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

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.

Unquote

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.

COVERED

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

VOCIEMAIL - Tii_Question_about_IPP

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:

Quote

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.

UnQuote

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.

PLAY VOICEMAIL - Kevin_thoughts_apple_not_reporting _numbers

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.

unquote

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.

Quote

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.

unQuote

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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VOICEMAIL - Scott_part_2_visiting_paris

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.

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

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

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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.

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

Quote

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! :

unquote

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

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

OUTRO

OUTRO MUSIC

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Fri, 5 June 2015

Tii - iTem 0350 - WWDC 2015 Keynote Rumors

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

Send us an email - todayinios@gmail.com

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Today's Sponsor: Harrys.com - Promo Code = tii

HomeKit devices start shipping

Google+ Community

Video on Razors - Harrys

Apple announces WWDC Keynote Live Stream for June 8th

Apple Maps in China offer a sneak peek at what's in store for Maps in iOS 9

Apple to announce new $10-a-month music streaming service

Apple Music WWDC launch roundup

Apple to Preview Watch Developer Kit Next Month

Apple Watch To Run Native Third-Party Apps In The Fall

9to5: iPad split screen coming

Emerging Technologies Blog: Two 12-inch iPad Pros

iOS 9 will be optimized for older devices, including iPhone 4S

Apple is reportedly going to start using its Watch font on iPhones

Apple's 2015 developers conference: What we expect - CNET

Everything we know about Apple's next big iPhone update, iOS 9

No new Apple TV at WWDC, sources say

New Apple TV to Work with Apple Watch so You Can Control it from Your Wrist

WWDC: Apple confirms Apple TV will be your smarthome hub

WWDC 2015: What to expect at Apple's iOS and OS X keynote

iOS 9 & OS X 10.11 to bring 'quality' focus

Google I/O 2015 sets a low bar for Apple's WWDC to leap

recondo - Kickstarter

Apple Stores No Longer Selling AT&T iPhones on Subsidies

Apps Mentioned in this Episode:

Tii

Nostalgio

PhotoStudio

Direct download: tii_0350.mp3
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Fri, 5 June 2015

WWDC 2015 - Rumor Bingo Card

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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

Fifth Row:

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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Fri, 5 June 2015

iOS Artwork - iTem 0350 and Episode Transcript

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.

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.

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

Quote

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.

Unquote

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.

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/

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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.

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