TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 387
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STEVE for sending in the music you hear in the background. STEVE wrote:
Hi Rob,
This song is called Ma-goly-dio-gical and was created on iOS devices using Garageband and a lot of other apps.
Regards,
Steve Vale
aka Rabbi Steve
Folks for more info on How Rabbi Steve puts together his songs - go back and listen to the beginning of ep 381 - it was very extensive and detailed.
Thanks STEVE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank TOSIN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. TOSIN wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
Don't know if you get this but it's my weird sense of humor at play (tea, eye, eye)
I used the native camera, juxtaposer app, face tune and waterlogued app to work on this.
Regards,
Tosin O
Thanks TOSIN, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see TOSIN'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 387 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:03
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “We Predict the iPhone will bomb. Which means that when the iPhone comes, Digg will likely be full of horror stories from the poor saps who camped out at their local AT&T store, only to find their purchase was buggier than a camp cabin. unquote
Seth Porges, The Futurist, 7 June 2007
WIKI Entry for Seth Porges - Cloth App - Just Sayin
02:50
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03:18
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ios-malware-acedeceiver-can-
infect-non-jailbroken-apple-devices/
Before we get into what Apple announced at their event today - I want to go over this bit of Link bait mis-reporting. This was report out there by many - but let me read this title of a post from ZDNet.
quote iOS malware AceDeceiver can infect non-jailbroken Apple devices unquote
And they follow that with this lead paragraph. quote
This new strain of malware designed for the iPhone and iPad poses a major risk to hundreds of millions of devices, because it can infect non-jailbroken devices without the user's knowledge. unquote
Wow that sounds really really ominous - hide all your iOS devices the sky is falling. Well except for that whole major risk part and without the users knowledge part.
See later on in the article is this minor little point.
quote
"With AceDeceiver, the victim first downloads a Windows program named Aisi Helper, which purports to be software that provides jailbreaking, system backup, device management and system cleaning.”
unquote
Oh and that app Aisi Helper is just in China right now. So for AceDeceiver to work - you need to have a windows machine - install the App Aisi Helper and you be in China.
So yeah that whole - Major risk and without the users knowledge part - well if not flat out mis-reporting - then it is bad reporting at best.
Is this a risk - yes - a very minor risk - which requires the end user to first install an App from a questionable at best source from china and one that says it will help with jailbreaking - and then it does a man in the middle attack.
You have to work very hard to get burned by this one.
05:16
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/march-2016/
From John H
quote New iPhones and iPads coming out in a few days. Will there be a bingo card? Lots of rumors to bet on! unquote
Hi John Not this time round - I felt the rumors were really not about new category products but updates to products for the most part. Some overdue updates.
The event started out with 40 years in 40 seconds video - ohh and the little dig at Newton - where they actually scribbled it out.
Tim started talking about 1 Billion Apple Devices in use around the world.
Then he talked about the Apple v FBI debate - and he asked how much power the government should have over our data. And he said he believes it is Apples responsibility to protect you and your data and Apple will not backdown from this responsibility.
The first major thing they went into was about the Environment.
Lisa Jackson came on stage to talk about what Apple is doing to protect it. Apple’s goal is 100% using renewable energy in all their facilities. Currently 93% of facilities world wide are running on Renewable energy.
Then they talked about 99% of packaging materials coming from recyclable paper or paper coming from sustainable forests.
There was a video showing how apple is now recycling old iOS devices.
Then they switched over from health of the world to your health - and talked about their Health app initiatives - and some of those studies possible with Research Kit studies. Which of course they had a video for. And the key message is that Research kit is not just about the research - but the tools / results they are getting from all the data being collected - like being able to predict when a seizor is about to happen for someone with Epilepsy.
And they also announced the launch of CareKit - with the first app launching is for Parkinson.
Tim came back on stage - and as predicted announced some Apple Watch Bands. First up with the new woven Nylon band.
Also a Space Black Milanese band. Some really exciting stuff here.
And then the Price for the Apple Watch came down to $299 for the base price. So a $50 price cut for the Apple Watch - and just that quick -
Tim rolled right into Apple TV - I think they actually spent more time talking about Yaks eating hay under Solar panels than they did about the Apple Watch. Seriously.
Per Apple TV there are over 5,000 apps on the App store for Apple TV now. Tim Talked about some different apps - including the NCAA march madness app.
He talked about the new features for Apple TV coming in the new update available today. But basically it was about the Apps that Siri will search through. Which now includes - Movies and TV shows on iTunes, Showtime, PBS, PBS Kids, HBO Now, Netflix, Hulu, ABC, FXNow, Daily Planet Now, Watch Disney XD, Watch Disney, Watch Disney Junior, FOXnow, NBC, CBS, A&E, History, lifetime and FYI. That those last few being added shortly.
As mentioned on past episodes - Folders is a new feature being added to the latest update to tvOS. There is also Dictation when you need to enter info in a text box - this includes usernames and passwords, iCloud Photo Library and also Live Photos support.
Plus Siri for the App store.
Again that update to tvOS is available today as in Now.
Next up was the announcement as expected of the new iPhone - the new 4 incher. Apple stated they sold over 30 Million 4 Inch iPhones in 2015. For those with really good memories that is vs the total of 231.6 Million iPhones sold in 2015 or somewhere over 13% of all iPhones sold in 2015 were 4 inches.
The rumors leading up to the event was it would be called either the iPhone 5SE or the iPhone 6SE and well it seems like even Apple could not decide as the new iPhone is called simply the iPhone SE. Which is really strange. So yes the iPhone lineup is now the 6S+, 6+, 6S, 6 and SE. What does that mean for the next iPhone - well most likely it will not rhyme with Heaven or Devein. Most likely the next iPhones will be iPhone and iPhone Pro. So then it would be iPhone Pro, iPhone and iPhone SE - but then in update years - what happens???? Oy - it is going to get confusing no matter what happens in September.
Back the iPhone SE or just SE from this point on.
One of the rumors was it was going to be similar to the iPhone 5S in size - but have the rounded edges / styling of the 6 and 6S. Ummm - No. It is actually the EXACT same package as the 5S.
Both the 5S and SE are 123.8 mm x 58.6 mm x 7.6 mm - the buttons and ports are all in the exact same spots - if you have a case for the 5S or 5 - it should work fine with the SE - which is actually good news.
The only thing different is there is now a Rose Gold version for the SE to go along with Silver, Gold and Space Grey versions.
But as they say - looks can be deceiving - because inside - it is nothing at all like the 5S - and is really almost - with quotes around almost - the same as the 6S.
The SE has the same A9 Processor as the 6S. With the same embedded M9 co-processor. Yes - that means it supports always on siri. And a big YES - it will support live photos. It has the same 12 MP iSight camera as the 6S and 6S+ - seems Apple must have gotten a good deal on that camera - more on that later.
The SE supports the new 63 Mege Pixel Panaroma spec. It can Capture 4k Video at 30 fps. 1080p HD video up to 60 fps, Slo-mo video up to 240 fps. True Tone Flash, Bluetooth 4.2,
There is NFC - which means support for Apple Pay. Well if you live in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and China.
But while the SE almost the same as the 6S internally it is not identical. Some of the specs where it is different.
It only comes in two storage options - 16 don’t choose me GB and 64 this is the one you want GB. There is no 128 GB option. If you are even remotely thinking of the 16 GB version - did we mention the 4K video and Slo-mo up to 240 fps - yes - yes we did - so any sane person would be best to stay far far away from the 16 GB version. Just Sayin.
Some other ways it is different than the 6S - the LTE is not LTE Advanced - just the same LTE as in the 6 and 6+. Same with Wifi - matching the specs of the 6 and 6+.
The Fingerprint sensor is not the 2nd gen fingerprint sensors. The FaceTime Camera or front facing camera depending on what you want to call it - is also the same as the 6 and 6+ - at 1.2 MegaPixels - vs the 5 Mega Pixels for the 6S and 6S+. But the SE does have the retina flash for FaceTime selfies.
Battery Life for the SE is the same as for the 6 and 6S for the most part. With up to 14 hours of Talk time on 3G. up to 10 days in standby - as if that would ever happen. Audio playback is up to 50 hours.
However a couple of battery specs are a little better. Video play back is 13 hours vs 11 hours for the 6 and 6S - but below the 14 hours for the 6+ and 6S+.
And internet use is better as well - with 13 hours on LTE and Wifi vs 12 hours on the 6+ and 6S+ and 10 hours on the 6 and 6S.
One thing also missing is the Barometer that is on all of the 6 iPhones.
The best way to describe the SE is it is like Apple took the 5S - and then randomly picked specs from the 6 and 6S to add to it. However they did seem to pick more of the 6S specs than the 6 specs. And clearly picked the most important ones - A9 Processor and 12 MP camera.
Pricing of the SE is $399 for the 16 don’t buy me GB version and $499 for the 64 time to pad Apples margins GB version.
You can pre-order the SE on March 24th and it will be available on March 31st.
Well that is if you live in the Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Gothom, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, United Kingdom and the Unites States. With over 110 countries by the end of May.
If you were someone holding out for a new 4 inch iPhone - I think you will be very pleased with the specs of the new SE. It does look to be a very powerful and fast device for gaming and video - but small and with good battery life.
Next up was Talk about iOS 9.3 - which is what the SE will ship with.
Apple stated that over 80% of iOS devices are now running iOS 9.0 or later - vs just 2% for latest major version of Android. Both of which were released around the same time in the Fall. Nice little jab there at Android.
iOS 9.3 is available today. Should you download it today - I say wait a few days - just because of everyone else downloading it. Most Likely iOS 9.3 GM will be the most stable - bug free Single dot update ever - thanks to the 7 beta - most likely that is - so that is another reason to wait a week. Lets make sure it is ok.
That all said - If you have been listening the past 10 or so episodes - we have gone over the new features for iOS 9.3 The biggest ones are:
Night Shift. This is where at night - the screen shifts to warmer colors to make it easier to go to sleep.
The Notes app where you can now password protect your Notes. You can also sort notes automatically by either Date Edited or Date Created or Title. To set that you need to go to the settings app and then notes - actually you need to go there as well to turn on or off password protection.
There are also improvements to the Health App. With Categories such as Weight, Workouts and Sleep having a new slider menu showing apps you can easily add to your health dashboard. And it now shows more of your health data from your apple watch.
iOS 9.3 also has updates to the news app. Quote The articles in For You are now better tailored to your particular interests - we search your emails and snap chats and youporn searches to figure out your fettishes and tailor the news app to meet your needs. unquote or maybe I paraphrased a bit there. But the point is they are making the results you see in For You - more for you.
CarPlay gets some new features - with Near by you in the Maps app showing you gas, parking, restaurants and more that close by with just a tap.
And the biggest update for iOS 9.3 at least how it seems from Apple’s perspective is with regards to education use. With an iPad - there is now Shared iPad for students - where students can log in to any iPad in any classroom and make it their own.
There is a new Classroom App - Quote - Teachers can guide students through a lesson, see their progress and keep them on Track unquote.
Apple School Manager - is a single portal where Admins can do everything from creating Apple ID’s to purchasing apps to prepping devices for MDM.
And the New Apple ID’s are a special kind for Education and created and assigned by the school. So if you are an Admin at a school - some new tools are coming your way.
http://www.apple.com/education/preview/
Available of iOS 9.3 is again today - as in NOW.
Last in the event was the iPad update that had also been rumored.
They had some quotes about the iPad Pro.
From John Lasseter - Chief Creative Officer of Pixar - quote The iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil are the closest we’ve ever been able to get in the digital world to actually drawing on paper unquote.
One accessory they added that Podcasters should be excited about - and Phil Shiller even mentioned podcasters for this - is a new USB Camera Adapter which is powered. Which means you plug in the Connector to your lightening port - and then there is a USB port and lightening port on it - so you plug in the lightening cord to it - this Powered Lightening to USB camera adaptor then will allow you to plug in mics - like your Yeti mic right into your iPad. Sweet.
As expected They added a new iPad Pro - with the 9.7 Inch version. It is Less than 1 Pound.
They talked about how there have been over 200 Million iPad’s with 9.7 Inch screens sold to date. That is over 65% of the iPads sold to date.
Apple said with the new iPad Pro they are going after the PC replacement market and Joked there are over 600 Million PC’s over 5 years old in use - ouch.
There are now over 1 Million Apps designed for the iPad.
Same display technology as with iPad Pro 12.9 inch version.
However they did add a new feature - Introducing - True Tone Display. It Measures ambient light and adjusts the display based on the surrounding light.
It has the Same 4 speakers as original iPad Pro.
It has the same A9X processor with integrated M9 co-processor.
There is a New Smart Keyboard designed for the 9.7 inch version - no word on if the 12.9 inch smart keyboard would work with it or not. The 9.7 incher smart keyboard is $20 less at $149 vs the $169 for the 12.9 incher smart keyboard.
And of course it supports the Apple Pencil.
The Cameras on the 9.7 inch iPad Pro are better than the 12.9 Inch version.
There is a 12 MP iSight Camera - does seem Apple got a good deal on those cameras as they are now in the 6S, 6S+, SE and now iPad Pro 9.7 inch.
And you can shoot 4k video with it. You can shot live Photos. There is a true Tone Flash. Panorama Photos up to 63 MPixels.
There is a 5 MP FaceTime Camera - same as the 6S and 6S+. Essentially the cameras on the iPad Pro are the same as the cameras on the iPhone 6S and 6S+ with the same features and capabilities.
Silver, Gold, Space Gray and Rose Gold.
And finally they added a 256 Gb version at $899. They also added a 256 GB version for the 12.9 inch iPad Pro as well.
Pricing for the iPad Pro 9.7 incher - starts at $599 for the 32 still too small GB Wifi only version. And goes up to $1,029 for the 256 now were talking GB - Wifi and Cellular version.
Actually here is how pricing now breaks down.
iPad Mini starts at $269, iPad Air 2 from $399, iPad Pro 9.7 incher from $599 and iPad Pro 12.9 Incher - from $799.
And the new 12.9 incher with 256 GB storage and Wifi plus cellular will cost you $1,229 or $1,497 when you add the Apple pencil and SmartKeyboard.
March 31st is the availability the new 9.7 inch iPad Pro.
This was the last Product announcement at that Town hall stage. The iPod and App store were announced there.
In 2017 a new Campus will be where next town hall event is likely held.
The whole event was just a couple minutes over an hour. So a shorter event per how these things typically go.
By the way watch OS was updated today and NOTE it requires your iPhone to be on iOS 9.3 - so make sure you update to 9.3 first if you want the latests update to Watch OS
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_5s-5685.php
http://www.apple.com/iphone-se/specs/
http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
23:57
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25:52
So lets go over some of the feedback on the Apple Event.
From the Email bag -
Hi Rob,
Today's announcement on all the new goodies from Apple is a sure sign that they are stepping up their game. I am confident that Apple has reawaken the tablet computer market with the 9.7" pro iPad.
The announcement today along with stats such as 600 Million PCs that are 5 years and older was Apple's way of serving notice that the Windows PC was walking the Green Mile and the iPad Pro 9.7" along with the available keyboard was going to play the part of the warden pulling the switch.
Needless to say, today is one day that I am glad to not be an android fanboy or else I would be feeling pretty but hurt right now!
Regards,
Shane
St. John's, Newfoundland
Hi Rob,
I see that Apple is now touting offline dictation in IOS 9.3 for A9
equipped devices (6s, 6s plus and iPad Pro). As I had written previously,
this has been around for a while although exactly how long I cannot say. I
stumbled upon it around the beginning of the year. Certainly no earlier than
IOS 9.
For whatever reason Apple chose to keep it secret until now.
I hope this fixes a bug I have been experiencing where every so often my
iPhone will refuse to take any dictation at all until I reboot the phone.
Regards,
Kevin Barry
Thanks Kevin and Shane.
Also from the email bag.
Hi Rob,
Kind of bummed about today's announcement. My wife and I both need laptop upgrades and I was hoping for some kind of announcement about that. I know it wasn't expected but I was still hopeful. What I really want for the iPhone 7 is something a little thicker with a longer battery life. I'd be more than happy to sacrifice sickness for battery life. My wife has the battery case from Apple and really loves it. But I have a plus and they don't make one for that yet!
Still bummed about the Flyers,
Regards,
Mike in Dayton
Mike - thanks for the email - and yes very sad game again the cuse on Friday. Just 235 more days until next season - not that I am counting or anything.
From the G+ community with regards to the Apple event.
From Tosin O - quote loving care kit. unquote
From Myron Uecker
Quote IPhone SE (the 4 inch iPhone) is basically a smaller iPhone 6S. 16 and 64 gig sizes and better prices, starting at $399. unquote
From Francisco Tapia - They also didn't mention 7000 series aluminum, which makes me think it is not
To which Karthik M replied - But its a much thicker phone. So relieved that the Power button went back to the top. I love this. Pity it only comes in 64GB. Everything else is perfect.
To which I would say - the Power button did not go back - as it is the same external design as the 5S - so it stayed up top where it belongs. But yes agree - nice to see it up top still.
From Tosin Oladini - I believe I have found a reason to buy another iPad since my 4th Gen 128gb iPad.
From Tony Law - Looks like I'll finally be upgrading my iPad Air!
From Caryl Goodman - Me too!!!! I just tried to order it. Available to order on 3-24!!! Guess I'm getting the 256 GB one!!! YES!!!!!!!
From Danielle Saul - And me
Seems quite a few of you are excited about the new iPad Pro specs in the 9.7 Inch package - which when you add in the improved color handling and better cameras - is a much nicer offering than the 12.9 Incher from November.
From Steven Whatley
So, pre-orders start on March 24th. But, what time? Midnight ET? Midnight PT? 8am ET? 8am PT? Thanks!
Typically pre-orders will start either at 12:01 AM PT or between 4:00 AM PT and 6:00 AM PT.
But I thing Nic Brown’s reply is probably accurate - he said it won’t matter they will have plenty of Stock.
I would agree with that - as I don’t see this being something there is a shortage of - or long lead times. We could be wrong - but again it is only about 13% of iPhones purchased in 2015 were 4 Inchers.
30:08
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 3,000 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 STEVEN WHATLEY who posted the following
Quote
Are there any fully relational database apps for iOS that stores data locally on the device. or syncs to iCloud? I've looked at a few apps. Most are single table apps (MyStuff2) or requires the data to be on a server (AirTable).
The ability to store media such as photos is a must. Price is not important to a limit f(like not over US$100).
Unquote
Some of the replies were
From JEFF Hernandez
quote
FileMaker Go is Free. It is fully relational and stores your data locally. However, you build it in FileMaker Pro on Mac or Windows. If you build it within the 30 day trial period, your database is completely free forever! www.filemaker.com
unquote
Steven asked
quote
Filemaker sounds good. But, I thought the product was no longer supported. Or, is it just Bento that's no longer supported?
unquote
I can answer that - just Bento which is no longer supported.
Ed Tilden also added
quote
I use Tap Forms, and can sync to iCloud or Dropbox. Syncs on my iMac, MacBook iPhone and iPad
unquote
Folks if you have any other data base programs that meet Stephens requirements for iOS - please let us know.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 3,000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
32:19
http://www.zdnet.com/article/apples-iphone-se-can-it-
prod-customers-to-buy-two-iphones/
There is an article in ZDnet titled -
Apple's iPhone SE: Can it prod customers to buy two iPhones?
Huh???
From the article - quote Apple launched the iPhone SE, which is designed to address a market for 4-inch smartphones, target a lower end market and potentially emerging markets too, but perhaps the biggest win for the company would be to convince its customers to buy two smartphones. unquote.
Wow - that sounds a lot like this quote
quote
“Once the initial fever wears off, however, the bloom will really be off the rose, and sales will be disappointing (at least here in the U.S.). The iPhone won’t be your only phone, but it could be the coolest one in your menagerie . . . for a while. But that would mean a massive shift in U.S. consumer behavior. If Apple can convince U.S. consumers to adopt multiple phones, the iPhone has a chance of tremendous success. If not, then it’ll be a flash in the pan. It’ll be mildly successful (like Apple’s desktops and notebooks, which have a 5 percent market share), but not at the level of the RAZR or Nokia’s popular phones.”unquote
That was from Jim Louderback, PC Magazine. 6 June 2007
Seems the idea of Apple needing to convince people to buy a second iPhone to be successful has been around well longer than the iPhone.
33:42
http://blog.recovery-ipad.com/10-new-
functions-comes-with-iphone-7.html
This next post goes under Rumors with a Capital R. And a few other Capital letters.
The post is titled - 10 new functions come with iPhone 7.
The release date - and they give a meh - Sept 2016 date - really.
For the display - they are saying it will be a Sapphire display - at this point I am thinking BGR or Digitimes is involved.
For hardware they give the meh - A10 processor - duhhh.
The repeat the common refrain of the removal of the 3.5 MM headphone jack.
Per Camera - they say there will be a 16 Mega Pixel rear camera - and 8 Mega Pixel front one. And that the camera will be thinner so as not to protrude from the back. Well now that the camera on the iPad Pro 9.7 inch is the same as the iPhone 6S - yeah - they have to improve it.
They talk about the iphone 7 being Waterproof. I think that is something we came close to with the iPhone 6S and 6S+ = and apple will likely make as such for the next gen - just not convinced - they will actually say it is waterproof.
They also bring up the oft rumored wireless charging - not oft rumored just per the iPhone 7 - but anytime there is a new iPhone.
They also mention an USB-C port - ummm - Again they seem to be channeling BGR and Digitimes here.
And they say it will start at the all too low 16 GB for storage.
35:19
http://eldartech.com/news/apple-earpods-
with-lightning-port-leaked-in-china
Either photo shop - and a good job - or a leaked photo was found on a chinese site that is supposed to be a picture of a lightening connector on a set of EarPods - so yes the traditional 3.5 MM jack is replace with the Lightening connector.
Again -- I am guessing on photo shop or at least a knock off or fake. As the cord is not WHITE - it is grey. Apple’s cords are always white.
But if you want to see what it Might look like - sans the wrong color - this photo achieves that.
I am still leaning more towards the 3.5 MM jack getting jacked and replaced with a stereo speaker. And just the lightening port for the headphones.
36:23
Hi Rob,
Per ep 386 and the Person looking for MVNO with WiFi Calling - as you mentioned, all the MVNOs, at this time, do NOT support Wifi calling.
A compromise might be use an MVNO and then use a VoIP app on your iPhone over your WiFi. It will be slightly less convenient, but there are many apps to choose from.
Some, like Yallo Call Recorder, will allow free incoming calls and let you use your existing phone number so at least for incoming calls, it will be transparent for people trying to call you.
If you use Vonage or other VoIP service already, they have an iPhone app that lets you make and receive calls using your existing Vonage phone number, so that might work also.
Google Hangouts, Skype, and other VoIP-style apps may be a solution but you will probably need to use their phone numbers or play tricks with call forwarding from your existing numbers to get a compromise solution.
There is a downside to Wifi calling (built-in to iPhone and using the carrier). When WiFi calling is enabled, handoff is disabled so if you like having text and phone calls coming thru to your Mac, iPad, etc. simultaneously, you lose that if you turn on WiFi calling.
I started out on T-Mobile when they were one of the first to have Wifi calling. Unfortunately, the terrible cell coverage in my home town was just too painful so I switched to Cricket a MVNO for ATT and the coverage has been excellent. Features are reasonable and price is lower than ATT itself.
Maybe with the iPhone 7 and the increased bands I will re-visit my choice of carriers, but Cricket recently added free voice and data international coverage to some countries (like T-Mobile), so I am pretty happy with them.
Regards,
Robert S
Hi Rob.
Here’s a tip for your listeners.
Many commercial institutions send us text messages using a 5- or 6-digit identifier instead of a phone number. For example, my Walmart Pharmacy uses 632-57 and Amazon uses 292-966. It would be more meaningful to see the name “Amazon” on the text message than “292-966,” so here’s how to fix that.
Simply create (or add to) a Contact entry for the company using the short code as a phone number. So, for example, create an entry for Amazon in your Contacts using a phone number of 292-966. I use the qualifier “other” to identify such numbers. Once you do this, all text messages from that company will be identified with the company name, not the number. You can create a Contact entry directly from your Message app by selecting Details at the top right of the message, then clicking the circled “I” in the upper right, followed by Create New Contact or Add to Existing Contact.
Regards,
Fred in Raleigh
39:29
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmoyer/koala-mount-
20-universal-smartphone-and-tablet-wal?ref=discovery
This week for a kickstarter project we have the quote
Koala Mount 2.0; Universal Smartphone and Tablet Wall Mount
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Which is a quote
A simple, damage-free mount for any modern smart device including iPads and iPhones.
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If this is one you are interested in - you have until April 7th at 8:00 PM CT to fund it.
Pricing on this is $12 per mount or $45 for 5 mounts or $80 for 10 mounts.
Delivery is slated for April for early birds and June for other levels.
If you want more on this search for Koala Mount - 2 words in Kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 387.
40:22
Here is some feedback on iOS 9.3 updates.
From G+ community.
Myron Uecker said - iOS 9.3 is available now. You all know Rob's precautions about being the first to jump on the bandwagon, though. It should be pretty stable after 7 beta cycles but even for me on Public Beta there is a 1.5 GB download so there must be more changes.
From Karthik M - Its only 300 MB for OTA on my iPhone 6
From John LaFazia - I'm on the beta too and it's also 1.5 GB. My wife's was at 300 MB and she wasn't on the beta
Ange Lowe said - I've done my iPad mini....267mbs. Not done my iPhone yet, but a friend has done his and it was 300mbs.
From Timmy T - Beta users have to download pretty much s clean package
From Myron again - Installed 9.3 on both my iPad Air 2 and iPhone 6S. No issues to report. It just took a while to complete.
From Blair Jones - I do my update in reverse order of importance, just in case there are problems.
I do the phone last -- do it after sync/backup (I do it to PC not cloud) when I could make a dash to the Genius Bar if necessary). There's no rush.
From Craig B - I just updated my iPhone 6; no problems. About to update my iPad Mini and my MacBook Air. Didn't bother to backup because I'm in a hotel 1000 miles from my main MacBook Pro.
Ouch - Craig - you are a brave man to do an update when you don’t have your computer with you and you are on the road - folks - don’t try this at home. well Actually only try this at home - don’t try this on the road. Always best to wait until you are home and not traveling and have time to fix things if stuff breaks - I will do my major updates on Friday. So I have the weekend to fix anything if needed.
42:31
https://marcan.st/2016/03/untangling-ios-pin-code-security/
If you ever wanted to really dig deep into the whole technical side of the Apple v FBI Kerfuffle - there is a really good - and by good I mean long and technical article titled - Untangling iOS PIN code security - it is at marcan.st - link in the show notes of course.
It goes over
How does iOS PIN security work
What does the FBI want
How does firmware signing work
How much effort would it take for Apple to comply
Does this undermine the security for all iPhones
Has Apple done this in the past
What can the FBI do to avoid relying on Apple’s help
And more.
Again look for Untangling iOS PIN code security in the show notes for ep 387
I am not going to go into the details for this - because…..
43:26
http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/
doj-apple-hearing/index.html
The FBI basically just said - ummm never mind.
Seems the DOJ made a request to postpone their courtroom showdown on Tuesday. They made this request after saying it may have found an alternative way into the iPhone. Saying they may no longer need assistance from Apple.
From the DOJ - quote On Sunday, March 20, 2016, an outside party demonstrated to the FBI a possible method for unlocking Farook's iPhone...If the method is viable, it should eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple Inc, unquote
Or as I said to start - ummm - never mind
So the question is now that they may have found a way in - how much harder do you think Apple is going to be working on making the next version of the iPhone even more secure.
44:19
VOICEMAIL - Scott_DC_bloggingwhilebrown_conf.wav
Hi Rob:
In the last episode of Tii you mentioned that you, and your wife, will be attending and lecturing at an event in Wash., DC. Can you send me the details of that event? I’m very interested.
Thanks,
Tony (from Brooklyn)
Gentlemen - I will be presenting at the blogging while brown conference at GW university on Saturday July 16th at 1:00 PM ET.
http://bloggingwhilebrown.com
From the Google+ community and Rick black
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Not quite understanding how to password protect my notes. Anyone else having luck?
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First - you want to go to settings - notes - and then password - and set up your password and turn on Touch ID.
Then go to the notes app itself.
Next - you need to know this is for the notes that are on your iOS device. If you go back to the folders of your notes - you may see some notes for an account you have and then others that say on my iPhone or on my iPad - the ones one on your iOS device are the ones you can lock - just like they are the ones you can draw pictures in - but the others you can not.
So ok - assuming you are now in the notes that are on my iPhone or iPad - go to one of the notes - and tap on the upper right corner - where you have the box with the arrow coming out - the pop up box will give you some options - print - copy - lock - more -
obviously tap on lock - and you can set the password you just set up a few minutes ago in settings.
Then you can use the password or touch ID to unlock it.
47:48
For Ep 387 - From Caryl Goodman in the Google+ community - Ask siri another word for Naked
48:43
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And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today - until the next time I am your host Rob reminding you to phone different
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