TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 354
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called KLINGON ENGINEERING with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" (using the term very loosely) within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG Klingon Engineering
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank PETER. for sending in the Artwork for today's show. PETER said the following:
Hi Rob,
Here is a picture I took using the stock photo app on my iPhone 6+. I added the branding using "Word Dream" which was free in the App Store for a few days.
Regards,
Peter in Austin, TX
Thanks PETER, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see PETER'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 354 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:20
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““There’s no doubt that the iPad is a slick, sexy device, but I don’t think it will be an overwhelming success. In the end, I think that the iPad will eventually be regarded much like Apple TV – a product that Jobs should have left on the drawing boards.”
Donovan Colbert, Tech Republic, 23 February 2010
In Apples Q1 of 2013 - Apple had over 10 Billion dollars in Revenue for the iPad ALONE. $10 Billion - 1 quarter. To Put that in perspective - That Same Quarter Google had a total of 14.4 Billion for all of Google Revenue. I think it is safe to say $10 Billion in one quarter is not bad for something that should have been left on the drawing board Just Sayin
03:14
All the promo codes were given out for the MacX Video App - thanks to all that wrote a review.
This week we have promo codes for a couple of Apps - The first is the App - Silk ASMR - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODES - SILK ASMR
Well thanks to Devs for their review of their App - SILK ASMR and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put SILK in the subject line.
The Second App we have promo code for is the App - TAP MON BATTLE - Here is the review from the dev.
This is a tap tap tap type game.
You must Complete the limited taps before time expires.
Be careful! If you tap a newborn tapmon, the tapmon will run away.
Please wait until the tapmon goes to the collection room after hatching!
Earn gold by doing a battle and selling a tapmon.
-Supports Apple Watch
-Over 180 different types of TapMons!
-Tap! Tap! Try tap a egg to hatch a monster!
-Be careful! If you tap a newborn mon, the mon will run away.
-Try tap the nest and get a gold!
-Do a battle with another tapmons using your hatched tapmons!
Well thanks to Devs for his review of his App - Tap Mon Battle and for sending in the promo codes to give away. Folks if you would like a chance for a promo code for this App - send an email to todayinos at gmail dot com and put TAP in the subject line.
As Always - just send in one email for one specific APP. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple APPS in a single email - then well - No Soup for you.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapmon-battle/id983766329?mt=8
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment FOR FREE We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
I mentioned early a big thank you to those that wrote reviews in iTunes - One down side with asking people write reviews is as a podcaster you tend to then look at other reviews for your show - which is not something I recommend to podcasters - especially if you have thin skin. One I read for Tii from mid june was where the person said they listened and the first 6 minutes was all ads. I just wanted to scream - out side of the short this show is brought to you by the first 6 minutes is about Apps people use to create Artwork and music - and Free mentions for Apps that people are giving away to listeners - Yes the promo code give away segment is a free service I offer to Developers - so that you can get a chance for paid apps for free. It is Frustrating when a review is just plan WRONG - You don’t like my voice or cadence - that I can respect - maybe I am too snarky for some or too fan boyish or not fan boyish enough - again opinions - I respect that - but to get it wrong. If anyone wants to write a review to let AmericanGiant know how wrong they were - it would be appreciated - also click it was not helpful for their review while you are there. I am proud of my first 6 minutes of my show normally - with other shows covering the tech space you are still in introductions 6 minutes in - Where as at Tii I hope in the first 6 minutes to have gone over multiple apps and examples of what those apps can do. But I digress and I totally ruined the first 6 minutes of this episode for any new listeners - sorry. Ok - I think I need to redeem one of those Silk ASMR promo codes.
08:29
http://www.wearobo.com/2015/06/the-coolest-ios-9-features-apple-
wanted.html
Now lets get into some of the good stuff.
Last episode we looked at some of the differences between iOS 8.4 and iOS 9 Beta 2 - 9B2
This week we will go through most of the other changes in the settings app. Starting up at iCloud
First up is in the settings for icloud - Passbook is now called Wallet.
A change in Mail Contacts Calendars - is under contacts there is a new option called - Contacts found in mail - it is on by default - but if you turn it off quote Turning this off will delte any unconfirmed contact suggestions and prevent suggestions from appearing in Mail autocomplete, on the incoming call screen and in the contacts app. unquote
In the notes setting there is a new option New Notes start with - and you can choose - Title or Heading or Body - by default it is set to Body.
In the Settings for Safari - one change is Passwords & Autofill - are now split into two different items. By the way if you ever want to see what you saved as a password for a site - this is where you go. For example in 8.4 you go to passwords and autofill - then tap on saved passwords - enter your pin - and you will see the list of sites you have saved passwords for - and then tap on any to see the username and password you saved for that site. Which comes in handy if you are using a new device and can’t remember what that password was.
Again in iOS 9b2 - the passwords part is on its own.
One new addition for options in 9b2 is Frequently visited sites with the option to turn it off or on - it is on by default.
Under Photos & Cameras - in 9B2 - the section for Slideshow - is no longer there. I have not found it anywhere else - and as I mentioned before - search in settings - yeah - not helpful. Maybe this is something they will add back later on with more features. or not.
I should point out in iBooks - there are now settings for Audiobooks - this is where you can change the skip forward and also the skip back time. By default both are at 15 seconds. but either individually can be set to 10, 15, 30, 45 or 60 seconds.
In the Podcasts App settings - there is a new option called Custom Colors - where if turned on - which it is by default - it will allow custom colors based on the artwork for each podcast. If you have issues with colors - you can switch it off here.
iTunes U settings are no longer in iOS 9 beta.
And that wraps up the side by side changes in the Settings app for 8.4 vs 9 Beta 2.
I do have one comparison for 8.4 vs Beta 3 and that is in the Music app - which I skipped above because well it was not in 9b2 - but it is in 9b3 - and there is actually one feature in the 9b3 not in 8.4 music settings and that is a toggle for high quality on cellular - which by default is switched off. As apple says in the note for this option - when you switch it on - Quote Always stream music at the highest quality. This will use more cellular data and songs may take longer to start playing unquote
13:04
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/08/whats-new-beta-3-el-capitan-
ios-9-watchos-2/
Sadly iOS 9 beta 3 only came out today so I only have had time to get my two devices updated to beta 3 and to check the settings app for music and well let the kids play with it to see if their key apps still worked and they did. I will play with it more this week and report back anything I find interesting with this beta or maybe a little at the end of the show if I have time.
A quick scan of the Apple blogs finds the following items are new or changed in 9b3 vs 9b2
The biggest is Apple News App is now included. Again more on this later or likely next episode.
There is now a dedicated selfie folder in photos - and a dedicated screenshots folders.
These two join the other stock folders - Cameral Roll, Videos, and recently deleted. And depending on the device - Panoramas, Slo-mo, and Bursts. And if you have any favorited - Favorites as well.
Siri no longer makes her classic ding sound when you activate her - now it just vibrates the iPhone if you have the mute switch set for screen rotation lock function. Note for the iPad 3rd gen - Siri still makes the sound - it is just with the iPhone it is not making that sound.
Folders on the iPad are now 4 x 4 instead of the traditional 3 x 3 you get with iOS 8.4. Honestly for the iPad why can’
t they be 5 x 5 - I mean it could easily be 5 x 5 and still look good.
In the Mail app when you swipe to do an action - there are new icons for the options - more / flag / delete or archive depending on how you have it set.
One other new feature I have seen a few mention but am not seeing myself is when you swipe down for search - There is a new section called Siri Suggestions - which will show you are row of 4 apps Siri is suggesting - this is supposedly based on where you are and when it is and how what you normally would open then and there.
Maybe it knows when you are at home during the week and it is around 7:30 AM - you are getting ready to leave to drive for work - so it may show the Podcasts App and your favorite traffic app.
So I guess if you start dating someone new - that first Friday night you are with them around 11:00 PM swipe down and if it shows the Tinder App, Snap Chat and the Uber App - that person may be a player - just sayin.
Of course if you do that with your Mom's iPhone - and you see those apps pop up - Yeah - Awkward.
When you look at iOS 9 Beta 3 and all that is new - this is really the Beta you have been waiting for - and likely will be the one they open to the public. With Apple Music and the News App - that is major. If you are a dev that was waiting to update to the beta - now is a good time. So far it is seeming stable for a beta. Again I will talk more about iOS 9 Beta 3 on the next episode - and will go through some of the stock apps and will compare some differences in those. Not just with the settings.
17:04
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-watch-
may-not-be-ticking-with-customers-2015-07-07
I have had a couple of people suggest I should pull back on hounding Apple to report numbers for Apple Watch. But one of the things I said would happen if they did not - is now happening - Anal-ists are starting to assume the worst and starting to greatly reduce their projections for Apple Watch sales.
There is an Article in Market Watch with the title - Apple Watch Sales Plunge 90%.
This article is basing this obviously not from Apple Sales numbers - as there are none. But from the previously mentioned company Slice Intelligence. Slice says by their data - Apple Sold about 1.5 Million Apple Watches in the first week of availability - or about 200,000 per day. By the end of June for a 7 day moving average they were seeing that number down to 20,000 per day.
What Slice is basing its numbers on is electronic receipts sent to millions of email addresses following purchases.
So my question is this - are they only looking at receipts for online purchases? It would seem by the end of June many Apple stores had Apple Watches in stock - so it was probably switching over from an online order / wait / get apple watch shipped to you. To a walk in an Apple store try on - and then buy at that moment type purchase.
That combined with an obvious drop off in sales after the initial release are probably both contributing to the decline.
Again until Apple gives numbers - it is anyone’s guess - and sadly lots of people are paid to guess.
And the bad part with people now guessing low - and why I even talk about these stories on sales - is without Apple giving numbers - the only reality in the numbers is what the Anal-ists make for their guesses - and if their guesses are low - much lower than reality - then some devs are going to say - you know what - right now it does not make sense to add Apple Watch support for such a small potential user base.
So Mr. Cook - if you want to rally the troops - on July 21st during the quarterly conference call - give us the real numbers. Give the devs something to get excited about. That is if there is actually something for them to get excited about.
20:34
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/08/apple-
watch-collapsing-sales-report-actually-shows-apple-
is-crushing-smartwatch-sector
Daniel Eran Dilger with Apple Insider - has his own very detailed and lengthy take on the Slice data - what it means, does not mean and more.
The title of his post is Collapsing sales report actually shows Apple is crushing smartwatch sector. Once again I and Daniel would not need to go into these detailed rebuttals of Click bait article de-jur - if Apple would release some real numbers - just sayin
21:02
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-as-
motion-controller-with-apple-tv-game-2015-6
Hi Rob, Sounds cool. And now it's free! Can't wait to try it on WatchOS 2 Dr. John M
And what Dr. John is talking about is that a dev has a way to turn the Apple Watch into a video game controller.
In this case it is the dev company Rolocule - and they have a bowling game for the Apple TV that uses the Apple watch to act like a wii Motion controller - and it is paired to the game running on and iPhone and uses Airplay to display on the Apple TV.
The App is called Bowling Central and will be updated with the Apple Watch controller support when Apple rolls out Watch OS 2 in the fall.
The game is free right now - previously it was $2.99 - so you might want to download it now while it is still free.
Again that App is Bowling Central - two words.
21:56
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23:56
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OKC_Notifications_delay_applewatch
Hi Rob,
I note one difference between 8.3 and 8.4. Now; when I use Siri to create
a reminder she simply creates it. Previously, she would present her
interpretation of what I wanted and ask me whether or not she should create
it.
Regards,
Kevin Barry
Hello Rob,
I am watching Podcaster's roundtable Ep 31. I would mention the Hindenburg app, it comes for the iOS and as a desktop program. I am starting to use Bossjock but needed a way to 'predit' some audio. Hindenburg is an option. I too have Auria and the fellow at Bossjock likes Multitrack DAW. I enjoyed the show, have some of the gear mentioned, just need to make it perform to my liking.
Regards,
Jerry
To Which I replied - and I don’t think I talked about this yet on the show -
Hi Jerry -
I have actually settled in on Twisted Wave for editing with BossJock for recording and exporting.
So my portable work flow is:
Bossjock - for recording on the iPhone.
TwistedWave - If any editing is needed on the iPhone
Bossjock - to encode to mp3 and export to libsyn.
I found the twistedwave method for editing to be the simplest and easiest for me after trying out quite a few different apps.
Both BossJock and Twisted Wave are $10 - so for $20 you have all you need on the software side for making your iOS device a portable recording and editing device.
Add to it the iRig Mic HD or the Audiotechinica ATR2100 Mic - and you have a complete mobile recording studio.
Best of Luck Jerry.
Again I don’t think I have talked much or at all about Twisted Wave - but I am really liking it for editing. I just find it more natural and easier to edit out ahhhh - ummmms - you knows - and dead air if I need to.
I use the Audio Copy / Audio Paste feature in both BossJock and Twisted Wave to also easily move the recording from one app to the other. Which is also a really important part of editing on the iPhone - if you can’t easily import / export that recording to edit - then that app is not going to work. And like I said Twisted Wave and Bossjock play well together.
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_KC_suggest_repair_icracked
30:07
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Ryan Leavengood who posted the following.
Quote
I took the case off of my Apple Watch to clean it. And to my surprise noticed all the scratches on the back. I went to an Apple store and told them about it. They were very surprised as well, and replaced my watch no questions asked. Great customer service by Apple. Kind of interesting though, I haven't had my watch out of the case and have no idea how those scratches appeared. It's a +Spigen case and I'll be letting them know about it.
Unquote
And Ryan had a few replies. Saul Lowery also had this issue - but was not greeted with the same love at the Apple store where the Apple genius told him that was just normal wear and tear.
Chuck Rahill also had the same issue and was going to the Apple store to see what could be done. Has anyone else seen any scratches on the back of their apple watch? I have not - but I don’t use a case - and either it is on my wrist or on the night stand next to my bed or on the charging pad on my desk - and that is pretty much it.
But I am interested in hearing if anyone else has had any scratches on the back of your apple watch and if you did - was it in a case or naked.
Thanks to all that replied on that thread.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this post from Lasse Fredriksen who said quote My original plan was to stay with my original streaming service - as of yesterday, But then I learned that with Apple Music I can now ask siri to play basically any song I can think of. To me that feature in itself is enough to go for Apple Music and never look back unquote
32:29
http://www.imore.com/siri-commands-apple-music
And Speaking about Siri and Apple Music Thanks to Chris in London for this next one - which is a post titled - Nine Secret Siri Commands for Apple Music. And some of these were in the Lynda Video I mentioned earlier. And there is also an article from Computer world titled Your essential Siri and Apple music guide
Here are some of the items mentioned from those articles.
And let me preface by saying when I say Siri - I am really meaning H E Y S I R I - but will just say SIRI to keep your iOS devices from freaking out.
1 - You can say Siri Play the top songs from 1984 - and siri will add the 25 highest ranking tunes of that year to your up next. This is a fun thing to do when you get together with friends from high school - you can say play the top songs from the year you graduated high school - then you drink a bunch of wine and lament about how you did not take over the world or even the tri-state area like you had planned. But with a little luck maybe one of you did become a pop star.
2. You can also ask Siri play more like this. And she will queue up 50 similar songs for you.
3. You can say Siri after this play Lady in Red. And she will queue up that song for playing next.
4. Say you want to listen to All along the Watch tower. If you say Siri Play all along the Watch tower - she will play the song by the artist that made it most popular - In this case Jimi Hendrix - But if you want one of the covers which by the way Jimi Hendrix's version was actually a cover - but the one most famous for that song. Then say Siri Play All along the Watchtower by Chris DeBurg. or All along the watch tower by Bob Dylan - which was actually not a cover - as ole Bob wrote that song. But it was Jimi that made it truly famous.
5. You can tell siri to skip - and she will go to the next song in the queue
6. With Apple music there are many ways to discover new music - and when you do hear something you like - you can say - siri add this song to my library.
7. You can ask siri to rate a song - Siri Rate this song with five stars. Sadly this feature does not work with the Podcast app - if you ask siri to rate this podcast if you are listening via the podcasts app - with 5 stars she will say sorry you are not using the music app. Dang girl that is cold.
8. You can also ask siri - what song is this. And she will give you the info.
9. You can ask Siri to play the first album or the last album by an artist like Siri play the first album by Chris DeBurgh.
10. Siri can shuffle for you - you can say Siri Shuffle music by Chris deBurgh or Siri Shuffle music for Man on the line or Siri shuffle music for XYZ playlist.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2944993/apple-
ios/your-essential-siri-and-apple-music-guide.html
35:50
http://www.imore.com/how-turn-apple-musics-
automatic-subscription-renewal
A few different articles have come out on how to turn off Apple Music’s automatic subscription renewal.
After you open the Apple Music App - the first thing to do is tap on the Account Icon in the upper left corner. Next Tap on View Apple ID. Then under the Subscriptions subheader select Manage. Then Tap on Your Membership which is above Apple Music Membership.
Next turn the slider next to Automatic Renewal to OFF.
Of course come September if you want to enable Apple Music - you need to come back here and select the renewal option you want.
Ok - now speaking of Apple Music - I have had a bunch of feedback on it - here is some of that feedback:
Hi Rob
I'm amazed at how the new app/service is able to tailor-make a radio station for my listening enjoyment! With just a few suggestions on my part, Apple has introduced me to so many new artists and songs within my favourite genre. (Americana)
I doubt that I would have ever been able to find these on my own, given the limits of time and geographical location.
Regards,
Michael (ON, Canada)
Hey Rob.
I updated to 8.4 (iPhone 6) and was curious about apple music. Started playing around. And realized my wife had signed into her App Store account on my phone. And not thinking I just entered the password. Now upon trying to switch it to my account. I no longer have 3 free months and they have already billed me 10 dollars. I called apple for the refund which was no issue, but they are telling me it's a no go to reset the 3 free month trial for me to play around. So because of one slip up I lost out.
I've been on the phone with them multiple times and I will eventually persuade them to fix it. There should be absolutely no charges in the first 3 months. That should have been a flag to them!
Just a heads up to everyone and anyone. Use your own Apple ID. Even with family sharing turned on. It did not make a difference!
Regards,
Chris Welch
Hi Rob,
Just a thought about Apple music.. I planned initially to use the three month free trial and then turn it off after that.. But it occurred to me that for $10 a month I can use my Apple music everywhere.. Unlike my XM serious subscription which is tied to my car.
Goodbye XM!
regards,
Rich M
But not all are happy with Apple Music.
From Blair jones in the Google+ community
quote
I signed up for Apple Music (& immediately turned off auto-renew, as suggested in one article) and so far am very disappointed.
Are there really humans in charge?
Who wrote the "suggested for you" algorithms?
Do any of those people actually have any background in music? or do they just read the top-pop-charts?
Do they know the difference between Blige and Bach (or do they care)?
I gradually (couple of genres at a time) un-liked everything but Classical, and liked artists like Beethoven & London Symphony Orchestra -- but the For You (heart) tab is still pushing pop divas, gospel, R&B, experimental, & so on, with only a sprinkling of actual classical music suggestions.
Why are they pushing music I've said I don't want -- instead of music I've said I'm interested in and might actually buy more of?
unquote
Timmy T - did make a good suggestion to Blair - where he said quote
Tap on FOR YOU section of apple music, then tap on your profile in top left corner, then tap on choose artists for you, if you see a recommendation you don't like you simply hold it,and the menu will pop up and you can tap I don't like this suggestion. if you have anything other than classical music selected then you're going to get other recommendations that's how it works
unquote
Thanks Timmy - so folks if you are getting music you don’t like - go and see who is selected for you.
Hey, Rob,
Although, as a long time user of another streaming service, I was initially skeptical about Apple Music, I've become a convert for two reasons:
1. The For You section, after the week it took to develop, really gets me. So many excellent playlists, perfectly tuned to my interests.
2. Phenomenal how well Apple Music works in the car, opening up the entire iTunes catalogue by voice command. "Siri. Play Gimme Some Lovin' by the Spencer Davis Group." " Siri. Play album Blue Train by John Coltrane." " Siri. Play Little Girl Blue by Janis Joplin." " Siri. Play Special Agent Man by Johnny Rivers." All of these worked flawlessly on the first try. In fact, the only one that didn't work tonight was "Siri. Play Prelude No. 2 by George Gershwin."
Regards,
Jeff in Burbank
41:42
http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/02/apple-music-vs-itunes-match-drm/
A quick little PSA from 9 to 5 mac - which is don’t cancel your iTunes match subscription if you deleted your matched music.
With iTunes Match - if your music did not have DRM and you uploaded it iTunes Match - and then downloaded again - DRM was not added to it.
However with Apple Music - if you download a song it does have DRM.
So if you have deleted your music you want to keep iTunes match - if you have not deleted your own copies of music - there is nothing to worry about. However if you download you music to other devices via Apple music - the music will be wrapped in DRM on those other devices.
Which means if you stop your subscription to Apple Music - anywhere you downloaded from Apple Music - it will stop playing.
If you are confused - read the full article - but just remember - if you did not delete you music you are ok - if you did delete your music - keep your iTunes Match service active.
42:48
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/06/bloomberg-
iphone-6s-force-touch/
Seems one rumor with regards to the next iPhone that most are now saying is a done deal - and I would agree and have agreed is that Force touch will be a key new feature added to the iPhone.
So what will Force Touch bring to the iPhone as far as usability items.
From 9 to 5 mac quote “Force Touch will be integrated into Maps to drop new pins, into media players for pressure-sensitive scrolling, into the Calendar for adding new events, and across the system for quickly looking up word definitions,” unquote
I belive Force Touch will be one of those features that once it is in the wild - the creativity of the App devs will get a chance to shine and it will be used and integrated into apps in ways we have not thought of yet. And many of those ways will be good and some not so good.
I look forward to seeing what comes of this over the next year.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2941319/apple-
ios/those-apple-force-touch-iphone-rumors-look-credible.html
43:57
http://www.cultofmac.com/327318/new-rumor-
exposes-apples-dual-lens-camera-plans/
One rumor from late June was about a future iPhone with dual cameras - yes - again with this rumor.
But now it looks like this is definitely not going to be a 2015 iPhone feature - maybe a 2016 iPhone feature - Maybe
Now the rumors do say that apple has been working on Dual Lens tech for over 3 years.
Of course all of Apples 3 years of work may have been thrown out the window in April when Apple purchased LinX. We talked about them on Ep 344 time code 48:54
Where I said LinX makes Multi lens cameras for electronic devices and their two main claims to fame is very small profile - at around half that of other camera - with quality of that of a high end SLR camera.
They also claimed on their site to have solved all problems associated with combining multiple images captured from different points in space - i.e. two lenses.
So will be interesting to see when Apple uses this tech.
Maybe the first part - the higher quality / lower profile - single lens gets into the iPhone 6S and 6S plus this year - and then in 2016 - they include the second part with the dual lenses.
Thus giving then two key new features for the camera — one for each year. Not that Apple would drag out upgrades or anything.
45:49
http://pocketnow.com/2015/06/30/metallic-iphone-6c-rumors
Rumors are back that there will be a lower cost 4” iPhone upgrade this fall. In other words there would be a replacement for the iPhone 5C.
Some are also saying this would actually be a replacement for both the 5C and the 5S. And it would be a metal body device.
Essentially it would be an upgraded 5S - with a new processor - new NFC chip and force touch as well.
Really I don’t see how that would anything other than an iPhone 6S mini.
Which is fine - I know one NBA player looking for a smaller iPhone
46:27
http://itechtriad.com/2015/07/07/nba-player-
says-his-injury-is-because-his-iphone-is-too-big/
Which leads us right into this next story which comes from the you can’t make this stuff up files and it is a story about an NBA player complaining that the reason his elbow hurts is because the New iPhone is too big. This from NBA player Matt Bonner.
Yes that is right - the guy with the biggest shoes on the Spurs - Size 17 shoe - yes size 17 is saying that the iPhone 6 or 6+ is too big for him and caused an injury to his elbow from straining to hit the buttons. Are you kidding me?
Mr Bonner I wonder what Arnold would have to say about your complaints about having to strain to hit the buttons.
PLAY DON’t BE A GIRLIE MAN
Yup - that about sums it up.
47:18
VOICEMAIL - Kim_1st_time_caller_bill_RI_apple_music
Hi Rob,
Do you know if the low-power mode feature in iOS 9 kills voiceover like it does on the Apple Watch? Would be nice to know to look forward to or not this feature.
Chelsea
Hi Rob,
Could you help with a problem I have encountered with the use of a Bluetooth headset with my Apple Watch and IPhone 6 please?
I'm visually impaired and use Voiceover on both my IPhone and watch. I can connect each device to my Bluetooth headset but I can't listen to both devices simultaneously. This means I need to have one of my devices playing through the speaker. I could use a headset for each device but that wouldn't be practical.
Is there a way to listen to both devices at the same time using Bluetooth e.g. Route watch audio to phone or vice versa? Alternatively, is there a Bluetooth headset that will allow two simultaneous audio connections?
Regards,
Stuart Duncan
Dundee
Scotland
Hi Stuart - I am not aware of a bluetooth device you can pair with two different audio sources at the same time. If anyone knows of such a device please let us know - but I think stuart your only option is to have two different bluetooth headsets one for each device.
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_HOMEKIT_fdbk
Hi Rob,
I’m a big apple fan boy and cannot wait to get the latest Apple offering as soon as possible. Unfortunately, living in The Philippines, means we are often last to get new products in official retailers. Thankfully I travel a lot and get to satisfy my Apple needs then. The first week the iPhone 6 & 6 Plus were released I happened to be in Taiwan so went hunting for units. I found 1 store in the entire country that had only 2 units, both 16gb… generally I would wait until a 64gb version became available, but frankly I was drooling over the device and couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. So now I’m stuck with a 16gb phone and keep running out of space! Do you have any storage management tips that could help me free space? I rarely have over 1gb free and have had to resort to turning off my photo stream and deleting music (I use spotify anyway). I wish there was a way to delete ALL emails on the mail app too… if you have any tricks on how to do this, I would appreciate the help!
Love your show and Thank you for all the work you do!
Enrique
Manila, Philippines
PS I love my apple watch, since buying it I’ve lost over 10kg so it looks great and keeps me in shape!
VOICEMAIL - Bruce_CA_Apple_music_issue_LTE
VOICEMAIL - Bruce_CA_part2
55:54
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/999309558/foodshare-
iphone-app-you-eat-a-meal-we-donate-a-me?ref=discovery
Here is an interesting new Kickstarter project. This one is an App - and it is called - Foodshare iPhone App - and with this app - every time you eat at a foodshare listed restaurant - they will donate a meal to a charity of your choice.
This one had a goal of just $2,000 - they are past that goal and have until August 9th at 12:09 PM CT for additional funding.
They state their $2,000 goal would cover most of their costs - but their stretch goal of $3,000 would cover all of the costs.
If you pledge $10 - foodshare will donate 1 meal to Operation food search.
$25 donation and they will donate 5 meals.
At $50 you also get a t-shirt.
They have 20 restaurants so far signed up and it looks to be all are in the St. Louis area.
If you would like to learn more about this App / charity / kickstarter project search for Foodshare - one word at kickstarter or in the show notes for ep 354 at today in iOS dot com.
56:53
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1398120161/solar-
paper-the-worlds-thinnest-and-lightest-solar
We have another kickstarter project this week.
This 2nd one is called Solar Paper - the world’s thinnest and lightest solar charger.
They have a goal of $50,000 and are about 50% of the way there - and they have until August 20th for funding.
They claim this is the quote World’s first solar charge that can be placed inside your note book or planner. it is a paper thin and ultra light weight solar charger unquote
They have a 5 Watt version for $69 - which they claim is good for an iPhone 3, 4, 5 or 6 series. Estimated Sep 2015 ship date. They claim on a sunny day it can completely charge the iPhone 6 in about 2.5 hours - and about 3 hours if it is cloudy.
They have a 7.5 W version for $99 - which they claim is good for the iPhone 6+ on a sunny day - also a September ship date.
They have a 10 W version for $129 - which they claim is good for the iPhone 6+ and even an iPad. again with a September ship date.
This one looks really nice for hikers and college students or those that sit outside a lot at starbucks.
Search for Solar Paper - two words in kickstarter or in the show notes for ep 354 at today in iOS dot com
58:19
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/30/apple-will-replace-
your-battery-once-it-hits-80-percent-health/?ncid=rss_truncated
Apple has made a change to its AppleCare+ extended warranty program - previously they would swap out your battery if the health of dropped below 50% - now regardless of the Apple device if you have AppleCare+ extended warranty Apple will change out the battery if it gets below 80% health.
This is for any Apple device purchase after April 10th 2015.
Which means Apple must be pretty confident in their batterys that they will hold over 80% of their original charge after two years. Guess that is good news all around.
59:02
http://www.zdnet.com/article/with-xcode-7-you-can-
freely-bypass-the-app-store-for-ios-apps/
Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next article.
Which is now with Xcode 7 - you can side load apps and do so with out a developer license.
So now you can install your iPhone or iPad or Apple Watch app directly to your own devices without needing to pay $99 a year. This is really nice for the teenagers out their with out a lot of extra money or just learning to develop more for curiosity then for mass distribution and want to get their own app on their own device.
I can see where with Apple locking down on Jailbreaking in iOS 9 - this might be a way to get new apps on your iOS device - via Xcode - well ok - maybe not everyone - in theory you could now get some jailbreak type apps on your iOS device .
Already one person shows how this can work using the Open Source GameBoy emulator as an example.
Will be interesting to see what type of cottage industry pops up around making source code for open source apps available to anyone what wants to side load them - and has the technical where with all to do so.
Guess I better get started on that tutorial now. sighhhh
The sighhhhh is not about making the tutorial - it is about the plethora of questions that will come in from the publishing of said tutorial.
Maybe I put up a donate via paypal to ask your questions button on the next one.
1:00:51
VoiceMail - Darrell_5yrs_question4listeners
Hey Rob, I'm throwing a huge 40th birthday party for my wife in late July and am putting together a slideshow with hundreds of photos and hopefully some video sprinkled in. Wondering if you or your listeners knew of an app that could help me create this slideshow? I have a mac, an ipad and an iphone.
My nice-to-haves are music in the background, some kind of transition control and auto replay. Ideally I would like to connect my ipad or iphone to a big screen or projector, start the show and just let it run all night. Hoping you or one of your listeners might know the best way to do this?
Regards,
Name redacted in case the wife is listening.
Hi rob
I have loads of photos on my phone and I want to back them up to iCloud but it says I can't because I backed them up on my computer. I have recently got rid of my old windows computer so I now have a iPad iPhone and a apple watch how do I back up my photos to the cloud thanks for your help and all you do.
regards,
Kevin B from
Luton England
I am going to throw this one out to any Windows users - has anyone else had this issue - and what did you need to do to get it where it allowed you to update via iCloud.
VoiceMail - Scott_WI_quest_add_2nd_birthday
Hi Rob,
I Just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the app green riding hood. I tried to thank the owners by leaving a review but it wouldn't let me. Kept coming up telling me I had to download it to leave a review. Obviously I had downloaded it as my grandchild is having a great time playing with it on my iPad. Btw, I did leave a review on your app.
Regards,
Linda S
Hi Linda - thanks for the reply. And the review of the Tii App. Sadly with iTunes - people were gaming the system - by giving out promo codes to folks that set up multiple account with the sole purpose of gaming the review process. So Apple made it such that those that get a paid app via a promo code - can not review said app. Nothing is to stop devs that were willing to game the system from dropping their price for a day to $0.99 and then have the companies they hire to game the review system to pay for the app at the lower price and then raise it back up. Which sadly is what some do. So sadly the promo codes I give out - do not give you the opportunity to leave a review. But you can always write into or call into the show with a review for an app you get via a promo code giveaway.
VoiceMail - Steve_AZ_experience_8_4_update_jailbreak
1:09:41
http://digtoknow.com/technology/mobile-phones/hilarious-
answers-from-siri-iphone/
Ask Siri “HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE”
1:09:47
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