it via the App).
I got a response quickly from Pebble saying they were now going to send me a replacement even though mine was one of the original Kickstarter ones from a couple of years ago.
I haven’t received it yet, but have had shipping tracking number given to me so know its on its way.
I think that this is superb service and have now pledged on Kickstarter for one of the new ones also.
I hope none of your listeners have the same issue, but if they do at least Pebble is a tech company who recognise that things go wrong and are willing to sort the problem out.
Regards
Anthony Vickers
London
Hi Rob
I have a friend who works for big company . He have access to Apple Watch for the last 2-3 months. Some specs for You. Battery is not a problem "all day combined" should be ok for average person for whole day. 42mm one work around 1 hour longer. He says it's noticeable but not much. If You looking for retina display, You will be disappointed. Resolutions are: 38mm is 272x340 pix, 42mm is 312x390 pix. The prototype they have had to be in the building all the time. If You get it out of the building, gps (from connected iPhone I presume since watch do not have gps) would notify Apple right away. They have final software (for the time) and build of the watch itself was almost final, but already really good. Regards,
- Peter from Chicago.
Hi Rob,
In episode 341, Mitch mentioned an issue with Bluetooth audio skipping. I wonder if he has a Pebble. His issue could be similar to the one I wrote in about in episode 340.
Lou V
VOICEMAIL - Ron_OH_fdbk_bluetooth_settings
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In about 45 minutes I will be climbing into a casper bed if all goes well with the post production. So a big thanks again to Casper dot com for their support of Tii - and if you go to casper.com slash tii - and use promo code tii - all lower case - you will save $50 off a mattress shipped right to your door - again go to casper.com slash tii and use promo code tii.
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 I am down to just one song in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
And finally there is the Tii App which is now Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. Please go right now and download the Tii App - Did I mention it is free.
And that folks is going to do it for us today - Well Except for a bunch of more voicemail messages about listeners experiences with Apple Watch.
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HERE IS A BONUS SEGMENT This is an ARTICLE I WROTE FOR This Months PODUTAINMENT Magazine - AS it relates to podcast consumption via the Apple watch I thought I would include it as an audio segment here. THIS is NOT my best work - and very likely is my worst article to date - simply because there was not a lot of good things to say. But here goes:
Prior to the Apple Watch release there was the hope that the device would work as a nice remote on your wrist for controlling podcast playback - and thus spurring even more podcast consumption by listeners. And even the hope you could store podcasts in that 2 GB of available space for MP3 files.
And then there was the realty of the Apple Watch launch and while there were quite a few different native apps included, one sadly that was noticeably missing was an Apple Watch App for the Podcasts app. This means there is no native way for podcast listeners to chose, control and playback podcasts via their Apple Watch.
Yes Apple does allows up to 2GB of mp3 files to be stored on an apple watch for native playback when away from your iPhone. But getting a podcast into that list harkens back to 2004. You must first create a smart play list on iTunes on your computer that is sync’d to your iPhone and then you select that play list to sync to your apple watch - but it will only sync with the Apple Watch when the Apple watch is being charged up. 2004 is calling and they want iPodderX back. Yeah this is not something we are going to get many if any podcast listeners to do.
How do you consume podcasts with an Apple watch easily? Well, luckily Marco Arment with Overcast was on the ball and released Apple watch support with the launch of the Apple watch.
His implementation is clean and easy to use. First make sure you are subscribed to the podcasts you are interested in on your iPhone in the Overcast app. Then on the Apple Watch launch the overcast companion app. Next Force Touch on the screen and from there you can scan through the podcasts you are interested in - select an episode and start playing it all from the controls on the Apple watch.
With the actual “playing” happing on the iPhone. One thing that the Overcast App can not do is adjust the volume of playback - but the music app on the Apple watch can. The easiest way to get to it is via glances - swipe up to bring up glances and then at the now playing screen simple turn the digital crown to raise or lower the playback volume.
If you are a hardcore podcast listener - you can remove all the other items from your glances screen except for the Now Playing screen and then add in the Overcast screen to glances - this makes glances your own personal podcast control center. As a Podcaster make sure to mention to your Apple watch listening audience that they can now play back podcasts via the free Overcast App. Is this ideal - heck no - Native is always preferred - and this really just means right now - the Apple Watch will not be increasing Podcast playbacks.
That all said, OverCast is not the only app you can use to control podcast playback - you can actually launch an episode on the podcasts app on your iPhone - and then using the glances screen for Now Playing you can control the volume of that episode that is playing and even pause and and un-pause the episode. But you can not go through and select different podcasts.
Another app you can use is the TuneIn App - and from that App you can select different podcasts and episodes and start and stop episodes. Again with you using the Now Playing screen in glances to control volume.
Sadly Apple Watch is a major update or two away from really helping podcasting. In the mean time you can spread the word to your listeners that there are ways to use the Apple Watch to control podcasts -
just not natively - and not easily if they want to take podcasts with them on the Apple watch for a jog without their iPhone. Possible - Yes - easy - No.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 346
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank BARRY for sending in the music you hear in the background. BARRY wrote:
Hi Rob,
Here's a silly little song I made way back when garage band was first out for iOS. Feel free to use it for your show!
Regards,
Barry S
SONG_Barry_150414.mp3
Thanks BARRY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank KEVIN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. KEVIN said the following:
Hi Rob,
This is a Butterfly taken with iPhone 6 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, processed with Photos, Painteresque and Aviary
Regards,
Kevin Crossman
Fremont CA
KEVIN Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see KEVIN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 346 - 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.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
02:06
In this segment of how wrong were we have the following quote quote “Yet for some of us who sat in the audience watching Steve Jobs introduce the device, the whole thing felt like a letdown.” unquote
Daniel Lyons, AKA Fake Steve Job -
BusinessWeek, 28 January 2010
There is a reason he is known as Fake Steve Jobs and no Steve Jobs. Because he has launched as many hit consumer products as me and that would be ZERO - Just Sayin
02:38
For Promo codes - On Ep 345 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - Merces - Personal Tip Calculator - a bunch of words. We will be giving those out early this week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 345.
For Promo Codes This week we have promo codes for the App Slender Man Origins 3, Here is the written review from the dev:
Hi everyone! We're Bigzur, an independent game developer team. Many of our fans have been asking if there will be another game about Slender, and now it's finally time for the sequel! This game, Slender Man Origins III: Abandoned school is our third installment in the series. The story is about a girl, followed by Slender Man in her nightmares, as she tries to escape from him and save the souls of the children already captured by the Slender Man. The game features improved graphics, atmospheric sound effects, small game events, full voice-acting and a new level-randomizing feature, which makes sure you can't play one level in the same manner twice. Doors get locked, corridors become sealed, while new paths open each time you start a game. The levels themselves have multiple floors and multiple ways to reach every room, giving both you and Slender freedom to choose your way. Even if Slender is off your track, you shouldn't stay for too long - your sanity will slowly escape you, though you can fight it by finding medicine throughtout the level. Finally, use headphones for the best experience. Thanks, and we hope you have fun playing Slender Man Origins III!
Thanks to the devs for their written review of their App - Slender Man Origins 3 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 today in iOS at gmail dot com and put SLENDER in the subject line. We will be giving those away later next week.
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.
04:48
Play voice mail from - Ken_VA_Apple_pay_double_tap
Play voicemail from Jonathan_Apple_pay_easy
Hi Rob,
You do NOT have to open Passbook app to use Apple Pay. Double click on button (not crown) and it comes up. How much easier can it be?
Regards,
Janet
Hi Rob,
I’m sure you’re receiving several of similar emails regarding this. You don’t have to open Passbook on your Watch and then double click Friends button in use Pay. Just double click Friends button at any time and your card will come up and be ready to pay.
The double click doesn’t work for me since I can’t click it fast enough. Hopefully they add an accessibility option to allow for a slower click.
Regards,
Darrin
Greetings Rob:
I just finished listening to your first review of your Apple Watch and you commented on the functionality of accessing Apple Pay was clunky. It is by far much faster and easier to bring up Apple Pay on the watch just by double tapping on the side button... and there it is, your default card all ready to be scanned. Please add this to your .pdf list of tips & tricks for the Apple Watch.
Regards,
Bruce T
And from Mark L, and Kareem H as well.
OK - Yup - I was wrong - it is actually very easy to use ApplePay on your Apple Watch. As they mentioned just double tap on the side button and regardless of what app you had running - it will bring up apple pay on your Apple watch and then you just tap your wrist to the payment unit - and it registers as paid.
06:45
http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/27/apple-
releases-ios-8-4-beta-2-to-developers-
with-revamped-music-app/
Last week - Apple released iOS 8.4 beta 2 to devs and iOs 8.4 Public Beta 1. Looks like Apple will keep making the very first beta a devs only release - and then wait at least until the second beta to see how things are going before releasing the public beta.
Most of the changes from beta 1 to beta 2 of 8.4 seem to be bug fixes and performance enhancements and pretty much that is it.
But if you are one in the public beta group you can go and get the 8.4 beta now.
07:46
http://www.imore.com/secret-apple-
watch-options-14-force-touch-tips-
your-wrist#slide11
For those without an Apple watch or any plans for an Apple Watch - note there is going to be a bunch more Apple Watch news and tips this episode - but it is not ALL apple watch. This first story while Apple watch specific - is about force touch - and given Apple added force touch to the macbook - there is a really good chance we will see Force touch on the next iPhone - so in other words pay attention and don’t be so quick to hit that 30 sec jump forward button.
For those that have not experienced force touch - it is kind of like taking your touch on the screen to 11.
With the Apple native Apps on the Apple watch when you do that in most screens you will get access to hidden features / settings.
iMore has an article going over just some of those. Like the one I mentioned on the last episode - where you force touch on the watch face to get to the screen where you can change and customize the watch.
I will not go over all of them - I will link to the article.
But here are some others I found that were not mentioned.
In the Music App if you are on the play screen - when you force touch - you have the options of shuffle, repeat, source, and airplay. under source if you have sync’d up music to your apple watch you can choose the apple watch or you can choose the iPhone. If you choose the Apple watch - you have to have a bluetooth head set paired with the apple watch.
For Airplay it did not seem to find my AppleTV. It just listed the iPhone. Then I realized that Wifi was turned off on my iPhone - so I turned wifi on for my iPhone - and then the option to airplay music to Apple TV showed up. One other note with the music app - the digital crown is used to adjust the volume.
From the Twitter App - if you force touch - it will allow you to create a new tweet. Same with the Message App.
Not all Apps have force touch features hidden - the Stock app does not appear to have any - nor do the Phone app or the workout app or Instagram or Tunein Radio.
But many do - so next time you are in one of the Apple Watch apps - try force touch and see what hidden features you can find.
Like in the Overcast App - if you are using this one - go to an Episode of Today in iOS - and on the play screen - force touch. you will see two hidden options - effects and recommend. Please tap on Recommend for obvious reasons.
Per effects - you can turn on smart speed, voice boost and also change the speed of playback. So Marco added a few nice features there via force touch.
This actually leads us to the this email message
Hello Rob,
I was wondering if the Apple watch can control the playback of podcasts? I mean can it pause and start a podcast using either the Apple podcast app or another 3rd party app? Can it control playback volume? This is important to me since I do a lot of hiking and have the iphone tucked away in a pocket.
Thanks for all the good work.
Regards
Jim K from Morrison Colorado
Well Jim - right now the Apple Podcasts App does not actually have a Watch App. HOWEVER - here is a little trick I found. If you start a podcast on your iPhone with the Podcasts App. and then go and launch the music App on the Apple Watch - you will be able to start and stop the play back - and via the digital crown you will be able to adjust the volume. Note sometimes the play / pause does not work. But the volume control does seem to work.
And you know what this same trick will work with the Tii App.
So it seems if you have an app that is playing back audio on your iPhone - when you launch the Music App - it can be used to control the volume and some of the time control play and pause. But you might have to tap play / pause a few times to get it to work.
Now Jim if you want an app that works all the time like it is supposed to for listening to Podcasts then the Overcast App will be a key one - you just will not get volume control.
But you can launch Overcast on your apple watch find the show and episode you want and hit play. Then go and launch the Music app and control the volume. So it is a two app combo to do what you are looking for. I now keep the Overcast App and the Music App next to each other on my Apple Watch.
By the way this may be a temporary solution - as it may be a bug on the Music app allowing it to control other apps - lets hope no one from Apple listening right now goes and reports this “Bug”. Because as I see it this is not a bug but rather it is a feature.
Hi Rob,
So how do I bulk delete text messages on my watch, any idea? I get several dozen per day.
Not only can’t I find a way to bulk delete, but it seems like each deletion requires a TWO step process!
Thanks and Regards,
Steve in Port Jeff
I replied to Steve
From the main clock screen - swipe down from the top.
And then force touch and choose - Clear All - which is the big X in a circle.
I think this is what you are looking for.
Thanks Rob! Wow that is cool. But if you go to the messages app on the phone you will see that they are still there.
All the text messages just keep piling up in messages.
REgards,
Steve
If anyone has any other suggestions for Steve - please let us know - you can call us - 206-666-6364 - that is 206 moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Hi Rob,
At my son’s track meet last weekend while timing the 100m race, I noticed a shortcoming of the default stopwatch app. The problem is that the watch goes into sleep mode a few seconds after pressing the start timing button. So, you need to make sure you keep the watch screen active so that you are ready to stop timing. Perhaps a software update will resolve this, but I’m not holding my breath.
Regards,
—Mark
Hey Rob,
I received my 42MM Apple watch sport on Friday 4/24 and have been enjoying it thus far. I have a weird thing that is happening.
My wife and I share Apple ID's but have each of our devices to send message from their perspective numbers.
When I send a drawing to my friend's Apple watch the number that appears is my wife's number.
If I send a default text message, a voice transcribed message or animated emoji, the number that appears on his watch is my phone number.
I unpaired by watch and restored it to factory settings, Then re-paired the watch with my iphone and have the same issue.
I realize that I can have my wife create her own Apple ID and add her to family sharing, but I'd rather not have to go through the pain of redownloading all her apps.
I have already contacted Apple Support, but am curious if anyone else is seeing this.
Thanks
Howard
And Tim Galloway in the Google+ community replied - quote It's not the Apple ID , it's the iCloud ID, just have your wife use her own ICloud ID, she can stay signed into iTunes Store with the ID you currently share unquote
Thanks Tim.
16:07
http://www.cnet.com/news/11-surprises-i-
learned-about-the-apple-watch/
A couple of episodes ago I mentioned an article from CNET titled 11 surprises I learned about the apple watch - and this was from a writer that was given an pre-release Apple watch to test out.
So I wanted to re-visit that article now that I have almost two weeks with my wrist under the Apple watch.
One item was Some taptic sensation were too subtle and you needed to make it Prominent Haptic as necessary - and Yup - I felt the same way - the normal settings were just not jarring enough to notice all the time - basically you need to turn it up to 11 to really notice it. Hopefully via software update that will get even more prominent.
Per vibrations - the pebble has the Apple watch beat.
He also found siri very useful - and I agree - I think the siri integration is where the Apple watch clearly trumps the pebble. If I want to check the score of the royals game or the starting time - it is a simple query to siri - and I have my answer.
He found it shocking you can not start and stop calls on your iPhone - I agree - that is shocking and a major oversight.
So after having the Apple watch for almost two weeks - I would have to see - Scott Stein’s article was pretty good. Link in show notes.
17:37
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/04/29/
apple-watch-component-defective/26593575/
Oh the power of link Bait - if you have listened before you probably have heard me bemoan the practice known as link baiting - and oh boy do we have a doozy this time. Here is the title Quote Apple Watch Component found defective, report says unquote - and that is from USA Today. Yikes - makes it sound like something in your apple watch is defective - right. Well NO. Do you remember that exercise you had to do in high school for one of the standardized tests - it was where you read a few paragraphs and then had to pick the title that best matched what your read. Well per this article - that title would have gotten you a failing grade if you picked it. Here is what the title of the article should have been quote lack of key component limited Apple watch supply at launch unquote.
That is right - there were no Apple Watches shipped with the faulty component - it was something Apple found well before shipping started - and it was with the taptic engine from one of their two suppliers - the one from China. Apple supposedly found during accelerate life testing - that the taptic engines from china failed to often. While the ones from their Japanese supplier were fine - and that is the only one that went out to consumers - again this is not about a component in your Apple watch that was found defective - it was a component that never made it in your apple watch as it was discovered to be defective in accelerated life testing prior to mass production. And this is one of the key reasons that Apple did not have more Apple watches available at launch.
So Shame on your USA Today for the purposefully misleading title to your article - or what we call link bait journalism.
19:26
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/4/
8549633/apple-bands-made-for-
apple-watch-program
Apple has launched a Made for Apple Watch program which offers design guidelines for 3rd party band designers.
Right now the Made for Apple Watch program is just for band designers - but there is speculation it will soon be opened up to 3rd party charger and stand designers and other accessories to the Apple watch which is well an accessory to the iPhone.
However no word on what that hidden port is - and if 3rd party’s can access it - but there are others out there claiming to have straps coming that take advantage of that port to offer faster charging options - but is sound like they will not be getting that official Made for Apple Watch - MFAW - seal of approval.
20:12
http://www.techboom.co.uk/apple-
confirms-tattoos-mess-with-the-iwatch/
One thing that is not made for Apple watch is Tattoos. According to Apple quote - Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can also impact heart rate sensor performance. The ink, pattern, and saturation of some tattoos can block light from the sensor, making it difficult to get reliable readings. unquote.
So what are your choices - well you could move it to the other wrist if it is not inked up. but if the top both wrists are inked up - your next alternative for getting a heart beat reading is via a wireless bluetooth hear rate monitor you can pair to your apple watch.
Some have asked about wearing it on the bottom or inside of your wrist - Apple does not recommend that and says the readings are not as accurate on the inside of the wrist. Others that have tested it on the inside of the wrist have found during a cardio workout the readings to not match up to cardio equipment - but simple sliding it to the top of the wrist as recommended - brought the Apple watch back in sync with good 3rd party cardio monitors.
21:32
Hi Rob,
You haven't really opined yet about iOS v8.3. Reviews seem mixed. I've held off for now, waiting for a thumbs up from you. Can you tell us what you think on your next podcast?
Jim K
Yes - Update.
Also have people asking about my opinion of the Apple watch.
So here goes.
I really do like my Apple Watch a lot - I wear it all day every day. And I have not even started trying it out with bluetooth head phones yet - that will be this week. More on the next episode with regards to that. Also look for an unboxing video in the Tii app for the bluetooth headphones I received to test out.
So is the Apple Watch for Everyone - absolutely not.
First off - do you even want something on your wrist? If the answer is no - stay away. Because once you get it - you will find yourself compelled to keep it on your wrist all the time.
Assuming you are someone that wore a watch - should you get the Apple Watch or the Pebble. That really comes down to what you want to do with it.
If your primary need is for a glances feature - where you look down to see a new message or email or phone call that is coming in or the time or temp. Well the Pebble does that just fine and is a lot cheaper and has a significantly better battery life.
If you however are looking for a device that is more than a remote screen for your iPhone - something that is interactive - where you can answer a call and talk via the watch , where you can reply to text messages or send a tweet or ask siri a basic question - where you can actually get it to work with your phone to take pictures. And where you can measure your heart rate and your steps and tie it all back into the Health app - then the Apple Watch will trump the Pebble.
If you are looking for a device where you don’t need the iPhone and can go out jogging and listen to music while on the jog - and have it measure your steps and heart rate at the same time - then clearly the Apple Watch is for you.
Is the Apple watch perfect - no - is it better than the pebble - in most cases yes - but not in all cases. I will say this - I have not turned on my Pebble since I had my Apple Watch - but I will add - the Pebble did seem to handle receiving push messages better for Texts and emails - and allowed me to answer my phone on my phone via the pebble - which to me is the biggest missing feature at this time on the Apple watch - and something I would guess they will address in a future software update.
So am I recommending it for everyone - NO. But for many if not most iPhone users - it will provide an extra level of interaction with your iPhone that will allow you to keep your iPhone tucked away a little more than you currently are doing.
And I do believe as apps develop for it - you will see more and more use cases to justify the purchase of one. It is still early in its lifecycle and the number of apps are very small now compared to where we will be by the end of the summer.
And if you are still on the fence - don’t feel bad - it is not like you can walk into a store and impulse buy one yet anyway. Keep listening to future episodes and we will have more and more feedback - good and bad on the Apple watch experience I am sure.
25:25
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I had a couple of people mention they missed out on the free monthly trial of HBO Now - Yup - that monthly trial ended at the end of April. However if you signup now - you will get a free 7 day trial. I did signup as I mentioned and did so via my Apple TV - now when I want to also look at HBO Now on my computer - you have to select the choice where you signed up via Apple TV - and use the same emails address when re-registering - it does make you re-register if you want the access on the computer. but not re-pay. At least I hope not. But just because you sign up on Apple TV - does not mean your username and password will work on an iOS device or the computer right away - you do need to go via your computer and re-register. You might be able to re-register on your iOS device - but I did not find it. And stopped looking once I did it on the computer. Any way - I am now into season 5 on Game of Thrones when I work out via my Computer and Season 1 with my wife when we bulk watch on the Apple TV. Kind of fun watching at two time lines.
Hey Rob,
Each episode you mention that the artwork for that episode can be seen in iTunes. For me that’s true but I have to kind of hunt for it by going into Get Info, otherwise I just see the attached. I think in the past that the TII podcast icon used to change each episode but now the attached has been that way for months. Is there a way I can automatically see each episode’s artwork without having to go digging for it (i.e. a way for the podcast icon to change each week)?
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Thanks/regards,
Rob
Hi Rob,
In the Tii App it is easy to see the artwork.
iTunes has made it more and more difficult with each update.
And in the Podcasts app you can't see it at all.
Nothing I can really do on that front - as it is an iTunes / Podcasts UI issue / change.
But on the Tii App and at Facebook page and google+ community I make sure to put the artwork for each episode for all to see.
And I just started an Instagram account (finally) to also put the artwork out to after each episode.
http://instagram.com/todayinios/
I have a few recent episodes up already - and will work to get more of the older episode artwork up there as well. Please make sure to follow todayinios on instagram if you are a user.
Rob, I have a question about iCloud Photo Library.... I just don't understand it fully! Why all my photos on iCloud sync to my iPhone 6 plus? It's more than 45 gig of photos that I don't need. Also I have the same iCloud account with the wife but if I select iCloud library on her phone... She would get my pics! So how can I save her pics without selecting to sync to iCloud? Or can I upload them to iCloud but not sync mines to her phone? I don't know... it's just so complicated and I feel apple made it worst! Anyway, love the show! Take care!
Jose M.
Hey, Rob and Listeners!
Has anyone bought or used a flash drive designed for use with iOS (with a lightening port)? It appears that the best reviews are posted for SanDisk.
I was considering buying one, even though they are a bit pricey. The added storage space and convenience might be a good thing, although Dropbox and other cloud services may negate the need for such devices.
What do you all think?
Thanks for ALL you do, Rob!
Regards,
- Tammy
(Near St. Louis)
Hi Tammy - on a past episode we talked about the iStick - this is something that will work with the lightening port.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istick/
id590694047?mt=8
Pricing runs from $80 for an 8GB version to $350 for a 128 GB version. They also have 16 and 32 and 64 gb versions in between those price points. Just google - istick - i s t i c k - and there is an app you need to use with it that is free in the app store.
One one side it is a lightening dongle and on the other side it is a standard USB dongle. Again something we talked about and got feedback on in a previous episode.
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37:47
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Caryl Goodman who said the following
Quote
Can someone tell me, does the new Watch actually count your steps?
Unquote
Steve Russel replied with - Yes displays them in the Activity App.
Mark Page said - from the users guide - quote Your iPhone GPS allows Apple Watch to achieve even more distance accuracy. For example, if you carry iPhone while using the Workout app on a run, Apple Watch uses the iPhone GPS to calibrate your stride. The watch can used stored data to calculate distance and probably estimates stride from your weight and height inputs when no GPS is available such as indoors and when the watch is not connected to the iPhone. unquote.
Seems the Apple watch does do a good job at measuring steps - as Consumer reports tested it while using someone with an actual counter ticking down for each step - and the Apple watch was very accurate.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the community - I liked this post from Kareem Haskett
quote I discovered an excellent feature on the Apple Watch. Because the watch receives and delivers info from the Health app, it allows its info to be pushed into the Jawbone UP app and vice versa, since the Jawbone UP app also received and delivers info to the Health app. Since I have the watch now, I no longer wear the Jawbone as a step counter since the watch is tracking that for me. When I go to bed, I plug the watch in and put the Jawbone UP on so that it can track my sleep. All of this info is automatically pushed into the Jawbone UP app for me to view and share with my connections. Another cool feature is that the activities app on the watch tracks activities from your other apps like runkeeper since they all write to the Health app. I originally thought that I would have to use the workout app for it to track my exercises.
unquote
Thanks Kareem
40:37
http://www.snazzymujadid.com/2015/05/apple-is-booming-in-europe-at-googles.html
Some good news for the iOS world from Kantar Worldpanel - whom show that iOS is increasing market share in key European nations - mostly at the expense of Android.
From Q1 2014 to Q1 2015 - the iPhone increased its market share in Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain from 18.6% to 20.3%. While Android dropped from 71.5% to 68.4%. Still it is an over 3 to 1 ration Android to iOS in those 5 countries.
Of course once you start talking profit share - then all those numbers are meaningless because Apple dominates that part of the equation. Where Apple has almost all of the profit in the celluar market. And at the end of the day - it is all about profits - not market share - but still nice to see a bump in market share as well.
41:31
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-iOS-eats-into-Androids-market-share-in-the-U.S._id69061
But you know what - Comscore is not going to let Kantar get all the attention - so they released their numbers as well.
What they found in the US - In December 2014 for total Smartphone subscribers - Android was 53.1% to iOS’s 41.6% - but by Mar 2015 - Android had dropped to 52.4% and iOS had risen to 42.6%. Again that is in the US only. If you look at Apple vs Sammy in the US it is Apple with 42.6% vs Sammy with 28.3%. Apple again going up one point in that last quarter while Sammy dropped 1.4 % points.
In the US if you are looking at the top of the smartphone market - Apple really dominates - as a lot of the that 53.1% Android scored was on the low side of the price pie.
42:33
http://toucharcade.com/2015/05/06/blind-
gamers-are-embracing-developers-who-
have-an-eye-for-accessibility/
Hi Rob,
Thought this article was neat.
Regards,
Chelsea
Thanks Chelsea for the link to the article titled - Blind Gamers Are Embracing Developers Who Have an Eye for Accessibility.
They point out in the article per the title - that some devs of games are making their apps more accessible. And one such app is King of Dragon Pass - A $9.99 app.
One comment about that game was this quote "It's the best example of a formerly inaccessible PC game made fully playable on iOS thanks to Apple's VoiceOver screen reader. unquote.
Another app they mentioned is the game - A Dark Room - Just $0.99.
And there are others mentioned in the article - it is definitely worth a read if you or someone you know is visually impaired and looking for some apps that are well designed to take advantage of iOS’s accessibility features.
43:30
http://www.cultofmac.com/321293/developers-are-pumped-about-apples-new-app-analytics-service/
Thanks to Chris in London for this next one.
Which is about Apple giving access to some Add devs to try out the new App Analytics tool for the App store. This is something announced at WWDC last year - so you know talk about getting it out in the 11th hour or in this case the 11th month. Anyway this tracks how people find a devs app to how long they use them.
It also tracks traffic to an apps page and lets them know if they are downloading or not. Obviously if lots of people are visiting your page and few are clicking download - you have some meta data or price adjustments to make. But if no one is visiting your page - then you have some marketing adjustments to make.
I know I look forward to seeing this info for my Tii App and other apps.
Right now it is just being offered to a small number of devs - and you needed to request early access. If anyone has been given access - please call or email your feedback - I will not mention you name or app if you don’t want me to.
44:42
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/04/apple-
tv-touch-pad-remote/
Thanks again to Chris in London for this next one.
And hey it is rumor time - which means no Apple Watch info. Nope this time it is about the Apple TV.
One of the key parts of the rumor is that the Apple TV remote will be totally redesigned - with just two buttons - but with a touchpad. It will be wider - but around the same length and thickness.
The Apple TV is supposed to be announced and launched at WWDC.
And the Apple TV itself will be thinner than the current unit.
Again it is rumored it will not support 4K video but will have an A8 Chip inside - and it will be supporting a future role out of Apples upcoming Web TV service offering and its music streaming service.
Some however think the Apple Remote may not be changing - rather staying as is or very close to it. They claim a touch pad would make it more complex and goes against the main design principle of minimalist design.
That said - Apple has a long way to go to catch up to the Google TV remote with its 78 buttons that when I showed my wife a picture of it - she said she would shot me if I had that as a remote for our TV.
46:13
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/03/apples-129-ipad-will-feature-bluetooth-stylus-force-touch-nfc-more-source-says
Hey more rumors - this time - the iPad maxi - or the iPad Pro or the iPad 12.9” version. And the rumors on it this time are it will include force touch - which is a safe bet - since that seems to be the way of the future for Apple.
It would also have a bluetooth stylus with pressure sensitivity to support force touch.
It would also have a USB-C connector and NFC.
No word on when it would be released and if the USB-C connector is in place of the Lightening port or in addition to it.
If there is a USB-C port - my guess is it will be in addition to it.
That said - I could see there being two different Lightening ports - one for landscape docking and one for Portrait docking to make it easier to use with bluetooth keyboards which will be key in any corporate use case.
47:10
https://static.googleusercontent.com/
media/source.android.com/en/us/devices/
tech/security/reports/Google_Android
_Security_2014_Report_Final.pdf
Google released a report or ebook titled - Android Security 2014 Year in Review.
One interesting stat I found was this. 0.5% of devices had a PHA installed. What is PHA - it stands for Potentially Harmful Application. And it is only mentioned 80 times in this report.
But hey 0.5% is a small number right - well no - it is a small % of a large number - as they also talked about over 1Billion devices - meaning 5 Million Android Devices have a PHA.
Oh and if you are in Russia then there are around 3.5% of the devices with a PHA installed if you don’t look at units that side load apps.
Those that do - that number is around 5% for Russia and almost 10% for China.
Yeah - it was an exciting read. If you are suffering from insomnia - link is in the show notes for Ep 346 at todayinios dot com.
http://www.fastcompany.com/3044608/
new-report-on-android-security-finds-
fewer-than-1-of-phones-are-potentially-at-risk
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VOICEMAIL - Dan_LA_theory_iPad_sales_decline
GO OVER PDF.
Hi Rob,
Do you know price and availability on the Sennheiser MKE 2 digital you spoke about on Ep 345 and played the clip from?
Thanks
TH
Hi TH - The availability is July - they said the price was more professional grade. Was not sure what that meant - but I went and found it on line - ummm - yeah. Best price so far I found was $499 - with a quote list price unquote of over $600. Yikes. Ok - that was a tad bit more than I expected. Sorry about that. Or better to wait some time - and see if the price comes down.
Hi Rob,
I am a devout Apple fan and have been following your podcast for a very long time and just finished listening to 344 - thanks for all you do for the community!
I'm always upgrading to the latest iOS devices and whilst I'm not disappointed with the products, I'm getting disgruntled that the features that encourage me to upgrade my devices often never come to fruition outside of the USA.
There's constantly talk of new features, but here in the UK we still don't have iTunes Radio or apple pay. Already there's talk of iOS 9 yet some of the main features of iOS 7 and iOS 8 still don't work in the UK!
Come on Apple - spend some time bringing us the features we've paid for!
Thanks for being our voice!
Best regards,
Anthony
VOICEMAIL - Shannon_Passbook_review
Hi Rob,
I was one of the winners of your promo code give away for the app, "Desk Calc" a few episodes back. Thank you very very much! I want to say how useful I am finding the app and highly recommend it. I believe the price is only $1.19.
The main feature of this calculator app that is not included on the stock Calc app is the virtual digital tape showing what numbers and totals you punched in. The obvious reasons for wanting this feature is to verify that you keyed in the numbers accurately, however some additional and not so obvious benefits I've found are to look back at the tape later to review these calculations. For example, step one calculate your income for the year. Step 2 calculate your tax deductible expenses. Step 3 subtract expense from income to get net income. When done you can email the tape to yourself or whom ever to review later and also add notations to these numbers if desired.
Also during a recent renovation I used the Desk Calc app when measuring the lengths of several baseboards needed for all rooms. I then used the total of these numbers at the builder supply store helping me to estimate quantity of baseboards needed and then when cutting baseboards to size, I had my cutting list right in my pocket.
The last feature I'll mention is the four button memory feature that is not included on stock Calc app when in portrait orientation. I find the four button memory feature very useful on occasions as well.
This Desk Calc app is now my go-to calculator app.
Regards,
Lyle in British Columbia Canada
Hi Rob,
I'm in Canada & ordered a white sport band Watch yesterday morning.
2-3 week shipping estimate. Was told it would be delivered by June 4th.
However, it shipped TODAY!
Just thought I'd share in case the long ship dates were putting anyone off...
Regards,
Danielle S
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57:34
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
1198527709/icons-by-corners4-
protection-meets-design?ref=discovery
I was looking around Kickstarter for something unique or different for iOS devices and I came across a project called - icons by corners4 - with icons - actually spelled I C O N S. This is for the iPhone 6 and 6plus - and it is a way to protect your iPhone - but not hide its beauty.
What this is simply is 4 items or nubs or corner protectors that go - obviously one in each corner - they have a decent height above and below the device such that if you drop your iPhone they will keep the screen from ever hitting the ground and thus protects the screen,
This is a neat way to protect the screen but at the same time not get in the way of the beauty of the iPhone. And the corner protectors are cool looking - one is called Forsaken - and it is basically a skull - think the Punisher. Another is called Dragon and think - a castle tower in its design. And there are a few other.
They claim they have a special adhesive from 3M to create a strong bond with the surface of your phone without damaging it. They do state on their site it is not going to damage the surface of the phone and you can remove them if needed - but in regular use they will not come off on their own.
It looks like they already have this product for the iPhone 4/4s and 5/5s. If anyone has purchased these - for their 4/4S or 5/5s - please call in with your review.
Pricing on this starts at $39 for the Original design. then $45 for the Dragon and Prism design. The Forsaken aka Skull design is $55.
I do like this concept and the designs. Right now they are a little light on the funding - with just $3k towards their goal of $20k. But they do have 38 days to get that extra 17k - this one goes until Jun 14th at 12:28 PM CT.
If you are looking for good protection and also something that does not get in the way of plugging into the lightening port this is a good option. I would still suggest a glass screen protector as well. Which is a question I put to them on kickstarter - is will they work with glass screen protectors.
Here was their response:
Hi Rob,
Thank you for your interest and support for ICONS by Corners4. The ICONS will be manufactured to pretty exacting tolerances. They need to snuggly fit the iPhone and accommodate the custom designed 3M adhesive that keeps them in place....This is a system we are using successfully for our original Corners4. Many of our customers use thin 2mm screen protectors...It makes the installation a little tighter, but it works just fine. Some glass protectors 3+mm can present a challenge. This has been a very minor issue for us...Again thank you for your help and if there are any other questions I can answer fire away.
Regards,
Steve W
Thanks Steve for the reply - folks search for ICON at kickstarter dot com on in the show notes for ep 346.
1:01:13
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hicast/
id858974970?mt=8
Hi Rob,
I wish this email finds you well. My name is Markus and I am your show's long time listener. I work as an iOS developer and would like to thank you for your wonderful podcasts, which gave me inspirations and information that helped creating better users experience when developing iOS apps.
The app, 'HiCast', that I have been personally working on, contains all hot features for a podcast players, and on top of that, the menu tab was created to address one hand operation to work best with big screen like the iPhone 6 plus. It provides an easy way for people to share their favourite bookmarks on different podcasts, so that your shows can be shared by listeners much easier than ever. Most importantly, there will be no cost to download or to use this app!
Here is the App Store link for HiCast:
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/
wa/viewSoftware?id=858974970&mt=8
Hope you like it, thanks a lot.
Best Regards,
Markus Chow
1:02:20
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VOICEMAIL - GIL_ISSUE_SIRI_QUESTION
Hi Rob,
I'm a new listener to your show and have been really enjoying it for a couple of months now. Two questions on Cellular Settings in iOS 8.2 (going to wait a bit on 8.3) which I use on my T-Mobile 5S:
- I have some apps that function quite well completely offline, like Downcast for example, since I download, rather than stream my podcasts, including yours. iOS, however, is hellbent on reminding me the split second I open the app when I'm not at home on my Wifi network, that "Cellular Data is Turned Off for 'Downcast'" or whatever other app I'm opening. Since I'm not a good jailbreaker candidate, is there any other way to turn off these annoying pop-ups? "Yes, thank you iOS, but I have a very good reason for having Cellular Data Turned Off: I don't need or want it for this app. My own Wifi is fine and dandy, thank you."
- Closely related to this, is the same pop-up every time I open the "Settings" menu when I'm not on Wifi. Is there any benefit to having Cellular Data turned on for the entire "Settings" menu?
Yes, I'm a cheapskate when it comes to data. "I plead guilty, as charged, your honor."
Thanks in advance for your help and for all the useful tips you and my fellow listeners put out there for us each week.
Regards,
-Brian-
Clermont, FL
Hi Rob and Fellow Tii Listeners:
I'd like to get feedback on using a magnet type mount in a rough riding vehicle like a big truck or rough riding pickup etc.
Thanks for your feedback
Regards
Mike R
Well folks please call or email us if you have done any testing of a good magnetic type mount that survives off roading. Especially if it holds your iPhone in place even after you run into a tree because you were trying to look at the screen while driving off road. Just Sayin
Hi Rob,
I've used mctube for sometime to download videos from YouTube to save and watch offline, it doesn't work anymore with the YouTube rules of third party apps. Do you have a suggestion for a work around, would prefer not to jailbreak will I will if I have to.
Regards,
Nick.
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VOICEMAIL - JOHNATHAN_QUEST_MESSAGES_AUDIO_ISSUE
Hi Rob,
I have an opportunity to change my AT&T unlimited data plan to a 3GB
shared data plan with one month rollover data while I still have 8
months remaining on my two year (single line) contract. The savings
will be $20 per month for a total of $160 just for the current
contract. I plan to purchase my future phones outright so I don't
need the "supplemented" phone purchase assistance. I am only using 1
to 2 GB right now but I'm not sure what my future data use may be.
I'm looking for some thoughts or Pros and Cons from you and your
listeners as to how dumb it would be to give up the unlimited data
that will never be available again.
Great program and thank you for all that you do.
Regards,
Keith in St. Louis/New Orleans
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1:13:14
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/
invaders-mini/id986212363?mt=8
I wanted to give you a heads up on an app called Invaders Mini - which is a quote game unquote for the apple watch - and yeah - using the word game is being generous. It is a space invaders themed app for your Apple watch. And well it is clear from this quote game unquote - that Apple Watch games have a ways to go yet. But hey if you want a quote game unquote for your Apple watch this one is appropriately priced at Free.
1:13:46
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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.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today - Well Except for a bunch of more voicemail messages about listeners experiences with Apple Watch.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 345
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank TONI for sending in the music you hear in the background. TONI wrote:
Hi Rob.
I made this soundtrack on Garageband for my video “ Vert Eyes”. Check it out on my tumblr page tonerinsf.tumblr.com
Thanks.
Toni P in San Francisco.
SONG_TONI_P_Vert_EYES.mp3
Thanks TONI for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank BARRY for sending in the Artwork for today's show. BARRY said the following:
Hi Rob,
I made this pic of my "Apple Watch" using the stock camera with "instant" filter, and added text with Pixlr.
Regards,
Barry
Rural Hall, NC
BARRY Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see BARRY'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 345 - 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.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
02:10
In this segment of how wrong were we have the following quote quote “Why the iPad will be synonymous with failure.
I’m the type of personal who can rationalize just about any technology purchase. I’m the guy in line to buy the new gadget the day it goes on sale. There is no way to rationalize purchasing an iPad in its current form. The device makes zero sense. It reminds me of the Macbook Air, a device for people who have more money than brains. unquote.
Alex Valentine, /dev/null, 28 January 2010
Obviously he proved with that statement who it was lacking brains - but ironically it seems people talking about the Apple watch leading up to the launch took his words and replaced iPad with Apple watch more that a couple of times. Seems Apple Haters really like to Hate new Apple Products the most - Just Sayin
03:08
For Promo codes - On Ep 344 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - Split the Check - three words - That is an app specifically for the Apple Watch. We will be giving those out early this week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 344.
For Promo Codes This week we have promo codes for the App Personal Tip Calculator three words, Here is the written review from the dev:
Hello, my name is Donovan, and I’m the developer of Merces - Personal Tip Calculator. I’ve built Merces to be fast whenever you need it, saving you from spending unnecessary time on your phone. With the Quick venue, you can set the tip rate you use most to appear immediately at launch. (And if you’re indecisive, you can also set two additional ones that will be just a tap away). You can even save your local sales tax rate and Merces will automatically calculate the sales tax based on your subtotal. Oh, and did I mention Merces has Apple Watch support? Your venue-specific tip rates, sales tax rate, and regular settings will all sync between Apple Watch and iPhone. You can even theme both the Apple Watch and iPhone apps. It’s only $0.99, but I’m giving away 10 promo codes! Good luck.
Thanks Donovan for your written review of your App - Personal Tip Calculator 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 today in iOS at gmail dot com and put PERSONAL in the subject line. We will be giving those away later next week.
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.
05:10
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/04/27Apple-
Reports-Record-Second-Quarter-Results.html
Apple had their Quarterly Conference call - They call it their March Quarter or Q2. I call it their Q1 2015 quarter to keep down or increase confusion depending on who you are. But last quarter Jan to March - Apple reported Record Revenue of $58 Billion for that quarter vs 45.6 Billion in the year ago quarter. Total Cash is now up to $193.5 Billion up 15.6 Billion for the Quarter. During the Quarter they generated 19.1 Billion in cash flow and returned >9.6 Billion via Dividends and share buy backs. They reported $13.6 Billion in Profits for the quarter. In after hours trading Apple was up almost $2 to a record high of over $134 dollars a share. Will be interesting to see where that goes in regular trading this week.
Before we get to how Apple got to these record numbers.
Lets first look at how the Anal-ists predicted sales and numbers for last quarter. First up is the biggie - the iPhone and the Anal-ists predicted an average of 56.8 Million units sold with a high of 64 Mil from Faizal Kara of the Braeburn Group and a low of 50 Mil from Walter Piecyk of BTIG. And the actual number was - 61.2 Million iPhones sold last quarter. The closest to the hole was Rober Paul Leitao from the Braeburn Group with a prediction of 61 Million.
ASP’s for the iPhone last quarter were $659 that is up from $596 in the year ago quarter.
Overall - the iPhone Sales numbers and ASP’s were a solid home run for Apple.
Per The iPads sales - well first lets look at the predictions. The Anal-ists had an average estimate of 14.1 Million units sold - with a few predicting 12 Million on the low side and Alexis Cabot predicting 16.35 Mil on the high side - and the actual number was 12.6 Million well below the average - Closest to the hole was Kirk Burgess from the Braeburn group with a guess of 12.5 Mil units.
If you look at the post I put up at Today in iOS for the Quarterly call - you will see a chart I highlighted - it is also in the bonus section for this episode in the Tii App for the PDF bonus in the last slide. This slide to me is very telling - it is the cumulative trailing 4 quarter sales for the iPhone and iPad back to initial launches - starting at Q4. There had been a time when Apple was touting the iPad sales were above that of the iPhone - but now when you look at the trends in that chart you can see clearly why the iPhone is such a big big part of Apples financials. The iPad sales essentially stopped growing about two years ago and are now actually showing a decline - while the iPhone sales continue to keep on keeping on and get better each quarter. I think this plays back to the much longer life cycle of the iPad - my kids still use their 5 year old iPads every day I let them.
Anyway make sure if you have the Tii App to look at the charts in the PDF in the bonus items for this episode - there is also charts for quarterly sales back to launch for both the iPhone and iPad.
Per the Conference call - other interesting tid-bits - Apple Sold 4.6 Mil Macs last quarter up from 4.1 Mil in the year ago quarter.
Apple is upping their capital return plan to $200 Billion dollars - most of that in stock buy back - but they are upping their Dividend from $0.47 per share to $0.52 per share. The next pay out will be May 14th for those holding Apple stock on May 11th.
Best buy will start supporting Apple Pay in their stores later this year.
Per the Apple Watch nothing was said or even hinted at for actual numbers. Per which at least one Analist on the call was concerned about Tim not using enough overly optimistic terms when talking about sales to ask if all was ok.
Tim said he could not be happier with sales - that Demand was Greater than supply - but that they were able to get more supply then initially thought and have been pulling in ship dates for many. More on that later in the show.
Tim said By Late June Apple should be in a position to add more countries to where the Apple Watch will be on sale.
And right now there are over 3,500 Apps for the Apple Watch.
One last note from Tim was about there only being about 20% of the installed iPhone user base on the iPhone 6 or 6+ - which he said means there is a lot of room yet for iPhone Sales.
Overall the news was very positive or at least the important iPhone news was. And as I mentioned earlier in after hours trades Apple Stock price was up. Which does not happen after most quarterly calls.
http://fortune.com/2015/04/20/how-many-ipads-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-10/
http://fortune.com/2015/04/16/how-many-iphones-
did-apple-sell-last-quarter-17/
http://fortune.com/2015/04/27/spreadsheet-
of-the-day-final-estimates-for-apples-fiscal-q2/
http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q1-2015-quarterly-report
11:46
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
I just received my Apple Watch with Milanese loop band. I asked the UPS driver if he was delivering a lot of these packages. He said, “A lottttt of them. It seems like every other house.” This is in the New Jersey Shore area.
Regards,
James
So Did I get my Apple Watch? was I one of the every other houses? - Well For those with the Tii App you may have seen the Push notice about my unboxing video - which is only available in the Tii App. It gives you a nice look at what the Apple Watch Sport Box and packaging looks like. So Yes - Yes I did get my Apple Watch. And here is what I have learned / experienced with My Apple Watch the last few days.
First up the issue of Battery Life - WAY WAY WAY over blown leading up to this launch. I made sure on Saturday Morning I had it fully charged. I then waited until it went down to 10% of a charge. That was Sunday at 7:30 PM - I went 32 hours+ from Full charge to 10% - in that time I had 4 hours and 9 minutes of usage. I was doing a whole bunch with it - phone calls - shooting pics and watching Video from my camera on the iPhone - checking twitter - checking emails - purchased items from Walgreens and more.
Per getting it from 10% to 100% charge - that took 2 hours and 5 minutes. And then I left it on the charger another 1 hour plus - just to make sure again it was fully charged. As of this recording - which is 26 hours since the last full charge I am at 27% charge and I had 3 Hours and 52 minutes of usage during that time.
Granted these battery life numbers pale in comparison to the Pebble - but they are not as bad as many in the tech press made it seem leading up to the launch. Battery life is more than acceptable as even Jack Bauer could make it a whole season on a single charge. But I would highly suggest you get a charging dock for your nightstand.
There is something else I should clear up from the last episode - the blue band really is not as ugly in person as it looked in the photos - the photos made it look like a much more neon blue. It seems to be dialed back a little bit. So I actually kind of like the look of it now. But yes - I am still going to change the band as soon as I can - more on why in a bit.
Per the bands - Last episode I said it looks as if you get 1 1/2 bands - and if you saw the unboxing video that clearly is the case. You get the main band with the clasp and then two bands with the adjustment holes. a Small / Medium one and a L / XL one. The L / XL one is what is on the Apple watch when you receive it.
Per the Apple Watch Sport band - that is without a doubt the most frustrating band to work with and get fastened - you saw in my video. Will I be changing it out - HECK YEAH. But not just because it is tough to get fastened - but also because of a reason some in the Tii Google+ community already know about - It is not as secure as you need. Ken in the Google+ community reached into his pocket and that action undid the clasp and his watch fell to the tile floor and shattered - not cracked - shattered. Not even two days old. Ken - My Sympathies. I did ask him if he had it clasped as apple recommends and he said yes - but he only had two holes left so not much of the band was tucked under like they suggest. FYI - if you are using the sports band - YOU MUST TUCK the band under - You must do this - if you don’t it will fall off your wrist rather easily. And may fall off even if you do. If you were thinking the L / XL band was just a little too big - I would recommend using it vs the S / M band at the last hole - the more you can tuck under the better.
And really as soon as you can get away from that band the better. So maybe the blue was not as bad looking as I thought - the band functionally is frustrating at best and dangerous at worst.
But outside of the Band - My Experience with it was very good for the most part.
Now somethings were not 100% intuitive - like setting up Apple Pay. Which I already had set up on my iPhone 6+. I figured I would pair the devices and not Apple Pay is paired as well - and well I figured wrong. I actually had to go into the Apple Watch App on my iPhone and go to My Watch - and then select Passbook & Apple Pay - and then select Add Credit or Debit Card - and rescan in my Credit card. There was some info I had to clean up and submit - and then it was live right away - no need to jump through the hoops like I did on the initial set up - again because I used a card already assigned to Apple Pay. But you do need to rescan your card.
Also when using your Apple watch to pay - you need to launch the Passbook Apple Pay app - and then click on the side button twice to get it ready to pay. It is not like with your iPhone where there is no prep work needed you just lay it on the scanner and put your thumb on the scanner and you are done. With Apple Pay on the Apple watch you do need to launch that Passbook app and double tap on the side button. Note the Side button is the one that is not the digital Crown just to make sure we are all on the same page.
Yes - I payed with my apple Watch - but chances are in the future most of my Apple payments as in 99% of them will be with my iPhone. Obviously if you don’t have a 6 or 6+ - then there is no choice for you. But for those with a 6 or 6+ - I think you will find the iPhone is just easier and quicker to pay with. Note for obvious reasons you must have the passcode enabled on your apple watch if you want to use Apple Pay. You only have to type in the passcode one time per wearing session. But once you remove your Apple Watch - the next time you put it back on you must re-enter the passcode. It is not as bad as on your iPhone where it is every time it is unlocked - it is just that first time after putting on your Apple watch.
Initially I did not have the passcode turned on - but when I went to add Apple Pay - It forced it - and I have not minded it.
If you want to customize the primary watch face - force touch on the time - you can then either switch watch faces or customize the primary one. I set mine up with the battery percentage in the upper left - Temp Lower Left - Apple Stock in the lower middle - Date lower right - Time upper Right - and left the calendar item in the center. For me at least that gives me the best snap shot I am looking for most of the time.
One thing I am trying to get used to vs the pebble - with the pebble - you shock your wrist to activate the light - to activate the watch face on the Apple watch you have to either tap it or raise your wrist towards your face. And it does turn off the screen really quickly.
One issue I found in setting it up to get phone calls - they were not coming through this seems to be because I had the Wifi Calling featured turned on - once I turned it off - then I could get calls on my Apple Watch. So if you have tmobile and now sprint and have wifi calling enabled - turn it off if you are having issues getting your calls to show up on your apple watch. Also make sure in the settings for your Apple watch under sounds and haptic - turn off mute.
Now when my phone is in one room and it gets a call - I can hear that a call is coming in via my Apple Watch and answer that call on the Apple Watch itself. Of course that is the bad news as well - Because you can’t answer it on your earbuds if your phone is in your pocket via the watch - like I can do via the pebble. This was a concern I mentioned on the last show and is one Apple really needs to fix in a future update, Give me the choice - answer on phone / answer on Apple watch / ignore. Those should be the three choices you see.
I should mention the box the Apple Watch Sport Comes in is quite a bit different than the one the Apple Watch comes in. The Sport box is long like a bigger rectangular version of a toblerone bar. When the UPS drive handed to me I actually asked if he anything else for me. I did not think it was the Apple watch - as you can see in my video when I open it - I say oh it is the Apple Watch. My Six year old made a pretty cool discovery - if you look at the case when it is empty with the side for the watch - it looks like a Light saber - so if you fill with water and freeze - you can make little lightsaber pops. Sorry Regular Apple Watch and Apple Watch Edition folks - that is something you can’t do with you box.
I have the reminder left on to bug me - I me poke me when I have been sitting an hour. The logic here is you need to get up and move around to help with your health - however I don’t think I am abiding by the spirit of this feature - each time it pings me to get up - I go and get a couple of cookies or candy or something else from the pantry - so yeah I may need to turn off that feature here pretty soon.
What I would like to do is put together a top tips PDF for the Tii App with regards to the Apple Watch. Let me know what your favorite tips are. It can be with regards to some 3rd party app or something native to the Apple Watch software. Please email those to me todayinios at gmail dot com - and put Apple Watch tip in the title - and I will curate those items into a PDF for the Tii App.
TIP on using camera / baby Monitor / Check lights.
25:57
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204776
I had a couple people ask about seeing a big Red Explanation mark with apple.com/help/watch
If you see this you need to force restart your Apple watch - to do that press and hold both the side button and the digital crown for at least 10 seconds - until you see the Apple logo - so that is how your force restart your Apple watch if you get it stuck anywhere else as well.
Speaking of pressing both buttons - if you do that quickly - it takes a screen shot of your Apple Watch.
VOICEMAIL - DAVID_UK_Apple_Watch_UK
Note about the Personal Instructions David received - that is available to anyone that purchases the Apple Watch or Apple Watch Edition. That is not for the commoners that purchased the Apple Watch Sport - Sorry.
VOICEMAIL - Toney_Experience_appleWatch
Hi Rob, hope all is well.
Woke to pre-order watch on April 10. Ordered the 42mm Steel with black buckle. No issue with order and was back asleep by 5 min after.
Was teased a bit by ordering an extra charger and it was delivered on 22nd… Huge tease
Watched delivered on 24th. I had read a few articles so knew my plan. I read the material and user guide and I immediately, upon set up, really limited the apps and notifications (set up was super easy). I wanted to add apps as I got comfortable with what it can do. Worked great. Took half day to get used to navigating. I chose to disable the raise to activate feature. Seemed to come on every time I raised arm or was driving (even when not looking at watch) and found tapping it when wanting to look at time was easy and saves on battery.
As for the actual watch, I think it, like most from Apple, is really well engineered. Perfect size and very comfortable.
Disappointed in some early media reviews (think USAToday complained about pass-codes, etc) Most reviews I read made it clear they didn't read guide! Or they had expectations they'd not have to use the iPhone. This is an add-on to the phone. And worth mentioning, it is a indulgence.
Only complaint so far is software but I’m sure that will evolve (that’s what early adopters expect). The Activity App doesn't allow posting to social media (from what I can tell) which helps when having accountability partners. I’d hate to use 3rd party instead but may need to resort to that. Maps and a few other apps too long time to load but that will improve over time. Thats part of the journey of being first.
I look forward to your show highlighting new Apps and functionality of the watch.
Btw, I’m a dedicated Harry’s and Warby Parker customer… huge fan of companies getting things right.
Regards,
Chris
35:51
http://help.apple.com/watch/#/apd76424826d
Hi Rob,
I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE BLUE BAND and my watch arrived Friday. Set-up was easy. I downloaded the free User Guide from IBooks, which is very helpful. Friday night I attended a Basic Watch class at the Apple Store. I'm feeling very comfortable with my watch.
Regards,
Janet
P.S. We just received our Casper mattress and used your promo code. We love it.
Hey Rob.
I just got my watch about 9 hours ago. I got the 42mm aluminium with blue sport band. I was surprised to hear you thought the blue sport band was the ugliest as I thought it was best looking, at least among the sport bands. I think the pink is the worst one followed by the green. Of all the bands, the brown leather ones are definitely the ugliest in my opinion. I would have got the stainless with link bracelet but didn't want to spend $A1479! Even mine was $579. Anyway I'm glad I got my watch on launch day as it was originally 4-6 weeks.
Matt
Adelaide, Australia
37:06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW5CxZioIkk
One thing I have not done yet with my Apple Watch is shower with it or swim with it ok - well that is hopefully two things - but both involve lots of water and the apple watch - I have not done this because others have - and hey no reason to because other have and have the video to show. Actually quite a few videos. Seems so far every video I have seen where Apple Watch meets water - ends the same way - with the Apple watch still working.
Apple does not promise it will work if you take it swimming or scuba diving. But for showers and the occasional fall in the pool you should be fine. Again this is for the Apple Watch sport - which really is something you want a sport watch to be able to handle.
I have worked out with it on my exercycle today - and I am double my daily exercise goal - Yay.
38:13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrDjP7iK7H8
iFixit ripped one apart. And really from what I could see from the results - No - it is not designed to be upgraded in the future - but it is easy to replace the screen if it is dropped and shattered - and it is easy to replace the battery. The core processor - however it is not possible at all to replace. So the Edition version is not going to be something you can update on your own. But for that version - someone will figure out a way to upgrade it in the future - maybe.
The battery in the 38 mm version is a 205 mAh battery. As hard as I looked - I have not found a tear down of the 42 MM version to find the size of the battery for it. We just know it is bigger - how much - no idea - hopefully I will find an answer for this by the next episode.
39:08
http://venturebeat.com/2015/04/25/apple-watch-
teardown-reveals-deactivated-blood-oxygen-sensors/
One thing that was revealed in the teardowns is that there is a deactivated Blood Oxygen sensor. This was actually a rumor from the winter - where Apple had to strip out some features with the sensors as they could not get them to calibrate and read accurately. Seems that rumor is true. Maybe in the future Apple via an update will figure it out and we will get more functionality out of our Apple Watches.
Lynda is not technically sponsoring this episode - but There is a new course that came out last week - called - Code Clinic Swift with simon Allardice - if you are an iOS app dev or want to be - it is really worth checking out. Along with the other swift courses - but this one is nice in that they have a series of courses and they solve a similar problem using different languages - so if you already know one language - you can see how they do it in the language you are most familiar with and then go and see how they did it with Swift - I just thought that was a cool concept.
Go to lynda.com / tii - L Y N D A dot com / t i i - and get a free 10 day trial to check out this video.
40:30
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_crossman_youtube_answer
Hi Rob
Luke had an issue with holding the menu button to put his Apple TV to sleep. My understanding is you need to be on the main screen and then hold down the play/pause button to put the device to sleep. Hopefully Luke can try this and see if he still has any problems putting the Apple TV to sleep.
Regards,
-Regis
Hi Rob,
Here's my Apple TV info. I did a restart (not a restore yet). And still unable to put it to sleep by holding menu button on remote.
Regards,
Luke
Hi again Rob.
Just thought I'd give you my thoughts on the rumored iPhone 7C. I had the iPhone 4 and then upgraded to the 5 after my 2 year contract expired. At that point I planned to get every new iPhone as it came out, and I got the 5S when that came out, but was very disappointed that there wasn't a top spec new iPhone available in the 4 inch size when the 6 and 6+ came out as I like the smaller screen so I can use it one handed. I decided to just keep the 5S and wait for the next model. I hope Apple brings out a 4 inch version of the 7 but why should it be a plastic backed lower spec one just because I want the smaller screen. They should have one in all three sizes with the latest specs.
Matthew Francis
Adelaide, Australia
Hi Rob,
Got email notification this afternoon at 3PM PST that both of our Watches are on their way for Friday, 4/24, delivery! This despite the fact that my 42mm watch was not scheduled for delivery until May 13 - May 27. Can't wait, getting excited!
Tony L
San Francisco
VOICEMAIL- Rob_KY_calling_from_Apple_watch_delet_messgs
44:52
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from KEN Lecomte who said the following
Quote
The clasp on the sport watch is totally inadequate. I reached into my pants pocket to get my keys and the band caught on my belt on the way out and released the clasp and it hit the tile floor.
Unquote
As I mentioned earlier I asked Ken if he had the extra part of the strap tucked under like Apple Recommends or was it out flapping in the wind.
He said quote The tab on the strap was tucked in but I was on the second hole from the end. That doesn't leave much to tuck.
unquote
He also contacting An Apple Genius that said it would be $229 fix a $349 Apple Watch Sport. If he had purchased Apple Care it would have been $49 for the 38 mm Apple Watch sport for AppleCare+ and then there would have been a $69 service fee. For a total of $118.
SquareTrade by the way is also $59 for their 2 year plan for Apple Watch Sport and $75 per claim for a total of $134. So yeah if you are looking for coverage - it seems this time around Apple Care Plus is the better value.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
47:11
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UVSOWBY/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
From Gary Adams in the Google+ community
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With the cracked watchfaces we've seen here, I was prompted to order a Spigen Tough Armor case over on Amazon. It should get to me before the watch does in June. I may remove the screensaver film from the case. I mainly want that ridge of rubber around the edge.
unquote
Price for the Spigen Tough Armor Case is basically $25 with the shipping. Looks to be in stock May 11th. Estimated delivery dates of May 14th to 18th.
I will be looking for at least a screen protector for mine.
48:12
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/24/8488619/i-bought-
an-apple-watch-this-morning-despite-what-apple-said
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this next one. Which is kind of interesting. As you heard earlier - some listeners who were told May / June deliveries - have already received their devices. And it looks like a few Apple stores now have some in stock for walk up ordering. Originally it looked like it was going to be June before any Apple Stores had units for walk up orders. Does this mean that Supply is greater than expected or demand is lower than expected. I expect the bears to quickly jump on this story and start talking about lower sales than projected.
49:38
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/24/8493483/apple-
app-update-pebble-policy
Every now and then there will come a story and I am just embarrassed for Apple and how they act. And I kind of joke when I go over those stories it does not win me any friends in Cupertino - and yup this is one of those times. Seems Apple rejected an App because it said it worked with the Pebble - and even sent an email saying that.
What is worse this rejection happened to an app that has supported the Pebble for 2 years. So this was actually a rejection to an update.
Apple has since said - oh that was a mistake - a mistake they were called out or a mistake they did it?
Shame on you Apple - Shame on you.
I mean I can understand the no mention of Jailbreaking - but to reject an App because it supports a competitors smart watch. Not acceptable - and I am glad you were called out on it.
Well anyway the app in question SeaNav US has now been approved and it does still have the mention of Pebble in there. It also supports the Apple Watch. Which ironically seems to be why there was an update - so Yes - the App dev added Apple Watch support along with Pebble support it had for two years - and it is rejected for supporting Pebble - nice.
Again Apple is saying this is a mistake - and judging by the reaction of many - Yes - Yes it was a mistake. As in a mistaken policy - that hopefully is now soundly dead.
51:23
http://sonnydickson.com/2015/04/16/leaked-case-displays-ipad-pro-design/
Sonny Dickson - who in the past has been able to get leaked mechanicals for future Apple products is now showing off a Leaked case for what would likely be an iPad Pro.
This looks to support a screen size between 12.2 and 12.9 inches. The potential for 12. inches matches up with past iPad Pro rumors - but those rumors also said an early spring or Feb launch - which obviously did not happen.
One difference with this case and the current iPad Air - is that there are extra speakers. With stereo speakers - 4 in all - 2 along the top and 2 on the bottom - so you get stereo sound in any orientation.
It also looks from the photos there is an extra port on the side - either for docking in both landscape and portrait mode as had been rumored a long time ago for iPads - but now makes more sense for a pro version - or one of the ports could be a USB-C port. I would put my money on two lightening ports over one lightening port and one USB-C port.
Something to remember for a future bingo card.
52:50
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-
tech/company-breaks-open-apple-watch-to-discover-
what-it-says-is-planned-obsolescence-10203822.html
This next one was brought to my attention from Greg G - and it is one of those Tech Hit pieces on Apple looking for Link bait. Ok - you win - bait taken. Actually I really hate these articles - and this one is titled - Company breaks open Apple Watch to discover what it says is planned Obsolenscence. The article goes on to basically says this is something Apple has been accused of for a number of Years.
Poppy Cock - BS - What the Frack. And Are you kidding me.
Folks that is just plain bad journalism. No one in the smartphone industry supports their devices with new updates longer than apple - no one. And the other are not even close. Some Android Phones are released on day one not supporting the lastest version and not able to ever support it. Talk about planned obsolescence.
Apple supports its devices with new updates longer than any of its peers - period. And yes I know this is something we covered in the past - too bad they did not know it.
Basically what this article is saying is because you can’t change out the processor it is planned to be obsolete. Just like you know the Tesla Model S sold last year is obsolete at $125k - because it does not have the hardware sensors that the P85 has. I mean every technical product ever will be obsolete some time - Apple however does a better job supporting their devices longer than others - and for this article from the independent to say otherwise is just plain bad journalism - but then this is not the first time the independent released a bad article about Apple.
55:02
http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/24/technology/android-
peeing-on-apple-google-maps/
Thanks to all that sent in this next one - which is one of those times where Google gets to show its true colors. And this of course is the story about in Google Maps where there is a picture of an Android Robot peeing on an Apple Logo - Classy Google - Real Classy.
And this is why I keep the Tii community free of any android Fan boys.
Well I guess when you look at the image - it might just be the Android Robot - watering the Apple Logo.
Sometimes Google makes it way too easy for me to slam them.
55:36
VOICEMAIL - John_WA_good_fdbk_using_applewatch
Hi Rob,
Just listened to your latest episode, and can’t wait for the next one.
For the guy whose faceTime favorites had disappeared, I believe this has happened since iOs 7; while your reasoning about the new contact mode in the app switcher is probably right, the Favorites just got merged with the Favorites in the Phone app. Before iOS 7, the Phone favorites could only hold phone calls; now they can use phone, FaceTime Audio, or FaceTime Video calls.
In regards to the Apple watch, I want one, but really want to see it first before I shell out that much cash. I don’t want to order the stainless steel model—which is the one I’m eyeing now—and have it be too heavy for my small wrist when it arrives. Really annoying not living near an Apple Store; I’m hoping to see them right after graduation. And also secretly hoping for a graduation present, pssst. Since I’m doing a lot of traveling this summer, the dilemma for me is do I order one now or wait until I see it in mid-May? Am waiting for your next episode where people give impressions.
I’ve listened to your podcast since right before starting college, and it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come in such a short time. thanks for keeping me company.
Regards
Chelsea
Hi Rob,
"It's just a waste of my time" (and Money)
I wear my 5S using Best Buys, Platinum belt clip/case. I set my phone to vibrate, when a call comes in or test I pop off my phone as quick as looking at a watch. (Also the Platinum has a "kick-stand" so I can watch videos, etc.). I am an ear bud guy so I can even answer calls without taking my phone off. All this at a cost of $20.00! Go figure.
Regards
Doug
Hey Rob,
Ordered my apple watch via the app on my iPad right at midnight. I just got it today about 4pm local time. I am just really excited because I leave for Japan tomorrow for 2 weeks! I'll let you know how well it gets me through the airport and traveling in Tokyo! Thanks as always for the greatest podcast on the planet!
C.R. From Tri-cities, Washington
VOICEMAIL - PAul_feedbk_apple_watch_shipping_dates
1:03:25
http://en-us.sennheiser.com/mke-2-digital
I went to NAB a couple of weeks ago - and really only had a brief chance to visit booths to see what is new. But a couple of things that are iOS related that I did get to see - I made recordings of. Both are mics.
The first one is the MKE 2 Digital mic that plugs right into the lightening port of your iOS device.
This is a clip on / lavelier mic - and it has a high Resolution signal converter from Apogee.
Here is a very very brief recording I made with it.
PLAY RECORDING
Wish I had more time with this mic - I have requested they send a press sample - no word back yet.
1:04:41
http://www.shure.com/americas/stories/motiv-digital-microphones
The other mic I played with and thought did a great job is the MV88 mic from Shure. This one is $149 and will be out this summer. It plugs right into the lightening port and there is an app from Shure that allows you to change the dynamics. There is a point in this recording where I mention tapping on the side of the mic - YES I am actually tapping at that point - and you can’t hear it - that is amazing. Let me play that recording now:
PLAY RECORDING OF SURE MV88 Mic
Again that is $149 and will be out early this summer I am told.
I definitely need to get me one of those.
So those were my two best finds for iOS at NAB. Both mics I think work great and I hope to get them in the future to do more testing with.
1:07:03
http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/
Thanks to Dr John for this next one. Which is a link to a picture of the Apple II Watch. which is what it sounds like a watch that looks like an Apple II
This looks to be something someone actually built - as it is over on Instructables.com
1:07:27
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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.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today - Well Except for a bunch of more voicemail messages about listeners experiences with Apple Watch.
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Note: The Chart above shows the cumalitive trailing 4 quarter sales of the iphone vs the iPad from when they initially launched, starting at Q4 for each one. As you can see the iPhone continues to grow as it has a much shorter life cycle vs the iPad which has over double the life cycle.
Apple Q1 2015 Quarterly Report Summary:
Rev = $58 Billion (vs $45.6 Billion a year ago quarter and $74.6 Billion last quarter)
Total Cash = $193.5 Billion (Up $15.6 Billion for the quarter from $178 Billion)
Generated $19.1 Billion cash flow and returned >$9.6 Billion via dividends and share buy backs last quarter.
$13.6 Billion in Profits for the quarter
Last Quarter Sales:
iPhones Sold = 61.2 Mil (vs 43.7 Mil a year ago quarter and 74.5 Mil last quarter)
iPads Sold = 12.6 Mil (vs 16.3 Mil a year ago quarter and 21.4 Mil last quarter)
Mac's Sold = 4.6 Mil (vs 4.1 Mil a year ago quarter and 5.5 Mil last quarter)
Misc Notes:
- Upping Capital Return plan to $200 Billion
- Dividend per share going to $0.52 from $0.47
- Best Buy will support Apple Pay in store later this year
- ASP's for iPhones now at $659
- Apple Watch - Demand > Supply
- By Late June Apple Watch to more Countries
- >3,500 Apple Watch Apps available
- Only 20% of installed iPhone users on 6 or 6+
Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results
Apple Expand Capital Return Program to $200 Bil
PDF of Apple Data
More info coming later this evening on the next Episode of Today in iOS.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 344
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 Called STROBE LITE with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_STROBE LITE.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 ANTHONY for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ANTHONY said the following:
Hi Rob,
I made this photo using the new iPad Air 2 wallpaper and the Fotor app on my iPhone 6 to add text and make slight lighting adjustments. Enjoy the the show and keep up the great work.
Regards,
Anthony W.
Springfield, MO
Well ANTHONY Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ANTHONY'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 344 - 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.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
02:09
Thanks to all that sent in this next one which is for the how wrong are they segment - And well this one is an instant classic / winner.
We have this quote - quote After months of hype, the Apple fans did not come out for the Apple Watch launch Friday. In contrast to long lines for iPhone debuts, only a handful of people showed up to see the watch in New York City, Friday morning.
unquote from Katie Roof - April 10th 2015 Fox Business.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2015/04/10/
apple-watch-debut-falls-flat/
And this is from a post titled - Crowds didn’t show for Apple Watch.
Hmmmm - Could that be because Apple said don’t show up - order on line - and only on line. Yeah because all those that normally show up to wait in line - they are far more educated then miss Roof - who wrote this article with out the slightest idea on what was going on. But hey it is fox news - so what were we really expecting anyways. Just Sayin
03:11
For Promo Codes This week we have promo codes for the App Split the Check three words, Here is the EMAIL from the dev -
Hi Rob,
Long time listener to the podcast, occasional emailer, and poster on the TII Google+ groups, and now…
“Hobbiest” developer!
Not ready to give up my day job, but I’ve written my very first app and it is an Apple Watch app. Here’s a brief “review”:
“Split The Check” is a new take on a classic app designed to be a really fast and easy to use Tip Check Splitter And Tip Calculator. I focused on the Apple Watch experience by building a single screen and using a simple input slider; no fumbling around to try and input numerical digits on the small touchscreen. With an all-in-one screen, you can easily set the approximate check cost, the desired tip percentage, the number of people dining and instantly see the calculated results for the check total and each person’s share. The default value of “1” for number of diners allows Split The Check to do “double duty” as just a quick tip calculator too!
I think the app design is in keeping with the philosophy for Apple Watch apps to be 5 or 10 second experience rather than duplicating an existing iPhone app with multi-screen/complex user interface.
I know there are lots of calculator/tip/check sharing apps, and some are updated for the Apple Watch, but I built this as something I wanted to use myself and potentially other people will find useful also.
Regards,
Robert S
Thanks Robert for being the first one to send in a promo code for an Apple Watch App. Folks if you would like a promo code for this app - send an email with Split in the subject line and in the email include which Apple Watch you purchased. Of course send that email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
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.
05:42
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/13/apple-
seeds-first-ios-8-4-beta-to-developers/
On the last episode we talked about iOS 8.3 being released out of Beta - and this episode we get to talk about iOS 8.4 beta 1 being released to Devs.
One of the biggest changes is Audio books are moved out of the Music app and put into an updated iBooks App. Guess that makes sense. Of course that means the iBooks app now has its own audio player fresh with some special gestures for swiping forward and back. iBooks now has a section for Audio books - so you can see just your audio books or just your text iBooks.
There is now an AudioBooks App in the iOS CarPlay interface.
The Music app didn’t just give the boot to Audio books - it also received a major overhaul looks wise. iTunes radio in the app is improved making it easier to discover music. Now Playing’s new design showcases the album artwork in a more dramatic fashion and you can start streaming to Airplay without leaving now playing.
This is a First Beta - and Apple does note that not all features in the new Music app are working - such as Siri control.
All in All most feel this revamp was done to pave the way to Apple releasing its own Streaming subscription music service - as has been widely rumored. Of course those that are saying it is paving the way also are the ones that have long rumored about said streaming music service. Guess we will know more about said streaming music service on June 8th.
07:22
https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
Why June 8th you ask - well as expected in Mid April Apple announced WWDC 2015 - And this time it will be June 8th to 12th - again as expected.
Apple had this to say quote Apple’s renowned developer community will come together at WWDC to learn about the future of iOS and OS X.
WWDC features more than 100 technical sessions, over 1,000 Apple engineers, hands-on labs, and the Apple Design Awards.
Developers can apply for tickets to attend WWDC and millions worldwide will be able to watch sessions streamed live.
WWDC Scholarships are available to students and members of participating STEM organizations around the world.
unquote
And well if you were a dev and you did not register to get tickets - sorry
Registration was only open until April 17th - and you should have been notified
by Monday April 20th if you were randomly selected.
If you are one of the lucky devs that found the golden ticket - please report back from the event on how it is going. Mr Sneed - I am talking too - you.
For the rest of us not going - There is the WWDC App of course where select sessions will be streamed live along with the keynote on the 8th.
They say sessions are scheduled for the full 5 days including Friday Afternoon - so if you are going plan on making a full week of it.
And of course Congrats to all that were able to get their WWDC tickets.
08:55
VOICEMAIL - First_feedback_applewatch
http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/20/apple-watch-charged/
Well looks like by Monday the 20th - Some lucky customers were starting to see charges appearing on their credit cards and the status of their order changing to the next state. This is good news as it does look like some users will be getting their Apples watches on or very close to April 24th.
VOICEMAIL - FDBK_Apple_watch_order1
Per My order - Mine changed to Preparing for Shipment early on the 21st - and over 36 hours later it is still stuck at Preparing for Shipment. I mean this is a small 3 x 5 x 5 or there abouts box we are talking about one sealed in China before shipping in bulk - I just wonder how much time they need for preparing said small box for Shipment. Hopefully mine changes to Shipped by the time I get up in the morning.
VOICEMAIL - Apple_Watch_Credit_card_charged
Hi Rob,
Which model of the Apple watch are you buying?
Are you going to be purchasing it on your Mac tomorrow morning or via the Apple Store on your phone or iPad? What would be the fastest?
Regards,
Robin
Well Robin - I ordered the Apple Watch Sport silver with Blue strap - Why that one - well my Wife asked me the same question - And I said I thought it was the ugliest band - and the one most likely not to sell out first. And given I plan to swap out the strap regardless - It made sense to try for that one - and it worked out well - at least according to my Ship date window.
Per the fastest way for pre-orders - the last couple of times it was the iOS Apple Store App that came on line first - but best to be sitting there with both a laptop and the app and constantly refresh both - that is what I did and this time again it was the iOS Apple Store App that was available first.
Hi Rob,
I just ordered my apply watch through the apple store app - the website (at least on my laptop) is still stuck in the “updating website” screen! :) WHOO! Apple Watch!
Regards
Robin
And seems Robin figures out what I was going to say before I said it. Here is some more feedback from the Apple Watch ordering experiences.
Hey rob,
This is Jeff from cincinatti Ohio. It's 3:06 am just ordered my space gray aluminum apple watch from the iPhone apple app.
Just received an email from apple saying I should have it delivered between 4/24 to 5/8
FYI - I went to the Apple site on my Mac, and the Apple watch sport addition shipping time is now 4 to 6 weeks out.
Just by placing my order 5 minutes sooner saved me almost a month in getting it!!!!
Regards,
Jeff
Hi Rob, long time listener first time.....contact..er
I set my alarm and got up at 2:50am Easter and got my laptop and iPhone ready. I had re downloaded the Apple Store app the previous day just in case.
Kept watching the "we will be back" screen as I kept hitting refresh on my MBP till about 3 minutes past three. I frantically switched to the Apple Store app on my phone, quickly made my selection (which I should have saved as a favorite) and hit checkout. In checkout, the app kept saying that I was "missing information" even though the field it highlighted was filled in and correct. After 2 attempts to get past that screen, I finally deleted the info in the field (it was an optional field) and pressed continues only for it to actually accept and finish out the process.
The experience was not bad and I have heard of much worse situations in previous pre-order dates. Even though I placed my order within 7 minutes of "launch" (I got my confirmation email at 3:07am) I still ended up in the mid/late May delivery window. I hold hope that it comes early though :-)
BTW, this was my first time EVER ordering anything on launch/preorder date.
Best regards,
Sam F
Hi Rob --
Are they kidding?
I ordered the sports watch with a space gray band the second the store opened and my delivery date is May 13-27? What, did they have one watch available for April 24th? And they can't narrow it down any better than two weeks?
Very disappointed with Apple on his one.
Clearly the watches aren't ready.
BYW, buying it with the Apple Store app using Apple Pay was fast and easy - especially compared to when I bought my 6+ in the middle of the night last fall. I wonder if this means the service is much better or if the watch demand is much lower?
Enough questions, I'm going back to sleep now. Dreams of having an Apple Watch will have to wait a month.
Regards,
-- Marc from Boston
Hi Rob,
I was able to order one of each Watch size, 38mm and 42mm, with the white sports band at 12:05AM west coast time. However because I had to order one at a time, I ordered my wife's first and that one is expected between 4/24 - 5/8, mine won't ship till 5/13 - 5/27!
I ordered via the Apple App using ApplePay. The Apple website was actually not up until after I had finished both orders.
Hope you got yours.
Regards,
Tony L
San Francisco
Hey Rob,
So much for the April 24th ship date. I don't know if it's because my order went in at 3:10am on the the first preorder day, but the ship status on my order says 4-6 weeks to be delivered between 5/13-5/27. I order the 42mm Apple Watch sport in space gray with the black band. What gives? I wonder if everyone experienced the same or I got on 10 minutes too late to order it. I'm just hoping its Apple over quoting and it will ship on the 24th. That's just me being overly optimistic maybe.
Btw- thanks for the heads up on the Click kickstarter campaign. I'm a kickstarter rookie and they were the first campaign that I ever backed. Looks like a good product and because I got in when I did, there's a reward of a free band coming my way.
Thanks again rob for all that you do.
Regards,
Dan in PA
Hi Rob,
Using my iPad and the Apple Store app I was able to get into the store at 3:02 AM. I ordered the Apple Watch 42mm Stainless Steel with Black Leather Loop in less than a minute. I also purchased the $69.00 AppleCare+ for Apple Watch. My confirmation email indicated that the watch is available to ship in 4-6 weeks, with delivery between May 13 to 27th. I'm guessing that only the Sport model will be available on April 24th.
I also purchased the 12" MacBook (256GB Gold), and it is available to ship in 1-3 business days with delivery between April 20 and 22nd. I also purchased the $79.00 USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter, the $79.00 USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter, and the $19.00 USB-C to USB Adapter.
The Apple Store worked perfectly, and I was back in bed by 3:15 AM.
About 7:00 AM I thought I might like to try on an Apple Watch at the nearest store to verify I made the correct choice and try other bands, and when I tried to get a try-on appointment there were no appointments left on the day I could get there. They only offered appointments through April the 16th (one week at a time?). The appointments are broken up into blocks of time - early morning, morning, afternoon, and evening - with 15 minutes for each appointment. The store in Charleston, SC doesn't offer the Apple Watch Edition.
All in all the purchasing experience was flawless, and allowed me to get my much needed sleep.
Thanks for your show, which I have been listening to since the first episode!
Regards,
Ed T
Hi Rob,
My experience purchasing the Apple Watch.
It was very disappointing for me. At midnight on the west coast, I was online and waiting. The rebuilding screen had been displayed since I logged on at 11:30. Midnight rolled around. I updated my screen. Nothing! I kept at it for about 15 minutes. At about 12:15 a.m., I finally had access to the store. In 2 minutes I had ordered a 42mm, Sport Apple Watch in space grey with a black band. The delivery date? June! So disappointing. I ordered as soon as their system would allow and I have to wait until June?! Glad I ordered but disappointed the the dismal supply. Apple, we expect better.
DaveLilie
Hi Rob,
I went to my local Apple Store and tried on the apple watch and I must say very impressed with the so called rubber band. Very comfortable compared to my Fitbit flex. Also tried the loop band it did pull my arm hairs a bit so overall looks like I will be ordering the sport watch with the regular band. The service in the Apple Store was awesome. Visited the Apple Store in Mishawaka, Indiana. Just thought I would add my two cents worth. Love the show listen every week. Have a good one.
Regards,
John H.
Hi Rob,
As you asked, I am sending a description of my tryout experience:
Duration: 15mins
Experience: I had already bought my apple watch when the preorder started. So I really wanna to go to make sure I made the right choice.
I asked a gentleman that was hanging by the special watch tables to whom I need to talk about my appointment, nicely enough he introduced me to a nice Apple associated that asked my name and proceeded to show me some of the options I had favored on my Apple Store app.
The feeling: there is no amount of picture or videos they will ever make justice to how beautiful this piece of jewelry really is. The 38 mm it's definitely smaller that what it looks in picture. It may be a little hard on the eyesight for some people; however the 42 mm may be too big for some wrist even though it's easier to manipulate the software with. My simple suggestion: you got to try this yourself.
One thing is for sure: coming from someone that has use watches his entire life I have never try something so light. I definitely mean this on good way.
The screen resolution it's absolutely fantastic. Even on the 38 mm I can see and read things very well.
The digital crown it's definitely mind boggling: you turn it thinking that something mechanic is going to happen (maybe some resistance of sorts) but you realized in seconds that the whole things works very smoothly.
The bands not only complements the watch well but are very light and comfortable to use. Even the Milanese loop one(note: I have harry arms and I had no problem with it).
You probably heard a lot about the complications, they are as cool as you see in videos and others. In fact: did you know that there is a very useful complication for the battery level? It caught me by surprise! I didn't see that anywhere in apples website.
Other interesting details:
- The Apple associate explain that all notifications will be filtered directly to the watch. You don't have to worry about notifications "buzzing" in multiple devices.
- They seem to be running low on black sport bands (at least at my store they did. Not sure if other experience the same).
The apple associate was very helpful and told me that the feedback have been phenomenal. Not only people are trying, but there is a lot of people going to the store to play with it. I didn't get too much hands on with it for the same reason; some people wouldn't it let go the tryout stations.
Overall: I am happy with my purchase and the experience. Here is to hopping that my 38mm stainless steel apple watch gets here soon... After trying then on me, I had to tell the associated to take them off or I will be force to steal one from the store. Lol.
Regards,
Max P.
Miami, Fl
And From the google+ community via Bob Berberick
quote
I have had very little interest in the Watch. Today I was in the mall where the Apple Store is located so I thought I'd drop in while the wife was shopping.
I was surprised that I was allowed the 15 minute treatment almost right away. All I can say is WOW! I was blown out of the water. That thing is amazing.
unquote
Next Episode you will get some real good hands on feedback from myself and other listeners.
So folks when you get your Apple Watches this week - call into the show 206-666-6364 - that’s 206-moon-dog - or email in your initial thoughts with your Apple watch - both with regards to setting it up and then the use of it. The Good - the Bad - the not so pretty. Whatever it is you want to share.
Oh at the end of today’s episode stick around after the song for more listener feedback on Apple Watch ordering and try-ons.
26:14
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/watch/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one - which is an article at MacRumors titled - Apple Watch Accessibility Features - VoiceOver, Mono Audio, Grayscale, Taptic Engine and More - whew - nice short title there.
Actually that article really is just pulling info from Apples own site where they highlighted the Accessibility features in the Apple watch.
First up is Voiceover which uses the speaker on the Apple Watch to tell you everything that is happening on the screen and help those visually impaired navigate the Apple Watch. Voiceover is compatible with the Builtin Apps and available in 14 languages.
There is also Font Adjustment so you can make the text go from under 40 years old size to over 40 years old size. You can also choose to bold text.
With zoom you can do up to 15 times zoom.
There is Grayscale for those that are color blind or those really big fans of 50 shades of Gray.
There is an Extra Large Watch Face
And more Accessibility settings for Reducing Transparency, Reduce Motion, Mono Audio and the Taptic Engine.
The Taptic Engine gives you haptic feedback to your touches - and also vibrates as you get a new notification. So we will go from feeling ghost vibrations in our pocket to feeling ghost vibrations on our wrist - brilliant.
Actually I have the vibrations now for my Pebble for notifications - and it is definitely a great feature - but again one you can get with a much cheaper pebble.
28:04
http://www.cnet.com/news/11-surprises-i-learned-about-the-apple-watch/
This next article is from Cnet and is title 11 Surprises I learned about the Apple Watch. This from someone at CNET that had the apple watch for 10 days before writing the article.
I will not go over all 11 or even most - just the one that jumped out at me
Quote - You can't use your watch to start and stop calls on your iPhone
Wait, can this be true? It is, weirdly: you can make and answer calls on the Apple Watch, and then hand them off to your iPhone to continue the call there...but, you can't wear headphones connected to your phone, stick your phone in your pocket and use your watch to dial. I hope an update changes that.
unquote
Well Yeah - I really really hope an update fixes that. As that is one of my favorite features on my pebble - driving in the car with my headphones in - and seeing a call come in on my pebble - and hitting the answer button and being able to talk on my headphones. If Apple Watch can’t do that - it will be at the top of my Bad column when reviewing.
I will comment more on his 11 items after I get my wrist under my own Apple Watch.
29:33
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/09/apple-
watch-limited-functions-iphone/
MacRumors points out some interesting feedback about the Apple Watch that has not been mentioned fully by Apple.
Quote And here’s a surprising feature that Apple hasn’t said anything about previously: When the watch is in a known Wi-Fi hotspot, the watch can perform the most essential online functions even when your phone is completely dead, turned off, or absent. It can query Siri, for example, send and receive texts, and send/receive drawings and tap patterns to other watch owners. That’s impressive. unquote
Again the Apple Watch can do those things when your iPhone is now where near or turned off.
30:18
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32:35
VOICEMAIL - ANDREW_AZ_ANSWR_AUDIOBOOKS
Hi Rob,
Regarding cody's question about being able to play audio books on a different Apple ID, if it is an audio book downloaded from the Apple Store, he should be able to take his moms Apple ID and add it to family sharing to his new Apple ID.
This should allow him to download songs, videos, books, apps, etc.
Regards,
Howard
Hello Rob, long-time listener, first-time e-mailer :-)
Dave from New Jersey was experiencing an issue with deleting multiple, but not all, messages from a sender in the Messages app. I have experienced that same problem and it does appear to be a bug in 8.2. Rebooting the phone fixes this problem. I have upgraded to 8.3 and have not experienced this issue yet, but we will have to wait and see if it can be declared fixed.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
- "Funky D" David L
Hi Rob - Just a quick note about the guy having issues with mail not sending. I think I’ve seen this… When it happened to me somehow the “From” picker was displayed at the bottom and iOS was waiting for input for which account to send from. Of course, I can’t get that to happen right now on iOS 8.2, so maybe it was an iOS 8.1 thing.
You asked about Calendar apps on one of the shows, I haven’t heard anyone mention Fantastical from Flexibits. I say the couple of different display modes alone make it worth buying. But then there’s a great text parsing engine that translates words into the right fields. If you do get it read the “Tips and Tricks” document for more use ideas.
Regards,
-Dan
VOICEMAIL - ED_MINN_UPDATED_IOS83_PHOTO
36:35
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Francisco Tapia who said the following
Quote
What a waste of time the In store Apple Try-on appointment was.
First, you don't actually get to do anything with the watch you wear. it's in a demo video loop mode. So no launching of apps no touching and getting haptic feedback based on your touch no heart rate monitoring. Nothing! They have a second watch setup that you do not wear and it lets you interact with the watch. But there was not much I could do as it wasn't paired with an iPhone so i could try any of the apps, just Siri. :-/
The watch? It feels great. the demo mode lets you feel the haptic feedback, it's also great.
Will I buy one? Nope.
Unquote
I know I said best to wait and try one at the store if you were still on the fence - but really from Fancisco’s comments and others that “Tried” one at the Apple Store - it seems you are more seeing it how it looks and feels on your wrist than really test driving one. It will be the feedback from Friends and those you know and trust that will be the real push to get people off the fence - the question is which way will they be pushed off said fence. The Tii Google+ Community will be interesting watch these next few weeks as more and more of us get our watches and report in there or on the show. Lots of feedback is coming soon to community near you.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
One question that came up in the last two weeks was from Kent Kersey who asked quote:
Is there a way to get different color flags on the iPhone mail app?
unquote
And the Answer would be NOPE - Just orange - and if you have an email that syncs to your computer - if you flag it a different color - or regardless of the color - it shows as flagged at Orange on your iOS device.
39:17
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2015/04/13/apple-watch-wager/
So how many Apple Watches will Apple sell for the first year - well lots of Analysts have lots of thoughts on that. Trip Chowdhry is on the high side with 41 Million for his guess. Uncle always wrong Gene Munster has a guess of 8 million units on the low side. The average of 18 notable or infamous Apple Analysts puts the number at 22.47 Million for the first years sales of Apple watches. Obviously we can’t say who the winner is until at least April 24th 2016.
I do love those headlines - like this - Only 6% of Americans plan to buy an Apple Watch. - ONLY 6% - as if 6% of 350 Million is somehow a small number. It actually would be most of the way to the average guess of 22.47 Million - and that was a Global number - not US only number.
Like I said we can’t talk about who is wrong on that yearly number yet - but what we can talk now is the current estimates on what Apple has done already.
40:35
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/04/13/apple-
watch-scored-an-estimated-1-million-pre-orders-on-launch-day/
Right after the first weekend of pre-orders a company called slice that offers a service that users sign up for to manage purchases and receipts - they scanned through users emails to get an estimate of those that received email receipts of their Apple Watch purchases. And yeah if that sounds creepy - it is. But what Slice found was that about 1 Million people pre-ordered an Apple Watch in the US on Friday. With an average of 1.3 watches per order and an average of $503.83 per watch. 71% went with the 42 MM version versus 29% for the 38 MM version. CREEPY - what Slice also found was after releasing this report the number of cancelations to their service skyrocketed.
41:30
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/16/8398579/apple-
watch-sales-estimates
Others are getting in on the Apple Watch pre-order numbers game. Ming-Chi Kuo estimates the global Pre-orders of over 2.3 Million units. He also estimated that the break down was 85% for the lower cost Sport version, 15% for the second tiered Stainless steel version and less than 1% for the massively overpriced Edition version.
Now you may wonder how Kou came to his conclusion of 2.3 Million pre-orders - well it is all about the formula. I asked him to explain a little bit and here is the recording Kuo sent back.
PLAY KOU_RECORDING_FOMULA
So there - thanks Kou for making that all crystal clear.
Here is the thing - we may never really know what initial orders were. The Apple Watch is lumber in the other category with Apple TV’s and accessories and other stuff. So Apple does not need to report the numbers. In the past Apple typically only reported numbers they did not have to when said numbers blew every analysts numbers out of the water. It is possible Tim on Monday will talk about specific numbers for the Apple Watch - which I am sure someone will ask - but most likely the response is that is a different quarters numbers and they are not breaking out those numbers - if that is the response - then the initial sales were likely less than 2.3 Million the first weekend or week.
Keep in mind that about 2 Million Pebbles and Android Wear devices combined have been sold. So unless Apple is comfortable about that number - don’t expect any specifics.
44:16
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/10/psa-sorry-those-
apple-watch-band-swapping-sites-arent-going-to-work/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one - which is from Techcrunch and titled - PSA: Sorry those Apple watch Band swapping sites aren’t going to work like you thought.
Seems a couple of Apple Watch band trading sites recently opened up reportedly offering the ability to swap out the included extra watchband with someone else for a small fee. Problem is you don’t get two full watch band sets - you get the main band and two bands on the other side one for small and the other for M / XL wrists.
OR put another way - you don’t get 4 halfs- but rather 3 half.
It seems some of those band swapping sites make it sound like you get 2 full sets of bands - and you can trade one set that is the wrong size for another of a different color that is the right size - but again - that is not the case or band as the case may be.
In other words wait to you get your Apple Watch and you will see what you get and what is extra and then we can talk about this in greater detail.
Or just look for someone in the Tii Google+ community that has a different wrist size you want to swap with.
Eventually I think the Bandswapping sites will be of more interest as we start buying more and more 3rd party bands and then want to swap them for something new once we tire of them - but for now - these sites seems a little premature.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/04/bandswapper-will-switch-
your-unused-apple-watch-sport-band-for-a-different-size-or-color
46:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/21/apple-offers-
developers-chance-to-purchase-apple-watch-
guarantees-delivery-by-april-28th/#.tivas2:Alzn
Thanks to Dr. John again for this next one.
Which is a story about how Apple was offering up some devs a chance to get an Apple Watch early to help expedite their development efforts. Seems they reached out to a certain percentage of devs and almost randomly. And guess which watch they are offering to devs for early delivery - as in next week delivery - Yup the Apple Sport - Silver with blue band. the One I ordered because I thought it was the ugliest and least likely to sell out first. Nailed it.
46:32
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/04/retail-apple-
watches-still-feature-hidden-diagnostic-port-could-
lead-to-smart-band-accessories
Thanks to Michael for this next one - which is that Retail Apple Watches still feature a hidden diagnostic port where they band connects.
There is some speculation that said diagnostic port may not be there on the units shipping this week to consumers - but it was still there on review units.
If it is there - expect to hear more about its possible capabilities via tear downs at iFixit and other sites this weekend.
47:04
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/apple-
tv-netflix-hulu-lower-fee/
thanks to Dr. John for this next one. Which is an article talking about Apple TV - and they are speculating that June 8th at WWDC the next gen Apple TV will be released.
Ok well the article was really about Apple offering a lower fee to Netflix and hulu for signups via Apple tv - but the good part or interesting part to me was the mention that a new Apple TV was coming at WWDC and only one of the tricks up Apples Sleeves for that event.
WWDC should be very interesting this year.
47:37
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/04/15/a-
new-apple-tv-is-expected-this-june-did-apple-just-drop-a-
big-hint-about-it/
Thanks to Dr. john for this next one. Which is about more Apple TV speculation - but I think their reasoning is wrong. If you look at the image for WWDC 2015 some are speculating the center image is the same outline as the Apple TV. Except well that WWDC 2013 also used that same image in the center of its logo. But you know other than that - yeah I think they are on to something or not.
Yes - I do think it is very likely for a new Apple TV - especially if there is an Apple TV app store announced - but you can find that same comment from me the last 3 years at least. I just don’t think the logo is revealing anything. It is just the same image from 2013 logo with more stuff around it.
48:54
http://www.iospolice.com/apple-buys-israeli-
camera-company-linx-imaging-for-2-million/
This next one is one of the better stories I saw this past two weeks - with regards to the Apple Rumor Mill. Seems Apple purchased an Israeli Company by the name of LinX Imaging for a rounding error of 20 Million dollars.
LinX makes Multi lens cameras for electronic devices and their two main claims to fame is very small profile - at around half that of other camera - with quality of that of a high end SLR camera.
Either one would be something to get excited about for a future iPhone camera - both combined - Now we talking upgrade time. This in theory would get rid of the protruding camera on the 6 and 6 plus and at the same time greatly improve the image quality. The LinX website also claims they can capture not just 2D images but also 3D images - yeah - whatever - just give me the lower profile / SLR quality photos - and that is enough for me.
As is typical Apple is not saying why they purchased them or their plans for said purchase - but between you and me - I am guessing it was for their camera technology - I mean if you don’t mind me going out on a limb on this one.
Is it possible this tech will be in their next iPhone in 5 Months - yes just 5 months - Probably not - but maybe they were working with them for a while and purchased them once they realized they were going to use them. So while not probable this will be in the next iPhone - it is possible. More on this I am hoping later this year.
50:48
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2911818/mobile-
wireless/apple-s-iphone-7-rumors-really-are-the-best-yet.html
Ok - so lets look a little at some rumors about the next iPhone.
First is that the “S” designation may be killed off this time around and Apple will go right to iPhone 7 and 7+ and 7 Air.
There is the Force touch rumor
There is a rumor on Apple finally using Liquid Metal for the case.
And the case will be blasted with zirconia bead for a stunning finish
There is the rumor now about the Advanced camera module being used from LinX tech - Well John Gruber was saying this camera would be the biggest jump yet in camera tech - so people are trying to connect the dots on that back to LinX.
The Processor will of course be upgraded and with the upgrade to iOS 9 - we may see performance that rivals the new MacBook.
There would also be 2GB of ram in the next iPhone.
With all these improvements and more - this is why Apple is jumping to the iPhone 7 name. And again there are rumors there will be 3 versions - iPhone 7 and 7 Plus matching in size the 6 and 6Plus - plus a 7 Air or 7C - matching in size the 5 and 5 - and also maybe being plastic like the 5C.
52:28
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/20/google-to-
discontinue-youtube-support-on-older-ios-devices-apple-tvs
Thanks to Dr John for this next one or not - as the news is that Google will be discontinuing support for the Youtube app in older iOS devices.
So if you have a device that uses the old native Youtube app - you might be SOL shortly - actually if the article was to be believed as soon as April 20th.
And I happened to look at my kids original iPad tonight and ut ohh - well at first there were no search results - not even for Cats - and nothing in the Featured, Top Rated and Most viewed categories. But after an hours or trying to connect it finally got through but now in the upper left the first search result or item displayed is a message from Google that basically says goodbye or soon to be goodbye - as of right now it is kind of still working - but it is not working well - and looks to soon be sunset.
Looks like I have a couple of little hearts to break this weekend - Thanks Google. All my 6 year old wants to use the iPad original for is Netflix and Youtube - the later for Minecraft and Traria videos. Is that so much for a 6 year old to ask for. Well I guess so. Thanks Google. Thanks a bunch.
54:05
http://www.talkandroid.com/245640-roommates-stab-
each-other-in-iphone-versus-android-debate/
In the you could have seen this one coming category. Comes news that two roommates in Tulas OK - One an Apple Accolyte and the other an Google Fan boy - got into a tiff over which mobile OS is better and then well some Alchol was involved as was some sharp pointy things and they wound up stabbing each other. Actually the pointy things were broken beer bottles. You would think the iOS guy could at least have some money for a real knife. The Broken Bottle that however fits perfectly for the Android Fan Boy.
Both were treated for the minor injuries - because well they were geeks and it was broken bottles - it was not like they were going to do any real damage.
No Charges have been filed as of yet - seems the Cops were Windows Phone 8 guys and just wanted the two to go away.
54:55
VOICEMAIL - JOHN_FDBK_IOS83_UPDATE
Hi Rob,
Per the first iOS 8.3 bug I found
When you scroll down from a text notification to do a quick reply, it doesn't bring up the keyboard! Wow, I never thought I'd use that feature and now that I can't I've realized how much I actually did use it!
Regards,
Jason H
Hi Rob,
After updating to iOS 8.3, both my pull-down Notifications and pull-up Settings menus periodically stop responding. I discovered a fix that works for my set-up, although it is only temporary.
If I go to Accessibility and toggle Zoom off & back on, they work again.
(Note; I'm only referring to their display - I still have trouble with some Notifications never appearing; but that started before this 8.3 update.)
Regards,
Steven in Santa Ana, CA
Dear Rob,
iOS 8.3 is still a win, but I think it needs a bug fix. Among a number of other much smaller bugs, my iPhone 6 plus actually crashed for the first time ever. Maybe Apple will release an iOS 8.3.1.
Sincerely, Joe
Hi, Rob.
Just wanted to let you know about a few bugs I found on iOS 8.3 for iPhone 5s:
- Last week I answered an incoming phone call and then add another call to merge both in a conference call.
However, once the new call was answered, the user interface did not show me the relevant buttons, including the Merge button. Usually I get the six buttons (Mute, Keypad, Speaker, Add Call, FaceTime, Contacts), but this time none of them appeared... just the red hangup button at the bottom of the screen. I had to hangup both calls, reboot the iPhone and then call each party again independently to properly merge the calls in a new conference call.
- Just today I had another conference call: I phoned one party and merged the call with another party and then let them talk on Speaker while having my Mute button active (I just had no intervention in their conversation). So, at this point both parties where talking on Speaker (on) while I'm Muted (on).
When they finished talking the second party hanged up; I then turned the Speaker button off and tried to turn off the Mute button as well, unsuccessfully (just didn't turn off!)... I had to turn the Speaker on again in order to turn off the Mute button (weird!) and only then I could finally continue talking to the first party.
- Since iOS 6 and iOS 7 I reported a bug in the stock Calendar app: I'm not able to see the calendar for 1921 (it's completely missing), 1920 (it has no January) and previous years (1919 and before all appear wrecked). I event sent a link back in April 2014 with screenshots showing this behavior
- (https://plus.google.com/photos/106132141704841421347/
- albums/6006049579211315473).
I also sent a bug report to Apple about this (they never answered back), but the bug is still present in all versions of iOS 8 for iPhone, iPod Touch (5th gen) and iPads... I'm not a time traveler (wish I were), but it's weird that Apple doesn't take the time to amend this bug.
Bugs 1 and 2 are new to iOS 8: I make conference calls quite frequently since 2012 and this is the first time I see them, just after upgrading to iOS 8.3
Thanks, Rob, and keep up the good work!
Regards,
- Fabio
Rob:
I thought you might want to know about this. It's another reason to take your advice and wait before updating. As you might know, many pilots use IOS devices to enhance situational awareness while flying. IOS 8.3 disables many of the external GPS receivers pilots use:
As there is a compatibility issue with iOS 8.3 and external GPS receivers.
It's not clear when this issue will be resolved.
regards,
Brian S
Reading, PA
Rob, I use to be able to hold the menu button down to get my AppleTV to go to sleep at night. However since the recent update this no longer works. I've gone through the setting but don't see anything regarding this function. Are you seeing the same?
Luke
Good Morning Rob,
I updated my phone today and it removed one of my favorite apps "Record Their Stories". So I have a couple questions.
1. Why would Apple remove an app when I update my phone? If it were no longer on the app store, it should not be removed from my phone?
2. What happened to the app?
I hope you are able to garner some inside information.
Regards,
Kevin S
Hi Kevin - all I can say is that it was removed from the iTunes App store - it could be because they did not re-up their dev license or because there was a bug and they pulled it down. Or it could be because there was something malicious with the App - and that would be the only reason Apple would kill it on your iOS device - which Apple can do to any iOS app on your device.
There is another reason it could have disappeared - if you have a lot of apps - as in all your home screens are full - and it was just pushed off the screen - if you swipe down from the middle of the screen and search for the app - that will let you know if it is truly gone or just pushed off the home screens. If anyone knows anything about this particular app and why it is not longer in the app store - call or email us your feedback.
VOICEMAIL - ANSWER_DELETING_MESSAGES
Hey rob,
Just finish listened to your last episode of the show. During your kick starter section.. You mention the bullet wallet was only available for iPhone 6! Yes it is and it do end by May of 2015.... But the iPhone 6 plus model was funded back on November of 2014.. They reach their goal and they promise a feb 2015 ship date. I funded it and they haven't ship yet. They said it ran into manufacturing issues. According to their schedule, it will start shipping the iPhone 6 plus model in end of May. Which sucks cause that means less time with case since I'm always buying every model of iPhone. So my plan was to keep my iPhone 6 plus for 2 years so at least I will have the case for a year and half. Anyway, the case looks like best wallet case so far on the market. It does looks wonderful and very useful. Just wish all these kick starter project will expedite their products. Thanks for reading my email. Love the show!
Your friend of the show and listener,
Jose Mata
P.S. Please read this line!
Sofia Mata, I love you so much!
Thanks! :-)
VOICEMAIL - JOHN_NY_QUEST_FAVORITES
1:04:52
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kickshark/hydradock-
11-port-usb-c-dock-for-apple-macbook
Thanks to all that sent in this next one.
And it is a Kickstarter project called the HydraDock which is an 11 port USB-C dock for Apple MacBook - so for all of us asking where the ports all went - well it seems the answer is they went to HydraDock.
This project had a goal of 35k and is now over 56k and it has until May 15th at 9:37 PM CT for you to get one of these on order.
Here are the ports you get
1 - 3.5 MM stereo headphone port
1 - Gigabit Ethernet Port
1 - SD card slot
1 Mini Display Port up to 2,560 x 1,440 resolution - i.e. sorry 30” display no soup for you. I did check on that with the developers of this and they confirmed the 30” cinema display is not supported - wannnnt wannnt waaaa
1 HDMI port
4 - USB 3 ports
2 - USB - C ports
And that is your 11 ports.
Pricing for this is $129 and they have 829 of 1000 left at that price. Delivery starts in June.
I did ask the folks that make this if it would work with the 30 inch cinema display which is 2560 x 1600 - and they said it would not - because that is a dual-link DVI connector and the MacBook is only set to go to 2,560 x 1440 resolution for a monitor. I talked to Adam Christianson at the MacCast on this - and he said we would need to wait and see if there is a special box released just for supporting the 30” cinema display - but these solution would likely not be cheap. So if you have a 30” cinema display and were looking at running your MacBook on it - you may want to hold off upgrading right now. I hopefully will have more news on this later on.
1:07:20
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nudock-apple-
watch-iphone-docking-station
Hi Rob,
Saw this on indigogo, and since its funded already, I thought I might just get it for our bedroom, one on each side.
Regards,
Tony L
San Francisco
And this is the NuDock - one word - spelled - N U D O C K
Well the full name is the NuDock Apple Watch and iPhone docking station.
There is a lamp for this - as well as an extra portable battery.
Pricing for this is $149 - delivery is expected in July.
This allows you each night to charge up your iPhone, your Apple watch and an extra portable battery - each in their dock location - and there is a nice overhead lamp with dimmer - so you can see everything at night.
It is very nice looking - and makes a lot of sense for those of you that travel most of the day locally and find your phone running down all of the time.
This project has until May 5th for you to fund - and it is at $318k raised so far towards a goal of just 30k. So this one is over 10x its funding goal - that seems to be a winner.
Search for N U D O C K at indie go go dot com
1:08:53
http://www.wipowerband.com
in the Doooo - why did I not think of it category comes the WiPowerBand strap - it is a $99 or $89 dollar strap for your Apple watch that also has batteries in in the strap. So that is a great way to extend the life of your Apple Watch battery - This I predict will be selling like hot cakes at a sumo wrestlers convention.
It gives an extra 250 mAh of battery - which if rumors are true is an extra 62.5% of battery life - as the Apple Watch 42 mm version is rumored to have a 400 mAh battery - guess we will know more once iFixiT rips one apart.
1:09:37
http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/10/best-apple-watch-
stands-and-docks/
Thanks to Dr. John who sent over the link to this article from 9 to 5 mac titled - The Best Apple Watch stands and docks - and 1 quick guess about what this article is about. Yup it goes over the best Apple Watch Stands and docks - I will not go over them - as you kind of need to see them to figure out which one is for you.
Look for the link to this one in the show notes for ep 344 at today in iOS dot com
1:10:57
http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-pay-plans-to-
launch-in-canada-this-fall-1429280816?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp
Not all news is Apple Watch news today - there is some Apple Pay news as well - well if you happen to live where Hockey rules that is. Seems Canada will be getting Apple Pay this fall - according to the Wall Street Journal.
Apple is supposedly in negotiation with Canada’s six biggest Banks about a potential November launch. The 6 biggest banks account for more than 90% of Retail charges. So if they can get those 6 ducks in a row - it will be a nice start in Canada.
At this point the WSJ said there is some push back on Apples fee proposal - as in that they want a fee and Banks for some reason like keeping as much money as possible. But hey if the US banks could come around - expect the Canadian Banks to do so as well - it just takes one of the 6 to blink and sign on - to get the other 5 fall in line for fear of loosing customers to the Apple ecosystem. I predict many trips to Strip joints in the future for some certain Canadian bankers - just sayin.
1:12:05
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/unlock-the-secret-spock-emoji-in-ios-8-3/
Thanks to Matt for this next one - which is an iOS 8.3 secret - as in unlocking a secret Spock Emoji if you have iOS 8.3
This is a Vulcan salute emoji - and it is not technically on the device - but you can add it easy enough. To add it - with iOS 8.3 - in the Twitter app search for the following.#tii #spock
Then copy that tweet
then go to Settings on your iPhone - select General - then Keyboards - then Shortcuts.
Tap the + icon - then double tap in Phrase - and paste in what you copied and remove everything but the Vulcan emoji.
Then for short cut - you will want to enter llap - which is for well if I have to tell you you are not doing this any way. Then tap save.
Then in the future when you want that emoji - just type L L A P
Note the icon will only be visible to those iOS users running 8.3 or later.
You can also find the tweet by going to @podcast411 - and look for my tweet from April 22nd or 23rd. It is the one right before I tweet about episode 344.
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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 I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
Thanks to those that stopped by and said hello at NMX / NAB. It is always nice to meet you face to face. Thanks all to your kind words - and per one person I will not name names - he said I don’t look anything like I sound - he thought I would be shorter. Ouch.
Thanks also to those of you that clicked on the donate button on the lower right on the Today in iOS dot com website - your contributions to the show towards the Apple Watch are greatly appreciated.
And finally there is the Tii App which is now Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. Please go right now and download the Tii App - Did I mention it is free.
And that folks is going to do it for us today - Well Except for a bunch of more voicemail messages about listeners experiences with Apple Watch ordering or try-ons.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 343
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 Called LABOR with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_labor.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 NICK for sending in the Artwork for today's show. NICK said the following:
Hi Rob,
I have attached a bit of artwork you may like to use.
I shot this using my iPhone 6 and edited using Pixelmator on my iPad Air.
It was taken at 'Te Waihou' spring near Putaruru in the mighty Waikato of New Zealand.
Regards,
Nick B
http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/bay-
of-plenty/rotorua-lakes/te-waihou-walkway/
Well NICK Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see NICK'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 343 - 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.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
02:28
In this segment of how wrong were they I thought we would go back in time prior to the last new Apple Product - the iPad for some quotes - and we have the following quote quote ““The company once notorious for its ability to upend convention and revolutionize markets may no longer have what it takes, worry some technology journalists. Call it the iPad or the iPlod, but the message seems clear: Apple may have lost its mojo. unquote
Jeremy A. Kaplan, FOXNews.com, 28 January 2010
Remember that basic sentiment towards Apple - because you will likely be hearing it again over and over the next few weeks with regards to the Apple Watch. Apple Haters need to Hate - Just Sayin
03:19
For Promo codes - On Ep 342 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - DESK CALC - two words - those were all given out last week - but hey for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 342.
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
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.
04:07
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/08/apple-releases-ios-8-3/
Ok under the best laid plans of mice and men category - comes the beginning of this episode. Next week I am going to be at NAB / NMX in Las Vegas - so no show next week. I planned for this Episode to be out Wednesday night - so that you would have the latest news for ordering an Apple Watch Thursday Night / Friday morning depending on where you live. I had the show notes mostly done - planned on getting to my recording right around 9:00 PM and with some luck be down by Midnight and in bed a little there after. Yeah - it is already well past midnight. See Apple went and threw a big ol monkey wrench into everything by going and releasing iOS 8.3 Gold Master to the public - Huh - where did that come from.
So then I figured I needed to do the update tonight and read up on it and well you know throw all my initial plans out the window. But I guess better on Wednesday then Thursday.
YES I broke my own first rule about waiting - because I just could not wait until the next episode which will not be for about two weeks. All I have to say is I hope this did not break my wireless hot spot feature.
I updated my iPhone 6+ to start - I followed my instructions in my PDF. Which I changed the publish date to Wednesday so you can find it easier in the Tii App. Thanks Max for that suggestion.
So now it has a publish date of April 8th to match when the latest version of iOS was updated. Look for it in the episode list for PDF - now at the top of that list.
Ok - back to the update procedure - I did do the update via iTunes on my computer - I downloaded it to the computer first and then did the update after the backup’s and syncs. I also updated my Wife’s iPad Mini - because you know with me going out of Town - nothing says dog house like updating my wifes iPad right before I leave. Hopefully the update fixes an issue she has had with poor Wifi connections.
We have talked before on the show about the new features of iOS 8.3 - but here is a quick summary of those changes from iOS 8.2.
Lots of updates to the emoji’s and the emoji lists scrolls horizontally making it easy to scan through for that perfect emoji - like an Octopus Emoji - because I can’t count the number of times I wish I had an Octopus emoji. Whew - glad I did the update.
Other Changes in 8.3 include Wireless CarPlay, support for Google Two-Factor Authentication, Apple Pay support for China UnionPay Network, For us iPhone 6+ users in landscape mode there is now bold / underline / italics key. For you know underlining Pet in a message - How do you like my new pet - when you add in the emoji of the Octopus. Perviously that key was just a bold key.
In the Portrait mode - for the keyboard in Safari - the Space bar is now bigger and the Period and go keys smaller. So less accidental periods and go tapping.
Some other key improvements and bug fixes
•iCloud Photo Library has been optimized to work with the new Photos app on OS X 10.10.3 and is now out of beta
•Includes support for Baum VarioUltra 20 and VarioUltra 40 braille displays
•Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)
•Additional dictation languages: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Hebrew (Israel)
•Fixes an issue that could cause Podcast downloads to stall when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular networks
•Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented adjusting call volume
Then there is a long long laundry list of additional Bug fixes and feature improvements.
Improved performance for:
•App launch
•App responsiveness
•Messages
•Wi-Fi
•Control Center
•Safari tabs
•3rd-party keyboards
•Keyboard shortcuts
•Simplified Chinese keyboard
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes
Orientation and rotation fixes
•Which Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after pulling the iPhone 6 Plus from your pocket - Praise the maker.
There are Messages fixes
Family Sharing fixes
CarPlay fixes
Enterprise fixes
Accessibility fixes
In short this is a major update - a dot X update. and not a double dot X update. Even if it is right on the heels of the 8.2 update.
It seems with the public betas being available Apple has more feedback and data to fix issues in Betas quicker - so old time lines for updates are now meaningless.
iOS 8.3 - iPhone 6+
This release includes improved performance, bug fixes, and a redesigned Emoji keyboard. Changes include:
Improved performance for:
•App launch
•App responsiveness
•Messages
•Wi-Fi
•Control Center
•Safari tabs
•3rd-party keyboards
•Keyboard shortcuts
•Simplified Chinese keyboard
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes
•Fixes an issue where you could be continuously prompted for login credentials
•Addresses an issue where some devices disconnect intermittently from Wi-Fi networks
•Fixes an issue where hands-free phone calls could become disconnected
•Fixes an issue where audio playback could stop working with some bluetooth speakers
Orientation and rotation fixes
•Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented rotating back to portrait after having rotated to landscape
•Improves performance and stability issues that occurred when rotating the device between portrait and landscape
•Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after pulling the iPhone 6 Plus from your pocket
•Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented apps from rotating to correct orientation after switching apps in multitasking
Messages fixes
•Addresses issues that caused group messages to sometimes split
•Fixes an issue that sometimes removed the ability to forward or delete individual messages
•Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented a preview from appearing when taking a photo in Messages
•Adds the ability to report junk messages directly from the Messages app
•Adds the ability to filter out iMessages that are not sent by your contacts
Family Sharing fixes
•Fixes a bug where certain apps would not launch or update on family members’ devices
•Fixes a bug that prevented family members from downloading certain free apps
•Increased reliability for Ask to Buy notifications
CarPlay fixes
•Fixes an issue where Maps could come up as a black screen
•Fixes an issue where the UI could be incorrectly rotated
•Fixes an issue where the keyboard could appear on the CarPlay screen when it shouldn't
Enterprise fixes
•Improves reliability of installing and updating enterprise apps
•Corrects the time zone of Calendar events created in IBM Notes
•Fixes a problem that could cause web clip icons to become generic after restarting
•Improves reliability of saving the password for a web proxy
•Exchange out-of-office message can now be edited separately for external replies
•Improves recovery of Exchange accounts from temporary connection problems
•Improves compatibility of VPN and web proxy solutions
•Allows use of physical keyboards to log into Safari web sheets, such as for joining a public Wi-Fi network
•Fixes an issue that caused Exchange meetings with long notes to be truncated
Accessibility fixes
•Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond
•Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft Mail messages
•Fixes an issue where Braille Screen Input cannot be used to type text in forms on webpages
•Fixes an issue where toggling Quick Nav on a Braille Display announces that Quick Nav is off
•Fixes an issue keeping app icons from being moveable on home screen when VoiceOver is enabled
•Fixes an issue in Speak Screen where speech will not start again after pausing
Other improvements and bug fixes
•Introduces a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over 300 new characters
•iCloud Photo Library has been optimized to work with the new Photos app on OS X 10.10.3 and is now out of beta
•Improves the pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps
•Includes support for Baum VarioUltra 20 and VarioUltra 40 braille displays
•Improves the display of Spotlight results when Reduce Transparency is turned on
•Adds Italic and Underline format options for iPhone 6 Plus landscape keyboard
•Adds the ability to remove shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay
•Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)
•Additional dictation languages: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Hebrew (Israel)
•Improves stability for Phone, Mail, Bluetooth connectivity, Photos, Safari tabs, Settings, Weather and Genius Playlists in Music
•Addresses an issue where Slide to Unlock could fail to work on certain devices
•Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented swiping to answer a phone call on the Lock screen
•Addresses an issue that prevented opening links in Safari PDFs
•Fixes an issue where selecting Clear History and Website Data in Safari Settings did not clear all data
•Fixes an issue that prevented autocorrecting "FYI"
•Addresses an issue where contextual predictions did not appear in Quick Reply
•Fixes an issue where Maps did not enter night mode from hybrid mode
•Resolves an issue that prevented initiating FaceTime calls from a browser or 3rd-party app using FaceTime URLs
•Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented photos from properly exporting to Digital Camera Image folders on Windows
•Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented an iPad backup from completing with iTunes
•Fixes an issue that could cause Podcast downloads to stall when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular networks
•Fixes an issue where remaining time on timer would sometimes incorrectly display as 00:00 on Lock screen
•Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented adjusting call volume
•Fixes an issue that caused the status bar to sometimes appear when it shouldn’t
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
10:47
So What are some saying about this update: Into the email bag we go.
Hi Rob,
I promised to give feedback on the iOS 8.3 update.
The update went without a hitch.
Apps that caused problems before are working fine.
Finally Dutch Siri. Siri is not so complete here as in America, but that is mainly due to integration with third party information providers like cinemas, restaurants, public transport and others. Siri is working good for me. English Siri was ok, but especially with names it was difficult. Now those problems have disappeared and that makes Siri much more usable.
Enjoying my iPhone 6 more now.
Regards,
Wilco O
VOICEMAIL - Colby_iOS83_question_audiobooks
overall I am not finding the level of complaints or issues with this update we have seen in the past. That could mean there are no real issues or that everyone is so gun shy of updating they held off this time or maybe a combo of the two.
I still recommend you don’t update until mid next week. Wait and see what comes up.
For perspective I did the updates during the prime time for the iPhone 6+ it was almost 2 hours start to finish because of slow downloads and then a long update process as it was extracting. And the iPad mini was even longer. If you wait a bit - the update process should be faster.
If you are jailbroken or plan on jailbreaking definitely do NOT update. It might be a while if ever for a jailbreak for 8.3
The 8.2 jailbreak never came to be. So don’t be surprised if the 8.3 does not happen either. Stay at 8.1.2 or earlier if you want to or need to jailbreak.
Finally - let me know your experience with the iOS 8.3 update - the good the bad - the ugly - call us as always at 206-666-6364 that’s 206-moon-dog or send an email with a recording or text to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
15:06
http://fortune.com/2015/04/06/apple-watch-buyers-dilemma/
?xid=yahoo_fortune
Ok - lets get right to the Apple Watch on this episode or you know lets go to right away if you don’t count the iOS 8.3 update segment. If you want to pre-order one - if you are 100% sure you want one - then at 12:01 AM PT on Friday the 10th - you will want to be awake and pre-ordering your Apple Watch.
If you are on the fence and were planning on going to your apple store to try one on first and then order one - know that there is a very very good chance your choice will be getting delivered well past the April 24th launch date.
Apples Retail Chief Angela Arendt is reported to have told Apple Store employees that quote the best way to get in line is online unquote.
So it comes down to this - if you are an early adopter and sure you want an Apple watch - 12:01 AM PT is when you need to order one.
If you are not sure then set up an appointment with your local Apple store to set up a time to try one on. Just note by the time you do if you then decide to order one it will be likely May best case scenario before you see yours.
If you are on the fence and an early adopter type - well then it sucks to be you. If you are on the fence and don’t care if it is May / June or later before you get one - then take your time and try one out and see if it is to your liking.
16:54
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2480358,00.asp
One thing it sounds like you will not be able to do on launch day - April 24th - is walk into an Apple Store with no reservation and walk out with an Apple Watch.
You need to pre-order on April 10th if you want an Apple Watch on launch day April 24th.
There is no option for waiting in line - not this time.
17:15
http://www.imore.com/heres-what-apple-watch-can-do-without-iphone
Hi Rob
I am thinking of getting the Apple watch, but to help me be sure I should get one, I would like to know the advantages of it over the Pebble?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Steve - well first up there is a nice article at iMore which goes over what you can do with the Apple watch when you are not with your iPhone. Obviously it can still tell time. It can play music and show your favorite photos. Up to 2GB of Music and 75 MB of photos.
It can track fitness info - your heartbeat and step counts - stairs climbed and stand - sit ratio - which I hope we can delete that - as my stand - sit ratio well not so good - maybe even worse then the Android to iOS ratio for Malware.
You can also use Apple Pay and Passbook - even when away from your iPhone.
So there are some things you can do with your Apple watch with out the iPhone.
With the iPhone you can answer a phone call - even when your phone is in another room - but both are on the same wifi network. Not something you can do with the pebble.
Getting up a good info graphic comparing the two is a good idea Steve - and something I should do. Lets see if Should turns into did do by the next episode.
18:42
http://watchaware.com/post/7726/yes-the-apple-watch-
app-is-an-ad-so-what
Thanks to Michael for this next one which is a post titled - Yes the Apple Watch App is an Ad - So What - from Watchware dot com.
And Yes - So what - Right now it is an Ad - which also explains why iOS 8.2 released so much earlier than the Apple Watch launched - Apple wanted to get this Ad ware app on your device - and so what. Well the What seems to be people are freakin out - like Apple just stuffed 10 kittens in a burlap sack and threw them into the river type freak out in some cases.
Here is the thing - no one is forcing you to click on it. And eventually the app had to be installed - and it is not like you can delete other native apps. IE Newsstand. But you can place this in a folder and be done with it - if your future plans have no room for an Apple Watch.
And even if you do accidentally tap on it - it is not like it starts autoplaying some videos - it actually opens up to the pairing screen.
Not the Explore screen - which is the Ad screen.
There is also a screen for the App store - if you click it Tells you you can pre-order on April 10th - so maybe you will be able to pre-order right from the App. In which case it is much more than an Ad right now - it would be an easy way for those that want to pre-order to do so - but likely that is not the case - and it is just for Apps for the Apple Watch.
As I look at this I see there are three camps of people - those definitely getting the Apple watch - for them this app may make life easier. Those definitely not getting an Apple watch for them - placing this in the folder with newsstand is all you need to do. And then there are those on the fence - and for you - this app gives you some videos to check out and get a better feel of what the Apple watch is and how it can be used - OR you know you could just wait until April 10th and then try and get into an Apple store to try out one of the Apple watches.
Again some bloggers freaking out about nothing. Hopefully you are lucky enough to have not seen or read any of the posts by those that did not like the Apple Watch App - but for those that did - sorry you can’t get those minutes of your life back.
21:00
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/03/apple-will-offer-
virtual-try-ons-of-apple-watch-and-apple-watch-edition
Seems like those getting an Apple Watch with out Sport in its name - will be given some extra benefits from those of us that are getting the sport model.
Prior to purchasing - the higher end versions - said customers will be given the opportunity to video chat with an Apple Online store Rep. The Rep will then try on different combinations for you showing you what it looks like in real life - well except for the part it is a virtual try on - and it is not you.
But the real benefits come after purchase where you get a virtual personal setup. An Apple Watch Specialist will walk said customer through the unboxing, setup of the iPhone companion app, pairing to your iPhone as well as installing some apps from the App store.
21:50
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/07/apple-watch-memo
And speaking of Apple Watch Apps - Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next one.
Seems there will be over 1,000 Apple Watch Apps available on April 24th when the Apple Watch starts hitting peoples wrists.
22:44
http://ampressman.tumblr.com/post/115856569129/people-
who-can-identify-it-immediately-ask-if-i
And just in Time to help sway you towards buying an Apple Watch - Apple has lifted its embargo on those in the Press they gave Apple Watch’s to to test out.
As I have done in the past - I am going to read you the conclusion / ending of some of those reviews. If you believe that writers leave the best for last.
From Joanna Stern from the WSJ
Quote The Apple Watch makes you look good. But the next one is bound to make you look even better. unquote
From Josh Topolosky at Bloomberg
Quote The Apple Watch is cool, it’s beautiful, it’s powerful, and it’s easy to use. But it’s not essential. Not yet. unquote
From Scott Stein at CNET
Quote If you're curious where Apple is going next and have $350-$400 to spend, the entry-level Apple Watch might be fun to explore. Everyone else, I'd wait and see how the apps shape up, how the kinks get worked out, whether any software updates help with battery life. There's a lot more time to decide. unquote
From John Grubber from Daringfireball
Quote The single most innovative feature of Apple Watch — the most intimate feature of the company’s most personal device — will only matter if some of the people you care most about wear one too .unquote
From David Pogue for Yahoo Tech
Quote In the end, therefore, the Apple Watch is, above all, a satisfying indulgence. It’s a luxury. You might buy it to bring you pleasure — and it will — much the way you might buy a really nice car, some really nice clothes, or a really nice entrée. Or a really nice watch. unquote
From Lauren Goode for Re/Code
Quote Smartwatches are still unproven, but Apple has made a pretty strong case for them. unquote
From Ed Baid at USA Today
Quote As with most first-time products, it isn't flawless or essential. But among smartwatches, Apple Watch is second to none. I want one. unquote
From Fahard Manjoo from the NY Times
Quote It takes some time getting used to, but once it clicks, this is a power you can’t live without. unquote
From Ben Bajarian for Techopinions
Quote These little interactions, while brief, have the potential to be more personal. Love taps, or even love drawings, have the potential to bring a deeper level of intimacy to our digital communications. unquote
And finally from Marissa Stephenson for Men’s Journal
quote What Apple has created is a brilliant way to hold my attention for even more time over the day. And with the onslaught of new apps made just for the Watch, the device can only capture more and more of it. You have to decide for yourself if that's a good thing. unquote
And you have to decide for yourself if the Apple Watch is for you - or if a Pebble will do or if you even need a smart watch at all.
But one thing is certain if you are still on the fence after all that - it is probably best to sit on your credit card for a bit - get to the local apple store - or wait to hear what I and others have to say once we who are not beholden to Apple get one and can do our reviews of the Apple Watch.
For those who’s minds are made up - 12:01 AM PT - 3:01 AM ET is when you need to make sure you are up tonight so you can get yours on order. I know I will be ordering one.
27:09
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29:23
VOICEMAIL - Dave_CA_UsingTheApple TV
Hi Rob,
since I cut the cord last year, I've relied on TV for the shows I want to watch on iTunes (movies and TV) like Downton Abbey. I also watch PBS, History Channel, YouTube, and MLBTV and today, I signed up for HBO Now.
Of course, there's the old standby, Netflix.
Regards,
Tony L
San Francisco
Hey Rob,
Besides Netflix, I use ABC news almost every morning, and my wife and I watch a couple shows on FYI regularly. I also always use it for Apple events and occasionally for podcasts. I would use it for podcasts more but it does not sync well with my subscribed list from my iPhone. I wish there were an iTunes U channel.
Regards,
Ben
Hi Rob,
We use Apple TV for iTunes purchased movies for grandkids, Netflix and watching Apple Events (when it works)
Rich
Hey Rob,
The channels on the Atv do seem to be growing each week and your recent comment about it seems to strike a chord with me. My wife and I of course watch Netflix but lately we are using the HBO Go app to catch up on Six Feet Under. We also watch the Trailers app since it's great to see the previews on the big screen and in surround sound.
Other than that the others apps just sit there so I think it's time to start hiding them as you described in your recent episode.
Regards,
- Steve M. from Detroit
Hello Rob, I watch more than Netflix.
I also watch Hulu, HBO GO, FYi, Fox Now, FX, Vevo, YouTube and all my purchased movies in iTunes.
Regards,
Alexx
Hi Rob,
In addition to netflix which we use 90% of the time, we watch both PBS stations and watch our Disney Movies Anywhere movies. We also occasionally borrow my parents cable subscription to watch ESPN ABC and Disney Junior on the Apple TV. we of course also do a lot of air playing from our phones as well as watching vudu that way.
We really need an ultraviolet app! it doesn't have to be vudu, which of course competes directly with Apple. it can be apple's own ultraviolet app, or better yet have it integrated into iTunes like Disney movies anywhere. they really need to let bygones be by bygones on the ultraviolet thing. That battle is already lost. Disney is pretty much the only one giving us what we want, and they just had to go out on their own.
i am still impatiently waiting with you for Apple to get around to the Apple TV App Store. you think they would've already learned with the iPhone what it means to them.
Regards,
Dave B
Hi Rob,
As a cord cutter I utilize more than just Netflix on Apple TV
I use Watch ESPN and HBO GO as much as Netflix. I also like the Watch ABC app. These do require a cable provider log in (thanks mom for letting me borrow hers :) )
Regards,
Billy
Nashville TN
VOICEMAIL - Glen_CA_Fdbk_apple_TV_watching_habbits
My favorite type of feedback is the following:
Hi Rob,
Thanks for talking about your problem with Southwest boarding pass appearing on the lock screen. I flew today without any issues after following your advice.
Regards and Thanks,
Ed B
Love when I hear that something we said on the show helps someone.
36:40
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Rick Black who asked the following
Quote
How many in this community subscribe annually to iTunes match? If you do not, what are your reasons for not subscribing? I'm trying to determine if I want to continue my subscription.
Unquote
He had over 29 replies.
Tim G ,Tosin O, Myron U, Bob S, and Jade S - all are positive on it.
Storm G - regrets renewing because he has over 25,000 tracks - which means he hit the 25k limit.
I am not an iTunes match user - but if you are considering it like Rick is - you should check out the comments in this post from April 6th in the Google Plus community.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
38:04
http://investor.apple.com/
A quick note that Apple will be having their Investor Call for Q1 2015 on Monday April 27th. Expect them to talk a little bit about apple Watch sales - even though it is a Q2 2015 launch. I will either have an episode or blog post on the evening of the 27th - more about that on the next episode - which will be the week of the 20th.
38:35
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-03/samsung-
said-to-win-apple-a9-chip-orders-for-next-iphone
On the rumor front - There is the rumor once again that Samsung has won the order for the A9 Chips for the next iPhone.
The A8 Chips are currently being produced by TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
The news of the A9 win for Sammy comes from sources in the know and sources asking not to be identified. So grain of salt take with this report should we.
What the Apple order means to both parties is a lot - as in Apple Ordered almost $26 Billion worth of Chips last year - or roughly 7.6% of the entire chip industry.
So this is a customer that everyone wants including Apples Arch enemy Sammy.
But I would say don’t count out TSMC - as they previously stated they would be investing $12 Billion for Plants and equipment improvements through 2015 and into 2016. So maybe Sammy wins the A9 and TSMC wins the A10.
40:39
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/new-apple-tv-
will-not-support-4k-video-streaming
Seems some more rumors about the next Gen Apple TV - and this time the rumor is it will NOT - repeat - NOT support 4K Video Streaming.
This according to John Paczkowski now at Buzzfeed - whom is basing the lack of 4K video support via sources in positions to know.
Of course given the number of 4K TV’s or actually the lack of number of 4K TV’s out there - this is not likely to hurt 4th Gen Apple TV sales. Also there is a general lack of 4K content. What Netflix has is not much - and 4K video is a major bandwidth hog.
Now given how long we have been waiting for a new Apple TV - Just getting the previous rumored features - Siri Remote, A8 Processor and App Store are enough for me. I just want the new Apple TV already.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102562743
41:54
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/03/bendgate-returns-
samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-just-as-bendable-as-apples-iphone-6-plus
In news under the did not see that coming - Not - Category or Hey here is another way that Sammy is copying Apple Category or people that plan to build glass houses should not throw stones category - and that with regards to Bend-duhhh-gate. Yes the Sammy Galaxy S6 bends - and with the exactly the same amount of pressure required to bend an iPhone 6+ and the S6 screen also shatters during that bend far easier than the 6+’s screen. So far no tweets from Sammy slamming their own product about bending.
If you don’t remember - back in September - Sammy released a tweet about their new GalaxyNoteEdge - with the words - Curved. Not Bent.
To which last week - I tweeted a reply to that tweet - Curved and Bent #GalaxyS6 - just sayin - no reply from Sammy to my tweet - Chickens.
http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-jabs-at-bendgate-
to-tout-its-galaxy-note-edge/
43:01
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-Samsung-paid-
500-fake-fans-to-attend-Chinese-press-event-for-the-launch-
of-its-new-flagship-phones_id67937
Thanks to Mike M and a few others for this next one. Which is that Sammy Supposedly Paid a bunch of Fake Fan boys to show up at a Launch event in Shanghai. Sammy supposedly paid about 500 people out of the roughly 1,000 that showed up for the event. According to one of the people that was paid to recruit fans he said Sammy was looking for people under 30 who looked like students. The Fake Fans were supposedly told to tell the Press they attended the event because they were Sammy fans or because they were interested in the new Sammy phones. Yet half of the people at the event were taking pictures of the new devices with their iPhones. If this sounds familiar - Sammy in the past has been accused of paying people to show up for launches of its products.
However this time Samsung is officially dismissing this report, saying that the whole story is quote totally groundless and bogus. unquote Sammy said that all the attendees who they said numbered over 1,100, were quote formally invited unquote to the Galaxy S6 launch event in Shanghai.
Here at Today in iOS we don’t like to just take these stories or responses at Face value so I spent the last couple of days digging into Samsungs claims that these attendees were quote formally invited unquote and I can say Yes - Yes - they were all formally invited - How do I know this well I was able to see one of the formal invitations for myself from someone that attended - Sadly this is an audio podcast so I can not show you the picture of the invitation but hey let me describe it to you - On the front of the invitation - which by the way has some very nice artwork and detail - anyway on the front of the invitation across the top it said - Federal Reserve Note - The Unites States of America. There was a drawing of Andrew Jackson on the Front and in the four corners were the number 20. I am guessing that represents the 20th person who was invited - smart of them to number the invitations. So yup all looks like Sammy was on the up and up this time - I feel bad for doubting them.
45:20
VOICEMAIL - Bob_NY_ios82_feedback
Rob,
Aren’t iOS devices supposed to only have 1 audio thing going on at once? My 5S has been having more than one at a time. I just had a call and in the background I could hear the Giants’ game I had on via MLB At Bat.
I also take my 5S when I walk or bike ride. I listen to podcasts, audio books etc… When I’m using Map My Walk, it announces mile/time points over and at the same time as whatever I was listening to… so those are 2 instances.
I seem to remember that the Apple design is for only a single audio output at a time. What is your recollection?
Gary A - Boise, ID
Hi Gary - this is a bug that happens every so often where Audio from two apps is playing at once. Every now and then I will have the audio from some app playing in the background when I get a phone call - which is very annoying.
HOWEVER the except to that is Map apps with turn by turn - those are supposed to play over the audio you are hearing.
Will be interesting to see if 8.3 squashes this bug.
VOICEMAIL - Dave_NJ_Part 1
VOICEMAIL - Dave_NJ_Part 2
Hi Rob,
In Response to Jeremy who wanted to sync his iPhone between his iMac and MacBook.
This may not solve Jeremy's issue retroactively but will help in the future. You can set up your main music library on your laptop or on an external hard drive which both your MacBook and iMac can access that way they both source from the exact same library. For more detailed instructions on how to accomplish this you can look it up on YouTube.
Regards,
Andrew
Hi Rob
Just finished the last Tii podcast and heard a listener talk about a jukebox for a room. I have a suggestion. Ion makes a jukebox that sits on a table that would work. It pairs over Bluetooth so it works whether it's android or iOS or other device. Also it has a USB port in the back so you can plug in the device while its transmitting. I use my iPad mini gen 1 in the ion jukebox it has a little clip stand to hold the device. Also I recommend the iOS app called BeatBlaster. It has the look of the big boombox stereo and has a companion app to place on the iPhone to use as a remote.
I have a question. Is there a way to remove the Apple Watch app from my iPhone 6? I have no plans to buy an Apple Watch because I have a Martian Notifier watch that pairs to my phone for notifications via Bluetooth
Regards,
Tom in New Mexico
Hi Rob
To disable video auto-play on Facebook, you used to have to go into the settings app to do this. Now you have to go into the Facebook app itself to do this. Once you are in the app, go to Settings/Videos & Photos/Auto-Play and then tick never play videos automatically.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
VOICEMAIL - David_Kickstarter_project_2PlusYrs
55:51
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullettrainsf/safe-
wallet-case-for-iphone-6simplify-your-everyda?ref=nav_search
This week for a Kickstarter Project we have the Safe Wallet - it is a case for the iPhone 6 where the back opens up to allow you to have money and credit cards in there and then closes to keep them safe. Or as they say Quote The Ultimate Protective iPhone 6 Wallet Case with built in kickstand and safe pen unquote. They had a modest goal of $10k - they are over 23k and counting and you have until May 16th at 11:46 AM CT to fund this one.
Pricing on this one is $69 for one or $118 for two.
Again this is just for the iPhone 6 - not the 6+ boo.
Search for Safe Wallet - two words at kickstarter dot com.
56:39
VOICEMAIL - Tracy_fdbk_custom_strap_my_wrist
Hi Rob,
This is in response to the gentleman who called in looking to hear Siri read back her responses.
Go to Settings>General>Siri and check the voice feedback box to "Always" this should fix your problem assuming that the issue is indeed not a glitch.
Regards,
Andrew
Hi Rob and all,
At present I'm using an app called Alarmed to notify me of reminders and appointments.
I use this because it has a feature that will keep sounding an alarm till it is cancelled by the user.
The calendar app and reminder app only give a single beep.
Does anyone know of a way to get the calendar to have a relentless tone without jail breaking?
Regards,
Adam M
Hi Rob
The stock calendar app used to show public holidays, but no longer appears to do so. Is there a way I can get public holidays to show again?
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Steve not that I know of but if anyone does - please email or call in with how to get that back.
Hi Rob - This is a repeat question. After several iPhone's I still have not found a way to mass send all incoming emails to trash without jail breaking. You should be able to move them all as you can edit/delete all trash. I thought this was going to be "fixed" with the iPhone 6 but it isn't unless I am missing something. Although the there is no direct procedure on the ipad either, I found a 3 step sequence that usually works, but not on the iPhone.
Regards,
Michael A
Nope - still no way to do big bulk deletes on the iPhone for emails in iOS 8.3 Maybe in 8.4 or 9.0 Sorry.
VOICEMAIL - Dodd_phone_number_fdbk
1:02:43
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-9344486
For those looking to get HBO Now - well Now you can get the free trial anywhere in the world on Apple TV. Which is perfect timing for the April 12th premier of Game of Thrones.
Actually if you have an Apple TV or iPhone or iPad - you can get the HBO Now app and get HBO free for 30 days.
Step 1 - Go to the HBO Now tile on Apple TV or download the HBO Now App on your iOS device.
Step 2 - launch the App from your device and tap or select Start your free trial with iTunes.
Step 3 - Confirm the purchase. Not you are confirming to an Auto-renew at the end of the trial which means you will automatically be billed $14.99.
Step 4 - You will be required to create an HBO Now Account with a valid email address. Once done tap on Register for HBO Now button at the bottom.
I will be doing this once I get back from Las Vegas - so I can get through the remainder of Season 4 of Game of Thrones and get caught up on Season 5. Might even go back and re-watch the first 3 seasons with the wife.
But remember you are signing up to a zombie subscription when you do this - which means you will keep getting billed until you go and kill the billing.
1:04:28
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 10 day trial to their 3,000 plus video tutorials. Thanks Lynda for sponsoring this show and for the free offer.
Per those in the NCAA pool - if you are looking at the rankings - Robert W - is me, Robert W 2 is my oldest son, and Robert W 3 is my youngest son. That said - Congrats to Jordan Hopper who just killed everyone in the field with 331 points. 2nd place was Joes Baez who won it last year. Jordan actually lost the last game with a pick of Wisconsin vs Jose who had Duke correctly picked - still Jordan had the right mix of upsets picked correctly to give him a very large margin of victory. Jordan - I will be sending you an email shortly or already - depending on when you hear this.
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 I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
For those of you going to NAB and/or NMX - I will be at the event - Libsyn has a booth North hall - N7714 - which is in the NMX area. I will also be speaking about podcasting on Monday afternoon. So if you are going - please stop by the libsyn booth and say hi. NAB / NMX is in Las Vegas April 13th to the 16th. Hope to see you there. Because of that show however the next episode will not be until the week of April 20th.
And finally there is the Tii App which is now Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. Please go right now and download the Tii App - Did I mention it is free.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 342
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 Called TOMORROW with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_tomorrow.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 JACK for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JACK said the following:
Hey Rob,
For this image I started in iDraw on my iPad Air, making a blue background texture with a gradient and a few cloud shapes.
I then exported the background from iDraw to my camera roll and opened it in Pixelmator. I then imported two iPhone 6 images and set the layers to multiply and reduced their transparency. See if you can identify the two images in the final artwork.
Next I exported the Pixelmator image to the camera roll and brought it back into iDraw.
In iDraw I added the text with a drop shadow and added a highlight and dark edge for create depth. I punched four holes through the background by creating white circles with an inner shadow.
That's how I created the artwork on the iPad. Pixelmator is an OK app on the iPad but is much better on the Mac. IDraw however is fantastic on both platforms. I really enjoy iDraw. It's easier to use and the iOS version has nearly all the features of the OS TEN version.
Regards,
Jack R
Well JACK Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JACK'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 342 - 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.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
03:11
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “By copying the work of others, Apple seems to admit it has fallen behind competitors. By this fall, their product will have more features and the new features may cause confusion. The new features bring with them design languages originally from Meego, Android, and BlackBerry. Apple users not familiar with how Android and BlackBerry operating systems work may be confused by how their iDevices no longer respond the same way.” unquote
Transcend Asset, Seeking Alpha 5 June 2014
HUH??? I mean really - HUH?? What the heck is he talking about? It really seems the only ones confused are him and all those reading what he said. Per the iDevices users being confused - Ummm no not so much as was witnessed by the 74 Million iPhones sold last quarter - Just Sayin
04:12
For Promo codes - On Ep 341 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - ORBITAL PLATFORM DEFENSE - we will be giving those out this week - for more info on this app go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 341.
For Promo Codes This week we have promo codes for the App DESK CALC two words, Here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
“Desk Calc is the modern version of a traditional adding machine. While calculating figures, Desk Calc keeps a complete history for you. See your current calculations and any values stored in memory right under the main display. Swipe up to see a full listing of all previous calculations. Desk Calc also allows you to save records in an archive, which you can later view, edit or even bring back to the main screen to add to. Tap the calculations display for a list of features, such as the ability to email records, message, copy, or to change the background skin. Desk Calc is 0.99 cents in the App Store. Thank you for considering for all of your basic calculator needs."
Thanks to Darrin for sending in HIS WRITTEN review of his APP DESK CAL and for sending in the 20 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 DESK - in the subject line. And since there are so many - I am just going to do this one a first come first serve basis. So get the request in early for this one.
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.
06:12
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/25/ios-8-3-
beta-4-emoji-changes/
iOS 8.3 Beta 4 was released last week. The biggest changes - other than bug fixes revolved first around the updating of the Emoji’s - as mentioned previously - some people were not happy with the industry standard emoji’s that Apple used and called them racist.
Apple has been tweaking them and now also makes it easier to select different versions of the emoji by tapping and holding to show different versions of the people emoji’s
The Emoji keyboard also now shows - recently added as a default.
Beta 4 also adds iMessage filtering - to separate messages sent from unknown senders, and Beta 4 removed the beta label from iCloud Photo library.
Siri also gets expanded voice commands including queries to initiate calls over speaker phone and there is now where you can skip the password for free app downloads.
Speculation about when iOS 8.3 goes gold is now starting - with some saying beta 4 is the last beta for 8.3 - and it will go gold around April 22nd. Others say there is one more beta - and the release of 8.3 gold master will be in early. May followed by a beta for 8.4.
Either way it is safe to say 8.3 will be live before June - as Apple will be having WWDC in early June - and they will likely release the beta for iOS 9 at WWDC if past years actions repeat this year.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/03/27/ios-8-3-
update-predictions/
07:56
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/new.ios.8.3.beta.4.released/50764.htm
Hello Rob,
just a quick post on my testing with iOS 8.3 beta. It appears that WiFried is solved? I haven't had any issues jumping onto wifi or maintaining a connection and airdrop appears to work as expected (Finally!)
on the other hand while the app MacID works for me, my preferred auto-unock app NearLock is not working on 8.3 beta :-/
Regards,
Francisco T
Francisco - thanks for the feedback and it sounds like from others some of the bug squashing in 8.3 beta 4 is around the known bugs in support of carplay and compatibility issues between Apple Pay and China UnionPay network.
08:46
http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tv-gets-a-ted-talks-channel/
Lets talk Apple TV - and some new Tiles - or channels or Apps or what ever you want to call them.
There were a few new ones added this past week. First up Apple added - Ted Talks, Tastemade and Young Hollywood.
There are over 1,900 TedTalks available. For those not familiar those are sometimes very interesting other times completely self absorbed talks by people who are sometimes notable and others time not so much. Covering topics that are broadly vague to specific obscure. Oh and sometimes very interesting. Think of TedTalks like a box of Chocolate - where 90% of the box is coconut and the other 10% is raspberry nugget.
The way to know who to avoid at a dinner party is the person that starts the conversation - Yesterday I saw the most interesting TedTalk on… Yeah avoid that person like the plague.
If TedTalks are not to your Tastes - then maybe the Tastemade channel is. It serves up original content about food and travel - but I am not sure if there is any content about traveling with food.
And finally there is Young Hollywood - this is just interview with waiters and waitresses in LA. Oh - wait - sorry - it is a channel devoted to music, culture and the Young Hollywood lifestyle. So wait - yes - it is about Waiters and Waitresses in LA.
And those were not the only additions for the week - the day after they were added - Apple also added - CNNgo which is a channel for viewing live and on demand news - on the go via your Apple TV which is tethered to your TV - which is tethered to your wall - and by Go - we mean go Sit in your chair and watch this. This is however the first foray of CNN onto Apple TV - And when it comes to providing news content on Apple TV - CNN only trails ABC News, Bloomberg TV, CBS News, CNBC News, PBS, Sky News, The Weather Channel, The WSJ Live and some guy on Vimeo with a Camera pointed at an overpass that clips off the tops of Trucks - so yeah - CNN was all over Apple TV like a duck on cheetoo.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/25/apple-tv-cnn/
11:06
http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/24/how-to-hide-
rearrange-apple-tv-channels/
Ok - per all these new Apple TV channels - how many of you actually use it for anything other than Netflix - and a raise of hands - says - ooh - that is not many. Yeah for most of you - 60+ channels - just means well nothing. But if you are someone that uses more then just netflix - but not much more - getting some of the stranger and more obscure channels like - the Albanian Body Surfing and back waxing Channel - out of the way may be something you want to do.
You can either move it or a similar channel to the bottom of the list - you do that by moving the select box to the channel and then pushing and holding the main button. Once it starts wobbling - move it where you want it.
But sometimes - just the thought of the Albanian body surfing and back waxing channel is too much to bare and you need to delete or really hide that channel - to do that again select the icon you want to hide - once it starts wobbling - press the play / pause button to activate the sub-menu of options - then select Hide This item.
You can also go to the Settings App - and select Main Menu - and then go to the list of all the channels - and change the settings from Show - which means it is being shown - to Hide - which means it is being hidden. That is the faster method for hiding multiple channels.
I am curious - let me now other than Netflix and Youtube - what channels do you watch on Apple TV?
And how many do your regularly watch?
206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon-Dog or send an email to Today in iOS at gmail dot com.
13:01
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Have you ever purchased a mattress by sitting on it for just a few minutes at the store only later to regret it. That happened with us for my Oldest son's mattress. We thought we purchased a good mattress - but oh my - we learned we did not - we would lay down with him to get him to go to sleep and as we tried to get up he would hear us and feel us moving and would wake up - very very frustrating. But we were stuck with the Mattress - However With Casper you get a 100 day risk free trial period. You don't like it you get your money back and they come and pick it back up and donate it to a charity. That said - the mattress they sent is great and is definitely not going back. It is a mix of Latex foam and Memory foam. No noisy springs to wake up your kid or significant other when you get up to sneak some girl scout cookies from the pantry.
HERE is why I really love this mattress When we received our Casper mattress for my son - the first three nights he slept through the whole night - The last time he slept 3 nights in a row through the whole night - yeah that would be NEVER - not even in the womb.
Casper did an incredible job on the engineering and feel of this mattress - the nights I record episodes - the boys go and sleep with mom - so when I am done I can sleep on his bed now and my back is not all out of whack in the morning.
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This is an american made mattress with delivery right now for the US and Canada only and it is free delivery. When said mattress is delivered - it is from UPS - in a squarish box that you think no way is there a mattress in there - But you get a cool little tool to cut open the package and the mattress opens up and expands to form.
As they say You spend 1/3 of your life in bed - ok maybe more if you have Apple TV and Netflix in bedroom. And for the cost of an iPad - is it not worth getting the best nights sleep possible - and that is what you will get with Casper or what your kids will get. Again to Save $50 off of the prices I mentioned go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code t i i - all lower case on the promo code. again casper dot com / tii - promo code tii to save $50 - thanks Casper for the great mattress for my son and for sponsoring this show.
16:10
VOICEMAIL - Dave_CA_accessiblitiy_three_fingers
Hello Rob,
I am in the process of remodeling a room in my house as a bar, and something I really want to get is a jukebox that is compatible with an iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth or home kit. I've been searching online and haven't been too successful in finding exactly what I want. I was hoping you or your listeners would have any idea on where to find one that is similar to the TouchTunes jukebox, such as having its own touchscreen and the ability to select my iTunes Match of my iOS device via the jukebox itself. I am willing to settle for one that I would have to dock my iOS device on, but I'm trying to find a better solution. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks for your show, it's still my favorite podcast!
Regards,
Jason H
If anyone can make a recommendation to Jason - email it to us at today in iOS at gmail dot com or call us 206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon-dog
Rob
Been a Today in iPhone (now IOS) listener for years; right from the start. Thanks for the great advice sprinkled with good humor. Most important to me has been all the info about dealing with updates and how each one fixes this or that.
I use you sage advice contained in your PDF on how to do the various updates - and I have a time saving step for those of us who use iTune and a computer to sync/back-up their devices.
I begin the download of the update before starting Step 1, then I can work in parallel to do the rest of the steps while the update is downloading. Some people with fast cable modems might save 10 minutes, but those with slower DSL service could save 30 minutes.
Just a thought unless you see a potential risk of doing this in parallel.
Keep up the good work!
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville, GA
VOICEMAIL - Ron_OH_Answer_spotify_issue
21:56
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Mark Henry who said the following
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If you have an old iOS device that doesn't hold a charge anymore, you may want to consider wiping off the dust and put it to use. I recently revived my iPhone 4s from the dead with a new battery and back glass (which had been cracked). It holds a charge like the first day it was purchased, and looks great again!
Resources include: iFixit, and iPhone4parts.com
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And I mention that because that post reminded me that my Sons iPhone 4S screen was cracked and his Battery was not lasting close to as long as it should. So I went to iFixit and ordered a new battery for the 4S - which now was only 24.95. I then used the code - FIXIT2015 - and saved $5 - which is also what shipping cost - so it was like getting free shipping. I don’t get anything if you use it - it is just one I found that works.
Next I went to iPhone4parts.com and ordered a replacement screen - as they have replacement screens for just $15 and I could get a blue one - which is my son’s favorite color. They offered free shipping.
So for my Son’s birthday part of his gifts are a new screen and a new battery for his iPhone 4S - so as long as I don’t destroy it replacing the screen - for $40 and a couple of hours of work - which he will help with - he should be a happy camper. I will let you now how the service goes with both on a future episode. And the quality of the screen and battery life.
Thanks Mark for that post as it reminded me to get those items ordered.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
24:26
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-poll-
shows-40-per-cent-of-iphone-owners-would-buy-
apple-watch/article23522205/
Thanks to Skip for this next one: Which is another poll about those interested in getting an Apple Watch. This one said 40% of Adult iPhone owners in the US are interested in buying an Apple Watch.
Well actually this is an extension of the poll I mentioned last time - at that point the poll was for 1,200 people - now it is up to 2,500 people.
The results are basically the same with 24 % over all expressing an interest in purchasing the Apple watch include 10% that are very interested. And then when you look at iPhone owners it is about 40% interest in buying an Apple watch and 17% very interested.
In any case there seems to be a lot of people interested or very interested in buying an Apple watch - NOW - which is before anyone really gets their wrists under one. Will be interesting to see if those numbers change after April 10th - when people start playing with them in the stores.
25:27
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-
development-issues-every-stage-jony-ive-2015-3
Going from Surveys about the Apple Watch to Rumors - there was a post in Business Insider titled - Apple Watch has had issues at every stage of development. Because you know no new products ever have problems at every stage of development - that is kind of why they are stages.
Any way this article had your typical sources quote familiar with unquote Apple and their logistics. One source said Apple may have cut initial shipments in half. Essentially these sources are saying supplies will be tight at launch. Hmmm a brand new category of Product from Apple and supplies will be tight at launch - WOW did not see that coming - I mean unless you know you look back at launch of all other new Apple products - and realize they also were restricted in supply at launch.
As I said on previous episodes - expect supplies to remain tight on Apple watch through the summer.
If you know you want an Apple Watch and you know you want it day one of availability - then don’t wait for your appointment to try one on - order it on April 10th when pre-orders start. Go on line now - figure out exactly which one you want - and get ready for April 10th to order it.
For everyone else - take your time - and make sure the Apple watch is really for you. It is not cheap - especially once you get past the base models. But then you are moving more into jewelry then technology.
27:13
http://www.macworld.com/article/2899494/get-
ready-for-a-new-apple-store-experience-when-
apple-watch-previews-start.html
Thanks to Dr. John and others for this next one. Which talks about the Apple Store experience with regards to the Apple Watch.
First note - on April 10th Apple stores will have Apple Watches for you to try on - 15 minutes per person - an Appointment is required - which you can’t even book until April 10th. Again 15 minutes is it - unless you want to look at the Apple Watch Edition - you know the $10,000 dollar plus version then you get 30 minutes. So again April 10th is when you can make your appointment to check out the Apple watch in person and you do need said appointment.
If you do get to an Apple store on between April 10th and the 24th and try on an Apple watch and play with it - make sure to call into the show with your thoughts and feedback. 206-666-6364 that’s 206-moon-dog - or email in to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Let me know which way you were leaning before trying it on - and then afterwards - what your thoughts are. Will be interesting to see which way the wrist under experience with the Apple watch pushes people. Especially with just 15 minutes of time allowed.
29:00
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/new-
apple-tv-set-top-will-debut-this-summer-with-app-store-s
Thanks to Aric B and many many others for this next one - which is a rumor that you know I am just going to buy into hook / line and sinker. It is that Come WWDC Apple will introduce a new Apple TV and it will have an App store and at WWDC they will release the Dev Kit for it. This rumor comes from John Paczkowski with buzzed - formerly with RE/Code formerly all things D - and he is someone that was quote plugged in unquote with new news out of Cupertino - when they needed to leak said news early.
What John said to expect is an updated exterior design. And greatly updated internals - with an A8 chip or some variant of the A8. A big increase from the 8GB currently onboard the now $69 version. And an greatly improved OS that will support Siri voice control of Apple TV via the remote.
Plus of course it will work with Homekit enabled devices - likely becoming the hub for Homekit.
No word yet on Pricing. But it is safe to say $99 would be the min price to expect - and if Apple keeps the $69 current Apple TV on the market - don’t be surprised to see the price at $199 - my speculation on the pricing there - not John’s.
Speaking of WWDC - based on some leaked info for time booked at the Mascone center WWDC this year looks to be the week of June 8th.
Tickets for WWDC - which we used to talk abut selling out in Months then weeks - then days - then hours - then minutes - last year went to a lottery. Expect the same this year - and expect Apple to announce the details for the lottery if not this week then the following week.
http://www.imore.com/new-apple-tv-will-reportedly-
debut-june-its-own-app-store
http://stgist.com/2015/03/apple-tv-set-
top-box-syncs-with-streaming-service-reports-2124
31:20
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-
business/apples-drive-for-world-auto-dominance/
article23570080/
Hi Rob: I've never taken any of the Apple Car rumours seriously. I thought that the idea of Apple in the auto industry was ridiculous. This article had me reducing some of my skeptism.
PS. I've been using and loving an app called Launcher, by Cromulent Labs. It's a widget that allows iOS 8 users to run apps from the Notification Center. The basic app is free with a $3 in app purchase that allows you to add more apps as well as adjust the size. It doesn't support all apps but there is quite a good mix. I have 18 of my most used apps available for the ready in Notification Center. (the max with the pro version). I really like this. Also, I reached out to the dev. because running it on iPad Air doesn't do landscape (Yech) and iCloud syncing might be useful. I got a prompt response indicating that these two items were in the pipeline.
Regards,
Bob H, Ontario
Bob - thanks for the link to the article titled Apple’s Drive for world auto dominance spooks the industry. Which is a nice long article and does make some very good points. Do I think Apple will develop an Apple Car for lack of a better name - Well the hiring they are doing does point in that direction. Previous rumors about project titan - seem to indicate it. But developing and manufacturing are two different things. It is possible - Apple did all these hires to much better understand the Auto industry and how they can get their electronics and OS into cars made by others.
But some hires - like the ones for Battery design - do point more towards Apple some day getting into the Electric Car market to take on Tesla and BMW in that space.
I just need to ask this - what size sticker is going to come with an Apple car?
33:25
http://www.redmondpie.com/bloatware-nightmare-
samsung-galaxy-s6-comes-with-56-apps-preinstalled
Thanks to Martin for this next one - which is about the new Sammy Galaxy S6 - which comes with 56 Apps Preinstalled.
Of which you can not delete and remove them from your phone. Which is actually different than what Sammy originally said would be possible. Note - there may be some ways to actually uninstall the apps - but it seems they are a little more tech intensive - but users can more easily disable them. Still it is a lot of apps pre-installed.
Most of the bloat ware are not Sammy apps - but Apps Sammy is getting a kickback to install on said device. Sweet. I really would not be giving Sammy a hard time about their 56 mostly bloatware apps - if at least one of them was a podcast aggregator app.
But all of this really got me asking how many native apps are there now for iOS 8.2 - and it looks to be 31 apps you can not un-install - which is much less than 56 apps for Sammy. I also think the big difference is Apple native Apps are all made by Apple - where the apps on the Galaxy S6 are not all made by Sammy - many are pay for placement to Sammy.
Still 31 Apps is a lot more than with the Original iPhone - and that is not counting Apps you will want to install right away like Findmy iPhone, Garageband, Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
Which is why getting a 16 GB version of any iOS device does not make sense - you need as a min 64 GB these days.
http://gizmodo.com/the-samsung-galaxy-s6-has-as-
much-bloatware-as-ever-1693717539
35:28
VOICEMAIL - Johnathan_NO_app_launcher
Hi Rob,
I sure regret upgrading my iPhone 6 to 8.2 last night. Now when I connect the phone to my car's (Infiniti g35) iPod connector, it cannot play audio anymore. All I see is "There is no song" shown on car display. The music is playing on device but no sound is coming out. Once I unplug, the audio is working again. Also, car recognizes that device is connected and iPhone is charging. Any help?
I checked and it's too late to downgrade to 8.1.3, so by being cautious I missed that train. Is there some way to downgrade still?
Thanks for a great show,
-- Alex from Walnut Creek, CA.
From Google+ community From Myron Uecker
Has anybody else seen high cellular data usage lately, possibly since the 8.2 upgrade? I'm not sure if it is from something I changed (like switching to optimized photos) but I got notified by T-Mobile today that I had used up my entire standard allotment and my plan just started!
When I looked at Cellular Data on my device I see that "Documents & Sync" under System Services is using most of my cellular data. It is the same for both my iPhone and iPad.
When he posted that on the 23rd - I went and reset my data usage - and between the 23rd and 27th - four full days - my total data usage was 320 MB. That is it. So at least for me - I am not seeing a lot of usage for Cellular data since the update. Seems most replying are seeing my type of data usage - but one other did say they saw an increase in data usage since 8.2 was installed.
How is your data usage since iOS 8.2 was installed -give us a call - 206-666-6364 - that is 206 moon dog or emails us at today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Hi Rob,
Was just wondering if you are getting any complaints about battery life since the latest update of iOS 8.2. My battery life has been horrible since I have updated.? I mean really bad.
I also own a Pebble Watch. And this battery drain also came after there latest update. I understand you own a Pebble as well and was wondering if you were having any battery issues as well?
Regards,
Doug - Cincinnati
From Jim S
Since upgrading to 8.2, an incoming FaceTime call does not wake up my sleeping iPod touch. Previous versions worked fine.
VOICEMAIL - Rick_CT_iOS82_update_fdbk
42:11
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1516117990/click-
the-first-watch-band-adapter-for-apple-watch
Hi Rob, I backed this one so I can buy the sport and add any band I want. Super great price and very communicative staff. Ian from WV
And this one Ian is talking about is the Click in Kickstarter - which is an Apple Watch band adapter. This lets you use any 22 mm watch band with the Apple watch. They had a goal of 30k - they are over double that now - congrats. You have until April 17th at 5:35 PM CT to fund this one.
Which will cost you $12. Delivery of these adapters is scheduled now for May 2015.
Search for click in kickstarter dot com - or in the show notes for Ep 342 at today in iOS dot com or in the Tii App.
43:03
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/adappt-
standard-bands-adapter-for-apple-watch
Hi Rob,
This looks like a great idea to me. What so you think?
Regards,
Robert P
And what Robert P is talking about is the Adappt - spelled A D A P P T - over at indiegogo dot com. And it is the same basic thing at the click. Except they have not reached their goal yet. Which is $50k - and they have only raised $13k so far. You have until about April 24th to fund this one - or you can go with the click - as they are already funded.
They have a plastic version for $9 and an aluminum version for $29 - which I guess is why the Click is funded and they are not - the Click was much lower cost at $12 for a metal version.
But hey the Adappt does have a Gold and rose gold Apple Watch edition version for $3450 - so you know if you want to plunk down $10k plus for your Apple Watch edition - and none of the Apple Watch bands do it for you - you can then plunk down another $3450 to allow you to use 3rd party bands - or not.
Either way you go - Click or Adappt - or some other - it seems safe to say there will be many 3rd party options for you for a band for your Apple Watch - beyond what is on the Apple website. So you may just want to get the Apple Watch sport with the basic band - and then look around for the perfect band for your tastes later on.
44:54
http://www.casetify.com/invite/je4rn5
Like say Casetify - that has the option for you to print your own custom image on the watch band. You can upload your own images for the watch band and they will print out a custom band for you.
I was thinking of taking a photo of my wrist and then get the watch band printed to look like my wrist so it would give the illusion that the apple watch is floating on my wrist.
Hmmm - Too geeky?
Anyway there is a link in the show notes that takes you to Casetify - it is a referral link - which means if you do purchase from them I get $10 - because well they made it really easy to get the link.
Look for the link Casetify - Custom Apple Watch straps in the show notes for Ep 342.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/03/apple-
watch-bands-and-adapters-appear-ahead-of-launch
45:56
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48:31
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigmichd/
Hi Rob,
I podcast from time to time on a show called "DisAfterDark" & I use my apple ear buds & microphone with either my iPad Mini or my IPhone 6+, I don't own a pc. Although my voice isn't too bad the quality could better. Can u recommend a microphone for use with an iOS device?
Regards,
Craig
Hi Craig,
I am currently using the iRig Mic HD
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigmichd/
with my iPhone 6+ for one of my other podcasts - KC Startup 411
http://www.kcstartup411.com
I record that whole podcast on my iPhone and upload from the iphone. No computer needed.
Check out the lastest episodes to hear the audio quality.
Rob W
Craig also asked if that mic works with Skype - and the answer is Yes.
49:32
VOICEMAIL - Jeremy_quest_sync_between_computers
Hi Rob, hope you’re well. I wanted to ask you to please promote my new app on one of your upcoming shows. Here is my review of it. I give you full liberty to edit my review as you see fit.
"Hello fellow Today in iOS fans. Not being able to speak on your own is difficult. Talk For Me - Text to Speech is an app I have developed with the goal of making my life easier as well as the life of anyone else who can’t speak on their own. There are a lot of existing text to speech apps, but some are too expensive to try, while others are lacking in features. Talk For Me - Text to Speech is free. Type any text in the main text area or tap one of the six main custom buttons and your iOS device will talk for you. Want to set up more custom phrases? Swipe up and up again for more pages with custom editable buttons. Need even more? Save phrases in an archive database. This is great for saving partial sentences. A quick swipe left, select a sentence from your archive, and it will appear in the main window ready for you to complete. Once customized, this app will allow for more efficient communication. If you know anyone who may benefit from this app, please let them know about it. Please search my name, darrin altman, on the app store to easily find it or go to my web page (MobileTouchTech.com) for a preview video and more information.”
Thank you Rob. I also updated a couple of my other apps, so I may send you some codes soon. I just don’t want to overdo it and take advantage of your generosity and free advertising,
Best regards,
Darrin
Hey Rob:
Things are getting better, slowly, with regard to ApplePay awareness. Still, I just went through a McDonald's drive-thru and the cashier at the window almost added an APPLE PIE to my order. Oh well...
Thanks for all you do,
Mari in Cleveland
Hi Rob, Like many of your listeners who not only listen to your excellent podcast each week, but also listens to many other podcasts daily and weekly, I find my self fishing for my iPhone from my pockets multiple times a day to select a new podcast as new ones are finishing up. This can be challenging when I already have other things in my hands like brief cases, shopping bags and/or dog leashes.
It sure seems like this situation is screaming out for an Apple Watch app solution. No more fishing for the iPhone from the pocket or the purse.
Only problem is that in all of the published literature about the Apple Watch including everything that I have seen on the Apple website in the Apple Keynotes, I have never seen an icon for the Apple Podcast App on the Apple Watch. This leaves me wondering just how the Apple Watch will interface with the Podcast App. Have you read or heard anything on this subject from Apple or other sources?
Regards,
Will B.
Honolulu, HI
Hi Rob,
I have not heard anything about the use of the Watch on airline flights. Will we have to turn off our watches like our iPhones? Seems like anything with Bluetooth is supposed to be off.
Aloha,
Bob L
VOICEMAIL - Bob_IL_quest_siri_updated_JB_reasons
58:49
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/03/28/ios-8-2-
jailbreak-details/
There were some rumors that a Jailbreak for iOS 8.2 was going to be announced late this week at the Mobile Security Summit - but the TAIG jailbreak team did not make that announcement.
They did say the jailbreak is quote constrained by many factors unquote - and that they hope to release an 8.2 jailbreak as soon as they can.
As you know I said to stay away from 8.2 if you wanted to jailbreak - and at this time it sounds doubtful they will release an 8.2 jailbreak before 8.3 is released or if they do - it will not be much before.
In any case if you want to jailbreak you need to be on 8.1.2 or earlier. Don’t upgrade to 8.2.
59:51
http://www.dodocase.com/products/apple-
watch-charging-stand
Hi Rob,
Just in case you haven't seen this charging stand. My wife and I have already pre-ordered ours. I have a Kickstarter original Pebble and love it, however I will definitely be pre-ordering an AppleWatch (can you say tech junkie!) haha. Anyways here's the link.
http://www.dodocase.com/products/apple-watch-charging-stand
Loooonng time listener,
Regards,
Dave T
Thanks dave for the heads up on the Dodo Stand for the Apple Watch. Pricing for the pre-order of this is $69.95 - with them saying the MSRP will be $99.95. And there is a popup on their site about saving 15% right now for new customers.
Link in the show notes for ep 342 at today in iOS dot com
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-9049095
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 341
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 Called Hide and Seek with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Hide_and_seek.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 JOHN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JOHN wrote
Hey Rob,
I made this Tii cover art in Pixelmator for the iPad. Amazing app for iOS and the Mac. I grabbed the picture in a dark and cozy brewpub with my iPhone 6. Great low light performance.
Regards,
John R
Well JOHN Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JOHN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 341 - 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.
01:56
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Competition is increasing its lead over Apple. Samsung’s S5 seems to have enjoyed a strong launch, outstripping the iPhone 5S launch for which Apple bulls were prepared to declare a national holiday. UNQUOTE
Michael Blair, Seeking Alpha, 4 May 2014
Ok - first off the 5S launch destroyed the S5 launch - The S5 according to the Wall Street Journal sold just 12 million units in its first 3 months the 5S was many times that number. But the S5 also sold 40% fewer than Sammy projected and 4 Million less than the S4 during its launch quarter - Sometimes I have to wonder is it incompetence or plain malice from the Android bulls - Just Sayin
02:48
For Promo Codes This week we have promo codes for the App ORBITAL PLATFORM DEFENSE Here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
Introducing Orbital Platform Defense, an exciting and challenging tower defence game for the iPad.
Defend the planet! Wave after wave of invading enemies are approaching Earth and you are in charge of our defences to stop them! A network of defence platforms have been built, but the weapons are yet to be deployed. Kill enemies to gain credits and build up your defence network. If you let too many enemies get by, the Earth is lost!
Place and upgrade your weapons carefully as the threat changes constantly and quickly. Users can configure upgrades for the capabilities of each type of weapon as they progress through the levels and earn upgrade points.
This game does not include in-app purchases and is best run on iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 or later models and is not available for iPhone.
If you love arcade-style games download Orbital Platform Defence and have a blast!
Thanks to the Dev for sending in THEIR WRITTEN review of their APP ORBITAL PLATFORM DEFENSE 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 ORBITAL one word - 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.
04:32
As you know if you have listened to this show for any period of time - I always say wait at least week after any updates to hear how that update is going and if it is safe to proceed. And well it has been a week since iOS 8.2 and this is where we go over how it is going.
LISTENER FDBK
VOICEMAIL - Stan_ky_fdbk_iOS8.2
VOICEMAIL - Dave_NJ_part2_update
Hi Rob,
I upgraded my iPhone 6 to iOS 8.2 and had no major problems. Although one game, dominations, lost its characters in its chat window, making it impossible to see what's going on. Logged a report on that issue to the developer.
Regards,
Wilco O
Hi, Rob. I updated to iOS 8.2 just two hours after it came out, and it's been running really smoothly for me. I did not follow your recommended update procedure, but nevertheless, I'm really happy with the update. I know I took a chance, but it was totally worth it because VoiceOver doesn't randomly crash anymore. Thank goodness! As for the Apple press event, I have yet to see it. My BFF and I are going to watch it over FaceTime today. Based on what you said in the show, I'm not too happy with the one port connector on the new MacBook. And, who in their right mind would pay $10,000 for an Apple Watch Edition? That's just ridiculous! You can buy a Mac Pro for less than that. Despite its pricing, however, I'm still really excited about the Apple Watch. It could be the first accessible smart watch on the market for blind users, and if that's the case, I'm going to be looking at the cheapest model there is. I'm going to want an Apple Watch, but I'm going to have to get the entry level one. Oh well.
Regards,
Shandy W
Hi Rob
I have upgraded my iPhone 6 to iOS 8.2, had no issue. I have followed following steps
1. Reset network settings
2. Closed all open apps
3. Upgraded to latest iTunes on my windows pc
4. Backed and synced my iPhone
5. Upgraded to iOS 8.2 via iTunes
Regards
Balaji T
Hi Rob
I am normally one of those who wait to least a few days before updating. However, I have had some spotty Bluetooth issues with my iPhone 6+ when listening to music or podcasts. The problem would go away temporarily when I reset network settings, but within a day would return. Basically it would skip and really make listening to music worthless. I upgraded to 8.2 last night hoping that this would solve the problem. While the update went smoothly, the problem is still there. It skips on my cars' Bluetooth player as well as a JBL portable speaker, so it's not just a speaker problem.
Any help you or your listeners can provide would be great.
Thanks.
Mitch
THE CAVEAT - JB’s
Hi Rob,
I am not sure whether you mentioned this or not, but, you can vote in the Podcast Awards once per day! I only found this out from a health podcast I listen to and now I've voted for you every day since!
Regards,
TonyL
San Francisco
Tony - Thanks for reminder - Yes folks you can vote once a day until March 24th at podcasts awards dot com. Make sure to select Today in iOS in the Technology cat. You don’t want Leo to win do you?
10:34
https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/
So if you are already bored with iOS 8.2 - and you ready to move on to iOS 8.3 - but you are not a dev - no fears - Apple is now allowing the common folk access to beta for iOS 8.3. All you have to do is go to Appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram - link in show notes of course.
You should go to that site via safari on your iOS device.
Then click the blue Sign up button - and go from there. You will need an Apple ID - and the rights to sign away your first born or the at least two none vital organs.
If you are one of those people that used to jailbreak - but now is looking for a new iOS Thrill - you can signup today and get access to iOS 8.3 beta 3 which was released the end of last week.
This is NOT for those that don’t like when things break - Beta - means broken - and your job is to help them fix it. Beta does not mean jump on twitter and complain that thinks are broken.
What do we know about 8.3 beta 3 -
Well for starters it has bug fixes and improvements. It also now includes the Apple Watch App and Messages settings has a new Conversation list filtering feature.
In Messages - there is the option to report junk messages that are from unknown contacts.
One other tweak in 8.3 beta is the addition of a longer space bar - which makes typing easier. as it move the period or dot ket further to the right.
But again 8.3 Beta 3 is more about bug fixes and optimization.
Hence why Apple Waited until Beta 3 until opening this up to the public. Which is a good sign - that Apple understands getting bugs fixed and squashed at the beta phase. More Beta Testers should mean more bugs found and fixed.
If you are playing around with 8.3 Beta 3 - give us a call 206-666-6364 that’s 206-moon-dog or email us - today in iOS at gmail dot com and let us know your thoughts / experiences.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/
2015/03/14/ios-8-3-keyboard-fix/
http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/12/apple-
releases-ios-8-3-beta-3-for-developers/
12:55
Hi Rob - I received my Truman Set from Harry’s - Their blades beat the competition hands down and the foaming save gel is incredible.
Regards,
John Clarke
Thanks John for the feedback and thanks for supporting our sponsor and I want to thank Harrys for sponsoring this episode - if you go to harrys dot com - that is h a r r y s dot com and use the promo code t i i - you will save $5 on your first order.
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And that new Foaming Shave Gel is great. If you look at what it is made from you might not know if you should eat it or shave with it. The ingredients include Licorice Root extract, a blend of Cucumber and Aloe - after using it my wife was asking what smelled sooo good. It really is nice to shave with something that is not made from industrial chemicals.
I am 100% a full fledged Harrys customer - have been for almost a year - that is my blade - nothing else. And they really are the best blades out - and that is not an accident - Harry’s purchased a German factory to make the blades for their razors. They offer a close comfortable shave with each blade lasting well over a month.
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15:42
VOICEMAIL - Jack_BoardPass_lockscreen
VOICEMAIL - Dave_NJ_passbook_feedbk
Per the question about Google Hangouts on iOS and having multiple people.
Hi Rob
Works great. I've done it over cellular & wifi, up to 6 people, walking on street, on the iPad or the phone. All works. Only issue is bandwidth.
Regards,
Leung.
Hi
Yes Google Hangouts lets you do multiple people with the iPhone app. Between my brother and my cousins we had at least 6 people on there one night. Half of us had iPhones and half had Androids. It does drain the hell out of your battery though.
Richard
Atlanta
Hi Rob,
is there any chance you can go over the release dates for the Apple watch and MacBook.
I just want to make sure I didn’t miss anything as they both look great and I want to make sure and pre-order.
I think I know that the Apple Watch is April 10th but not positive about the MacBook. Thanks as always for the show, voted twice so far at the podcast awards.
Oh … I need go go vote again.
Regards,
Steve
First - Yes - Folks remember to Vote every day for Today in iOS at Podcastawards dot com
Per the dates. The Apple Watch will go on Pre-Order on April 10th - with availability on April 24th.
The New macbook will start shipping on April 10th - that likely means on April 10th you can walk into your local Apple store and walk out with one. Likely - but not guaranteed. There really are two configurations - a $1,300 version with 256 GB of storage and a 1.1 GHZ processor and a $1,600 version with 512 GB of storage and a 1.2 GHZ processor. That is it. Now there are 3 different colors - Space Grey - Silver and Gold.
20:58
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Eric Speckner who asked
Quote
Hey Rob, looking for the NCAA bracket link. I can't seem to find it. Anyone please help.
Unquote
Well Eric the link is todayinios.mayhem.cbssports.com - with the password tii - or if you are on the CBS Sports app - go to the group - todayinios - one word. and again use the password - tii
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/10/apple-watch-has-8gb-storage/
xx:xx
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/10/apple-
watch-has-8gb-storage/
Well we are learning a little more about the Apple Watch specs - specifically the storage - how much total and available.
As in 8 GB total - but just 2GB set aside for Music. Now some people are complaining about that small amount. But even if you encoded your music at 256kbps bit rate - that is 1,000 minutes of music or 16 Hours of music - which the Apple watch can’t get anywhere close to in battery life for constant playback.
There is also 75 MB set aside for photos - which does not sound like much until you realize Apple resizes the photos for your screen size - IE - they make the photos really small.
You can listen to the music that is stored on your Apple watch when you go out for a run or walk - and leave your phone behind. You can also look at your photos that are on your apple watch - so you could take a photo of your iPhone 6+ and put it on your Apple watch - and then when you are out for a jog if you start missing your iPhone 6+ you can look at a picture of it on your Apple Watch.
Per the remain 6GB - that seems to be reserved for the Operating software and Apple Watch native Apps.
23:39
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/
13/us-apple-watch-idUSKBN0M92C420150313
Spin Time - Seems there was a report from research company IPSOS they surveyed over 12 hundred Americans between March 9th and 13th to gauge their interest in an Appel Watch. And here is where the spin comes in - and how you can see which press is Apple fan boys - and which press is squarely in the back pocket of Google.
If the press reported or started with the head line - 25% of Americans want an Apple Watch - that positive slant puts then in the Apple Fan boy camp. But if the title of the report is 69% not interested in an Apple watch - that came is in the Google paid us well category - and part of that in the back pocket of Google is Reuters - that had a post titled quote - Apple Watch not on shopping list for 69 % of Americans - unquote. or Financialpost dot com with the title - Apple Watch may be a tough sell with Americans 69% not interested in buying gadget. Or from Ubergizmo - 69% of Americans say no to the Apple Watch.
Contrast that to AppAdvice dot com with the post titled - Reuters reports that 25% of American want an Apple Watch. or from iMore - Over 60 Million americans interested in buying Apple Watch. Or
If 25% of Americans really do want An Apple watch - a device not even on the Market - and another 6% are not sure - then well Apples job on Marketing is working well. 25% of American adults is a huge number - as iMore pointed out that is over 60 Million Americans.
But it is funny to see how these different articles took the same results and spun them 180 degrees apart with some making it look bad for Apple - and some including this show saying - Dang - 25% is pretty darn good. That is a lot of interest in the Apple Watch.
By the way - just 8% of Americans wanted an iPad prior to its launch in 2010 - just to put that in perspective.
Here is a good headline I have not seen yet - 3 times more Americans interested in the Apple Watch prior to launch than were interested in the iPad prior to launch.
Or Apple Watch pre launch interest 3 times greater than iPads.
Or you could say 69% of Americans flip the bird to the Apple watch - I mean if link bait is your thing.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/03/
reuters-reports-that-25-percent-of-
americans-want-an-apple-watch
http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/ipad-
8-of-americans-want-it/
26:20
http://gizmodo.com/a-flowchart-to-help-
you-choose-which-apple-watch-to-
buy-1690477435
Thanks to Mark H for this next one - which is a cartoon from Joy of Tech - which shows a decision matrix for picking the right Apple Watch for you. And it is cute because well there are sooo many choices - by the time you get to the end of the decision matrix your head is ready to explode - as is very well illustrated in the cartoon.
But while this chart is funny - it is why it is funny that is sad - Apple traditionally gave is very very few choices - and we have become accustomed to minimal options to choose from - and now all of a sudden is the Apple watch - with a plethora of Strap options. Not to mention multiple base units to choose from.
I mean even if you know you are going with the larger base unit - the Apple Watch Sport - are you getting Silver or Space gray 42 mm or 38 mm - Then come the bands - There are multiple Rubber, leather, and metal bands to choose from. Some are even more money than the base unit.
Again for a customer base usually facing as many as 10 or 12 choices max - now you are presented with 100’s of different possible combinations. And because of this - what you will be reading about and hearing about leading up to the Apple Watch launch and probably after the launch as well - is how confused buyers are about which version / options they want.
I am already seeing multiple articles like this coming from the Financial Press side - as they are concerned that decision Gate will paralyze buyers and they will be afraid to pull the trigger.
By the way - Yes - those beating up Apple already about offering too many choices are the same ones two years ago were beating up Apple for have too few choices vs Android. Just Sayin.
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/
4103991974001/too-many-apple-
watch-options-confusing-consumers/
28:12
http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/17/apple-
web-television-service-would-awaken-a-
sleeping-apple-tv-giant/
Thanks to Chris in London and others that sent in links on this next one - which is about the Rumor - again - of an Apple Web TV service.
Why I bring it up now is the Wall Street Journal is reporting it this time. Essentially the rumor this time around is Apple will launch a TV streaming service in September. It would be around 25 channels and cost between $30 and $40 a month - and it will be announced most likely at WWDC.
Initially channels would be from ABC, CBS and FOX - No NBC. Apple is also apparently talking to Disney as well.
Now this is not Just something for Apple TV - this would be where you could get the Streaming TV service on any iOS device and Apple TV - which really is an iOS device.
Why this rumor is getting enough legs to warrant an article from the WSJ and for stocks in Cable companies to take a hit today - is the recent announcement / partnership with HBO for their streaming offering. That seems to give the rumor a higher level of credibility this time around.
Will be interesting to see what if Anything Apple rolls out per this rumor - what stations are included and the COST. COST is a big factor.
29:35
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/03/03/google-play-
books-is-crawling-with-fake-guides-that-promise-
cracked-android-apks-provide-only-malware-
and-phishing-scams/
Hi Rob,Makes me want to put links in the front pages of all JoSara MeDia books that say “no malware included” on the Play store. Best, Larry
And what Larry is talking about is an Article titled - Google Play books is crawling with Fake Guides that promise Cracked Android APK’s Provide only Malware and Phishing Scams.
Seems there are a multiple books in the google Play store where they are just a few pages long - and really are a guide on where to download the cracked app. So essentially when Android users are doing is paying a couple of bucks to get the links on where to download a cracked app for free.
But what they wind up getting instead is apps with Malware - and well good for them. Serves them right. I mean what the heck were they expecting.
Again another good reason to move completely over to the light side of iOS from the dark side of Android.
30:42
VOICEMAIL - Bruce_CA_Apple_Pay_info
Hi Rob,
I wanted to ask you how to use the Notify feature within mail. It is located on the subject line. Upon pressing notify I am given an option to (Notify Me) I select it and I send my email. Is this supposed to notify me when they respond to my email? even if I do not have it set up to have the server push me new mail? It should notify me like a iMessage right? Thanks for all you do.
Regards,
Jonah
Hi Jonah - it will put a push notification on the top of the screen or on the lock screen when any message is replied to in the email string - this is not - repeat NOT a notification of when it is read - it is a notification of when someone replies to an email in that string.
This is a way if you have an important message string - you can flag it to give you a notification when a new reply comes in.
I guess we should also point out where this is - when you create or even reply to an email - if you tap in the subject line off to the right you will see a bell normally it is a white bell with a blue outline. if you tap on that bell you get the following options:
Notify Me or Cancel. If you choose Notify Me - again you will receive a notification when anyone replies to this email thread.
It works nice - and yes this is per the Native iOS mail app. Jonah - thanks for asking about it.
Hi Rob,
I couldn't wait for Apple Watch to try a wearable (never owned one), so I bought a Pebble Watch (the $100 one, black color). I know you mention that you have the watch on your show. I actually like it a lot more than I thought. It is paired to my iPhone 5s. Maybe I would be better off with Pebble Time instead of Apple Watch. Don't know. Would love to hear your thoughts about which you like better, on your show.
Regards,
Itamar
West Hills, CA
And to go along with that:
Hi Rob,
I just wanted to say thank you for being the only Apple Podcast of the all I listen to that said its up to the person to decide what smart watch is best for their needs Apple watch or Pebble Time. All the other podcast I listen too just jumped on the Apple watch and how it's so much better it is then the Pebble Time. When it really comes down to exactly what you said is which smart watch best meets your needs.
Regards,
Bobby H
Hi Bobby and Itamar - Thanks for the kind words - and yes folks - you need to stop and think why you need a smart watch. I do believe for many a pebble will be enough. I know for me there are a couple of things the Apple watch can do that make it worth while - the key one being able to answer phone calls anywhere in the house. But with the Pebble Time - it actually has over a weeks battery life and that goes up to over 10 days with the Pebble Time Steel. The good news is no one is holding a gun to anyones head and saying pick one - and pick one now. You have time to go to the apple store and try out the Apple Watch. See how it looks - and feels. You have time to hear me talking about it - and you friends talking about it. If you are not sure - definitely wait. $400 is a pretty good amount of money to spend on something you are not sure on.
Hi Rob,
I remembered that you had mentioned the SOS charger [kickstarter project].
did you ever received the charger? i'm just curious
i have written them three separate emails and one post. and i have yet to receive any response except for a "canned" email replay. the latest post has them postponing the "red" model but i didn't order that color; i had the original blue.
Regards,
Escent
Ok - are you just trying to rub salt in my kickstarter wound - no - no I have not received it. Nothing - Nada - zip - No crank for me.
But any time I can dig a little at SOS Charger - I will - because - now it is a joke.
Rob
Per Apple pay there was a caller a few episodes ago wanting to change card or order they were in. I found a way to change the order that they can be in.
To do this put your finger on the card for a few seconds then you can move you're cards in to any order you want to.
Thank for all the advice from you and the callers.
Regards,
Ron r
VOICEMAIL - Ron_OH_Fdbk_apple_watch_bands
39:38
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
1843570774/monowear-a-band-
for-every-occasion
Well last episode I mentioned that bands for the Apple Watch would be popular this fall and on Kickstarter - and Already there is a kickstarter project for bands for the Apple Watch.
This one was called - Time for Change - A band for every occasion
And it was from MonoWear Design - and I say was - because right before recording this episode the project was suspended.
They had raised over 60% of their funding goal and were on track to easily hit their goal.
I did reach out to them to see if they suspended it or if Kickstarter / Apple forced them to suspend it. And Leslie responded back ASAP at 1:00 AM in the morning CT - They let me know the project was suspended for a raffle idea they had - which Kickstarted so - no soup for you.
So they relaunch as a new project - this time called - Monowear - a band for every occasion.
And they already hit their goal of 15k and you have until April 15th at 11:43 AM CT to fund this.
What this project is offering is a multiple interchangeable watch bands for the Apple watch. So if the plethora of Apple’s offerings was not too much or the pricing was - or you just did not see something on Apples side that jumped out at you or you just want to have a band that is different from everyone else - then check out Monowear one word at kickstarter dot com.
Pricing for these bands start at $45 for a nylon watch band.
$60 gets you a leather watch band.
$75 gets you a metal or mesh band.
They are estimating a May delivery for these - just in time for Fathers day.
Again search for Monowear at kickstarter dot com
41:55
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
289346553/premium-one-dock-and-
charge-apple-watch-and-iphone
Thanks go out to Michael for this next one - which is another Apple Watch related Kickstarter project - so far this one is not suspended.
The project name is Premium One - the docking station for Apple Watch and iPhone. They have a goal of 35k - and have raised 17k so far so almost 50% of the way there.
They have until April 25th at 5:00 PM CT for you to fund them - so yes they should easily hit their goal.
What this is if you did catch it by the vague title is a stand and charge for your future Apple watch - with options for ones with charging docks for iPhone 5’s and 6’s and iPad’s and iPad Mini’s
Pricing starts at $45 for the Apple watch stand alone stand and charging dock. That is called the Premium One W1
Then there is the Premium One W2 - which is for the Apple Watch and one iPhone 6 or 5 series. Pricing for that starts at $89
And there is the Premium one W3 - which is for the Apple Watch, One iPhone 6 or 5 Series and one iPad Mini or iPad Air. Pricing for the W3 starts at $129
These docks are very nice looking and made from Aircraft grade Aluminum and glass bead blasted and anodized for the quality look and feel.
Search for Premium One - two words in the links for ep 341 at todays in iOS dot com or at kickstarter dot com.
43:30
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/03/griffins-
recently-announced-watchstand-holds-both-
the-apple-watch-and-an-iphone
Thanks to Michael for this next one which is for the budget minded Apple Watch wearers that are looking for a dock for your Apple Watch. Griffin will have a stand that will run you just $30. It looks to not be made from Aircraft Aluminum - but rather Plastic.
44:05
http://www.amazon.com/myCharge-
RZ30V-A-Razor-Rechargeable-
Battery/dp/B00J4O1YBW
Hi Rob,
In today’s day and age smart phones have become most people’s lifelines. According to new statistics, smart phone users spend an average of 2.7 hours on their phones for fun a day. This brings about another startling fact that by 4:00 pm 77% of smart phones are dead and need to be recharged. myCharge’s RazorPlus is an answer to this problem, crafted from anodized aluminum, the ultra-thin Razor delivers an extra 13 hours talk time for your smartphone.
Would you be interested in learning more about how you could gain 13 more hours of talk time or trying the RazorPlus out for yourself?
Best,
Tessa
And to that I said Yes Tessa I would - because having an extra slim battery pack around is a huge plus - I took it with me on both my trips recently and this weekend when I went to KS Comicon - because as I was getting ready to leave I realized I forgot to charge up my phone - so I just grabbed it plugged in my iPhone and did not have to worry about the battery life the rest of the day.
If you are looking for a sleek / slim battery pack - I do really like this one - it is a 3,000 mAh battery which is really good. It is called the Razorplus from myCharge - The list price is $60 - but right now I see it on Amazon for $48.
Look for the link in the show notes and thanks to myCharge for sending this along to test out for the show.
46:27
VOICEMAIL - Johnathan_monument_valley_fdbk
Hey rob
I was wondering if you no of any bible apps on the App Store that read to you?
Sincerely
Zachary
Hi Zachary -
If you have an iPad - you can just triple swipe down and it will read all on that page.
That said - the app - Holy Bible - has the option to read to you.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible
/id282935706?mt=8
Hey rob,
I've been listening to your podcast for a couple months now. And i really enjoy it and I value your opinion. I fell in love with apple product since the first iPhone came out but never actually got one until the iPhone 5. Partly because I couldn't offered one but now I can and I've bought ever phone since. I've been wanting the apple watch for a while now. And now that I see it I think it looks cool and yea maybe I can use it for some stuff. But From comments on YouTube people keep saying its to expensive and people don't wear watches any more. And I don't want to walk around looking like those guys wearing the Google glasses. Now don't get me wrong the money is no problem I do wear watches every now and then? But I just need your advise should I buy it? Or would that money better be kept in my savings. And if I don't get the apple watch I wouldn't want any other smart watch like the pebble. Please need your help!
Sincerely, Harvey
Hi Rob,
Per your question about why to Jailbreak:
On Sprint's unlimited plan for data and use tethering for my iPad which is not jail broken. I don't use like a ton of data just enough to do a few things on Tuesdays when my daughter does cheerleading. Anyway thought I would weigh in. Love the show thanks for all you do.
Regards,
John H
Hi Rob!
I jailbreak for iCleaner mostly, but since Apple insists on slowing me down with their unnecessary animation delays... I also enjoy AdvancedSettings8. I cannot live without it. I toggled animations to be a lot faster. As in on an iPhone 5 running iOS 6 : ) I have been listening to your show for several years.
Regards,
Zak
Hi Rob,
As a German Person living in Denmark and having English-only speaking colleagues, I use daily three languages, switching according to the person I talk to - also while sitting in the car. Siri is capable to understand and speak soon all of them; however switching between them needs a visit to the Settings panel. I would love a button or better a voice command in Siri to switch the language.
Is this already possible or can this be done?
It would be THE good reason for me to jailbreak....
Best regards from Denmark
Alex
Hi Rob
I wanted to ask wether you or any of your listeners know of an iPhone app that allows me to video something with both cameras simultaneously. An annoying mate of mine who's an Android fanboy has that feature on his device.
So the concept is me videoing something whilst I'm included in the video via the FaceTime camera. Almost like a picture in picture.
Kind regards
Lee S
VOICEMAIL - RON_OH_more_fdbk_apple_watch
54:04
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/3/
16/the-pebble-time-is-not-serious-
apple-watch-competition
I gave my opinion earlier per Apple Watch and Pebble Time. And Myron Uecker posting a link to an article from Appleworld.today - which talks about the Pebble Time vs Apple watch as a competitor. As I mentioned on the last episode or the one before when going over the Pebble Time’s pre-sales numbers on Kickstarter - they are tiny compared to what Apple will do in their first day of sales of the Apple Watch.
That said a product does not have to be a run away success to be valuable to you the individual - and again when it comes to picking a smart watch - you need to ask is the Watch more important than the smart or is the smart more important than the watch. Pebble is a watch first with a few good features. Apple Watch - is Smart first with many features - and oh it happens to be a watch you strap on your wrist.
Again if you are on the fence - this article is a good one to read. Search for Pebble Time is not a serious Apple Watch Competitor in the show notes for Ep 341 at today in iOS dot com. And Folks - please “chime” in on where you stand. Call us 206-666-6364 - 206-moon-dog or send an email to toadyinios at gmail dot com
Are you on the Apple Watch side, the Pebble Time Side or hey are they done talking about that stupid Watch stuff yet. FYI - Answer to that question would be No.
55:41
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/03/
even-photographers-should-get-a-little-
bit-excited-about-the-apple-watch
One of the nice features of the Apple watch is for taking pictures - you can see what the camera sees on your iPhone and snap the picture remotely from your Apple Watch.
So you put the camera on a stand - point at your family - pre-view on your apple watch - and then remotely snap the picture from your Apple watch.
56:06
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/03/
apple-removes-jawbone-and-nike-
fitness-bands-from-retail-stores
Looks like Apple has removed the Jawbone Up and Nike Fuel bands from the Apple stores. Because I guess Apple does not like competition to their new products in their stores. It is possible come September / October for the fall holiday season they may find their way back to the stores - but for now during the launch - it looks like Apple is trying to help their shoppers by reducing a few extra options in the Apple store - is that not so nice of Apple to be looking out for Consumers like that.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-
makes-heart-disease-study-go-nuts-2015-3
Thanks to Matt S for this next one. Which is about some early feedback on Research Kit from Apple - this what Tim Cook said on Mad Money.
Quote
It's really incredible in the first 24 hours of research kit we've had 11,000 people sign up for a study in cardiovascular disease through Stanford University's app. And, to put that in perspective-- Stanford has told us that it would have taken normally 50 medical centers an entire year to sign up that many participants. So, research kit is an absolute game changer.
unquote
As I said on the last episode - I believe many years when we look back at that March 9th 2015 event - it is not the Apple Watch we will think was the important item - it will be Research Kit.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-iPhone-
4s-64GB-Black-AT-T-Factory-Unlocked-
Mint-Condition-iOS-7-1-2-/171721677569
Hey Rob,
I think I have come up with a new way for you to increase your audience. I updated from my 4s to a 6+ a couple of weeks ago. I listed my iPhone 4s on eBay and added the following to help out any iOS user.
Quote The following is an excellent source of iOS information: Today in iOS dot com About Tii: Today in iOS (Formerly - Today in iPhone) - Tii - was the first Podcast dedicated to the iPhone. The Podcast launched in April 2007 and we have been producing new episodes about once a week for over seven years. There is free Tii App available in the App Store. There is also a Google+ community dedicated to iOS devices and can be found via Tii. Both are hosted by Rob Walch quote
You could ask the Tii and Google+ community to add some info referencing your Podcasts etc. when they are selling any iOS devices.
If you want to see my listing, here it is (ending on March 22):
Regards,
Earl
Thanks Earl - and those kind words and great idea get you a link in the show note - best of luck on your auction.
And folks if you are selling your iOS device on line and want to add in a link to Today in iOS dot com - it would be appreciated.
59:07
VOICEMAIL - Question_AZ_Syncing_drafts
hi rob,
I am an iphone 6 user.
I have realized the amazing improvements on the reer microphone on
this phone. However, I've noticed that this microphone only captures
sound during video recording. When using the voice memos app, the app captures sound with the bottom microphone, which has a notable lower sound quality than the reer mik.I wanted to know if there is any app that can take advantage of the reer microphone, of the iphone?
It would be really nice to be able to take advantage of this great
microphone without having to record video.
looking forward to any suggestions you or your audience may have.
Thanks and Regards,
Rolando R
Hi Rob;
I've been a listener since the beginning - wonderful podcast! I own a company of about 25 people and our phone system has finally died. Everyone has a cell phone (mostly Apple, some "others") and I would like to use just the cells from now on. I looked at using Google Voice to allow two numbers to each cell (one for business, the other is the person's personal line) but it does not look like the answer. What do you suggest for IOS?
Regards,
Brian W
Hi Rob,
Recently I dropped my iPhone in water... I did the "cover it in rice" thing and all is fine now. But during that time I took out my SIM card and put it in my old iPhone temporarily. Since I've put it back in my iPhone 6 when I send texts it's sending them through my gmail Apple ID instead of iMessage. Not a huge problem but definitely a weird glitch and I don't know how to fix it. Any help would be great. Thanks a bunch!
Regards,
Mitch
Hi Rob,
I sent you an email about skipping music when I press the sleep button.
Well I found the cause and solution. I have an app called non-stop music. This app restarts the music player after a respringing. They issued a fix. Sorry for the trouble but thanks for putting it out there.
Regards,
Bob
Hey, this is Aaron from South Jersey, just wanted to weigh in on the latest Apple event. Im totally disgusted that Apple would release a netbook! of course they didn't call it that but the underpowered laptop certainly fits the category. The part that really burns me is the premium price tag! No one asked for this. People wanted a retina MacBook Air. The processor, the 480p camera, single port, and high price tag worries me! Apple has gotten money hungry, they know there are people who will buy this laptop because its gold and has an apple logo. For once I can finally say! This would have never happened if Steve Jobs was here! He would have never sold us a netbook!
Aaron's 6
Aaron - I disagree - I think people do want this - it is really an iPad Pro - And it runs OS X - which makes it kind of a cross over. I will be getting one - and will talk about it more in the future. I am getting it for my Wife to use mainly - and to try it for editing podcasts.
Hi Rob,
Per Voting for Today in iOS at podcastawards dot com.
I have been voting with my 3 email addresses every day of the contest so far, and will continue to do so until it is finished. This is one small way to express to you my gratitude for all you do!
Yet another reason to thank you is that I am now a Harry's convert! The blades really are far superior to anything else I have tried.
Regards,
Bill
Thanks Bill - It is greatly appreciated for the votes and the support of our sponsor.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 340
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 called FANTASY with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Fantasy.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 JEFF for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JEFF wrote
Hello Rob,
While "watch waiting", I made the attached image on my 4th gen ipad.
The Watch pic was captured from a podcast image of a sport watch. The image was then opened in PIXELMATOR and quickly turned to gold with a slide of the Vintage tool. With background & blue plastic band removed the image went to Sketchclub for final touches and text.
Looking forward to hearing your take on the new device..
Regards
jeff K
Well JEFF Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JEFF'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 340 - 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.
Folks If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:24
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “In closing, the price cuts for the iPhone 5c and the shuffling of the iPad lineup do little to address the company’s core problems of its dwindling market share, slower growth, and contracting margins. unquote
Leo Sun, Motley Fool, 19 March 2014
Dwindling, Slower and Contracting - Seems to be words best used to describe Mr Sun's understanding of Apple and the Smartphone space - Just Sayin
02:56
For Promo codes - On Ep 339 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APPS - DINO TALES, MYTUNER AUDIO NEWS AND CUBEST- we will be giving those out early this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 339.
Sorry no Promo codes this week. I need to get on the ball. or spread out what I get one of the two.
Either way - if you are an App dev - this was an opportunity wasted for your app.
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.
03:59
http://appleiph0ne.com/2696350-8545366
A lot of speculation as you might expect heading into the apple event some speculation most got right - other speculation never had a chance. So what was announced at the March 9th Apple Event.
04:12
http://www.apple.com/live/
First off Apple showed a video of a new Apple store opening in China - where Apple now has 21 stores open - and a total of 453 stores world wide. Last quarter there were 120 Million customers that visited one of the Apple stores.
Next in the Event - Apple brought up the Apple TV - and I thought Yeah - Finally a new Apple TV - I knew saying a new one before every event would pay off eventually - and well eventually it will but just not this time. Because what Apple did was more talk about HBO NOW app on Apple TV and streaming with no need for a Cable operator for JUST $14.99 a Month. Or you know about the same as Netflix for Streaming AND one DVD option. HMMM - not a tough choice there for me - NETFLIX all the way. Sorry I was not impressed with the HBO CEO who was really bad (monotone) AT READING THE TELEPROMPTER AND SUFFERED FROM GUIDO-ITIS - If you did not see the event - this was a dude over tanned with his shirt un-buttoned or or two buttons too many with no t-shirt underneath. Almost right out of Goodfellas or I guess really the Sappranos would have been a better reference given he is the CEO of HBO. But Still Yo - $14.99 a month is steep - but you get the first month free - so I guess if you sign up in April - pay for just may - and Cancel in June - you will get all the old Game of Thrones episodes - and all the new ones and be all caught up - and then you cancel - and it was cheaper than buying the last two seasons. So maybe I go ahead and do that. Starting in April is when this is available - Hope it is there for the 2nd gen Apple TV.
Per The Apple TV - Still I was hoping for a new device - but like I said it was not to be - Apple did say they have sold 25 Million units to date - and then they lowered the price on the 3rd gen - current unit to $69.
Which means if a new one is coming - maybe it will be WWDC when they announce the long awaited Apple TV app store. Right - because if you listened to this show long enough you know I hoped / wished for that the last FEW years going into WWDC. We shall see come June.
Tim announce that over 700 Million iPhones have been sold to date. the iPhone 6 and 6+ have over a 99% Satisfaction rating. Which Tim says is unheard of - unless you know have heard him say it one of the many times before on quarterly calls and other apple events. Just sayin.
Per Apple Pay - they started with 6 banks when it was announced - and now they have over 2,500 banks signed up. Since the announcement of Apple Pay they have tripled the number of different retailers accepting Apple Pay and much more than that on the location side - with now over 700,000 locations including Apple pay - including many vending machines.
On to Car Play - and Tim said now every major Car Brand has committed to supporting Car play.
And then into something new - Research kit. It is for Medical Researchers - it allows them to create apps using the iPhone as a diagnostic tool and for Researchers to gather lots and lots of data - much more than ever before possible - and in true Apple fashion - they will be selling all that data - oh wait - sorry - that would be google - lets start over - in true Apple fashion all the data from the users will be highly protected with the privacy of the user a major cornerstone of this offering. There are already a few apps released built with Research kit available today. One is from the University of Rochester called mPower
and it is for research and diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. This really does have the potential to be a powerful tool set for good - and Apple even opened up the code set as open source. Kudos to Apple.
Tim then did a little tease - he showed a picture of the apple product offering where it shows side views of the Mac, Macbook, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch. So you thought he was going to talk Apple watch - but nope - he fooled us and said lets talk about Mac.
Then he introduced the new Mac Book - normally I skip over this for this show - but I will talk briefly about this because well we will get into that.
The new Mac Book is available in Silver, Space Grey and Gold - Yes - to say they are bringing the product lines together is an understatement.
The new Mac book is just 2 pounds in weight. It has a 12” display. and if you are a podcaster this is a huge feature - it is Fanless - this is the first fanless Mac since the Cube - it is quiet as in no sound at all. That is great again for podcasters.
The downside - the max internal storage is 512 GB - right now I am over - well over 600 GB of my 750 GB storage - so no soup for me. Availability is April 10th.
The new mac book also has just two ports - one is for the head phones - and the other is for everything else - and I mean everything else - there is no other ports - not even a power port. This is a USB-C connector. And if you want to connect to an external display - you connect to it. Connect your iPhone or iPAd- you connect through it - have photos on an SD card - yup go through it. Need to connect to an external drive- up connect through it. Same for HDMI or VGA - One PORT that is it. So take your Mag safe power port, Thunder bolt, USB, SD Card slot, even lan cable - and if you want to connect any of those devices cords - they all have to go through one port. And to me that is just one port to few. It means YOU have to have a hub for most everything you want to do. And I present a lot - and I don’t like the idea of having to have a hub with me so I don’t run out of battery life during a presentation when I am connected to a VGA monitor.
But I bring all this up because a couple people asked - does this mean the end of the lightening port on iOS devices - why would Apple not just go to the USB-C port on future iOS devices. I think looking at the specs for USB-C the answer is no - this is not the end of Lightning ports - why - because the lightning port allows for a thinner device than the USB-C port -
see the lightning port is a true Female port - there is nothing in it. but the USB-C port had a middle connector - that means the plug is really female - not the port - and that means a thicker port. So looking at the two ports specs - to me it looks like NO USB-C will not be replacing Lightning ports any time soon if ever on iOS devices. Is it possible that iPad Lunch tray that was not announced will have both USB-C and Lightening ports - YES - I think that is possible. But again at a min iOS devices going forward will still have lightning ports.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/09/apple-watch-spring-forward-liveblog/
13:28
http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-watch-prices-march-9-event/
Ok - finally we are into where they talked about Apple Watch. To be honest the first 25 minutes I did not hear anything new - it was just rehashing was they announced in September or had on their site or was available via leaks from the Dev kits.
The new news - came with the announcement of iOS 8.2 being released today on March 9th. More on that in a bit.
Apple confirmed Pricing for the 32 MM and 42 MM Sport versions - $349 and $399 - nothing really new there.
Pricing was then announced for Apple Watch - which is the stainless steel version - and again for a go over on the versions - there is the Apple Watch Sport - the lower cost version made from aluminum. The Apple Watch - which is the Stainless steel version and the Apple Watch Edition - which is the gold version.
Ok - back on Pricing for the Apple Watch - which is for the 32 mm version $549 to $1049 depending on the strap you choose. Add $50 for the 42 mm version.
Pricing for the Apple Watch Edition Starts at $10,000 - so no - the rumors about $4k or $5k were way way under the mark.
Pre-Orders start on April 10th. Available in multiple countries on April 24th - as I had guessed previously. Well at least for the US release. All The countries getting the Apple Watch in April are Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
That is many more countries then originally expected. That might mean supplies are not as limited as originally feared.
Apple will have Apple watches and the multitude of straps available for you to try one and try out at Apple stores in those countries. It sounded like maybe as soon as April 10th. That is something I need to check on.
16:14
http://www.readability.com/m?url=http://www.idownloadblog.com/
2015/03/09/apple-watch-battery-details/
Per the battery life as that was one of the biggest concerns - Apple is stating an 18 hour battery life with good usage. What is good usage - checking the time 90 times per day, checking out up to 90 notifications, spending 45 minutes in apps and doing a 30-minute workout with music playback from the Watch, streamed from your iPhone via Bluetooth.
Use it more - get shorter batter life. Use it less - expect it to go a good day. And that 18 hours was per the 32 mm version - if you go to 42 mm version batter life will be better.
Per the 32 mm version - you will get up to three hours of Talk time - because you can use the Apple watch to answer your phone and talk to the person even if the phone is somewhere else in your house. That to me is huge - there are plenty of times in my house my phone is in my office and I am well somewhere else and the phone rings - and I can see who it is - but answering it on my pebble is worthless.
Charge time from zero to 80% is 1.5 hours - Zero to 100% is 2.5 hours. Typically. Expect Kickstarter projects to cut those times in half starting in 3, 2, 1…
All in All - the battery life was better then the fear mongers had been predicting - but clearly not nearly as good as a pebble - but then that is an apple to pebble comparison and not 100% fair.
18:21
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Me - where I pinned a post to cover the Apple Live event and asked for comments in that post - there were well over 40 comments.
Here are a few select ones.
From Harold Hart
ResearchKit - Looks impressive in terms of utilizing the power of mobile technology to help improve our health through better research...like this idea and the possible opportunities that may happen in this open source community.
Per the Mac Book - from Blair Jones
they lose me at the lack of connections.
Blair - I hear you there - To me I love the fanlessness of the Mac Book - I hate a single I/O port for everything except the headphone jack. NO SD card slot, No Monitor or Thunderbolt port - no mag safe port - no standard USB port - just one USB-C port for all of that. Come on Apple give us at least TWO ports.
From Craig B
I don't see how they can do sleep tracking with an 18 hour battery, you have to charge it every night.
Good point - guess they want you to charge it up when you are watching HBO on your $69 Apple TV.
From Keith F
I stopped wearing a watch a few years ago. Really didn't see anything today to make me go back to one. It's not nearly the hassle to pull out and use my iPhone that they like to make it sound. Overall there was nothing that wowed me.
From Myron Uecker
I like my Garmin VivoSmart and would probably buy either the Pebble Time or Garmin VivoActive if I wanted something more. All of these watches give over a week battery life and can be worn anywhere.
From Kent Kersey
I'm still wondering how interchange the bands will be
Well Kent - All bands will work on Any model of the same size - so 42 MM bands are for any 42 MM Apple watch models - be it the Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport or Apple Watch Edition
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
21:47
One funny quote from today’s event I saw was from Muscle Nerd who wrote quote I hope someone codes a ResearchKit app measuring sobriety level at the moment you put down $10,000 for an Apple Watch Edition unquote
No Doubt.
Muscle nerd also warned would be updaters to iOS 8.2 to stay away if you plan to jailbreak.
Hi Rob,
What are your thoughts on today;s Apple Event? I know, like me, you are continuously hoping for an updated Apple TV. I was so excited when Tim Cook started, I thought our wishes had finally been granted. The reduced price is nice and I am very excited about HBO, that is much cheaper than my local cable provider. Apple Watch……….thoughts? I am trying to convince myself that I “need” the Apple Watch version, a $700 price point though. Perhaps it will be the Sport for the first time around and we shall see what the 2nd Gen holds. I enjoy the show very much, and was quite pleased when I heard you mention my email on the last episode.
REGARDS,
Brenton N from Pittsburgh
Well Brenton - my take away from the event summarized here from what I already said. HBO announcement - hmmm - but still I probably will sign up for a couple of months just for game of thrones.
No new Apple TV - Really - how long must the pain go on. Please update it already.
Mac Book - Love the lack of Fan - hate the single port and 512 GB max storage. But may still buy it for my Wife to use - her old laptop is the old plastic Macbook and it is far from fanless as the bearing is shot on the fan. VERY VERY NOISY. Then I can try it out for Podcast production only. But definitely can not be my daily machine.
Per the Apple Watch - love that all versions can use all bands - for that size. Rumors had it where the sports version could not. Likely 99.999% likely will get the silver Apple Watch sport - just not sure which band. Maybe I will let my wife pick out a band for me for Fathers day.
My guess is the bands will be very popular come the holidays - and very popular on kickstarter.
I think the stainless steel version is beautiful - but I like you just can’t justify it for the first gen version.
But of all the things announced today - the one I think when we look back 10 years from now that we talk about having the biggest impact will be Research Kit. Maybe I am being overly optimistic - but more data means better analysis and better analysis means better cures and treatments. A watch is nice - but a cure to a disease - well that is priceless.
25:08
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27:48
VOICEMAIL - Colby_CO_Feedbk_update_82
Hi Rob,
I Fly SW weekly. Working in the look screen. Sorry don't think I did anything special to make it happen.
It only shows it at the airport if that matters.
Regards,
Edgar P
Thanks Edgar - I have to do a quick trip this week to Wisconsin - so I will check it while at the airport more closely this time.
Hi Rob,
In response to Louvie's (sp?) claim that the Pebble interferes with Bluetooth A2DP streaming (in my case to a headset) in episode 339, I can confidently second the claim. I've noticed very strange BT headset connectivity and default audio playback source changes, that go away when I don't wear my Pebble. I wonder how long this has been going on, and I sincerely hope someone at Pebble figures out what's going on and is able to create a software fix ASAP.
-Dan from LA
Here is a bonus tip from the Google+ community - this one coming from Jack Reeder who wrote.
Quote My iPad caps lock has not worked for quite a while. Thought it was the last iOS update but no one else seems to have the issue. Of course the solution was simple: settings > general > keyboard...turn caps lock ON. Don't know how it got turned off, thankfully frustration is over. unquote
Hi Rob,
Per my issue with siri acting up - I have the problem solved and it required Electrical tape around base of headphone jack. I have an expensive custom headset for my hearing aid but unlike the apple headset, the jack has a thin metal base at the bottom - causing contact and creating the issues I had with Siri and voice over. Since covering the base with electrical - no more problems - thank god as I had already replaced the iPhone 6 twice. Oddly I didn't have this issue with my iPhone 4s
Regards,
Tash
Those Darn 3rd party plugs.
33:11
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204423
Ok - as mentioned before iOS 8.2 was released today - March 9th. As I said in my push message wait a week - the main reason for 8.2 is to support Apple Watch - and apple watch is not launching until the end of April - so if you are not having major issues - wait at lease a week until ep 341 is released and see how the update goes.
When you do update - make sure to check my recommended specs for updating - there is a PDF in the Tii App that goes over it - in the Tii app go to the episode list - tap on PDF at the top of the list and the PDF for updating is at the bottom of the list.
Right now there are only 4 PDF’s so the list is short.
Per iOS 8.2 and what it brings beyond what we talked about in previous episodes - and what I will summarize hopefully for the next show -there are bug fixes and security updates. Which is why I am not saying to wait until April 24th to update - just wait a week or so.
Some of the Bug / Security fixes according to Apple that 8.2 addresses are - fixing an issue with core telephony where a remote attacker can cause a device to unexpectedly restart.
and issue with iCloud keychain where a man in the middle could execute arbitrary code.
A couple per possible malicious apps affecting system privileges.
And one where someone getting physical access may be able to see the home screen of the device even if the device is not unlocked.
The biggest new feature of iOS 8.2 is the Apple Watch App that is now included - whether you want it or not.
There are Healthkit upgrades
However it is Bug Fixes that 8.2 will be most remembered for. Fixing issues with health kit, the GMT issues in the calendar, Bluetooth fixes - especially with Car Kits, Bugs with Mail, Maps, Music, Voiceover and others. Lots of bug fixes - well except for the wifi bug lots have complained about - that bug still seems to be there or at least was not mentioned as fixed.
If you are someone that did update to 8.2 - let me know how it is working for you.
206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
35:57
https://developer.apple.com/support/appstore/
Before 8.2 was released Apple updated their iOS 8 update numbers - and right now 75% of iOS users have updated to iOS 8. Not quite as good as the roughly 80% this time last year - but way way better than the latest version of Android - Lollipop - which has a staggering 3.3% adoption rate in roughly the same time period. Actually the Last 4 major versions have a 69.5% adoption rate combined - which the oldest of the 4 was released in the fall of 2012. Can you say fragmentation.
36:45
http://www.imore.com/iphone-vs-android-and-hardware-encryption
Thanks to Ed T for this next one. Which is an article talking about iOS devices by default hardware encryption of Data on their devices 5 years and running - and how on Android - when it was finally supported with Lollipop - yes the one being run by just 3.3% of the device - most of those devices have it turned off by default.
If security is your thing or you just need some ammo to shut up that annoying android fan boy - this article from iMore titled - iPhone vs Android and Hardware encryption - is a really good read.
But in a nutshell - especially since the 5S and its 64 Bit chip - apple has enjoyed very quick and efficient Hardware encryption - while over on Android today - most manufacturers are choosing to turn it off by default including google because their architecture is so inefficient it is causing major performance issues. Sweet. Well unless you are forced to use one of those devices.
37:48
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102459031
In Apple Stock news - Apple is finally joining the Dow. To which many say it is about time.
When ever a new company is added to the dow - another is removed. And the one Apple is basically booting is none other than AT&T - rather ironic. likely these really means nothing for Apple stock. One advantage of being in the dow is it is supposed to get a stock a little more visibility. But for a stock like Apples where its market cap is twice the size of number 2 Exon - yeah - not like there is not anyone in the investing world that is not already familiar with Apple.
By the way don’t mistake being familiar with as the same thing as getting Apple -because clearly there are many many covering wall street that don’t get Apple never have and likely never will. Which is very good for our how wrong were they segment.
In any case - Congrats to apple and well to the Dow for getting Apple.
38:56
https://ssl.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/
I thought other listeners would love to know this regards Aaron in Vermont
Which is news that Apple extended its iPhone 5 Batter Replacement program into 2016. This program was supposed to end on March 1st - but apple extended it out to Jan 2016.
Look for the link in the show notes on this to see if your iPhone 5 is eligible. I know we mentioned it a couple of times when it kicked off - but if you have an iPhone 5 and have not checked to see if you can get your battery replaced - you really should. It is a chance to get a brand new battery for no cost in your iPhone 5.
39:35
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2893354/ipad-pro-
release-date-delayed-yet-again-itbwcw.html
One of the rumors leading up to the Apple event was that Apple was pushing out the iPad lunch tray to a Fall launch. And looking at todays event with it ending after 95 minutes - it sure does look like one new product was missing.
Now mind you many saying it was pushed back are the same ones that were originally saying it would be launched in the spring. Funny how that works.
The reason given in most articles on the delay for the product never announced is that it is taking longer to secure components - especially the larger displays.
One other possible reason for the delay of the un-anounced iPad is so Apple could add an extra USB-C port.
Others are saying it is a strategic delay as to not compete with the new Mac Book.
I just love how rumored delays for components or rumored changes to specs or strategic changes - have some how delayed a product never even announced or hinted at by Apple. Oh life in the Apple Rumor mill.
That all said - again - 95 minutes was a strange amount of time for an event - when Apple typically goes 2 hours.
40:56
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-android-browsers-
vulnerable-freak-020454571.html
A few of you sent in links to articles on this next one - which is about the FREAK Attack. It has to do with an issue with SSL encryption or lack there of - due to rules by the US Govt back in the 90’s to make thing hackable basically.
Apple with iOS 8.2 did fix this issue with iOS devices - Android - yeah - good luck with that. But google says they are working on a fix - that said it will only take a few years to get out to users.
Please note there is no evidence so far that any hackers have exploited this weakness - it was and is believed to be a theoretical weakness - but one put in place by bad policy decisions by the US Govt 20 years ago.
That said when you update to iOS 8.2 next week - you will have closed that back door so to speak.
http://betanews.com/2015/03/03/what-the-freak-
huge-ssl-security-flaw-stems-from-us-government-backdoor/
41:52
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=36418800
If you want to see what Samsungs Roadmap for new products and features looks like - you can find it at Apple.com.
Sammy announced late last month they are purchasing LoopPay - and they will rebrand it - wait for it - wait for it - Samsung Pay - yes so original.
But it gets better - at Mobile World Congress when Sammy introduced the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge - which is where they said these devices would support Samsung Pay - how are they supporting - well via a finger print scanner you touch to scan - and that is on devices that are now metal and glass - and rounded - with out removable batteries or additional memory slots and with speakers at the bottom.
The S6 is a total rip off of the iPhone 6 and 6+ - it is simply amazing.
43:00
http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/19/new-android-
malware-makes-your-phone-look-like-its-off-and-then-spies-on-you/
Thanks to Larry D for this next one. Which is a new Android malware where it makes it look like the your Android device - wait - lets rephrase that - it makes it look like the Android device is off - but it is actually spying on the user.
So when a user hits the power off button it does not actually turn off said device - it just makes it look like it is off.
Seems most of the 10,000 devices they have seen infected are in China.
Essentially the phone can take pictures and make calls when the user thinks it is off. Kind of like a teenager you thought was asleep.
In any case - another fun one for Android users.
43:46
VOICEMAIL - Question_USB-C_vs_Lightning
Hi Rob
On the next show, can you please tell the listeners to avoid www.iphonetrace.com like the plague. Apple and my carrier have both advised it is not possible to track an iPhone via it's IMEI number, so this company's claim that they can do this, simply doesn't make sense. Companies like this, pray on people's desperation, so the more people that can be warned about them, the better.
Regards
Steve in Brisbane
Hi Rob,
My wife is looking for an app to have video chats with her three girlfriends at the same time on her iPhone 6. Will Google Hangouts do this on an iOS device, or has Apple disabled this capability on their devices as not to compete with FaceTime?
Regards,
Charles H.
Hi Rob, this is Fred from Raleigh. I thought I had a brilliant idea using my iPhone 6, but in the end, it didn’t work. Can you help?
When I go to the gym, I use Nautilus-type equipment, but I can’t remember all my individual settings. So I created a one-page entry using the Notes app, recording all the settings. As I go from one piece of equipment to the next, I need to reach into my pocket, pull out the phone, press the Home button to wake the phone, hold my thumb just right on the Home button to open it, read the table of entries, press the Lock button, and put the phone back.
I thought I could make this process faster by taking a photo of the Notes entry (using Home+Lock) and making it the lock screen image. That way I wouldn’t have to use my thumbprint to unlock the phone nor press the lock button when I put it back, saving some time. However, this approach falls apart because I like to listen to podcast music while exercising, and the music player takes over the screen in locked mode! Thus my question is: how do I defeat the music player control screen while listening to music so I can see whatever background image I have set up. If there is a solution, it may be more trouble than it’s worth, but I would like to know anyway. Thanks.
Fred B
Last episode we mentioned the Pebble Time on Kickstarter and since that episode Pebble added Steel to the Pebble Time. For $250 on Kickstarter you can order the Steel version of the Pebble Time for delivery in August - this vs the $299 it will retail for in the fall. So if you are looking for a new smart watch - want a steel version and don’t have $599 for the Steel Apple Watch - there is the Pebble Steel. I think the biggest plus of the Pebble watch is the battery life. If notifications are you biggest driver in a smart watch - followed or tied with Battery life - it would be hard not to pick a Pebble time over the Apple Watch. That said a whole heck of a lot more people will pick an Apple Watch when all is said and done.
Congrats to the folks behind the Smart Rope - they were funded - that means you will get to see me jumping rope as an extra to a future episode in the Tii App. Then you will be able to decide if I am as good a jump roper as a I claimed. Oh and they added a 4th size of the jump rope - XL for really tall backers.
And the folks behind the Buhel conductive headphones slash Smartglasses I mentioned I funded on the last episode - they announced a 100% delivery Guarantee. Well that takes a lot of the fun out of Kickstarter. After all I am still eagerly awaiting my SOS Charger and those other Conductive headphones - the sound band I orders years ago and I mean years ago as in 2013 for both.
51:22
https://www.kickstarter.com//projects/1623468810/magbak-
case-worlds-thinnest-car-mount
Rob, Just saw this project this week and thought it was interesting. I use something similar to MagBak made by ProClip. You place a thin magnetic "stick on" plate on the back of your phone case and they have custom mounts that stick on to your car/truck dash. You can get these super strong magnet holders that attach to the mounts and they really hold your phone well. I have actually just started using one of these to hold my iPad Air 2 on the dash and it works fine either though that is not the recommended application for it. As good as ProClip is this MagBak looks interesting and I may try it. Enjoy. Don from Guntersville, AL
Thanks Don for the heads up on MagBak Case spelled M A G B A K and is at kickstarter dot com. This one had a goal of 15k and is over triple that now. And it has until April 17th at 4:04 AM CT for you to back it.
They describe it as - quote MagBak is a minimalist Protective case and mounting solution for your iPhone - perfect to mount in the car and anywhere else. unquote
Pricing for this is $39 to start.
Again search for M A G B A K at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 340.
52:51
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/03/09/editorial-apple-
pay-finds-frauds-reporting
There have been some really bad articles of late talking about Apple Pay and there being some security flaws with it. BS - as in Bad sources - because these articles really in most cases are making crap up or point the blame on Apple where they have no control - i.e. identity theft at the credit card level - i.e. someone signing up for a credit card that issued by a bank.
Anyway - The very excellent Daniel Eran Dilger does a great job digging into some of those along the way that have tried to put down Apple pay by basically either making stuff up or re-reporting or mis-reporting what others made up or were wrong about. The article is long - as most of Daniels are - because he takes a lot of time to research them. Look for the link titled Apple Pay find frauds reporting in the show notes for ep 340.
It is a very good read - but will get you mad when you read it and realize how biased and bad some of the reporting is out there against Apple.
54:10
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/monument-valley/id728293409?mt=8
My wife and I are working our way slowly through House of Cards - the latest season. And in one of the episode President underwood is playing an iPad game called Monument Valley - he even mentions it and reads a review of the game. I have not played it yet - but if there are any Monument Valley players out there - please call in with your review of the game.
Really curious as to what some of you think of the game before I give it a try.
Also would love to talk to them about how their app was featured in an episode of House of Cards.
54:45
VOICEMAIL - Quest_339_siri_strange_response
I asked why some of you did jailbreak or still jailbreak - here are some of the responses.
Hey Rob,
When my phone was Jailbroken my favorite tweak was Activator. Having custom gestures to post to Facebook and Twitter was great since they were taken out of the notification center in iOS7. Another great tweak I used was CCSettings. It allowed you to Swipe up the control center and had most of the settings right there. It made it so much easier to turn on hotspot and to change any of the button settings.
Sadly I lost my jailbreak when I downloaded Sound Hound from the Apple App Store, of all places. It sent my phone into a constant springboard reset so I had to restore it. At the time, Apple was still signing for iOS 8.1.2 but I was not able to restore to it. Here's hoping TAiG or Pangu or Evasion comes out with a jailbreak for iOS 8.2.
Regards,
Alex from CT
Hi Rob,
Why I jailbreak? Simple - Customization
Regards,
Sheketa
Hi Rob,
Great question since many of the reasons why we used to JB have now been incorporated into iOS.
Why I still JB:
1. Theming - I just don’t like all those visually contrasting / conflicting colors and icons. Theming allows me to make my iPhone look just the way I want. In my case, black and white with 0bscure 7
2. Some tweaks I just can’t live without - Infinidock (as many icons as you want on the dock)
3. Virtual Home 8 - truly making the maximum use of the touch features of the home button.sensor.
4. Volume Amplifier - helps my 70 year old ears listen to AC/DC just the way I like it - LOUD.
5. HideMe8 - makes all the apps I don’t want prying eyes to see on my screens go away- very important if you live in a politically repressive country
6. Bloard- makes my keyboard nice and black - looks great with my theme.
7. Auxo 8 - just a fun way to deal with multitasking.
I don’t tweak the way I used to when I first began jailbreaking with my iPhone 3G. Now loving my iPhone 6 Plus.
I do not upgrade iOS until there is a JB.
Jailbreaking has become very easy over the years so iPhone users should not be so reluctant to give it a try.
BTW, I took a bricked jailbroken iPhone 4 to the Apple Store and had it replaced with no more than, "I see your phone is jailbroken but that’s not the problem" - no BS about voided warranty, etc. Just saying.
Keep up the great work Rob and thank you for supporting the JB community on your show.
Regards to all,
Rob in Thailand
From Ryan Leavengood
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My iPhone 6 plus is jailbroken on 8.1.2. I am planning on getting a 42 mm Sport edition watch, but looks like you need 8.2 for it to work (adding and controlling apps). Not really looking forward to giving up my jailbreak. Hmmm unquote
Yup - if you want the Apple Watch - you have to go to 8.2 and that means no Jailbreak for you or me for that matter.
1:00:04
http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2015ams/sessions/tech-
training-1-ios-exploitation-techniques/
Speaking of Jailbreaking - if you are a dev and wanted to learn more about jailbreaking - There is a session on May 26th from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM being run by some of the iPhone Jailbreak team including Pod2G. This is at the HITBSecConf
The session title is Tech Training 1: iOS - Exploitation Techniques - The Overview of the session is
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Arm yourself with the essential skills and knowledge to become the next iOS jailbreaker! This 2-day course will put you in the drivers seat as you learn everything from a basic introduction to iOS to the most advanced techniques used by the evad3rs team in their latest jailbreaks. Topics covered will span the A-Z of iOS exploitation including reverse engineering, debugging, fuzzing and next generation exploitation techniques. This course has been updated with iOS 8.x specificities
unquote
If this is for you - you already know. it is 1500 to 2000 Euros to register depending on when you do. Link in the show notes titled - Tech Training 1- and it is in Amsterdam.
I do find it ironic that the Silver sponsors for an event with a major session on how to hack iOS are Blackberry and Microsoft.
01:01:33
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 10 day trial to their 3,000 plus video tutorials. Thanks Lynda for sponsoring this show and for the free offer.
And we will also be getting a Tii NCAA Pool together once again. I will put a link in the show notes. go to Today in iOS dot com and look for that link in Ep 340 show notes near the end of this week or Sunday worst case. I will try and get another ep out this weekend to talk more about that. Jose - YIKES - Just sent you an email.
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.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 339
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 called Ghost with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Ghost.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 ANTHONY for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ANTHONY wrote
Hi Rob,
This is a shot on Valentine's Day of Chinese New Year in China Town Sydney Australia
I used the stock video camera to film ( iPhone 5 )
Removed a still with
" AutoSampler "
This is my go to app to pull funky stills from video
Small app very powerful
Put text on with
" Laminar Pro "
Took only about 2 minutes to create.
Regards,
Anthony M
Well ANTHONY Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ANTHONY'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 338 - 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.
Folks If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:20
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote With Apple’s next smartphone still months away, fans have been gobbling up iPhone 6 rumors faster than Pac-Man on a power pill bender. However, even the hottest rumor mill in tech can’t turn this device into a winner. Based on everything we know now, the next iPhone will be a year late and a bitcoin short of the competition, doing nothing to slow Apple’s descent from smartphone pioneer to high tech has-been.
Avram Piltch, LAPTOP Online Editorial Director, 14 March 2014
Oh Avran - I see what you did there - instead of a day late and a Dollar short you were so witty as to replace it with a Year late and a Bitcoin short. Brilliant - but sadly the rest of your comments we Doooohhhh worthy - Just Sayin
03:18
For Promo codes - On Ep 338 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APPS - PITCHMAN and POCKET YOGA - we will be giving those out early this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 338.
This week we have promo codes for a few Apps - the first one is the App - DINO TALES two words - here is the review from the dev -
PLAY PROMO FOR DINO TALES
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - DINO TALES 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 DINO in the subject line.
The Second item we have promo code for is the App - MYTUNER AUDIO NEWS - Here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
MyTuner Audio news allows you to listen to the breaking news from 200 of the most reliable news sources from more than 50 countries. Stay up-to-date on what is going on in your country and in the world. The newscasts/podcasts are hourly updated, so that you won’t miss any important breaking news. myTuner Audio News was designed so that it can be easily used when commuting and it plays any newscast you wish at any time at startup!
Thanks to the Dev for sending in THEIR WRITTEN review of their APP MYTUNER AUDIO NEWS 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 MYTUNER one word - in the subject line.
The third item we have promo code for is the App - CUBEST - Here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
Hi Rob,
I’m the dev for the app CuBest. It’s a simple game but very addictive and hard to be good at.
When the game starts just swipe from the top of the cube down to get it rolling. The faster you swipe the faster the cube rolls. Every full rotation gives you a point. You have 30 seconds to get as many rotations as possible.
Cubest is available on the app store for 99 cents.
This is just the beginning. I’ll be adding new features to make the game even more addictive and interesting.
Please watch out for sore hands
Regards,
Mika
Thanks to the Dev for sending in his WRITTEN review of their APP CUBEST 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 CUBEST - c u b e s t - 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. That means you send JUST ONE EMAIL OVERALL FOR THIS WEEK AND YOU ONLY PICK ONE APP. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THREE EMAILS FROM YOU ONE FOR EACH APP.
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.
08:09
I have an audio clip I want to play - It is from DEMO in San Fran recently - Where Steve Wozniac is talking to Leonard Nimoy - Listen carefully to what Leonard Nimoy had for a Phone.
Audio - Demo_host_leonard_nimoy
Mr Nimoy - Thanks for all your did and for the great memories - in my heart you will #LLAP.
09:29
http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-sends-invite-
out-for-march-9-apple-watch-countdown-starts/
Now into the news Ok - missed it by a couple of days on the invite for the next Apple Event. If you remember I said it would like go out on Feb 24th - And not that the event would be on feb 24th as was a rumor. I did however miss the date of the event saying it would likely be during Mobile World Congress on March 3rd or 4th but the next Apple event will actually be the week after on Monday March 9th.
Apple however still achieved their primary goal - get everyone at Mobile World Congress talking about Apple instead of those competitors and their products that are at Mobile World Congress.
Apple will tell you the timing had nothing to do with Mobile World Congress - and if this was not a G-Rated show I could really express my thoughts on that. But instead I will just say Horse Puckey.
So what did we learn from the invites that were sent out - well the caption is Spring Forward - and why Apple did not just caption it - Apple Watch event with some other stuff - the world may never know.
I also wonder why Apple choose Spring Forward for a tag line - given its history of Calendar bugs after switching to or from Daylight savings time - not exactly the best choice. Just Sayin.
Of course some like to over read into these things and are speculating that the Spring Forward tag line really means Apple is ahead of their production schedule and rather than wait to April to launch the Apple watch as was expected - they are going to announce it will launch now in March. There are the Glass is half empty folks, the Galls is half full folks and then the Hey I that glass is made of Crystal folks.
Obviously this events main star is the Apple watch. Per the other stuff - guesses abound - but most think Apple may finally announce the iPad Lunch tray Sorry - the iPad Pro or a new Mac Book Air. I have to throw in my prediction of a new Apple TV - it is required I say that before any new Apple Event.
Now it is possible for two hours we will just hear about the Apple watch and Apple will bring out dev after dev to show off some of their killer new apps for the Apple Watch. I hope that is not the case - as it would be kind of a sad trombone moment if on the episode I release that night All I have to mention is the Apple Watch.
This event will be live streamed from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 9th at 10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM CT. You can find the stream at apple.com slash live
http://appleiph0ne.com/apple-will-live-stream-march-9th-spring-forward-event-here-s-how-you-can-watch-it
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-hold-special-event-march-171807953.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/60-second-business-
break/ci_27605373/biz-break-apple-watch-likely-
star-but-will
12:46
http://appleiph0ne.com/siri-learns-to-speak-new-
languages-in-ios-8-3-beta-2
Apple released iOS 8.3 Beta 2 this past week. The biggest additions noted for Beta 2 is Siri can now speak Russian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Thai, Swedish and Turkish. Obviously huge news to you if one of those are your native language.
Also with beta 2 is a bunch of new Emoji’s including some that hyper sensitive folks or just those looking for attention took issue with and said they were racist. See now on the Emoji’s you can pick your skin color and they vary from white to dark brown - but before White there is also Yellow - you know the same Yellow used for years for the happy face emoji - and for some reason some people think Apple was being racist with the Yellow color - Of course I am sure Samsung had nothing to do with this blow back on Apple. In any case don’t be surprised to see in Beta 3 of 8.3 the yellow changed to Green. Of course at that time expect all those suffering from Hypochromic Anemia to get upset about Apple being insensitive to them. Folks all I have to say on this one is get a life - Apple has a full range of skin colors that come from an international standard - and then outside of that range was the Yellow color - again matching the Yellow Happy face emoji that started you know the whole emoji thing way back when. Again some people just like to complain about anything. If you are one of those - feel free to call in 206-666-6364 - that’s 206-moon-dog and tell me how you really feel.
Beyond new features - one thing that iOS 8.3 beta 2 also provides is improved speed and performance for those with an iPhone 4S or 5 running iOS 8.1.3 Speed tests were run for the 4S and 5 running 8.1.3 vs the 8.3 Beta 2 - and they found a good amount of improvement in speed - especially when compared to the beta 1 as well. So this is very good news for my Son who is using a 4S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2967241/
Asians-angered-Apple-s-racist-yellow-emoji-Firm-
comes-fire-use-characters-six-different-skin-tones.html
http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-8.3-beta-2-
runs-faster-on-older-devices-video/
15:12
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17:00
VOICEMAIL - Ron_also_had_issues_siri_forgetting_names
Hi Rob,
Regarding episode 0338 and SIRI "forgetting" names in address book: in ios7 on my iPhone 5, SIRI would occasionally and without reason would forget my home address making those "how do I get home from here" requests a pain. The info would be gone from Settings/Mail, Contacts and Calendars/My Info. This seems to have been fixed in ios8 and/or my iPhone 6 and I've not had this issue since.
Regards,
Sean
Dublin, OH
Hello Rob!
I was thinking about the updates to iOS 8 and it dawned on me: there will need to be an update to passbook for iPhone 5, 5C, and 5S users that purchase an Apple Watch. As of right now, you can not add credit cards, but if you are going to be able to use Apple Pay on your Apple Watch, I am assuming you will need that interface on your phone to add and organize. I wonder if this will be in the .2 update or .3? Just some food for thought.
Regards,
Brenton N
Yup - and it will be part of the 8.2 update for sure.
VOICEMAIL - Cmnts_siri_senior_moments_fdbk
20:16
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Missy Prather who asked
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I need help and thought I'd ask the community. I have an iPhone 6 plus and I've been having issues with Siri and the microphone. I can only use dictation and Siri when my Bluetooth headphones or earbuds are connected. I've been working with Apple about this, and they want to replace my phone but want me to send my phone in "as-is" so their engineers can use it to figure out what is going on. I am very uncomfortable sending my phone with all my personal apps, photos, etc, on it. Does this seem like a normal thing for Apple to do? They will send me a brand new phone, and then I would send my phone not wiped to be looked at. Help please!
Unquote
And My Recommendation to Missy was this - Do a back up of your Phone - then clear out all of your personal info - anything and everything you would not want anyone else seeing - then see if your still have the issue. If you do still have the issue - then your personal info did not matter and you can send it in as is - because well the issue is still there and that is what Apple wanted. If you don’t have the issue anymore - then start adding back the items you deleted one at a time constantly checking to see when the issue comes back. Then you will know what did cause the issue and you can call Apple back and let them know. But yeah - don’t send in an iPhone or iOS device to Apple with Personal info if you don’t want it getting out to the world. While it is very very unlikely that info would get out - very very unlikely is different than definitely not getting out.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
22:45
http://www.cultofmac.com/313676/apple-launches-
web-icloud-apps-everyone/
Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next one.
And that is Apple has launched Web-only iCloud Apps for Everyone. That is right - web only and everyone - as in anyone with a mac or pc - does not mater - can access Pages, Numbers and Keynote for free. Well as long as you are using Firefox, Chrome, IE or Safari for your browser that is.
To get started go to iCloud dot com - sign in with your Apple ID and you can start creating docs, presentations and spreadsheets right from your browser.
Don’t have an Apple ID or just looking to create a new one to share with a team - you can sign up there as well.
You get 1GB of storage as part of the free offering. If you have an iOS device - you get 5 GB of storage.
Should be interesting to see what this does in the comp for MS Office vs Google Docs.
23:42
http://www.imore.com/secret-headphone-shortcuts-
twelve-clicks-better-control-your-iphone-ipad-and-mac
Thanks again to Chris In london for the heads up on this next article from Rene Ritchie at iMore - and it is a list of the 12 shortcuts - tricks you can do with your EarBud headphones.
Obviously there is Single click the middle for Play / pause
Double click the middle for skip forward to the next track or episode.
Triple click to skip back.
Double Click and hold on the second click to fast forward through audio
Triple click and hold on the 3rd click to rewind through audio
You can also Reject a call with a single click and holding down - yeah - be careful on that one - if you don’t hold long enough you will answer when you meant to reject the call.
You can also take pictures with your headphone controls - just open the camera app and a single click on the volume up button will take a picture.
Link in the show notes for all the tips.
24:55
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/02/25/rumor-
tim-cook-reveals-waterproofing-on-apple-watch-has-
improved-since-unveiling-can-be-worn-in-shower
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one which is about a feature for the Apple Watch. Which is not really a rumor about the Apple Watch - it is more about something Tim Cook said. Which was that he wears his Apple Watch Everywhere - even in the Shower. And that would be a change from when the initial specs went up when the Apple watch specs indicated it was not rated high enough for use in the shower. Of course it could just be that Tim does not actually charge up Apple Watches and he just throws them out once the charge is gone and replaces with a new one - so he does not care about it getting wet. But I am guessing on March 9th we will get a little more info about what you can and can not do with said Apple watch.
Per the Apple Pay and availability in Europe Mr Cook also is alleged to have told employees that Apple Pay will arrive in Europe before the end of the Year.
26:01
http://betanews.com/2015/02/26/google-cheapens-
android-play-store-sells-top-app-search-
spots-to-highest-bidder/
One thing I like about iTunes is that everything you see featured in there is done not by pay for placement - but because the folks at Apple decided to feature something - or said item is popular with users and it moves up the ranks. There is NO pay for placement in iTunes - there never has been and I am told by the folks at Apple there never will be. This is good - because it keeps slimy companies with more money than morals from pushing up to the top of iTunes features. And after All you as the user are truly Apples customers.
Now lets flip things over 180 degrees and talk about Google and the Goole Play store - and well Guess what that same level of integrity is missing in their App store. Google is now placing ads into Play store Search results - Brilliant.
Oh and they are not being shy about this Quote Offering unquote
Michael Siliski - Produc Management Director of Google Play said the following Quote Search ads on Google Play will enable developers to drive more awareness of their apps and provide consumers new ways to discover apps that they otherwise might have missed. in the coming weeks, a limited set of users will begin to see ads from a pilot group of advertisers who are already running Google search ads for their apps. We’ll have more to share in the coming months about the expansion of this program. We believe search ads will be a useful addition to Google Play for users and developers alike, and we hope this will bring even more success to our developer community.
Unquote
So lets get this right - You type in the App you are looking for and the first result is some paid ad for something that might not be relevant - but they paid for that placement. Sweet. I can almost hear the hum of the Razor as Google Sheers even more of its users. Thanks Google for helping drive Android users to the iOS platform - and welcome new Tii Listeners - as you will learn - Apple treats you as a user with dare I say - Respect. I know kinda a foreign concept for those of you coming from Android. Just Sayin
Oh and if you are an indie dev this really really sucks - because now you have an app that is starting to do well - and the bigger App companies see that - and buy up search results around your app title for their rip off version of your app they through together in a couple of days with low cost devs from 3rd world countries. And bam - your app sales start to tank. Yeah - Good news all around Google.
29:04
http://www.gfi.com/blog/most-vulnerable-operating-
systems-and-applications-in-2014/
In the how much did Google pay for this article category comes the following. Thanks to Giuseppe M for this one.
The post title is Most Vulnerable Operating Systems and application in 2014.
So they compared all Mac OS Ten versions combined vs All iOS versions combined vs All Linux Kernels combined vs Each break out of MS Windows - be it server 2008, Win 7, win 8, 8.1, vista and RT - again all of those broken out - everyone else combined - and then did not even bring in Android at all. because you know I guess their spread sheet does not count that high.
Any way this Apples to Crankshaft comparison was pretty bad. But the comments at the bottom of the article were classic - I don’t think anyone was happy with this article and lack there of any journalistic integrity - not the linux folks and not the Mac folks and not the iOS folks - and not even the Windows folks.
This was definitely the worst blog post I read in the past month - Thanks Cristian Florian - now I want those 10 minutes of my life back.
30:21
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/billions-
of-android-apps-vulnerable-to-hackers-
2015-02-27?siteid=yhoof2
Speaking of an OS with vulnerabilities - we need to look no further than Android. There was a report on Market watch this past week that talks about More than five Billion downloaded Android apps being vulnerable to hacks. Sweet. Also sweet is that the number of apps designed to steal financial info from Android users has skyrockets - this according to a report release on Friday from Security company FireEye.
According to them the number of Malware laden apps designed to steal financial data rose 500% in the second half of 2013.
And a vast majority of Mobile Malware is targeted to Android - with 96% of the Malware being for Android. And on the iOS side - Quote Almost all of the iOS malware observed by FireEye works only against jailbroken devices unquote.
31:25
VOICEMAIL - Ron_ohio_issue_zoom_813_accessibility
Hi Rob,
I wanted to share a “fix” I found. I have a 2015 Fusion with MyFordSync and stream via Bluetooth from my iPhone 6 Plus while driving to and from work. I would get drops randomly where it would go silent for a few seconds, then disconnect (switching the audio to another source), then reconnecting. This causes me to have to reselect Bluetooth as the source. Gets very frustrating, especially, when it does it several times in a few minutes. I found the problem is likely my Pebble. I turned it off and left it at home for the past couple of weeks and have had no drops at all. So if anyone has issues with momentary Bluetooth dropouts, it may be from your Pebble (if you have one, obviously). Unfortunately, I don’t know WHY it’s doing it, but if I learn any more on the issue, I’ll keep you posted.
Regards,
Lou V
33:39
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/
pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises
Gee - which Kickstarter Project will I start with today - Hmmmmm tough decision. For those that did not hear Pebble turned to Kickstarter once again for their new Color e-paper smart watch with up to 7 days of Battery life. This one is called the Pebble Time - and it has a new timeline Interface to highlight what is important in your day.
Other features are it is fully compatible with all 6,500+ existing Pebble Apps and Watchfaces - so yes the Tii Watchface will still work for you.
There is also a microphone on the Pebble time to let you send voice replies to incoming notifications - but for now on iOS that is just for Gmail notifications.
They also say it is water resistant and that you can swim or surf with it on - but they do not recommend taking it underwater.
They will begin shipping in May - but not to you if you have not already order yours - because all that is left is June shipments now for Single orders. Pricing is $179 now. Unless you want to order two - then it is $338 for two and a two pack ships in May for now - but they are almost out of that level.
You have until March 27th at 9:00 PM CT if you want to get in on this.
They are well over $11 Million in sales which is a wee bit above their $500,000 goal - and I had folks emailing in “Wow" and “amazing”
and this is on fire with regards to sales.
But lets put the numbers into perspective. For that $11+ Mil in sales they have sold over 62,500 Pebble Times. They did that in the first 5 days. Again lets put that in perspective. The Apple Watch will by all Analysts estimates sell well over 1 Million units that first weekend and will sell between 10 Mil and 30 Mil in 2015.
That is significantly greater then was Pebble just did and will do.
Still the numbers are good - and I am happy for Pebble - and I do like my black and white pebble. And at $179 it is significantly cheaper than the Apple Watch and with 7 days of Battery life - it will give significantly better battery life. It was nice to go on a biz trip this past week where I charged up my Pebble on Sunday - and then did not have to charge it up again until Friday night.
Also the Pebble Time is 20% thinner than the original Pebble - so that is nice as well.
Again search for Pebble Time in Kickstarter if you want to get one at $179 - Retail price will be $199 later on.
36:58
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maumau/hi-
tech-sunglasses-headphones-no-more-earphones-or
Ok - we have another Kickstarter project this week - it is the Buhel Tech Sunglasses plus headphones - with Buhel spelled B U H E L
This one had a goal of $80k and has now raised over $330k - and you will have until March 14th at 10:08 AM CT to fund this one.
So what is it that pushed this one north of $300k in pledges - well the Buhel SG05 Bluetooth Bone Conduction glasses communicate with iOS devices and others to bring the audio direct to the center of your head with nothing needed in your ear holes.
With this one you can make and receive phone calls via bluetooth. Listen to Podcasts or music, and Activate Siri.
I actually pledged on this one and I am supposed to be in the early -Pre-Productin basic package group with delivery of that in April.
We will see how it goes - the other bone Conduction headphones I ordered two years ago are still not here.
Right now the $165 option is the cheapest one available with a delivery date of June 2015.
The $165 option gets you the following:
One Black Buhel Soundless, 1 Clear set of lenses, 1 red / gold Lenses, 1 smoke grey flash mirror lense, + the add on Accessory for Prescription Lenses.
If you are looking for a way to get Audio to your head - and don’t want to have the Cords in the way and don’t want something stuck in your ear hole - this is something you will want to check out - Search for B U H E L - and I will of course talk about this one once it comes - which right now they are saying will be late April.
39:04
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
1990698791/smart-rope
And we have one more Kickstarter project this week - it is the Smart Rope - and for long time listeners of my Podcasts you may have heard me mention I am pretty good with a jump rope. I am the person at the gym that is showing off all the cross over and double jumps. So this one is near and dear to my heart - and Yes this is one I funded as well. Man I need to stop covering Kickstarter projects - it is getting expensive.
Ok so what is the Smartrope - it is quote the evolution of a classic - smart rope is an LED embedded jump rope that connects to your smartphone. unquote.
But it is actually more the LED’s in the middle that when you jump it shows you the number of jumps and data. Of course it also syncs data to your smartphone to track your work outs.
It comes in 3 sizes - So you can pick the one that is best for your height.
It is expected to Ship in September.
I picked the $70 level - which if you are in the US is really $75 as they add $5 for shipping to the US. The $70 level gets you the smart rope plus the Silicon Handles - which I would recommend if you do more than a basic jump - if you are crossing over or double jumping or more - then yeah you don’t want this flying out of your hands.
If you have a significant other that likes to jump rope they have a $100 version which comes in a custom gift box.
I will not just talk about this one when I get it I will also shoot a video of me using it and put it as an extra in the Tii App. I look forward to getting this.
If you like to jump rope check out Smart Rope at Kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 339 - you have until April 6th at 9:00 AM to fund this one. Currently they are at $45k towards a goal of $60k - so they are 75% of the way there - and should hit their goal before April 6th.
41:27
http://www.cultofmac.com/312711/old-flip-
phones-iphones-newest-rival-japan/
Thanks to Tash and others on this next one - which is a story about how in Japan Old Flip-Phones are the iPhones newest Rival. Seems in Japan the Flip phones are making a comeback.
But folks let put this in perspective this is also the same country that right now is on track by 2020 to sell more Adult Diapers than those for babies - and I think really that is all you need to know about this story of Flip phones rivaling iPhones in Japan - just sayin
42:00
http://appleiph0ne.com/southwest-airlines-app-for-
iphone-finally-adds-passbook-support-download-link
I was traveling this past week and that means I am able to report first hand on this next story - which is the Southwest App finally adds Passbook support. With Finally being the keyword - it is about time Southwest. One thing however I could not get to work was to get it in my lock screen - it said it was set to be available in the lock screen - but I could never get it to work.
To get the boarding pass into Passbook - was easy enough - after you check in - via the Southwest app for your boarding pass there is a button at the bottom that says Add to Passbook - tap that and you are done. Again except for the part about getting it on the lock screen - which would have been cool. Again at least in my settings under Notifications for Passbook it shows it as turned on for “Show on Lock Screen”
If anyone has been able to get their boarding pass to show on their lock screen - let me know what you needed to do - kind of frustrating.
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43:33
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_correcting_my_mispronuc
Here is a question I saw
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There is probably a very simple solution to this, but I just purchased a 6 Plus and none of the stock apps nor my home screen will go into landscape orientation, except safari. I have the rotation lock off and have just switched from android so I'm still getting the hang of this.
Regards,
Izzy
Unquote
This was mentioned a while ago when the iPhone 6+ came out - but I will mention it again because I forgot where to find the setting on this for a few minutes. The problem here is he has the screen set in zoomed mode - this is a screen setting not a accessibility setting for Zoom. Yes - confusing. See if you have the screen set to zoomed mode - it will not allow the native apps on the iPhone 6+ to get split screened. To change this - go to Settings - then to Display & Brightness - Then to View - And select “Standard” if Zoomed is selected again it will not allow split screen.
Hi Rob,
Regarding iTunes Match: I used to have iTunes Match on my old iPhone but let the subscription expire. If I re-subscribe will all my old music which was on my iPhone 4 be available on my iPhone 6? FYI I still have the same iTunes account.
Regards,
Charles H
Hi Rob,
Love your today in iOS Podcast. I have been listening for many years since I first got my iphone 3.
I am currently on an iphone 5s on iOS 8.1.2 and was looking into jail breaking again. I did not see any current tutorials on the todayinios web site, just mentions of TAIG, but many people don't seem to fully trust this jail break. If Isearch in Google + I see all kinds of mentions of Evasi0n Jail break. Just wondering what you recommend and which tutorial to follow.
Regards,
Arnie in San Diego
VOICEMAIL - NOTE_Strean_App_update
48:59
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iphone-6-problems/11/
Hi Rob,
This is a weird problem.
I listen to audiobooks a lot. I have found that whenever my iPhone goes to sleep or I press the power button to put the phone to sleep, the Apple music app skips to the next chapter or next song.
This is really annoying.
I have an iphone 6 plus and the latest version of ios.
Any ideas.
Regards,
Bob B
Well Thanks to Tash for the link to an article that has some suggestions on this. They start with recommending you use compressed air and blowing out the headphone jack and making sure you are pushing in the headphones all the way - i.e. no metal showing from the plug. Kind of common sense there on those.
The other thing to look for is if you have damaged the head phones - if you are putting the iPhone in your front pocket with the Headphones plugged in and you are standing and sitting a lot - you could have damaged the headphones - where the cord is shorting out - and this will cause siri to come on randomly - or when listening to podcasts or music or audiobooks for them to start over or skip ahead.
This also happens with some cheaply made 3rd party headphones right out of the box.
Here is the thing - if you have an iPhone that Siri is randomly coming on - first - make sure you have the option for hey siri turned off - sorry for that that just had siri respond. and then make sure you blow out your head phone port and you don’t have headphones plugged in. If you have the Hey - You know what feature turned off and no head phones are in and you are still getting siri turning on randomly - then take your iPhone to your apple store.
But in most cases people I have talked to on this - it was bad headphones.
52:02
http://getprismatic.com/story/1424302339966?
share=MTY0ODc5.MTQyNDMwMjMzOTk2Ng.
Ow3qdKqHlETuo3P-szE_2CYjZRk
File this next one under you are watching it wrong. This is a post from Prismatic - and it is talking about the movie 50 shades of grey - The title of the post is quote There is a glaring Technology error in the 50 shades of Grey Film unquote
What is said glaring error - well in the movie there is a part where the leads are texting and Steele is not on an iPhone and Grey is on an iPhone - but on Grey’s iPhone it is showing the text’s from Steele as Blue - which would only be the case if Both were on iPhones.
Ok - so this guy goes to a movie about a 27 year old Billionaire and his college graduate Partner and their BDS&M relationship and what he takes away from the movie is a Glaring Error that her text bubbles were the wrong color and this really bugged him. Yeah - I am thinking he did not get into the spirit of this movie - just sayin.
53:06
Hi Rob,
I broke down and bought a 6 after having a 4s with iOS and a lot of apps were crashing. Tried everything to a full restore no luck
My question is when I get my 6 should I set it up a a new phone and start from scratch or restore from lastet back up? Thanks and can't wait!!!
Regards,
Phil
My recommendation is to set up your new iPhone 6 or 6+ as a brand new device - break the chains from legacy upgrades and backups and start fresh - then just install apps as you need them. I did this with my iPhone 6+ and I have been very happy with the results - and the number of Apps I have is less than 1/10th of where I was with the 5S - as I have only installed when I needed them.
Hi Rob,
Once again the Rob method of installing updates worked like a charm. I usually wait for two weeks after any small update but I've been sick so it got delayed.
I saved your update directions in Apple Pages app so i can reference them on any device. So far 8.1.3 running no problems on iPhone 5s.
Regards,
John D
Thanks John for the feedback - and folks remember in the Tii App - go to the episode list - tap on PDF’s and then scroll down to “Recommended Update Procedure” and look that over before you update to iOS 8.2 - which might be released on or around the March 9th event. As always even better advice from me is to wait a week before doing any update to iOS.
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56:14
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I had a good time at NRB - but work kept this episode from coming out during the week - sorry about that. My next trip is in April to NMX and NAB - Libsyn will have a booth there - in the North hall - hope to meet anyone going to NMX and NAB this year at the show.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODES 338
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 called SideCar with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Sidecar.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
Hi Rob:
Attached is an artwork submission. It is a Pebble Watchface with Tii branding. The pic was, of course, taken with an iPhone 5S with no filters, etc.
I am also attaching the .PBW file in case you or any listeners want to add the custom face to their Pebble watch.
Regards,
Pat in Austin
Well PAT Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see PAT'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 338 - 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.
And if you want this watch face for your Pebble watch email me today in iOS at gmail dot com and I will send it to you along with instructions on how to get it on your Pebble watch. Ok well actually I will send you the link to it - which you click on in your email on your iPhone and then in safari on your iPhone you get the option to “Open in Pebble” - select that and then choose to install - it is easy peezy - again email and put Tii Watch face in the subject line and I will send you the link and instructions - for those that already know how to do this - look for the link in the show notes for ep 338 - Thanks Pat for creating this watch face for the show.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/tii/tii.pbw
http://www.mypebblefaces.com/faq
Folks
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:51
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Apple could be negatively impacted by slower growth in iPhone sales. In my opinion, the company cannot grow indefinitely in the smartphone market area and one day, it will materialize in its share price. unquote
Gillian Mauyen, Seeking Alpha, 15 November 2013
Why is it all so often writers at Seeking Alpha really seem to just be seeking intelligence. Wait did I not just say that on the last episode. Hmmmm. It is almost as if Seeking Alpha is just a big link bait farm - Just Sayin
03:28
For Promo codes - On Ep 337 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APPS - BOOB-TUBE AND VERSATIMER - we will be giving those out later this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 337.
This week we have promo codes for a couple of Apps - the first one is the App - PITCHMAN one word - here is the review from the dev -
PLAY PROMO FOR PITCHMAN
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - PITCHMAN 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 PITCHMAN in the subject line.
The Second item we have promo code for is the App - POCKET YOGA - two words - Here is the review from the dev -
PLAY PROMO CODE - POCKET YOGA
Thanks to the Dev for sending in THEIR review of THE APP POCKET YOGA 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 YOGA - 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.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/tii/tii.pbw
From Pat who sent in the Artwork for todays episode which is the cool Today in iOS watch face my Pebble is now sporting.
He wrote:
Hi Rob:
I developed this Pebble watchface
for the vision impaired. They may find it
useful. Of course, it is free.
http://whiskeytangohotel.com/braille for info
or search "Braille" in the Pebble app store.
Regards,
Pat
Thanks Pat and folks check out Pat’s site at whiskey tango hotel dot com - link in the show notes.
http://whiskeytangohotel.com
07:55
http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/09/apple-releases-
first-build-of-ios-8-3-to-developers/
Ok - Apple did something a little un-expected - they released iOS 8.3 Beta 1 last week. So yes - iOS 8.2 is still at beta status - and they released an beta for 8.3 - that is the first time Apple has ever done something like that.
Not sure what to make of this - but 8.2 I still believe does not come out of Beta until right before the Apple Watch launches - which right now if I had to pick a date it would be April 24th. Which mean 8.2 available to download on April 22nd - That now when I say that seems an awful long time to have two different betas for 8.2 and 8.3 out at the same time - it is kind of confusing.
That All said - hey the beta for 8.3 is out and as usual the devs have loose lips. Here are some of the new features we are hearing about.
Two of the bigger features noted are ONE Wireless Carplay - which means that user will no longer need to connect via USB to their dashboard to bring iOS like experiences to their dashboard - now they can do it when the iPhone is still in your pocket or purse. Which is nice as it means you are less likely to leave said iPhone in your car.
The second big feature is easier Google two-step verification or Two-Factor Authorization depending on who you read talking about this. Either way - this is for those that prefer Gmail and Google Calendars and what to use the two-factor verification.
Additional new features with 8.3 include a new Emoji Layout. So with 8.3 all emoji’s will be on a single scrollable page.
One bit of big news for those in China is 8.3 brings support for Apple pay in China - via UnionPay.
There is also a minor tweak to Passbook - which has a categories for Credit cards and debit cards into section called Apple Pay - and then there is a section called Passes.
The Beta label is removed from iCloud Photo Library. Which of course means it will now be rock solid and no one will ever have a bug with it again. Right?
Also it is reported that 8.3 beta includes many bug fixes and improvements for iCloud Drive and CloudKit.
Nothing really earth shattering - but if you were one using CarPlay - the wireless feature is a very very nice addition.
Per what all this means for iOS 8.2 and when it launches - who knows maybe apple will release 8.2 in March after all - and then just get around to launching Apple Watch once they get their supply chain set up for it - which again according to Tim Cook will be in April some time for US customers.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/09/ios-8-3-
brings-wireless-carplay-to-the-iphone/
http://www.cultofmac.com/311501/everything-
thats-new-ios-8-3/
http://thefusejoplin.com/2015/02/cool-
features-ios-83-beta-1/
11:06
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/heres-
another-reason-not-to-buy-any-16gb-ipad-or-iphone
Thanks to Michael and others for this next one.
Which goes back to something I said this past September and then the September before that and the one before that. Don’t buy 16 GB versions of iOS devices - get at least 64 GB in storage and really for new devices best to get 128 gb in storage. What is the news that makes me say that AGAIN - well it is that Apple has upped the max size an App can be from 2GB to 4GB. Yes - one App - 4GB in size - Yikes if you are sitting there with a 16 GB device which really only has 12 GB of storage space for Apps and photos and video.
From Apple quote
The size limit of an app package submitted through iTunes Connect has increased from 2 GB to 4 GB, so you can include more media in your submission and provide a more complete, rich user experience upon installation. Please keep in mind that this change does not affect the cellular network delivery size limit of 100 MB.
Unquote
And oh if you think Apple is making this change so as to encourage App devs to make bigger apps so that users need to spend more for larger storage iOS devices - well then Yes you have been paying attention because that is exactly what they are doing - although Apple would say this is so devs can put in more higher res images that are optimized for the many different iOS devices from iPhone 4S to iPad Air 2 - such that the apps look great regardless of the device. And don’t be cheap get 128 gb in storage.
And think some day in the future on this show I will be talking about how Apple upped the max file size to 8 GB for an App. Just Sayin.
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/12/apple-
increases-maximum-app-size/
13:06
http://www.slashgear.com/apple-adds-two-
step-verification-to-imessage-facetime-12368847/
Apple has now added two-step verification to both iMessage and FaceTime.
Now when you set up a new iOS device to use iMessage and / or FaceTime you will also have to enter a verification code in iCloud - thus Apple knows that you are who you say you are and not someone else claiming to be you but is not.
The real thing to take away from this - is if you plan on setting up another or new iOS device for iMessage and / or FaceTime - make sure you have your main device handy - as you are going to need to get a code to enter.
While it is one more step you need to take - it is just one time when setting up that new device.
13:49
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for recommending Harrys.com and for the promo code. I just received my shave kit yesterday and I already love it. It gives me a closer shave quicker than my old Gillette and the blades are less than half the cost. The shave gel is also awesome, no more chemical feel on my face. Thanks to you and your wonderful podcast - Harry’s has a new customer. As always i’m looking forward to the next episode of Tii
Ken
in Louisburg, NC
And from the Google+ community from John Clarke on Jan 20th
Quote
Received my "Truman Set" from Harry's. Their blades beat the competition hands down and the foaming shave gel is incredible!
https://plus.google.com/u/0/117784299675633229028/posts/
HT87KGKVZA5?cfem=1
Thanks for the feedback Ken and Thanks to John for the Post in the Google+ community and I want to thank Harrys for sponsoring this episode - if you go to harrys dot com - that is h a r r y s dot com and use the promo code t i i - you will save $5 on your first order.
No more over paying for razor blades or waiting in line to get them - you purchase them online at half the price of other blades - Win and win.
That’s right save money and get the razors delivered right to your door with free shipping. The starter kit The Truman Set is amazing - for $15 you get a razor - Foaming Shave Gel and 3 razor blades - all in a great package that screams GIFT ME GIFT ME. Even if the gift is just to yourself.
The new Foaming Shave Gel is incredible and made from Natural ingredients which include Licorice Root extract, plus a blend of Cucumber and Aloe. It really is nice to shave with something that is not made from industrial chemicals.
Ok - but really where the rubber meets the road is how the blades work when they meet your beard or head or other hyper folic areas of your body. And here is where Harry’s really shines - their blades are incredibly sharp and give me the best shave I have ever had - I am 100% a harrys customer now. And the blades come from a 90 Year old German factory that Harrys liked so much they purchased the factory - and that is how they can get you a better shave then the best premium blades out there at less then half the price.
And Harrys has a good social mission where 1% of sales and at least 1% of their time is donated to organizations to help prep people for personal and professional success. With Harrys.com You get a shave that feels really good from a company you can feel good about.
Once again go to Harrys.com now and save $5 off when you enter the code - t i i with your first purchase. That is h a r r y s dot com and enter the coupon code T I I at check out to save $5 on your first purchase and start shaving better today or at least as soon as your new shave kit arrives at your door step.
16:39
VOICEMAIL - Andy_answr_macbook_air_connect_ipad
Hi Rob,
This is in response to the gentleman in episode 0337 who had the connection issue between his iPad mini and MacBook air. I had a similar connection issue with connecting my iPhone with a lightening to usb cable to my MacBook. I simply replaced the cable and it solved the problem. I know this may seem like an obvious troubleshoot but you didn't mention attempting this in your message so I thought I'd throw it out there. Apple will replace the cable for free if you're still under warranty.
Regards,
Andrew
Hi, Rob,
My old iPad 2 recently started having a flaky connection to my mac, similar to Mike from San Jose. For me, it was because my 35 pin connector to the iPad was not seating correctly due to the iPad cover getting in the way. Wiggling the connector so that it is plugged in properly fixed the problem for me. This is clearly a hardware issue. If Mike is sure that the connection is solid, he should check the connector ends for corrosion, or try another connector, then take the entire configuration, laptop, cable and iPad in to the apple store for evaluation.
Regards,
Mike
VOICEMAIL - Jeremy_ks_issue_with_sync_change_cords
19:43
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,900 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Jonathan Perry who asked
Quote
I'm writing to ask you all for recommendations of quality widgets for iOS. I frequently do a google search in the hopes that I'll find a new article citing a cool new widget that's just been released, but they all just talk about how great the EverNote and Yahoo! Weather widgets are. So, can any of you guys suggest a lesser known widget or two that you love using?
Unquote
And there were a few replies on this.
Tosin O - responded with a very large list of 26 different widgets. Of which you can see in this post from Feb 12th in the Google+ community. I will not go through them all here.
Barry Smitherman asked if I would go through a quick primer on Widgets in General on the next episode - which I will do now.
First for iOS Widgets came to be in iOS 8 and are part of Extensibility.
With Today View Extensions - Any App can make a widget available that not only presents some info - but also offers a small amount of interaction right in the Notification Center.
Per the interaction - it is very limited - for example you can’t use a keyboard.
But it can give you some options to choose from where you can do a task right there or in many cases it will open up that main app.
Remember - Widgets are not stand alone items you download - they are part of an App that you download - that supports widgets.
You probably have a few apps installed already that support widgets you do not know about - like Evernote. Go and swipe down on your iOS device. Then select Today - then scroll down and look for the big edit button and tap on that It will show you a list of your Widgets and allow you to rearrange the order or exclude plus also show a plus symbol next the ones you can add.
The one I use often is Evernote - when I swipe down - select the camera - and then scan a business card. It does launch the App - so it is not done in the Notification center - and this is a premium offering from Evernote - just want to point that out as well.
But overall I think the biggest confusion people have about widgets is they think they are stand alone items you install - like there is a widget section of iTunes - when really they are extensions of apps you have or need to get and then add enable in the Today section of Notification center.
Again to see some apps that have extensions - Tosin o - had a nice list look for the Feb 12th post from Jonathan Perry in the Google+ community.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 1900+ of you already in the community and contributing.
As a bonus here is a tip that was posted in the Google+ community
How to fix issues with regular text messages over LTE on your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus
Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap on Cellular.
Tap on Enable LTE.
Tap on Data Only.
Reboot your iPhone.
Thats it.
Regards,
Chris in London
Thanks as always Chris.
23:47
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2015/02/09/apple-
has-93-of-mobile-profits-650m-users-by-2018-says-canaccord/
For the how wrong were they segment of ep 334 I said the following quote I don’t think any of these people realize that Apple is the ONLY one making money. 85% of the profits for the entire Cellphone industry. unquote.
Well new numbers are out for last quarter and I was Wrong - Apple is not making 85% of the profits for the entire Cellphone industry - they are making 93% of the profits. This according to Mike Walkley of Canaccord Genuity.
Last quarter Sammy’s profits were 9% of the pie - which added up are over 100% - which means yes everyone else combined lost money. And no one is better at loosing money in the mobile space than MicroSoft. Who Mr Walkley estimated lost close over 400 Million dollars last quarter alone - giving it an industry leading -2% share of profits.
For all of 2014 Apple only represented 15.5 percent of the total number of smartphone sold - yet for Apple had 79% of the Total profits.
Mr Walkley also estimated that by the end of 2018 Apple will have around 650 Million active iPhone users.
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/02/09/apples-
iphone-profits-leaves-rivals-with-little-but-table-scraps/
25:05
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/apple-
is-worth-how-much
Thanks to Michael for this next one - which rolls in well with that last story and it has to do with how much Apple is now worth. Seems you can only keep good fundamentals down for so long. And now that wall street is listening again - Apples value has taken off - Apple recently became the first company with a market Cap of over 700 Billion. Now sitting at 740 Billion.
To put Apples Market Cap in perspective - It is now larger then gross National Product of Switzerland. Or the Entire Spanish Stock Maket, or Four Apollo Space Programs or twenty times the value of the NFL.
or Google and Microsofts Market Cap combined. Which is amazing when you think what I said just a little over a year ago on Ep 295
Quote
"Apples Market Cap minus cash is 209.9 Billion dollars. Just a little above last years 174 Billion in totals revenue. Microsoft - which had less half of apples Revenue at 82.8 billion - has a Market cap less cash of 222.1 Billion. And Finally Google - with Revenue in all of 2013 of 59.8 billion - has a market cap less cash of 336.3 Billion. Yes Google which has 1/3rd the revenue of Apple - has a market cap less cash of 1.6 Times that of Apples. Can you spot the bubble? Because either Google is way way way over valued or Apple is way way way under valued right now - and My guess is it is a mix of the two.
Apple generated >22 Billion in Cash to Google 16 and change billion in Revenue. So right now if you look at Apple stock price and compare it to the other companies - Apple really is a bargain.
unquote
Well I hoped you listened and purchased some Apple stock back then. At the time Apple stock was sitting at $71. Which means since that episode Apple stock went up over 75%. Not bad for less than 13 months.
If you did listen and invested just $6,700 - you would now have made enough profit to by a top of the line Mac Book Pro, top of the Line iPad Air 2 and Top of the Line iPhone 6+ off contract - and still have some left over an Apple TV and cup of starbucks coffee. Just not the Venti.
27:44
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102417566
Thanks to Robin P for the heads up on this next one - which talks about a rumor for a Feb 24th Apple event that would mostly be to fill in folks about the details of the Apple Watch - but so far nothing to support that.
Big questions still remain about Pricing of the models - about all we know is the base Sport Model will be $350 - and it goes up from there - how far up is one thing said event would answer - with many speculating the top end being around $5,000.
Specifics on Battery Life are the other big question mark. Some reports say it will be as low as 2 1/2 hours of full use. Others put it at 4 or more hours of full use.
In addition to filling in the blanks on Pricing and specs - there will be the questions about availability - not just in the US but globally - and also details on 3rd party apps.
Other speculations about this event - is that it the Apple Watch would only be one part of the event - with the other parts being around Beats Streaming music service and also about a new Mac Book Air and possibly even the Mythical iPad Lunch tray - or iPad Max.
If there is going to be a Feb 24th event - invites need to be going out later today. With Today being Feb 17th.
That all said - If there is a new event coming - I think the invite will be going out around the 24th for that event. And the actual event would be Tuesday the 3rd of March or Wednesday the 4th of March. Why those days - well that would put it right in the middle of Mobile World Congress - which runs the 2nd to the 5th of March. And Apple has a history of curious timing of their announcements to line up with these type of events - thus pulling the wind out of the sails for all those competitors that hope to get some press momentum from said events.
So lets call this possible event the March Madness event. Because well everyone at Mobile World Congress will be mad at Apple for once again stilling their thunder.
And one rumor that popped up in our Google+ community was from Brenden F who wrote quote
I heard from my buddy who attended the Apple Watch training that the Apple Watch Sport edition will only work with the rubber band and not be "compatible" with the metal/leather bands. This kinda disappoints me as I was hoping to go cheaper on gen 1 and still have a formal option (metal) band during the day.
unquote
Brenden - I agree with you - if true that disappoints me as well - would have been nice to have the option for a different band. As switching bands was one thing that looked cool about the Apple Watch. Hopefully that is addressed at the March Madness event.
30:42
http://appleiph0ne.com/apple-tv-4-releasing-
in-fall-2015-according-to-analyst
One thing I did not mention and was not mentioned in the latest rumors is the long over do refresh for the Apple TV.
And According to Often Wrong Gene Munster - we are not going to see said update until this Fall.
Which right there leads me to believe the next update to Apple TV will be announced at the March Madness event this year.
Right so what will the Apple TV 4th gen have - Well according to Often Wrong Gene - the device would potentially integrate content, gaming and home kit.
Again - If Gene is saying not until the fall - we can pretty much cancel out the fall - and given it is now over 2 years since the last update - yeah - I could see a 4th gen Apple TV getting announced at the next Apple event. Of course I say that about every next Apple Event.
31:33
http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/09/apples-ios-9-
to-have-huge-stability-and-optimization-focus-
after-years-of-feature-additions/
Speaking of Apple Rumors - we are starting to see those come in about iOS 9 now that it is being reported as showing up on server logs.
And the latest rumor if true I would be glad to see as it is exactly what I was calling for a few episodes ago - and that is to make iOS 9 all about optimization of the OS - not about feature creep and gimmicks.
From an article at 9 to 5 mac was this quote
For 2015, iOS 9, which is codenamed Monarch, is going to include a collection of under-the-hood improvements. Sources tell us that iOS 9 engineers are putting a “huge” focus on fixing bugs, maintaining stability, and boosting performance for the new operating system, rather than solely focusing on delivering major new feature additions.
unquote
While in this next big feature thing world - saying the next big thing is bug fixes and speed improvement is not all that sexy - it is at least to me my number one wish for iOS 9. I am sure even if that is the main focus there will be other real show them on a keynote slide features as well - I just hope the one big bold and at the center of that slide - is Optimization.
I guess the next thing I hope for iOS 9 - is that it also works for devices running the A6 and even A5 processors i.e. 32 bit processors and not just those running the 64 bit - which are the A7 and later processors.
More on this in future episodes for sure.
33:21
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27525201/
apple-is-revving-up-make-car-report-says
The Big Rumor from the Past week is about the Top secret Project code named Titan. Which according to sources is An Apple Electric Vehicle to compete with Tesla and other electric vehicles. This per an article in the Wall Street Journal and also one in the Financial Times and a 3rd by Reuters. And with the big guys reporting on this you can see why it had legs.
Supposedly Apple already has couple hundred employees working on this project and quote Apple has authorized the creation of a 1,000 person team unquote.
The current team is already supposedly working at a private facility a few miles from Apples one Infinite loop campus. But then are not all facilities Apple owns Private.
It is known that Apple has been hiring people from the auto industry.
Others say the thought of Apple bringing its own car to the market are bunk. And rather the team being assembled has more to do with Apple developing more software in the car - with Car being plural and meaning all cars.
Think of it where Apple takes Car Play and puts it on Steroids.
Although the Reuters piece says it is not just about an Electric Car - it is about an Autonomous Electric car.
One thing I think that leads a lot of believability to this rumor is that Often Wrong Gene Munster does not think it will happen. Enough for me - done deal Apple is making an Electric car. Ok well maybe not - Here is what Gene had to say in a note to investors.
quote While we believe Apple can do both a TV and a car, it seems far more likely that we get a TV from Apple in the next five years than a car. unquote
Ok - so Gene did not say no car ever - just no car in the next 5 years.
Which means either we see an Electric car from Apple in the next 5 years or we never see one.
Actually here is a quote on all these Apple car Rumors I thought was worth sharing it is from Jean-Louis Gassess - former Apple Exec.
Quote
“Apple’s life today is relatively simple. It sells small devices that are easily transported back to the point of sale for service if needed. No brake lines to flush, no heavy and expensive batteries and cooling systems, no overseeing the installation and maintenance of home and public chargers. And consider the trouble Tesla faces with entrenched auto dealers who oppose Tesla selling cars directly in some states. Apple doesn’t need these headaches.”
unquote
Good points - JL
http://fortune.com/2015/02/14/gene-
munster-no-car-from-apple-for-at-least-five-years/
36:13
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apple-buy-
tesla-75b-18-months-jason-calacanis
All these car rumors lead to more rumors and speculation.
This time from Jason Calacnis - who pines that he thinks when it comes to Electric Cars and Apple - yes it is coming - but not by Apple developing its own - but rather by Apple opening up its cash horde and buying Tesla and doing so in the next 18 months.
And nope that is not the first time we heard this rumor of Apple acquiring Tesla - here is a quote from an Episode of Tii exactly one year ago -
Quote
it was speculated that Apple was talking with Tesla to get iOS device integration into the cars - but now it looks like the talks might have been a cover for apple to talk with Tesla about buying tesla over a year ago. Now this is not likely to ever happen as Tesla's market Cap today is over 5 times where it was a year ago. Right now it is around 25 Billion. Back then it was around $4.5 Billion. And really if you look at Apples history - there was probably very little chance of it happening a year ago - as Apple has never made an acquisition over a Billion dollars - so going for one that at the time would have likely cost them $6 to $7 Bil once they put in the premium - it just does not seem likely it could have happened - that all said - Darn - I really really really would have loved to see Tesla pulled in under the Apple umbrella. Now Google will likely buy them - given that whole driverless car thing - it just seems to make sense.
unquote
Ok - since that Episode we have seen Apple spend 3 Billion for a maker of Headphones. Think about that. Wow - Apple really should have pulled the trigger a couple of years ago. If base heavy headphones are worth $3 billion -then the top of the line Electric Vehicle was easily worth $6 to $7 Billion - oooppppsss. Talk about mistake by inaction.
I am guessing we will report about Apple Buying Tesla Rumors again in the near future and then again after that and so on.
38:22
http://www.zdnet.com/article/16-million-
mobile-devices-hit-by-malware-in-2014-alcatel-lucent/
According to Alcatel-Lucent in 2014 16 Million Mobile devices were hit by Malware and by Hit - we mean were infected and by Mobile devices we or they mean Android. This report comes from their Security Labs division - which found malware on mobile devices increased 25% in 2014 - to get this - be equal to the number of Windows PC’s that are infected. Yes - Android and Windows PC’s are now running neck and neck for Viral infections according to the report. NICE. And this is one key reason why most of us stick with iOS.
The report said less than 1% of the infections came from iPhone and blackberry smartphones combined.
Yeah Android - go team.
Thanks to all that sent in links to that article.
39:23
VOICEMAIL - Alex_CA_answer_airprint_fingerPrint
VOICEMAIL - Roy_MI_Printing_wirelessly
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_answer_airprint
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_part2
Hey Rob
In episode 337 a caller named Mike asked about an Epson work force 650 printer. Heads up said it was not compatible with air print. I wanted to let you know that it is compatible with air print as I have the same printer and use it all the time to print from iPhone or iPad.
You have to make sure you connect the printer to your WiFi network first. Then it will show up on your iOS device as an available printer.
Hope this helps
Regards,
Ernie
VOCIEMAIL - CHUCK_Answr_printerPro
Hi Rob,
To the caller who asked about printing to a non-AirPlay printer, I have another solution.
I use Readdle's Printer Pro app to print to printers at work because they are on a different subnet than the wireless router and AirPlay doesn't work. If you install the companion app, you can print through it to any printer that you have defined on your Windows or Mac computer, even if the computer is on a different subnet than your wireless network. There's a free test app to make sure it work.
Regards,
Myron U
46:46
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/92038024/savage-
supply-co-canvas-leather-bags-and-accessori
I think it was the last episode - hey these things morph together on me - where there was talk about Backpacks and other bags for iPads and iOS devices. Well there is yet another bag project on Kickstarter.
This one involves leather and Canvas. So very earthy feeling.
They hit their goal of $10k - with $14k already.
And you have until March 9th at 4:00 PM CT to fund this one.
The project title is Canvas & Leather bags, backpacks, wallets, iPad Case - and you can find it at Kickstarter dot com and in the show notes.
Pricing ranges from 40 for the wallet to $290 for the 1912 Briefcase for a 15” laptop.
They are really cool looking - if you are looking for something different for your self or a significant other.
48:03
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/us-carrier-
unlocking-code-of-conduct/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one - which is new that US Carriers are making it somewhat easier to unlock your phone.
7 US carriers which include AT&T, Bluegrass, Cellcom, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon - are now honoring a voluntary code of conduct which include as part of the code - allowing users to get their phone unlocked with out a big fight. This of course is only after you have honored your agreements terms of service - oh and this does not mean you can take a CDMA only phone to a GSM carrier - technical rules will still apply - obviously. And it looks like Sprint will not be unlocking for domestic use phone model released before Feb 11th. Point is this - If you have a phone that you honored your term of agreement with your carrier - you should now in most cases be able to get said phone unlocked to take over seas or to another carrier - and the carriers are supposed to be giving your less hoops that are on fire and spinning for you to jump through.
but really - did it need to take this long for carriers to do what clearly is the right thing. It is sad a press release is required for common decency. But alas - I guess this is progress when dealing with Telecom companies.
49:32
VOICEMAIL - Shannon_sir_issue_remembering_wife_name
A little heads up on an app mentioned on previous episode that is free for a limited time - and that is the App - ViewExif - this is an App that lets you view the EXIF data for the photos you take right on your iOS device.
ViewEXIF - one word - search for it in the App store app or in the show notes for ep 338 at today in iOS dot com.
Hi Rob,
In response to the listener who said messenger locked up, I've had the same issues since iOS8 was released, at least once a day.
Regards,
Dan B
Hi Rob,
If me AND my wife want to use iTunes Match will we have to pay $25 times 2?
We have seperate apple id's. I'm afraid we will with seperate id's.
Regards,
Mike R
Hi Rob,
I've got a couple of different cards from the same bank... since the graphics for each card are the same on the phone, despite the cards physically having a different look, is it possible to add a nickname to the cards (Personal, Business, etc.) to quickly identify which card I wish to use at checkout? Can't seem to find that option anywhere.
Regards,
Andy
VOICEMAIL - Fdbk_apple_watch_constraint
55:50
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102425356
Thanks to Michael for this next one - which is Apple Pay related. Seems the US Governement will begin accepting Apple Pay later this year - this according to Tim Cook at the White Houses Summit on Cyber Security and consumer Protection event held at Stanford University.
Beginning in September certain government transaction like admission to National Parks will start to accept Apple Pay.
Cook also said in the future he was hopeful that leading bank and networks would use Apple Pay Technology with benefit programs like Social Security and Veteran Pensions.
Cook also said quote "We believe we can bring about a future that fully embraces both privacy and security, We must get this right. unquote.
And a fact sheet on cybersecurity initiatives from the White House said quote Apple, Visa, MasterCard, Comerica Bank and U.S. Bank are committed to working together to make Apple Pay, a tokenized, encrypted service, available for users of federal payment cards, including DirectExpress and GSA SmartPay cards. unquote.
So it seems Apple Pay is going beyond just McD and Walgreens.
57:03
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81697.html?google_editors_picks=true
And Speaking of Apple pay going beyond it will also go above - Thanks to Dr. John and a few others for this next one - which is about Apple Pay going above the clouds that is - as JetBlue will start taking Apple Pay on flights - so now if you want that $3 tiny vodka bottle - you don’t have to undo your seatbelt and pull out your wallet - you can just use your iPhone to pay for said tiny bottle of booze or a snack box or even to upgrade to better seating.
This support is set to start right about now for NY to LA and SF flights - and then roll out to all flights by June.
To roll this out Jetblue will issue iPad Minis and NFC-enabled cases to more than 3500 airline flight attendants. Which goes along with the iPads all the pilots were given back in 2013.
58:04
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/1/28/welcome-
to-apple-world-today
We mentioned TUAW was closed - merged into other properties and some writers had left to start their own thing - well said own thing is Apple World dot Today - from now on referred to as AWT
Steve Sande - part of TUAW since 2008, Dave Caolo since 2005 and Kelly Hodgkins - who has written for TUAW, MacRummors, and intoMobile are part of the AWT team.
Anyway - if you are missing TUAW from your blog feed - you can add in the AWT RSS feed in its place.
58:46
Hi rob!
Just wondering if there's a way to save my iPhoto library on an external HDD much like I do wih my iTunes?
Regards,
Enrique from manila, Philippines
One solution is the iStick
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istick/id590694047?mt=8
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 337
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STEVE for sending in the music you hear in the background. STEVE wrote:
Hi Rob,
The entire piece was recorded, mixed & produced on the iPhone 5S
Three tracks are me playing a 9 tone Idiopan steel hand drum (made from propane tanks by Brett Hutchingson)
https://m.youtube.com/user/idiopandrums
Then I used a bunch of iPhone apps:
DR-OM, which is a virtual recreation of 1960's DR-OM analog drone boxes, which have their own fascinating history.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-om/id555409573?mt=8
The "leads" are two tracks using GyroSynth an app that uses the gyroscope in the iPhone to control pitch, volume, modulation by moving the device on different axises.
GyroSynth by BeepStreet
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gyrosynth/id386527164?mt=8
Finally, I added some percussion sounds using Impaktor, an app that uses vibrations picked up by the device's mic, & accelerometer, allowing the player to place the device on a table or other surface, and then playing percussion and/or other samples by hitting the table/surface.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/impaktor-drum-
synthesizer/id557824278?mt=8
The recording isn't the greatest, because I used the iPhone mic to record the Idiopan tracks.
I used Multitrack DAW
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/multitrack-daw/
id329322101?mt=8
for recording & mixing as well as sending this to you, and Audiobus app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiobus/id558513570?mt=8
to connect up the various virtual synths.
Regards,
Steve V
SONG_STEVE_140727.mp3
Thanks STEVE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank JEFF for sending in the Artwork for today's show. JEFF wrote
Hi Rob,
Here's how the attached image was composed
All the background elements were assembled in the Master Fx app on My iPad mini.
The program comes loaded with numerous separate pieces from skys, roads, & rivers to animals, machines & various special effects which can be easily assembled without the usual burdensome requirement of actual artistic talent, a fact I find most helpful. All the artistic elements can be moved, resized, masked & otherwise tweaked Infinitely.
Once assembled the image was opened in Tangled FX to create the etching like woven texture most notable in the water. This is a great app for creating textures from woven to painterly oils . The Tii in the sky was drawn in Zen Brush. Since you can't import images into Zen Brush, I saved the image to the Sketch Club & applied it to a separate layer which was put in difference mode to make the Tii blend into the sky. Sketch club is a great app for working easily with layers & making custom brushes from your doodles or photos.
Regards,
Jeff
Well JEFF Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see JEFF'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 337 - 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.
04:07
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “After spending the better part of yesterday digging deeply into Samsung’s analyst day materials, it has become clear to me that Apple, over the long haul, stands very little chance against the Samsung behemoth. While Apple’s products truly are wonderful, and while its engineering prowess is certainly very impressive, it’s clear that Samsung will brute-force its way into taking more and more marketshare from Apple at the high end while at the same time will enjoy key structural advantages in the low end that Apple would – at least in its present form – not be able to match. unquote
Ashraf Eassa, Seeking Alpha , 7 November 2013
Why is it all so often writers at Seeking Alpha really seem to just be seeking intelligence. Wow - Could Mr Eassa have been any more wrong. Apple in 2014 cleaned Sammy’s clock on the high end and Sammy had its bell rung on the low end by multiple Chinese players. Kinda sucks to be Sammy and Mr Eassa for that matter - Just Sayin
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.
08:30
http://appleiph0ne.com/ios-8-2-beta-5-download-released
Apple Released iOS 8.2 beta 5 on Ground hog day - which I thought would mean I would have lots of time to find articles talking about new features with beta 5 before this episode was recorded - ummm no - seems it was mostly bug fixes for beta 5. There is now the option for devs to create their own setting bundles for the extensions they write for Watchkit - but that seems to be it. Again other than bug fixes.
However - there was one theme I saw in many posts - Where people are now predicting iOS 8.2 will be available in March. Ummm No - The apple Watch Tim Cook said will be in April.
Apple will want to make sure iOS 8.2 is as good as it can be - and that means waiting until just before the apple watch launches. If the Apple watch launches on April 24th - then iOS 8.2 will be available on April 22nd.
But March - nope don’t see that happening - Apple needs to get the software as good as possible. Could be wrong - often am on these things - but I would expect one more Beta in Feb and then one more in March - assuming my assumption of an April mid to late April launch for the Apple Watch.
10:01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UViZMnYPfGI
Back to the Beta 5 - when the beta 4 came out there was a video showing the iPhone 4S running beta 4 vs iOS 8.1.2 where it showed 8.1.2 was slightly faster then beta 4 - this time there is a video showing beta 5 vs iOS 8.1.3 - and this time it does look like the beta 5 was just a bit faster then 8.1.3. Which is good news for iPhone 4S users - Assuming iOS 8.1.3 was not slower than 8.1.2 - And here is also hoping 8.2 gets even better with beta 6 - as I have had complaints lately from my son about lag with his 4S. not always - but enough time that I am noticing.
10:55
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-iphone-beats-all-android-phone-sales-combined-in-us/
Thanks to Michael and Steven for this next story. Which is per a report from Kantar WorldPanel - who just released a report for smartphone sales in the US for Q4 - and for the first time since 2012 the iPhone sales in the US beat out ALL Android devices combined. And by beat out we mean a score of 47.7% to 47.6% - Hey a win is a win - be it 0.1% or 1% or 10%.
Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel said the following
Quote
While the success of the iPhone 6 and 6Plus is unprecedented, this quarter’s performance also points to Apple having its strongest portfolio ever. With a range of devices available at different price points in both contract and pre-pay Apple was able to take advantage of a weaker Android offering at the premium end of the market.
unquote
It is amazing to think that Apples not even handful of devices beat out hundreds and hundreds of different Android devices combined.
In case you are wondering - Windows Phone sales accounted for 3.8% of US smartphone sales.
And luckily my iPhone has a calculator - and it tells me that the other category had a total of 0.9% - Other in this case being mostly blackberry. 0.9% - 0.9% - 0.9% - wow - how the mighty have fallen in the last 8 years.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/apples-iphone-
overtakes-android-in-the-us-for-the-first-time-since-2012
12:39
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/01/apple-ranks-as-
chinas-most-desirable-luxury-brand/
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one Which is an article from the Wall Street Journal titled - Apple Ranks as China’s most desirable luxury brand.
From the article quote
In China, iPhones not only outsold all other smartphones in the fourth quarter, it also beat Louis Vuitton and Hermès to become the most preferred gift choice among the country’s richest this year, according to China-based luxury publishing group Hurun Research.
unquote
The Top 3 for best brand for Mens gift were
Apple #1, Louis Vuitton #2 and Gucci #3
For Women the top 3 best brands for gifts were
Apple #1, Chanel #2 and Louis Vuitton #3
So yes in China buying your significant other an iPhone with a luis vuitton case seems to be the way to their heart regardless of their sex.
It is also the way to Apples Bottom line as China continues to become a bigger and bigger piece of Apples Global sales.
Oh and what better way to show someone you have an Apple product then by strapping one on your wrist. I mean after all - what is the point of getting a luxury item if you can’t you know flaunt it to those less fortunate.
13:55
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15:41
VOICEMAIL - Answr_Swipe_quest
Hi Rob,
I noticed iheart radio has a wake up alarm.
Regards,
Mike R
Rob,
On the last episode a caller named Josh asked about field test mode on AT&T. I also have AT&T and have been using field test mode for about four years straight with no side effects that I have noticed. It seems perfectly safe to me.
Regards,
Lou V
16:54
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,900 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Blair Jones who asked
Quote
Help!
What was the setting on iPad that would stop it from ringing when I get a phone call?
I know I set it before on a different iPad but I've forgotten where it was -- and poking around in Settings doesn't seem to turn it up.
Unquote
There were a few responses to that indicating the setting is under FaceTime setting - iPhone Cellular Calls - and turn it off.
Thanks to all that replied on that one.
And since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan 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 1900+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Oh and there was this other post from Tosin O.
quote Did anyone know that if you pressed and held the write new email bottom at bottom right of the email screen, you get options of starting a new email or a list of your drafts. iOS 8 nails it everyday. unquote
Thanks Toisn for that post.
18:54
http://www.cultofmac.com/311171/crazy-iphone-rig-
shows-chinese-workers-manipulate-app-store-rankings/
Thanks to Mark H and many others for the heads up on this next one.
What is that old saying Cheaters never win and winners never cheat - well unless you are playing Professional football or you are an App company gaming the iTunes system.
Seems some companies are gaming iTunes by employing Chinese workers to play games on many many devices at once to drive up rankings.
This is done at what is called an App Manipulation Farm - AMF's See Devs can pay for their apps downloads artificially inflated. But this article misses part of the Apple algorithm - which used to be just downloads for Apps - but now has a strong component of App launches and sessions played.
Hence where these AMF’s come into play. Each worker is placed in front of a rack of 50 to 100 Smartphones.
They also found the price sheet for these services. If you want your free app to make it to the top of iTunes it will cost you $11,200 - if you want to keep it there for a week it is $65,000 per week.
Note the Picture of this which is what made this story go viral has not actually been verified as someone working in an AMF - but it could be - and that they were able to find pricing for this service and multiple companies in china offering the service - definitely lends that said manipulation is going on.
Again - Apples ranking is not just purely by downloads - it has a launch and use aspect to it - so for this to work - you are looking at a lot of labor and devices to pull it off. Also rankings are not global in iTunes App stores - they are by country - so for someone to pull this off in the US or other countries with higher wage rates - it would cost much more.
21:46
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2878090/warning-
applewatch-april-likely-us-first.html
Per the Apple Watch and it shipping in Early 2015 - which Tim Cook said would be April. Well it now seems that is for those customers in the US. As the US Apple Watch page says it will ship in early 2015. But change over to the UK store and it just says in 2015. No mention of quote early unquote - so again for the UK at least - it does not look like there will be availability of the apple watch until after May 1st 2015. Same with Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong - as they all just say 2015 - only the United States Apple store says Early 2015 - i.e. before May 1st.
Sorry folks outside the US. And in the US - that likely means shortages - which means lines - if you really want to get one before the summer that is.
23:11
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/02/01/1-huge-improvement-
likely-coming-to-apple-incs-iph.aspx
Hi Rob, An early start to iPhone 6s rumors. Dr. John M
One thing we know about other rumors from past years that were quote leaked unquote before April - yeah - pretty much all were bunk.
This time of year is when people try to guess what will be released and then say they heard from some un-named source - if they get it right - they point back to it later on and say see I told you - and when more likely they get it wrong - they you know just make believe they never said anything at all.
So this article is a refreshing change for this time of the year - as the author does not say he was informed by un-named sources, people in the know or even little green men - he just comes out and say this is what he thinks will happen. Honesty - it is so refreshing - and un-usual - especially given the source - which is Fool.com - and the author is Ashraf Eassa - if the name sounds familiar - that is because he was featured in our how wrong were they segment - and it was completely co-incidence.
That all Said What Mr Eassa speculates for the iPhone 6S series - is an major update in the graphics processor. He talks about Imagination Technologies recently announced next-gen set of graphic processor IP known as PowerVR Series 7XT
Apple in the past has integrated Graphic Processor IP from Imagination Technologies into its A-Series Chips.
According to Imagination Technologies - Bench mark testing on its new 7XT IP showed an improvement of between 35% and 61% at the same frequency processor.
If Apple ups the processor clock speed - and reduces from 20 Nano meters to 14 or 16 nana meter FinFet technology and Apple goes quad core and Apple goes to 2MB for ram - well if all of those ifs becomes check marks - then the next iPhone 6S would see a graphics performance boost much greater than what was seen from the 5S to the 6.
Most of what he said in the article makes sense. But then Again - do remember this all came from todays How wrong were they featured guest.
25:51
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102389945
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one as well plus also quite a few others - which is about good news for Arizona - but bad news for anyone expecting an unbreakable Sapphire screen on their iPhone any time soon.
Seems the Mega Factory Apple purchased in Mesa Arizona for the express and sole purpose of manufacturing Tons and Tons of Sapphire for iPhone screens - and which tragically resulted in the collapse and bankruptcy of GTAT - well that plant is now going to be a Mega Data center for Apple. Apple announced this past week it will invest $2 Billion to build up a data center at that site.
Quote This multibillion-dollar project is one of the largest investments we've ever made, and when completed it will add over 600 engineering and construction jobs to the more than one million jobs Apple has already created in the U.S.” unquote - said Apple.
I say this is bad news as this definitely means no Sapphire Screen this year or next year for the iPhone. Remember Apples plan for that facility was for it to be producing already 2/3rds of the artificial sapphire in the world. For them to convert that site so quickly to something completely different really looks like Apple says - we tried - we failed - we are moving on. Good for Mesa Arizona - in that they still get more job creation and investment. Good for Apple in that they are not getting hung up on a technology that ultimately did not pan out - but bad for those of us hoping to have an iPhone that when it does a faceplant our stomach does not instantly drop.
27:29
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/07/corning-
project-phire/?ncid=rss_truncated
But our mourning over the loss of Sapphire might be short lived - Thanks to Chris from London for sending this article over - which is from Engadget and it is titled - Corning’s sapphire-like glass keeps your smartphone scratch-free - and well I think you get the gist of the article - it is about a new product from Corning where they are teasing that they figured out how to make a product that is as shatter resistant as Gorilla glass 4 and approaches the scratch protection of Sapphire.
Remember while Sapphire was almost impossible to scratch it is more brittle than Gorilla glass - so it would still shatter when face planted - that is something that brought does GTAT - as they never were able to get Sapphire produced that was not as brittle.
This product is apparently code named Phire - as in P H I R E - and we can only assume it is a code name and not the official name.
If anyone can pull off this - it is corning - and maybe last years scare from Apple got them kicked into high gear. Because if Apple and GTAT had pulled that rabbit out of a hat - it would have been very bad news for Corning.
I am sure more about this story in the future.
28:53
http://time.com/3697110/apple-tv-rumors/
Time.com had an article titled - Why the Apple TV Rumors are more believable this time. Oh call me a sucker - but I was hooked - I had to read this one. And this one is per the article on feb 4th in Re-Code by Peter Kafka.
In Peter’s article - he wrote that Apple is in Talks with TV Programmers about deals that quote would allow apple to offer an over the top pay-tv service. unquote. Ok first - Apple must really like to talk - because these said talks have been going on for years now. Just ask Uncle often wrong Gene Munster.
Peter addresses that cynicism in his article by saying quote
One difference between earlier efforts and the current chats: After years of failed efforts to deliver TV over the Web, both Dish and Sony have reached agreements with programmers to deliver both live, “linear” TV as well as video-on-demand, just like cable-TV providers offer. So now there’s a model for this stuff. Unquote
Back to the Time article and why they think this time there may finally be fire to go with the smoke. Well basically for the same reasons as what Peter said - others are now kinda doing it - so why not Apple.
I guess call me skeptical - but this is a rumor I have been reporting or mentioning on since well just after the iPhone came out or pretty close. The internal optimist in me really really wants to believe Apple has Cracked TV. But the part of me that can search back through past show notes - realizes - anyone that has mentioned this as coming soon - has been left with lots of egg on ones face. Just Sayin.
30:40
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/04/technology/apple-watch-flop/index.html
Thanks to Christian and Kirby for this next one - which is definitely going to be in a future how wrong were they. Basically the same exact Article was published 8 years ago for the iPhone - then they did a find and replace for iPad and republished right before the iPad launched - and now they did a find and replace with Apple Watch. Essentially this was pure and simple a Link Bait title from CNN Money titled The Apple Watch will flop - heres why.
How do we know it was Link bait - because the first sentence of the article is already back tracking on the title. Which they say quote The Apple Watch is going to be a flop. Well, in Apple terms anyway. unquote
Oh per the reasons why it will be a flop - the first reason is it costs $350 - yes and we all know that Apple Products costing $350 or more tend to be flops.
Again this is an article where they simply went back and repurposed one of those articles saying the iPad, iPhone, even the iPod will be a flop.
Hey CNN Money - can I get the 5 minutes of my life back I just spent reading this crap.
31:52
http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/android-malware-
google-play.html
Speak of getting some time of your life back - time for me to dog on Android. Thanks to the plethora of you that sent in links for this next one. Which is from The Hacker News dot com. And the article in question is titled - Adware Android Apps found in google play with millions of downloads -
From the Article quote security researchers have once again found Google Play Store offering malicious apps that are infecting millions of Android users with adware. unquote
Adware is software that automatically displays and or downloads advertising material to a users phone when connected to the net. The problem is with Android Adware can quote pose a major threat to users' privacy, since some ad networks gather personal information like phone number, email address, and many more. Depending on where the ad network is based, there might be no legal guidelines for how that information could be used. unquote
Unlike with iOS - where Apple has strict rules about what Advertisers can and cannot do - which by the way Advertisers hate - but still spend lots more on the iOS side. But with Android - there are no real checks on what Advertisers can do - after all Android is an alter that was built to sacrifice you the user to the advertising gods - so why would they ever think of restricting what gets sacrificed on said alter. Just sayin.
Yes very small number of you get testy when I slam Android - but remember - I am not slamming Android users - They are the victims - I am slamming the Alter maker and the gods calling for the sacrifices in this story. Not those whose throats were slit. For lack of a better analogy.
I will just say if you are using iOS and thinking of changing or on the fence between iOS an Android - read this article. If you are someone with an annoying Android Fan boys friend / co-worker or relative - and need ammo for the water cooler / dinner table - read the article.
Link in the show notes for Ep 337.
34:11
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/02/bad-time-for-samsung-
mobile-and-android-based-devices
Thanks to Steve and Michael and a few others for this one.
Which you know just makes me smile. It is about Sammy and issues they are having.
As we know last quarter Apple had the best quarter ever - I don’t want to say their best quarter ever - I think that under sells - it so I will say The Best quarter ever - as in the best quarter ever by anyone in the history of Business. While Apple was busy have The best Quarter ever - Things over at the Sammy side we not so sunny. queue in the sad trombone.
see Profits for its mobile division fell over 64%.
Now both companies did sell about the same number of Phones last quarter. But the ASP of Sammy phones was about $250 while Apples ASP was almost $700. This according to a report from ABI Research. See the Average sales price of the iPhone jumped up about $87 year over year for the quarter for Apple - but at for Android devices it dropped by $100 year over year.
Now as bad as things are for Android - things are worse for MS handheld division their average smartphone sells for just $45 - yes $45 as in $5 less than $50. Ouch.
Oh and I should point out ABI also just released info on Tablet sales for last quarter - and one of the things they noted was a huge drop off in Kindle Fire sales. A little back story - Amazon has never reported kindle fire numbers - just used funny marketing jargon to say how great sales are without you know giving real numbers like Apple does.
That all said Amazon protested in how ABI calculated what was a tablet and the numbers they presented. And Amazon tried to save face and say their 6 inch fire was the most wished for device - again with the marketing speak. See ABI is not including anything less than 7 inches in their tablet numbers.
But here is a little hint to Amazon - if you don’t want people to think your sales suck for your tablets or media devices or what ever they are called are. You could you know RELEASE said numbers. Amazon has never said how many Kindle Fires they have sold - yet that have the audacity to go after ABI for trying to figure it out at least for the devices over 7 inches. If you are mad at ABI - just pick up the phone call them and tell them the real number - otherwise Amazon - please shut up. Sorry - a little rant there - but Hypocrisy chaffs me.
37:09
VOICEMAIL - Levi_CA_quest_Trucker_help_app
Hi Rob,
I saw this quote on Twitter quote Android smartphones are like cars.
If you want an update, you have to buy a new one. unquote
Regards,
Bob
Thanks Bob - So true.
Hello,
I'm writing to you today, because calling the number was not working for some reason. Anyway, I wanted to tell you and the audience about this great app I've been using to get things done. It's called Timeful and what makes it great is how it integrates your calendar and reminders to suggest the most convenient times for you to do whatever it is you're trying to do on a given day. The best feature, in my opinion, is the ability to add habits that you want to form. All you have to do is designate a time frame such as morning, afternoon, or evening and how long the habit takes to complete daily and it will notify you when you're free to do said activity. I've started flossing as a result.
However, I have a tendency to forget to check the app every morning to make sure I plan my day, so I wanted to ask you or the audience if there is an app or process that could launch up your morning apps when you wake up. I don't want to jailbreak, so keep that in mind. Loving the show more every week, so keep doing you.
Thanks,
Jonathan from New Orleans
Hi Rob,
When iOS 8 was introduced, the raise to speak functionality was removed. This feature was so useful because you could control your iPhone using Siri simply by lifting your phone to your ear and then speaking. This meant that you could create appointments, notes et cetera without everyone around you knowing about it.
Recently, I found a workaround that allows iPhone users to do this in a similar way. All you need to do is press and hold the home button until Siri starts. As soon as Siri starts raise the phone to your ear give the normal commands. Siri will do your bidding and any output be heard through the phones earpiece, not the speaker. This method can also be used with the dictation button and I have found that my dictation accuracy is very much improved when using the phone this way instead of using a microphone.
I hope this helps those iPhone users who were very disappointed with the removal of raise to speak
Regards,
Stuart D
Dundee
Scotland
40:55
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/531680546/wishbone-
the-worlds-smallest-smart-thermometer
Hi Rob, This is Harry from Joywing team. We have been developing a small non-contact smart thermometer called Wishbone for parents. It has a distinctive Y shaped design that makes it easier for user to operate and view at the same time. It is compatible with the iPhone and can check object and ambient temperatures. We launched Wishbone on Kickstarter over a week ago and got really good feedback from other parents: I created Wishbone based on my experience as a father and feedback from my customers (I am also a baby product store owner). I want it to be a thoughtful and caring product and I believe that getting insights from everyone, not just parents, is the key. We woild love to hear your thoughts on the product idea and how we can make it better for parents. Thank you for your time and I look forward hearing from you. Harry Hu Founder of Joywing Tech
Hello Harry - and thanks for the heads up on your kickstarter project called Wishbone. Which had a goal of $20k and now is well over $100k. So Congrats Harry. I can attest to the thermometer issue - we had a forehead thermometer and trying to get a good reading on it was hit or miss it seemed - often ending with the under the arm thermometer - which then ended with well the one that requires vaseline. You get the picture and my sons when they were babies well they often got .. well again you get the picture.
Pricing for this is $33 for one. $60 for two and $87 for three.
If you have a baby or are planning on having one in the future you will want to search for Wishbone in Kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 337.
You have until Feb 26th at 11:51 AM CT to fund this project.
42:55
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/it-was-one-of-
kickstarters-most-successful-109496883039.html
Thanks to Lenard and Skynard and everyone else that sent in this next one. Which refers back to Neil Youngs PonoPlayer - this was going to be a magical Media player with audio quality so great you would plunk down $500 for the device and then go and buy special versions of your favorite song encoded in a manner that it is supposed to be of superior quality.
Which in theory sounds great - but in practice - well yeah - not so much - well in the superior quality perspective.
There is an article titled - Neil Young’s PonoPlayer - the Emperor has no clothes - and the article goes over the results of blind testing of the Pono player and its special music tracts and the iPhone and standard iTunes tracks - and not only could people not tell a difference - but the majority that had a preference in audio quality picked the iPhone. Dooohh.
Well, I Hope Neil Young will remember a sound man don’t need him around anyhow.
Folks - Just stick with your iPhone for good music playback.
44:01
http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/ipad-bags/
A question right before recording came in via our Google+ community from Myron Uecker and he asked
Quote
I was wondering if anybody had recommendations for a backpack for carrying an iPad and a few accessories like headphones, chargers, external battery, etc. It seems that almost everything I'm finding online is either sized to fit a laptop (Macbook Air size may not be too big, though) or so small you can barely fit a charger in the same bag.
The bag I am currently using is a ful messenger bag and it is about 9x12x4. I like the bag and would recommend it to anybody but I'm looking more for a small backpack or sling bag. This one just has a carry handle and shoulder strap.
I carry my iPad with me just about everywhere and there are times when the shoulder strap is not the best choice. I think I would be happier with a backpack that is about the same size but could carried securely on my back.
Ideas?
unquote
To which I responded - Check out the STM line of backpacks.
I love my Laptop bag and my Backback for my Laptop - their quality is great.
They have a line of bags for iPads.
Link in the show notes to the STM line of iPad bags.
45:26
VOICEMAIL - Mike_Question_Error_msg
Hey Rob,
Can you ask your listeners for their advice… Im looking for a presentation app to do the following:
• To present from one iPad to 8 other iPads - in the same room.
• Present PDFs and Videos.
• Prevent the viewers from skipping ahead in the presentation.
• Allow presenter to highlight, circle, etc. live
• Allow viewers to take notes and make annotations while watching presentation, with ability to save notes for future reference.
Thanks Rob this will be a big help
Regards,
John P
Space Coast of Florida
Hey Rob,
I was just wondering if you have heard anything about the PPghost jailbreak for iOS 8.1.2 on Mac. Have you tried it? Or would it be a better, although more complicated, option to use TaiG via a Windows virtual machine on a Mac? I haven't updated to 8.1.3 yet, since I want to retain the ability to jailbreak.
Regards,
Michael O
Hi Rob,
if I can bother you with a quick question.
I am looking at an iPhone 5 (Verizon) for sale which has already been jailbroken, the question is this, it is running iOS 7 version 7.0.4.
The seller is willing to update it higher if I want.
What would you do? Leave it there or go up to 8.1.2?
thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
Johnny Helmsteadt
ps. I have looked into jailbreaking myself, and it requires that my itunes be moved back a version or two from what I currently have on my MacBookAir.
VOICEMAIL - Mike_Quest_best_way_to_print
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/02/06/rent-apple-watch/
Hi Rob, Might be worth trying out to see if you want to wait for gen 2. Remember the big difference between the initial iPhone and the iPhone 3G.
Regards,
xxxxxx
And what xxxx is talking about is a new service that is like the Netflix of consumer electronics - where you can try out some electronics for a low fee - The company is Lumoid - L u m o i d dot com Lumoid users can pick any 5 devices to try for seven days for $20.
No word on if this pricing will also cover the Apple watch as well - as they do have other pricing levels.
More on this I am sure in the future.
But I do want to reply to xxxxx's comment about the initial iPhone and the 3G - and there difference there of. I have seen a few articles in the past week - that said to wait to the 2nd gen Apple watch - remember the differences in the past for 1st gen apple devices. Except the difference between the first Gen iPhone and the 3G - was very very little. The iPhone 3G - had 3G connections. And the only other difference was it was plastic. Same processor and camera and other internals - the big and only difference was the iPhone 3G - was 3G - and the Original iPhone was not - but it did have a nicer case for the Original - just like the original iPod had the best click wheel of all the iPods.
Sometimes first Gen Apple devices have some unique features that make it worth the purchase. Remember that when you read articles about people talking about waiting for the 2nd gen of an Apple product.
55:48
VOICEMAIL - Chris_MO_Fixit_here
Hey Rob -
I have two issues with iOS 8 that are really bugging me.
First, I'm running a 64GB iPhone 6 on AT&T.
The problems:
1. When someone tries to schedule an all-day or multi-day event using Outlook, my iCal ALWAYS, every single time, crashes when trying to open the event in the iOS email app.
2.The Message app locks up, sort of, very often. It will show my messages, but won't let me reply. It also has sometimes stuck in landscape mode as well. I have to swipe up to kill the app, then reopen it and it will work.
Both of these issues have been happening since iOS 8.0.
i was just wondering if you or any other listeners have had these problems.
Great show!
Mick from Jefferson, WI
57:45
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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.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 336
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 Called Face It with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Face It.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 REL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. REL wrote
Hi Rob,
I used my iPhone 6 for taking the photo then edited it with Snapseed, Squaready, PS Express, Frame Magic and the Phonto apps.
Also, if you'd like to see some of my photography... I'm "Sundisk" on Instagram where you can see more of my works.
Regards,
Rel R
Well REL Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see REL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 336 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:08
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Apple’s innovation problem is real. Rivals have caught up to Apple in the markets it once dominated, and the tech giant’s rumored future products appear to be more evolutionary than revolutionary.”
Julianne Pepitone and Adrian Covert, CNNMoneyTech, 8 September 2013
What is the catch up you speak of. The rivals for the most part are selling crap. And all the profits remain with Apple as a result - as more then enough people show they will spend a little extra to get a lot more -- Just Sayin
02:50
For Promo codes - On Ep 335 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - BVS SOLITAIRE COLLECTION - we will be giving those out later this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 335.
No promo codes for this episode - which means you as a dev just missed out on a great - free - opportunity to promote your apps - hey folks - Promotion - Promotion - Promotion - that is part of the game if you are going to be an app dev.
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.
03:50
I want to thank Barry M for the heads up on an issue with the Chitika Map from the last episode. This is something I realllllly should have noticed - This is per the article about which states had the highest % of iPhone Traffic for their ad network - and one State I mentioned - and well featured is the state I live in Kansas. What I did not notice - but Barry did - was that in the Chitika map - They have the state of Nebraska colored dark and labeled as Kansas and they labeled Kansas as Nebraska - Doooo. You would think give you know I live in Kansas I would have noticed. Per my defense - I did actually work on that one from the iPhone and I was just looking at state names - but still pretty embarrassed I did not catch it and worse for Chitika for messing it up. Per if Kansas was actually at the higher level or was it Nebraska - not sure.
05:04
http://www.imore.com/ios-813-launched-and-will-
reduce-amount-storage-needed-software-update
Apple did finally release update iOS 8.1.3 As with any double dot update it is mostly geared toward bug fixes and not feature adds.
Well, I'm sorry to say that 8.1.3 didn't fix the Spotlight bug on my iPhone 6 like they said it would. It's disappeared twice so far since updating, anyone else noticed this?
Regards,
Shanon
In our Google+ community - Tosin O posted the following:
Just downloaded iOS 8.1.3. Hitch-free. What has been your experience?
To which he had many responses. Here are some of them:
Bob Stacy
JAll good, no problems at all
Marc Parrish
Right after I installed 8.1.3 Google + crashed
Jerry Goldbaum
No problems. Spotlight search seems ok now.
Nhon Huynh
My finger print reader is not working consistency anymore after the update to 8.1.3.
Is anyone else experiencing any issue unlocking your phone using the finger print?
I have a iPhone 5s from Verizon.
Nhon Huynh
I figure out that the finger print reader doesn't work when lighting cable is plugged in. Unplug it then it works again.
Very weird. 8.1.3 bug.
Nhon Huynh
Figure print sensor is working now(plugged in too). That was weird. I noticed it stopped working after an hour after I updated.
So everything is fine now.
Francisco Tapia
Noticing that some apps now pause their animation transitions, were in 8.1.2 they were smooth.
Gail Allinson
No problems with it.
Stephen Long
Seems fine to me :-)
Bruce Paterson
All was well.
Based on what I have read and seen - it is ok to update to 8.1.3 - As long as you don’t plan on jailbreaking - if you plan on jailbreaking as always don’t upgrade.
Also before you upgrade - make sure you follow my recommended steps - You can see them as a PDF in the Tii App - Go to the Episode list - then tap on PDF - and scroll to the bottom - and tap on Recommended Update Procedure. Then tap on Open PDF.
It is highly recommended you do this before each update.
Per myself - I have not updated yet - One - I was traveling this past week - so I never do updates when traveling. Two when I made it back - I had a choice Do the update and delay this episode - or get the episode out tonight. I choose the later. I will be updating tomorrow - and will also be doing the iTunes update and the latest updates for OS Ten Yosemite. Lots of updates this past week.
If you had any issues with the latest update - email me today in iOS at gmail dot com and let me know what issues you had - also let me know if you did the update per my recommended steps. Not that I would be judging or anything.
08:30
http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q4-2014-quarterly-report
Lets talk a little about Apple’s quarterly conference call.
Apple Did something they have not done in a long time - not since Steve was the CEO and totally were sandbagging Projections. What Apple did was they blew everyones expectations including their own way out of the water.
Revenue, Profits, Earnings Per share, iPhone Sales - toasted all expectations.
Revenue was $74.6 Billion vs 57.6 Billion a year ago and 42.1 Billion last quarter.
Total Cash now is at 178 Billion up 22.7 billion for the quarter from 155.2 Billion
Apple Generated 33.7 Billion in Cash flow and returned over 8 billon via dividends and share buy backs last quarter.
Apples 18 billion in Profitst for the quarter was not just an all time record for Apple - it was an all time record for any public company in any quarter ever.
Yet the press for the last couple of years and even some still are negative on Apple
Here is a great quote from Ben Thompson at stratechery.com
Quote
last quarter Apple’s revenue was downright decimated by the strengthening U.S. dollar; currency fluctuations reduced Apple’s revenue by 5% – a cool $3.73 billion dollars. That, though, is more than Google made in profit last quarter ($2.83 billion). Apple lost more money to currency fluctuations than Google makes in a quarter. And yet it’s Google that is feared, and Apple that is feared for. unquote
I think that sums up the irrational and sometimes downright inept Tech and financial press when it comes to their reporting on Apple.
Now lets talk units sold. Last quarters iPhone sales of 74.5 Million were way above even the most optimistic anal-ist which was Kirk Burgess from the Braeburn group who had guessed 71.5 Million. The average estimate was 66.5 Mil So Apple beat the average by 8 Million. Oh and the dunce hat that goes to Uncle Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray with a laughable guess of 61 Million. Remember folks - Uncle Gene gets paid lots and lots of money to follow Apple full time and figure out what Apple is going to report.
Per my predictions on iPhone sales - I was right in one way what I said was quote My guess is Apple sold how ever many they were able to make last quarter - with Apple saying that sales were constrained by supply - and they did not equal equilibrium until This month. but If I was guessing I would have said 69.2 Mil sold. unquote.
Again I was right that apple sold how many they could make - which is what they said on the call - and they also said it was not until January when they reached equilibrium. So this quarter will be all about demand - not supply.
For iPad sales - Apple reported 21.4 Million sold vs 26 Million a year ago and 12.3 Million last quarter. So yes as expected it was a drop. But only 0.1 less than Anal-ists estimated in Average. Colin Gillis from BGC Partners was closest to the mark with a guess of 21.2 Million iPads sold.
Furthest from the mark to low goes to Aaron C Rakers with a guess of 16.3 Million - and furthest from the mark too high were Peter Misek and Uncle Gene Munster. both with a guess of 25 Million units.
So Yes - Often Wrong Uncle Gene - was the worst when it comes to iPhone predictions and one of the worst for iPad predictions - and he is getting paid for following apple why???? All I have to say is don’t trust your money with Piper Jarrray - Just sayin
Per Macs sold - Apple reported 5.5 Million Macs were sold last quarter vs 4.8 Mil the year ago quarter and 5.5 the previous quarter. That number was right in line with Anal-ists estimates.
They would have sold one more mac last quarter if they had released an updated mac book pro - which I am really really waiting for. Hopefully Apple intros the new Mac Book Pros soon.
Turning to Miscellaneous notes from the conference call.
- 200,000 unit decline in iPhone channel inventory for the quarter vs an increase of a 1 Million units in the year ago quarter. So the 74.5 Mil number is even more impressive vs last years sales.
iPhone sales for the quarter worked out to an average of >34,000 iPhones sold per hour for the full quarter.
- iPhone ASPs were $687 increase of $50 from the year ago quarter. So going from 32GB to 64GB for the middle tier paid off.
- The 1 Billionth iOS device sold in November - it was an iPhone - which apple has - Which really is that a sale if Apple still has it? Hmmmm. Anyway - there are now well over 1 Billion iOS devices that have been sold.
Apple said there have been over 25 Million Apple TV’s sold to date.
- USA Technologies made Apple Pay available at 200,000 locations - vending machines and parking meters and kiosks and laundry machines.
xx:xx
http://mashable.com/2015/01/27/apple-watch-april/
And One more thing I learned from the Apple call is what early in the year means - what middle of the year means and what late in the year means. As Tim was so nice to break that down.
Early in the year is Jan 1st to April 30th. Middle of the year is May 1st to August 31st and late in the Year is September 1st to December 31st. So remember that the next time Apples says a new product is coming early or mid or late this or next year.
We learned all about this because Apple said the Apple Watch would be launched in April and one of the anal-ists asked why it slipped from early in the year to April. To which Tim then gave everyone Apples definitions previously mentioned.
If you would like to see some charts showing all time Sales of iPhone and iPads - go to the Tii App and look for the bonus content you will see a PDF with updates charts.
One thing you will start to see is that iPad sales combined for the trailing 4 quarters are now starting to drop vs how the iPhone was doing at the same point in its life. I know Apple has said in the recent past that total iPad sales were better than iPhone sales at the same point in its life - that is no longer true. This is not a negative on the iPad - I think it is just that the iPad’s useful life is much much longer - and as you are seeing if you own an iPad - there really is no reason to upgrade better then once every 3 to 4 or more years. Our Original iPad is still used almost every day by my kids - and my Parents are using their original iPad every day for emails.
A couple of other notes from the call.
HealthKit is now in over 600 apps;
The Swift development tools have been downloaded 11 million times
over 30 auto brands have signed up for CarPlay
over 750 banks and credit unions are signed up to Apple Pay.
And finally one of the most interesting stats of all - and that is Tim Cook said over 85% of new iPhone sales last quarter were to switchers with most coming from Android. Huh? Wow - I mean if that is really true - wow. That could be a good reason why by Friday of this week apple Stock was up to a new all time high of $120 during the day - It finished the day at $117.16 - there was a sell off at the end of the day where people and robots were taking profits. Still if you look at the end of its week - it was one of the better end of the week positions for the stock for a week where earnings were announced vs the beginning of that week at least for the last couple of years that is.
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/15iuhbsdfvuohibwfvohub01/event/
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2876320/apple-
has-sold-one-billion-ios-devices-company-claims.html
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/01/27Apple-
Reports-Record-First-Quarter-Results.html
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/27/technology/apple-
iphone-earnings/index.html
http://stratechery.com/2015/bad-assumptions/
17:48
We are very happy to have Casper back as a sponsor - Casper is an online retailer and manufacturer of Premium mattresses for a fraction of the price you are used to paying.
Have you ever purchased a mattress by sitting on it for just a few minutes at the store only later to regret it. That happened with us for my Oldest son's mattress. We thought we purchased a good mattress - but oh my - we learned we did not - we would lay down with him to get him to go to sleep and as we tried to get up he would hear us and feel us moving and would wake up - very very frustrating. But we were stuck with the Mattress - However With Casper you get a 100 day risk free trial period. You don't like it you get your money back and they come and pick it back up. That said - the mattress they sent is great and is definitely not going back. It is a mix of Latex foam and Memory foam. No noisy springs to wake up your kid or significant other when you get up - which is also nice for sneaking off at 2:00 AM to write some show notes because I thought of a snarky joke to work in the next episode.
HERE is why I really love this mattress When we received our Casper mattress for my son - the first three nights he slept through the whole night - The last time he slept 3 nights in a row through the whole night - yeah that would be NEVER - not even in the womb.
Casper did an incredible job on the engineering and feel of this mattress - I have slept on it as well and it is a really great sleep. Actually the issue I have now if I need to get him asleep is I tend to fall asleep. And the nights I record episodes - the boys go and sleep with mom - so when I am done I can sleep on his bed now and my back is not all out of whack in the morning.
But just as important as quality is Pricing and the pricing is really great. Twin Mattresses are just $500, they also have Twin XL for $600, Full for $750, Queen for $850 and then King and Cal King - for $950. That is less than half the price my Parents just paid for their King sized mattress and they can't stand their mattress. Like I said you have 100 days to return it risk free. And if you go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code tii - you will save $50 off those prices.
This is an american made mattress with delivery right now for the US and Canada only and it is free delivery. When said mattress is delivered - it is from UPS - in a squarish box that you think no way is there a mattress in there - But you get a cool little tool to cut open the package and the mattress opens up and expands to form.
And Yes - the Mattress box is still a fort for the kids in their play room.
As they say You spend 1/3 of your life in bed - ok maybe more if you have Apple TV and Netflix in bedroom. And for the cost of an iPad - is it not worth getting the best nights sleep possible - and that is what you will get with Casper or what your kids will get. Again to Save $50 off of the prices I mentioned go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code t i i - all lower case on the promo code. again casper dot com / tii - promo code tii to save $50 - thanks Casper for the great mattress for my son and for sponsoring this show.
21:15
VOICEMAIL - Answr_instagram_quest
Hi Rob,
I found a way to help the 2 callers that were trying to get Siri to recognize their kids' name when spoken. I have the same problem. My daughter's name is Lorelei (pronounced Laura Lie) and Siri always messes it up. Here's what I did:
-Add your child to your contacts (may not be required but that's what I did).
-Go to your contact and "add related name." (Again, may not be necessary, but that's what I did.)
-Launch Siri and say, "That's not how you say [name]." She'll ask you to pronounce it and give you choices to pick from.
After doing that, it seems to be working for me. Hope it works for you.
Regards,
Lou V
P.S.: I hope your mom is feeling better after surgery. Best wishes.
Hi Rob,
There was a frustrated caller that just wanted to Siri to allow him to dictate the name of his son Jamon, which is a difficult alternative spelling of a non-English word.
I figured out a way to get Siri dictation to recognize and spell the name correctly.
See https://plus.google.com/108456183855650206431/
posts/8aiTxexHMMi
Regards,
Keith
Hi Rob,
Just create a contact with that name
Siri will use it first before trying to spell it her self
Regards,
Trucker Alex
Hi Rob,
Here is how to handle Siri Spelling names wrong and to teach her/him..
First the persons name needs to be in your contacts. Spelt Correctly.
Do the following after writing down the way Siri thinks it should be spelled.
Go into contacts.
Go to the contact you are working with.
Go into "Edit"
Scroll down to "Add Field" and go into add field.
Go into "Phonetic First Name"
Spell in this field the way that Siri spelled the contact name that you wrote down.
Hit Done.
Now Siri will recognize your contact the way you say it. Siri will also spell it correctly now.
Regards,
- Chris in London
Rob
In your episode 335, a couple of listeners had Siri issues with misspelling given names for family members. I recalled an earlier problem finding a contact with Siri and recalled a solution.
Here is that solution oto help Siri understand a name and spell it correctly - this should help.
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Open Contacts.
Go to the contact you are working with. (Or create a new contact)
Click "Edit"
Scroll down to "Add Field"; click it select "Phonetic First Name".
Spell in this field the way that Siri misspelled the contact name that you wrote down.
Click Done.
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Now here is a wrinkle - you may have other names in your 1000+ Contact entries that phonetically sound alike. For example, Corrie, Cory, Kari, Carey, Keri.
The phonetic first name field can't resolve those problems.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville
24:47
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,900 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was from Anthony McDonald who asked
Quote Who thinks the iPhone 5 will get ios9 Unquote
And the simplest answer to this is the 4S is getting support for iOS 8 - so YES the iPhone 5 will get support for iOS 9 - and if you take it one step further - ANY iOS device currently for sale will get support for iOS 9 - and the iPhone 5C has the same internals as the iPhone 5 - the only thing different is the case. So Double Yes on the iPhone 5 getting iOS 9.
That said I hope iOS 9 is 99.9% focused on bug fixes and performance enhancements - New features are not nearly as important to me - then seeing the next iOS run better, faster and more reliably on the current hardware.
And since the last episode there were also 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 1900+ of you already in the community and contributing.
26:16
https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/developing-ios-8-apps-swift/
id961180099?&at=10l4Mc
One other thing mentioned in the Quarterly call and also sent in by a few of you - is that Stanfords iTunes U course for learning Swift Programming is now available. So if you were one that has used the Stanford courses in the past to learn iOS development - good news - the Swift version is now available.
26:43
http://help.testflightapp.com/customer/portal/articles/1768754
Are you an App Dev or someone doing beta testing for An App Dev - And WERE You someone that liked test flight? I say Were as in past tense -a as on Feb 26th - Testflight will be grounded. Apple Purchased the company that created test flight. If you want to know what to do - look for the link titled Test Flight in the show notes for Ep 336.
But in a nut shell - apple has some instructions for you to look over for beta testing.
27:21
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/01/29/despite-apple-
gains-android-rules-smartphones/
I love the title of this next one - and by Love I mean Hate. And by Hate I mean - I pitty the fool that wrote it - but it does show just how clueless some Tech writers / Android fan boys can be. And this is from Silicon beat - and the title of the article is quote Despite Apple Gains, Android rules smartphones unquote. Yes because Apples close to 90% share of smartphone profits - that does not mater. This article is one of those - Don’t have a clue articles - but hey it is link bait so it worked. They just don’t get that Android is not a single thing - it is a chaotic mess of many different versions each with modifications by the OEM and then more modifications by the Carriers. What you experience on an HTC with T-Mobile in Germany may be very different then what you experience with Samsung on Verzion in the US or what you get with a Sony Erricson phone on SoftBank in Japan. Mater of fact if you purchased a new phone per the examples above - you might find one is Kit Kat and another Ice Cream and another jellybean or some other version. Point is you really don’t know what you will get from handset to handset and carrier to carrier. But if you buy an iPhone 6 from any carrier in the world today - it will be the same user experience - with maybe a couple added features like Wifi Calling from T-mobile in the US - but other wise 99.9% the same. The same base apps - and the same UI. So yes maybe there are more Android phones sold - but they are not making their OEMs any money - and the experience for the end user is not consistent. None of which was even remotely touch on in that Shlock of an article.
29:22
VOICEMAIL - audrey_explain_biz_logic
Audrey that for that voicemail message which is actually from june 2009.
Hi Rob,
Per the issue of not being able to remove songs It's an ios bug. Here's what I did
1. Deleted all songs on iPhone via general settings.
2. Went into music app to see what songs were not deleted and made note of those songs.
3. Changed the music settings to show all songs.
4. Re-download the songs that i wanted to delete
5. Changed to music settings to show only songs on iPhone
6. Go back into music app or general settings and delete songs
7. Redownload songs you want from ITUNES app on iOS. DO NOT download via the music app.
Note: when downloading songs from music app it gets all buggy. Hope this helps.
Regards,
John S
Hey Rob.
We were wondering if there were any negative effects of Field Test Mode and if so what are they? I found on the Internet that if you call *3001#12345#* you can enter FTM but the. If you hold the power button till the slider bar comes up, then press the home button. And if you repeat this two or three times then the numbers in the top left can toggle between the numbers and bars. Any negative effect, or is it all good news? I'm on AT&T in case that maters.
Regards,
Josh
P.S. January 15 2015 was the 100th anniversary of the first transcontinental phone call. Made by Alexander Graham Bell from New York to San Francisco. Have a good day Rob and sorry.
This next one is from Long time listener Dave O
Hello Rob,
If your listeners are looking for a wireless stereo bluetooth headset that fits over the ears, with......
8 Hours of battery life
Completely water proof
100 feet wireless range
Bluetooth 3.0
HD Audio with nice base
Complete set of ear buds
Well look no further, just pick up a BlueAnt Pump HD SportBuds. I got mine at my local MicroCenter Electronics super center and I never take them off (including taking a shower) except to charge them every night. The are light and comfortable and worth every penny of the $129.99 I paid for them. Don't believe me, just check out the videos on YouTube. Buy these wireless headsets, you will not be disappointed.
Regards,
Dave O
Thanks Dave for that review.
36:02
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prynt/prynt-the-
first-instant-camera-case-for-iphone-and
For our Kickstarter project this week we have one that had a goal of 50,000 dollars and has in a week raised half a million dollars - this is the Prynt Project with Prynt spelled P R Y N T and what it is is a case that prints photos - think of it as a case that turns your iPhone into a polaroid camera.
They have cases for the iPhone 5 and 5S, 5C, and iPhone 6 - sorry nothing for the 6Plus.
Most of the options are sold out. Initially it was $99 for the Prynt case.
Right now there is a $150 version - that gets you the Prynt case a pack of 30 sheets of paper and a hall of framed mention - plus also a t-shirt.
There is also a $199 option to get you 2 prynt cases and 40 sheets of paper.
What is interesting about this case - one no wifi or bluetooth - it connects via the lightning port only. And really interesting - no ink of the printer - the ink is in the paper.
Search for P R Y N T at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 336
37:32
http://www.zdnet.com/article/outlook-for-ios-app-breaks-
corporate-security-researcher-warns/
Hi Rob,
Stay away from The Outlook App. Especially, if in a corporate setting. Saves your credentials to MS Cloud Services. Which we all know have direct open doors to the NSA. and Microsofts Vulnerable Operating Systems. Even after App Deletion. The open credentials remain to your Data, emails and calendars.
Regards,
Chris in London
http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2392992/outlook-
for-ios-branded-a-security-nightmare
Hi Rob,
I had seen this Outlook app the other day and downloaded it. It still was similar to the old Accompli App but thought you would want to see this article to warn others of the security issues.
Regards,
Peter
https://blog.winkelmeyer.com/2015/01/warning-microsofts-
outlook-app-for-ios-breaks-your-company-security/
Well it seems like MS finally figured out how to get their products and Apples on the same security level - and that was to release a product that borked your security for lack of a better term.
According to IBM developer René Winkelmeyer, the app presents some major security issues for the companies that intend to use it.
quote “What I saw was breathtaking. A frequent scanning from an AWS IP to my mail account. Means Microsoft stores my personal credentials and server data (luckily I've used my private test account and not my company account) somewhere in the cloud! They haven't asked me. They just scan. So they have in theory full access to my PIM data, Those messages, calendar events, and contacts, along with their associated metadata, may be temporarily stored and indexed securely both in our servers and locally on the app on your device. If your emails have attachments and you request to open them in our app, the service retrieves them from the mail server, securely stores them temporarily on our servers, and delivers them to the app. unquote said Winkelmeyer
So in other words - be very very careful if you plan on using this app - and definitely check with your IT department first.
40:05
http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/17/6334173/iphone-
6-plus-review-erotic-poetry
There is one article I have been holding off talking about - but since Valentines day is coming - I thought you might want to read this one to use for your V-Day Cards.
This is an article about how The Verge took iPhone 6 Reviews and pulled out different quotes to create erotic poetry.
I soooo want to read some of them on the show - but then I might loose the G-Rating. So I will just say - if you are not sure what to right in your significant others V-Day card - I dare you to use some of the quotes used in this poetry - quotes about the iPhone 6 - in your card to your significant other. Warning if they figure out what you are doing - it will be more than shades of grey you are seeing. Probably a little crimson as well. Just Sayin - Look for the link titled - erotic poetry constructed exclusively from iPhone 6 reviews - In the show notes for ep 336 at today in iOS dot com It is actually a funny read - and lets you see how over the top some or ok many reviews go.
41:12
VOICEMAIL - Levi_quest_turn_off_swipe_to_go_back
Hi Rob,
So you find an iPhone, iPad etc. You, as a good person want to return it. The device is locked. Press the Home button to activate Siri.
Then Ask - Who owns this iPhone / iPad? - Siri will bring up the owners Contact details.
Simple. Give it a go.
For me had lots of passwords in my contact notes. So remove anything that may be embarrassing that would be reviled.
Regards,
Chris
Hi Rob,
I wanted to ask you and the audience about an issue that I am having with my iPad Mini 1st Generation. This was my first and currently only Apple product that I own and I'm noticing a burn in effect on my screen. I am seeing ghost like images around the sides of the screen when working from app to app and I am wondering if either you or anyone else had this issue and what to do to repair it. This is a replacement of my original iPad mini which had a headphone jack malfunction and a battery defect.
Regards,
Brandon H
Hi Rob,
Just finished Tii episode 335 and heard Zack a question regarding the iPhone 5c. I had this same problem on my 5c (long story short I disliked that phone). I went to the local Apple Store to ask the "genius" boys there with this problem. In short all they could tell me was yes they saw this in the forums and I should redownload the song to see if it will delete. Personally I think this is was a software problem with this particular model.
Also I have an app for your show. I recommend an app called Syncios. I found this as a way of putting media onto my iOS devices without using the clunky iTunes dinosaur on my windows machine. You simply download the software to the computer and sync your iOS device over usb and poof! There is all your iOS info in a nice simple layout. I have timed the difference in between iTunes and Syncios. And here is the difference- in the time iTunes took to load 1 album into my iPhone 6 I was able to load 4 albums through Syncios. Genius!! But one warning to listeners, Syncios and iTunes must both be on the same drive for it to work. I found the hard way that running iTunes off an external drive and not the laptop causes sync to crash.
Regards.
Tom K
45:55
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/30/7949485/aol-
shutting-down-tuaw-apple
Sad news in the blogisphere - The Unofficial Apple Weblog - Or as we often refer to it - TUAW - is SOL thanks AOL. Yup AOL is closing it down - or so says the Verge. According to TechCrunch TUAW will be folded into Endgadget. In any case - seems TUAW’s lack of using all out Link bait Apple bashing - like say the Verge has done way too often helped lead to its demise. See folks there is no profits in responsible journalism - lesson learned - Thanks AOL.
46:33
Hi, Rob & Tii Listeners! :)
I have a keyboard question...
I would like to try out some third-party keyboards but there is a feature in Apple's native keyboard that I can't seem to find in any of the others.
In the native keyboard, whenever you press a key, a larger version of that key appears above it, which is very helpful for those of us with vision impairments.
Does anyone know of a third-party keyboard that offers this same feature?
Thanks in advance and thanks for ALL you do, Rob. Your podcast is #1!!!!
Regards,
- Tammy in St. Louis
Hi Rob
Well the nightmare has happened. I've lost my phone. Tried calling the phone and it's turned off. I logged onto iCloud and clicked erase data, it said pending. I then stupidly in my panicked, not thinking straight mindset, removed the device from the account. From the research I have done, I know that removing the device would have cancelled the erase request if someone hadn't switched it on and connected to the Internet. If that had done so, the erase would have gone through. I also know someone can now restore to factory settings and set this up as a new device without an activation lock prompt. My concern is my data I had on the phone. I have iCloud and iTunes backups so I haven't lost my data, but I am wondering if someone will still be prompted to enter a passcode if they turn the phone on? I know I won't get the phone back and I know I've basically made it possible for someone to access the phone and use it as new, but am hoping with the chain of events that has occurred, my data won't get accessed by someone else. I am out of mind with worry.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob
Following on from the previous email, I have had numerous discussions with Apple today and it seems that removing the device from iCloud simply removes the activation lock, rather than the passcode, so it sounds like the only thing someone could now do is set the phone up as new after doing a restore, which of course would wipe any data. If someone switches it on in its current state, they are likely to be promoted to enter a passcode. However, I just realised that Siri on the lock screen can be used to do certain things, so as such I have changed the passwords on my Apple ID, email, Internet banking and social media accounts. That is all I can now do. I can only hope that a would be thief is more likely to wipe my data off the phone and set it up as new for themselves rather than try and access what was on there when I lost it.
My advice for the listeners is if you lose your phone, take a breath and think logically so you don't make a mistake in a panicked state, like I did. I was stung by my carrier for early termination fees of the contract, but the only positive is I now have a 6 plus. My wife thinks I lost my other phone on purpose as I have wanted one since it came out.
In future I shall be very vigilant with my iPhone. I will keep find my iPhone and location services on, so I can track it if necessary and I certainly won't be removing any more activation locks. Sometimes in life, you have to learn the hard way and I certainly have in this case.
Regards
Steve
Hi Rob
Thanks for the email. I doubt I'll get it back. If a thief has got it, they are more likely to wipe the device clean either for themselves or to sell, so especially now I have changed my main passwords, I'm not worried so much about them accessing my data. My carrier has blocked the handset.
I can guarantee I won't let this happen again as it is beyond painful. Can you maybe on the show run through a security step checklist for listeners?
Enable a passcode
Enable Touch ID
Use 2 step verification
Disable access on lock screen for everything under Settings/Touch ID & Passcode and allow access when locked.
Make sure find my iPhone under both iCloud and location services is turned on, with an active internet connection so you can track the device. Location services needs to be on as well.
Regards
Steve
VOICEMAIL - Ron_OH_comnts_ATT
54:32
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I want to thank all of you that sent emails and messages about my Mom - I am happy to report that she is doing well after the Open Heart Bypass surgery. She is already out of the hospital and back home. That was one trip I was definitely not expecting to make. But there is a trip I have planned for February and that is Feb 24 to the 26th - I will be at the NRB show in Nashville - if you are attending please look me up - I will be at the Libsyn booth - booth 756 - always nice to meet listeners face to face. And hey we have chocolates at the booth. Again that is booth 756 at NRB at the end of February.
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.
A quick thank you to all that nominated Today in iOS for the Podcast Awards. For those that have not - please go to Podcast awards dot com and for the Technology section - nominate Today in iOS for Podcast name - and todayinios dot com for the website. Thanks again for for your help and you have until Feb 6th to Nominate Today in iOS for a Podcast Award.
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And finally the Tii App is now Free to you. Search for Tii in the iTunes App Store - it is the best way to consume the show and to get push notifications each time a new episode of Tii is released. You can get all the past episodes, Blog posts and bonus content including PDF’s on how to optimize your iOS device for Battery life and what to do before updating your software which is a recommended read before updating to iOS 8.1.3 - Again search for Tii in the iTunes app store.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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Apple Q4 2014 - Quarterly Report Summary:
Rev = $74.6 Billion (vs $57.6 Billion a year ago quarter and $42.1 Billion last quarter)
Total Cash = $178 Billion (Up $22.7 Billion for the quarter from $155.2 Billion)
Generated $33.7 Billion cash flow and returned >$7.8 Billion via dividends and share buy backs last quarter.
$18 Billion in Profits for the quarter - All time record for any company - ever for a quarter.
Last Quarter Sales:
iPhones Sold = 74.5 Mil (vs 51 Mil a year ago quarter and 39.3 Mil last quarter)
iPads Sold = 21.4 Mil (vs 26.0 Mil a year ago quarter and 12.3 Mil last quarter)
Mac's Sold = 5.5 Mil (vs 4.8 Mil a year ago quarter and 5.5 Mil last quarter)
Misc Notes:
- 1 Billionth iOS device sold in November
- iPhone sales for the quarter worked out to an average of >30,000 iPhones sold per hour for the whole quarter.
- USA Technologies made Apple Pay available at 200,000 locations - vending machines and parking meters and kiosks.
- Apple Watch - Shipping in April 2015
- iPhone ASPs were $687 increase of $50 from the year ago quarter. So going from 32GB to 64GB for the middle tier paid off.
- 200,000 unit decline in iPhone channel inventory for the quarter vs an increase of a 1 Million units in the year ago quarter. And as expected they said they did not real supply / demand ballance until January.
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 335
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 Called Lighthouse with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Lighthouse.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 TOSIN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. TOSIN wrote
Hi Rob,
Never done this before but I came across this this app the other day and was messing around with it and then this idea occurred to me. I've used the waterlogue app to covert the real life photo I got from the "pimp your screen" app on my iPhone into a water painting and then annotated with evernote's skitch app on my iPad.
I'm sure you've got artwork lined up for your next episode but just in case, here's one you could use.
Regards,
Tosin O from Hockley Heath UK
Well TOSIN Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TOSIN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 335 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:23
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Apple has become a value trap, This is a company with no growth, and profit margins that are way too high vis a vis the competition.” UNQUOTE
Doug Kass, Seabreeze Partners Management, 17 Sept 2013
That "value trap” as Doug Kass called it on Sept 17 2013 was priced at $65 - it is now at over $113 - Yeah I can see how 75% growth in value is a trap. Just Sayin
03:00
For Promo codes - On Ep 334 we offered up chances to win promo codes for THE APP - LITODO - we will be giving those out later this week - for more info on these apps go back and listen to the beginning of Ep 334.
This week we have promo codes for the App - BVS SOLITAIRE COLLECTION - here is the WRITTEN review from the dev -
Hi ROB, I am developer of the BVS Solitaire Collection.
I have been developing solitaire card games for windows and mac OS X since 1996. Windows version gained popularity and was even featured in a movie "The girl with the dragon tattoo" by Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander.
Today I would like to introduce the iOS version of the BVS Solitaire Collection. It is a multi-featured set of 224 solitaire card games and it provides you with endless hours of gaming fun. All your old time favorites are included such as Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, etc. It also includes a lot of unique variations not found elsewhere. The app also allows you to modify rules of almost any of the included games, thus creating your own solitaire variations.
The app can be played in both portrait and landscape modes and it features excellent high quality card sets and backgrounds. BVS Solitaire Collection is solitaire done right
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - BVS SOLITAIRE COLLECTION 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 BVS 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.
05:05
http://podcastawards.com/
A quick thank you to all that nominated Today in iOS for the Podcast Awards. For those that have not - please go to Podcast awards dot com and for the Technology section - nominate Today in iOS for Podcast name - and todayinios dot com for the website. Thanks again for for your help.
06:12
http://www.cultofmac.com/309730/states-iphone-users-will-surprise/
If you live in Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Kansas, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts - when you look around it may seems like most people have an iPhone - and you know what - you would be right - those are the states with 55 to 65% iPhone traffic according to Chitika. At least that is the % of users causing traffic with apps that use the Chitika ads module. According to those that put together the report - quote Our analysis does point towards state-level evidence on the factors affecting iPhone usage rates, iPhone usage shares are positively correlated with level of education and population density at the state-level. unquote.
What they did not say mention was What about correlation between states with. AT&T customers and iPhone users compared. I am guessing there is still some influence per AT&T and iPhone users - at least where AT&T was more popular a few years ago.
Interesting the report covered % of iPhone use - the lowest group was 40% to 44% - meaning worst case - you are looking at 40% iPhone use as % of share in any given state. On the highest end it is 65%. Still saying iPhone usage varies betweens 40% and 65% in the US depending on your state is pretty impressive use. So much for the myth that android is killing it in the US at least.
08:12
http://www.tuaw.com/2015/01/23/app-devs-made-more-
money-than-the-box-office-last-year/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000602
Thanks to Myron for the heads up on this next one.
And I want you to really think about this next one - which is the new that in 2014 - there was more revenue generated for iOS Apps then there was for Hollywood’s US Box office Ticket Revenue. 7 Years ago there was no revenue - It was not until the middle of 2008 that the App store from Apple came about. Apple has created an incredible App economy - and the best thing is the devs are not forced to all be in Hollywood or cities right around it. You can be an app dev in any city, town, hamlet or ranch anywhere in the world - as long as you have electricity and a connection to the internet.
In the US alone Apple estimates there are 627,000 jobs created for this App ecosystem.
It has been amazing to watch all this unfold - especially if you have a chance to go back and listen to some of the older episodes of Tii from 2007 - where Apple did not want an app store. They were pushing for HTML5 / web apps - and if you do listen to those older episodes - you will hear me pushing for allowing native apps - prior to apple actually giving in and allowing it. Apple truly has those early jailbreakers to thank for this part of the Apple Eco system - and it really is one of the most important pieces of the Apple Eco system.
Again in under 7 years - App Revenue was greater by a wide margin than Hollywood’s US Box Office Revenue - and to me that is just amazing and mind blowing and well wonderful as well.
10:00
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6288
Thanks to michael for this next one which is that 15 More banks have signed on to support Apple Pay and with one breath they are.
A+ Federal Credit Union
-Amegy Bank of Texas
-America First Credit Union
-Bethpage Federal Credit Union
-California Bank & Trust
-Connex Credit Union
-Goldenwest FCU
-Huntington Bank
-KeyPoint Credit Union
-Meijer Credit Union
-National Bank of Arizona
-Nevada State Bank
-The Bank of Greene County
-Vectra Bank
-Zions First National Bank
That brings to over 50 different banks and financial institutions that support Apple Pay.
Link to the full list in the show notes.
But reality was Apple Pay was already supported by the biggest banks. But still if yours was one of the 15 I just lifted - it was good news for you.
10:53
http://www.bemyeyes.org/
There is a new app / service I must mention on he show - it is called Be My Eyes - thanks to all that sent in links on this one.
In a nutshell what this is an app where a sight impaired users requests help seeing what is around them - a sighted user then replies to that request and describes what they see being video streamed from the requestors phone. Maybe they are looking for the ingredients of an food item they are about to buy or its expiration date, or maybe to confirm they were just given back the right amount of change, or maybe it is just to help them locate something they dropped or get their bearings or even to confirm that person they met at that social event looks the age they said they were. There are lots of opportunities for you to be helped by this app or to help someone with this app and who knows you might make a new virtual friend.
Initial reports are that so many people have signed up to help - there is no shortage - but that is now while it is in the news - but later on - hard to say if that will keep up. Hopefully it does - but if not I am curious to know if you help X amount of people and are in High school if those hours of help would count towards your community volunteer hours. If anyone officials from a school could look into this - that would be appreciated.
Again the website is BE MY EYES dot ORG - as in B E M Y E Y E S dot org - thanks for no funky spelling to the devs on this. Right now this is just for iOS - but if you are listening to this - that is probably not an issue.
12:57
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14:44
VOICEMAIL - Rick_CT_Part1_feedback_voiceover
Hi Rob,
Per the caller asking about the Alarm Clock in the Headphones - My advice would be to look for a music/podcast app that has a wake up to feature. Preferably a podcast type app where you have a file downloaded and not dependent on a data signal.
Regards,
Mike R
Hello Rob,
just been listening to the latest podcast 334.
Somebody stated that VoiceOver is unusable on the Mac.
I disagree with this as I have been using VO on a 21” iMac for the last 2 years since switching from Windows. No screen reader is perfect in my opinion although VO is very darn good. I purchased the iMac after using an iPhone since v4. Had a 5 now using a 6.
Very happy with all Apple products including the iPad Air.
Regards,
Max.
Hi Rob
In response to the caller on the last episode who wanted to put her apps in alphabetical order, there is a way to do this. Go to Settings/General/Reset/Reset Home Screen Layout. The stock apps will appear in their factory default locations. The other apps will now appear in alphabetical order. One important thing to be aware of is if you have created folders, doing this will remove them.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
Hi Rob,
Per item 334:
Caller question regarding an iOS 8 Jailbreak tweak which makes searching through numerous apps quicker; i.e. alphabetical, favorites, and recents list.
Try Searchlight from the Cydia App Store, which will run you $1.99 from the BigBoss repo. This tweak adds much more functionality to spotlight search. As mentioned above, Searchlight alphabetically lists all of your apps and allows the user to pick and choose a separate list of commonly used apps. There are some alternatives such as Smart search, but the app lists are not as extensive.
Regards,
Mark H
Hi Rob,
Just chiming in about your stance on the refund policy in the EU. While I can understand your position from an economic point of view (and agree with that part) I disagree with the part that apple should fight this. If anything good has come out of this, it is that blind people who use voiceOver can more "freely” try apps and don’t have to rely on a good-hearted Apple person or a lengthy process to get our money back when an unresponsive developer is afoot. Note the qualifiers there: I’ll buy apps at a dollar or so, but $10 sight unseen is a bit much for a poor college student. I also try very hard to communicate with developers or get the word out. So for VoiceOver users, the hassle-free refund policy is a good thing. Here’s hoping they allow it in the states.
Also, for the blind person wanting to learn voiceOver, I recommend (along with whomever he might encounter at the Apple store) these two sites:
Mac for the Blind:
http://macfortheblind.com
is a good site for getting tips and tricks, as well as useful links to apple’s own documentation. John, the person who runs the site, I believe does training on an individual basis, but you will have to contact him for further details.
Another great repository of apps, forums, podcast demos, and just good old fashion people helping people out is Applevis:
http://www.applevis.com
I hope this helps the DC listener out. Welcome to iOS!!
Regards,
Chelsea
21:35
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,800 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out was a nice tip that came from Francisco Tapia - If you are in the safari app - you can find past closed tabs. To do this in the lower right tap on the double square - the one that shows the open tabs - then tap AND HOLD on the big Plus button at the bottom center - it will then show you a list of “Recently closed tabs”
Thanks Francisco for that tip.
And since the last episode there were also 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 1800+ of you already in the community and contributing.
22:43
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/01/25/apple-adds-free-
on-itunes-tab-to-itunes-app-on-ios-desktop/
Thanks to Steve from Brisbane for this next one.
Which is that Apple adds a new Free on iTunes section to iTunes on your iOS device and also on the desktop version. So to check this one out I had to go find the folder I had iTunes hidden in on my iOS device - but once found and launched - yup there it was the new Free on iTunes featured button in the middle of the screen. And in there I could see free Songs and free Full-Length TV episodes - and well free Song and free full length TV episodes - sorry no free movies.
But hey you can get the first episode of 12 monkeys for free if you missed it. Although I am kind of at a quandry with that one as I put the original Terry Giliam 12 monkeys as one of my top 10 movies of all time. It really was just a great movie - and I am afraid to watch it for fear they will ruin such a great property. Ohhhh the woes of a nerd.
23:53
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/22/apple-targets-for-apple-
watch-battery-life-revealed-a5-caliber-cpu-inside/
Lots of reports about the Apple Watch battery life or if the reports are true lack there of.
Ok lets go over what some of those reported numbers from sources in the know are saying.
Apple was wanting the following specs:
4 Days - that is the length of time if left in sleeping mode.
3 Days of pure standby time
19 hours of combined active / passive use
and 2.5 to 4 hours of active application use
Those sources however are saying Apple will only likely achieve approximately 2 to 3 days in either standby or low power modes.
With the Watch face showing constantly - and nothing else going on - they are saying Apple is getting 3 hours of battery life.
And they are getting 2.5 hours of heavy application use like game play.
And finally for the watches fitness tracking software Apple is targeting 4 hours of straight exercise tracking
Again this is all from unnamed sources in the know. So take it for what it is worth - which may be nothing. Here is my prediction - since this Apple rumor has been widely reported - And in the past Apple has made announcements right after quarterly calls - I am predicting that Wednesday or Thursday of this week - we hear something from Apple with regards to the Apples watch and at that time there would be more specs released.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27381744/apple-
watch-battery-will-get-you-through-day
25:45
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/18/kgi-apple-likely-
to-launch-stylus-to-enhance-upcoming-129-inch-ipad-user-experience
Thanks to Tash and a few others for this next one - which is per another rumor that seems to be heating up as of late - and that is the 12.9 inch iPad Pro rumor - along with Apple introducing an Apple Stylus. Now note this latest rumor round is coming from Apple Analyst - Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities - whom has a much better track record of getting rumors right - that said - you need to understand - Much better is still in the neighborhood of a good major league batter - i.e. in the 30 to 40% range.
What is different with Apples stylus vs one you get at the dollar store - is that Apples will cost a lot more than a dollar - and it will have a gyroscope built in to support 3D handwriting - which I am sure will look great on the 2D iPad Pro.
Anyway - this is not something that will come with the iPad pro - but something you buy as an accessory for the iPad Pro. This would be something charged via the lightening port of your iPad.
And he is also saying the iPad Pro would finally offer split screen on an iPad.
If this sounds like wetting your finger and putting it up to see which way the wind is blowing - you would be likely be correct - but then again - Ming Chi does have a better record then most when using that method.
27:17
http://www.tuaw.com/2015/01/21/nbc-will-let-ios-users-stream-
the-super-bowl-with-no-cable-accou/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000602
Thanks to Myron for this next one. With this next one being of interested for those of you that well you know booked a plane ticket for Sunday night or agreed to go to your nieces musical or in the case of my father a few years ago were dragged off to a Musical in NY during Super Bowl sunday - Yeah for all of you that will be out and about during the super bowl - NBC has your back - if you have an iOS device that is - as NBC will allow you to stream the super bowl even without a cable account. Heck you will even be treated to what will seem like endless hours of pregame coverage starting at Noon ET on Sunday the 1st. This is all via the NBC Sports Live Extra App. And again this is totally free to any iOS owner. If you are not an iOS owner - say an Android owner - well then you might feel a little deflated with this offer.
28:29
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2875165/all-signs-
point-to-the-demise-of-microsofts-surface-tablet.html
Thanks to Dr. John for this next one. Which we file under SHOCKER
And it relates to the MS Surface 2 tablet - that has song, danced and clicked its way into the hearts of well basically no one.
Remember the first gen Surface was called the Surface RT - and yes that is the one that MS wrote off $900 Million on.
Now don’t get this confused with MS Surface Pro - that is the one that runs windows. No word yet on what level the write off will be on this one - just that basically they are no longer selling new ones on their store or well they are showing up as out of stock - same with their retail partner Best Buy.
Microsoft had their quarterly conference call today and it was not ALL bad news they had 26.5 Billion dollars of revenue last quarter that is up 8% from the same quarter a year earlier.
They sold 10 Million Phones. Which sounds good until you see they had an ASP of $230 - vs the ASP of iPhones which is north of $600.
And MS did confirm it is no longer selling the Surface 2 - so you can officially stick a fork in it - right next to all the other forks un-officially stuck in it over the past year.
MS is now only selling the Surface Pro 3 - which makes sense - as its best selling feature is that it runs Windows - not some non-compatible OS.
How did Wallstreet react to the Conference call - well the stock was down 4% in after market trading - that said - I can remember quite a few times when Apple had what I thought was a grand slam quarterly report - only to see the stock drop 4% or there about in after market trading.
To me though the take away from their quarterly report - ASP of $230 for their phones vs Apples ASP’s which are not just well north of $600 but probably will be well north of $700 tomorrow when Apple reports.
31:05
Hi Rob,
I was listening to the podcast today and you asked if anyone had the R79 case. I Purchased the case. My overall impression is that it does give a better signal, but only slightly better.
I set my iPhone to field test mode so I get a numeric value from the signal, rather than 3 or 4 bars, I noticed before I put the case on, I saw -110 db. After putting the case on, it was constantly -100 db. I have done some experiments with taking the case on and off, and consistently see about a 10db signal improvement. I got the case because where i work, I have a great signal, but when I’m home not so much, there are some places in the house where I have to go to talk on the phone. With the case, I haven’t noticed having to do that, but I’m not a heavy phone user at home, so can’t comment if it would be enough for most people.
Aside from the signal strength, I think the case is a decent case, in itself. It seems to be well made, and I like how the bottom is cut out so it doesn’t interfere with various non-apple lightning or dock connectors. Overall, I think it’s a little expensive for a case, but not tremendously expensive. It’s not a magic cure to low signals, but if you are right on the edge in some specific areas it might help.
Regards,
W. Todd S
Hi Rob,
I wanted to let you know that I received my Acme Made "Charge" cases that you mentioned on Tii. I backed the project at the $55 level which gave me two cases. Last month they sent an update which said to watch for early delivery, originally they were scheduled for late March. Today when I arrived home, both cases one for my wife's 6 and one for my 6+ were in the package. The cases look good with a lightning charge cord tucked in the kickstand. Good quality with a tight fit on the phone. The buttons are open for the original feel and just a hit of the gold is visible at the top and bottom.
Thanks for the recommendation of this project! They came through unlike other projects which have yet to deliver can you say SOS Charger*.
One observation, the side ridge isn't deep enough to protect from a face drop. Users will just have to be aware.
Regards,
- Peter in Austin.
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_Bachelder_Review_Radmo_Kickstarter
36:06
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1658373341/vikaura-
screen-use-your-smartphone-to-customize-yo
I had a couple of listeners email in that they supported this next one - which is called the Vikaura Screen - V I K A U R A - Quote Vikaura lets you friends & family drive images and information out of your phone and into your world - no wires unquote.
First off this one has until Feb 3rd at 12:57 PM CT to get funded - and it ain’t there yet - as it only has $90k towards it goal of 125k.
Essentially this is an e-ink screen you can wirelessly push an image to - they are offering up a 4” version for $99, a 6” for $129 and a 9.7” for $199.
Yes there is more to it than that - as they claim the battery life for their devices lasts quote for years on its battery unquote
It does look cool - but $199 cool - I am not sure. And neither are most others - as again they are a bit short on hitting their goal.
If they do hit their goal for those that funded it - I will be very interested to hear your thoughts when you get it. For all others interested in this search for V I K A U R A vikaura at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 335
37:46
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sonicable-the-world-
s-most-advanced-charging-cable
Hi Rob,
If i have the legion meter wouldn’t the SoniCable be the same but slower?
Regards,
Michael
And what Michael is talking about is the SoniCable - spelled S O N I C A B L E - which is at Indiegogo dot com - and has raised over 230k towards a goal of 10k - so they are well over their goal.
The folks behind this one are touting it as the worlds most advanced charging cable.
Pricing on this is $27 and what they are claiming is that you can charge your device fully in half the time as normal. Which yes is something that the Legion Meter claims as well.
And like the legion meter it has two modes - one mode is where it is like a normal USB to Lightening cable allowing you to charge and sync your device - but on the other mode it is focused just on Power - and sync / data is disabled - and all you can do is charge but at a faster rate.
They claim the following features for the cable. Dual sided USB, Aluminum Connectors, Table free cable with is strong and durable.
And they are also claiming the MFI - Made for iPhone designation as well.
You can also get 2 for $49 or 5 for $110.
Search for S O N I C A B L E at indie go go or in the show notes for ep 335
Per is this slower or faster than the Legion Meter - I think the legion meter claimed charging a little faster than 2x - but honestly with my device - I never did see that and I just use the Legion meter mostly to make sure I am actually charging my Pebble - as it shows the 0.08 MA charge it draws.
40:21
https://itunes.apple.com/app/clickthenumber/id911043278?mt=8
I get lots and lots and lots of emails from devs promoting their apps - most of them free and almost none of which I have time check out. But every so often I will see one come through I think has potential - and this week I saw and downloaded one of them - the App is called Click the Number - it is a simple game - where you are presented with a few numbers and you need to tap on the one listed above. You tap the correct one and the next screen there are more numbers - and so on - and you have just a few seconds to locate the right number and later on in the game the right symbol or letter. It is simple - and helps exercise your mind - and it is free - the app is called Click the Number - and it is one I will be getting the kids to play as well - especially the 6 year old that needs an app like this.
Oh and if you are an App dev and have a free app - the best way to get featured on this show is to send me in a 60 sec or less review of your app for me to play. Again most that just send in a link never get mentioned on the show - but any that send in an audio review get up on the show. PS - first day playing with this my best was 18.
email me today in iOS at gmail dot com - let me know you best score.
Lets see where I am by the next episode.
42:02
VOICEMAIL - Quest_Video_editing_apps_
Hi Rob
I am fairly new to the Instagram app for iOS. I am finding if I upload an existing photo to Instagram from my camera roll, it saves a duplicate photo to my camera roll, which then means I have to go in and delete the unwanted duplicate. I don't want to have to do this every time I upload a photo to Instagram from my camera roll, so do you or any listeners that use Instagram for iOS, know how to avoid this occurring? Appreciate any advice.
Regards
Steve
Brisbane
43:47
http://fortune.com/2015/01/23/how-many-macs-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-update/
Leading up to the apple quarterly report - I want to go over some Predictions from the Anal-ists out there - Thanks as always goes to Philip Elmer Dewit at Fortune for curating all of this.
This time I will include Mac predictions - just because some of them are pretty high.
A year ago Apple sold 4.84 Million Macs. This time the average estimate is 5.58 Million Macs. With Daya Baran of StockChats at the top of the guessing tree with 5.98 Mil mac vs Collin Gillis of BGC partners with 5.1 Mil macs guessed.
Next up is the iPhone guesses - A year ago there were 51 Mil iPhones sold in the Last quarter of of 2013 - this time the average estimate is 66.5 Mil iPhones sold. With Kirk Burgess from the Braeburn group being the cherry on top with 71.50 Mil iPhones sold as his guess - and Uncle Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray with a guess of 61 Mil for his guess on the bottom side.
My guess is Apple sold how ever many they were able to make last quarter - with Apple saying that sales were constrained by supply - and they did not equal equilibrium until This month. Nope not going to give a number - as I never get it right - but If I was guessing I would have said 69.2 Mil sold. But I am not guessing.
For iPads sold - A year ago it was 26 Mil sold in that quarter. This year the average for last quarter is 21.5 Mil sold. With the top guess going to Peter I went to Colorado and bought some cool stuff man Misek from Jefferies
and Uncle Gene I went with him to Colorado Munster both with a guess of 25 Mil sold - to a low of 16.32 Mil from Aaron C Rakers with stifle Nicholaus. If I was guess I would say well under 20 mil - and go with 18.5 Mil for my guess - if I was guessing.
We shale see later on Tuesday - look for my blog post on Tuesday going over the numbers - but it might be later on Tuesday. Just depends on how the blizzard goes - and if I can get to the hospital to visit my mom. Which is why this episode was recorded using a different mic this week.
http://fortune.com/2015/01/21/how-many-iphones-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-16/
http://fortune.com/2015/01/20/how-many-ipads-did-
apple-sell-last-quarter-9/
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/01/23FY-
15-First-Quarter-Results-Conference-Call.html
48:55
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_Question_siri_Name_spelling
Hi Rob for some strange reason I've been experiencing some weird glitch I that experience on my iPod touch and now on my iPhone 5c where I can't delete song on my iPhone even when delete every song on my phone The song still stays on the music app is it a hardware glitch or is it my phone or is it just some weird thing with iCloud I can't find anything it on the Internet how to fix it it should I go to Apple? Store Thanks for an awesome show Rob
Regards,
Zachary S
Hi Rob,
I was just reading some articles on your website about apple pay and it made me think about how simple it is, and it got me thinking about other applications for apple pay. I help my family out every summer with a lawn care business they own, and there are a lot of places that have electronic security gates. My curiosity is, I'm wondering if there would be a way to be able to use an apple pay like experience with a security gate instead of having to put in a pin every time. And do you think there would be a way to send out temporary passes to other visitors so you wouldn't have to give out a PIN number.
I love your show and I look forward to it every time,
Thanks for everything and I did subscribe to your KC start up podcast and it's a joy as well!
Regards,
Jason H
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TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 334
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank JADE for sending in the music you hear in the background. JADE wrote:
Hi Rob,
As always love the show! Been a fan for quite a few years now and never miss an episode. For the past 2 years I've been working on my 4th studio album as I'm doing something quite massive and unique. I've been recording the whole album using iOS devices only. So far the album is 14 tracks long and a very unique blend of ballads, rock, metal, punk, electro and jazz.
I've included a demo song from the CD titled "smashing your face in"
The apps used were Garage Band, Audiobus, Auria,, Music Studio, Studio MiniXL, Amplitube, IShredLive, Final Touch, Vocal Live and Session Band
Regards,
Jade Starr
Thanks JADE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank SHANNON for sending in the Artwork for today's show. SHANNON wrote
Hi Rob,
I took a picture of my Pit Bull, Sara, in front of our local fountain and then added the text using the new Fotor app that I downloaded after listening to your latest podcast.
Regards,
Shannon in Fountain Hills, AZ
Well SHANNON Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see SHANNON'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 334 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:29
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Amazon’s pricing ambition is the clearest indication of its phone playbook: undercut rivals and grab meaningful market share. It is also shows that Apple’s worst nightmare may be coming true: prices could fall not just for cheap phones in developing markets but higher-end ones too. unquote
Amir Efrati and Jessica E. Lessin, jessicalessin.com,
6 September 2013
That old refrain that prices could fall - is something we hear over and over. I don’t think any of these people realize that Apple is the ONLY one making money. 85% of the profits for the entire Cellphone industry. Cheap is not what is wanted by all - There is still a good % of the market willing to pay to get quality. Hence why the Amazon Fire crashed and well burned - and the iPhone is doing better than ever. Just Sayin
03:31
This week we have promo codes for the App - Litodo - here is the review from the dev - PLAY PROMO CODE - LITODO
Well thanks to Dev for their review of their App - LITODO 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 LITODO - L I T O D O in the subject line.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/litodo-tasks-to-
do-time-tracking/id945875002?mt=8
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.
05:14
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2868105/uk-
pm-makes-apple-ceo-tim-cook-global-
privacy-champ.html
Tim Cook has made no bones about the fact that your privacy as a customer trumps all. And that Apple has never worked with any government agencies from any government to put in a backdoor in any of Apples Products and they have never allowed access to Apples servers and never will.
Users that know of this - Appreciate this.
Governments - not so much - especially if you happen to be the Leader of the British Government. Apparently Prime Minister Cameron wants to Ban services that encrypt messages - like iMessage or FaceTime - which offer end to end encryption - see Big Brother thinks privacy is bad. Essentially the logic is this - We must not allow Freedom if we are to preserve Freedom. What is this President Ferris Fremont going after Aramchek? Because it sure sounds that way. Bonus points for those that got that reference.
Now it is not just the UK government that wants to get rid of this privacy - there are other governments in Europe, the NSA of course and other agencies in the US that are not happy with Apples level of privacy for users. And I should point out it is not just Apples Apps - Snapchat is in their cross hairs as well.
Lets just hope that VALIS - I mean Apple can hold out against those that want to ensure freedom by squashing it.
06:50
http://www.redmondpie.com/the-difference-
between-unlocked-t-mobile-and-sim-free-
iphone-6-6-plus-explained/
Hi Rob,
I bought a T-Mobile unlocked iPhone (6+ 128gig) right before Apple started offering the Apple unlocked phones. Is there any difference at all except for the fact that the T-Mobile one comes with a sim card? They should both be equally unlocked right? I can't get a straight answer from Apple and I wonder if I should bother trading it in for the Apple one before my 14 day return window is over.
Thanks,
Terry
Hi Terry - Both are fully unlocked.
But there are some differences between the T-Mobile version and the SIM free version.
The T-Mobile 6 and 6+ feature bands that are more specific to North America and should work with most 4G LTE networks in the US.
It will NOT work on China's advanced TD-LTE Network. If China Travel is in your plans - exchange it now.
Really if you plan to travel outside the US - then the SIM free one is what you want.
If you are only going be in the US - stick with the T-Mobile version.
Ok - that is the simple answer. But lets say you really like you local regional carrier - then you need to know which ones the T-Mobile version supports - which are
T-mobile of course
AT&T
and Verizon
Plus
AIO
Alaska Communications
Consumer Cellular
Cricket
Family Mobile
GCI
Net 10
Straight Talk
Union Wireless
The SIM Free iPhone 6 and 6+ supports the following carriers:
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon,
Sprint and
PLUS
Appalacian Wireless
Bluegrass Cellular
Boost
C Spire
Cellcom
Charlton Valley
Chat Mobility
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Hi Rob,
I thought you were a big fan of Sprint Wireless, especially since their HQ were so close to home. I was surprised when I heard you were now on T-Mobile.
I have an iPhone 6 on AT&T. Grandfathered in on unlimited data but throttled after 5 GB of data. I watch a lot of Netflix and I reach the limit pretty quick, and my viewing pleasure after being throttled blows and renders my iPhone useless.
I'm considering Sprint or T-Mobile. I live in the Bay Area in California, specifically the San Jose area. I usually jailbreak for tethering purposes. I'm curious how you decided on T-Mobile and what your 2 cents are regarding sprint wireless.
Regards,
Mr. Ed
Thanks for the questions Mr. Ed. I choose T-Mobile for a few reasons - but the biggest ones being they let you do all the neat new stuff the iPhone supports - like Wifi Calling and Voice of LTE. Plus with T-Mobile - Tethering is included - not an extra charge that kills your grandfathered unlimited plan. And they offer unlimited data (well except for the tethering part and there you are limited to 5GB per month of tethered data.
The pricing when I combing my Wifes plan and my plan on T-mobile was within a few dollars of my old plan on AT&T alone. So I gained features and saved a bunch of money per month.
Per Sprint - It is a technology reason I stay away - the Sprint phones are not as flexible when it comes to using older phones on other carriers. I like that at any point my Old GMS way off contract iPhones I could reactivate on one of the cheaper carriers for my sons - when they get to the age they will need a cellular plan.
T-mobile also have very good coverage here in Kansas City - so that was important of me. I will say on Long Island where my Parents live - T-Mobile coverage was horrible. Just make sure you check to see what your local coverage is where you live before making a choice.
11:47
http://www.redmondpie.com/video-shows-
performance-of-ios-8.2-beta-4-running-on-
iphone-5s-and-iphone-4s/
iOS 8.2 Beta 4 is out for all iOS devices supporting iOS 8.
One thing to note - is the beta was speed tested on the iPhone 4S - and well - it actually lost vs 8.1.2 - It does not look like anyone running old iOS hardware and iOS 8 will see any improvement in speed - and the tests actually show some tasks running slower.
When iOS 8.2 is released if you have iOS hardware that is multiple years old - I would highly recommend you hold off updating. Especially as the big feature for 8.2 is Apple Watch support - and the iPhone 4S will not support it anyway.
One thing the beta of 8.2 has revealed is that when the Apple watch comes - there will be a stand alone app to support it.
There is a very detailed article on 9 to 5 Mac - Link in the show notes titled Apple Watch iPhone Companion App revealed with new watch features, monograms. This goes over a bunch of new features dug out about Apple Watch. Like Monogram - where you can add up to 4 initials as a monogram virtually on the screen. Hmmmm - wonder if I would go with Tii on mine.
This article talks about how you will organize the apps on the Apple watch. Which really you will do on the iPhone - just like how you can organize the apps on your iPhone via iTunes - you will organize the Apps on your Apple Watch via the iPhone.
They also go over features for Clock Functions, Messages, Maps, Accessibility, Passcode, Activity Motion & Fitness, and more - again look for that link in the show notes - especially if you plan to get an Apple watch or more so if you are on the fence.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/13/apple-
watch-iphone-companion-app-revealed-
with-new-watch-features-monograms/
13:57
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
+1 to Harry's razors. I have been using a Truman for a few months now and it works great. The price is reasonable and the blade cut great. Thanks for introducing them to me.
Regards,
Joe Strottman
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Lets face it guys one of the worst parts about shaving is tracking down that person to unlock to the display case so you can get your razors - the other worst part is the price you pay for said razors when you get to the check out counter. Harry's helps on both those fronts - no need to go to the store - you just order on line and get the razors delivered right to your door with free shipping. The starter kit The Truman Set is amazing - for $15 you get a razor - Foaming Shave Gel and 3 razor blades - all in a great package that screams GIFT ME GIFT ME - are you listening ladies. Actually My little lady was and she purchased me a years supply of Razors and Shave Gel for My birthday. Kind of a win win - I get a great present - she gets me using the Shave gel she really likes the smell of.
And that new Foaming Shave Gel is great. If you look at what it is made from you might not know if you should eat it or shave with it. The ingredients include Licorice Root extract, a blend of Cucumber and Aloe - after using it my wife was asking what smelled sooo good. It really is nice to shave with something that is not made from industrial chemicals.
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16:33
VOICEMAIL - Tom_Answer_Visual_impaired_quest
Hi Rob,
To the caller who asked about voiceover training, I suggest subscribing to the AppleVis podcast for tutorials and joining the AppleVis forum, too. I wouldn’t recommend using a mac because the accessibility features are spotty and difficult to learn.
Regards,
Dan L
Hi Rob,
To help the listener from D.C. who wanted to learn voiceOver, I offer these resources.
Apple’s official accessibility resource list:
https://www.apple.com/accessibility/resources/
contains links to the accessible version of the users guides and voiceOver tutorials officially produced by Apple for the Mac.
AppleVis: an online community for visually impaired Apple users:
http://www.applevis.com
Applevis has reviews of hundreds of apps. It has tutorials for the beginning voiceover user. It has podcasts demonstrating how to use many iOS and Mac VoiceOver features. It has lively discussion forums.
ViPhone, a google group for blind and visually impaired iDevice users:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/viphone
And a similar less active Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aiphone/
And a Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/BlindIphoneipadUsers
National Braille Press, offering books on iOS. You can have them in paper braille, downloadable electronic Braille, ASCII text, Microsoft Word or Daisy formats. Daisy is an xml-based format for visually impaired readers. Many free Daisy players are available for all operating systems.
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/process.html?
subcat_id=4&heading=Adult%20Books
%2d%2dComputers%20%26%20Technology
&mv_nextpage=publications%2fbrowse_
results&mv_todo=return
Books from NBP include:
iOS 8 Without The Eye
Get The Picture (how to use the camera as a blind person)
Getting Started with the iPHONE And IOS7: A guide for Blind And Visually Impaired Users
iOS 8 Reference Card (a full listing of all voiceover gestures)
Out And About: Our Favorite Travel Apps
Reading Kindle Books on Your iOS Device: A Quick Reference Guide
Tweeting Blind
Twenty-Two Useful Apps For Blind And Visually Impaired Users
They also have books on mastering the Mac with voiceover and on using iMessage.
Regards,
--Debby A, Cupertino, CA
Rob:
i am writing in response to the man who wanted to learn about his accessibility features such as voice over.
In my experience, Apple store employees know next to nothing about voiceover.
He would do far better, to join apple-vis, a apple only community dedicated to blind and low vision users.
There are a number of books about learning to use IOS products in electronic and braille formats published by National Braille Press.
Hook up with any local National chapter of organizations of the blind and begin to learn.
There are many excellent blind IOS trainers available.
Just ask applevis.com.
Regards,
Jan Brown.
22:27
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,800 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out and has lots of comments was from Jerome Horowitz - whom asked quote
My caller id block does not work on my new iPhone 6. Anybody have a fix??
unquote
So for those not familiar with this feature in the Settings —> Phone —> Show My Caller ID - by default it is set on.
If you turn it off - it is supposed to block your caller ID.
Mike Hennessie mentioned that turning it off and calling his house it still showed his name and number - but calling his wifes iPhone it did not.
But for Kirsten Twigg it worked fine.
Looks like this might be an AT&T issue. Let me know if this is working right for you.
206-666-6364 or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
And since the last episode there were also 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 1800+ of you already in the community and contributing.
25:12
http://investor.apple.com
Some questions we have about how Apples sales really went last quarter will be answered on Tuesday Jan 27th at 5:00 PM ET - when Apple does their quarterly conference call. Here are my predictions - iPhone sales up yr over yr - iPad sales down yr over yr. Pro Apple people (i.e. me - will concentrate our focus on the iPhone sales - Anti Apple Press - i.e. Much of the tech press - will focus on the iPad sales. Some will try to do both.
Either way I will get a blog post up at Today in iOS dot com and in the Tii App either right before or after the conference call starts.
I am sure we will have more on predictions leading up to the conference call or right after going over who was right and who was wrong.
As is typical - don’t expect any new news per products to be announced or even hinted at.
26:20
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/01/
more-ram-and-a-much-different-display-
could-greet-iphone-6s-buyers
Thanks to Michael for this next one. Which is more Rumors about the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus or what ever the next gen iPhones are called.
You will see a lot of articles the next couple of months with rumors about the next gen iPhones - but past history shows anything before April is pure fiction - April / May is traditionally when the first real rumors come out.
For now the Rumors are really just people speculating and calling it rumors and tapping the infamous un-named source.
That said - Kudos for AppAdvice for their article which took the stance of Likely features and speculation. And what they speculate makes sense.
A9 Processor - which is clearly a no-brainer
A Bump up in Ram - Given the latest iPad air has 2GB of ram - Again seems to be a no brainer.
Other speculation - Faster RAM to boot - that does come from a rumor in Taiwan - so yeah take that for what it is worth - hint - not much.
Then there is the speculation of Force Touch for the next iPhone - Some call that a rumor - others just looked at the announced features of the Apple Watch and said - Yeah - that is missing from the iPhone now - so add it to the rumor list. Except that the Apple Watch is an OLED display with special sensors to support force touch - so not sure if we will see force touch on the iPhone 6S - Maybe the version after. This would be a major change if implemented.
28:11
http://www.cultofmac.com/308958/apple-
already-lined-sapphire-supplier-iphone-6s/
Thanks to Jordan for the heads up on this next one: Which is from cult of mac and the post is titled. Could Apple Have already lined up the sapphire supplier for the iPhone 6S Question Mark - and Per the answer I would say in my dreams - as that is about the only way it happens and even then my . This post is based on the news that a company called Desay just announced their own smartphone with an unbreakable sapphire display. Also Desay is an apple supplier. Cult of Mac asks if Desay can make sapphire displays for their own smartphones why not for Apple. Hmmmm - Lets see - Oh yeah VOLUME. Remember before GTAT imploded - it was supposed to have a sapphire production capacity equal to 2 times the current combined global production of Sapphire. Yes part of the GTAT agreement was that they would get to sell the furnaces to pay of their loans from Apple - be even if they did sell them to Desay - the issue comes that the furnaces did not produce the quality sapphire needed and they would need to be modified at best to get there. There has been no indications that there is a short term solution for Sapphire to meet the needs of 10’s of Millions of iPhones. So again the answer to the why not for Apple question is Volume and lack of Global production infrastructure for quality Sapphire. Sadly this is something that will be a long time coming if ever.
29:58
http://getprismatic.com/story/1421393769708?
share=NTE4OTA.MTQyMTM5Mzc2OTcwOA.
bM0gf1wIVuLV9HmP6X8SSqyKiQU
It seems iOS 9 is starting to show up on some server logs - meaning Apple is starting some internal testing of the Alpha version - this is right in line with past years and it showing up in server logs. So nice to see it there now - but per the previous episode - I really do hope that iOS 9 is not about new features and much much more about bug fixes and speed improvement.
30:57
http://www.cnet.com/news/new-lightning-
powered-headphones-offer-sneak-peek-at-
next-generation-of-iphone-accessories/
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this link - and it really is a story I tried not to report on last episode. You may have noticed last episode I did not say anything about CES. And of all the reports of new products - this is one I was most interested in - it is that there are finally Lightning powered headphones. The big shocker for me though was who they were from - Not Beats now owned by Apple - but rather from Philips and Also Harman JBL.
The Philips Fidelio NC1L is the first lightning powered on-ear noise canceling headphones - followed by the JBL Reflect aware sports headphones with noise cancellation. The NC1L will be out Late Feb / March time frame - the Aware will be out in the spring.
The NC1L will run you $300 clams - the Aware comes in at half that price.
Technically this is old news as Philips announced the headphones back in September - but they had them at CES and multiple people played with them - and from what I read the response was tepid at best - Essentially they were just as good as other headphones that were not lightning headphones. Guess you really need to have a keen ear to hear the difference.
33:29
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/
2015/01/11/nobody-is-using-android-lollipop/
Thanks to Matt for the heads up on this next one:
We all love lolipops - right - Well evidently not if you use Android - As the latest version of Android which launched in Early November - by the first week of Jan was being used on somewhere south of 0.1% of Android devices. Yikes - In that amount of Time - iOS 8 made its way to almost 50% of All iOS device. Again another reason choosey Dev choose iOS.
34:08
http://www.cultofmac.com/308946/blackberry-
gets-caught-tweeting-iphone/
I know I have said the best time to kick someone is when they are down before - but this time - it is the guy on the ground kicking himself - which is pretty hard to do - and funny to see - almost as funny as when Blackberry this week sent out a tweet about their Phone - but in classic Blackberry fail mode you know did it from an iPhone - dooooohhhh. I would imagine this whole thing looked something like what the guys in the parking lot really saw in the first fight for fightclub. Thanks Blackberry for the laugh and the memories.
34:44
VOICEMAIL - Derrek_issues_mapping_complaining
Hi Rob,
To answer a question from one of your listeners on the most recent episode about adding apps to the notification center, I use an app called launcher that allows you to put apps in the notification Center using IOS 8 extensions. I am not sure if the feature still is being offered if you download the app today, but it works perfectly for me. I am using an unjailbroken iPad Air 2. I believe there is already one more app that offers this feature also. I would browse the extensions section in the app store. Once again, love the show and keep up the good work.
Regards,
Kareem
Hi rob,
Happy new year!
In response to the gentleman in episode 333 who switched over from android tablet to iPad 2, looking for quick access to certain apps (or at least that's what I understood him to be looking for), I would recommend the launch app which he can put in the dock at the bottom of the screen. He can add quite a few apps into it and it has the swipe gestures that allows you to open apps slickly or perform particular actions inside of the specified apps. Also you can group apps together (e.g I have a "morning coffee" option where I have instant access to all the apps I usually need in the morning: tomtom navigation, BBC news, stitcher, weather live, NY times, anylist, Evernote AP news etc) .
Of course this isn't exactly the same as what he had on the Android but it's pretty cool and worth a try.
Hope that helps somewhat.
Regards,
Tosin O from Hockley Heath, UK
Hi,
I heard someone asking what case to get for the Ipad Air 2. I ordered the Clamcase Pro the first of Dec. Just received it last week and so far I love it. If you sign up for there e-mails, I received $20 of the price, which came to $149. I had the Zagg Folio with the keyboard for my I-pad 3rd gen. and it worked great. The reveiws on there new folio where not the greatest. The nice thing about the Clamcase Pro you can fold it back onto the keyboard so you can use it with out the keyboard. Some people complain the keyboard is not back lit, but that doesn't bother me.
Keep up the great work.
Roy S
38:09
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robjama/
next-keyboard-the-perfect-keyboard-for-iphone
Hi Rob,
I just supported this Kickstarter project
Merry Christmas
Steve from AZ
This next Kickstarter project I want to mention not just because Steve and a few others supported it - but that helps - and not just because of what it is - but rather for how they presented themselves on Kickstarter - this is one of those projects if you are planning on doing a kickstarter project you should look closely at everything they did - because it was done really well. Kudos gentlemen - which is part of the reason why they are roughly 6 times their goal. What is said product - It is the Next Keyboard - The Perfect keyboard for iPhone - This one you have until Jan 24th at 9:43 PM CT to fund. For $5 you get the keyboard. They also have other levels you can fund at and that is one of the things I like about their project - if you scroll down you will see an infographic showing what you get for the different levels.
Their video is funny as well.
Again if you ever plan to do a kickstarter project - check out this one - take notes - take screen shots - you can learn a bunch from this one. Oh and yeah if you want quote The perfect keyboard for iPhone - search for Next Keyboard two words at kickstarter dot com - or for the link in Ep 334’s show notes.
39:39
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/
ipintm-laser-pointer-wireless-presenter-for-ios-an
We have another Kickstarter project to go over. This one is from the same folks that brought us the iStick and the Pearl Compact Mirror - which I just received notification it has shipped and on its way to me. Well their new Kickstarter project is the iPin Laser Pointer. Quote iPin worlds smallest laser pointer and wireless presenter for iPhone and Android. Turn your smartphone into a powerful presentation tool unquote.
Essentially for the iPhone it is a tiny laser pointer that fits inside your headphone jack. You have until Feb 10th at 1:59 AM CT to fund this one - which right now needs your funding at it is at just 15k out of a goal of 50k -
If you do go to fund this one - make sure to pick the version for iPhone and not the android version. Their offerings are confusing probably one reason they have not hit their goal yet.
There are offerings for those at one price if you funded one of their previous projects and then pricing if you did not - and then there is some bundle pricing for their BTtogo accessory. Again it gets confusing. Oh and did I mention there is one version just for the iPhone 6 Plus - but only if it is not the EU version of the iPhone 6 plus. Yeah like I said confusing.
41:26
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/sorry-
iphone-users-apples-dev-agreement-means-
no-eff-mobile-app-iphone
I am a card carrying member of the EFF literally - and I have to take exception with their recent issues with Apple. EFF - REALLY you are going after Apple because of the Developer agreement. Yet - I guess for the end users - where End users are actually protected for privacy soooooo much better by Apple and iOS - than - the Sheered sheep Google calls endusers whose privacy is nonexistent and data is sold to the highest and not so highest bidders. EFF - Really - you are going after Apple here why? Someone at the EFF has their cranium stuck in their nether regions - just sayin
Essentially the EFF just released an official App for the EFF but only for Android - and not for iOS - and then went all postal on Apple for their Developer agreements - many of the items they took issue with for devs Apple has in place to protect the end users - like their complaint about Apple being able to kill any app at any time. They said in their article
quote - Section 8 makes it clear that Apple can "revoke the digital certificate of any of Your Applications at any time." Steve Jobs once confirmed that Apple can remotely disable apps, even after they have been installed by users. This contract provision would appear to allow that. unquote
NO DUHHHH - This is all about protecting the end users in case a malicious app slips past the approval process. Section 8 is one of the best security features Apple offers and for the EFF to take exception to that and plain not Get it - like I said someone at the EFF has their Cranium stuck in their Nether regions. Sorry EFF - Really disappointed with the you on this one.
43:19
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/12/iphone-
separation-study/
Thanks to steve from AZ and others that sent in this next one.
Which may explain what is going on at the EFF - seems someone must have taken away the folks at the EFF’s iPhones - as that would explain their stupidity. See a study from the University of Missouri found that when our iPhone is taken away we get dumb and jittery. Like taking a caffeine laced stupid pill.
Ok what they actually said was quote that separating people from their iPhone not only causes Anxiety, but also reduces cognitive performance unquote Yeah as I said - it is like taking a caffeine laced stupid pill.
What the University of Missouri actually recommended based on their study was quote These findings suggest that iPhone users should avoid parting with their phones during daily situations that involve a great deal of attention, such as taking tests, sitting in conferences or meetings, or completing important work assignments, as it could result in poorer cognitive performance on those tasks. unquote.
So there - now you have a survey from a Major University that says not only is it ok for you to have your iPhone with you - it is recommended that you have it. So just point your significant other to this report the next time they tell you to get rid of your iPhone.
Of course I have no way of confirming this study as my iPhone is with me unless I am showering - and even then it is right outside the shower door.
44:48
VOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_MAILDROPHELP
Hi Rob,
In response to the discussion about setting up Exchange on an iDevice, be aware of the following gotcha:
I have a long username on the college campus where I work. I got tired of entering it, so I created a shortcut under settings, general, keyboard, shortcuts.
That saved me time for all the places where I needed to enter it repeatedly.
When I set up my email, calendar and contacts to sync with our exchange server, I kept getting errors that my password was invalid. I had our I.T. folks look at my setup screen and they insisted everything was fine, and they concluded that I must be entering the password incorrectly. I even changed my password, but still no luck!
It turned out I’d taken advantage of my shortcut to enter my user name, and shortcuts always terminate an entry with a space. Other services on our campus intranet did not mind the terminating space, but exchange did. As soon as I deleted the space, without even messing again with the password, my contacts calendar and work email all sync beautifully now.
By the way, I discovered the space because I’m a voiceover user. I asked voiceover to spell everything on the offending screen and the invisible space was revealed!
Regards,
Debby A, Cupertino, California.
VOICEMAIL - Shawna_Indy_JB_Tweak_quest_alphabatize
48:03
http://www.imore.com/how-record-video-
your-iphone-your-mac
I know I complained about Yosemite on the last episode. So this episode I want to point out something neat I can do with Yosemite and my iPhone I could not do with early versions of OS Ten. And that is display and record my iPhone screen quickly and easily.
Here are the basic steps - Credit to iMore for these steps.
- Connect the iOS device to your Mac using the Lightning cable.
- Open the Applications folder.
- Double-click on QuickTime Player.
- Click on the File menu.
- Select New Movie Recording.
- Click on the downward-facing arrow to the right of the record button.
- Under Camera, select the name of your iOS device.
- If you wish to record audio from the device, select its name in the Audiosource list.
- Click on the red record button to begin recording video from your iPhone.
- When you're done, click on the button again to stop recording.
I did this a few times already - it works great - just make sure to select the iPhone for both Audio and Video sources.
49:46
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/01/12/trial-
vs-return-policy/
Thanks to Jim M and a few others that sent in this next one.
Which is that Apple is supposedly cracking down on users who abuse the new 14 day return policy.
From iDownload blog quote One reader explains that when Apple introduced the new 14-day return policy, he started treating this policy as a trial period of some sort. After spending about $40 in various apps to trial, he was able to get $25 refunded, but Apple took notice of his behavior and a message popping up in the App Store now warns him that he will no longer be eligible for refunds on new purchases. unquote
Seems that now that user and some others are seeing a message
quote I acknowledge that if I download this app within fourteen days of tapping ‘Buy”, I will no longer be eligible to cancel this purchase. unquote.
Not sure if most or everyone is seeing that message now - or it is something apple put in place for those that trigger some algorithm as an abuser of the 14 day return policy.
50:49
http://fortune.com/2015/01/18/apple-crime-
report-240-iphones-disappeared-through-
20-in-hole/?xid=yahoo_fortune
From the crime blotter comes this next interesting story. Seems some criminals or Chinese good fellas decided it would be a good idea to steal a few iPhones - to the tune of 240 brand new iPhones still in the box - still at the warehouse. from the Xinhua news agency -
quote
Police said the three men broke into the facility between Dec. 12 and 13 via a 50-cm hole dug out of the wall. One suspect used to work as a driver for the logistics company that owned the warehouse and was familiar with the site.
They later sold the gadgets and spent most of the money on cars, gold, and gambling.”
unquote
They were caught be cause you guessed it - the police had the serial numbers. Duuuhhh. Just because you know how to dig a tunnel - does not mean you know anything about iPhones. If they were smart - they would have stole something like gold that is not easily traceable.
But good thing they like to dig - because I am sure they will be doing lots of that the next 15 to 20 years.
51:49
VOICEMAIL - Jodi_ATL_rant_about_protruding_camera
Hello Rob,
I wanted to get your opinion on updates to your iPhone. I know Apple does a fantastic job at detailing what is within the over the air update. However, I recently had a carrier update from AT&T and was given two options (Not Now) or (Update). I wish they would provide information about the update to its consumer, before I jump in to a blind update. Am I missing a place were it is listed on my iPhone? Or is there a website I would be able to go to to look it up .
Regards,
Jonah
Hi Rob,
Do you or the listeners know of Any apps that use homekit permission? I have none
Regards,
Michael
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Sun, 11 January 2015
TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 333
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 Called Polarize with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Polarize.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 BOB for sending in the Artwork for today's show. BOB wrote
Hi Rob.
This is a photo I took of Niagara Falls. I used Pixelmator to create the page, including the text.
I don't have a creative bone in my body but I'm sure that the creative types could create some magic with this app. There's so much more than what I've done here. And I should mention that I never consulted the help files.
I am using an iPad Air 1st gen and I was pleased at how well it ran.
Regards,
Bob
Well BOB Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see BOB'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 333 - or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:15
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “iHeads” who continually proclaimed the imagined superiority of Apple smartphones vs. those of Samsung now have grudging respect for the Korean giant, and will soon be awed by Sony and LG.”
Henry Long, Seeking Alpha, 6 September 2013
Well Henry - Hate to tell you this but iHeads as you call us - have no respect for Sammy devices. They are cheap iPhone wannabees and Sony and LG - sorry not feelin the Awe or even the shock - Just Sayin
02:52
Sadly No Promo Codes this week - hope to have some for the next episode.
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.
03:21
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/29/iphones-and-
ipads-made-up-over-half-of-devices-activated-on-chri/
Looks like lots of people were dreaming of a white christmas as in Apple Logo white. According to Mobile Analytics firm Flurry - 51% of new mobile devices activated were iOS Devices - during the week of Christmas. Samsung was a distant second at 18% or a ratio of 2.9 iOS devices activated per each sammy device. The iPhone 6+ was one of the Top 5 devices activated during the week.
I guess this really is not news - we all know that Apple Rules Christmas. I mean buying someone a smartphone that likely will be given away for free or 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 next month is not much of a present (i.e. Android phones) but getting them an iPhone or iPad - now that shows you love those kids or significant other. Because is that not what Christmas is all about - buying your kids love with Electronics that have an Apple logo or Beats logo on them.
Or as I have said in the past - Getting someone an Android device for Christmas - is the same as buying your kid an Action Jackson when they really wanted the G.I. Joe with Kong fu Grip - it is just a trauma the kid will never get over - not even when 48 years old and running a Podcast. Just Sayin
04:40
http://fortune.com/2015/01/01/did-samsung-
really-overtake-apple-in-consumer-satisfaction/
If you have listened to this show before - you know I have not love for the Apple Hating press that is soooo quick to jump on Apple like a duck on a cheetoo for any possible bad news - even when it is not true or accurate.
Take the story that broke last month that had Apple Haters and Android fan bois tripping over themselves to re-report it - and that was supposedly Samsung had topped Apple in customer Satisfaction - with Zach Epstein from Boy Genius Report stating Samsung will finish 2014 with a much needed win. Or Business Insiders - Julie Bort Stating that Why the change in customer satisfaction - The Larger sized iPhone 6 and 6 plus might be an issue.
And Endgadget stating that Bendgate probably didn’t help either.
Problem with all of them is they forget this thing covered in J-school 101 - it is called - FACT CHECK. As in the survey sited came from May of 2014 - before the iPhone 6 and 6Plus even launched. The company the survey is from is ACSI - and the survey was called the American Customer Satisfaction Index - and was from a survey they did between Jan 13 and Mar 11th 2014 - so Yeah - Anyone commenting about the iPhone 6 or 6+ or Bendgate - Ummm - No. Again this is old data - and pre- iPhone 6 and 6+ - when many were pinning away for a larger iPhone which came this past fall. The next survey from them will not be out until around May - but expect this time - people to pay much closer attention to it - unless of course it is positive for Apple - then most of those that misreported on it this time - will ignore it the next time - Right Zach and Julie.
http://www.macworld.com/article/2863950/peeling-an-onion.html
06:44
http://www.marco.org
I have mentioned Marco Arment on this show before. He is someone I really respect as a coder and his ability to see market trends - and then act on those trends. He is responsible for Tumblr, Instapaper and now Overcast - and has a very good podcast.
There are people I have met or talked with that think they are smarter then everyone else in the room - and there are those that know they are. Marco would be in the later group - and that is not a bad thing. Steve jobs was that way - Bob Camp one of my Mentors was that way as well. There are only a few people I know that fall in that later group. And again Marco is one I have deep respect for. These are the people that actually get really cool stuff done - because they have the confidence and tools to make good decisions. That is called the set up.
Marco wrote a post last weekend that got a lot of play to say the least titled - Apple has lost the functional high ground. It was a post he said that basically the quality of Apples software is not up to the level he and we have been used to. He did state that Still Apples’ OS’s are much better than the alternatives - but that part of the reason for the degradation in quality from Apple compared to past OS’s is that Apple has put itself on these artificial time lines and that Apple really should not do a major update this year - but rather just fix all the bugs and get the OS’s up to Apples standards.
Because of the publicity - mostly with mis-quotes or partial quotes taken out of context - Marco wrote another Post saying he wished he did not write the first one.
But I want to say this - I agreed with Marco’s comments in the first post. Apples OS’s - both Mac and iOS - have had more bugs and issues than I have been used to. I just updated to Yosemite and wow - it is slower than Mountain lion. Little things like when I click on the volume control take seconds to show a response - and then don’t even have in the beeps to hear the level - or that you clicked it to adjust. Netflix no longer works with Safari on my Cinema display - I have to use Chrome. It has felt a little like death by a 1000’s paper cuts since updating.
And listeners to this show know of the issues with iOS 8 and not being able to update without issue until 8.1. Heck just open Safari on your iPhone 6+ and put it in landscape mode - chances are it will crash on you. Depending on the site you are visiting.
So what Marco said in his original post was true at least from what I see - it is just sad the Apple Haters picked and choosed what to report on and what to skip - like the part about iOS and OS X still being better than the competition.
As a Side note - I actually got an email from Marco Friday night after I had written the above - right after - Creepy - Marco are you in my Evernote account? ok - it was about Libsyn stuff - but still the timing was creepy.
10:44
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/01/08App-
Store-Rings-in-2015-with-New-Records.html
Apple had a press release this past week - which I am sure had nothing at all to do with Marco’s post. Just purely a coincidence in timing that is all. That PR was titled - App Store Rings in 2015 with new records.
And it was about all the money Apple is making devs.
The first week of Jan 2015 set new records with nearly 1/2 a billion dollars in sales.
In 2014 Apps Generated over $10 Billion in Revenue for Devs and to date App store Devs have earned a combined $25 Billion.
They also talked about Apple Pay but really not numbers - just rah rah type stuff. But I did get to use Apple Pay a few times on my trip to NY - including at the Toys R Us in times square and the Hershey’s store in times square. Both worked without any issues.
While in NYC - I did test my connection speeds - per the last episode when I mentioned where T-Mobile supposedly had the higher speed LTE - Ummm - well not in Time Square they did not. I did multiple tests and they came in between 3.72 to 9.9 on the download and 4.41 and 12.34 Mbps on the upload. Not the >100 Mbps speed claimed in their recent release for NYC - It might be that way in other parts of the city - but not in Times Square.
For comparisons sake I just ran the same speed test in my house in Overland Park KS - not one of the ultra high speed locations - and I had 31 Mbps down and 16.2 Mbps up. And I ran that test a few more times with the same or slightly higher speeds. So again - I did not see that great new speed in NYC they talked about.
Thanks to Geoff D - who sent in his LTE speeds from T-mobile - from 30 miles north of Houston - he was getting 66.5 Up and 24.15 down.
12:54
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14:43
VOICEMAIL - Andrew_pad_quest_feature_open_apps
Rob,
Answer to Levi's question about how to set up exchange email on iPhone.
Go to settings, email, add account, tap exchange, enter your exchange email address and password. In my experience the email settings will auto configure so at this point you are done. However, it's possible that it doesn't. In that case you will need to enter the server address and toggle SSL on or off. You can get this info from your IT department.
Hope that helps!
Chase Dowell
17:47
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 1,800 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out and had lost of comments was from Craig Lucas - whom asked quote
Now that the Apple Podcast App is a stock app, when do you think it'll get its updates? I've gone over to Overcast just to get away from the severe bugs that still plague it! unquote
There was some banter back and forth in the comments about the Podcasts App - but personally I use it more than anyone Podcast aggregator app - and it works very well for me. If anyone has not tried it lately it is very much improved from the initial release and even the 2.0 release. That said Craig has a point on if it will get updates other than with major releases.
Still per some of the banter in the comments - I can say without out any shadow of any doubt - the Apple Podcasts App is the most used Aggregator app for Podcasts - So much so - that if you combined all the other aggregators apps for smartphones and computers - Including iTunes - Apples Podcasts App still beats them all. It is now around 50% of all Podcast downloads - not Mobile download - ALL downloads on all platforms - 50%. The closest thing to the Podcasts App is iTunes at around 15% - after that NOTHING is in double digits or even above 4%.
So regardless of what some people may feel about the Podcasts App - It is clearly the king of the hill and is now natively installed on over 1/2 a billion iOS devices.
Compare that to Zero installs of a native Podcasting App on Android - and you understand quickly why Podcasts are downloads 6 times more on iOS than Android.
Now don’t get me wrong - just because it is the most used does not make it the best - I know many that love Castro, Overcast and Downcast. But from a usage number perspective they are not even close.
And since the last episode there were also 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 1800+ of you already in the community and contributing.
One more from G+ I thought was interesting and this is from Myron Uecker
quote I noticed a message indicator on my T-Mobile app today on my iPhone. I looked at it and it said I had not restarted my device in two weeks, and they recommend you restart them on a regular basis. I was kind of surprised it had been that long, but it is not something I think about. unquote
21:49
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/06/technology/mobile/apple-
patent-flexible-phone/index.html
From you can't make this stuff up category. Apple this week was awarded a patent for a Flexible Phone. No word if that that is to retro cover the iPhone 6plus - oh come on - how could I not throw in that joke.
Actually this patent is for an iPhone that is supposed to Bend. Or as they call it a Flexible Electronic Device
Said device would include flexible Screens, flexible batteries and flexible circuit boards.
As with most Apple Patents that are issued and no product is available at that time - it is likely we may never see said product.
But at least the Patent gives everyone a good laugh - All things considered.
22:29
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/02/technology/mobile/apple-
iphone-lawsuit/index.html
Lawyer time - and this time there is a class action lawsuit because Apple’s 16 GB iPhone does not have 16 GB of free storage space. Duhhhhh.
This is nothing new - and all devices OS chew up a bunch of their free space - we have talked before about this.
Apples OS typically takes up less space than the others.
With the 16GB iPhone 6Plus - iOS 8 takes up 20% of the storage. it is 19% for the 6 - that is about 3GB.
Now Apple is not the only ones Lawyers have gone after they also went after MS for the surface tablet - where the 32 GB version actually had over 50% of the storage used by the OS.
Googles Kit Kat - the latest version of Android by the way is about 5.5 GB - but can be much bigger depending on what is added by Carriers. It can be a little smaller for the Nexus with OEM crap. But in all cases it is lager than iOS 8.
The Galaxy S4 early last year for a 16GB device had almost 50% used by Android and the Sammy additions to it. The S5 had over 50% of the 16GB used.
Fact is no Smartphone has the free storage the same as the total storage - but iOS devices do come closest. Still - I have recommended and will continue to recommend you get at least the 64 GB version of any iOS device you are looking at.
Per this lawsuit this is just lawyers doing what they do - and Apple Haters doing what they do - over reporting on it.
Hopefully this one gets thrown out.
24:26
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/06/apple-watch-launch/
One of the rumors to come out this past week is that the Apple watch launch is expected in March with retail training set for Mid Feb.
Seems Apple is missing one of the best dates of the year for a watch purchase - Feb 14th - Valentines Day.
I really was thinking they would hit that date or the 13th actually for the launch of the Apple Watch.
Mind you it is sources familiar with the situation that are reporting this.
They also report that Pricing for the Stainless Steel and Sapphire model will start around $500 - vs the $349 price for the Sports model with glass - that apple already confirmed on pricing for.
The gold version is priced at - if you have to ask - it is not for you levels.
25:24
http://www.demoapplewatch.com/
But if you can’t wait to March or even Feb to see how the Apple watch will work - there is now a site where you can demo the Apple watch online - this is demoapplewatch dot com - clever and subtle URL.
You can click on the apps on the home screen and see them launch - click on the digital crown to return to the home screen.
And if you click on the iTunes app - you can play a song from coldplay.
This looks best when viewed on an iPhone.
again the site is demo apple watch dot com
26:09
http://fortune.com/2015/01/03/apple-devices-hit-record-high-
in-china-samsung-headed-south/
Benedict Evans - A Partner at Andereesen Horowitz - was able to get data from Baidu’s dev site - Baidu is China’s leading Search engine - or the Google of China - just not as evil as Google - oops did I say that outloud - need to remember to edit that out in post.
Per said data Benedict found was that Samsungs share in China was down from 22% at the start of 2014 to 12.5% at the end of 2014. Ouch While Apples share up from 20% to start 2014 to over 25% to end 2015.
Sammy could really have used that Win to end 2014 that BGR gave them credit for. Just Sayin.
26:58
http://www.zdnet.com/article/cheap-black-fridaycyber-
monday-android-tablets-riddled-with-vulnerabilities-
and-security-headaches/
Hi Rob,
This article is funny. Well ok not for the poor people suckered into these devices Please share this with the audience I tell everybody I know about how insecure Android is.
Regards,
Mr Max
Thanks for the heads up on this article from ZDnet titled - Cheap black friday / Cyber monday Android tablets riffled with vulnerabilities and security headaches. Wow - long title - why not just - Android Tablets are in secure - Duhhhhh
A security firm called Bluebook Labs purchase a dozen Black Friday Bargain Android tablets and what they found is enough to send any IT manager diving for cover. Quote"Most of the devices ship with vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations," wrote Andrew Blaich, a security researcher at Bluebox Labs. "A few even include security backdoors. What seemed like great bargains turned out to be big security concerns. Unfortunately, unsuspecting consumers who purchase and use these devices will be putting their mobile data and passwords at risk. unquote said Andrew Blaich at Bluebox.
But really when has Android ever been associated with security. And the cheaper the device the more likely you are going to have security issues. As they state in the article you definitely don’t want to be doing any online banking on your Android Tablets. I guess use it for Netflix and Angry birds and that is about it.
28:26
http://mashable.com/2014/12/31/interview-android-app/
Thanks to Stephen W for this next one. And it is under the category - aren’t you glad you are not on Android. Ok - that is a really broad category when you think about it.
Anyway. This is also about the movie the Interview - that had all the controversy around Christmas - and not being shown in theaters because of threats.
Well a fake app was making its rounds in South Korea claiming you could download a copy of the movie - but actually it did normal Android Malware stuff and stole users bank account details instead. Ooooppps.
Hey but only about 20,000 devices were infected. We’ve seen worse.
29:11
VOICEMAIL - Question_blind_accessiblity_help
Hi Rob,
I have been using an app recently called PushBullet. It allows you to send links, files, messages to and from any of your devices including iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome and Windows.
For example I have it set up on my iPhone, iPad and Windows 8 laptop as well as Chrome. If i see something i want on one of my other devices, no matter which device I'm on i simply open PushBullet, select which device i want to send it to and click 'Push It' and it almost instantly appears on the device I'm sending it to.
I have used this for photo's, URL's, and directions among others.
I'm sure there are other ways to do this, save to Dropbox for example. But this is so much simpler and quicker.
Regards,
Simmo
Wellington, New Zealand
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114399090945235063829/posts/
jbNi71wyCUd?cfem=1
From the G+ community from Dan R
Quote I need a good alarm clock app for my 6 plus. I use headphones to sleep with binural beats and the stock clock alarm does not play through the bluetooth headphones. It plays though the phone and not only wakes me up, but my wife also.
So I need an alarm clock app that will only play through the connected cordless bluetooth headphones so I can wake up and not disturb my wife.
Unquote
One suggestion was the app called Workflow - but that did not work so no one in the community was able to answer the question - but if anyone listening can - please let us know - 206-666-6364 - that’s 206-moon-dog - or send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com.
32:44
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/853175871/cord2go-
charge-and-sync-lightning-keychain-for-iph?ref=nav_search
Time to give you a reason to spend more money. This weeks kickstarter project is Cord2Go Charge & Sync Lightning Keychain for iPhone and iPad.
Which well as the projects title may indicate is a Lightning to USB sync and charge cable for iOS devices with lightning ports - that fits in a very small package the size and can be used as a key chain.
This one had a modest goal of 10k and has raised about 14k - so it is funded. If you are interested in this one you have until Jan 19th at 4:37 PM CT to fund it.
Pricing on this is just $15. It is Apple MFI certified.
If interested in this one search for Cord2Go - C O R D 2 G O at kickstarter or in the show notes for Ep 333 at today in iOS dot com.
33:45
http://iexplorer-support.macroplant.com/customer/portal/articles/
1325738-how-to-delete-all-photos-from-an-iphone-or-ipad
Hi Rob, Just wanted to share a fix I found with the community. My wife's iPhone (5s) had under 300 photos and a dozen videos, but in Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage and iTunes, was registering around 13 GB and just under 3000 photos. I took it to the Genius Bar and they told me to restore to factory settings, then restore her profile. This would force it to reload and fix the issue. I did that to no avail. I took it back to the Genius Bar and they said it was something in her profile and we'd have to restore it as a new phone and just use it like that. I wasn't willing to accept that, so I did some investigation on my own. I connected it to my Mac and ran iExplorer, browsed to the Media/DCIM folder and found folders numbered 100APPLE to 108APPLE. I copied them to my Mac and found that there really were almost 3000 photos in there. I found the link below and followed it for each folder (some I had to delete twice as they came back). This deleted all her photos, but I wasn't worried, because I had already copied them to the Mac. After the reboot, I checked her phone and it was fixed. This solution worked for me and hopefully will help others.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
35:23
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/30/editorial-the-
world-revolved-around-apple-inc-in-2014
The very excellent Daniel Eran Dilger from Apple Insider had a great editorial piece titled The world revolved around Apple in 2014.
It starts with this gem Quote In 2014, the world's journalists, investors and software developers all collectively discovered they'd been disastrously wrong about Apple in 2013. And with good reason. unquote.
And then I said - Can I hear an Amen.
I am not going to go over the whole article - Fair use and all that - plus I think his articles are must reads - but there is one other item in the article I wanted to mention - and that is with regards to Developers.
He points out how in 2013 - when Apple haters and Android fan boys in the press were at their worst - they were saying Android was winning, iPads were collapsing, 64 bit did not matter and all anyone wanted was the cheapest phone available. And well in 2014 the world learned - what we have been saying all along - that is total poppy cock - or well words much stronger than that.
The coverage of Apple vs Samsung in 2014 is priceless and again the whole article is a must read. Especially for those that in 2013 - kept saying all that Apple doom and gloom as poppy cock - yeah this article just makes you stick your chest out an go yup - I knew I was right.
Search for the article - The world revolved around Apple, in 2014 in the show notes for Ep 333 at today in iOS dot com - or in the links in the Tii App.
37:04
Hi Rob,
I have been frustrated with only ONE thing on my iPhone 6 Plus --the Camera App.
My wife and I have been fostering the cutest 20-month old twin boys and we try to capture the funny and adorable things they do on video.
Today I learned something that I'd like to pass onto other iPhone photographers about the Camera app interface. I really should have figured this out sooner.
My frustrations with the Camera app came when I'd try to switch from Photo mode to Video mode. I thought the only way to do this was by using the swiping gesture to switch modes. I had missed many cute moments because the app didn't respond fast enough to my swipe gesture or it would sometimes do a different thing like adjust the exposure.
Today I discovered that I could just TAP the words "Video," "Photo" and other mode labels instead of swiping. I really should have known this, but the interface text seemed more like labels than buttons to me. But Apple shouldn't allow multiple gestures to do the same thing.
I hope that I was able to help other rookie iOS photographers out there capture their images more quickly.
Now the only peeve that I have with the Camera app is that photos don't use the whole screen area like videos do. The image is confined to the middle area, not allowing image capture at the two ends of the screen where the interface buttons reside. Other third party camera apps do allow for using these end areas. Hopefully iOS 8.2 will fix this.
Thanks for your show!
Paul from Bend, OR
From the G+ community via Mark Henry
Quote For the jailbroken enthusiast who enjoys DetailedBatteryUsage tweak from Cydia but hates loosing the stock Usage and Standby timers. Try BatteryUsageEnhancer by Elijah Frederickson.
Add repo source http://elijahandandrew.com/repo/
Unqote
VOICEMAIL - Answer_jailbreak_app_no_annoyance
40:02
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/05/apple-to-start-selling-
sim-free-iphone-6-6-plus-in-the-u-s-tomorrow/
In a sign Apple has finally made it to where supply is equal to or greater than demand for the iPhone 6 and 6Plus - Apple is now offering sim free unlocked iPhone 6 and 6+'s in the US.
As expected the Pricing for the 16, 64 and 128 GB iPhones 6’s are $649, $749 and $849 respectively - and add $100 bucks for the 6Plus for each storage level.
40:33
http://www.cnet.com/products/antenna79-reach79-iphone-6-case/
Into the email bag -
Hey Rob, I have enjoyed the show for about 2 1/2 yrs. I try to buy from your advertisers when possible. I love my 6+. Big step up from the 5. I got this sexy little aluminum case on Ebay. Solid corners with two screws. Looks cool and should be good protection. I'm losing about 1 bar. I only have about 2 bars at work, so I'm offline part of the day. Just wanted throw a warning out there that metal cases can hurt your reception.
Regards,
Dana in central Florida
Hi Dana - yes - yes they can - thanks for the reminder.
Which leads us into this next story sent in from Michael. Which is about the Reach79 iPhone case that is supposed to give you up to 2X stronger signal so you can download faster. So the exact opposite of the Case Dana has. I actually reached out to the company requesting a press sample - I will see what they say - but if anyone does get one of these Reach79 cases - please let me know if it works for you - it definitely sounds a little questionable or too good to be truths - which is why I reached out to them. I would like to get one in my hands to do some testing.
41:57
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/09/the-fundamental-flaw-
with-eu-14-day-refunds-you-keep-the-app-forever/#more-360289
Oh boy - This is not good news for devs.
A week ago Apple Introduced 14 day no questions asked refunds in the EU for App store and iTunes store purchases.
This seems to stem from some EU regulations - the big issues right now are two fold. One - anyone for any reason or no reason at all can get their money back for app purchases. But when they do - the App continues to work - IE you get the App for free forever - Gee can’t see anyone at all possibly abusing this.
What a nightmare this is going to be for Apple and Devs. Essentially if you are a dev right now - you can just basically ignore any sales you were expecting or seeing from EU countries. The numbers are about to get all turned around.
Oh and this is supposed to be the case for Music and movies as well - So basically you could buy a movie - watch it and then cancel the purchase. The whole idea of having 2 weeks to get refunds for digital purchases is ridiculous - but apparently is EU law - a law that I am sure you will this year results in lots and lots of digital content being pulled from iTunes in the EU and other digital stores in the EU.
Will be interesting to see if Apple will be allowed to put in place a policy of you are only allowed X number of returns in X period of time before your account is closed.
Obviously - with the apps continuing to work after the purchased is canceled - is an issue Apple has caused and needs to address ASAP - but the EU law is the real issue here - and when Laws hurt those creating the content and apps - ultimately that is bad for consumers. The same ones I am sure the lawmakers meant to protect.
44:15
VOICEMAIL - John_fdbk_lookout_app
Hey Rob!
Im a 15 year old puertorrican teenager who has extreme passion for technology and has decided to go back to 2007 and listen to your oldest podcast and currently on item 50 and your second son's birth.If you ever read this on public which I would appreciate I would probably get to it by the time I'm 16.
Regards,
Hector P
Well Hector thanks for listening all the way through.
Rob,
I wanted to write in with an app review. I love the feature the desktop web version of Google Maps has where you can adjust a route if you don't want exactly what Google gives you. For example, say you like a given route, but want to avoids Elm Street because it gives you nightmares. You can drag the route to avoid it. The problem is there's no way to get that route to your iPhone to use turn-by-turn navigation. InRoute is a great app that lets you drop several pins to create waypoints to customize your trip. After you're done, you can save your route or export it to one of several navigation apps, such as Apple Maps, Google, Waze, TomTom & Navigon. I like apps like Navigon that support "Full Nav" mode because they allow you to have more than one destination at a time. For apps that don't support multiple waypoints, an "Agenda Nav" loads each individually as you approach them. There are other great features as well, such as a graph that plots "curviness" of the route. There is a free version that gives you a few pins and a paid version that allows up to 25 pins for only a few dollars. It is a great app and I highly recommend it to those that want more control over their routes.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
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Hi Rob, Happy New Year! Congratulations on having the most hours of podcasts in 2014 and best wishes for much similar success with your new podcast. In your latest episode of Today in iOS a listener reviewed the Lookout App that helped him find his iPhone when it's lost. In his review he mentioned two features of Lookout that he mistakenly believed Find My iPhone didn't have: the ability to find your phone using a computer and the ability to find your phone after the battery dies. I wrote an article about Find My iPhone last month at The Wonder of Tech that explains how the app has both of those features: Find My iPhone – The Very First App You Should Get. You can log into icloud.com from any computer to use Find My iPhone to locate your phone. Also, beginning with iOS 8 you can have Find My iPhone send the iPhone's location to iCloud right before the battery dies. That features is opt-in so many people don't realize it exists.
I wanted to clarify for your listeners that they don't need a 3rd party app to get the features
that the Lookout app has. Find My iPhone does it all! Cheers, Carolyn
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