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Tue, 11 March 2014
Transcript for Episode 299
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank
JEFF for sending in the music you hear in the background. JEFF wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Glass.mp3
Thanks JEFF for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank ROD for sending in the Artwork for today's show. ROD had the following to say.
Hi Rob,
I am not an artist or graphic designer by trade but I do like to 'have a go' and see what I can knock together.
Since buying the iPad Air in November of last year it has truly enhanced my creative passion and made it so much more portable and convenient. Also thanks to its great wealth of productivity apps that I just in general couldn't get from Android it has enabled me to shelve my laptop. I bought and tried the Microsoft Surface RT tablet, various Android ones too. Not even close!
FOR THIS ARTWORK Apps I used where:
- iDraw. An excellent Vector art program - I used this for the layout and design of shapes, images and the shading effects
- iPhoto. (Photo editing) this I used to remove the sterile feel to the draft image
- Snapseed. Photo editing) I used this for the stylised border
This is first time I have tried anything like this on the iPad it was great fun and for me very intuitive.
Regards
Rod Bailey, Bristol, England.
ROD Thanks again for sending in this artwork and folks you can see ROD'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 299 or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
03:12
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “I think this will appeal to the Apple acolytes, but this is essentially just a really big iPod Touch. book lovers will continue to opt for lighter, cheaper e-readers like theAmazon Kindle, while people looking for a small Web-ready computer would gravitate toward netbooks. unquote
Charles Golvin, Forrester Research, 27 January 2011
Hey exactly how is it Forrester hirers their anal-ists again? Either it is over drinks or at a cousins wedding - Netbooks - Oh My - just saying.
03:54
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04:39
http://www.cbssports.com/
Ok - last year I blew it with the NCAA Tournament bracket - no I am not talking about my picks - that is a given - I mean about getting one set up for the show.
So this year I set it up early - look for the link in the show notes - but the group name is todayinios - and the password is tii
Please join and remember - you need to submit your picks before Tuesdays first games in Dayton. So picks must be in prior to lets say 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday the 18th.
Again if you have the CBS app or goto the website - our group name is todayinios - and the password is tii
Winners of the contest will get free app promo codes when they want them and I will see if I can get anything else donated to give away. But most importantly - you will get the pride in knowing you won this shows bracket - up to 3 entries per person.
And once again - you must submit prior to 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday the 18th.
06:12
Ok - now into the news - and it is a good thing I decided not to record last night - because today Apple released iOS 7.1 Finally.
Before you upgrade to iOS 7.1 I always always recommend - one you wait a few days to make sure there are no issues.
Two follow these directions:
Sync over all your photos you may have taken to iPhoto or whatever you use - you don't want to loose any recent photos.
Next force quit all your open apps
Then sync and back up your iOS device to your computer.
Then go to Settings and Reset and select Reset network settings.
Once your iOS device reboots - rejoin your Wifi network - which if it has a password you need to re-enter.
Then go and do the upgrade.
Following the above steps does seem to make upgrades go better and with fewer issues.
As always if you are a jail breaker - stay away from the update - and really - what does it hurt to stay away until next week to see if there are issues with this update even if you are not a jail breaker. Don't be in such a rush. Plus some are reporting looong download times this evening - as the masses are starting to download the update - so now you really are best waiting until next week.
That said for you all - I have upgraded a few of my devices today.
I upgraded the iPhone 4, iPhone 5S and iPad Mini Retina - so far so good with them. However I could not get the download to work for my 3rd Gen iPad - kept getting a network Error and now it says 6 hours remaining for the download which is what it said over an hour ago. So yeah - that one may be waiting a bit before it is upgraded to 7.1 - So you might not have any choice but to wait. Not a good idea to upgrade once things bog down like that. So be patient - wait until the next episode next Monday to hear how things are going.
Per what is new in iOS 7.1 -
well as you know if you have been listening for the past few months - I have been using the beta for a few revs and we have talked about new features - but if you are like me you probably forgot what most if not all of them were. So I went back into the show notes for past episodes and here are the key highlights of the changes for iOS 7.1
1. At least for me - iOS 7.1 fixed the issue of crashing and re-booting. so that goes to the top of the list.
2. There is also improved contrast overall - where you have the option to reduce transparency turning the Dock and folder backgrounds a dark grey - so there are actually two options to chose - one called Reduce Transparency and the other called Darken Colors. This is under Settings - General - Accessibility - Increase Contrast. I actually saw a couple of people not liking how the new dock looks - and this is where you change that. Also under this category new to 7.1 is Reduce White Point. This slightly darkens the screen.
3. There are some camera updates - There is also a new HDR auto mode. Which it then looks at all 3 exposures and picks the best one for you. And if you select HDR now - it remains on the next time you open the camera app. Even after force quitting the camera app. Now you can also choose wether or not to upload all your burst mode photos.
4. Settings for touch ID and passcode have been bumped up to the main menu of the Settings App. No longer in General.
5. There is a new option to turn on button shaped in settings -- General and then accessibility.
6. There are new iPad wallpapers and for all iOS devices that support parallax - There is now a new option to turn on or off Parallax i.e. motion when selecting wallpapers for the iPad. the option to disable parallax for the iPad Wallpaper is now called Perspective zoom instead of reduce motion - when in the Wallpaper area - but over in Settings - General - Accessibility - yeah there you still turn on Reduce Motion to turn off parallax. So one place you turn on to turn off and another you turn off to turn off and they are called two different things - Pretty clear to me. Obviously Apple has been recruiting from the Android ranks again.
7. The iPad has gained a new Siri Voice gender option for the UK, Australia, Japan and Mandarin. As is normal with better sounding Siri - you will need for your iOS device to be connected via Wifi and plugged into a power source for it to download the improved siri voice files.
8. The Music App also now has new shuffle and repeat buttons that stand out much more.
9. CarPlay support - more on that later.
10. With siri - keep holding down the home button while you speak and release when done.
11. Improvements to Calendars to add a list of items under the month - when you tap on a day.
Other observations from the betas and the release of 7.1 - Animations are noticeably faster. Hearing that from many that just upgraded. There are a bunch of new animations and buttons in 7.1 from slide to unlock to powering down. There are also other fit and finish type changes with updates to fonts and text sizes. There is a redesigned shift and caps lock keys on the keyboard as well.
That said was one thing that went away that was in beta 1 of 7.1 that never came back and that is the option to enable Dark Keyboard. That was a nice feature and not sure why apple removed it - hopefully it will be back in the future.
Now that is not ALL the changes for iOS 7.1 - just the key ones in my mind - if there are some others I missed you think should have been covered or interesting to you - let me know - 206-666-6364 - 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com and speaking of emails Lets go to some of your early feedback on 7.1 so far.
14:11
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/10/apple-releases-ios-7-1/
?utm_source=osx&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=front
Hi, Rob. Great podcast, but I wish they were more frequent.
Just to let you know, again, that the calendar bug I reported months ago still persists in iOS 7.1:
- Year 1921 does not exist!
- Years 1920 and earlier do get their calendars screwed up
Yep, I'm refusing to time travel to witness the first human flight until Apple gets these calendars fixed.
BTW, I reported this bug to Apple, but they never answered back. Is there another way to report this?
Regards,
Fabio E
Hi Rob,
this is new for iOS 7.1. This came up when I plugged my phone into my computer. I get a message that says
QuoteDo you want to allow this computer to access information on Ben's iPhone 5C? If you don't allow access, you will not be able to manage or sync your iPhone with this computer. unquote
Regards,
Ben K
Hi Rob,
Check out the new wallpapers and aesthetic accessibility features in iOS 7.1
Regards,
Nathan F
16:39
http://recode.net/2014/02/28/apples-tv-hobby-is-now-a-billion-dollar-business/
And that is some Apple made by saying Apple TV has generated over 1 Billion with a B dollars from Apple TV in 2013 - so quickly people thought that meant they sold a billion dollars worth of Apple TV's something Apple quickly clarified - NO - it means that the Sales of the Apple TV units COMBINED with purchases people made from them - are greater than 1 Billion dollars. Also 2013 - does not actually mean Jan 1st to Dec 31st 2013 - but rather Apple fiscal 2013 which ran from beginning of Oct 2012 to the end of September 2013. So it did not include this past holiday season.
That all clarified - the News really is about Tim Cook saying quote it's a little more difficult to call it a hobby these days" unquote. This he said at the shareholders meeting.
17:55
http://qz.com/182763/apple-tv-is-apples-fastest-growing-product/
Right now it is looking like Apple has sold about 28 Million Apple TVs since the original unit back in 2007 - that compares to about 8 million for Roku it closest competitor in this space.
18:26
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/new-apple-tv-to-feature-games-and-apps-rumor-04-03-2014/
The fact Tim Cook is talking about Apple TV and saying it is no longer a hobby is a pretty good sign we will see a new Apple TV sooner rather than latter - well that and the fact we are way over due for a new device - which means more rumors on the 4th gen Apple TV. From the Financial times comes this blurb.
quote The significantly redesigned hardware will include greater support for video-games, already a popular pastime on its iPhones and iPads, as well as other new features which could include bringing its App Store to the TV set for the first time.
The release, which was delayed from the end of last year, could come "any week now", this source said. Apple has not commented on the rumors. unquote
Apple also recently had a one week promotion where if you purchased an Apple TV from Apples brick and mortar stores and online at Apple.com - you would get a $25 iTunes gift card. Clearly that looks like a nice inventory clearing promotion.
So what is coming first - the NCAA Final 4 or a new Apple TV?
Note Jim Dalrymple at the loop recently said this was not an indication of a new Apple TV coming. But a simple Nope to speculation this means a new Apple TV is coming - leaves a lot to be answered - is that Nope it is not coming when the one week promo is over - or not coming this month or not coming period? Because well eventually it seems a new Apple TV is coming and why else would Apple offer a promotion for Apple TV if not to clear some inventory - this is Apple we are talking about - how often do they do promotions like this - ummm - answer would be almost never.
Any way I think there is a new Apple TV coming sooner rather than later - and would be shocked if it is not hear before end of May and really surprised if not here by Mid April.
20:50
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Quest_about_designing_own_apps
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23:59
http://recode.net/2014/03/02/apples-ios-in-the-car-becomes-carplay
-due-in-models-later-this-year/
Ok - So Apple TV is no longer a Hobby for Apple and Tim Cook - well you know what they say Everyone needs a Hobby - especially CEO's. And rather then endurance racing or triathlons - it seems Tim's new Hobby is Cars. Or more precisely - CarPlay - which Apple just unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show - because someone else in Apple has skiing as a hobby no doubt. CarPlay is iOS in the Car - that apple talked about at WWDC back in June - so maybe unveiled is not the correct term.
Here is what Apple had to say about CarPlay quote March 3, 2014―Apple® today announced that leading auto manufacturers are rolling out CarPlay, the smarter, safer and more fun way to use iPhone® in the car. CarPlay gives iPhone users an incredibly intuitive way to make calls, use Maps, listen to music and access messages with just a word or a touch. Users can easily control CarPlay from the car’s native interface or just push-and-hold the voice control button on the steering wheel to activate Siri® without distraction. Vehicles from Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo will premiere CarPlay to their drivers this week, while additional auto manufacturers bringing CarPlay to their drivers down the road include BMW Group, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai Motor Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Kia Motors, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan Motor Company, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota Motor Corp. unquote
Apple also said quote CarPlay gives drivers access to all of their music, podcasts, audiobooks and iTunes Radio℠ with easy navigation through listening choices from the car’s built-in controls or simply by asking Siri to pull up what you’d like to hear. CarPlay also supports select third-party audio apps including Spotify and iHeartRadio, so you can listen to your favorite radio services or sports broadcast apps while driving. unquote
Apple did not mention it in their press release - but Stitcher radio and Beast Music are listed on their website for Carplay was working as well.
It will be later in 2014 before we starts seeing any of these cars made
available and probably 2016 or later before all those mentioned roll this out. That said - it is a start - and well like I said Tim cook needs a new hobby. To me automotive interfaces that interact and are driven by your smartphone make more sense than getting another data plan for your car.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - DAVID_CARPLAY_QUESTION
http://www.macworld.com/article/2104242/the-real-impact-of-
carplay-its-the-software-dummy.html
28:57
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101261824
Thanks to Dex for this next one. Well it seems Apple and Sam Sung have officially split. No Not Samsung as in the evil company from South Korea - I mean Mr First name Sam - last name Sung - whom was mentioned some time ago as working at an Apple store in Vancouver BC. Some speculated that Sam sung were responsible in wooing away Mr Sung and I did hear from the Lawyers at the evil Sammy sung - A Mr Nicholas Atteen and Mr Alexander Keyhol - and they said they were not responsible for making Mr Sung leave Apple and have no knowledge of his whereabouts.
Good luck Mr Sung.
29:42
VOICEMAIL - Answr_Facetime_over_cellular
Hi Rob,
I had the same issue which the user in 298 reported about the faded songs on his device. I had tried to download my 1100+ songs from iCloud to my new iPhone 5S and only half of them downloaded, so I went to the Genius Bar, who told me to talk to the Apple support people by phone. After about half an hour, it was discovered that these songs were hidden, though I had not actually hidden them myself: must be something with setting up a new iOS device. Hidden items can be restored through iTunes (click on your login in the store, then "view account," then under the section "iTunes in the Cloud" select "manage" next to "Hidden Purchases") or on iOS (iTunes Store, scroll to bottom, tap on account login, sign in, then tap "Hidden Purchases"). Hope this helps and love the show.
Nick in WI
Hi Rob,
A caller wanted to know what Bluetooth works well with Siri.
I used to have this one http://www.myblueant.com/products/headsets/t1/index.php
What I loved about it was that you can listen to podcasts or music on it, and it does work with Siri and multiple devices. Something to keep in mind though, you must hold the button until it asks you what you want to do, that is the device itself, not Siri. If you tell it phone commands then it immediately launches Siri. Not perfect, but I could listen to podcasts playing on my iPad and if I got a call or a text on my iPhone I would still get them. Read the manual if you set it up because it does matter which device is the first one paired with it.
Regards,
Jason H
Hi Rob, this is in response to your request in the last podcast concerning what Bluetooth devices we use to connect to our iOS devices in the car. I tried a few and then stayed with Belkin's AirCast Auto Hands Free. It was super easy to install. It draws power from the cigarette lighter plug and connects to the cars sound system through the AUX port. My son uses the same device and connects to his car's sound system through a cassette player adapter. I have found the AirCast Auto extremely easy to use for placing and receiving phone calls, for playing music from my music library, and podcasts from my pod cast player and music from online music players, and for communicating with Siri to do all of the above and even more. I have even dictated iMessages with only a few miscues due to similar sounding words. All-in-all I am very pleased.
This device switches easily between music or podcasts and phone calls and back again when the call is over.
The AirCast Auto lists for $80 on Belkin's website but you can beat that price by shopping around at other online stores.
I can highly recommend the AirCast Auto by Belkin.
Aloha,
Will B,
Honolulu, HI
VOICEMAIL - Todd_AU_facetime_fdbk
VOICEMAIL - Mark_facetime_answer_ATT
Jared, Nick, Jason, Will, Todd and Mark - thanks for the feedback and help.
36:10
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 500 members in our Google+ community.
Thanks to everyone that has joined.
We had over 90 posts since the last episode. Of those most replied to post there was one from Angel Voice that asked a question about upgrading from an iPhone 5 and remembering talk about S phones were the better time to upgrade. So essentially here is my thoughts on this - the upgrade from the 3G to 3GS - was much bigger than that from the Original to the 3G. The jump from the 4 to 4S was also more than from the 3GS to the 4. If you don't count the physical changes - which when the 4 first came out were an issue anyway. And again the different from the 5 to the 5S was much bigger than the different from the 4S to the 5. It was very hard for me to recommend anyone upgrade from a 4S to a 5 - but I don't pause to recommend going from a 4S to a 5S. But if you question is if you should wait a full year after the iPhone 6 comes out for the 6S - well at this time it is impossible to say - past performance / history is not promise for future results. Heck if the iPhone 6 has a sapphire screen and a 4K video recording feature - I am pretty sure I will bite the bullet and upgrade a year early. But I will not know for sure until Apple announces the next iPhone and that is not likely until some time in early to mid September.
Back to the Google+ community - well there were dozens and dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
38:17
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-cfo-oppenheimer-retire-
end-135142614.html
Some other Apple employee news - Apple announced that Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer will retire and hand the reins to Luca Maestri in September - which is when Apples fiscal year ends. Mr Oppenheimer helped grow Apples cash horde from sub 10 Billion to in excess of 160 billion dollars. He also balanced the books when revenue went from 8 Billion a year to over 170 Billion. Guess it is always easy to balance the books when there is more money coming in than going out. Or at least a lot less stressful - if not easier. Mr Luca Maestri we look forward to hearing from you on future Apple Quarterly conference calls.
39:04
http://tidbits.com/article/14558
I mentioned Earlier the Tim cook was talking to Investors at Apples Investors meeting and Mr Cook had a great great quote at said Investors meeting - It was:
quote If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock. unquote
By itself - that is just a great quote - it gets the extra great when put into context - Seems there was some idiot investor fund manager from NCPPR - they had pushed a proposal requiring Apple to disclose the cost of sustainability programs and be more transparent about its relationships with sustainability groups. That proposal was squashed like a bug. But then the guy from NCPPR questioned the effect of Apples sustainability programs on its bottom line and demanded Cook promise to do only things that are profitable - read socially irresponsible. It is not known if this guy was bald and stroking a white persian cat while saying all this - but it sounds like he could have been.
Anyway Mr Tim then angrily responded with that great great quote - quote If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock. unquote
Companies that only focus on the bottom line quickly loose focus on the company and their products and their customers and their future.
Kudos Timothy Donald Cook on keeping some things more important than just the bottom line.
40:42
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2062463-apple-steve-jobs-was-right
Thanks to Cretan for sending me a link for a little more pretext on Tim cooks comments from seeking alpha quote
"When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind," he [Tim Cook] said, "I don't consider the bloody ROI." He said that the same thing about environmental issues, worker safety, and other areas where Apple is a leader.
He didn't stop there, however, as he looked directly at the NCPPR representative and said, unquote - well he actually said that great great quote - but now you have even more pretext on it.
41:41
http://blog.laptopmag.com/iphone-5s-price-drop
Thanks to all that sent in links per this next story - and that is the iPhone 5S price has been dropped at Walmart to $119 for the 16 GB version. This offer looks to be in place for the rest of March - kind of a march madness event I guess. Basically the price is now close to where the 5C price was when it launched - yeah if you are looking for a new iPhone right now - the $119 price is pretty nice - that said I would recommend higher storage of at least 32 GB and really the 64 GB is my first recommendation. It shows the Higher capacities on line at walmart.com - but it does not show if they are then $229 and $329. In any case you need to check with your local walmart to get this deal.
42:47
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2057243-apple-outguns-intel
Thanks to Cretan for this next one - that compares some bench mark tests for Intels new Z3480 processor - that is their new top of the line mobile processor. And there should be lots of quotes thrown in that last sentence. Because top of the line for Intel and mobile - yeah - not so top of the line over all. The bench mark score for the Z3480 was 1327 - with higher better. That is just about the A6 processor - yes the one for the iPhone 5. Not the A7 found in the iPhone 5S which was twice the score of the new Z3480 from intel - yikes. Which is why you are not likely to see that processor in all to many devices any time soon or at all.
43:32
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/05/a8-chip-underway-tsmc/
This leads us into some rumors about the A8 chip the one likely to be powering the next gen iPhones and iPads - likely to launch early fall. Well in the past Sammy has been building the chips for Apple - but rumors are coming up that this time around the A8 will actually be built by TSMC with their 20 nanometer processing. And it would be a quad core 64 bit CPU with quad core Graphics processor as well.
Initially it was thought that TSMC and Sammy would split the production of the A8 - but now the rumors are saying it is all TSMC's business. Mind you last year a very similar rumor was spread just about this time of the year with regards to as then not announced A7 processor - and well that turned out to be a bogus rumor just as this one may also be.
But will be interesting to see what apple has in store for the A8 processor - as yet there is still nothing out there up to par with the A7 processor when it comes to benchmark tests.
44:50
http://blogs.computerworld.com/cybercrime-and-hacking/23620/
student-hackers-make-apples-ios-7-siri-way-more-useful-spotify-support
Interesting article from Jonny Evans at computer world titled - Student hackers make Apple's iOS 7 Siri way more useful with Spotify support
Essentially four freshman students The university of Pennsylvania have hacked Apple's iOS 7s voice assistant to control third-party apps with Siri without jailbreaking their iPhone.
They were able to show siri turning on and off Hue lights - and playing songs on spotify - which sounds cool - but it is not something you will be able to use now. As it requires a man in the middle hack - essentially they called their hack google plex - and you would say google plex turn on the lights - and what happens is siri is hearing google as the action and plex turn on the lights - and their hack is to get your phone set up with a spoofed DNS s that requests from siri to search go to their servers and not googles. So their server gets the request for plex turn off the lights - and it performs the action - while they say this will be used with other apps - it seems - it is just a little to techie for most users.
Cool demo and genius implementation - but I don't see it overly practical - but hopefully Apple sees this and works to make Siri even more useful and allows in iOS 8 - more control from siri.
Links in the show notes to the article at computer world and also to the site these guys set up - better than siri dot com.
http://betterthansiri.com/
46:54
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ellen-degeneres-caught-cheating-
oscars-124058998.html
Hi Rob,
I really like the existing size of the iPhone. I have an iPhone 5 and will be buying the 6 if it is anything smaller than a Note! If they made it that big, which I'm sure they won't, I'll get a 5s. Speaking of Samsung (boooo and hisss), if you watched the Oscars you saw Ellen using a Samsung for all those selfies. if you look online, you'll see as soon as she went backstage, she went back to her iPhone. They have to pay celebrities to use their crappy phone!
Regards,
Steph in Henderson, NV
Samsung was a major sponsor of The Oscars last week - and it seems that Samsungs sponsor ship was turning it into more an informercial for Samsung with Ellen taking selflies with celebs using a samsung phone - out on stage and in the audience - but once she went back stage - seems Ellen took out the phone she really cared about - her iPhone and took more selflies and posted them on twitter and well it said taken with an iPhone. Which just slapped Sammy in the face - awe - kind of makes you feel sad for them - or not.
48:04
VOICEMAIL - Laura_nashville_fdbk_appleTV
Hey Rob, I use an app to keep all my passwords called Dashline. Keeps any online account separately...plus payments for credit cards, IDs and also a password generator.
Regards,
The Figgmister
Hi Rob
I posted this in the Google+ community but I was wondering if any one else has this problem. I have the iPhone 5s that is NOT jailbroken, occasionally when I'm multitasking on my phone switching between apps it will basically crash and restart. It happens probably about once a day,
Regards,
Chris in Orange County, CA
Hi Chris - I had some restarting issues as well before I went to iOS 7.1 - beta - and since I have been on the beta the issue for me is gone. So hopefully apple will pull the trigger soon maybe this week for iOS 7.1 for Gold Master release.
Hi Rob,
Have you've found that someone ask you or yourself, get what did I pay for that app if anything?
You go to look at see either a cloud icon or free even if you paid for it. It would be nice if apple showed the price but also that you already own it! Is there a way to know other than having to look way back on your purchase downloads which takes way to long? Sometimes u can "see" the price for a split second when u search for it in the App Store
Regards,
Michael
VOICEMAIL - Derrek_Apple_TV_Rearrange_icons
Hi Derrek - Yes I am aware of that - what I was saying was a new Apple TV would give you a list of TV channels i.e. - replace your cable set top box - but rather than it be a linear set of channels stuck in some highly questionable order - you would be able to re-arrange the channels in any order you want - thus grouping all the sports channels together, and pushing others to the bottom of the list. But yes on Apple TV now - for the Tiles they have you can change the order around - move to towards the top the ones you care the most about.
53:57
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iskelter/slatepro-personal-techdesk
Hi Rob,
With regards to kickstarter projects I thought this was a pretty cool desk and it looks like this one is funded!
Regards
Jason H
Hi Jason thanks for the heads up on the SlatePro - Personal TechDesk this is quote Designed for your office, home, or apartment and made for professionals, students, designers, gamers, or just anyone with a desk unquote. Essentially it is a desk with cut out and notches and slots designed for your digital lifestyle especially your iOS and Apple Lifestyle. But really it will work for anyone with multiple electronic devices - which I am guessing is everyone listening to this show.
One thing I noticed about it was that it was designed and shown for anyone with a desk if they were right handed - so I emailed the person running this and asked - hey what about us lefties and his response - which came back within minutes was.
Hi Rob,
Between you and me, I'll be posting an update with a stretch goal on Monday. There has been far too many requests for a left handed model. Thanks for writing in. The update should be posted Monday. Thanks!
Nathan
Ok - well now between him and me and all of you too.
Always nice to see thus running a Kickstarter project reply quickly to emails.
Per this project - he had a goal of $12k to start and is at about 50k now. So well past his goal. This one will go until March 27th at 8:00 AM CT. Pricing starts now at $448
Search for SlatePro - one word at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 299 at today in iOS dot com.
55:48
http://www.dreamjb.com/2014/02/apple-id-2-step-verification-system.html
One of the security features introduced by Apple is 2 step verification - and that system is just available in a few markets - but now it is coming to a few more - Japan, Canada and some European countries. Actually it has now been made available specifically to Japan, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain.
The 2 step verification is where you first enter your Apple ID and password as usual. Then Apple sends a verification code to one of your devices - and you enter that code to verify your identity and complete the sign in.
This is optional by the way
56:26
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/28/apple-preparing-software-
update-to-enhance-functionality-of-iphone-5s-touch-id
Hi Rob,
FYI. I raised this issue on your show about touch ID forgetting finger prints. I think people who didn’t experience the issue tended to minimize it. Glad to see Apple has finally admitted the issue and is doing something about it! It’s not been an issue for me since getting my 3rd iPhone 5s!
Regards,
Dr. Dave
Hi Dr. Dave - first - this article is just rumor at this point. Siting a source familiar with Apple - so don't get too excited or happy about Apple doing something - until well Apple actually does something. In the mean time folks if you have issues with fingerprints not working with touch ID - first make sure reduce motion is turned on - that turns off parallax - that helped a lot of people - and then next it going in and retraining over and over touch ID for your finger prints - for all parts of your finger.
Per Apple helping out - like suggested by a source familiar - well we will need to wait and see on that - Sources familiar is really a bloggers euphemism for I made up this next story based my own speculation - but will try to give it some street cred by saying it came from some unknown source. Please see The Verge and BGR for how this is done ad-nausium.
58:18
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1:00:05
VOICEMAIL - Daryl_chi_siri_handsfree_answer
Hi Rob,
Per Show 298 and The blind gentleman who had problems with Siri using the wrong contact.
How about suggesting he change his contact address to:
Last name, First Name.
That way there should be no confusion. Now if you have several Johnson's I would suggest
Last name, First initial
Regards,
Doug McV
Hi Rob,
I have not tested it yet, but what if you just create a unique nickname for the contacts and refer to them that way when using Siri?
Regards,
Fabio E
Hi, rob, on the last episode of tii, a listener asked how he could use Siri in the car with buuetooth without siri going over Bluetooth. I have a wavejamr Bluetooth music receiver that i use at home in my iPod docks but it also is advertised as being able to be used in the car. I find it annoying that it gives the behavior the listener is describing, but it does indeed provide that functionality. When you press and hold the home button, siri comes up and you can talk to it and her(or his) response will come through your phone speaker. Heres a link to this little device.
http://wavejamr.com/
Regards,
Ben K
VOICEMAIL - DEV_REVIEW_CAPCLASH_TII
Hi rob, I saw there was an update to the gmail app that included backround app refresh. I hate waiting and I love this new feature. It was included in an update to the gmail all right after iOS 7 came out but mysteriously removed a few weeks later.
This feature is awesome. There are also some minor ui tweaks throughout the new version of the app.
Regards,
Ben K
Hi Rob.
You've been a great help to me in my first 2 requests for advice so I'm hoping the trend continues.
Do you or your audience know of a way to clear the badge for the Messages app once I've looked at the message on the lockscreen, without having to go into the Messages app? I am jailbroken so I am willing to run a jailbreak tweak.
Regards,
Chris
Las Vegas
Hi Rob,
My car (2012 Honda Accord) has a USB connection that I can use to listen to audio through the car's sound system, but phone calls bypass it.
Do you or your listeners know of an app or hardware device that would allow a caller's voice to be directed through the car's speakers?
Regards,
Preston B
VOICEMAIL - Trace_quest_music_app_speak_text
1:06:52
https://twitter.com/evad3rs
There is a new update to the evasi0n jailbreak - version 1.0.7 - and according to the evaders team the way to find out if you need to update is to search for sslpatch one word in cydia - if it is in there - you do not need to update - if it is not in there - then cydia is not updating for you and you need to update.
This issue is such that you do need to rejailbreak fully - as they can't update automatically those effected - because the issue is the inability to update packages.
1:07:44
http://www.cultofmac.com/268632/iphone-cases-may-partly-responsible-
poor-5c-sales-analyst/
Hi Rob,
The picture is of a tweet from 9to5Mac "Opinion: Will Apple abandon the 'low cost' iPhone due to it's apparent failure"
And earlier I saw a cult of mac article titled something along the lines of iPhone 5c disappointing sales due to cases
Am I crazy, wasn't the iPhone 5c (this tremendous disappointment) not the 2nd best selling phone on 3 of the 4 major carriers in the US and the 3rd in the other beating Sammy's shiny new device? Maybe you have a how wrong we're they? segment almost current. and Gene Munster, wow, but hey I'm not an "expert"
Expert cynic more like it, but maybe I'm the one that's not getting it, guess we'll see with the next quarter announcement.
Regards,
Jason H
Hi Jason - yeah - it always cracks me up when people talk about the great failure the iPhone 5C is - yet it is the number 2 or 3 best selling handset at all major carriers in the US. Look the iPhone 5C was never meant to sell as well as the 5S - and given the technical differences vs price differences over all - I have no idea why it is selling at all. But it is and it is selling well very well vs other handsets not called the iPhone 5S. And it is not like 1. Apple ever said what actual sales are - or 2. Apple said what they expected sales to be. So yeah - how can anyone know if it is a disappointment to Apple or a amazing success - from Apples point of view.
1:09:25
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/25/fcc-speed-test/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fcc-speed-test/id794322383?mt=8
The FCC launched their own speed test app for iOS - seems the NSA just did not have enough info on you - and now they want you to install the FCC app so they can cross their t's and dot their I's when it comes to their dossier on you. Or maybe this is just an innocent app made by the FCC so you can check your local speed so they can see where in the US our network needs improving. And according to the FCC quote
Privacy is paramount. The FCC has taken significant measures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of volunteers for this program. Using privacy measures developed and reviewed by a diverse team of privacy experts, any data that could potentially identify specific smartphones is analyzed and processed to ensure privacy protection. unquote
Yup any data that could potential identify users is analyzed by the NSA and processed to ensure protection. Link to the app in the show notes - just incase you know you are not overly paranoid and do want to help out the FCC to see how network speeds are in the US.
1:10:37
VOICEMAIL - Tim_Chi_answr_ATT_unlocking_instructions
VOICEMAIL - Tim_chi_ATT_mobile_share_plan
Hi Rob,
I have one reason not to get the more everything from att. If you have the unlimited plan still. That's better than 10gb.
Regards,
Ben K
Hi Rob:
On episode 298 about the caller asking to unlock sprint iPhone, i do use sprint and sprint unlocks iphones for free after having the phone for at least 90 days, i renew my contract with the iphone 5 and since u travel overseas a lot i called sprint and they told me that i had to have the phone for at least 90 days, after the 90 days i called sprint back and they factory unlocked my iphone thru itunes.
About the caller having issues with imessage while traveling, i experience the same issue, after researching i found that you have to enable roaming to be able to use imessage, i opted to just use whatsapp or telegram while i travel and it can be used on wifi
Regards,
Jorge M
Hello Rob,
I have heard on your show that you enjoy your pebble watch. I am looking into getting one, but I was wondering if you think the next iPhone coming out this fall will have the iWatch come out as well?
I really value your opinion and was wondering if that iWatch was coming out because if it's not I am going to go ahead and pursue and purchase a Pebble watch.
Regards,
Doug
Cincinnati
Hi Rob
every time i use my iphone 5c blue 16GB it get warm is that hardware thing is it the iphone 5c or is just the case i'm useing its a body glove
Regards,
Zach
Hi Rob, I'm a first time writer long time listener. I just purchased the TII app, and used the easy email link. Here are some of my suggestions about photo apps. I use camera+ for shooting and light editing. It syncs all the photos in the lightbox over icloud from iphone to ipad so you can edit on either before saving to your camera roll. For detailed editing, Facetune is a great little app that let's you whiten teeth, smooth blemishes, patch spots, selectively blur areas, highlight details, even re-shape objects. It's great for fine-tuning a photo that's not quite right. Perspective Correct is another app that is great for adjusting the view angle of photos that are slightly off. For collages, the best by far has been Diptic PDQ (which stands for Pretty Dang Quick). It lives up to its name and makes putting multiple photos together very easy and fast.
One highly regarded photo shooting and editing app is VSCO cam. It is nice looking and to use, but once edited the photos seem to have a slightly "washed out" sameness to them. For some moody shots it's great though. One question for the listeners is if they know of any other photo apps that sync a photo editing lightbox through icloud between iDevices.
Regards,
Jordan from Massachusetts
VOICEMAIL - Brent_OK_Answr_unlock_ATT_other_info
1:21:27
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Stick around for the end of the episode today after the music - I have some additional voice mail message with regards to Siri and the Reminders app that did not fit earlier into the show and thought they would go well together at the end of the show.
And that folks is kinda going to do it for us today.
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LA Williams_SIRI_Answrs
Justin_PA_Siri_tips_for_use
Jeff_Answr_siri_names_suggestion
Brent_chi_fdbk_reminder_app
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Fri, 28 February 2014
Transcript for Episode 298
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank
JON for sending in the music you hear in the background. JON wrote:
Hi Rob,
This is a blues number - recorded using Garageband on the iPad and I used an iRig adapter to plug the harmonica into the iPad. It's a blend of two tunes: Homeydripper and Evan's Shuffle.
Regards,
Jon
SONG_Evan_Honey.m4a
Thanks JON for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank MIKE J for sending in the Artwork for today's show. MIKE had the following to say.
Hi rob, I made this artwork on my iOS device using the sketchy app. This is a sketch of you.
Regards,
Mike J
01:57
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote 5 Reasons Why Apple’s iPad Tablet Will Fail
1. It won’t fit in your pocket.
2. It’s too expensive.
3. It won’t replace the laptop.
4. You only get access to a watered-down Internet.
5. No one really needs an iPad. unquote
Daniel Nations, About.com Guide, 26 January 2010
Good thing no one really needed an iPad - hate to see what the shortages would have looked like if people actually needed one of these things - just saying.
02:32
For Promo codes - On Ep 297 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the apps BLAZE&GRAZE,SLENDER MAN ORIGINS and FEED ME MUNCHY . We will be giving out those promo codes sometime this week.
If you would like to learn more about this app go back and listen to the beginning of Epi 297.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/21/apple_patches_ios_ssl
_vulnerability/
03:30
There is a lot of mis reporting or exaggerating or just plain link baiting going on about the SSL bug in iOS 6, iOS 7 and Mac OS X .9
This is not something where if you are at home on your private locked down network and surfing the web you are at risk. Repeat in that scenario you were not at risk.
This is what is called a man in the middle type vulnerability - and it WAS a major vulnerability in that regards - but it still required some evil nehr do well to be on the same network or be creating the network for them to get access to your private data.
This is not about visiting a website and getting malware installed on your device or it stealing your contacts info.
This is about you doing what you thought was a secure transaction on an open network and having the secure transaction or data stream being exposed. I don't want to down play this vulnerability at all - and if you have not updated your iOS device or Mac running Mavericks - you need to STAT.
Per explaining this bug - with out getting all techie.
The simplest analogy of this is you are in a class and you want to pass a note to sally - and you hand the note to billy and ask him to pass it to sally. But you don't want Billy to read the note so you lock it in a small box - and only Sally and you have a key. If SSL is working correctly - no mater who in the room gets the box it does not matter the note is safe as only you and Sally can unlock the box.
But in this case with Apples bug - the lock was broken - and anyone that go a hold of the box could use a paper clip or bobby pin to unlock it.
You will hear this bug referred to Goto Fail bug - that is because this bug is where they had the action - goto fail twice in a row in basically an if then type statement. Or to put it in basic coding logic - if true then goto fail else goto fail.
In other words no matter what goto fail - and that sadly was in one place that brought the whole Apple SSL security house of cards come a crumbling down.
Happily there is no reason you should from this point on be effected by this - Apple has pushed out fixes for this. But if you are still not sure you should update - here are some tweets from Musclenerd - from the iPhone dev team
quote - It takes no iOS expertise for bad guys to abuse the SSL bug Apple just fixed. Many more can exploit (for bad) SSL bug than a normal iOS bug
yep it really is a must-have update. Otherwise you’ll always be doubting your online privacy/security
Apple didn’t apply even 1 update that would’ve broken evasi0n7 at 7.0.6 (i.e. they let JBers have the SSL fix too). Thanks, Apple! :)
I wouldn’t want to be that guy at some future tech or infosec conference using older firm ware :) Or even maybe just at a baseball game
In a nut shell - update to iOS 7.0.6 or 6.1.6 and if you are on a Mac - running Mavericks update to the latest version there.
If you are jailbroken and don't want to update - or can't - get the tweak - SSLpatch - one word - and it will also fix Apples SSL Bug.
Goto: Fail -
https://gotofail.com/
08:10
If you want to check your mac or iOS device to see if it is vulnerable to the SSL goto fail bug - go to - gotofail.com on the browser you like to use and see. Plus check from safari.
On my Mac which I have not upgrade to Mavericks yet - it is fine - I am running - 10.8.5 - and the tests say I am fine. Actually on the Mac side this bug was not introduced until 10.9 - mavericks. Which kind of kills the whole tin foil hat theory that this was what the NSA meant in their prism slide when they said they added Apple in Oct 2012. So the Mac side it was Fall 2013 for Mavericks and it was Sept 2012 for iOS 6 when this bug was intro'd into the wild. Not Oct 2012 like the Tin foil hatters are speculating.
Don't blame on malice that which can easily be explained by incompetence.
As I mentioned the good news is Apple did already release patches for all the OS versions effected by this bug. So one advantage of iOS is you get quick updates and even updates for versions no longer officially supported. As in iOS 6.x
Ok yes - that is making lemonade out of lemons - but remember as bad as this was and it was bad - once made public updates were out to everyone effected.
Not the same can be said for Android - where there is a major security bug that is just as bad going on two years old.
This site will help you determine whether your computer is vulnerable to #gotofail.
Safe.
We have examined your OS and browser version information and determined that an active vulnerability test was appropriate. Fortunately, your browser correctly aborted loading our test image upon seeing an invalid ServerKeyExchange message.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/22/us-apple-flaw
-idUSBREA1L01Y20140222
https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html
10:27
By the way for those that are code junkies - you can see the code in question by looking the link titled - ImperialViolet Apple's SSL / TLS bug in the show notes for ep 298 over at today in iOS dot com.
Here is some feedback on the updates:
Hi Rob,
This update for the 3GS has to break some kind of record
Being able to update and refresh a phone this old is simply amazing !!!!
The 3GS has been the best money I have ever spent
Regards,
Anthony McD
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/02/new-ios-flaw-makes-devices
-susceptible-to-covert-keylogging-researchers-say/
10:56
Here are some more titles for a different iOS subject.
Quote iOS flaw makes devices susceptible to covert keylogging, researchers say unquote
Or Quote iOS 7 has dangerous key logging vulnerability unquote
or Quote New Security flaw opens iPhone, iPads to covert key logging. unquote
or Well you get the picture.
Lets forget for a second about this all being available in any OS that allows programs to run in the background. This is big news because with iOS it is a theoretical possibility that researchers have found - which is much more of a threat than the already in the real world implementation of key logging in Android, linux and Windows. It is the fear of what might be vs the reality of what is that makes this so news worthy. Or maybe it just makes good link bait.
While the SSL issue is a real world issue - this key logging one on the iOS side is not - if you want a key logging issue - just look at android -
there are a plethora of key logging apps - and not all of them are malware. Just some of them.
Why ZDNET and Arstechnica saw fit to publish an article about this is well proof that link bait still works.
Now if you want to talk about what this quote theoretical vulnerability unquote is - essentially they researchers showed how they could get an app into the iTunes app store that when running in the background can then monitor keystrokes done in another app. Not that they found any in the wild - just that they know how to do this and they put the code in an app that was then approved by Apple - for testing purposes and they are working with Apple on this by the way.
Their recommendation is that you close out any apps you are not using. So don't leave flappy birds or other free apps like that open - force quit them - if you don't want to be as exposed to this theoretical vulnerability.
http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2014/02/background
-monitoring-on-non-jailbroken-ios-7-devices-and-a-mitigation.html
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/why-is-an-app-worth-as-
much-as-a-small-oil-field/
13:08
Also big in the news of late is Facebook dropping 19 Billion dollars with a b on WhatsApp - which has over 400 Million users of their app world wide - which is a text messaging app. Or more precisely it is a messaging app that allows for text messages that are not via your carrier - i.e. don't count against your text message plan.
Now there was a little brew ha ha - back in December and again in Jan - when people saw requests from Facebook - per the Facebook app for Android - for you to give Facebook permission to read your texts. Facebook said this was so they could check your text messages for ones they send with confirmation codes. And that they are not actually you know reading your messages for content. But well if you give them permission cart blanc to read your text message - then well they can. And because of this some WhatsApp users are running away as fast as they can.
That said - If the user base of WhatApp users drops from 450 Million to 446 Million users - it is not really a big deal to Facebook. As not only did they get What's app - but probably just as important - they kept Google from getting What's app - whom is reported to be the other party that was trying to acquire them - thus creating a bidding war and hence the 19 Billion with a B price paid.
Congrats to the devs of Whats App on a true Rags to Riches story. Oh and yeah you have to love that one of the co-founders Acton - was turned down for a job at Facebook prior to the creation of whatsApp. So he went from a job that could have paid in the 100k range to a pay out 5 years later in the Billions from Facebook. Kudos.
15:06
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17:42
PLAY VOICEMAIL - TIM_chi_cellular_facetime
Hi rob. A caller wanted to know how to do FaceTime over 3G. The simple answer is you can't do it. There was some iOS 6 update (I think) that started to let you do FaceTime over cellular, but it was only a feature for iPhone 4S and later iphones. FaceTime only works over LTE and "4g". I've tried to use FaceTime over 3G and it dosent work for me either. I'm on at and t.
Ben K
PLAY VOICEMAIL - ANSWR_FACETIME_3G
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
19:48
Some really good activity in our Google+ community.
Which is to be expected since we now have over 490 Google+ users in that community - Yup we almost to the 500 member mark. Thanks to everyone that has joined.
We had over 60 posts since the last episode. Of those most replied to post there was one from Cresent Bolton - whom asked about Photo Apps and where he could create folders and put pictures in them in that app. One of the answers was Chris in London who pointed out the jailbreak app - Photo Organiser Pro - and Alex Tran pointed out Photo Organizer 7 - which is also for jail breakers.
There were posts about the SSLpatch for Jailbreakers, Talk about SnappyCam Pro app, Talk about apps to remotely access your mac desktop from your iOS device. Answer - Team Viewer, and there was a post from Michael Price pointing out that all the latest updates keep turning bluetooth back on by default when you do the update.
And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 490+ of you already in the community and contributing.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23550/apple-values-your
-privacy-ads-firms-complain
21:17
With all the grief apple is getting about security - there is also another group complaining about Apple with regards to their privacy policy. That group would be Ad Firms and they are complaining Apple puts you the end users privacy way above the needs of the advertisers - Well Shame on you Apple.
Per Apples part to these complaints they said
Quote Apple respects the privacy of our customers and the security of their information. Because of this, iAd allows users to control their own ad preferences so that their experience is on their own terms," Unquote
Oh but they were not done with such blasfamy - they also said
quote Apple has always placed a priority on protecting our customers’ personal data, and we don’t collect or maintain a mountain of personal details about our customers in the first place," unquote
It is almost as if you know Apple cares about you the end user more than they do the Advertisers - Gasp.
This really does come back to what I have always said is a fundamental difference between Apple on one side and Google and Facebook on the other.
With Apple you the end user are the customer. With Google and Facebook - you the end user are the product and the customer is the Advertisers.
I do find it ironic that Android fan boys call Apple users sheep - when it is they who are have their privacy sold and slaughtered for the Advertisers. Just Sayin.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57618833-37/
real-or-not-iphone-6-photos-are-everywhere/
23:06
Hi Rob,
I was thinking after episode 296. IF and that's a big if Apple continues it's pattern for the next few years we will see a new iPhone in September, let's call it iPhone 6. Then maybe in 2015 when September rolls around we see an iPhone 6s where the S is "sapphire". I think a sapphire screen would be amazing, and an innovation that is very Apple, make something that people actually use and care about better!
Regards
Jordan in Omaha, NE
Hi Jordan - Bite your tongue. Lets hops it is not 2 years for a sapphire iPhone - and the next one has it.
Rumors about the iPhone 6 picked up a little this month when supposed pictures of an iPhone 6 surfaced - including by Sonny Dickson - who had photos of the iPad air early and also the iPhone 5C.
The supposed pictures being leaked lend to a larger screen - possibly edge to edge.
What ever the case it is likely going to be September before said next gen iPhone or iPhones launch.
And again lets hope Jordan in Omaha is wrong.
http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/5/wall-street-journal-offers-
more-clues-situation-forthcoming-apple-tv
25:16
Lets move to some rumors that might be happening any day or week now - and that is the 4th gen Appel TV.
Supposedly the next gen Apple TV will be hear prior to June - and that makes sense if it is going to run apps - Apple will want it live prior to WWDC.
The key question is will it run apps - and will it be more of a cable box. One could see the next gen Apple TV allowing the connection of the coaxial cable along with ethernet and wifi for streaming.
Imagine being able to rearrange your stations on your AppleTV slash set top box to be in the order you want.
Oxygen, lifetime, Hallmark - all that stuff you could move to the bottom of the list.
At the top you could have all your sports channels and the scifi channel - plus FX and AMC. And more importantly you can put the 4 channels together that will have the NCAA tournament - so you don't have to jump all over the place those first couple of days of the tourney.
Oh And it would have a DVR.
Yeah - that would be worth the investment in more than just one device.
And yeah - it would have apps and work with game controllers.
That is what is possible for the next Apple TV.
Or it just might look and work the same except it have an on demand figure skating tile added.
Lets hope for the former and not the later.
http://www.cultofmac.com/267673/samsung-
announces-gold-galaxy-s5-match-iphone-5s/
26:53
Hi Rob,
There truly is no limit to Samsungs copying, reminds me what people used to say about Michael Jordan "always imitated, never duplicated"
Regards,
Jason H
Hi Jason - yup - The Galaxy 5S oops - I mean S5 - has a finger print scanner and even a gold version. Hmm where did they come up with those ideas?
What is interesting is that Sammy received ZERO grief from the press about their finger print scanner - yet - Apple was put through the ringer about their much much more secure implementation of finger print scanning. See Sammy is giving 3rd parties access to your biometric data. Nice
Or as John Grubber said
quote But how come so many people lost their feces over the clearly more-secure iPhone fingerprint sensor, and there's not a peep about Samsung's? Where's the letter to Samsung from Senator Al Franken? unquote
Makes you wonder what the press will be complaining about when Apple intros a sapphire screen on the iPhone 6 - My guess is someone will likely bring up child labor issues at sapphire mines in Madagascar not realizing All of Apples Sapphire is grown in a plant in Arizona.
Oh and that gold colored Galaxy S5 - yeah the gold is not all that good looking - looks like a big band aid - Really - look at the pic from twitter user JoannaStern - which is over at cult of mac. Pretty funny.
http://9to5mac.com/2014/02/27/googles-sundar-pichai-android
-not-designed-to-be-safe-would-target-android-too-if-
he-were-making-malware/
28:40
Thanks to Chris in London for the heads up on this next one.
Quote
We cannot guarantee that Android is designed to be safe, the format was designed to give more freedom. When people talk about 90% of malware for Android, they must of course take into account the fact that it is the most popular operating system in the world. If I had a company dedicated to malware, I would also be addressing my attacks on Android.unquote
That comes from Sundar Pichai Googles Android Head. Now he was remiss in one area it is over 95% of malware - and basically nothing for iOS - even though iOS is on about 20% of active smartphone devices. And given iOS users are more affluent in general - you would think there would be some interest in getting malware on iOS - it is just that it is difficult to do.
But you just have to love that last part quote - If I had a company dedicated to malware, I would also be addressing my attacks on Android. unquote
Surprise - they are.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Sherry_tips_reminder_list
30:57
Hi Rob,
I totally disagree with you bashing the usefulness of android tablets.
I have multiple android tablets deployed as time clocks at the small
college where I work. There is no need to keep them under lock and
key. I just put them in our maintenance closets. iPads? No way! They'd
walk off in week. I'm sticking with Android on this one.
Love the show
Brian in Grand Rapids MI.
Brian I guess I must concede that point - if you need a tablet and need one that no one would bother ever risk jail time to steal - then yes and Android tablet would fit the bill.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - ROB_FEEDBK_SIRIREMINDERS
Hi Rob,
The new "mobile share" data shared plan I got gives me 10 gb data to share on
4 smart phones, ul talk , ul text, free hot spot use on all devices.
To add a iPad bring it in they will put a chip in and see if it is unlocked, to add iPad Is 10.00 mo. And shares your data.
I'm sure you already knew this , but it was attractive enough for me and saves me money.
Not much need for me to jailbreak now.
Regards,
Steve in Springberg MO
Hi Rob thank you for letting me Know about the software update 7.0.6
I lost my iPhone on Tuesday before I left the house and a little voice said I was going to lose my iPhone but I ignored the voice and the 2nd time the voice told me to put the phone in my draw but I Did not listen. when I did lose my phone I Tried to look for it with find my iPhone - Except I did not have find my iPhone Turned on so I did not have a ph for two days. I went to sprint to have them turn it off but they told me if I was to do that I would freeze my contract. so I still did not panic. Today - Thursday I took my son to school and the principal told me that she had my phone and good thing that I did not lock it because she was able to go through the pictures and see who the phone belongs to. I've learned my lessons.
Number one : Always Listen to that voice
Number Two: Turn on Find My iPhone
and
Number three - don't leave naked selfies on your iPhone for your kids principal to find.
Regards,
Redacted.
Ok - I kind of made up the 3rd one - but it could have happened. In any case time for a good reminder - if you do not have find my iPhone turned on - WHY? Are you waiting for a golden ticket invitation from Tim cook? Well it ain't a comin - just turn on find my iPhone on all your iOS device and add the screen lock. Do it now - hit pause - we will wait.
Ok - welcome back - don't you feel better having it turned on.
Hi Rob
On episode 297 someone was asking about Kick-starter - hand-crank charger.
That's great but if the road trip is within a couple days of civilization (maybe a weekend). how about the Morphie battery pack ($98.00 Best Buy) I got the dual USB unit that can charge 2 units, or, for me, have 4 full charges on my iPhone 5.
I am out of my car but listen to Stitcher on my iPhone 5. Therefore, I need recharge a couple times per day. I have gone 4 full charges before having to re-charge this Morphie.
Regards,
Doug Mc Vey
PLAY VOICEMAIL - ROG_SIRI_REMINDERS_BLUETOOTH
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/29731548/
microsoft-office-word-processor-for-ipad
38:06
Here is an interesting kickstarter - not sure I ever had one with this low a pledged total - $19 so far and there are 22 days to go - Mar 22 at 7:36 PM Central time.
They have a goal of $5,000 - which is not much.
What this is is a Microsoft Office Word Processor for iPad.
I really like the features.
* Create and edit .Doc word files.
* Create folders. Add or remove files in folders.
* Use special editing features such as bold, underline & italic.
* Bullet styling: Numbers, letters, check marks and Roman numerals.
* Multiple font styles, sizes and colors. Also comes with a multi color selector for custom coloring for files.
* Open files from email and cloud accounts such as Dropbox, Box, Evernote, Microsoft Sky-Drive, WebDav, Google Drive, Sugar Sync and iCloud!
And there are other features.
But I think where this project fell down - is there is just a donation of $2 or more for the rewards - or really no rewards.
You can learn more about this by searching for Microsoft Office Word Processor in the show notes for Ep 298.
http://tmk.geekhelpinghand.com/goodbye-skydrive-and-hello-
onedrive.html#.UwYfpf1cI-F
40:07
For those of you using SkyDrive from Microsoft - it is now changing names to OneDrive.
Seems there was a legal reason to change the name.
Now when you sign up you get 7GB of cloud storage and you get another 3GB of storage if your connect your camera roll.
Now you can get that up to 100GB for a year if you spend 100 Bing reward points. Evidently you can earn bing reward points by doing web searches in bing about how to earn bing reward points. And what that search will show you is you can earn 200 points by spamming your friends - I mean inviting your friends to use bing rewards. Yup it is a little annoying pyramid scheme.
Now the down side of spending 100 Bing reward points now for the 100GB is that say you use most of it up - a year from now - you either pay $50 bucks or you need to get your data off it.
Or you could as an iOS user just use iCloud and keep your bing rewards points for a starbucks gift card or at least 1/5th of one.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/25/king-withdraws-candy-trademark-app/
41:21
Hi Rob !
Thought you might find this interesting .
regards,
Jenny Q
And that is Candy Crush has withdrawn its US trademark application for Candy. This it seems because it acquired the game Candy Crusher.
However - the company is still protecting its trademark for Candy and Saga in the EU. And by protecting I am guessing they mean beating up little indie developers that had the name Candy or Saga in their name - some prior to Candy crush being available.
Still can't believe the EU courts are more messed up then those in the US.
VOICEMAIL - JEFF_CT_REVIEW_DRONE
43:17
Hi Rob!
I wanted to ask you a question regarding the iPad 2. It seems when I drain my iPad completely and begin to charge it, it charges fine. Until it reaches 86%, it won't go to 87% etc.. but when I lower the brightness all the way it seems to charge it ok. I am thinking this is a software issue or the 10 watt charger. Love to hear your thoughts on the matter.
Regards
Jonah
VOICEMAIL - Marc_Unlocking_iPhone
VOICEMAIL - Hector_quest_unlocking_sprint_phone
Hello Rob,
I have a question about voice recorders on my iPhone 4s. I use a blue parrot brand Bluetooth headset and when I record voice memos it still picks up the sound through the iPhone microphone. I've tried a few different voice recorder apps from the app store and get the same results, I'm wondering is this just an iOS feature that's not allowed maybe or is it my headset or am I doing something wrong, any help from you would be appreciated.
Shannon in Fountain Hills.
Hi Rob,
I recently jail broke my iPhone 5s but shortly after then I took off the jailbreak. A few days after that I noticed my default wallpapers in the "still" category was empty. It just shows a blank screen. I've tried restoring twice and no fix. Any help would be great.
Thanks, Chris
VOICEMAIL - TIM_CHI_ANSWR_ipad_air
52:51
Some tweets from the Jailbreak team:
For upgrading to iOS 7.0.6 backup your device and restore in iTunes, then jailbreak (and restore your backup). DO NOT USE OTA UPDATE.
evasi0n7 with support for iOS 7.0.6 is now live at http://evasi0n.com
http://evasi0n.com/
53:15
If you did update to iOS 7.0.6 - it is good to know as mentioned earlier that you can still jailbreak your device - and if you go to evasi0n dot com - with a Zero in place of the O in evasion - you can get the latest jailbreak for any device running any version of iOS 7.x
As always if you are going to jailbreak - make sure you back up everything - you transfer any photos to your computer and you close out all your open apps and reset network settings first.
This it appears does help when doing a jailbreak.
54:15
Hi Rob,
On your last episode you had a marathon of tips on Siri and using the reminders app. I enjoyed that very much and found it very useful. Please consider doing a mini marathon again on similar topics. Thank you. I enjoy your show very much.
Phil
Hi Rob,
Per your request here are my favorite camera apps in order of use
1. Pro HDR by eyeApps.com
2. True HDR by ?
3. 360 by Occipital
4. Fotor HDR by Fotor.com
5. Photosynth by Microsoft
The actual most used camera app is the Apple iphone app since it is the easiest one to access and the fastest one to use.
I estimate I have taken over 5000 pictures with my iphones. Most pictures have been outdoors landscape type pictures.
I am glad that you asked for listener camera app favorites, I am looking forward to seeing what listeners are using.
Regards
Jim from Lakewood CO
Hi Rob,
I'm addicted to camera and graphics apps! I collect many paid and free apps. That being said, I use the built in Apple camera app over all. Unless you have a JB phone that allows you to select the app you want in the flip selection on the lock screen, the built app is the fastest camera you'll have.
For processing I use PicTapGo the most, it's easy and fast to tweak your photos. Basic color filters to fix your photos. Plus the icon is cool ( yes that does make a difference to me ). I recently purchased Waterlogue, and it is fantastic for water color effects for your photos. It's made by TinRocket that makes Popsicolor and Percolator, both are great too.
If you are looking for a camera replacement app, it's hard to wrong with Camera+ or ProCamera.
One more I will mention, and it is very different than every camera app out there is: NoFinder. This camera app does not have a view finder! How can you take a good photo with it? Shoot from the hip! Just set it with the type of photo you want and click away. You can see your result after the shot was taken, or not! It really does create a random feel to your shots because you can only guess where you are pointing it at. You can set it for high contrast black and white images. They look great...sometimes! Not for taking important photos where you need to know what you are taking. This is more for street photography or for cool random shots. I recommend it a lot. You can set it for square ratio for Instagram. Speaking of that my feed is: @toastist
I still plan on sending in some artwork for the show, eventually!
Hope this helps any iphoneographers out there!
- Dan
Hi Rob,
My favorite photo apps that I have are as following. I do a lot of photo editing and photography on my iPhone, as you may be able to tell from my latest tii artwork submission.
1. Cycloramic.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cycloramic-studio-360-panorama
/id587578368?mt=8
Cycloramic takes a panorama while it spins your iPhone on a table or smooth surface. It works okay on my iPhone 4 but a lot better on the iphone 5 and later because of the increased weight on the later iphones. It's not only for iPhone though, you can download for iPod touch too, except you have to use the guided mode for panoramas. You can edit the panoramas and also edit imported photos from your camera roll. You can add filters, frames, text, and stickers etc.
2. SnappyCam.
(No link)
This app was pulled from the app store because it was bought by apple. It lets you take up to 120 0.3megapixel photos per second on the iPhone 5s. You can scroll through these individual pictures and delete certain pictures individually and export the series of photos to gif video or export them all to camera roll. The developer developed this app by himself and the app was very well made. I was sad to see it Go from the App Store, but hope to see it's technology integrated into future iphones.
3. Hipstamatic.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hipstamatic/id342115564?mt=8
This app lets you take pictures in square format with the options of frames and lenses you use to take the picture. There is no post processing of the pictures as you have to select the filter and lens before you take the picture like a real camera.
Regards,
Ben K
http://www.stitcher.com/blog/?p=1382
1:00:27
I want to send out a congrats to Doug Mc Vey who is a long time listener of this show - and well it sounds like quite a few other shows - as he was named the first winner of the Stitcher award for listener of the year. Congrats Doug and thank for mentioning this show in your post on Stitcher.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Mike_NJ_4S_Battery
1:05:08
Hi Rob,
I wonder if you can help me out. My wife regularly travels abroad for work, the problem she is having is that when she is out of WiFi coverage,she can ONLY send text messages by turning on Data Roaming on.
I have tried a few things to resolve this including: turning iMessage off and ensuring that Mobile Data is turned on. I have also reset Network Settings, but once she is abroad again, same problem.
I hope you or your listeners can come up with a solution, as Vodafone Ireland's support has come up blank so far.
Great show, I look forward to every episode.
Regards,
Brian Mitchell.
Galway, Ireland.
(Subscriber)
P.S. Maybe sometime in the future you could do a feature on "Jailbreaking". I have never done it, neither has anyone I know. Perhaps you could explain what it all about. Truth is I know nothing about it. How do you do it? Why would you do it? What are the benefits? What are the pitfalls? That sort of thing.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - ACE_ISSUE_SONGS_iPHONE5
Rob,
I’m looking for a to-do manager that integrates with Microsoft Exchange because I use Outlook throughout the day for work. I presently use TaskTask and it’s ok, but it’s not as appealing as some of the other task managers I’ve researched either visually or from an ease-of-use perspective. Problem is I haven’t found one that is easy to use and also syncs with Exchange so my changes will show in Outlook. The stock Reminders app is also ok, and syncs with Exchange, but doesn’t have functionality such as sorting subjects alphabetically. I would appreciate any recommendations from you or my fellow listeners for an easy-to-use task manager with Exchange integration.
Thanks for a great show item after item.
Stu
PLAY VOICEMAIL - LA_WILLIAMS_PA_QUEST_SIRI
1:11:15
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If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news. Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback. Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.
And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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Tue, 18 February 2014
Transcript for Episode 297
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank
Jeff for sending in the music you hear in the background. Jeff wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_In_the_sky_1.mp3
Thanks Jeff for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank BEN for sending in the Artwork for today's show. BEN had the following to say.
Hi rob, I made this artwork on my iPhone 4. First I took a picture of the apple logo on a MacBook Pro retina, then I cropped,added the text, and added the border with the Cycloramic Pro app.
This app is awesome it lets you take a panorama on your iPhone by using it's vibrations to spin it around.
Regards,
Ben K
BEN Thanks again for sending in this artwork and you can see BEN'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 297 or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:09
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “Business technology should contribute to efficiency. A real laptop or netbook does real work that helps a business succeed. So does a Blackberry, a Pre or an iPhone. But cool as it may be, the iPad fails that crucial test. Ignore the frenzy, save your money. unquote
Bill Snyder, PC World, 19 January 2010
Yeah wanted to go back 4 years and look at some of the quotes about the iPad - And just see how many people said it would fail or not do good. That said I did not think it would sell as well as it did - but then again no one really did - not even Apple -- if you remember how many months it was supplied constrained. Hopefully in 2014 Apple releases something new that exceeds all our initial expectations
03:03
For Promo codes - On Ep 296 we offered up chances to win promo codes for the app LOTTERY CLONE. We will be giving out those promo codes sometime this week.
If you would like to learn more about this app go back and listen to the beginning of Epi 296.
This week we have promo codes for several Apps. The first App we have promo codes for is the App BLAZE&GRAZE. Here is the review from the Devs - PLAY PROMO CODE - BLAZE AND GRAZE
-- Thanks to THE DEV for HIS review of HIS App BLAZE&GRAZE 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 BLAZE in the subject line.
The second app we have promo codes for is the app - SLENDER MAN ORIGINS. Here is the Review from the Dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE - SLENDER MAN ORIGINS
- Thanks to THE DEV for HIS review of HIS App SLENDER MAN ORIGINS 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 SLENDER in the subject line.
The third app we have promo codes for is the app - FEED ME MUNCHY. Here is the Review from the Dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE - FEED ME MUNCHY
- Thanks to THE DEV for HIS review of HIS App FEED ME MUNCHY 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 FEED in the subject line.
As Always - just send in one email for one specific item. If you send in multiple emails or ask for multiple items in a single email - then well - No Soup for you
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/02/16/apple-sales-surpass-all
-windows-pc-partners-combined-during-holiday-period/
07:15
I wonder what Past Rob from April 2007 would say about this next article. And that is if you combined all the Apple computers - with computer being defined as Macs, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches - you know devices you can surf the web, answer emails, create and edit word and excel docs - you know a computer. That if you combined the sales of all those devices last quarter they out numbered all the windows PC's sold last quarter. Wow. Granted - you then also to be fair need to add in Windows Phone devices - and when you do that - it brings the numbers pretty much equal for last quarters sales. Again that is still amazing and I bet if Rob from April 2007 was to predict that would be the case - I would have far fewer listeners now - as I would have been dismissed as a nut job and total Apple fan boy. To be honest I don't think back then I would believe future or current me about that stat - but it is true now. Apples influence in the computing space has never been stronger - despite the fire and brimstone articles you might see out there from google fan boyz.
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/539025/20140217/tim-cook
-apple-iphone-6-android-tablet.htm
08:31
PLAY VOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_FLAPPY_SCORE_15
Some give me some grief about giving Android too much grief but You know what - I am not the only one calling Android names. One other person dogging on Android is Tim Cook. Mr Cook said the following to The Wall street journal quote
We have over half-million apps that have been optimized for iPad. That half-million compares to 1,000 for Android tablets. That’s one of the reasons, although not the only reason, why the experience on Android tablets is so crappy unquote
Ok - so unlike some reported he did not actually call Android tablets crappy - just the user experience. Tomato tomato But I will say most Android tablets are crap. Especially those you see at Walgreens or CVS - yikes - total waste of money and total crap.
Actually the full interview with Tim Cook was very interesting. I like the part where he essentially calls Carl Ichan a Day trader. Does not seem like Tim was sending or receiving any Valentines from Carl last week.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/07/apple-still-a-growth
-company-cook-says-in-journal-interview/
09:45
One thing from the interview that raised a few eyebrows - was when Tim was asked about Apple entering / releasing new product categories in 2014 - Tim's response was quote There will be new categories and we’re working on some great stuff. We’re not ready to talk about it. We’re really working on some really great stuff. I think no one reasonable would say they’re not a new category. unquote
What raised the eyebrows was the inclusion of the wiggle words - no one reasonable would say they're not a new category - because you know everyone following tech is sooo reasonable - myself included in the sarcasm quite often as well.
An iWatch - or a Full on TV - Yes new category. A Phablet or oversized iPhone - No not a new category.
I hope Future Rob does not need to come back to that quote any time in the future - but just incase I am making a mental note of it to help out future Rob.
http://qz.com/176643/its-official-apple-sells-more-computers
-than-all-windows-pcs-combined/
10:50
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12:49
PLAYVOICEMAIL - JOHN_REMINDERS_ANSWR
Hi Rob,
Just thought I'd chime in on the question of what reminders are used for.
I'll give you two examples of how I use reminders.
When I'm watching my Islanders (don't even go there) and we come to the end of the first or second period; I ask Siri to "remind me in 17-minutes to, go back to the game!". Seventeen minutes later I am reminded the game is about to resume.
2. Frequently I need to bring something to work that is not part of my regular equipment. I leave the house at about 7:55 in the morning. So, I can say to Siri; "at 7:52 a.m. remind me to "bring the tissues". Sure enough I'm reminded on schedule. It doesn't mean I won't still forget. Drat.
Regards,
Kevin B
Hi Rob,
I just want to give a tip about Siri.
First of all, if you want to set a reminder you need to say not only what do you want her (or him:) ) to do for you but when as well. Something like "remind me to buy batteries for my mouse on 7pm". If you will say "tomorrow morning on 7 am" after midnight Siri will ask you "do you mean..."
and than will ask for specific day of the month and you need to tell which one do you want to set a reminder for.
Otherwise you may set up a reminder not for the next morning but for the day after tomorrow.
If you want to check our what Siri can do for you, just ask her "How can you help me?"
Regards,
Art D
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PLAYVOICEMAIL - example_of_using_siri
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105412562215997292912?
cfem=1
17:13
Some really good activity in our Google+ community.
Which is to be expected we now have over 400 Google+ users in that community heading towards 500.
We had almost 50 posts since the last episode and some of those posts had over a dozen replies. Of those most replied to post there was one from Bernard Walters about issues with the podcasts app and downloaded episodes not playing once away from wifi. Another was from Bruce Paterson asking if you can use multiple Apple TV's in the same house - answer to this is Yes.
There was a post from Brenden Finnerty about the Alleged iPhone 6 and not being sure about his feelings for a larger iPhone. The feedback was mixed - some saying they would welcome a 4.7" or larger device. Others saying 4.5 to 4.7 inches would be great - and other saying the current size for one handed use is the best case. So well - it seems like if Apple intro's a larger iPhone - they are best to have an update for the current size as well. So instead of a plastic iPhone and a premium - maybe you get a 4 inch premium and a 4.7 inch premium to choose from.
The most replied to post was to Amiel Kennedy's post where he asked if any one has any good tips and tricks for the iPhone - it had 29 comments. And is a good read if you are looking for some good tips and tricks and there are some great links and recommendations - like downloading the iPhone user guide for free from iBooks store.
And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 400+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Oh and there was one post from Ken Sweet - whom was getting a 404 error each time he tried to go to the community link from the Tii site or even when typing in the URL directly. If you get this 404 error let me know - I am not seeing it - and seemed like others did not have the issue - but I am curious if anyone else tried to join only to get a 404 error on their iOS device. email me if that is you too - today in iOS at gmail dot com - Thanks Ken for the heads up on this issue.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/13/apple-set-to-discontinue
-legacy-non-retina-ipad-2
19:45
There were a few sites that had posts this past week that were all about a similar item they thought was breaking news for some reason and that was - Apple set to discontinue the iPad 2. Really - Apple is getting ready to discontinue a device it introduced over 1,000 days ago. SHOCKER. Here is what I can say it means if Apple discontinues the iPad 2 - NOTHING - ZIP - NADDA - it does not mean anything else is coming to replace it - because the replacements are already here. Look the iPad Mini Retina is also $399 - the same price as the iPad 2 - but the mini is retina - has a better camera - and a much much faster Processor - and many other features it out shines the iPad 2 on. That the iPad 2 is still for sale today - is well the only really surprising news. Oh and if you ever hear anyone say Apple does forced obsolesce - the iPad 2 is just one example of what that is just not true. Apple supports their devices much much longer than any other Tablet or Smartphone maker.
http://www.zdnet.com/new-apple-tv-41-could-arrive-as
-soon-as-march-7000026186/
22:11
Thanks to Dr John for this next one. Which is it is looking like a new Apple TV - 4th gen might be close at hand. It is definitely over due and given that apple cleared out a spot for Apple TV on the Apple.com it makes sense. Now this is not just wishful speculation - there seems to be some code discovered in iOS 7 that well mentions a 4th gen Apple TV.
The current 3rd gen Apple TV - the 1080P version was introduced in March 2012. The 720P - 2nd Gen was introduced in Sept 2010.
There has also been some other references found with regards to Game Controller Framework. Could it be that the 4th Gen Apple TV - could also move more toward a game console. My oldest son has been peppering me for an Xbox 360 for his birthday in April. Sure would like to see a new Apple TV / game console I could get him instead. Hopefully said unit is out before April
Other rumors out there with regards to a future Apple TV box is the addition of a TV tuner and DVR with iCloud integration. I find that not as likely given Apple sells TV shows people miss for a few bucks a pop. Would be great if they did - call me skeptical but definitely receptive.
I hope a lot more to come on this one in the very near future.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/17/ios-71
-rumored-to-arrive-march-15-with-enhanced-mobile-device-management
23:46
Apple Insider had what they called an unconfirmed tip with regards to iOS 7.1 - hmmm - unconfirmed tip - is that one step above or below an unconfirmed rumor.
But the key gist of the tip was that iOS 7.1 is coming sometime in March. Wow talk about taking a chance on a rumor - oh I mean tip. Any way - given that it looks like an Apple TV is just around the corner - it will be interesting to see if iOS 7.1 release is somehow tied in with the release of the new Apple TV - in which case I hope this unconfirmed tip becomes a confirmed tip.
Now this tip did state that one thing new in iOS 7.1 would be Mobile Device Management for IT teams to centrally and securely configure fleets of iOS devices - including installing - i.e. side loading custom Apps. Which for my day job I hope comes true - as it would really boost our Private premium offering we have for mobile work forces looking for secure premium content distribution. Which by the way if your company is interested in being able to get out Audio, Video and PDF documents securely and easily to your mobile workforce - please contact me at my day job - rob at libsyn dot com. We have several clients we are supplying this service to and it is working out really well for them.
http://www.redmondpie.com/flappy-bird-for-android-clones
-are-rife-in-play-store-comes-with-malware/
25:42
File this next one under - SHOCKER - And it is per the post from Redmond Pie titled - quote Flappy Bird for android clones are rife in play store comes with malware. unquote. No duh. Of course they do. But if you would like to see as an iOS user what you miss out on not being on android - there is one fake malwarish version of Flappy Birds for Android discover by Sophos that quote operates under the guise of being a “trial version,” throws in the old premium message scam, with quite some force. Whereas it’s often the case that a user is tricked into sending premium SMS messagesand racking up huge bills, this so-called trial goes down the coercive road of insisting that you do; and worse still, won’t close down until you meet the demands. unquote
BRILLIANT
Yeah - Like we have said before Android is a world of Malware Hurt wrapped in a fragmented eco system. I just don't get the appeal - outside of possibly price and ignorance. Just Sayin
Thanks Martin for the heads up on that article.
Hi Rob,
My best score on flappy bird is 46.
Regards,
Mike from AZ
Wow - you have way too much time on your hands. I am still at 9.
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PLAYVOICEMAIL - KEVIN CROSSMAN_answer
29:08
Hey Rob,
I just picked up two iPhone 5S' 32GB for my wife and myself. Coming from a 4S is incredible. This thing is blazing fast! I love it.
Now on to the point of my email. When I launch the camera it always has HDR off. Why isn't there a way of keeping that option on at all times? I've looked through the settings but I just can't a way. Have you seen a fix in any of the betas? I hope there's a fix.
On a same sort of note, do you have any good camera apps to recommend?
Cheers and thanks for the show!
Alex Z (ZiggyManSaad)
Hi Ziggy - Good news in iOS 7.1 beta 5 at least - when you turn on HDR - it stays on until you turn it off.
Per Good Photo Apps - there are a ton - but you know what we have not done a good covering of Photo apps in a while. So I will through this out to the audience - what are your favorite Photo apps - and why - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog or send an email to Today in iOS at gmail dot com Please send in your suggestions - and I will put them together for a good segment on photo apps - and indicate which were the most popular.
I will start us off with some feedback I got from Fotor this week.
Hello Rob,
This is Sharon from mobile team at rotor. F O T O R
Fotor is a photo editing tool. It has been updated to version 4.2.0. You can now add text to your photos with lots of awesome fonts to choose from.
Regards,
Sharon at F O T O R
Which by the way - now makes it much easier to send in Artwork for the show with the Tii Branding on it for the episode artwork. Just sayin.
Hi Rob I was just curious if you ever ended up getting that SOS crank iPhone charger from Kickstarter? I know you talked about it but I wasn't sure if you got one or not. I'm looking for an alternative way to charge my iPhone when I'm hiking or camping with my Boy Scouts and wasn't sure how well that charger worked.
Regards,
Dave T
Hi Dave - last I heard they were going to ship maybe in Feb - it is Feb - and I have not seen or heard anything from them. No links for a survey to fill out to give my mailing address - so that is kind of a bad sign and makes me really doubtful I will see it in Feb. I just hope it is here before April - that is my next trip - I will be going to NAB in April - so would love to have it for that show.
Hi Rob,
Watched you on MacVoice - Mac Jury - thanks for the heads up.
I am a NiftyDrive kickstarter supporter and user big time. LOVE It. Use it for my iTunes library and some client file backups. Helps keep the SSD clean and never even know it is there because it it is so flush.
Regards,
Edgar P
VOICEMAIL - PEBBLE_FEEDBACK_PAIR_NEW
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PLAY VOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_KICKSTARTER HACKED
And what Jonathan is talking about is that well Kickstarter was hacked - Actually here is what Kickstarter had to say about this:
Quote:
On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers' data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system.
No credit card data of any kind was accessed by hackers. There is no evidence of unauthorized activity of any kind on your account.
While no credit card data was accessed, some information about our customers was. Accessed information included usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. Actual passwords were not revealed, however it is possible for a malicious person with enough computing power to guess and crack an encrypted password, particularly a weak or obvious one.
As a precaution, we strongly recommend that you change the password of your Kickstarter account, and other accounts where you use this password.
unquote
The key here is credit card info was not accesses - since that is really over on Amazon which manages their billing - but if you are using a password on their system you use else where - probably best to update all around.
I would not suggest at this time you delete your accounts with kickstarter - especially if you have open items. But if there is nothing open on Kickstarter - i.e. everything you ever order has been delivered - then deleting and starting over is not a bad idea. Just not if you have oh say the SOS Charger and the Soundband both of which are way over due - still out there. Just Sayin.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1893116150/neutron
-s-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-android-windows
35:32
Ok so for those not completely paranoid about using Kickstarter - we have a few projects you get involved with this week. First up is the Neutron S - which is quote an Anodized aluminum and magnetically shielded mount / dock for all of your mobile devices. unquote. This project had a goal of 10k and is over 40k and climbing - you have until Mar 6th at 9:01 Central Time to fund this one. Pricing on this one starts at $20. And I guess the best way to describe this is it is a mounting bracket for your iPhone that allows for quick placement and removal - but it stays secure when in place. I did find it funny in one of the pictures it shows the bracket mounted on the dash of a car right over the air bag - ummm - no - not a good idea at all. not unless you want your iPhone shooting out at you at a few hundred miles per hour when your cars air bags deploy - dooohh. But out side of that it looked interesting. look for Neutron S in the show notes for ep 297 or search for it over at kickstarter dot com.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nkmos/ultima-s-a
-new-way-to-hold-style-mount-for-iphone
36:48
Hi Rob,
I backed the original and love it, it should be a great product!
Ultima S - A New Way to Hold Style, Mount for iPhone + More
Regards,
Kirk
Thanks Kirk - and this is another Mounting solution for your iPhone - and hey - no pictures of mounting to your cars air bag. Goal on this one was 20k - and they are at over 25k. This one will accept funding until April 11th at 8:59 AM CT. So you have some time on this one - but if interested always best to pledge early.
Per the description on this quote Ultima S is the evolution of the original successfully funded stylish all aluminium universal in car mount, iPhone iPad, tablets + more unquote.
Pricing on this starts at $45 Aussie dollars. But quantities are limited at that price.
More info if you search for Ultima S in kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep297 at today in iOS dot com.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/680579142/podcast
-movement-2014-national-podcast-conference?ref=live
37:53
Ok - here is one more Kickstarter Project and I know if you sponsor this one you will get your reward and get it on time - and it is the Podcast Movement 2014 - National Podcast Conference. I am proud to say Libsyn is one of two Gold Sponsors of this event. I will be there speaking - and Libsyn should also have at least one other person at the event. This will be a Podcasters conference in Texas in August - just out side of Dallas in Addison. It will be August 16th and 17th. Plus a little bit on the evening of the 15th. There will be some big name podcasters attending. My good friend Gary Leland is one of the organizers on this. And they blew past their goal of $11,000 in less than one day. If you would like to go - and get a discounted ticket - search for Podcast Movement in the show notes for ep 297 - funding on this is going on until Friday Mar 14th at 10:00 PM CT.
The goal of this event is to get at least 600 attendees - so if you are at all interested in podcasting - and want to learn more and take your podcast to the next level this is the event for you. Even if you don't podcast - but would like to meet some of your favorite podcasters and then learn a little more about podcasting - this will be a great event.
I hope to see some of you in Texas in August.
I am sure I will be talking about this for well until August.
If you are going - please call into the show - and let me know your show info to be shared with the listeners. Or just let me know if you are going and right now a podcast consumer.
39:32
PLAY VOICEMAIL - BILL_MO_IPAD_AIR_CARRIERS
41:25
Hi rob,
I finally took the plunge and got an iPad mini. And you know, I really like it a lot more than I thought I would.
I also got the Pencil from the Guys that made Paper (53) and also really like it.
It's a bit finicky, doesn't always connect as smoothly as I'd like, but it's fun to use.
And I also got the Zagg keyboard for it. It's a great little keyboard and works a lot like my old Brydge did, with a hinged slot that really holds the iPad securely, while still being easy to take out. It feels very well-made, like it'll last a while.
I have always really enjoyed the feel of apple products and hate having them hidden away in cases, so the fact that the keyboard is just a keyboard with no back or other cover is a big selling point for me.
Of course I bought a square trade warranty for it since I'm trucking it around with me virtually everywhere I go.
I like having the smaller form factor on the iPad mini as now I can stick it in my purse instead of carry around another bag to put the iPad in.
Regards,
- Jessi D
Hi Rob,
I have a similar issue as Hector and I am not jail broken. It happens to me in the car with maps app. I get an instruction read aloud to me and when it is done the music starts. I cannot turn it off. I can pause but then the next instruction it comes right back. Annoying!!! Especially when you are getting lots of instructions back to back.
Does not do it when I use Waze gps only default Maps app.
Regards,
Edgar
Tampa, FL
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/02/11Apple-Brings
-iTunes-Radio-to-Australia.html
44:58
Sorry to my Friends down under - at the end of the last episode this article was supposed to be in there - but I put in the wrong episode number. And that is that now iTunes radio is available to Australian iOS users. Congrats. Just open the iTunes app on your iOS device and you should see the iTunes radio logo to the left.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/16/apple-tesla-purchase-audio-heart/
45:20
PLAYVOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_FLAPPY_SCORE_16
Thanks to Ben K for this next one - which is kinda of iOS related - In that it was speculated that Apple was talking with Tesla to get iOS device integration into the cars - but now it looks like they talks might have been a cover for apple to talk with Tesla about buying tesla over a year ago. Now this is not likely to ever happen as Tesla's market Cap today is over 5 times where it was a year ago. Right now it is around 25 Billion. Back then it was around $4.5 Billion. And really if you look at Apples history - there was probably very little chance of it happening a year ago - as Apple has never made an acquisition over a Billion dollars - so going for one that at the time would have likely cost them $6 to $7 Bil once they put in the premium - it just does not seem likely it could have happened - that all said - Darn - I really really really would have loved to see Tesla pulled in under the Apple umbrella. Now Google will likely buy them - given that whole driverless car thing - it just seems to make sense.
46:37
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48:22
Hello Rob,
I've got a problem with my FaceTime not working on when I'm on cellular 3G.
It works fine over wifi, I've rang my network and they said they're not blocking FaceTime. I've also used it many times when on 3G.
I've rang apple and gone through some diagnostics with them, reseting network settings, turning off FaceTime & back on again, re authorising my email and number etc and to no avail.
All they said to do was back up my phone and restore it.
Anyone got any ideas.
I've included a screenshot of the error box that pops up when I try on cellular to FaceTime. which says quote No Network connection - connect to a wi-fi network or mobile data to use FaceTime unquote
Regards,
Ryu in Sheffield England
Hi Ryu - it sure does sound like your carrier is blocking it or something is not configured correctly with your carrier - that said - if anyone else had this issue and was able to fix it - let us know what you did to fix it - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog - or email us at today in iOS at gmail dot com
Hi Rob,
In episode 296, someone asked how to get a PDF file from an iPad to a PC that does not have an iTunes account. Several PDF applications can do this, PDF Master or PDF Expert for example. Select a PDF file, choose "Open in...", then choose one of these PDF apps. From that app, choose an export option to email the file, and send to yourself. If you have an email account on your PC, then you can access that PDF file from your email.
Regards,
Chuck H
Hi Rob,
On your last show a caller wanted to transfer a PDF from his ipad to a computer his iPad wasn't synced to. The solution I have is just to email the PDF to himself and download it on his computer.
Regards,
Ben K
Hi Rob,
One of your readers was asking about transferring PDF documents to another PC. Best app for this is an app called PhoneDrive for both iPhone and iPads.As long as your PC has a web browser, you will be able to access PhoneDrive and transfer any file back and forth, and even between iOS devices.
Of course the iPhone/iPad/iPod/PC need to be on the same wifi network for this to work
Regards,
Quintus
PLAYVOICEMAIL - JAKE_CA_ADOBE_PDF
52:20
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If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news. Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback. Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.
And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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Transcript for Episodes 296
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank
Jeff for sending in the music you hear in the background. Jeff wrote:
Hi Rob,
I made this song with my iphone 4s using the GarageBand app. For free downloads and more music follow me @jeffj6 on twitter.
Regards,
Jeff J
SONG_Kick 1.mp3
Thanks Jeff for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank DAVID for sending in the Artwork for today's show. DAVID had the following to say.
Hi Rob. I took this pic of my 7 year old son flying a bi-plane kite with my iPhone 4S then edited it with the instaframe and instafont apps.
Regards,
David T
DAVID Thanks again for sending in this artwork and you can see DAVID'S artwork in the Tii App in the extras for ep 296 or if you subscribe via iTunes on your computer as the album artwork and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
01:57
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote We will offer the first 64-bit Android Platform based on ARM’s own core [reference design]. For the second product after that we will offer even more optimized 64-bit based on our own optimization. So we are marching ahead with the 64-bit offering, and even though it’s a little too early, I think we are at the leader group in terms of 64-bit offerings. unquote
Stephen Woo, President of Samsung’s System LSI , 6 November 2013
I guess the leader group he is talking about is with regards to Android - because well by the time they actually release a 64 bit product and get software and an OS optimized for it - it will be close to a year behind the REAL and ONLY leader for 64 bit offerings for Mobile - you know that company Sammy likes to copy off of - that fruit named company we all love - I am curious if you work at Sammy and come up with an original idea - do they water board you - lock you in a hole until you forget or just use a power drill on your thigh. Just Sayin. Yes I just finished watching season two of Scandal
03:11
This week we have promo codes for the App LOTTERY CLONE. Here is the review from the Dev - PLAY PROMO FOR LOTTERY CLONE -- Thanks to JACK for HIS review of HIS App LOTTERY CLONE 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 LOTTERY in the subject line.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
http://www.appsngizmo.com/pebble-app-store-ios-android-
version-upcoming/
04:56
Rob,
I just got my pebble steel today and heard you say you got a pebble for Christmas. Know any must have apps?
David D Dick
Springfield MO
Hi David - First up there is the official Pebble App version 2.0 that was just released and version 2.0 has the pebble app store in it.
Or as Pebble says.
Quote
Thanks for upgrading to Pebble 2.0! This update unlocks exciting new genres of apps that leverage Pebble's built-in capabilities, plus a Notifications app for your recent notifications. Start exploring new Pebble apps via the Pebble appstore today.
Not all Pebble apps are currently compatible with Pebble 2.0. Below is a list of your previously downloaded apps that will no longer work on your Pebble:
The Pebble smartphone app will notify you when a compatible version of these apps become available in the appstore.
In the meantime, please join us in encouraging the developers of your favorite apps to release a 2.0-compatible update.
Thanks,
Team Pebble unquote
Except well smartwatch+ does still work you just need to update it to. Per the new apps in the Pebble App store - here are the 6 I installed and am using - well some of them at least.
Pebble Light - which is supposed to turn on the light on your iPhone - still have not gotten that to work.
SmartStatus - which requires that you also buy / download the stand alone smart status app - which I had already done.
Poker Timer - which is a texas holder tournament timer - and well not that simple to set up.
Timer - which well is pretty easy to use and it per the name a timer.
StopWatch - which is per the name a stop watch but only down to the tenths of a second and not the 100ths. Sad Face.
and
smartwatch+ - again something I had downloaded previously and requires the stand alone app to work.
So right now those are the 6 Pebble Apps I have installed - you can install up to 8. So I have two more to pick. And probably two more after I remove two of the six I have now.
Folks let me know what Pebble apps you are using.
Per the Notification setup - I can not get the Pebble to do set up that - I keep getting an error when trying to pair during the set up process.
That said I am still getting my notifications - via my set up with smartwatch+ - I am guessing there is a conflict there - vs Pebbles own notification support.
Again - the Pebble App store is in the Pebble App for iOS - which is a free app. Now while you don't pay for any apps in the Pebble App store - some do require you download an iOS companion app - and that is when / where you pay.
I should point out I am running iOS 7.1 beta 5 and maybe the issues I am seeing are do to running the beta.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/02/best-new-apps-pebble/
http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Real-Reason-why-Flappy
-Bird-Got-Pulled-from-iTunes-425554.shtml
http://applenapps.com/app-store-news/flappy-bird-pulled-from
-the-app-store-at-nintendos-request.html#.UvmNRP1cLo2
08:47
PLAY AUDIO FLAPPYBIRD
How many people have heard of Flappy Bird - my guess by now quite a few. How many actually downloaded it and tried to play it - again my guess is probably quite a few.
It is a game that is successful despite it being nearly impossible to play. But what got it the most buzz and why I am mentioning it is that it is a game that at the height of its popularity - the developer yanked the free game from the app store. Giving a tweet warning 22 hours before he pulled it saying he was pulling it. The dev said he was not pulling it down for legal issues - just that it essentially became to successful and that is not what he wanted.
Huh??? That is what I said and what my wife said - something seemed fishy. I did reach out to the dev to ask about this - but I have not heard back from him - but then again neither did CNN.
There is a post out there saying this is a legal issue and the columns in Flappy bird's original version looked too much like the pedestals in Supper Mario. And that it was Nintendo that requested the app be removed - not Apple.
I don't know that sounds fishy too - after all when Apple wants to remove something they don't contact you asking you to take it down - they take it down and then kind of contact you saying your App is no longer included in the app store with some other vague message. Google is even worse - they yank it and then don't even give you anyone to talk to. At least with Apple there is someone you can contact. But in either case - Apple or google - from my own experience - App is yanked first and you are contacted second. Maybe they make an exception if the app is a run away success - Maybe.
Still looking at the artwork for Supermario bros - the pedestals looked kinda similar but not identical to the original flappy bird columns and less so with the update.
If the Dev for Flappy bird does reply to me or others I will update on this. Per those that have not played flappy bird - it really is a frustrating but addictive little game. You tap anywhere on the screen and you have to keep tapping to keep the bird in the air. Touch the ground or a column and game over.
I think the secret on why this works as a game - is that starting a new game is two quick taps - so even though you die quickly - you are able to try again quickly - and you get this optimistic belief that you will get better and beat your current high score - which for me is a sad 9. Yes I downloaded it prior to it being yanked. And no I am not selling my iPhone for >100k with the game installed like someone is doing on Ebay.
Let me know you high score on flappy bird - send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
http://www.cultofmac.com/265111/apple-releases-ios-7-1-beta
-5-developers/
12:06
As mentioned early - I am running iOS 7.1 Beta 5 - so oh yeah - iOS 7.1 Beta 5 came out last week. So what are the great new features in iOS 7.1 beta 5 - what are the cool exciting new additions - really what are they - because I am not seeing them. Which is a good thing - as it usually means the new beta is getting close to release - hmmm - me thinks I said the same thing about beta 4 - well this time I mean it - I just Hope Apple means it to.
There are a couple of minor tweaks for beta 5 and they include quote natural sounding siri voice for English down under and on the main isles as well - plus for Japanese and Mandarin. As is normal with better sounding Siri - you will need for your iOS device to be connected via Wifi and plugged into a power source for it to download the improved siri voice files.
Another small detail peeps have found for beta 5 is a redesigned shift and caps lock keys.
And finally in wallpaper options - the button to disable parallax is now called Perspective zoom instead of Motion.
Again really exciting updates - if you realize they are not exciting and that means 7.1 gold master is getting closer - again.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/04/apple-releases-
ios-7-1-beta-5-to-developers/
http://bgr.com/2014/02/04/ios-7-1-beta-5-download-link-released/
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
Wondering if anyone else is having this issue. I have a 5s with iOS 7.0.4. I had the fingerprint issue, but that was improved by turning on the reduce motion option. But I am still having a fingerprint reader issue. Probably 2-4 times per day, after unlocking the device with the fingerprint reader, the phone either crashes and reboots immediately or upon opening an app.
Any thoughts on what could be causing this and how to correct it?
Thanks. Appreciate the show!
Randy
Pittsburgh, PA
I had some crashing issues with 7.0.4 as well - I can't remember any crashes with either beta 4 or beta 5 of iOS 7.1 - so about the best I can say is hang in there - iOS 7.1 is coming soon - I think.
14:15
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16:19
PLAY VOICEMAIL - JACOBY_PART2_Answr_song
Hi Rob,
I have had sync issues from day one of IOS 7. It hasn't been restricted to my music library. I have a 5s and use a MacBook Air.
Scott, Milwaukee
Hi Rob.
A gentleman called regarding syncing his iPhone with iTunes. My iPhone 5s was not syncing my music and audiobooks with iTunes via USB to my MacBook. I was able to sync with my iPad and iPod. So I did a full restore of the iPhone. It is syncing now. So, I suggest doing an iPhone restore to remediate the problem.
Regards,
Janet
I just want to mention right now there are some price cuts kinda for iPads at Target - I say Kinda as you are actually getting Gift cards. From Feb 9th to the 15th target is giving out $50 Gift Cards when you buy an iPad. And on top of that Target is price Matching Best Buys price reduction of $349. And if you have a Redcard from Target you get $17.50 off. So Pricing of a $16 GB iPad Mini Retina drops from $399 - to $332.49 + tax and you get a $50 Target Gift Card. Not a bad deal this week. Target claims quantities are limited - no rain checks. But that is the best deal going on the iPad Mini Retina to date - check with your local target store for more info - and make sure you bring in the ad from best buy showing the $349.99 price. If you are thinking the iPad Mini Retina would make a good Valentines day gift for your significant other - I am sure a bunch of others will think that too - so get to Target ASAP before you are SOL.
Oh by the way iPad 2 prices dropped at some retailers - but since I do not recommend that device - I will not give details - other than to say Yes I know - but don't waste your money on a device that is over 1,000 days old - get the iPad Air or iPad Mini Retina - PERIOD.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - BRENT_OK_ANSWR_QUIET
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
21:23
Lots and lots of activity in our Google+ community.
Which is to be expected we now have over 400 Google+ users in that community.
There was a question from Emiko about recommended Password Keeping apps - 1Password recommend most - and I would add my support there. There were also suggestions for Last Pass by a couple of people and PWSafe also by a couple of people.
There was a post about Flappy Bird going away the next day - which it did. Thanks Myron Uecker for that post.
There was a post about WWE channel coming to Apple TV on Feb 24th. And once again Apple TV adds another dare we call it an App.
There was talk about the post on Cult of Mac talking about putting your iPhone into Airplane mode to get a quicker charge. If that really is your goal heck why not just power it off completely.
And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 400+ of you already in the community and contributing.
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/02/blockchain_apple/
22:56
One thing I hate about the Apple Walled garden is when Apple gets out the roundup and starts spraying apps that should not be sprayed.
Take for example BlockChain - which was the most popular Bitcoin wallet in the App store - Apple went into great detail about why this was necessary oh wait - never mind they did not give a specific reason on why they pulled it down - per the CEO of Blockchain. The app is currently used by about 120,000 people - so it is not like they are going to put that jeanie back in the bottle. Maybe Apple should have thought of yanking it after the first few hundred downloads - not after it has over 120,000 people using it.
Prior to getting pulled down - Blockchain was the openly bitcoinish app on the Marketplace - A couple of others were yanked last year.
Now if you are jailbroken the Blockchain app is now available via the big boss repository in Cydia.
I Don't agree with Apple in this case - and think this app which has been downloaded so ofter and for so long - over a year - should not have been pulled down. It is actions like this that drive - push - cattle prod some iOS users over to Android.
Sure not ALL apps belong in the Apps store and Apple needs to protect users - but in this case it seems more like Apple protecting their own future business plans and nothing to do with issues for the end users. But then again - since Apple said nothing we are only left to speculate on Apples motives - which again do not look good this time around.
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/02/07/breaking-everything-we-know-about-the-iphone-6/
24:44
There is a post over on TUAW that I want to read to you verbatim - I don't often do that - but I think this one deserves it. First the title of the post quote - Breaking: EVERYTHING we know about the iPhone 6 unquote. And per the text of the post it is quote We know exactly nothing about the iPhone 6.
Neither does any other site.
We hope this helps. unquote
This post was by Erika Sudan - and is one of the few if not the only honest post with regards to the iPhone 6 out there.
No one and I mean no one in the tech press knows anything about the iPhone 6. Nothing - Zip - Nada - not the release date - not the units size - not any new features - and not even if it will be called the iPhone 6 for that mater. Sure there is speculation that the screen glass will be replaced by Saphire - but that is speculation at best - and well also a lot of hope. And if it is replaced by Saphire - there is no way to tell if it will be 4 inches - 4.5 Inches - 5 Inches or some other size.
So for those asking about waiting in line for others in June for an iPhone 6 - that is well putting the cart way way way out in front of the horse - and per the June date - that just does not make any sense at all - Apple just said in their last quarterly conference call - one issue with iPhone sales in the US has been carriers switching to a strict 2 year upgrade window. So really you need to look at when the iPhone 5 launched to see when Apple is most likely to launch the iPhone 6. And by the way that would be September 21st 2012 for US availability. Apple is likely going to try to be as close to that 2 year date as possible for the next iPhone launch.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/11/apple-fires-its-ion-cannons/
26:53
Ok - time to talk a little bit About Sapphire and the iPhone.
There has been a whole lot of speculation going on Per Apples agreement with GT advanced Technologies - ticker symbol GTAT - Where Apple will pay them 578 Million dollars for Saphire - Some are saying this will be for the screen of the iPhone 6
And it should be pointed out the money is a pre-pay from Apple for equipment that will be in a plant Apple will provide the facility in Arizona - where GT AT will own and operate the furnaces and equipment used to grow cut slurry and polish the Saphire plates. Now I did look over the materials on the GT equipment and it is possible to grow up to a 8" core. Which would be right about where you would need it to be to cut out a 5" smartphone screen.
Per the $578 Million - this is something apple can do because they did not give back all their money like Carl Ichan wants. Apple invests their money strategically to help build up their supply chain to get them unique components that when combined with other off the shelf components and apples software - makes a product that that competition can't equal.
One of the biggest questions at this point is not longer will Apple put Sapphire on the iPhone instead of Gorilla glass - but when will Appel put Sapphire on the iPhone. GTAT said in November they were entering into at least a 5 year deal. So it does not mean the next iPhone will have Sapphire. But if I had to bet - I would be betting the next iPhone does have Sapphire for the screen.
This would be a big blow to those selling warranties and protective cases - as now when you drop your sapphire incrusted iPhone on the ground - it is highly highly unlikely you would crack the screen.
Android Phone manufacturers will be forced to respond and their solution likely will be to go with plastic screens. Wait and watch and see. I bet with in 6 months of the first iPhone launching with Sapphire - we will see a higher end Android released with a plastic screen singing the praises of it not cracking when dropped. They will conveniently forget to mention how easy it will scratch.
GTAT will have its next quarterly call in the next couple of weeks - hopefully there will be something revealed in that call which will give us more insight about when they plan in shipping in bulk to Apple.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426795,00.asp
30:20
Hey Rob, heard you recommend the T Mo pad. I agree it makes it easier to get the 200 mb but I heard it is not possible to put one on Verizon. It sounds like Verizon must have imei # in their system to use their service. So you would have to buy a Verizon version to start with.
Cheers, Duane
Hi Duane,
There are a lot of conflicting reports out there on this subject. Most of this is because it was not the case with older versions of iPads.
But from what I understand to be the case NOW - Any iPad Air or iPad Mini Retina purchased for Sprint, AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile in the US - will work on any of the other 3 carriers in the US.
You might need to visit said carrier to get it activated - but that said - you can get it to work with the other carriers if you want it to.
Which is why I recommend going with t-mobile to start - just use their 200 MB free account - and if that winds up not being enough or t-mobile speeds suck in your neck of the woods - then you switch to one of the others.
I included a link in the show notes titled How to Use Your Unlocked iPad Air on Any Carrier from PCMag.com with more info on this.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/06/steve-wozniak-apple
-android-phone/
31:52
Hi Rob,
What do you think about this article - where Steve Wozniak thinks Apple should build an Android smartphone.
Regards,
Nathan
Hi Nathan,
Woz says some wild things from time to time.
The value of the iPhone vs Android phones is not just the fit and finish - it is also iOS.
I don't see Apple ever making an Android powered iPhone - Never Ever - no way no how.
Putting that crap security nightmare software on a device with the Apple logo - Woz clearly was talking tongue in cheek or maybe smoked one to many that day - whatever the case it will not ever happen.
I wonder if these comments were made when Woz was visiting Colorado. Ok I know he was not in Colorado when he said - but he sure sounds like he was.
32:53
PLAY VOICEMAIL - KONA_HI_ANSWR_NOTIFICATIONS
Hi Rob,
I wanted to write you as an apple guy who wanted to give android a try I purchased a Nexus 5 on it’s release date Halloween 2013. I tried it for four months and just sold it today and am back using my old iPhone 4. I use a haswell macbook air as my daily pc and the truth is you can not match the interoperability between iPhone and the macbook. Nothing android has works as well as iMessage or FaceTime. My old iPhone is a better experience and I have come to realize it is all about the software. Android has come a long way to be fair and the nexus hardware was very nice especially the screen but IOS is still the professionals choice. Please share this with your listeners who may be thinking the grass is greener on the other side it just is not so. I have invested the Nexus 5 proceeds to fund my 5 inch iPhone 6 purchase this September ;)
I do enjoy your podcast.
Regards,
Eric R
Hi Rob,
There was a listener(s) on the last episode having an issue where some songs would not sync to his iPhone. The thing that works for me in these cases (even with things other than music, such as videos) is to connect your phone with the cable (not use wi-fi sync) go to the Music tab for your phone in iTunes, uncheck Sync Music, sync your phone (removing all music), recheck Sync Music, then sync again. This may take a little while depending on the amount of music you sync.
Also, you mentioned the trick of using a keyboard shortcut to enter your e-mail address. One small note I've discovered is that when entering it in a field on a web page, after you hit the spacebar to paste it in, hit backspace to remove the space. Some web forms have an issue with the space character, which isn't allowed in e-mail addresses. Alternatively, you can use the "next field" arrow button above the keyboard (if it available) instead of the spacebar.
Bonus tip: if you're like me and call your wife after leaving work, then listen to audio (like music or Tii) for the rest of the trip, start your music first, then make the call. Your music will fade down for the call and will automatically resume after the call, preventing you from having to fumble with your phone while driving.
Regards,
Lou Valencia
PLAY VOICEMAIL - TIM_CHI_SHORTCUT_ISSUE
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thepadcaster/padcaster
-mini-on-the-fly-filmmaking-with-the-ipad
40:02
For those that know what the Padcaster is but have an iPad Mini - well good news - there is now a kickstarter project for the Padcaster Mini - it will run until March 6th at 12:19 PM CT. The goal on this is $15,000 - and they have raised over 10k so far - so they look good to hit the goal.
Pricing for the Padcaster mini is $99.
For those that are going ok Rob - what is the Padcaster - well it is a quote tough aluminum frame with threaded holes and a flexible insert to secure your iPad mini for shooting iPad video unquote. You can add in external lenses for the iPad Mini to improve the optics. You can mount lights and mics - and well the original was even featured in one of apples Ads. So yeah it is kind of special. If you are serious about shooting video and want to use your iPad Mini to shot, edit, encode and upload video - you should take a look at the Padcaster. I have seen a couple of the originals in action by Video Bloggers and it is a nice accessory to help manage the other accessories around your iPad for shooting video. I mean shooting video with an iPad with out a Padcaster looks hookie at best - but with the Padcaster it actually looks professional. Search for Padcaster - P A D caster at kickstarter dot com.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotan/cargo-stand-for
-ipad-air-and-ipad-mini?ref=live
41:43
As I mentioned - I talked with bunch of Kickstarter and indiegogo developers where I had mentioned their projects in the past - one I mentioned in the past was the smart cargo for Apple Smart Cover - well that developer has a new project called the Cargo Stand. Here is the recording I did with Dotan. Please note before listening - that he actually canceled this project - more about that after the interview.
PLAY CARGO STAND Recording
Quick note - that recording was done with my iPhone 5S - the iRig Mic Cast Mic and recorded into the BossJock App.
As I mentioned Dotan canceled this project and the reason Dotan cancelled the Kickstarter project was not do to to little interest - but actually the opposite - he found a lot of interest with some of that coming from quote numerous prominent mobile accessory makers about the possibility of having one of them build and distribute the Cargo Stand under their own brand. unquote
So I guess Dotan - Congrats on these developments and it sounds like we will be hearing more about this in the coming months. i.e. before the holidays.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotan/cargo-stand
-for-ipad-air-and-ipad-mini/posts
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http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/facebook-launches-paper-app
44:22
Facebook launches the Paper App - no they did not purchase the Paper app - you know that other App named Paper that has been around for like Ever - nope - they just released their own app called paper - because evidently Facebook could not be bothered to search for Paper in iTunes and the original Paper app by FiftyThree was you know App of the Year in 2012. So this is not some obscure app. That would be the Paper app from Lee Sunja. So yes - there are now at least three Paper apps in the iTunes app store. So thanks Facebook for showing you are either too lazy or too arrogant to look at what is out there when picking an app name.
I have received some positive feedback from listeners that have used the 3rd App to use the paper name - the one from Facebook. So it does sound like if you are a Facebook users - this app is worth checking out - given it is free. The App is optimized for an iPhone running iOS 7.x - it is not meant for the iPad.
The full title in iTunes for the app is Paper dash Stories from Facebook - if you were planning on searching for it. Here is what Facebook had to say about the app. Quote:
We're introducing Paper, a new app that helps you explore and share stories from friends and the world around you. Paper makes storytelling more beautiful with an immersive design and fullscreen, distraction-free layouts. We’ve also made it easier to craft and share beautiful stories of your own.
Your Paper is made of stories and themed sections, so you can follow your favorite interests. The first section in Paper is your Facebook News Feed, where you’ll enjoy inspiring new designs for photos, videos, and longer written posts. You can customize Paper with a choice of more than a dozen other sections about various themes and topics—from photography and sports to food, science and design. Each section includes a rich mix of content from emerging voices and well-known publications. unquote.
Let me know your thoughts about the Paper app from Facebook - how are your using it. Give us a call or send us an email.
http://newsroom.fb.com/News/793/Introducing-Paper
-Stories-from-Facebook
http://clamcase.com/ipad-mini-keyboard-case.html
46:54
A quick heads up for those with iPad Mini's and looking for a case and keyboard for it. The Clam Case Pro for iPad Mini was just announced - it will run you $129 bucks for which you get a case with a nice keyboard for your iPad Mini Retina - essentially turning your iPad mini Retina into a little netbook - but you know one you actually want to use and is not a piece of junk. Past versions of the clam case have had really positive reviews from listeners. This is something I am looking at for the wife for Christmas.
Already have her Birthday and Valentines day covered - both are this week - back to back. FYI - Guys when you wife asks where you are going to dinner for Valentines day - a response of Oh really you want to go out this year - ummm - bad response - really bad response - don't know what I was thinking. Proper response - Its a surprise - which we all know means - it is a surprise to me too - because I need to call tomorrow and see where I can get a reservation.
48:04
Hi Rob,
Long time listener here, just wanted to thank you first of all for a great show over the years. I've been a listener since I purchased a 3G many years ago.
As a long time listener and "friend" of the show I wanted to let you know of my concerns about the tone of recent shows. The negativity and snarkiness of recent shows has made them largely unlistenable. I always thought your greatest strength was following the evolution of IOS in an informed and upbeat manner. The occasional dig at other OS's were charming and innocent. That is no longer the case. Beating up other companies by banging financial numbers over their heads is neither entertaining nor informative.
I am someone who makes his living recruiting engineering talent for electronics manufacturers, and I am sensitive that poor performance by a company and their products effects potentially thousands of workers and their families. It's nothing to gloat about.
I hope you take this criticism positively, as your show once emphasized the positive.
Best Regards,
Tom M
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the feedback.
But as long as Samsung continues to copy Apple - I will continue to take digs at them. Samsung in my mind and by their own actions and admissions is an evil company with no ethics. Whenever I can give them a kick in the ribs on the show - I will do so gladly. As long as they continue their evil ways.
Per Google and their numbers - it is clearly a bubble - there is no logical or rational explanation for their market cap.
And I was contrasting their market cap and revenue to that of Apples to point out something is really askew.
I am sorry if you feel I am being overtly negative - but I do not see any of my comments effecting any of these companies.
As an FYI - I was an engineer in the electronic components industry for 16 years. Designing and working with Quartz Crystal oscillators. I am very familiar with the electronics industry as quartz crystal oscillators are used in just about everything. I saw first hand in that industry what happened to US and European manufacturing when companies in Asia with the same approach and ethics of Samsung copied the designs of those that did the research and development to come up with cutting edge products. It was not good for those in the US and Europe.
I hope you continue to listen to the show - because the majority of the content is about tips and tricks and breaking news - but I do like to have a segment or two where I kick Android and Samsung a little - and I try to limit it to just a few per episode. It helps remind people why they need to stay away from that security nightmare / malware infested platform known as Android.
Regards,
Rob W
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Mike_quest_reminders_value
http://www.imore.com/touch-id-not-working-you-heres-fix
55:07
I had quite a few people send in links or mention an episode of Security now where Steve Gibson talks about over training your finger prints to improve accuracy.
How do you do this - Well
- Launch the Settings app and tap on General.
- Tap on Touch ID & Passcode and enter your numerical passcode when prompted.
- Now tap on Touch ID.
- Here you see a list of all your registered fingerprints. Place one of your registered fingers on the Touch ID sensor. The registered print will pulse grey. What you should then do is keep lifting and tapping on the home button while moving your finger around to make sure you get as much of the finger print covered as possible. Don't just keep tapping the same please over and over - you want to get as much of your finger over trained as possible.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5949?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
56:24
Now I thought all of this sounded familiar - and well that is because back in October - Apple released a document about touch ID - that said quote" Touch ID will incrementally add new sections of your fingerprint to your enrolled fingerprint data to improve matching accuracy over time. unquote.
So yes - Apple does validate what Steve Gibson and some others have also said - repeated scans of your finger print improves the accuracy - especially if you give it more and more of your finger print to look at.
Still make sure you turn on reduce motion - as that helps with accuracy - well at least for quite a few people.
http://www.apple.com/30-years/1-24-14-film/#video-1242014-film
57:05
There is a link in the show notes to a video up on the Apple site - the link is titled - Apple - Thirty Years of Mac. Yes - this is an iOS show - not a mac show - but I point out the video - because all of it was shot and recorded on a single day around the world on iPhone 5S's - 15 different iPhone 5S's to be precise. It is just amazing how good that video looks - and it reminds you just how powerful that iPhone 5S camera really is.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - hector_issue_with_phone_start_playing_music
1:00:16
Rob
I sent a message about having issues with my phone playing music after a call and I said I was on iOS 6.0 but I am on 6.1.2 if you can just make a comment that I made that correction after you play the recording I would appreciated.
Thanks
Hector
Hi Rob
Can you help me figure out transfer pdf documents on my iPad to another PC, on which my iTunes account is not synchronized.
Regards
Faisal
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Paul_issue_apple_ID_old_hardware
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Joe_PHIL_PHANDROID
http://www.macvoices.com/wordpress/macvoices-
14042-macjury-delivers-new-product-picks-february/
1:05:41
I was a guest on MacVoices - The MacJury last week - and the video just went up - I was on there with Chuck Joiner the Host, Peter Cohen from iMore and the Loop and Chuck La Tournous from Mac Observer. We were talking about some of our favorite and more interesting iOS and Mac accessories. It is worth checking out now that this episode is coming to a close. Take a look in the show note for the post titled - MacVoices The MacJury - it runs about an hour and is available both in Audio and Video.
1:06:13
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If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news. Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback. Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.
And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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Hi_Rob.
I made this artwork by on my iPhone 4 by taking the default iOS 7 wallpaper, adding the noir effect to it in the photos app, and adding the text with DoodleBuddy.
I also want to say that I installed ios 7 on my iPhone 4 an it is not laggy at all. It performs just as smooth as ios 6.1.3.
Regards,
Ben
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Transcript for Episode 295
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In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote Nokia may hasten the end of the Apple revolution. unquote
Kofi Bofah, Seeking Alpha , 30 October 2013
About the only company that Nokia has a chance of ending is Microsoft - Just Sayin.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/29/apple-releases-ios-7-0-5-with-bug-fixes/
03:51
Some of you out side the US have an iOS update available - v7.0.5 is available now for none US iPhone owners and really it is just for some iPhones out side the US and definitely not all or even most. This update corrects network provisioning for some iPhone 5S and 5C models sold in China. It also effects some in Europe and Asia Pacific as well.
Again this update is not for most - just some. And it really brings no new features or other fixes.
http://tii.libsyn.com/apple-q4-2013-quarterly-report
04:33
apple had their quarterly call on Monday and I put up a post summarizing the key points of the call.
Rev = $57.6 Billion (vs $54.5 Billion a year ago quarter and $37.5 Billion the previous quarter)
Total Cash = $158.8 Billion (up $12 Billion for the quarter from $146.8 Billion)
iPhones Sold last quarter = 51 Mil (up from 47.8 Mil a year ago quarter and 33.8 Mil the previous quarter)
iPads Sold = 26 Mil (vs 22.9 Mil a year ago quarter and 14.1 Mil last quarter)
All iPod's Sold = 6.0 Mil (vs 12.7 Mil a year ago quarter and 3.5 Mil last quarter)
iPod Touches Sold = Not given as usual but over half of the 6.0 Mil iPods sold
Other notes:
International sales made up 63% of the quarters revenue.
$7.7 Bil in Cash given back to share holders last quarter.
Apple Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $174 Bil
iPhone Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $93.1 Bil
Microsoft Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $82.8 Bil
and google Revenue for Calendar year 2013 = $59.8 billion More on that shortly.
Per Touch ID and a Mobile Payment System - Tim Cook all but said it is coming and coming soon.
And he did say there would be new product segments by the end of 2014. So it should be a good year.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/28/apple-best-worst-q1-2014/
07:16
It would be wrong to not mention how the Anal-ists did in their predictions for iPhone and iPad sales - And Philip Elmer-Dewit is quick to put this together for everyone. Kudos go out to Andy Hargreaves at Pacific Crest for guessing at 50.93 Mil iPhone sales which was closed to the cup. The opposite of kudos goes to Nicolae Milhalache of Traderhood for guessing 61.1 Mil iPhones sold. Kudos to Matt Lew of the Braeburn Group and Scott Craig of Merrill Lynch and Andy Perkins of Societe Generale for all nailing the 26 Mil iPads sold number. Tie breaker of the three goes to Andy Perkins for also guessing 52 Mil iPhones sold - So very close on that as well. Anti-Kudos goes to Glenn Yeung of Citigroup for a guess of 21 Mill iPads sold. Problem with Apples numbers on iPhone sales is that most anal-ists predicted in the mid to upper 50's for iPhone sales. It is funny to see how far off the majority of the group was this time around. Sadly - that means rather than saying they got it wrong - they say Apple got it wrong. And that has been reflected in the stock price this past week.
http://www.wired.com/business/2014/01/nothing-apple-can-
good-enough/
08:48
Wired had a good Article talking about how no matter what Apple does - it is just not good enough for those on WallStreet. Mind you with Apples Numbers - they exceeded Wallstreets expectations for Total Revenue and for Earning Per share - you know kind of two of the most important numbers - with regards to how things are really going. Apple also had record numbers for both iPhone and iPad unit sales. But it did not mater - Wallstreet knocked down apple stock. So lets look at how crazy some of the negativity is towards apple. I put up some charts in the google plus community. In Calendar Year 2013 - Google had a total of 59.8 Billion in Revenue and Microsoft had 82.8 Billion, The iPhone line alone had 93.1 Billion in revenue for 2013. Almost 2 x of Googles. Apple proper had a total of 174 Billion in Revenue for 2013. Now here is an even crazy analysis - if you take the Market Caps for Google, Microsoft and Apple - minus out their Cash on Hand. This give you what the enterprise or business value is of these three companies. And the results are shocking. Apples Market Cap minus cash is 209.9 Billion dollars. Just a little above last years 174 Billion in totals revenue. Microsoft - which had less half of apples Revenue at 82.8 billion - has a Market cap less cash of 222.1 Billion. And Finally Google - with Revenue in all of 2013 of 59.8 billion - has a market cap less cash of 336.3 Billion. Yes Google which has 1/3rd the revenue of Apple - has a market cap less cash of 1.6 Times that of Apples. Can you spot the bubble?
Because either Google is way way way over valued or Apple is way way way under valued right now - and My guess is it is a mix of the two.
Also Apple Generated more Cash last quarter then Google had for total revenue - and actually it was not even close. Apple generated >22 Billion in Cash to Google 16 and change billion in Revenue. So right now if you look at Apple stock price and compare it to the other companies - Apple really is a bargain.
https://plus.google.com/+RobWalch/posts/3XRSvCvD9x9
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/us-google-
lenovo-idUSBREA0S1YN20140129
11:17
File this next one under what took them so long - And that is that Google has finally sold off the Motorola handset division. Something that they were kind of expected to do right away - as Google really just wanted the patents Moto had for Handsets. Google Paid 12.5 Billion dollars and just sold the Handset division for 3 Billion plus they sold the set top box division for 2.3 billion back when the deal was first done. So Really Google paid about 7 Billion for the Patents. They should have just teamed up with Apple and MS when they purchased the Nortel Patents. It would have been much cheaper for them. There you had multiple companies team up to pay 4.6 Billion - so Google Paid 2X for the Moto Patents then a group of companies paid combined.
12:04
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15:00
Hey Rob,
I believe one of your listeners called in about Siri not recognizing a company name, and giving their messages a vulgar twist. The only idea I have for this one is if you go into settings, then general, then restrictions, then Siri, there is the option to disable explicit language. This way, with that disabled, Siri's vocabulary will be more limited, and it may force her to actually write what you want her to say, but only if in your case she is confusing it with something more explicit.
Hope that helped someone...
and I hope you have a wonderful day.
Dan
Hi Rob
I know this question has come up previously and I can't remember if an answer was ever provided. I have found a way of shuffling music within a specific genre.
Here's how:
- open the music app
- click more, then genres
- put in the desired genre in the search field like hip hop
- scroll down to the genre section and select the genre you put in the search bar
- select shuffle all songs at the top
Great to be able to finally do this.
Cheers
Stephen
PLAY VOICEMAIL - ROB_NJ_issue_ios7
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912
?cfem=1
17:53
Lots and lots of activity in our Google+ community.
There were posts about SwiftKey Note app finally being available for iOS.
There were also my Charts showing Revenue for Apple vs Google and MS. Plus the Market cap analysis.
Quite a few posts about Jailbreak apps - like the one on the Jailbreak App - Virtual Home. Which uses your touch ID sensor to allow you to tap but not push the home button to get it to register as a push - tap and hold again without pushing and it opens up the app switcher. Thus saving you wear and tear on the home button.
There was a post from Chris in London about the Jailbreak tweak Springtomize 3 that allows turning off of Spotlight.
There was a question about transferring ripped movies back off an iOS device on to a computer - which was solved with the suggestion of using iPhone explorer
And well there were dozens of other posts - and all in an Android bois free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/28/valentines-day-store-update/
19:39
Thanks to all that sent this one in and gave a heads up. The iTunes store went down the other evening and when it came back up - well there were no new products - but the sections at the top of the apple.com site did change a little as in Apple TV which used to be under the iPod section - Now had its own section at the top. It seems as if Apple is graduating Apple TV from Hobby status to its own seat at the grownups table. Congrats Apple TV you earned it.
http://9to5mac.com/2014/01/28/apple-adds-red-bull-tv-channel-to-apple-tv/
20:24
Hey and speaking of Apple TV - there was a very quiet update to Apple TV where the Reb Bull TV channel was added. The content offered includes action sports, music, lifestyle related video series and it also includes on-demand and live content. Apple TV just keeps getting more and more content and channels. It is almost like they are going to go after the cable guys and their offerings. Now we just need a true apps store for Apple TV and we will be all set.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/27/5351918/apples-ipod-
rides-into-the-sunset
20:55
Under stupid headlines not related to Apple stock is this one from the verge - quote The age of the iPod is over unquote - Ya Think - wow - what insight - I mean if this was 2007 or even 2008 or 2009 or maybe even 2010 - but in 2014 - Yeah - there is 2 seconds left on the clock - The Seahawks are down by 27 points - and that is like saying at that point I think the Broncos are going to win - Brilliant
http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79059012/
21:33
According to Eugene Kaspersky CEO and founder of Kaspersky Labs - Banking applications on Android phones are most vulnerable to cyber crime - good thing most android owners don't do anything other than phone calls and emails on their phones - or there would be real issues.
That said - Kaspersky said 99% of mobile attacks are towards Android based phones - since Apples has strict controls and well Android does not.
So really the best way to protect your self from cyber criminals is once again just get an Apple product.
22:10
I like this next article - because it is about Samsungs current woes. These are real woes - not like Apples stock woes this past week that are bogus woes. Seems the S4 is not selling like Sammy hoped or others expected. And Profits are way down. Down over 18% vs the previous year. Here is a nice quote from the article. From CNNMoney's Adrian Covert The Galaxy S4 is quote “disappointment in every regard, from design and specs to sales. Every other smartphone maker, meanwhile, was able to produce a phone that was just as fast, powerful, and capable as Samsung’s top smartphone with a higher quality design and better system software, Suddenly, there was very little to distinguish Samsung from the pack . Samsung needs more than just marketing hype, Consumers have caught on that many of the flashier features in Samsung’s products are just that – flash. Its products now need substance that make it more than just another high-end Android phone in a sea of high-end Android phones. unquote. Well Said Mr Covert not that we overtly enjoy seeing some Sammy pain ok - well maybe just a little.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/01/23/apples-iphone-5c-boasts-
most-available-advertised-memory-samsung-galaxy-s4-declared-
biggest-memory-hog
23:29
Thanks to Jerry J and a bunch of others for the heads up on this next one - which is about available storage vs advertised storage in Smartphones. i.e. how much storage does a 16 GB iPhone 5C have available to the user - well the answer is a lot more than other 16 GB smartphones have for their users. It works out like this - the 5C has 12.6 GB of usable storage. The Nexus 5 has 12.28 GB - the 5S has 12.2 GB - those are the top three. others of note - The HTC one has 10.44 GB and in last place - that would be the Sammy Galaxy S4 with just 8.56 GB of the 16 GB available for the user. Guess all those bumping and hand waiving gestures take their toll on storage. Well maybe if you waive your hands just right over that S4 you will get more storage or maybe you can just keep bumping it into things. Just sayin
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PLAY VOICEMAIL - Ben_Sync_issues
27:46
Hi Rob,
I'm really getting tired of typing in my email address. I was wondering if there some simple way to memorize the address so that it can be easily pasted multiple times. It seems like there should be a way to save it in memory instead of losing it every time you copy something else.
Regards,
Michael A
Hi Michael - Here is one of those little tricks for iOS devices many kind of know of but most never use. Go to the Settings App - then General - then Keyboard - then scroll to the bottom and select add new shortcut. Then for the phrase add your email address - and for the shortcut put something like qq or kk or something you know would not normally get typed. For example if my wifes name is Karyn so kk is what I have for a short cut to her email address.
It is that simple - then go to the notes app and type in your shortcut and you should see the bubble pop up with it - then tap the space bar and it will add it in.
I also added in shortcuts for my name typed lower case - but the phrase is in upper case - this way if I forget to capitalize my name - the shortcut takes care of it.
Hi Rob,
Can you recommend which Ipad Air (ATT or Verizon) to buy?
I found an article that said they all are unlocked (execpt Sprint) and you can swap the sim to change service,
is that true ? Then Best Buy thought the Verizon version was unlocked not ATT.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426795,00.asp
I know your busy, but always appreciate your show and comments.
Steve in Springfield, MO
Hi Steve,
I recommend the T-mobile one.
Yes they are all unlocked - but at least with the t-mobile one you get 200 MB of free data a month for life.
You can still get it to work on Verizon or AT&T if you need more - but I recommend you start with T-mobile version and the free 200 MB a month data.
Rob W
I received an email from Mari about an crowd funded project she is having quality issues with. Let paraphrase a bit.
Hi Rob,
While I understand this is a “crowdfunding campaign” and as such comes with inherent risk, what kind of legal obligation do campaigners have to their backers? And, in your experience, do you see much of a difference between the guidelines held by Kickstarter vs. Indiegogo?
Here is a quote from the guy running the product to a backer asking for a refund. Quote This is a crowdfunding campaign, not a store. You have made a contribution, a donation, there are no refunds on crowdfunding campaigns. unquote.
Other backers have commented that this company essentially buys and resells Chinese products.
I would, though, like to be an informed consumer moving forward. What kinds of protections do campaign backers have?
Any insight/thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Mari
Hi Mari,
The crowdfunded projects are meant to give capital to someone as they develop a new product.
New being the keyword and develop also being important in that sentence.
Some crowdfunded projects will never ship - the person that thought up the idea just gets in to deep or was way to optimistic or just is a bad design engineer. Sometimes they get unlucky and design in a part that is defective. What ever the case some % of crowd funded projects will never ship.
What they are not supposed to be is a buy and resell outlet. So if this is a case where the person promised some new product - and all they did was contact someone in China to ship over a cheap product for them to re-sell - that is a big no no. And in that case you have a legit issue - and should try to get a refund.
But if it is a case of just a bad design or defective components - well - that is just part of Crowd funding. Think of it as you are a Venture Capitalist and for your investment you have the potential payoff of a product that works - for a price that is cheaper than buying a proven product from Best Buy. But another potential payoff if a product that does not work or no product at all.
Crowdfunding is not best buy - it is a risk / gamble / hope and sometimes a prayer of getting a cool new product at a low price.
Per Indiegogo vs Kickstarter - it does appear that Kickstarter has more rules and more requirements to get a project started - so Indiegogo tends to be a little more wild wild west so to speak.
33:40
http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/new-laptop-bags/grip-2-ipad
-mini-retina-case/
Two episodes ago that would be ep 293 I had an interview I did with the CEO of STM bags. And before CES I actually was given a STM Grip 2 case for the iPad Mini Retina to review. And My wife has been using it for the past 5 weeks. So I asked her for her review of the Grip 2. She said the following. It is sturdy and snaps together very well and it is a very snug fit - you don't worry the iPad is going to fall out. Also the material of the case is a nice rubbery feel that unlike the iPad mini on its own which feels like it wants to slip or jump out of your hands - with this case it feels safe in your hands. The Stand hinge on the back is well made with metal pins - and it stays shut when you want it shut. But when you need it out to prop up in the kitchen to say make a few batches of chocolate cookies when Rob is dieting - Well in that case it works really well and it does not slip around on the counter. I really like this case. Rob's Wife.
Again this is the STM Grip 2 Case for iPad Mini - and I will have a link to it in the show notes. Pricing on this is $40. It comes in Black, Red, Yellow and Purple - the one my wife tested was All black. Thanks Honey for your help.
http://www.popslate.com/
35:33
Hi Rob,
Pop Slate is a 2nd screen on the back of the case it is an e-ink screen for the iPhone 5/5S.
http://www.popslate.com/
Regards,
Thomas in Tuscaloosa AL
Hi Thomas - thanks for the heads up on this one - If you go to popslate you will see this it looks pretty good - but will run you $129 for the case. Guess if you are someone constantly on your iPhone - you could put your picture on the e-ink display so then people would see who they are talking to. It does seem to be more of a novelty item - but a pretty cool novelty at that. Definitely a conversation starter.
36:33
Hi Rob,
I wanted to bring this to your attention since you've mentioned Candy Crush in the past.
I mean, it can't be right that the Candy Crush devs can trademark common words like "candy" and "saga", and then go after games that have those individual words in their title, some of which existed before Candy Crush even came out or that don't have anything to do with the Candy Crush's gameplay. That's just wrong. It seems like the Candy Crush folks were a small team like the ones they're now going after before they landed their one hit.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/22/king-are-trying-to-candy-
crush-the-banner-saga/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/21/stealing-candy-from-
babies-king-embrace-the-aristocracy/
In other articles about this, I've read that affected developers apparently received messages directly from Apple's legal team, so the Candy Crush team is also involving Apple in their ridiculous trademark battle.
I'm hoping that the public and media outcry over the situation will help in the Candy Crush folks in rethinking their methods.
I'm for one am glad that I never ever downloaded Candy Crush and will boycott the developers until they hopefully come to their senses and stop this madness.
All the best,
Sebastian
Hi Sebastian - First I only thought US courts were stupid - but it seems European courts are just as dumb - as they granted Candy Crush a Trademark on the word Candy - Ummmm WTF - as in What the Frack. Oh and the company behind Candy Crush is also going after Apps with Saga in their name because you know Candy was not generic enough. I am so sorry I advertised for these guys - definitely the first time I regret having someone as an advertiser. Sure people need to protect the Trademarks - but if you pick a name like Candy in name - you kind of have an expectation that name is one you will not be able to trademark - because you know the word has been is use for Oh well forever essentially. I do want to say kudos to the group of devs - over 100 of them that are currently carpet bombing the iTunes App stores with apps with the word Candy and or saga in the name. They are doing this as a protest to the actions of King the Candy crush folks and Apple.
I guess next is trademarks for Birds or Angry
39:15
Hi Rob,
as anyone had any problems getting there sim card to work on an iPad.
I own a iPad 2 16GB, 3G + Wi-Fi. Unlocked, running iOS 7
When I try to install a SIM card in my iPad a message pops up saying SIM CARD NOT INSTALLED. I tried all different UK carriers, but same error pops up every time. This was working on the 3 network before upgrading to iOS 7. I tried turning off airplane and turning it back on again, also tried tuning power off & on, taking SIM out blowing inside reader for any dirt that may have got in, nothing. Do I have to wait for a new update or is this a hardware problem.
Have you or any listeners had the same issue. Please let me now thanks
Regards,
Justin from Birmingham, uk,
Hey rob
Just wanted to notify you of a new jb app on cydia called exkey. It adds the numbers 1 to 0 to the top instead of hitting the 123 button. Also there is jpgtosiri which shows you picture straight from siri query.
Thanks
Dev
Hi Rob,
I heard briefly on the last episode you mention that password pilot wasn't updated for iOS 7 and there is a version that is. You have had another source though which is: repo.insanelyi.com. The tweak is called: PasswordPilotModoki(iOS 7).
Regards,
Tony
Ellicott city
Sent from my iPhone
Hi Rob,
Jailbroke my 4S 7.0.4 thought I should before 7.1. But here 7.1 Breaks the Break. But here 7.1 with a few edits will be Jailbroken soon.
Just password lock off Did Backup before Jailbreaking.
Nothing else. No reset of network settings or anything else.
Worked fine. No problems.
Of course many my tweaks not yet compatible. But they will come in time.
Chris
Hi Rob,
Safari is broken on my jailbroken iPad 2. It opens for a second and then crashes.
Help
Regards,
Max C
43:15
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Steve_TX_Review Cydia App
http://podcastersroundtable.com/pr024-should-your-podcast-
have-its-own-app/
44:50
As you know I am kind of a big proponent of installed apps - even before there was an app store. And as a podcaster I am a big big proponent of having your own app. If you are a podcaster and wondering of the merits for having your own app - well then you will want to check out my appearance on the Podcasters Round table. Link in the show notes titled - Should your podcast have its own app in the show notes for Ep 295 over at today in iOS dot com.
http://www.macvoices.com/wordpress/macvoices-14004-
nmx-rob-walch-discusses-latest-updates-podcast-host-service-libsyn/
45:21
Another place I can be found is in a video interview Chuck Joiner at Mac Voices recorded at NMX - so if you want to see what I look like on Video - look for the link in the show notes. Chuck does a great Mac Video Podcast.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-cichon/radio-
shack-ad_b_4612973.html
45:43
Thanks to Chelsea - which really is not news as much as Yup. It is an article from Huff Post titled - Everything from this 1991 Radio shack ad you can now do with your Phone - and it is pretty funny to see all the extra items you need to buy to do what on iPhone can do today and for a lot less money. The iPhone replaces the need for a stand alone
AM / FM Clock Radio
Calculator
VHS Camcorder
Tandy 1000 TL Computer
Handheld Cassette Recorder
CD player
And well more.
In all - the iPhone replaced over $3000 dollars of products just in that ad in 1991 dollars or over $5,000 in today's dollars.
46:34
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Ton_Atl_finger_prints
48:50
Rob,
I'm looking for a way to disable all notifications while watching netflix or mirroring to a tv. I know how to disable inbound calls but is there a way I can easily disable all notifications?
-Brian
Hey rob just wanted to let u no how i feel bout the iphone becuase i was bored of the iphone so i was going to get a differnet phone somthin else thats not an iphone so i did n with in one day i regerted my decision to change becuase all the other phones out there ar wack the galaxy phones suck the note phones suck so i returned the phone i got n went bac to iphone im sorry becuase i thought i phones were wack now n now i no iphone is the best just wanted to tell u my story n let ppl no if they wanted to change form iphone to any other phone u would regert it big time thanks for your time
Regards,
Alvaros
Hi Rob,
An app I've been using is HeyTell. It's a text app that is voice mode. Great for driving. Voice in-voice out. No transfer to text,stays voice.
Works great, especially if no or weak cell signal like at our house. Uses data.
You can speak up to 30 seconds.
Now when my wife is home and cell is crap I can get here on HeyTell!
Regards,
Mike R
Texas
Thanks Mike,
Hi Rob,
For some weird reason I cannot delete a certain song on my iPod touch fifth-generation I try to swipe to the right but It won't delete it it works on every other song but not that one. Any thoughts?
Regards,
Zachary S
A Quick note to Libsyn customers - Tentatively on Feb 10th - Libsyn4 will launch - so if you have any questions about the new UI - let me know - rob at libsyn dot com.
51:26
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And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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I_also_want to thank RENE for sending in the Artwork for today's show. Well actually he posted it up in the App Sktchy - which was mentioned on ep 293.
Rene said this artwork is his Simpsons Interpretation of me. So if you would like to see what I look like as a simpsons character - you can search for Walch in the Sktchy app.
sktchy://portrait/WwxoUC
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Transcript for Episode 294
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http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/13/overtheair-deletes-beta-3/
iOS 7.1 Beta 3 was released back on Jan 7th to devs. Some of the changes / additions with the beta 3 are - Reduce White Point - which is under accessibility and then Increase Contrast features. This slightly darkens the screen. They also tweaked with the keyboard again - but did not bring back the option for the darker keyboard that was in Beta 1 and removed in Beta 2. There is a new look / animation for power to slide off - and there is a new round button for placing calls. There is also now a new option to turn on or off Parallax i.e. motion when selecting wallpapers. The Music App also now has new shuffle and repeat buttons that stand out much more.
Over all not anything all that exciting - and it does not seem Apple is in a big hurry to get the Gold master out on this. Some rumors saying maybe Feb or March before we see it for the masses.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/20/ios71-beta-4-to-developers/
And just that quick - iOS 7.1 Beta 4 was released on Monday the 20th. So less than 2 weeks between betas.
The beta 4 really has most of the changes under the hood - with the only one so far that users can see being a different slide to unlock animation.
Another change is the iPad has gained a new Siri Voice gender option for the UK.
Messages now scrolls more smoothly and with more animation - whatever that means. And there are some other subtle text changes on various screens. These are more of the fit and finish type changes and nothing drastic.
However with this release of the beta and few know issues with iOS 7.0.4 still not fixed - it would seem we will not be seeing the GM for 7.1 until at least late Feb at this rate.
I am going to upgrade one of my iOS device to the 7.1 beta this week and see if there is anything else of interest and how stable it is with apps.
http://beijing.china.org.cn/2014-01/20/content_31228211.htm
Having talked with Apple I am a big believer that China is going to be a big big market for Apple - maybe equalling Japan and even the US in a couple of years. And last week Apple took its biggest step in that direction with the launch of the iPhone on China Mobile - the worlds largest carrier as in 760+ million subscribers big.
But the big question mark in the short term is what type of subsidy is China Mobile going to offer and now we know - at least to start that is.
Right now a 16 GB version of the 5S is free when users select a 24 month contract at $97 a month. Or a total cost of ownership of $2,328 - which is in line for AT&T and Verizon costs. For a 24 month contract at $31 a month - the iPhone costs $625 or a total cost of ownership of $1,369 - which is a much better deal for two years - if you have the upfront $625. An off contract iPhone 5S is $873 from China Mobile.
By Comparisons - With China unicom - to get the iPhone 5S for free - it requires a $63 a month contract for 30 months or a total cost of $1,890.
On China Telecom - they offer a free 5s for a 2 year contract at $64 a month or a total cost of $1,512.
Now you may say why would anyone sign up with China Mobile for the free phone - not a good deal - $2,328 vs $1,512 - and you are correct - but China Mobile does offer 4G speeds - something the other two do not offer for the 5S at this time.
That said if you have the $625 for the upfront fee - that $31 a month deal is the best of all of them.
So that deal and the 4G speeds will help to explain how China Mobile was able to get over 1 Million pre-orders before the iPhone launched last week.
Will be interesting to see if Apple says anything about this on then next quarterly call - which by the way will be next monday the 27th. So I will get an episode out later that evening going over the highlights of that call.
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Hi Rob,
I have been using a AppleTV when I travel for a long time, here is the ways you can use one while at a location that requires you to use web login:
1. you will need a Ethernet to wireless adaptor, it has to be the type that you can change the MAC address of the device. I use a Linksys RE1000 range extender that can also be used as a Ethernet to wireless.
2. You will need a laptop that has a Ethernet port, in the setup change the MAC of this device to match your AppleTV. Now go thru the instructions to connect to the hotels wireless network.
3. After connecting to the hotels network, disconnect the power from the Ethernet to wireless adaptor.
4. Plug in the AppleTV and connect to the hotels wireless network, it should work without requiring any logons.
Note: most hotel wireless and wired networks are throttled back to prevent speed hogs from using up all of the bandwidths so video streaming may not work at some locations.
If the location has wired internet, bring a router with you.
Regards, Thomas in Tuscaloosa AL
Hi Rob
In response to a recent question of how to store a PDF file on your iPad.
I use Docs U Free, I really like it because it's free, and allows me to make individual folders.
An example of how I use it is, I have one folder for instructions, a different folder for different price lists...
regards,
Joshua I
Rob,
For listener Will M on episode 293, in reference to changing his email address in iCloud. Then iCloud asks for him to sign in under his old email.
I solved this problem by going into settings> iCloud > delete account. It will delete his old account. He can then sign in under his new email address and iCloud should work. Hope that helps.
Regards,
Mason
Hi Rob,
Listened to the last show and heard about the music sync problem. I
have been having a similar problem for a while. I think it started
around the time of the launch of iTunes Match. I am not a subscriber
of that service, which may be a source of the problem.
The problem I have is music I don't want (Un-checked songs) keep
showing up in my phone. Or songs I want to add to my current selection
do not reliably sync over. I do not have the fill "unused space"
selected either.
My only solution is to remove all songs, then re-sync the songs I
want. That seems to work most of the time. Very frustrating!
Also Any one else noticing a alert sound on your home computer coming
from iTunes? It happens on mine when it finishes a download or a sync.
Would love to know how to turn it off!
Regards,
Kirk,
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https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?
cfem=1
This past week+ over at our Google+ community for Tii listeners and really for anyone interested in iOS - looking for a place where spammers and Android fan bois are not allowed here are some of the posts we had. One From Stephen Williams about audio not playing from the speakers but working with the headphones - with a bunch of replies on that. Hint in this case it usually is something to do with dirt getting into the headphones jack causing it not to realize the headphones are still not plugged in. There were A couple of questions about podcasting on an iOS device - which I posted links to my tutorial from the New Media Expo on how to podcast from an iOS device 100%. There were quite a few posts about jailbreaking - can we and where to - More on that later. But there was one post from Jan 5 about why should you jailbreak that had a lot of replies that is worth reading over.
Plus there was a bunch of other posts. So if you have not joined yet - I highly recommend you go to today in iOS dot com slash community - or you click on the google plus banner in the upper right of the Today in iOS dot com website. Please join in and contribute or just look in for new info. It is a very civil google plus community the most civil one for iOS.
http://www.cultofmac.com/261988/apples-ibeacon-hyped/
Thanks to Tash for the heads up on this next one.
Which is titled Why Apple's iBeacon is under-hyped from Cult of Mac. From the article
quote - Once connected, iBeacon can do several things: 1) pinpoint the location of a supporting device running a compatible app; 2) trigger an action on that device; 3) estimate the distance between the beacon and the target device; 4) push messages and other stuff to the phone; 5) enable the phone to send input back to the beacon. unquote
The article goes on and gives a few reasons why iBeacons is going to be big. I like the idea of iBeacons BUT - and there is always a but - take for example when I was at CES - at the press room they mentioned there were an iBeacon scavenger hunt - the goal to get reporters out to all corners of CES. Problem was - you needed to download a specific app - and well that is a huge step to get people to do. Then you have to have them open the app and turn on bluetooth. And guess what I did not even bother and I do a podcast about the iPhone. I just think people are too lazy to do this. Besides there was an article in Make on how they took the CES Android App and hacked the app to figure out how you could win the contest and not even be at CES - Gee surprise surprise - an Android app giving up secrets.
Now there is some potential to iBeacons - say grocery stores - you get people to download your app - and register into their rewards program - and then as you go through the store they could give you an extra discount or in store only coupons via iBeacons - but I think Grocery stores - i.e. stores where people shop often and try to save however they can are the ones this would work for. Maybe also Target, Walmart, Walgreens and CVS. Essentially stores you have a credit card and rewards card for and shop at often - are the ones this makes sense for.
But again there will need to be some compelling incentives to get people to adopt this - and lots and lots and lots of in store promotion about downloading the app needed.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/20/iphone-5c-repairs/
As had been speculated last week - Apple started this week repairing iPhone 5C screens at Apple stores.
If you do not have AppleCare+ - Apple will now charge you a fee of $149 to get the screen repaired. Previously it was $229.
Apple did start back in June repairing iPhone 5 screens at Appel stores.
But if there is an S at the end of your phone you are SOL.
As Apple is not repairing iPhone 4S or iPhone 5S screens in store at this time.
Which means they are sending them out - which means it costs you more money.
Did I mention My ballistic Case - I really like it.
And of course if you purchased your iPhone in the last 30 days - there is square trade dot com / tii - for your iPhone warranty. Not really an ad as much as just sayin.
http://www.thepowerpot.com/product/practical-meter-w-fast-charge
-cable
One of the items I received at CES to test - which I have been using quite a bit and really like is the Practical Meter - from the folks at Power Practical. This is an inline power meter that lets you know how many watts the device you are charging is drawing. This is nice for a few reasons - if you have some USB speaker or other devices you really can not tell if they are charged - by looking at the meter you can see if it is still drawing a big charge or if not - then it is done charging. Additionally if you have a mix of iPhones, iPad's and other devices - you may not even know what power converters can handle the 10 watts needed by iPads. This let me quickly check and confirm all the power converters that were limited to 5 watts or less. So now I just have the more powerful ones in use. Thus speeding up my iPad charging.
The Practical meter will run you $25 - and it comes with a 3 in 1 fast charging cable for 30 pin, Micro USB and Mini USB - no it does not come with the lightening connector. But the Meter is its own stand alone device so you plug it into the stand USB port on your power converter - and then plug in the USB side of the lightening cord or other USB power cord.
So if you either just want to know when your charging is done or if you want to test out all your power converters to find the ones that can handle 10Watts - this is definitely a tool you will want to check out.
Please note this is not a linear or digital meter - it is an LED monitor in that it has 5 LED's and depending on how many are lit it lets you know how many watts are being drawn. 1 to 5 blue Lights is 1 to 5 watts. If the first LED is flashing Red it is 6 watts - and if the First is flashing Red and there are other blue LED's lit it is 6 + the other blue LED's.
This is one of those items I will use all the time going forward.
Look for the link in the show note titled - Practical Meter w/ fast-charge cable. For ep 294 over at today in iOS dot com.
http://gizmodo.com/5943175/how-to-make-the-switch-from-android-
to-ios
Thanks to Jenny Q for this next one - which I am not going to go over in detail or really at all - as most of your are too smart to even need this article. But it is How to make the switch from Android to iOS - But I figure you will want to know about it - so the next time one of your Android fan bois friends starts complaining about Malware issues or about How their brandnew Android handset is two major revisions behind or how their new Android handset will never be able to be updated on the software side - Or that well they are finally just ready to move up to the big boy league and get an iOS device - you will have this article from Gizmodo handy so that you can help them make the move as easy as possible. Again search for the article titled How to make the switch from Android to iOS via Gizmodo.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tii-today-in-ios-app/id318848957?mt=8
Finally there is a new version of the Tii App out - Version 1.20
The biggest changes are bug fixes - and when you are playing an episode - and you are at the lock screen it now shows the album artwork on the lock screen - and all the controls work.
It is also optimized to work better with iOS 7 all around.
I have an email about the app - let me read that.
Hi Rob,
Just bought TII app today, how do I download episodes to my device?
Regards,
Samuel
First off - Samuel - thanks for supporting the show. Per your question - go to the episode list and then to the left of the episode you want to download - tap on the Star - you will then see a circle start to build around the Star - when the circle is complete - the episode is fully downloaded and ready for playback in Airplane mode.
Some other features users may also not realize is when you go to the More tab in the lower right - if you then tap on Edit - you can then move around what is actually in the bottom tab. Maybe you like contact the show - you can move that in to the bottom tap - and or you can move the settings into the bottom tab.
In the Settings option - I should point out you have few different choices on how the app will work. For example - you can turn on the Darken played option - so once you listen to an episode in the episode list it shows up as darker. You can also select for continuous playback for it to play old to new - which is how I have it set - or new to old - which I think is the default. or there are option for repeating the current episode or playing all starred episodes.
If you have never checked out the Settings part of the app - I do recommend you give it a quick check.
The goal of the app is to meet your own person needs on how you like to playback content.
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Hi Rob,
When do you think the next gen of ipad pro is due?
Ryu
Sheffield UK
Yes - I mean Yes I think there is an iPad Pro coming - when it will come - well it might make sense for it to come prior to WWDC. So maybe April or May. Would be nice to see Apple space product releases out again - not have everything bunched in a 6 week window - famine famine famine - feast - is how you explain last year for product releases.
Hi Rob,
I wanted to share something I think Apple needs to fix on the iPhone
and that is to have an option to require the passcode to turn off an iPhone. What good is find my iPhone if one can simply turn the phone off. My friend's iPhone 5S with the latest iOS was stolen and by the time she got to another device to look it up it was off the grid and never to be found again. Same for the shortcut for Airplane mode.
Regards,
Sergio
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/416260479/smartwallit-pro-new-smartwallit
-new-experience?ref=live
This week for a crowd funded project we have one Called SmartWallit one word with wallet spelled w a l l i t
Over looking that spelling annoyance - they did do one thing right off the bat I liked - A really really low goal of $1,000 - of which they already blew quickly past with $30k raised so far and they have until March 16th at 9:59 AM ET.
So what is SmartWallit - well according to the kickstarter page:
Quote SmartWallit is a revolutionary device that allows you to keep track of your wallet. It will prevent you from leaving your wallet behind, so you will not have to awkwardly stand at the register frantically searching for your wallet. It is able to do this by connecting with your phone through Bluetooth 4.0. In addition, SmartWallit comes with a free App for your phone, which records the time and place when you lost it.
If you misplace your wallet, you can make SmartWallit ring by using the App to figure out the location of your wallet. Unquote
Pricing on this starts at $29 - it works with iPhone 4S's and above. And you can find this one by searching for smartwallit with an it at the end at kickstarter dot com.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/snooperscope-night-vision
-for-your-smartphone-iphone-ipad
This next Crowdfunded project comes via indiegogo and is called - Snooperscope and it is a night vision for your smartphone.
It had an even better goal of just $500 - and is at over $3,500 now. With funding going until Feb 16th at 11:59 PM PT
Pricing on this night vision device is $99. So if you have graduated from up skirts and are really looking to take your stalking to the next level - this just seems like a tool you need in your war chest.
Actually they say this is for Hunters and Wildlife observers, Airsoft Poartecipants and baby security - sure I'll buy that.
They did mention this indiegogo campaign is just an add on to the Kickstarter campaign that recently ended. Delivery on this is slated for June.
More info at indiegogo - just search for snooperscope - one word.
http://m.tuaw.com/2014/01/09/guided-access-is-the-single-greatest-ios-feature-for-parents-and/?post=2&icid=tuaw_home_latest_art
Hi Rob,
Thought there would be many listeners that would be grateful for hearing about this feature. Will be using this with my two children now that I know about it.
Regards,
Levi in Riverside CA
Thanks Levi for the heads up to an article titled - Guided Access is the single greatest iOS feature for parents and kids - from TUAW - and what this article goes over is how to lock your child into a single app they are playing - so they don't accidentally say - go to Netflix and then open it and resume playing the most recent thing you were watching - which could be Dexter right now - and not exactly appropriate for a young child or even an older child for that point.
Here is what you do quote:
- Head to the Settings menu of your iPhone and then the Accessibility section.
- Find Guided Access and enable it.
- Now, enter whatever app you want want to use and triple-click the Home button.
- Choose which areas of the screen you'd like to disable, if any, and click start
unquote.
Now if your child tries to leave the app they will be stopped. If they triple click the home button - they will need to end a four digit code to disable Guided access.
Oh yeah - you can also disable the volume buttons - which is a really nice thing.
Also if you want to let them use Netflix - but put then into the Kids area of netflix app - you can disable the ability to get to the adult area.
http://techland.time.com/2013/12/17/how-to-block
-facebooks-annoying-new-autoplay-video-ads/
?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm
_campaign=Feed%3A+timeblogs%2Fnerd_world
+%28TIME%3A+Techland%29
Thanks to those that sent in the following article - and it is titled How to block Facebook's annoying new auto play video ads and it is from Time.com - so yes Time dot com - is telling you how to kill auto play video ads - that is when you know that yes auto play ads are a bad bad idea - or as Facebook says - a richer storytelling format for advertisers. umm yeah.
Well actually the article just says on iOS devices you set video to only play via wifi - Most of the advice was for computers.
But at a min if you are using Facebook's iOS app - you need to go to settings - scroll down to Facebook - then tap settings - then turn on Auto-play on wifi only - which is by default turned off. Which means data plans usage - thanks Facebook.
So I am going to ask what are you all doing to block auto play Video Ads all the time even on wifi for iOS devices for the Facebook app?
Again auto play video ads are just a bad bad idea.
Give us a call - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog
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Hey rob,
I've got an email account that I want to be able to send from. But I don't want the inbox to show sync or show up in the "all mail" section.
In case it helps. This is for a Persona/Alias setup on a Zimbra email system.
I was hoping to use the native app. But I suppose if there's a good alternative I'd be open to that.
Regards Luke G
If you can help Luke - give us a call - 206-666-6364 - that is 206 moon dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
A tip that was called in but too bad of quality to play and I am not sure who called it in - any way it is about closing out all your open windows for safari - In safari in the lower right tap on the icon of the two squares one above the other. Then select Private in the lower left - and then select close all and that is it. I think this was mentioned way back on the show - but it is one of those tips worth mentioning again. Thanks unknown caller calling from what sounding like a car with the window down and the radio on full blast.
Hi Rob
I have multiple calendars for me using google. I also subscribe to my wife's calendar and toggle on and off coworkers calendars. When I ask siri "what's on my calendar for today?", she says, "tom, you have 39 appointments!
How do I get siri to recognize my primary calendars and ignore subscribed calendars?
Regards,
Tom C
Hi Tom - when I saw your email come in - I thought - oh that is easy just ask siri about specific calendars - like what is on my home calendar for today or my work calendar for today or when is my next item for my Flyers calendar. Ummm nope - none of that worked - at least not for me. I have a bunch of calendars too. Home, work, wife's, kids, flyers, and a few more - but nope asking for calendars at least for me did not work. If anyone knows how to help Tom on this one please give isa call or send us an email. Thanks
http://www.unlockios7.com/2013/12/how-to-untethered-
jailbreak-ios-7-701.html
Ok - so finally the Jailbreak for iOS 7 seems to be up to snuff so to speak. Cydia is updated for iOS 7 and many of the important apps including PDAnet are updated. So if you are a jail breaker now seems to be a good time to jailbreak. There are a bunch of tutorials out there -just not one yet from me - because well I am still digging out of the weeds from the holidays and CES and NMX - and well - I wanted to get a show out first. I do have a link to one tutorial - and there are others out there. I will do mine shortly - so if you are a first timer you probably want to wait - as mine will be more geared to first timers.
I will say this - saying the jailbreak is good to go - is much much different than saying you will have no issues. Jailbreaking is always a risky adventure - and if you don't like things being just perfect - Jailbreaking is not for you. And the more jailbreak apps you install - the more likely your iOS device will have issues.
So as always Jailbreakers be ware. That said - from all I have read - it does now seem to be ok to jailbreak your iOS 7 device.
Warning - Applecare+ does not cover your device if it is jailbroken - so if you have issue - you need to strip out the jailbreak. Of course if you have a square trade warranty - this is not an issue - square trade dot com / tii - not an ad - just sayin.
http://shareulike.com/picture/iOS-7-Compatible-Cydia-Apps-List
One more note on the jailbreak side - there is a link in the show notes titled - iOS 7 compatible Cydia apps list - check it out before upgrading your jailbreak from iOS 6 to make sure your most used apps are there. Just because I said most apps are updated to iOS 7 in Cydia - does not mean - YOUR most used jailbreak apps are updated. Like say Password Pilot or killbackground or link opener for example which are listed as not updated. You get the picture - check out the link just to be sure before removing your jailbreak for iOS 6 and then upgrading to iOS 7.
And remember - you do need to fully restore first at iOS 6 to remove the jailbreak before upgrading to iOS 7 to re-jailbreak.
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/how-to-
solve-iphone-4s-wifi-issues-on-ios7/
In the past we had a few people with iPhone 4S's have wifi issues when upgrading to iOS7 - if you are one of them - I put a link in the show notes titled - How to Fix the iPhone 4S Wifi Problems After iOS 7 Update - and it goes over a bunch of steps to try.
That all said - they do say at the end - if you are stilling having issues - it may be hardware related and you need to take it to an apple store.
http://therecord.co/
Thanks to Paul H for the heads up on a new podcast called the Record - which brings you stories about Apple and the Mac and Cocoa dev community. So this is more for the mac geeks in the audience that want some good stories of yesteryear about Apple and the Mac.
Hi Rob, I have an iPhone 5s got it last month and must say I love it I also went and Jailbroke it last week I was just wondering if you or someone out there knows if there's anything in cydia that allows you to changed the music app interface to a darker colour such as grey or black. Thanks.
Regards,
Stephen from Belize.
Hey Rob, listening to episode 292 and in response to my side note spotlight question, you mentioned I could disable spotlight by deselecting everything in the settings menu. I did that and spotlight is still activated with accidental downward swipes on the home screens. Is there anything I'm doing wrong??
Regards,
Aaron M
Hey Rob, you had a caller who asked about the iPhone 5s leather cases from apple, and said that they were mostly for style, I would just like to put it out there that my leather case saved my phones life.
Just throwing it out there,
Dan
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If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news. Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback. Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.
And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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Hi_Rob,
I figured with all the Pebble talk I'd make this. I took this the day I got my pebble. I used "Instagram" on my iPhone 4S to take the pic and "Over" on my 5S to apply the Tii branding.
Regards Dave T
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Transcript for Episode 293
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It is good to be back from the Holidays and LasVegas where I attended and spoke at NMX - the New Media Expo - and Also attended as Press at CES. This Episode I am going to play a bunch of small interviews / recordings I did with some of the Vendors I talked with at CES. It was actually pretty fun to run into some of the Developers of crowd funded projects we have talked about on this show in the past. Well fun in most of the cases. There was one I went up to and he totally blew me off - and then I looked at the show notes and I saw where I was not exactly supportive of his project saying something like I could not see why it was needed - Awkward. But the rest of the face to face meetings were fine. If you heard the supplemental interview I did with Seymor from Thingcharger - that was definitely one of the fun ones. And I almost did not get a chance to do that as I mentioned on the supplemental episode - as it was done at an evening event on Tuesday called Showstoppers - that is where the press is invited in to meets with a select group of vendors. They serve some great food and have an open bar. This is by invite only - which I was invited .. .. I showed them the email at the desk - and they said - Yup that is a good invite and they let me in. And let me tell you the food was great - but more importantly - I was able to make many of the interviews / recordings you hear on this episode.
But before we get into those - I want to review and give feedback of my setup at the shows. First - I had my new Pebble with me. And I have to say - I was thinking the Pebble was going to be an ok to neat item to have. But after this trip - I now think it is a must have can't live without item to have. I can say I love my Pebble - Thanks honey for getting it for me for Christmas. It saved me so much time trying to pull out my iPhone to see who called or texted or emailed. And each time I did not have to pull out my phone - meant one less time / chance of me dropping and breaking the phone. Additionally on the drive back from the airport I received a text and saw it on my pebble - it was a very important text from someone that said call me as soon as you can. Which I then had siri make a call to - all without having to take my phone out of my pocket or take my eyes off the road. well other than glancing at my pebble to start with. And that allowed me to call that person and get some good tips and warnings about a call I was going into as soon as I got home. So right there the pebble saved my bacon so to speak.
The next big highlight of my trip was the battery case I was using it was the ODOYO CASE called the Power+Shell EX - it is a 2,200 MA case which is much larger than the standard 1,700 to 1,800 ma cases out there. And one of the biggest capacity ones I have seen. I used it all the time I was not doing recordings - and at the end of the day - every day - when I got back to my hotel room - the battery % of my iPhone 5S was at - - - - 100%. That included the last night when I played in a poker tournament for 7 1/2 hours until 2:30 AM in the morning. Even then my iPhone was still at 100%. The battery pack did not once run all the way down. It was amazing. I can not recommend the case highly enough for those looking for a solid 24 Hours+ of charge and usage - this will do the trick. The only down side with the case is once you snap it shut around the iPhone it is a major PITA to get open to get the iPhone out of. Make sure you keep a dime on you at all times to pry it apart - if you are like me and needing to do some recordings - and put it in another case for the recordings.
As I mentioned I did not use it when I was doing recordings - so while at Showstoppers - I took it out of the ODOYO CASE - and put it in the Ballistic Tough Jacket Maxx Case - Which the Fine folks at the Ballistic Booth set me up with again this year. Actually this is the 3rd Ballistic case they have set me up with - and I have to say they keep getting better looking. The Tough Jacket Maxx is a nice mix of Black with white trim and it is rated for a 7 Ft drop -
and for my use it is perfect at the bottom of the case to plug in the iRig Mic Cast Mic. Additionally and this is important - All the buttons - volume and power buttons work great with this case. Some times cases make pushing the buttons tough - but Ballistic did a great job in this area and pushing the buttons is as easy if not more so then when there is no case. Kudos to them.
So now for my day to day use I have the Ballistic Tough Jacket Maxx Case - but any time I plan on leaving the house for any extended period - I will use the ODOYO Power+Shell EX case. Those are my two current recommendations when you are looking for protection or when you are looking for lasting longer. Which when I say it like that kinda sounds like I am doing a commercial for Trojan and Durex.
And with that said - why don't we get into some of these recordings - which were done using the BossJock App and the aforementioned iRig Mic Cast Mic. Note they were recorded in a very noisy environment - so keep that in mind when listening - but still given the surroundings - I think the mic did a very good job.
http://neetproducts.com
First up is Bert from Neet Products.
PLAY BERT NEET
Again their website is Neet products dot com - with neet spelled N E E T.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - RON_NM_fdbk_emoji_settings
Hi Rob,
On a previous episode a listener was looking for a emoticron app.
This is not necessary.
Under settings/general/keyboards, add another keyboard language called "emoji" and then it will a globe icon will show up on the keyboard. Press the globe to toggle back and forth.
Regards,
Jeffrey
PLAY VOICEMAIL - JONATHAN_TIP_FLASHLIGHT
http://www.stmbags.com/catalog/laptop-bags/velo2-medium-laptop
-shoulder-bag/
Next up is a recording with STM - they are the make of one of my absolute favorite items - my Velo 2 Laptop bag - which I have mentioned before on the show multiple times - and I mention again in this interview. Here we go.
PLAY RECORDING - ETHAN NYHOLM STM BAGS
I have a link in the show notes to the Velo 2 Bag from STM if you are looking for a new laptop bag - I really can not recommend it more highly - it is the best laptop bag I have ever had and I am a laptop bag snob. I really wish I had this when I was traveling all over the world every other week. Of course back then I had a blackberry and scroll wheel iPod to go with my Titanium Power book plus a portable GPS and a digital Camera. Now it is just the iPhone and a Powerbook.
PLAYVOICEMAIL - MIKE_CA_APP_REVIEW_SKTCHY
Hey Rob I just finished Episode 292 and I took Josh's recommendation of turning on Reduce Motion (turning parallax off) and I couldn't believe it. Even with my hands being beat up at work my Touch ID works about 98% of the time now compared to probably less than 20% before.
This is one of the reasons I love this show and the community of people that follow it.
Oh and I shared your page on Facebook.
Thanks for doing what you do!
Regards,
Dave T
Hey Rob,
Ever since I got my new iPhone 5s I've had a problem with the fingerprint reader. I took it back and got a new one and still have the same problem. I thought it might be due to the cold weather and my dry skin. I tried using hand lotion and nothing worked. On your last show you had a Caller call in with the same problem and he recommended going to settings, accessibility and turn on reduce motion. Hey what great advice it worked. Thanks so much for your show it's awesome keep up the great work.
Regards,
James from Montana
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hipplay-sweepstakes/
id787401180?mt=8
Next up is the app and service Hipplay - one word.
PLAY RECORDING HIPPLAY
And there is a link to the App for Hipplay in the show notes for Ep 293 over at today in iOS dot com. The App is free but I have not had a chance to play with it - if there are any hip play users in the audience - please call in with your review / thoughts.
206 - 666 - 6364 - thats 206 - moon-dog or send a review into to today in iOS at gmail dot com
PLAY VOICEMAIL - Kevin_Crossman_PDF_iBooks_app
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the promo code for the iBook - Transforming your photos from simply ordinary to sensationally stunning. Most of my family is into photography as a hobby and I am trying to get into it as well. after reading this ibook I clearly understand how to make some awesome photo's but it is definitely going to take some practice.
Regards,
Mason
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http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/microphones/
usb-microphones/meteormic/
This next recording is with SAMSON - lets play it now.
PLAY RECORDING - JAMES SAMSON
And I want to thank SAMSON for supplying me with a Metor Mic to test out. I will be testing it with regards to recording right into an iOS device - for those looking to podcast right from an iOS device. By the way I did do my presentation at NMX on how to podcast 100% from an iOS device - and you can find the full slide deck - all 130 slides at ipadtutorial dot libsyn dot com - Again I will be testing out the metor mic in the near future - and will mention it here and on podcast411 and also on the Feed. Thanks to the folks at Samson for supplying that sample and for taking the time to talk about their mics in general.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - JASON_REVIEW_HIRISE_STAND
Hi Rob,I had to get a new email address and I changed it in iTunes with no trouble but when I open ICloud it ask me to login under old email address but it doesn't exist anymore so how do I get it changed in iCloud so I can login again?
Thanks Will M
If anyone can help Will with this one please let us know - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog - as I never tried changing my email.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tripit-travel-organizer-free/id311035142?mt=8
Next up is the app and service - Tripit - one word.
PLAY RECORDING - JILL TRIPIT
Yeah - that service would have been very helpful for me when I was trying to get out to Vegas - my initial flight was supposed to be at 4:00 PM on Friday - I arrived at the airport at 2:00 PM - the flight was finally canceled at 9:00 PM and by the time I found a replacement flight it was close to 10:00 PM and well $1,100 more dollars as I needed to go on another airline. I made it home at 11:00 PM - only to have to get up at 3:00 AM for my flight -and of course one of my friends called me at 1:00 AM saying hey I just arrived in Vegas want to get something to eat. In fairness to him he had no idea I was not in Vegas at that time. Anyway - Seems like Tripit might have helped me a bit on this trip.
PLAYVOICEMAIL - ANSWR_PHOTO_ORDERS_PRESENTATION
FRED
Hi Rob
My buddy sent me an article about how the NSA has a way to gain access to iPhones.
Thought you might be interested.
Regards,
~Brian F
Per the article - the NSA needs to get physical access of your device to get the software on it.
"The documents suggest that the NSA needs physical access to a device to install the spyware"
So unless you feel the NSA has some specific reason they need to get your phone and put spyware on it - I would not worry at all.
And FYI - they have spyware they can add to any other phone that does the same thing.
This story is a just some people trying to scare iPhone owners.
IMO - Nothing to see here - move along - move along.
http://www.nuevue.com
One thing at CES - I did get a bunch of products to test out - and one of them is a case for my wifes iPad from Nuevue - which will lets play the recording to learn more about.
PLAY RECORDING - NUEVUE
Now I should point out this is really not a case as much as it is a sleeve - you slide in your iOS device and then slide it out - and the screen has been cleaned. Right now my wife is testing out an STM case for her iPad mini - but after we do a review on that - she will test out the Nuevue sleeve - spelled - N U E V U E - for those that like sleeves - this does look to offer up a nice feature in not just cleaning the screen of finger prints and smudges but also of germs. More about this on a future episode.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - JIM_CHI_ISSUE_IOS7_MUSIC
Thanks to all that sent in links to the article about a company that did online brain teasers and said the results showed iPhone users are smarter than users of other brands. Except - when you look at the testing methodology and what they were testing - it really was not about who was smarter but rather about which OS had the easier to use UI. See the test was not judging how many correct answers - but how fast you got the correct answers.
I of all people love to kick Android when ever I can - but I think in this case it is not about the users as much as the UI.
So I guess I can kick Android - just not Android users - which really I don't like to kick Android users - I prefer to just feel sorry for them for being well you know Android users. And no THIS test does not prove they are dumber than iOS users.
http://goprong.com
Next up is a recording with someone we mentioned when it was a kickstarter project back some time ago. It was at the time called the Juice Tank - but now is called the Prong PocketPlug.
Here is the recording.
PLAY RECORDING - PRONG JUICE TANK
Thanks to the guys at Prong for setting me up with a case to test out. Which I will be reviewing on a future episode of the show. This is for sale now by going to go prong dot com - link in the show notes.
These guys are the main reason I went over to the Venetian actually the only reason I went over - and I really am glad I did for multiple reasons - one I found the indiegogo area - where their were a bunch of crowd funded projects a couple of which I will not play now as they have not launched - but will get up those recordings when they do. But more importantly - I met the folks from Indiegogo - and hopefully that will lead to Tii being a media partner with them - getting us some prototype units to review and advanced notice of new indiegogo projects that are iOS related. So very good thing I went over there. Additionally after I finished up - it is where I like to play poker and I got one tournament in and as I mentioned I played a long time over 7 1/2 hours finishing in the mone y in 5th place out of over 70 players - finally going out with my pocket kings to pocket aces. Which 5 handed just should not happen. Oh well. Overall though a good visit to the venetian.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - TOM_TX_ISSUES_SIRI_AUTOCORRECT
Hey speaking of Siri if you want to have fun with siri - ask her what does a fox say. Ask multiple times - and see the change in answers. I love it - thanks Steven M for the heads up on that one.
Hi Rob,
Do you know of a calendar app that looks like the stock iOS six and prior calendar app?
Regards,
Levi in Riverside CA
Nope - but if anyone else does - please give us a call or send in an email. You know the number and email.
http://www.getsensus.com
This next one is a cool product for those into gaming especially and if you are dev making games. Lets play the recording:
PLAY RECORDING SENSUS
So if you are a dev and interested in this one - go to Get Sensus dot com and click on the developer link in the upper right. Link in the show notes for ep 293 at today in iOS dot com just incase you forget that link.
PLAY VOICEMAIL JACOBY_TX and JACOBY_PART2
Hi Rob,
I travelled away from home with my family during the Christmas holiday and stayed in a couple of hotels. I brought my Apple TV along, hoping to use it to watch Netflix and stream homemade movies from my iPad.
Unfortunately, both hotel wifi networks required acceptance of a user agreement through a web browser. The Apple TV has none. Is there a way around this?
I connected the iPad into the hotel TV's HDMI port instead through the Digital AV cable and that worked perfectly.
Regards,
Kevin C
If anyone can help out Kevin C on this - it would be appreciate - give us a call at 206 -666-6364 - that is 206 - moon -dog or send an email to todayinios at gmail dot com
http://typokeyboards.com
And finally with the recorded interviews for this episode is an interview I did with a company that has gotten some press of late - being it is funded by Ryan Secrest - and that is the Typo Keyboard - they also got some press because Blackberry is giving them some legal headaches over the look of their keyboard - but I think that is well poppy cock and did not even bring it up in the interview.
Here is that recording.
PLAY RECORDING - TYPOKEYBOARDS
I can say seeing it in person it definitely looked better then in pictures. Sadly no sample on this one to test out. But I am sure we will be hearing more about this in the coming months - hopefully not just because of the issues with Blackberry.
You can pre-order this now at $99 and it is showing as shipping in January. It is for the iPhone 5 and 5S. And if you are a power user of the iPhone for Texting and emails - this is something you might want to look into. Sadly this is just for Portrait mode typing - not for anything in landscape mode.
I want to thank all the OEM's that took the time to talk with us at CES - I have a few other recordings some for kickstarter projects I am waiting to launch - that will go up in future episodes. And next episode we will get back to our more normal format - but I think CES was an interesting show with some neat products. I'll have more to talk about in the future.
One of most out there products I saw with the Yellow Jacket - which is an iPhone Case / charger and stun gun all in one. Yeah - can't see anything bad coming out of this one. Hey if you live somewhere where you think you need a stun gun case for your iPhone - you might just want to think of moving. Surprisingly a stun gun is only illegal in a handful of states - with a few more being questionable - and the vast majority saying stun gun to hearts content being perfectly legal. Well as long as you don't use it maliciously.
Overall At CES there were a lot - as in way to many Bluetooth speakers - which were only eclipsed by the plethora of iPhone Cases - which was actually surpassed by the number of e-cigarettes. Luckily that later one I had not interest in.
I did get some other products to test out - a stylus from Jot and some others. A cool Watt meter and more - again for future episodes one I get some testing done.
If you went to CES - and I know a few of you did - Please let me know what your favorite items were.
206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon dog or send in feedback to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - WOODY_NJ_Part1 and WOODY_NJ_Touch_id
Into the email bag.
Hi rob,
Happy New Year to you! Here’s to more awesome TII content in 2014.
Is there a way to hide app updates, as you would for purchases? There are a few apps that run great just the way they are and the developer has either disappeared or broken VoiceOver accessibility, or both. I was able to restore older versions back to my liking, but would not like to have the update in the cue anymore, forcing me to individually update all other apps. And yes, until there is a way to willingly downgrade (seems unlikely) I have automatically install updates turned off.
Regards,
chelsea
You know chelsea - I have often wished for the same thing - an option on your iOS device in the app store app that says - refuse update or decline update or pause updates or something similar - but I do not see that option available - That said just because I don't see it available does not mean it is not hidden somewhere - so if anyone more in tune with this issue knows of a solution to pick and choose apps you don't want to update - please let us know - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com - but sadly I think this one right now there is no solution to. But I hope I am wrong.
Hi Rob,
I got my iPhone5 on sept 20th 2013 and I'd like to upgrade next month with my taxes I'm pretty sure I can do that if I pay the 299$ for the 5s my question is will the 5 then be unlocked cuz this phone still has well over a year to go till the contract is up. Merry Christmas regards Aaron in Vermont.
Hi Aaron - most likely not - not if you are on a solo contract and jumping to another carrier to get that $299 price - because with your current carrier you are not likely going to qualify for that $299 price. Not having just purchase the iPhone 5 back in September. But really it all depends on your carrier and what you wind up paying for the iPhone 5S - if you pay full price and then do a two year agreement for the 5S - you should then get the 5 unlocked. But again - check with your current carrier and get it in writing before doing anything.
Ok - a few of you sent in links to different articles about this next story which I can sum up in two words - SELL OUT
Really How else to you describe what Tony Fadell at NEST is. Oh sure Rob you say - if Google dangled 3.2 Billion with a B dollars in front of you - you would sell out to. Duhh. I did not say he was dumb - or wrong - just that he is a sell out. For those not familiar with Tony Fadell he is not just the CEO of NEST but was also one of the original designers of the original iPod. So he just sold out to the enemy. I guess the real shame on this should be on Apples part for not buying NEST when they had a chance - which would have been any time over the past couple of years - as NEST has been available in the Apple stores for some time now. Guess they just to busy giving money back to the investors they could not spare any to buy NEST - JUST SAYIN
Thanks to Binh for this next one - Seems there are some issues with Galaxy S4's - well no not the issues about spontaneous combustion and then blackmail to get a replacement unit - but those contributed no doubt to this issue - which is lack of sales - or more accurately much lower sales numbers than expected. Seems the Korean Press is shocked at the sales miss. In the 4th quarter they were expect to sell 7 mil units a month - and now estimates are putting that at half that number. Oppppsss. Can't say I am broken hearted by the news.
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If you want to know when new episodes go up - look at the Tii app - not just the best way to consume the show - but also a great way to get a push message when a new episode goes live or there is other iOS breaking news. Just $2.99 in the app store - it helps you get the most out of the show and it helps support the show at the same time - plus it makes it really easy to email or call the show with your feedback. Again just search for Tii in the iTunes app store.
And Before we go today I want to remind you to send in your feedback to the show - 206-666-6364 - that 206-moon-dog - or record your feedback and email it to the show at today in iOS at gmail dot com - The feedback can be a question or comment per something someone said on this episode or it can be a question or rant you have about something else. An App or product review - good or bad - as long as it is iOS related - it is welcomed. I am always looking for new Artwork to feature that you created on an iOS device - just put some Tii branding on it and send it in. And of course we are always looking for more music created on an iOS device to play on the show. This is your show and your feedback is greatly desired. And don't forget to check out our new Moderated Google Plus community by going to todayinios dot com slash community.
And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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Hi_Rob,
Here is some artwork I created on my iPod Touch using two apps. I took a photo of the hardwood floor in my kitchen, then used the Repix app to use brushes to style the photo. Then, I used the Aviary app to add the text.
Best regards,
Cal from North Carolina
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I was going to talk about Apple and China Mobile somewhere in the middle of the show when I first started working on show notes late last week. Especially after December 18th came and went and there was no iPhone on China Mobile as had been rumored. Apple stock took at hit to. I was going to report on Wedge Partners Jun Zhang who pounded his chest and said he was not surprised and according to his research no deal will happen until the second half of next year. Ummmm No. Jun Zhang was a we bit off. Because on Sunday Apple and China Mobile finally announced a deal - and starting on Jan 17th 2014 - the iPhone 5S and 5C will be available on China Mobile - with pre-orders starting this week - Wednesday December 25th online. So Yeah Jun Zhang how did that chest pounding work out for you. Just sayin.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/12/22China
-Networks-on-January-17-2014.html
So what did apple have to say about the deal - quote Apple® and China Mobile today announced they have entered into a multi-year agreement to bring iPhone® to the world's largest mobile network. As part of the agreement, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available from China Mobile's expansive network of retail stores as well as Apple retail stores across mainland China beginning on Friday, January 17, 2014. iPhone 5s, and iPhone 5c, will be available for pre-registration from China Mobile's official website (www.10086.cn) and customer service hotline "10086" beginning on Wednesday, December 25, 2013. unquote
Apple also said Pricing details would be available at a later date - but with signups starting this week - how much later can the date be?
At this point there does not appear to be any indications that off contract - non-subsidized pricing for China Mobile would be any different than that for China Unicom and China Telecom.
But the deal with China Mobile does open the door to over 750 Million more customers. And that is significant even if only 10% of those customers are financially able to afford the iPhone - it is still a big potential serviceable customer base.
Overall - Kudos to Apple for finally getting this deal done. And Well Wall street was pretty happy today pushing Apple shares up $21 on Monday to close at $570 a share - boy I hope all of you purchased some Apple stock earlier this year when it dropped below $400 - I did. At $395. That is an almost 45% increase. Nice - but still below the peak of $700 back in Sept 2012. But at least trending in the right direction of late.
Those of you with the Tii App - should have received a couple of Tweets from me on Sunday - the first said Quote Jailbreak out for iOS 7.x - I recommend waiting a week at least before trying. Usually bugs in initial release unquote. Then after reading some articles and hearing some reports I sent a second one - quote Do not jailbreak at this time wait wait wait - Might be a malware issue unquote and a link to an article. Ok That week I said wait - make that a month. I do not recommend anyone jailbreak at this time. There are a lot of issues going on right now. There is a nerd fight - which is never good to get in the middle of. There may or may not be a malware issue with a Chinese App store and also a piracy issue. And there are reports of stock apps not working for a small % of users - but hey it is only the Safari and Mail app - so nothing major.
So first lets talk about the nerd fight a little. Seems Saurik - AKA Jay Freeman - who runs the Cydia store and is one of the most respected names in the jailbreak world was totally caught off guard by the release of the jailbreak - so much so that he said you are going to need to rejailbreak again as the version of cydia the evasion team released is not up to date. So there is a pretty good reason not to jailbreak right now. On Twitter Saurik said he has quote no clue what will or will not work, or even what evasi0n7 includes; I hope that people bear with me as I figure this all unquote
Per the nerd fight - Saurik and the guys from the evasion teams started going back and forth at each other especially when Saurik noticed the Chinese App store that is installed for Chinese iPhones has cracked - i.e. Pirated Apps. Not good. Then someone at the evaders team said he was back stabbing. From what I read it seems this Chinese App store - TAIG paid some money to the evasion team to release with it on there - and they did so even after Saurik had back in October recommended they don't. I did send Saurik and email and left him a voice mail to see if he had some time to talk for the show - but at the time of this recording I had not hear back from him.
Long of the short - this is a Nerd Fight and I want to see how this works its way out before doing anything.
For their Part the evasion team - put up a post on their site saying - that they are deeply troubled by the rumors and speculation surrounding this jailbreak - which is never good when you have to start your post that way. They did say they are very upset that piracy was found in the TAIG app store - and their agreement said there would not be any.
And finally they get to what I think is a big reason to wait.
Quote Many of you have also wondered why this jailbreak was released without Cydia and MobileSubstrate being updated for iOS 7. After we received the offer from Taig, we informed Saurik, our friend, of our decision to accept the offer. we received information that SaurikIT was working with another group to release a jailbreak ahead of us. We decided to release, knowing that Cydia, MobileSubstrate, and jailbreak tweaks would be updated after a few days, just as it always has in the course of jailbreaking. unquote.
So again - at this time Wait WAIT WAIT!!!!!
Other reasons to wait beyond the nerd fight - are the previously mentioned issues with some jail breakers having Safari and Mail not working.
Hi Rob,
I can't find suggested way to restore for jailbreak. Is there any chance you can do a post. That does the suggested steps for the jailbreak i.e. Doing reset network settings turning things off past. This may be helpful for the listeners.
Because you know there are going to be people that won't listen and still do the update or jailbreak. But it will be best that they do it the right way.Regards,
Levi
Hi Levi and everyone else.
I was going to put in a link to some tutorials on how to jailbreak - but I decided after re-reading all the issues going on - at this time I really can not recommend this jailbreak to anyone. Like I said starting out - wait a month on this one. Enjoy the holidays - visit family and friends - watch some College Bowl games - go to NMX and / or CES - and then wait for me to follow up on this in Mid January. Because right now - even if you have an extra iOS device - I don't recommend this jailbreak. Not Yet.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - THANKS_about_warning_jailbreak
OK that all said - some already did jailbreak
From the email bag -
Hi Rob,
You advised us all to wait to jailbreak but I just couldn't help it. As soon as I got the push alert from the Tii app, I immediately downloaded the jailbreak software. It was very easy to use and took very little time and effort. You just plug in your device and run the software. Some people have said they've gotten stuck on the Apple logo or even worse, received a trojan from the software. I've had none of these issues. Cydia works great but still has weird bugs since it isn't quite ready yet. I was able to download iFile, iCleaner Pro and Springtomize 2 without any problems. iFile and iCleaner work on iOS 7 but Springtomize won't. iFile and iCleaner don't officially support iOS 7 so you cannot buy them from Cydia legitimately; you will need to use the sinfuliphone repo to download a pirated version of the apps if you wish to use them. I was able to disable some launch daemons and delete some languages using these two apps and they worked perfectly. I would suggest people wait for Cydia to be updated before jailbreaking. Also, I accidentally left my passcode on before I jailbroke. Nothing bad happened.
Regards,
~Anthony~
Hi Rob,
so far my jailbroken iphone is very stable. requires multiple reboots during install process. once installed no problems. xbmc seems to be working still. most mods can’t install due to compatibility issues. weather app works fine this time. ps i am on iPhone 5 and iPhone 4s both now running 7.0.4.
Regards,
dev
So not all are having issues - actually most are not. But overall I tend to fall on the conservative side - and given the fact you will need to rejailbreak once they fix the issues with Cydia and iOS 7 and everything else I mentioned - I just don't see how I could recommend doing the jailbreak. I am not. Not until at least mid Jan.
Again please for your own good - wait.
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Hi Dustin - Yeah the Apple cases are more about style over safety. You probably want to look at one of the cases from Ballistic. That said you can still break your iOS device in a case or drop it in water. Which is why as a min you want to look at - yup you guessed it a Squaretrade warranty.
And this is a good point to mention Squaretrade is sponsoring this show - they are who I have purchased my warranties for my iPhone 5S and my iPad Mini Retina. And you can get warranties for your iOS devices to - with a discount for being a Tii listener - which folks if you go to square trade dot com slash tii 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2 - you will get a 2 year iPad warranty for just $89 - that is a savings of $35 off the normal price for being a Tii listener. Or if you need a warranty for a recently purchased iPhone go to square trade dot com slash tii - and that is $94 for a 2 year iPhone warranty. Or do like I did and get them both.
With square trade they will cover you if you ever jailbreak - which Apple will not - so if you are even remotely thinking of jailbreaking once the nerd fight is over - that is one good reason to look at square trade.
Once again the URL is square trade dot com slash Tii for the iPhone and slash tii 2 - t i i and the number 2 for the iPad warranties - Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show.
Hi Rob
Can you help please? Is the Square Trade warranty available to purchase in the UK?
Regards, Steven B
Newbury, UK
Hi Steven - Squaretrade warranties are available directly to the consumer in the US and Yes in the UK as well. But those are the only countries at this time.
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Hi Rob
I have used Planner& for all Calander/Notes. Everything is loaded to iCloud. In Note you create your document, select Mail, send PDF. Also, since it is backed up to cloud I simply "search" any word and Planner& brings up EVERYTHING related to your search word. It's fantastical!
Regards,
Doug M
Hey Rob,
A few weeks back, a listener called in about no longer having the ability to search across all mailboxes in iOS7. I was also annoyed by this until the other day when I accidentally found out that it is in fact still possible, it's just no longer on the mail "home screen" if you will. All you have to do is go into any mail box, pull down to reveal the search box, and then type what you're searching for. Once you do that, you can pull down again and it reveals the option to select All Mailboxes (which seems to be the default) or select just the Current Mailbox. Hope this helps! Of course, you can also just use spotlight but who uses that? Btw...are we ever going to see the ability to disable spotlight??
Regards,
AAron M
Hi Rob,
I Was thinking about the confusion over Grandmas iPad Air and iPhone iMessage debacle. Seems the simple solution would be to Block the offending iMessenger.
Go Settings > Messages > Scroll to bottom > Select Block > Add a new Blocked Contact > Select the Contact from the list of contacts.
Don't have the offender in your contact List?
Open Messages > Select the Message > Select Contact (top right) > Select Info (the 'i' in a circle) > Scroll down to the bottom > Select… Block this caller.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Chris in London
Hey Rob,
I have a fix for the Mason C. who wrote on ep 290. Where his wife changed her email address on her iTunes account and it's asking her to sign in under the old account.
I recently changed my email on my account and I did the following, all within iTunes...
1. Go to Store Menu (not iTunes Store) at drop the down Deauthorize iTunes of the old email address and the new email address. (This will get rid of the old cache and metadata within her account.)
2. Sign out of iTunes
3. Sign back into iTunes and Authorize only the new email account on iTunes.
Then finally restore the phone as a new phone. The back up will most likely still have the metadata within the settings so, I don't recommend restoring from backup. After that they shouldn't have any problems. I hope they find this helpful.
Thanks for the show.
P.S.
I also posted this on the Google+ page.
I am having trouble w/5s using emoji icons. Works fine on my iPad air, but on the phone when I touch one to include in a msg it closes the app.
I stopped by apple store & they told me to back up the phone to my Mac & then completely restore phone & ad the emoji app again. Nothing has worked. Is this just a bug in software? The emoji app was the first one I ever downloaded back when I first got an iPhone 3. I have no idea which one it was. Help!
Regards,
Laurie B
https://plus.google.com/communities/1054125622159
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This week over at our Google+ community for Tii listeners and really for anyone interested in iOS - looking for a place where spammers and Android fan bois are not allowed here are some of the posts we had. There was post about Qualcomm saying the 64 bit A7 processor hit them in the gut. One from Thomas K about Apples Podcast App and issues getting episodes. A nice trick on how to turn off your flash light once the screen goes to sleep. Which is tap on the home button and slide up on the camera. Sweet - much easier than bringing back up the lower dock and tapping on the flash light. That is one tip I use now.
There was a post from Melissa in Ohio about how to get her son started on developing Apps - the Standford courses were of course mentioned along with some other resources. And there was of course the mention of the Evaders Jailbreak along with my post saying don't do it. Plus a bunch of other posts. So if you have not joined yet - I highly recommend you go to today in iOS dot com slash community - or you click on the google plus banner in the upper right of the Today in iOS dot com website. Please join in and contribute or just look in for new info. It is a very civil google plus community the most civil one for iOS. And check out the post by Michael Clinton on what is a good iPhone 5S case - a bunch of great responses for that.
Also if you have already joined - could I ask you on Google+ this week as your christmas present to me - to put up a post mentioning both that google Plus community for your iOS using friends - and also this podcast. That is all I am asking for for Christmas - Just put up a mention on Google plus about that community and this show. And if you are not on google plus - please put up a link on Facebook or Twitter about this show. Which is really easy to do for anyone using the Tii App. That is what I want from Christmas - Some social media love from everyone listening to this episode. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImlmVqH_5HM
There is a new Apple TV Ad called Misunderstood - which seems to be liked by most and hated by a few. I am sure most of you have seen it by now - if not there is a link to it on youtube - that said best to pause the show and go watch it now - because - spoiler alert I am about to go over it - right now - Ok - Now that all have seen it that want to - I think it is a really good ad - It is about a young male - mid teens - that looks like he is spending all his time on his iPhone and not participating with family - but at the end of the commercial - we find out that time was spent making a heart warming video on his iPhone. Some just don't like the message - which I don't get it - it is sweet. Others overly anal criticize the fact he is recording in portrait mode but everything he shows at the end in in Landscape mode. Hint - there are apps that allow you to crop Portrait into landscape mode. There is one for a dollar 99 sneakily called - Video Crop & Zoom that will allow you to do this. So all those that think they are soooo much smarter than that kid and Apple Marketing - hey do a quick search in iTunes next time - this one took me all of 5 seconds to find. But in any case - If nothing else - those dogging the commercial technically helped me to help you point out there is a pretty good app out there that allows you to record in Portrait mode and then crop to landscape mode. Oh heck - You don't even need that app - I just messed around with iMovie - and if you record in Portrait mode - and then open the video in iMovie - you can tap on the record and then there is an option to pinch to zoom. So wow - Business Insider, TUAW and others were way way way off on their criticism of Apple on this recording. iMovie itself easily lets you crop / zoom a portrait recording into Landscape mode. And there are other apps as well. Anyway - I liked the commercial and I thought it was sweet - I know at that Age - it is what I would have been doing as well. And last Christmas - My nieces spent all of our Family get together on their iPad Mini making a video recording for the family to enjoy. And it was quite well done. So unlike when I was a kid where all you could do was if you were lucky record some video on your Bello & Howell 1208 - Super 8 video camera - and then hope you got a whole reel recorded so you could send it in while handing over your christmas money to you mom so you could get it developed - and then wait until the end of January to get it back and then spend the next couple of weeks looking at it and figuring out where to edit and then with a razor blade and scotch tape putting together an edited version that if you were lucky would not fall apart when running it for the family because the tape you used was not up to par. Ok now I am showing my age again. Point is - Kids these days have it really really really easy when it comes to recording and editing video - and can do so in a mater of hours what previously took months to achieve. And you can also upload what you did so everyone can get it whenever they want and did I mention the part about the cost of developing the film. Yeah - not cheap for a 12 or 13 year old back in the late 70's.
Thanks to Cretan for the heads up on this next one.
Which is that Apple appears to have acquired the Mapping Firm BroadMap. Broadmap does not offer any specific new feature for iOS users - but rather technology that is likely to improve the over all use of maps on iOS. Better is always good when it comes to Apple maps. AND While Apple has not officially announced this acquisition - there are some small subtle clues that indicate it is so - like the CEO of Broadmap saying they were acquired by a fortune 5 company and the rest of the senior staff changing their linked in profiles to say they work for Apple now. Yeah - kind of obscure little clues but if you are careful you can piece them together just so.
Switching gears - If you like Apple rumors - 2014 will be the year for you and early on you will likely find yourself digging through many about the iPad Pro - will it be a 4k video resolution? Will it be 12.9 inches - will it be $599 for the intro unit - plus more will it be's then After that there will be rumors about the Apple iWatch, the iPhone 2014 slash iPhone Pro slash iPhone Air slash iPhone 6 slash iPhone something. and finally there will be rumors about a full on Apple TV. Happy New Year.
2014 should be a fun year for this show. Lets hope many of the rumors pan out. Plus I will ad - we still need an app store for Apple TV and we need a new apple TV set top box.
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There is a great article over in the Atlantic which really puts to rest about Android being a stolen OS. It goes over where Android was when the iPhone was first announced - and it was at that time not even a touch OS. It was running on a pretty ugly rip off of a blackberry with a physical keyboard. And the article goes over how when Apple intro'd the iPhone in Jan 2007 at Mac World - that Google knew they had to start over. Or as one of the Google people said quote What we had -- suddenly looked just so nineties unquote. Or as Andy Rubin said to one of the other Google people when he first saw the iPhone quote “Holy crap, I guess we’re not going to ship that phone. unquote That phone referring to what was going to be the first Android phone.
So again when one of your Android fan bois friends tries to say iOS stole from them - Just laugh and tell them they need to get their facts straight and that Android was going to be nothing like it is today - and it Changed radically to match / borrow / steal from what the iPhone offered. END OF STORY.
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Remember that story from the last show where Samsung was shaking down their users who reported their S4's caught on fire by demanding they say nothing - take down videos and keep quiet if they want their device replaced - well kudos goes out to Nokia / soon to be MS - for making an offer of a free Lumia Phone to the Youtuber who read the letter Sammy sent. Nice way to jump in there and grab the buzz on this story and make yourself look good. And I do mean nice - in a sincere way - Sammy clearly mishandled this on a PR side - and Nokia showed they have some good PR people. I would like to say - Apple should have jumped in there - but yeah - Apple giving away something is just not in their DNA. Oh well - A lumia phone is still better than an exploding S4 any day of the week.
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over-spying/ncG2k/
I was going to do this one last week - but we had so many articles slamming Android - I thought it might have been overkill. So I bumped it to this episode. And this is an article over on Clark Howard dot com talking about the FTC for slamming an Android App called Flashlight - that was capturing info on you and sharing that info with advertisers - even when users choose the option to not share their info. The devs of the app settled with the FTC over spying on its users. I love that it was still able to collect data after you said not to. Nice. Clearly that was just one app that figured its way around Androids great privacy features right - right - ummm no - per this next one.
Which is another one I wanted to talk about on Ep 291 - but again felt like I was harping on Android a bit too much - plus it goes with the last story so well. As this is one about Google removing a vital Privacy feature from Android - claiming its original release was accidental and it was just in the one version of Android. Want to guess what that feature was - Yup - it was allowing users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the users location or address book.
I don't know what is more disturbing for Android users - that Google removed that security feature - claiming it was experimental or that all the Android devices out there for the most part as in over 99% - don't have the protection where an app like the flashlight app can steal their address book info with no way for the user to stop it. YIKES YIKES YIKES. No real need for virus software for Android - when the core OS is that insecure. Just Sayin.
Per the EFF whom I respect immensely - quote we would have to advise you not to accept the update to 4.4.2. But this is also a catastrophic situation, because the update to Android 4.4.2 contains fixes to security and denial-of-service bugs. So, for the time being, users will need to chose between either privacy or security on the Android devices, but not both. unquote.
Seems Android does not like AND - but rather they like OR. Nuts or Bolts - Boogie or Bacall - Privacy or Security. That is the Android way. Actually most Android users will not even get the option to choose anyway as the vast majority of Android devices can't upgrade to 4.4.x anyway. So the choices really are not between AND and OR - but between OR and NOR.
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Hi Rob,
What app do you suggest to Enjoy others podcasts if they do not have their own individual app?
Kind regards
Mike
Hi Mike - I personally use the Podcasts App from Apple. I also like the stitcher app. I know Downcast and Shifty Jelly's PocketCast are also widely recommended - and at libsyn we also see good numbers from Podkicker and PodkickerPro. But per my own tastes - again I use Apples Podcasts App for those shows that don't have their own apps. But if they have their own app - then I use that - like for Mac OS Ken or WTF with Marc Maron for example.
Hey Rob, I too am at that decision point on whether to get an air or a mini.
I really like the portability of the mini, but now I have second thoughts after hearing you talk about eyesight and finger size. But then I am thinking that I can maneuver and use an I phone just fine with my chubby fingers and aging eyesight, so shouldn't I do fine with a mini? Wouldn't everything be even larger on the Mini that an iPhone?
Regards,
john
John the iPhone 5S has 326 pixels per inch. The iPad Mini Retina also has 326 pixels per inch, and the iPad air, 4th and 3rd gens all have 264 pixels per inch - just to put them all into perspective. I guess it just seemed to me that Apps laid out for the iPad on the mini retina were a little tougher to hit targets on than the iPad Air - which they are - but as mentioned - it is not any different than that of the iPhone 5S.
Today In iOS,
I would like to ask you what you think is the biggest reason for why so many apps are becoming free with in-app purchases/advertising?
Regards,
Ryan S
Taste testing is easier when the core of the App is free - but select features are locked down. So you get to see how the app basically works - and if designed well it lets you do enough to get hooked on it - and then you need to pay some money to unlock more features or in the case of Candy Crush so you can move forward even quicker. That said - I still see many many apps that are for sale in the iTunes store. But I could not tell you how the %'s of changed recently. Something to look at for a feature segment.
Hey Rob,
I wanted to touch on the subject that I've been hearing for many weeks now on the show. A lot of people, including myself, have had many issues getting the touch ID to work consistently. I have erased my saved fingerprints and re-added them many times in the last month or so. I stumbled on something by accident that seems to have fixed this problem. Turn off the animations and reduce motion by going to Settings>General> Accessibility>Reduce Motion, and turn it on. For whatever reason with this on, my touch ID works 100% of the time. I am so blown away by this! I used to get failures every single time I tried to use touch ID. I thought maybe it was cold weather or something like that. This seems to have solved it, at least for me. I hope this helps other people with this problem. I love the show!
Oshkosh Josh
Hi Rob,
I have about 150 small pdf files I'd like to get onto my iPad.
Then I'd like an app where I can go to an "index" document or page with the list of all of those documents and click on a link which will immediately open the associated pdf file.
Do you, or does any of your listeners know a best way to do this? What I've done so far is uploaded all of the pdfs to a personal web site and made an index page with the links as an html file, but I am concerned if the internet access goes down or is too slow at the time of the presentation.
The ipad will be connected via HDMI to a large screen TV. (I'm all set with how to do that)
Thanks,
Gil
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/853175871/
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Over at kickstarter there is one project I wanted to mention this week it is the Octofire 8 Port Turbo Smart USB charger - it reached its goal of 20k with over 28k already and it has until Jan 15th at 9:44 AM ET for you to pledge on this one.
Here is their basic over view of this device it is an Universal 8 Port USB Charger for iPhone, iPad, and Other USB Devices. Intelligent Device Detection for Optimal Charging.
So if you are someone like me and have way to many iOS device and other USB devices to charge up - this is a nice charging station to look at. Pricing is $45. Hey Christmas is coming and you are likely to get more devices you need to charge. Look for Octofire 8 in the show notes for Ep 292 over at today in iOS dot com. or search for it at kickstarter dot com.
Hi Rob,
In ep 291 when talking about the Zipac Kickstarter project you did a slip of the lip, you said "it is a USB to Firewire cable" but it is a USB to Lighting cable. opps!
Regards,
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
Thomas thanks for the correction.
Thanks to tash for this next one http://www.tuaw.com/2013/12/10/even-the-candy
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Which is about Candy Crush and the developers being worried they are a one hit wonder. Ummm Yeah - why worry - you are. I mean the chances of making a couple of hit apps that are unrelated are slim. Even Rovio and Angry Birds - all the different apps that they have that do well - are just variations of the same them - RIO Angry Birds, Star Wars Angry Birds - one and two. But either you are throwing Fowl at swine or swine at fowl or putting a bow on said swine. For Candy Crush - I am guessing they will try to follow a similar theme - where they change out Candy for Hobbits, orgs or elves or some other sell out big media property. Trying to recreate a second runaway hit is like trying to capture lightening in a bottle. Which hey maybe that is the next runaway hit.
Oh I should mention Angry Birds Starwars two was free. Might still be free when you hear this. Thanks to all that sent in emails about that being free.
Hi Rob
I Love my Pebble. Attached is an audio file with a quick review.
Something I didn't share but it's worth mentioning since you're prolly going to be a Pebbler soon - be careful with the indie watchface app makers. Most are buggy and the servers they tend to use are "iffy" at best.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Best Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville.
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Hi Rob – regarding the Pebble smart watch, I backed this product on Kickstarter and received it I believe in March 2013. At that time I reported to you on this show that the software wasn’t ready, in my opinion, for release. Well since then they have really improved things and I now find it perfectly integrated with iOS. To squeeze the most out of the battery, I have settled for a basic watch face called Revolution, which is just large numbers showing the time and date. The beauty of the watch is getting all of my phone notifications on my wrist. I hear an email, text or app notification come in on my iPhone and all I have to do is check my Pebble to see if it’s important. I have used some nice apps like, SmartStatus, which shows the time, weather, battery level of the iPhone and the next upcoming item on your calendar on the face of the Pebble. Bottom line, I wear it every day and love it.
Regards,
Darrin
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Hi, Rob.
Since you are anticipating receiving a pebble watch for Christmas, I thought you might be interested in the recently announced website from Pebble (see below).
New Pebble apps will have a more comprehensive and convenient distribution avenue, once the site is fully functional.
As for me and my Pebble, I bought it prior to manufacture when it was a Kickstarter project, and it has been in my possession for almost a year.
I listen to a lot of podcasts via a Motorola Bluetooth earpiece and with my iPhone 5 stashed in my pocket. When I am approaching a store cashier or a neighbor steps into the yard to chat, I am delighted that, instead of fishing out the phone or turning off my earpiece, I can pause the podcast (or the TII app) by just pressing a button on the watch.
When phone calls come in, a glance at my Pebble tells me who is calling, and with a touch of a button I can either answer or send the call to voicemail. And similarly, push notifications appear on my wrist announcing texts, breaking news headlines, or any announcements I have authorized.
The variety of watch faces is fun, particularly those that fill you in regarding the weather forecast. Some games are available, but I have not been drawn to them after playing once or twice. But more apps are coming, and the Pebble team has been excellent in updating software to meet new needs.
I have always worn a watch, but this one is so super cool that I imagine when it wears out, or the technology advances far enough, I will buy the next generation Pebble to work with my phone. I hope you enjoy the one Santa leaves you beneath the tree.
Regards, Lawrence M
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Hi Rob,
A guy called in with a tip about closing out apps and using 2 or 3 fingers and said he wished there was a way to kill all, well an idea for any Devs that listen to your show, an awesome jailbreak feature would be to slide the first screen up when you go to multi tasking and since that's your home screen, the phone then force quits all apps, just an idea. Wish I was smart enough to make a program like that!
Regards,
Jason H
Jason - I believe there are apps like that already on the jailbreak side - not sure if they still work for iOS 7 - but I am sure they will work with iOS 7 shortly. Hopefully by the time I get around to jailbreaking in Mid Jan that is.
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Hi Rob,I have had blue screen of death problems, since I upgraded to 7.0.4. One time, I actually got locked in the loop where it would give me the blue screen, reboot, and then back to the blue screen. The only thing that broke it out of it was to use the cable and open iTunes.
I've tried a number of fixes, including turning off iCloud synchronization for the iWork apps, which seems to have been an earlier problem. However, the only thing that seems like it is decreasing the number of times I get the blue screen, is to force quit all my apps a number of times during the day.
My suspicion is that some apps are not playing well with the 64-bit processor, since this problem seems to be reported on the 5s, and not the 5C.
I went to the Genius Bar, and they offered to replace my phone. But on some user forms, people have reported a reoccurrence of the problem even with the new phone.
If anyone knows what is going on, and if there is a way to fix it, please let me know.
Regards,
Bruce
Hi Bruce - If you have not done so already - make sure every app on your iOS device is updated via the App store App on your iOS device.
Next force quit your open apps - then go to settings - general - reset - reset network settings.
Once it reboots - rejoin your network - and then open an app you know to cause an issue and see what happens.
If you still see the blue screen of death - then your next step would be to do a complete restore from factory settings. But first on iTunes on your computer - make sure all apps are updated there as well.
Let me know if any of that works for you.
If anyone else has any suggestions - please let us know. 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Hey Rob,
I recently bought an iphone 5s and an ipad mini retina for my girlfreind . Then, I setup everything for her on both devices.
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When it came to the contacts part I setup her gmail account enabling mail,contacts, calendars and notes. I did the same for my iphone and it was a seamless gmail sync with iphone (as I understand is the case with ios7).
But for her iphone the contacts arent being displayed. Ipad however is showing the contacts correctly. She is shifting from an old blackberry so my idea was to use the bb desktop manager and export all her phone contacts in a csv file and import into her gmail contacts. Then with gmail contacts enabled on iphone there should be no issue. But it ain't happening. I am really frustrated. I have tried carDAV as well (doesnt work) but as I understand with ios7 its a seamless 2 way sync. Please help.
Regards Srajan,
Srajan - Have you checked your cellular data settings - make sure that you enabled cellular data for your contact syncing. In iOS 7 go to settings app - then Cellular - then scroll down to see what you have selected for use Cellular Data for - maybe you have it turned off for something - but really I did not see anything that would make sense in my settings. If anyone has any suggest for Srajan - please give us a call or send us an email.
Hi Rob
You were asking whether we listened to podcasts on set top boxes.
1. Normally, I always listen to my podcasts at work on an iPod Classic; I listen to your show always, along with MacBreak Weekly, iPad Today, and IMore. (Hate when Leo ends his show by saying "now get back to work" when I am at work.)
2. Lately, over Apple TV, I have been watching MacBreak and iPad Today. They're as good as any talk show I suppose. I've even listened to Today in IOS in the background over Apple TV -- that trend may continue depending on how much listening I get done at work.
Regards,
Keith
Rob,
Sometimes like now, I have you podcast air-playing to my AppleTV while I am working on cleaning up my house for the Christmas.
I do this when I have things to do around the house, I have in the past listen directly on the AppleTV.
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
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Hi Rob:
In Episode #291, you had requested feedback regarding podcast consumption
on the AppleTV. I have two AirPlay devices: (1) AppleTV 2nd Gen in the Living Room and
(2) a Pioneer VSX-60 audio receiver (audio AirPlay only) located in the basement/theater room.
While I do not consume the podcast directly via the set top box, I do very frequently AirPlay
podcasts from the iPhone (both downloaded and streamed episodes) or MacBook PRO to the
AirPlay receivers.
I realize your stats would not show this usage, but I personally prefer to listen to the podcasts
via the better listening avenues when I plan to be in one of those areas for awhile.
Merry Christmas
Regards,
Mike Price
Attleboro, MA.
I did do some checking on my stats of the over 10.5 Million downloads for Tii to date - less than 2,500 have been via a set top box directly. Which is only 0.02% or 2 - 100th of a percent.
For anyone who is a podcaster AND you are hosting with Libsyn - I wanted to let you know for the New Media Expo - if you have a small poster 11 x 14 or smaller or some biz cards 4 x 6 or smaller and you would like them shown off at the Libsyn Booth - email me rob at libsyn dot com. If you are not going - you can snail mail them to me - if you are going - Just let me know and we can set up a time to meet at the show.
And If you are not going to the new media expo and are interested in getting into podcasting or blogging - this is the show for you - if you are already blogging or podcasting - this is the show to go to to connect with other podcasters and bloggers and learn how to better your craft. I have been to everyone and can not recommend going strong enough. This next one is <2 weeks away - Saturday Jan 4th - the 5th and the 6th. So when it ends you can stay a little longer and go to CES. Which is what I am doing. Which starts on the 7th. I hope to see some of you at NMX or CES in Jan - but definitely NMX as I will be speaking there and Libsyn will have a booth. Again even if you are not going and a libsyn customer email me rob@libsyn dot com to get me your cards or info to show off at the show.
SCHEDULE - NEXT EP Mid Jan - Maybe Mini Eps from Vegas.
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And that folks is going to do it for us today.
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Hi_Rob,
I created this artwork with the App Phonto on my iPhone 4S.
Regards
Scott S
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/12-days-of
-gifts/id777716569?mt=8
And speaking of free things - Everyone can get something free - well actually 12 somethings free with Apples own 12 Days of Christmas oohhh - Wait - 12 Days of Gifts App - which is a free App for getting free stuff each day from Dec 26th to Jan 6th. One day it might be a song - another an app - another day it might be a book or a movie or more. Each gift is only available for one 24 hour period. And per Apples note - note not all content is available in all countries.
Again that is the 12 days of Gifts app. Thanks to all that sent in links on this one. Also if you launch the App early - there is supposed to be a free mini-Album from Lorde in there now.
From the email bag.
Hi Rob,
In Australia we got a early download of two free items
One song and one film clip from " LORDE "
Yay
Regards,
Anthony McD
http://www.techhive.com/article/2079405/all-
five-major-us-carriers-agree-to-let-you-unlock
-your-phone-anytime-you-want.html
This next one I would file under the category - Well it is about time. In the US in the past for the most part if you wanted to unlock your phone from your carrier after your contract was fulfilled you had to ask really nice and cross your fingers. Some would some would not and some would sometimes unlock it and other times not - depending on who at that company you asked. This is well all total BS - the keeping it locked part. After a phone has lived out its contract - and met its contractual obligation - the Carriers should unlock it so you are free to sell it to anyone or use it anywhere you wanted. And finally the Five major carries in the US have agreed to do just that. The five being - Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile and US Cellular. Supposedly unlocking your phones in the future with these carriers will be easier and simpler and met with a lot less resistance from said carriers. This is not something however that takes place immediately - As per the press release from the CTIA - quote These five leading companies will also recommend this set of principles for inclusion into the CTIA consume code for wireless service in accordance with the CTIA's bylaws. Upon adoption, these companies will move quickly to implement these principles, committing to implement 3 of these principles within three months and the remainder within 12 months unquote. Seems to me that 12 months is not moving quickly - and it could be a few months or more before they implement it - so you might be looking at spring or summer 2015 before this is all said and done. But still it is nice to see them agree to do this. Please note unlocking a phone that is designed for GSM - does not mean said phone will work on CDMA. So there are still technology restrictions. But it does mean your can take a Sprint phone over to Ting. Or an AT&T phone over to Straightalk.
http://www.techshout.com/macintosh/2013/10/contract-iphone
-5s-5c-arrive-straight-talk-net10-wireless-week/
Speaking of Straightalk - Straightalk and Net10 wireless - have both started selling the iPhone 5S and 5C. These are no contract / off contract phones for use on their service. While you do still need to get a month to month contract when you get them. For example a 30 day plan on Staight talk is $45 for unlimited talk, text and data. That is just for unlimited US calls. Bump that up to $65 a month for unlimited international calls. Net10 has a $50 unlimited plan for US calls - and it is $40 for every additional line on your contract. Pricing for the phones is $649 for the 16 GB 5S, $549 for the 16 GB 5C and $449 for the 8 GB 4S.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/12/09/
straight-talk-iphone-5s-release-brings-0-
financing-option/
Not that we would recommend it - but if you don't have $649 at the moment - and you do have a walmart credit card - you can get 24 Months of interest free payments for the iPhone purchase. But miss a payment and you get totally hosed - and have to pay for all the interest at some probably grotesquely high almost loanshark range interest rate. Again I don't recommend this for anyone - pay cash or wait until you have the cash. Credit card debt you don't pay off each month is a bad bad thing.
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/munster-
apples-iphone-5s-is-fully-stocked.html/?a=viewall
As we mentioned on the last episode it seemed Apple was caught up on inventory of the iPhone 5S - and Uncle Gene Munster went out and checked at 60 US Apple stores and confirmed this with 100% iPhone 5S inventory for all different makes and models of the 5S. When Uncle Gene had last done said check two weeks prior in stock inventory for all models was only seen at 24% of the stores.
Uncle Gene also did a survey of potential smartphone buyers and found that 44% of those surveyed said - they plan to buy an iPhone in the next 3 months.
Brian White is also predicting that Apple will show a 28% quarter over quarter sales increase for this quarter. Which you know is well extremely just plain wrong and way way to low. Last quarter Apple did 33.8 Mil iPhone sales - last year in this quarter Apple did 47.8 Mil in iPhone sales. I don't see how Apple does anything less than that - and most likely it will be over 50 Mil for this quarter. But even flat sales yr over yr mean an increase of 41% this quarter vs last quarter. But hey you know that is why those Anal-ist get the big bucks. FYI The 4th quarter over 3rd quarter growth for 2010, 11 and 12 was 32%, 64% and 52% respectively. I should note the 28% if for Apple revenue overall as are those numbers. So not just iPhone sales - but still 28% growth is way to low when the iPhone and iPad sales growth quarter over quarter will both likely be well over 50% each.
http://allthingsd.com/20131213/iphones-
dominate-sales-at-all-four-major-u-s-carriers/
?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker
Oh and how exactly is Apple doing at the 4 major carriers in the US - Well were Number 1 and number 1 and number 1 and number 1. Yes the iPhone 5S was number 1 at all 4 last month. And well also in October and September as well. So for three straight months the iPhone 5S was number one at all 4 major US carriers - and the iPhone 5C was number 3 at all 4 carriers the past 2 months as well. In September the 5C was number 3 at only 2 of the 4 carries - the other 2 it was number 2. Yeah - so for this current quarter it is sure looking like Apple should easily break past 50 Million iPhones sold. We will know more in about 6 weeks.
http://www.padgadget.com/2013/12/13/apple-
seeds-ios-7-beta-2-to-ipad-and-iphone-
developers-adds-features-and-bug-fixes/
Enough with sales talk - lets talk iOS - and iOS 7.1 Betas to be specific - as in Beta 2 of iOS 7.1 which was released to Devs on Friday the 13th - because it is not bad enough to release a beta on a Friday - Apple did it on a Friday the 13th. That is either amazing moxie on Apples Part - we are talk Dual stainless steel sphere type moxie. Or desperation to get the Beta 2 out to devs to test so they could release the GM of 7.1 before the Christmas break.
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/12/13/
apple-seeds-ios-7-1-beta-2/
Since all of the devs are abiding by the NDA they agreed to we have no way of knowing what is in the Beta 2 release - ok - just kidding. Singing like canaries the devs they are. And what we find out is that in the beta 2 - Animations are noticeably faster, Setting for touch ID and passcode have been bumped up to the main menu, List view in Calendar has been redesigned, there is a new option to turn on button shaped in settings -- General and then accessibility. There are new iPad wallpapers.
But there was one thing that went away.
The option to enable Dark Keyboard has been removed. What Beta 1 brings us - Beta 2 taketh away.
Given that last item - I am thinking that what we might see before Christmas Break is Beta 3. And that the Gold Master for 7.1 will not be until at least the week of Jan 6th.
I am hoping Apple is not pulling that dark keyboard - as a few devs have commented to me that was their favorite new feature in the beta 1 of 7.1
Wannnt wannnt waaaa.
http://allthingsd.com/20131211/apple-tv-adds
-bloomberg-crackle-kor-tv-and-watch-abc-channels
/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker
Speaking of updates - there was a quiet update or rather addition to Apple TV. With the addition of channels or Apps or whatever they are - for Bloomberg, Crackle, Watch ABC channels and KOR-TV. KOR-TV is Korean TV - no Not North execute my uncle Korea - but rather South don't judge us by what Samsung does Korea TV.
I did check out ABC Channels to see what was up there - and for shows like Agents of Shield - they have the last 5 episodes available - anything older and there are convenient links to iTunes on Apple TV to purchase those other episodes.
Apple needs to stop diddling around with Apple TV and just offer up an App store for it already. I would love to get a Libsyn Channel up there. Not that anyone really consumes Podcasts over set top boxes or anything - but it would sure look nice. Right up until I pulled the monthly user agent report and my boss asked why we did the Apple TV app again?
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Once again the URL is square trade dot com slash Tii for the iPhone and slash tii 2 - t i i and the number 2 for the iPad warranties. and square trade dot com slash T i i for iPhone warranties - Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show.
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Hi Rob,
After hearing episode 290, I thought it only appropriate to send in a review of Week Calendar. I've been using this app for years. The built-in Apple apps are typically my preferred apps for everything, but this beats the Calendar app hands down. There are several different views, clean layout, and intuitive design. It is THE must-have calendar app.
Regards,
Lou V
Hi Rob - regarding the person having trouble with ringtones created on GarageBand not playing, I did have this problem during the releases of the developer betas of iOS 7 on both my iPhone 5 and iPad 3. One of the releases had a bug that caused problems with the audio files stored on iOS devices. Apple released a developer patch that reset the audio library. After the patch I still had trouble with ringtones, so I did a complete restore of my iPhone and iPad and then restored from an iCloud backup and that resolved the problem. I guessed at the time that the audio bug caused the problem with my custom ringtones. I wonder if the person having this problem ever installed a beta version of iOS 7? I would suggest backing up the device and doing a full restore. BTW, I haven't had any problems with custom ringtones on my 5S or Air.
Regards,
Darrin (Developer)
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Dear Rob,
regarding the caller on episode 289 looking for a way to search through notes, this is not a perfect solution for what he wants but I do have a post up on my blog for ways to mimic control F on an iPad or iPhone. It may help out some.
regards,
Ben from productivitypad.blogspot.com
http://productivitypad.blogspot.com/2013/03/ctrl-f
-on-ipad.html
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
Here is a highlight of what you missed from the google+ community - at today in iOS dot com slash community.
Chris in london mention 0 % financing for apple products in the UK. Ben N put up a link to a review of the Relax App. Fancisco put up a link to the 12 days of gifts from the iTunes store. Ron B - put up a link mentioning that Instapaper was free for a week. Hope you downloaded it while it was free. Bob B posted about how the Apple Calendars 5 by Readdle enabled location services and was draining battery life and if you have that app and are having battery life issues to check the setting on it. Plus there were many other posts. If you would like to contribute or just be a lookey loo - head over to today in iOS dot com slash community and sign up for the community. This is a Moderated all things iOS community that does not tolerate Android fan bois - actually most of the time when someone asks to be part of the community and I check their G+ page if it is all Rah Rah Android - well no soup for them. This is just for people interested in iOS products and software and features - where we can post and comment about iOS products without it degrading into a flame war.
I love the title of this next article - it is quote Apple's iWatch Delayed to speed up iPad Pro Development unquote. I love it in the ironic way - because it was just a few weeks ago there was a report that said the full on Apple TV was delayed to speed up development of the iWatch. You would think with 146 Billion in Cash Apple could do a better job in managing their new projects rather than have to keep delaying one mythical product to help the development of another mythical product which is then delayed by a 3rd mythical product - just sayin.
http://www.highlightpress.com/report-apples-
iwatch-delayed-to-speed-up-ipad-pro
-development/7807/djohnson
Hey Rob
I bought an XBox One as a family Hannukah present and I am so impressed with how well it completely unifies my home entertainment system. The Kinect sensor powers up and controls my TV, Receiver and cable box. It offers gaming, television, music and apps. It totally transformed my living room. Using the XBox One SmartGlass app on my iPhone and iPad, I can interact and control the electronic devices in my living room. And as I am enjoying it along with my family, all I keep saying to myself is, "why didn't Apple make this?" I wonder if they are working on something similar, where the Apple TV unites with a Kinect like sensor that works similar to the XBox One. Could something like this have been what Steve Jobs was commenting about when he said they figured out the TV. I have so much media purchased through iTunes and the App Store, I just keep wishing Apple made this.
I have to say Microsoft, in my opinion, has designed a beautiful product with a nice UI both on the TV and iOS devices.
Regards,
Darrin
Hi Rob - thought you might be interested in this link re blacklisted stolen phones in New Zealand
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/30006224/phone-blacklisting-blocks-thieves
Cheers
D.R.
Thanks D R and this is per an article talking about blacklisting of phones in New Zealand - but blacklisting in a good way - this is when your phone gets stollen and you report it stollen - said phone is then blacklisted on all the carriers in New Zealand. If that phone can't be activated then in theory there is less reason for people to steal a phone. Unless of course said thieves want to ship those stollen iPhones over seas which while not unheard of - will definitely not be something the average crook can do - so again in Theory blacklisting of stollen iPhones should reduce over time the amount of Apple picking going on or it is possible that Apples own Activation lock will be what actually reduces theft - or maybe a combination there of.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/30006224/
phone-blacklisting-blocks-thieves
iPhone a Clear Favorite Among House Members - Press Pass
I just saw that the promo is out from Netflix for season 2 of House of Cards - I am stoked - that was such a great series. Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and the rest of the cast were amazing and the story lines were great. And I bring this up because I have been sitting on this next story for some time now. And that is that the iPhone is the Clear Favorite among the US House Members in Congress. 58% of them use an iPhone, 23% use a blackberry - and just 4 % use an Android phone. I guess that means the other 15% use a flip phone or some other feature phone. Of note the Character Frank Underwood on House of Cards uses a Blackberry - of course if you think about the things he does in that first season I am sure Apple is glad he is not using an iPhone - actually given his morales or complete lack there of on the show - I would not be surprised to see Frank Underwood using an Samsung phone in Season 2 - just sayin.
Thanks to Dr John for this next one. Which is a story about Android Security risks. While part of the article tries to say some stated risks are over stated other parts of the article states they are not.
From the article they have a quote from Andrew Borg, research director for enterprise mobility and collaboration at research firm Aberdeen He says he saw at a conference that gave him the "willies." quote
The demonstrator, a white hat hacker, took an out-of-the-box Android device and downloaded a game called Very Angry Birds, basically a clone of the popular Angry Birds game, from an app store. The device had the latest McAfee and Symantec security for Android, but the game contained malware that neither solution flagged Everything looked fine, and once the game opened nothing changed on the device. Then the demonstrator took out a laptop and was able to bring up a control stream where he could see all the smartphones that had downloaded the game and could inspect them and see all the emails they had downloaded. He then put the Android device to sleep and took a picture from the device remotely using the laptop. Normally, you hear a shutter sound, but this malware had turned off the audio, It took pictures and video, and all along it looked like the device was asleep. unquote
Again this is based on an example from a white hat hacker - but it is really scary what can be done with Android when it comes to malware.
http://m.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/clear
-eyed-guide-androids-actual-security-risks-232034
?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_&mm_ref
=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F
Thanks to Dan for the heads up on this next one - which is an article in PC Mag where Seamus Condron tried to switch over to the Nexus 5 - and well decided the grass was not greener on the other side and came back to the iPhone. So if you are on the fence about switching - check out the article titled quote It's not you - its me - breaking up with the Nexus 5 after 24 hours unquote. Now some of you may say 24 hours is not enough time to know for sure. But I am reminded on when someone asked me when I knew my first marriage was not going to work - and well lets just say when she said I Do - I said - I Do??
So sometimes you do know right away you made a mistake - Seamus was lucky enough to admit that and make a change after 24 hours - I however needed 5 years to correct my mistake.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428140,00
.asp
Just when you thought Samsung could not be any more slimy of a company they go out and do something that well I don't want to say surprises us - but lets just say even lowers the bar a bit more on how low can they go. The latest is that Sammy seems to be having an issue with their S4's catching on fire. Now no one out side of Samsung really knows how big of a problem this is - because if you report it to sammy - they send you a letter that says if you want a replacement you can not talk about it. Basically they blackmail you into signing away your freedom of speech in return for a replacement unit. There is a video on Youtube from Ghostlyrich who had his S4 go boom and catch on fire while charging - and he got this letter. Again it is really slimy for Sammy to do this - and it is opposite of how apple and even MS react when they have issues. And the worst part - no one knows if this is a really small issue or a more widespread issue - thanks to Sammy's blackmail offer. True story time - The other day I was out looking for a Blu-ray dvd player - and I had it down to two units - one from LG and the other from Sammy - I consciously made the decision to go with the LG one. I really will not be getting anything else from Sammy going forward - they just have proved to be to unethical a company for me to support. Hopefully Apple soon pulls all their component orders from Sammy as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QHd
-_qncEU#t=205
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Hi Rob,
Here is a tip sorta: Large Apps taking up space. Apps you like but don't use so much. Heres what I do. My iPad Mini and iPhone are synced with the same Apple Account my iPhone is 16GB. But the iPad is 32GB. So cannot have all the Apps on my iPhone that I have on the iPad.
remember that when you go to the AppStore App. Under updates, At the Top you see Purchased. Tap on that. Then you see 'Not on this iPhone' or iPad respectively. Tap on that. You will see all the Apps you purchased that are not installed on the device. You may have deleted an App from your device. Well it is deleted from the device but still purchased. Free or not. So say you have Apple's Numbers App but don't use it much. Delete it from the device. Save Space. Then it turns out you need it. Just download and install again. Over Wifi to save mobile data usage of course. Only takes a few moments to download again. Use it. Save your work. Then, remove the app again.
This way, large Apps need not take up space. Nice also to see Apps you previously used but forgot about.
Oh Apps like Games, with large GamePlay History. I'd keep those. But some, like Real Racing 3 will let you upload your gameplay history. So if removed, you can reinstall and just download your gameplay history from the server.
Hope this helps.
Chris in London
Hey Rob, I just discovered an interesting detail in iOS; the stars in the stock weather app actually move realistically across the sky just like in real life. Very cool.
Regards,
-Mike
Orlando, FL
Thanks Mike - but makes you wonder why that skuemorphisim is ok - but a yellow note pad is not.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - JOSH_CINCY_THINKG_PEBBLE
I mentioned on the last episode that the RECAP 2 call recorder was on Kickstarter. Well I have some audio I recorded doing a Skype to Skype call with Elsie from libsyn for our show The Feed - which by the way if you are a podcaster - even if you don't use libsyn you should listen to.
Here is a couple of minutes of our recording:
PLAY AUDIO CLIP FROM BEGINNING OF THE FEED 11
And I did not do any clean up at all to that. So you can hear what a great job the RECAP 2 does when recording Skype to Skype or FaceTime to FaceTime audio calls - or any other voip calls. And again it records phone calls - just that because of the phone system or POTS - it will never sound as good as VOIP calls. But still it does as good a job recording phones calls as any Phone hybrid out there at any price. And it does it for $50. Which you can get in on as a pledger on Kickstarter until Jan 14th - search for RECAP at kickstarter dot com. This really is a tool all podcasters should have in their tool kit or anyone that needs to record phone calls or Skype calls for what ever reason that might be.
And good news for Igor - he has hit his funding goal - so if you pledge you will get a RECAP 2.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/igorramos/recap
-2-record-iphone-calls-in-ipad-android-mobile?ref=live
Here is a new Kickstarter Project - and it falls into the category of something I find so unique I think it is worth mentioning - but not something I will get myself. It is called the ZiPac - spelled Z i P A C - They intro it as quote ZiPAC is a durable USB cable and case in one. Zip up your stuff, then unzip to connect your devices. No more tangled or lost cables. unquote. If you are into zippers this is the pouch for you. It is essentially on big zipper that when zipped up creates a pouch - and when unzipped - it is a USB to firewire cord. Very unique and a nice companion in your laptop bag. Price on this is $18 for the small case - $25 for the medium and $30 for the large. This project has until Jan 25th at 6:46 PM ET to fund - and so far they are just over 10% of the way there - they have a goal of $45,000 which seems a bit - ok very high for this. But again when it comes to unique products - this one is worth a mention - search for ZiPac - spelled Z I P A C in the show notes for ep 291 or over a kickstarter dot com.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/637747962/zipac-
cable-and-case-in-one-for-iphone-android-and?ref=live
PLAY MUSIC from Misfit toys
We have a USell back this week as a sponsor - and that is Usell spelled U S E L L - who is an aggregator of buyers of mobile devices. You know you have some old mobile devices - be it iPhones, iPads, or dare we say it Android devices laying around that are collecting dust. Don't be your own little island of misfit mobile toys - sell them off to someone that will love them and use them and touch them all over. You remember how happy that The Charlie in the box was and the spotted elephant was when they found new owners - well that mobile device you have collecting dust or stuck in a draw can feel the same way. And when you go to today in iOS dot com slash usell - you can put a smile on your face too by getting cold hard cash. For example an iPhone 5 64 gb Verizon version right now will get you a top offer of $305 - that is $15 more than the same device would get you at that company that has the name of cheetah food.
Again go to today in iOS dot com slash Usell that is slash U S E L L - to get a bid and sell your old no longer being used mobile devices.
Thanks to Michael for this next one. And that is the App store now has improved search results taking you to the correct app when you mis-spell an app title. So now if you search for Angry Birds and spell Angry with an e or Birds with a Y - it takes you to Angry birds apps from Rovio and not to Hill climb racing HD. Which it used to as they appear to be gaming search results for some misspelled words for Angry Birds.
So what this means for you the end user is now when you search for a specific app but misspell it - you will like be presented with the app you wanted - rather than someone gaming search results - as Apple sorts based on how popular an app is.
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/the-app-store
-is-getting-a-little-bit-smarter-with-search
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Hi Rob,
I have and really like the Apple leather case for my mini. It is a tad overpriced but it is quite good. It gives the iPad a nice feel and removes that slipperiness that does make it feel as though it wishes to leap out of your hands and directly onto concrete.
This mini is really making my 4th gen iPad seem heavy.
Regards,
Kevin Barry
Hello Rob,
I listened to show 290 and am glad to hear that setting up your wife's iPad Mini with Retina was as easy as setting up my wife's.
I did set it up from scratch as you suggested and within 30 minutes she was reading a book on it and planned to FaceTime her friend that lives about 2 hours away.
I got her the red Smart Cover and she likes how it can be folded up to make a small grip for her hand if she needs it. On another note she is the Pastor at our church and wants to use it to preach from instead of notecards.
This is why I love Apple products. They make technology that people want to use and the customer thinks of ways to utilize their device.
Regards,
John D
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Hi Rob.
Do you remember the crashing/blue screening problem from the start of iOS 7?
The one that went away in 7.0.3 or so?
I was just wondering if it came back in 7.0.4 for anyone other than me, or am I alone?
I'm using an iPhone 5S by the way.
Regards,
Dan from Orangeville.
Hi Rob,
I listened to all the feedback and TouchID issues in Ep 290, and it sounds like I am not alone. I think my phone is working better now, however I attribute it to upgrading from 7.0.3 to 7.0.4. I had not upgraded for a while because I heeded JailBreak Guru MuscleNerd's advise to not upgrade if you are interested in a future 7.x JailBreaking. I believe he said it was safe to do so, but he recommended not doing it anyway. Well, I decided that since it was probably safe to go ahead and give it a go to see if that made a difference, and ever since, (Knock, Knock, Knock) I am having a much better experience getting into the phone. I doubt that everyone else is in this position, but just in case, if you haven't gone to 7.0.4, you might wish to try that.
Regards,
--David
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Thanks to Tash for this next one - which just seems right out of THX-1138. Seems DARPA has come up with an iOS App that is a game to the end user - but when the end user is playing the game they are actually basically working for DARPA to help find bug in code the US government uses. DARPA calls this Crowd Sourced Formal Verification. The game in this case is call Xylem - The Code of Plants. My question is this - if people know the US government is using the game app to verify code - could not the enemies of the US game the system - for lack of a better phrase and purposefully give the wrong responses in the game? Or maybe I am just over thinking this and just wondering what government we are working for when playing Candy Crush or Angry Birds.
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/12/10/us-military-is-
using-ipad-gamers-to-find-bugs-in-its-code/
Filed under do you want some cheese with that whine - comes the story of AT&T's CEO complaining about subsidies and saying they are coming to an end because Carriers can no longer afford to foot up the bill. And well if you think that sounds as silly and stupid as I felt reading it - yeah you are not alone. Per the footing the bill part - yeah - very laughable - considering AT&T and Verizon lock you into a two year contract at a high monthly amount. While AT&T and Verizon - may do some up fronting with funds in the way of a subsidy - they more then make it back over that two year period. When they gladly lock you into another two year period with 2 generations later iPhones. If this is Stephenson's way of negotiating - well he might want to re-think it - most people try even harder to take advantage of you if they think you are an idiot. Just Sayin
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/12/att-criticized-
shamelessly-whining-burden-subsidizing-iphone.html
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Hi Rob,
A quick tip for those who still want Google Maps as their default map.
Siri can be used to access Google Maps by simply adding the term "via transit" to the end of your request.
Example: "I need directions to mom's house via transit."
Siri will then pass along the address information and allow you to
select Google maps as the app to use to fulfill your request.
Best Regards,
Kenneth S
North Port, Florida
Hello Rob,
Hopefully you or some of the listeners can help me out.
Recently, I helped my grandmother get an iPad air. I set it all up for her and everything’s working great. However, When we use Facetime video chat so I can check up on her, I’ll get iMessages from some total stranger under her her name in my contacts flipping out for me to stop contacting them. This even happened once when she and I were in the same room testing out the feature. So I know it’s for sure not her being confounded by this fancy new technology or anything like that.
My assumption is that it’s a bug with iMessages, but I don’t have the slightest clue as to how to fix it since it’s not like a text message or phone call that I can call my cell provider about.
This person is understandably getting upset and we’ve sent back quite a few angry iMessages back and forth. As they show up under my grandmother’s contact information, I don’t know what to do since it’s a feature we want to use. Again, this only happens when we use Facetime. After we end the session, that’s when I’ll start getting the iMessages from the granny impostor ranting for me to stop calling them.
Have you heard of this problem or know of any way to fix it?
We’re both running the latest iOS 7.0.4. Her on an iPad air and I’m on an iPhone 4S. I am a voiceover user, but I doubt that has anything to do with it. None of my other contacts have an Apple device that I can test Facetime with to see if it happens to them as well.
I would appreciate any suggestions or solutions you or your listeners may be able to provide.
Thanks,
Cris
Hi Rob,
Forgetting Price for a minute - which iPad should I get - iPad Mini Retina or iPad Air.
Regards,
Aaron
Well Aaron,
I think it comes down to three things.
1. Are you going to be mobile with this most of the time. If so - then the iPad Mini has the advantage.
2. How good are your eyes? Are you starting to trombone when you try to read things. If so go with the iPad Air - the text and everything is bigger and easier to read when held at the same distance.
3. How big are you fingers? If you have big fingers - you might find the mini tougher to hit the target spot on the screen vs the Air.
While my wife loves her mini - I personally like using the iPad 3rd gen better for things that don't need the faster processor.
For my own use if I was choosing - it is hands down the iPad Air. My wife says the opposite. And that is because she is taking it with her everywhere now sticking it in her purse or jacket pocket and she has smaller fingers and better eye sight.
You just need to figure out which of the three items above is most important to you.
Regards,
Rob W
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Hi_Rob,
I made this by building the Tii out if Legos, then taking the picture with my iPhone 4 and adding the text with the Doodlebuddy app.
Regards
-Ben
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEdRLlqdgA4
You know how much we love artwork created on an iOS device - and now there is this Amazing Artwork created on an iPad - with just a finger and the app Procreate - it looks like a photo of Morgan Freeman it is that detailed and vivid - but it is really a painting created on an iPad with just his finger. There is a video on youtube showing the progression of the creation which took the artist Kyle Lambert over 200+ hours to create.
Look for the link in the show notes for ep 290 titled - iPad Art - Morgan Freeman - Youtube. Really this is an amazing piece of artwork - and you would be hard pressed looking at the finished product to tell it is not a picture - it really really is that good.
Hi Rob,
I am on iOS 7.1 beta 1 and I am noticing a lot smoother app switching and keyboard is less laggy. Also Siri seems faster to respond. I wish they put flight tracking on Siri like Google now has. One bug is my App Store is showing 2 updates as a badge but nothing new to update.
Regards,
Dev
Hi Rob,
I saw a commercial yesterday where the couple was trying to make their Thanksgiving meal and accidentally broke their oven door. They asked their Google tablet "Can you barbecue a turkey" and proceeded to cook their turkey in their barbecue grill.
I decided to do the same query with Siri on my iPhone. I thought the response was a bit amusing.
Regards,
Myron U
And he sent a screen shot - essentially is you ask siri can you barbecue a turkey - it comes back with quote I found three BBQ restaurants in Turkey unquote.
And I got the same results. Oh Well - but at least she knows what Basketball team to root for.
Blackfriday on line sales numbers are coming out and shocker. iOS kicked androids Butt. Again. These are based on US numbers gathered by IBM and Adobe. What they found was
On average, iOS users spent $127.92 per order on Black Friday compared to $105.20 per order for Android users.
Ok that number is not butt kicking. But these others are.
iOS traffic reached 28.2 percent of all online traffic, compared to 11.4 percent for Android. iOS sales reached 18.1 percent of all online sales, compared to 3.5 percent for Android. That is over a 5x ratio of iOS sales to android sales.
These numbers are not counting online sales to apple.com or via the apple store app. No mention if they count amazon either. I am sure more and more numbers will come out soon. But based on these once again iOS user are actually consumers. Where as android users not so much.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ios-android-
shopping-traffic-2013-11#ixzz2m9fcv6FK
http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/29/apples
-ipad-comes-out-a-big-winner-on-black-friday/
When iOS users were not out buying other things with their iOS devices - they were out buying more iOS devices - Which I am to assume they will then use to buy even more other things. InforScout looked at the top selling items at Target on Black Friday and Shocker - iPad's were at the top of the list. Info scouts results are based on survey's of 3,000 shoppers at target on Thanksgiving and Blackfriday and what they found was Number item purchased with 8.2% of target sales was the iPad Air 16GB wifi. #2 with 7.5% of sales was the iPad Mini 16 GB wifi. and Taking the bronze in 3d place was the iPad Air 32 GB wifi with 2.4% of Sales. #4 was beats headphones at 2.4% as well. Nothing else was over 2%. The iPad 2 16 GB surprisingly was in at 8th place with 1.4%. The only other table in the list - the Nook at #11 with 1.1%. So iPads were combined at 19.5% of purchases. Wow. Well except when you get to InfoScouts next reveal and that is 40% of those 19.5+ % of iPad buyers - yeah they were Android users. You heard me right - 40% of those buying an iPad on Blackfriday weekend - were Android users. double Wow.
http://tablet-news.com/2013/11/30/ipad-mini
-is-the-hottest-seller-on-black-friday-at-walmart/
Over at Target Rival Walmart - they reported sales of over 1.4 Million Tablets on Thanksgiving evening alone. Most of that was for the $299 iPad Mini first gen - that you got a $100 Walmart gift card with. How do we know that - well back to the folks from info scout - they had the iPad Mini selling 13 times more units than the $99 Nabi tablet which was the other Thanksgiving night special. That makes the numbers pretty simple - 1.3 Million iPad Mini's sold vs 100,000 Nabi's sold - and that is better then what I saw in line at Walmart - where there was 1 person in line for the Nabi and well over 50 for the iPad Mini. I remember thinking looking at that one guy in line - wow - you are the dad giving the Action jackson this year. So sad. Anyway - over all - there are going to be 100,000 kids that get a Nabi tablet this year and in the back of their mind will think - when I am a parent - I will never do this to my kids.
http://www.fiksu.com/iOS-7-iPhone-5s-5c-
Usage-Tracker
And then there is some updated data from Fiksu. They were mentioned recently on the show - when they looked at iPad usage by version after launches. And what they found initially was the iPad Air was well out pacing the iPad 4 launch. And well nothing has changed there - with the iPad Air now 35+ days from launch more than doubling what they saw for usage of the iPad 4 - 35 days after it launched. The iPad Mini Retina - is at this point just a tad bit ahead of the iPad Mini from when it launched. So at least now it definitely is looking like an iPad Christmas - especially when you factor in that 1.3 Mil iPad mini's were last years version - and sold at one retailer in one hour.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/30/
apple-ipad-target-walmart/?source=yahoo_quote
So what did all this good news do to Apple Stock - Well Shockingly - no really I mean it - shockingly - it drove the stock price up. Seems Fundamentals and real good news is starting to win out on Wallstreet again. Apple Shares are now in the black for the year. All those that purchased some Apple stock the last time it dipped below $400 - raise your hand. Yes my hand is up. And kudos to you if your is up as well. Apple Stock ended the week at $560 a share. Also Apple seems to have tackled some inventory issues and lead times are dropping - right now for the iPhone 5S - all versions are listing 1-3 day deliveries - that is the first time they have reached that level for all models.
So Apple is seeing increased demand for product and increased inventory to quench the thirst of their customers. Seems to be a good combo - and a story line starting to win out over the negativity of Android fan bois.
Hi Rob
Johnny Appleseed here in Cincinnati Ohio. I got my iPad mini retina display white 32 gig Wi-Fi model at the Cincinnati Apple Store last Thursday. The interesting thing was that you were not able to walk into the store and purchase it and walk out. I had to order it online in the store and come back 2 hours later to pick it up. Little bit different way of doing things for apple.
Thanks
Go flyers!
Well My Wife's iPad finally made it out of Alaska and to our house on November 25th - which is one key reason for no episode last weekend - well that and it was Thanksgiving and my birthday and there was 3 Dayton flyer games on ESPN and well did I mention I had a new iPad Mini Retina to play with. So my thoughts on this. Wow is it slim - and beautiful and slim. Actually for me it is too small and thin without a case - and personally I like the size of the iPad Air better. But hey it was not for me it was for my wife and her opinion is different - she really likes the size - as she is taking it with her to wait in line for the kids and go out and about. She never took the other iPad - granted the other one did not have Cellular. So Yeah there is that small detail. Speaking of the cellular - setting up the free 200 MB a month with T-mobile was supper simple - I can't recommend the T-mobile version strong enough if you are in the US - that said they are all really the same version just with different sim cards - so if you did not get the t-mobile version just go to a t-mobile store and get a sim card for it.
In the first week she used less than 10% of her 200 MB allocation. What I basically did - well not basically - what I did did or actually did or something - well I set up her device when on cellular to only allow email and safari. As that is all she needs and wants. On top of that I set up email to not load images automatically. So now she has free cellular for her email and browsing needs and is no where near close to going over her allocation.
She loves the speed of it - going from a 3rd gen iPad to the mini retina is a 2 processor jump - and it is really noticeable on websites. I did get all her photos on there and I mean all - as in around 15,000 plus photos. And she well is costing me a small fortune in Printer ink printing out pictures to go in christmas cards.
I did decide to set it up from scratch and found most of her info sync'd over from iCloud for calendars and like with no issues. And setting up emails was great and even the folders she set up before were there even though we set up from scratch. I have to say the set up and speed of the mini reminds me again of why I love the iOS ecosystem. Granted my next iPad for me - will be a larger one to go with my larger hands - likely the iPad Pro if that ever comes to be.
My wife did comment to me that she felt the mini was just too thin and she felt scared holding it initially - afraid it was going to drop and break at any second. I did get the Squaretrade warranty on it - and that made her feel a lot better. But we also got a cheap case for it until some others I have coming in to test get here. And we are keeping the kids away from it.
Speaking of Squaretrade this is a good point to mention they are sponsoring this show - they are who I have purchased my warranties for my iPhone 5S and now my iPad Mini Retina. And you can get warranties for your iOS devices to - with a discount for being a Tii listener - which folks if you go to square trade dot com slash tii 2 - that is slash t i i and the number 2 - you will get a 2 year iPad warranty for just $89 - that is a savings of $35 off the normal price for being a Tii listener. Or if you need a warranty for a recently purchased iPhone go to square trade dot com slash tii - and that is $94 for a 2 year iPhone warranty. Or do like I did and get them both.
With square trade they will cover you if your jailbreak - which Apple will not - so if you are even remotely thinking of jailbreaking - that is one good reason to look at square trade - And well here is an email from one of the listeners.
Hi Rob,
I just (finally) received my gold iPhone 5s 64gig. I debated the warranty you have been recommending versus AppleCare. Apple has always taken amazing care of me when there has been any issues so it was a tough debate...until... I read the SquareTrade warranty info and flexibility and then looked at the discount you are offering us. I now have only one complaint on your advice: your discount lowers the THREE year warrant to close to Apple's TWO year coverage! I always give my last phone to my wife or kids and now when I upgrade in two years it will still have one more year under warranty! At a GREAT price. Thanks so much for giving us this discount.
By the way - my phone arrived past the 30 days from time of order that SquareTrade requires. I contacted them and they accepted my shipping invoice as documentation with no issue and issued the warranty. Very fast response.
Regards,
Jeff Tucker
Thanks Jeff - good point on the 3 year period. For 3 years on the iPad warranty it is just $119. Again click through to see the real discount. And the URL is square trade dot com slash Tii for the iPhone and slash tii 2 - t i i and the number 2 for the iPad warranties. Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this show.
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Hey Rob,
My favorite holiday app of all time - Zen of Snow. It's absolutely peaceful and relaxing - a serene cabin setting in the snow covered mountains with some colorfully lit Christmas trees outside. Gorgeous!
Regards,
Jeff T
Hi Rob,
Per the listeners request for a question mark on the 1st screen.
The app "iaWriter", a note taking app, has punctuation marks, including the question mark, on the 1st screen.
- Jessi D
Hi Rob - I use the app called iaWriter and they add the ’?’ right above the main keyboard. There's also arrow keys and some other punctuation. It's a great app - syncs with Dropbox, and has a folder setup for files.
Regards,
-Dan B
Hey Rob, one of your listeners had asked about a keyboard with a question mark on the first screen. I type a lot of notes on my phone, and also found it somewhat annoying that all punctuation is on the second screen, I just bought a Bluetooth keyboard. Since I still needed it to be super portable, I ended up using the Celluon Epic, and I love it. No more pointless screen swapping to get at the punctuation.
Dan P, from Orangeville
Hi Rob
A gentleman on episode 288 was looking for a way to backup custom 'ringers' to his computer. The mac apps iPhone Explorer or Diskaid should allow him copy these and any other files to his computer for backup.
Regards
Brent
Hey Rob. Before I switched to T Mobile and when I was having the problem with the "never deleting all/some of my AT&T voicemails", I was told by an apple genius to call AT&T and ask them to "reprovision my voicemail". I did not want to do that until I made a record of whatever important voicemails were there. I had been thinking of switching to T Mobile, and made the switch before I ever took the "reprovision" step with AT&T. The genius was told me to specifically use the word, "reprovision".
So.....you might want to try that with the "zombie voicemails.
Grateful for what you do,
Scott, Milwaukee
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Settings - Privacy - Location Services - Scroll all the way down - System Service - Turn off Frequent locations.
That is another one to select when looking to save on battery life - thanks all that sent that one in.
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I want to send a shout out to the 200+ folks already in the Google+ community - if you go to today in iOS dot com slash community it will take you to the page or click on the little google+ icon in the upper right of today in iOS dot com site.
Thanks to all that have been posting - quite a few since the last episode including ones about black friday deals - thanks for those. There are some posts about what podcasts people are listening to - and what apps they are using them to listen. Plus breaking news links and more iOS news. Again thanks to all that signed up and also to those contributing. today in iOS dot com slash community.
Thanks to Ben K for the heads up on this next one.
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/06/
apple-updates-apple-store-app-with-support
-for-ibeacon-systems/
The AP is reporting that APPL will be launching iBeacons in their 254 of their US stores This weekend. Apple is supposed to be also launching an over the air update to its Apple store app to support iBeacon receivers. This all was supposed to happen starting on Friday the 6th - but as of close to midnight - the App store app is not showing an update.
Apple supposedly demo'd iBeacons to the AP this past week. quote The company demonstrated the technology to The Associated Press this week at its busy, 24-hour Fifth Avenue store in New York City. At this particular store, Apple has installed about 20 iBeacon transmitters, some of which are simply iPhones and iPads, which come with the capability as part of the iOS 7 mobile software released in September. The transmitters use Bluetooth wireless technology to sense your exact location. That's not possible with GPS, which don't work well indoors and aren't good at distinguishing between locations that are just a few feet apart. unquote
What does this mean to you - probably not a lot to start. Apple will get better tracking data on where you went in the store. But I doubt when you walk by an iPad Air you will get a push that says - "Stop - look to your left - Buy me - you know you want to. come on pull out that plastic and lets go home together" - I mean I guess Apple could do that - but they don't likely need to.
iBeacons works with iOS devices running iOS 7 - but not the iPhone 4 or iPad 2nd gen. But all the other iOS 7 devices it works fine with.
And well Apple has put out the following about this.
quote Apple has rolled out iBeacon technology at its 254 Apple Stores in the U.S., enabling shoppers to receive iPhone notifications about products and services via the Apple Store app. As the Associated Press reports, iBeacon transmitters use Bluetooth wireless technology to sense a shopper’s exact location inside an Apple Store and send messages based on the aisle or product a user is near. For example, customers walking by an iPhone table could receive messages offering to help them check their upgrade availability or see if they can get money for trading in an old phone. iBeacon technology is moving into other venues as well. The AP reports that Major League Baseball plans to use it next year to offer features like coupons and videos based on a user’s location in a ballpark.Read more: abcnews.go.com unquote
So there you go it is official - and NFC just got a little nail in its coffin when it comes to iOS products. It is Safe to now remove NFC from all future bingo cards.
Thanks to Erika Morphy for the heads up on this one. Which is Apple acquired Topsy - no not the Popcorn company - topsy the Social search and analetics company.
So why did Apple make this 200 Million acquisition - well it was not just to piss off Carl give me your 146 Billion Ichan. No but it could be about apple wanting to get more real time social media feedback for their iTunes Radio / iAds platform and also get that feedback for if / when they launch an Apple full on TV.
Or as Erika speculates at the end of her article on this - maybe Apple just wanted their engineering team. And maybe even some of their patents. Topsy by the way is on of the early partners with Twitter and they have what is known as firehose access to twitter - which means they get all the tweets - which they then go through and chart and track trends. Who knows maybe Apple is making the acquisition in hopes or resurrecting Ping - or not.
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/02/
apple-acquires-social-analytics-firm-topsy
-for-200-million/
http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/04/technology
/apple-china-mobile/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
In the rumor but almost definitely a done deal front comes the reports this past week that Apple and China Mobile have finally signed a deal and iOS device will officially roll out on China Mobile on December 18th.
This also helped in pushing up Apples stock price but just a small amount.
At this point no real details to speak of. So just about the deal being done and when it kicks off. One thing analysts are stating is that apples current guidance numbers do not include the China Mobile deal - granted Apple had guidance out there for this quarter and this would impact about 2 weeks in the quarter. Once the deal is announced and people see what the actual selling price is - and if there are any subsidies for iPhones - that is when the stock price will be affected. This is a deal a long long time in the making. 759 million customer for China mobile is a big deal and even with a small % of that number 20% say being potential iOS users - that is a number that is still very big. Looking forward to seeing the devil in the details on this deal once it is made public.
A little update on this - China Mobile is reporting that it has not finalized a deal with Apple yet. So at this point it is still in the rumor stage. Which is fine - I think it is a foregone conclusion that a deal is coming - the real question is back to the costs - is this something that the top 5% of China Mobile users will be able to take part in or the top 25+ %?
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile
-computing/tablets/apple-s-reportedly-testing
-12-9-inch-ipad-with-2k-4k-resolution-
displays-1204573
iPad Pro rumors of the week - is that when the iPad Pro is announced - the 12.9 Inch screen will support 4K resolutions.
Currently the iPad Air is 2048 x 1536 - and Apple would like double that again and go to 4096 x 3072 - which is better than the 4k video resolution which is 4096 x 2160
Now some reports are saying there would be two iPad Pro's a lower resolution one launched in April - at the current 2048 x 1536 specs - and then in October - the 4K version with 4096 x 3072 specs.
Guess we will see - but when the iPad Pro is launched if it has worse PPI specs than the iPad Air - then the above migration makes sense. But it sure would be nice for apple to launch a product that does have the best resolution possible at the start.
http://mumbrella.com.au/failure-encore-weekly
Thanks to Russell E for this next one - which is about failure. In this case the failure of a weekly Tablet App / magazine called Encore.
But what is amazing is the difference in the level of failure between iOS and Android. From the article quote
We kicked off 2013 with 872 iPad downloads of the first edition. And just 48 to Android.
After that initial number, things fell away slightly for the next few weeks, and we didn’t exceed that initial number for a further 16 editions. We delivered 877 iPad downloads for that 16th edition. (And 12 for Android).
By now, a further learning was dawning upon us. There wasn’t much demand for an Android edition. In the end, we never did improve on that initial 48 downloads. In our worst week, our 19th edition of the year, there were just six Android downloads. Which was a bit discouraging, to say the least.
We resolved to press on with both though. And indeed, our overall number steadily grew.
Our 24th edition of the year was the first to deliver more than 1,000 iPad edition downloads (and 25 to Android).
unquote.
So even after the initial surge - then drop off - while iOS eventually grew larger then the initial number - Android never did. and I love this quote from the article quote - A few weeks ago we quietly stopped the Android tablet edition. Nobody noticed. unquote
Oh snap. One thing they also mentioned in there is they started with one platform that was just iOS they liked - and then switched to another that they did not like because it supported Android - and well - it is safe to say - if you are doing something for a tablet - and you make any decisions based around Android - you are making a bad decision. The sentiment was that they would have been much better off sticking with the original platform and just doing iOS - and well the numbers make a no duh type comment. Did we mention 40% of iPad buyers from black friday weekend are android users - Just sayin.
http://www.fidlee.com/android-support-vs-ios-support/
Thanks to Tim B for the heads up on this next one. Which is a really pretty graph - well pretty if you like Green and have an iOS device. If you own an Android device - it is just a downright depressing chart. and if you are an android fan bois it is one of those charts you hope someone like me never gets a hold of. What is said chart about - well it is about OS version support for released product. Green represents that said device is on the current major version. Yellow means it is one major version behind - orange is 2 behind. Pinkish is 3 behind - dark red is 4 behind and Black is >4 major revisions behind.
And then they chart months and years after a product is released. Here is what is simply amazing. Only two kinda 3is Major Andorid devices out of 16 were still on the current major version a year after release. I say 3 ish as the Nexus s 12 months after release was one revision behind - but a few months later was back on the latest version - but then quick faded after that. Also with Android devices - 7 of the 16 were on the first day they were released 1 major revision behind. With 6 of them never getting caught up. The longest any Android device stayed on the current major version - 1 Year - 10 months - that was the Galaxy nexus. The Longest an iOS device stayed on the latest version - 4 years 3 months. That was the iPhone 3GS. Which is now just one major revision behind.
Of the 9 android devices over that are 2 years or older - on the 2year mark - 5 of the 9 were 3 major revisions behind. 2 were 2 major revision behind and 2 were just one major revisions behind.
All iOS device were up to date on their 2 year mark and their 3 year mark.
So in a nut shell - if you want a device that has the latest and greatest software - because you now the OS is kind of important for touch screen devices - then Android is not what you want.
By the way the 16 Android devices are the top of the line devices - Nexus's - Sammy S2, S3, Note, HTC One, and so on. This chart as the author notes would look a lot lot worse if you went with lower end android devices.
I do find it very interesting - Apple definitely wants you to upgrade every two years - but realistically the life of an iOS device is at least 4 years. What that means is at the 2 year mark - if you purchased your iOS device when it was first released - it is just half way through its life cycle - that means it has greater value for resale. So to me this says Apple's plan to get to upgrade every two years - is to give you a device you can easily sell in two years that retains enough value to make it worthwhile to sell or pass on. And Androids strategy to get your to upgrade is to release devices that in two years have reached the end of their useful life - so you are forced to upgrade. Again interesting strategy - I kind of like going with the option where I am not forced to upgrade but choose to upgrade myself.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/mac-os-x/23229/
apple-winning-os-war
Johnny Evans has a post out on computerworld titled - Apple is winning the OS war - and he starts it with quote This won't be a popular opinion but the inconvenient truth is that Apple is winning the OS wars unquote
Well there is one thing he is wrong about - it is a popular opinion around these parts. Essentially he looked over that chart I just went over and then looked at the state of not just Android - but also MS Windows and OS X.
His conclusion is that only iOS is positioned well for the future. Why because with iOS you get uniformity of revision of the OS over the vast majority of devices. over 70% of iOS users are already on iOS 7. Where as the latest version of Android KitKat is at about 1.1% of Android users. As he points out with Android devices are out of date when they come out of the box and many can't be upgraded.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/smartphones
/23193/googles-schmidt-claims-only-samsung
-google-match-iphone
Eric Schmidt is up to no good again - and by that I mean he is communicating with the world. Google really should lock him in faraday cage somewhere. This time he put together a post telling people how to switch from iOS to Android - because he said many of his friends are switching from iPhone to Android - and by Friends I am assuming he means upper management at Android and by switching I think he means - you switch or your fired. Hopefully in two years when all those that switched find out their Android device is woefully out of date and they must upgrade - Eric will be so nice as to put up a post on how to switch back.
Now one thing Schmidt did say in the post that I am sure made many at google cringe is when he said quote "The latest high-end phones Samsung Galaxy S4, Motorola Droid Ultra and the Nexus 5 have better screens, are faster, and have a much more intuitive interface," unquote
Or put another way - these are the only Android devices worth a damn and the rest are crap. I am sure the folks at HTC, LG, Sony, Lenovo and the plethora of other Android manufactures were not at all feeling slighted.
Oh and his comments about them being faster - umm - yeah not anywhere even remotely close to true.
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Kudos to Matt for this next comment / observation about why Apple does not pre-load all the apps.
Hi Rob,
I think that one reason that the quality Apple apps that have gone free with IOS 7 are not automatically included in the stock apps is that they are also fairly large. Garage Band, Pages, Numbers, and iPhoto take up over 1.5 gb on my 16 gb iPhone and I haven't created anything with them yet. Adding Keynote and iMovie would take an additional gb of space. All the more reason to make 32 gb the entry level storage size for devices.
Regards,
Matt S. in winston-Salem NC
Matt - I am sure that is it - Apple does not want a 16 GB iOS device shipping with 4 GB of Apps pre-installed. Makes you think you have less space available then you do - that said - I don't think there should be 16 GB iOS devices anymore any way - 32 GB should be the entry level.
Hi Rob
For the gentleman on episode 288 that bricked his iPhone and can't restore, I had the same problem once and was able to connect my iPhone to a different computer and accomplish a restore. If this works , then once the phone is functioning he could try to restore from a backup on the original computer or copy the backup file to the new computer and try to restore from that. This worked for me once, so possibly he can use a friends computer and iTunes to unbrick his phone. I believe he needs to make sure the computer is logged in with his iTunes account and connected to the internet for the authorization process to go smoothly.
Regards
Brent
Hey again Rob,
regarding Jon's request in episode 289 about transferring itunes credit to a new account I think the best thing may be to just leave the account open and use it to gift apps to other accounts until the credits run out. As far as getting the old purchases to the new devices they will need to set up home sharing to do that.
hope that helps,
Ben from productivitypad.blogspot.com
Hey Rob.
One of your listeners called about the wifi and Bluetooth on an iPhone 4S not working, This did happen to me once as well. The switch was greyed out as if it was disabled, and nothing I did could change it. I heard of the "put it in a ziplock and place in freezer" thing, but it didn't work for me. Just so he knows, he wasn't alone. In the end, apple just replaced my phone.(Sidebar: before I forget, I had that 4S for the longest time(about 2 years) and never had that problem, but I then did one of those minor bug fixing updates, and then the wireless didn't work.)
Also, two callers had problems with touch ID, and you asked for feedback, I've never had a problem. None. Zero. Zilch. I love it.
And one question, anyone else with a 5S noticing that sometimes a wireless network that you know is there won't show up for the longest time? Just wondering if I'm the only one. (I mean it. It takes quite some time.)
Regards,
Dan, from Orangeville,
Hey Rob,
As someone who is running iOS 7, I can't stand using Apple maps. The area I live in is so messed up on Apple maps that I doubt I'll go back. It is sad but Google maps hasn't steered me wrong.
Regards,
Alex
Hi Rob
Listening to your most recent podcast and I had to stop to disagree. Apple maps is more popular ONLY because it is the default map. To make this worse Apple won't allow you to switch this default. Trust me, I love apple and dislike Google (generally). However, Apples approach to this is, well... very Googlelike!
Apple maps is worse than Google maps. You can't even zoom into a route and my wife recently had a fender bender fighting this frustrating feature gap.
Love your show and generally agree. This one however, I could not disagree more strongly. Apple needs to allow choosing a different map. If there is a way to do this (apart from jail breaking) if love to hear it!
Regards,
Tom in San Antonio
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We have a USell back this week as a sponsor - and that is Usell spelled U S E L L - who is an aggregator of buyers of mobile devices. You know you have some old mobile devices - be it iPhones, iPads, or dare we say it Android devices laying around that are collecting dust. Don't be your own little island of misfit mobile toys - sell them off to someone that will love them and use them and touch them all over. You remember how happy that The Charlie in the box was and the spotted elephant was when they found new owners - well that mobile device you have collecting dust or stuck in a draw can feel the same way. And when you go to today in iOS dot com slash usell - you can put a smile on your face too by getting cold hard cash. For example an iPhone 5 64 gb Verizon version right now will get you a top offer of $305 - that is $45 more than the same device would get you at that company that has the name of cheetah food.
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http://podcast411.libsyn.com/411-i-tem-0229
-igor-ramos-recap-call-recorder
I mentioned I received my RECAP 2 phone recorder - well I had a chance to try it out - and I did so by interviewing the Creator of the RECAP - Igor Ramos for Podcast411 - the interview was done using the RECAP and my iPhone where I called him on his home's cordless phone. I recorded the call on another iPhone in the boss jock app. If you would like to hear that interview - go to podcast411 dot com and look for that interview.
The version I used for the call - was the RECAP 2 - and that version is now part of a Kickstarter campaign - that just launched last week and will run until Jan 14th - this is a great device for recording Phone calls from your iPHone or Skype calls or FaceTime audio calls. I need to get a Skype or FaceTime call recorded and put on this show so you can hear the quality. For now you can hear how a phone call sound in the interview I did. The cost of the Recap 2 is $50 - just search for RECAP in Kickstarter dot com.
What I really like about this - is that it is a essentially a phone hybrid that plugs into your iPhone headphone jack and allows you to record on another iOS device - which most of us have now - be it an older iPhone or an iPad. And it does not require an external power supply and the really great part it is about 1" x 1" x 0.5" - it is smaller than the square reader.
So it is perfect companion for those that travel a lot but still need to do phone or Skype interviews when on the road.
If you go to podcast411 - you will see the full set up for the interview in the picture at the top and also as the episode artwork for ep 229 of podcast411.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
651803572/life-spot-powerful-solution?ref=search
Hi Rob, I found this kick starter project and thought you might like it. It is called the Life spot - two words with a dash in the middle.
Regards,
Nathan
Thanks Nathan for the heads up - and this is a nice product for the IT guy needing to get a charging center set up in the office.
While they say it is for Home or office - I can't imagine too many wives being happy with this.
What this is is a tower with multi-charging alcoves - where over all you could charge 8 different devices. Pricing on this is $65 and they have hit their goal of $25,000 - with over $31,000 raised - this project is only running until December 15th at 12:00 AM ET.
Right now the option is to get a tower that supports - 2 Apple 30 pin connectors, 2 lightening connectors and 4 Micro USB connectors.
If they hit their stretch goal of 50k - then you will have the option also of either all Apple devices only or all Micro USB only.
Search for life dash spot at kickstarter dot com.
http://makezine.com/2013/11/26/an-early
-look-at-the-cortado-the-arduino-youll
-never-plug-in/
Thanks to Thomas for this next one - which is a post at Makezine dot com titled - An early look at the cortado - the Arduino you'll never plug in.
Ok - so if you go and listen to the interview I did with Igor - you will hear him mention that the RECAP is based on Arduino. Which is a hardware platform similar in a similar ilk as Raspberry pie - except not nearly as complicated.
What is special about the Cortado - is that you send your sketches to the board wirelessly. The module has an RGB LED, a 3 Axis Accelerometer, 8 digital I/O Pins with 2 option analog inputs - and what you can do with it - is really dependent on your imagination.
At this point you are either completely lost - or very excited - if the later - search for Cortado in the show notes for ep 290 over at today in iOS Dot com. If the former - sorry - I will turn off my inner geek now.
PLAYVOICEMAIL - DECLAN_imovie_issue
I asked declan
If he had tried force quitting all open apps - and then going to Settings --> General --> Reset --> Reset Network settings.
He did that and reported back that fixed his issue. It seems in iOS 7 more than any past version of iOS - closed apps are not really closed - until you do a re-boot. Great - iOS 7 is getting more and more like windows - just re-boot and issues go away.
Hi Rob,
I wonder if one of your listeners can help me with a problem for which I haven't found a solution on the Net.
I have two Exchange email accounts set up on my iOS 7 devices, and they both work fine apart from one issue - I cannot move emails between them or from my Gmail or iCloud email accounts to them. Whenever I try one of these moves, the Exchange accounts are greyed out, making moving impossible.
My work IT department can't solve it but said they couldn't see why it shouldn't work OK. Then they mentioned Apple Configurator (for deploying iOS devices in Enterprise), which they said could probably be used to allow moving between multiple Exchanges accounts. But when I had a look at the Configurator pages I got cold feet because I'm no expert and it looked pretty complicated. The last think I want to do is brick my device or do something nasty to my devices.
Does anyone out there have a solution that is simple and doable by a non-expert such as myself? Maybe I only need to follow a couple of basic Configurator steps?
Many thanks indeed,
David
Hi Rob. I really hate not knowing when I have a missed call. I can't always be near my phone, like when its charging. I'd like to know if there are any services or apps to email me when I have a missed call and if I'm lucky maybe even text messages. That way when I'm on my ipad or Mac I can know when I have missed such event. Thank you for your work.
Regards Luis
Hi Luis,
You might want to check into YouMail - they used to have a feature of emailing you when you got a message - not sure if they did that when you missed a call as well
I believe YouMail is still free.
And then Luis emailed me back to say yes it did what he was looking for - so if you are looking to get an email when you get a voicemail or miss a call - take a look at YouMail.
Ok - we got a bunch of feedback about touchID and it working or not working and possible why for the not working part.
VOICEMAIL - DRDAVE_fdbk_touchID
Hello Rob,
Last week I sent you an email about my iphone 5s finger print recognition problem. Subsequently I solved the problem which might be classified as "operator error" After you answered my email I went into settings and Touch ID and Edit. I touched the finger associated with my thumb and moved it around until the Finger line got darker as it recognized my thumb print. I notice that it was recognizing the print much lower on my thumb than what I had been using. At this point I did not rescan my finger. Going out of the settings and back into the normal phone mode I had no problem unlocking the phone using the new position on my thumb.
I attribute part of the problem I had with the phone having this "learning period" of the thumb print and liked the lower part of my thumb better than the upper part. The thing that was confusing about my problem was that the first few hours after I initially scanned my thumb, the phone would unlock on the upper part of my thumb.
Thanks for you help
Jim from Lakewood CO
Hi Rob,
I just got my Gold 32Gb 5s and I too have Touch ID woes. Though for now I am going to blame it on my ever so changing thumbprints. I know that sounds weird but Touch ID worked all weekend fine. However within a couple hours of work on Monday it wouldn't work. I am an electrician in in the industrial sector and my hands take a beating so I'm thinking the scratches and what not to my thumbs temporarily alter my prints (I've tried other fingers too-same issue). Other than that I'm loving my new phone. Huge improvement seeing I'm coming from a 4s.
Thanks for all you do
Dave T
Hi Rob
I wanted to respond to a couple questions that were recently asked on the show.
There was a question about the fingerprint reader on the 5S. I got my 5S on release day. Initially the fingerprint scanner would almost always unlock the phone on the first try. I live in Minnesota. I noticed that as the weather has gotten colder and my hands have gotten drier, I'm having more problems with the fingerprint reader. I frequently end up with enough bad tries that is makes me enter my code. I'm wondering if the dry, cracked hands confuse the reader.
There was a question about missing apps. I just helped someone migrate from a 4s to a 5s. He has iTunes back up his phone to his PC. I told him to sync the old phone before he brought it in, then sync the new phone when he got it home. I said that would take care of nearly everything and make the upgrade process really smooth. It migrated most things but not his apps. IITunes showed no apps for the phone. It turned out he had recently gotten a new work PC. He didn't have administrator rights. Something was wrong with iTunes on his PC. It wasn't signing him in. When he would try to sign in, iTunes crashed. Once he got that resolved, he was able to sign into iTunes and restore his apps.
Lastly, I noticed something about the 5s that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. I had been using Bluetooth earbuds with my 4s. I would get periodic audio dropouts, especially if I got near someone else using Bluetooth. Using the same earbuds with the 5s, the dropouts are gone. They must have done something with the 5s to improve Bluetooth.
Joe in Minnesota
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Justin_PA_fingerprint_sensor
Steve VA_TouchID
Woody_NJ_cmnts_touchId_skin_dried_out
ED_TN_FDBK_touchID
Jeff_FDBK_touchID
Hi Rob,
I was listening to your latest podcast & thought I’d add a few tips that really helped me to obtain consistent results using the fingerprint scanner. First, you’re right on the mark with making sure one tries to calibrate against as much area as possible around the center of the thumb or other finger. Here’s a few more pointers, based upon my experience:
a) While calibrating, lightly place the thumb or other finger on the sensor and do NOT move it until vibration is felt, indicating it is time to lift the finger off the sensor & gently placing it back on again. Don’t get in a hurry calibrating!
b) Likewise, when unlocking one’s phone, touch & hold. I usually press the button to activate the screen, then release pressure on the button, while leaving my thumb stationary, which works well for me.
c) With respect to (a) & (b), too often one lifts the finger or moves it before the scanning is complete. Once again, while calibrating, wait until the phone vibrates before lifting finger, and when opening the phone, lightly hold finger steady on the sensor—don’t move or slide thumb/finger until it unlocks. These two techniques resulted in consistent unlocking for me at least 90% of the time. My phone would still occasionally throw a fit & not read my fingerprint, but it would read properly again later in the day.
d) Final tip, calibrate each thumb or finger to at least two of the five memories. I have my right thumb to 3 of the 5, and my left to the remaining 2 positions, and haven’t had a single miss-read on unlocking since.
Oh, and for a security tip—I tend to control my phone using the tip of my thumb, so when calibrating & unlocking, I use the central part of my thumb (swirl area). Once my phone unlocks, I just slide my thumb off the sensor, which wipes it clean of the print, making it more difficult for someone to obtain a clean copy of my print off the phone.
Hope this helps!!! :-)
Alani
http://9to5mac.com/2013/12/06/microsoft
-updates-bing-for-ipad-to-version-2-0-with
-ios-7-design-skydrive-bookmarks-and-more/
MS just updated their Bing app for iPad to Version 2.0 - Ok - ok calm down - the episode is almost over you can wait a few minutes to update the app - no need to do it right now.
I mean first up you don't even know what was updated - like the revamped UI to match up with iOS 7 aesthetics. Or that you can now have images and bookmarks saved in the app and synced via MS skydive. Or even more importantly - you can now share search results for Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms - because nothing says oooppps like accidentally sharing a search inquiry for Cream Pie - when you really were looking for a recipe for a cream pie. And god forbid you share a search result when you are looking for an automated teller machine.
Any way v 2.0 of the ping App is out there waiting for you once you get through today's episode. Ok for the rest of you that stayed around - lets move on.
http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/11/28/
once.again.third.party.knockoff.charger.
suspected.in.death/
Thanks to all that sent in links to this tragic story. It is about another person that was electrocuted to death because they were using a cheap knock off charger. This was a 28 year old man in Thailand - who was electrocuted while charging up his iPhone 4S. Photos taken at the scene indicate it was a 3rd party charger. Look - Cheap - case - sure - Cheap earphones - No Problem - But Cheap Chargers - Big problem. Stay with just Apple chargers. Is it really worth dying over - and don't say well it was purchased here in the US or Europe so it is safe - wrong - some knock off chargers being sold in the US or Europe are the same basic chargers as the ones that killed or injured those in China. Either get the official Apple chargers or ones that certified by Apple.
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Hi Rob I've been following the discussion on making ring tones on the iPhone with GarageBand. Well I downloaded GarageBand, made myself a ring tone, and installed it to my phone all from my phone. I then go into my settings app and select my new custom ring tone. However the next time someone calls me only the default ring tone plays. I then go back into the settings and check to make sure my custom ring tone is selected (and it is, and it does play) yet when someone calls me the default ring tone still plays. Has anyone else had this issue? I am on a 32 GB iPhone 5S running iOS 7.0.4
Regards,
Dave T
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Noooooooo - I thought we were done with this topic. For anyone else that has created a ringtone via Garagband on your iOS device - were you able to get it to stick?
Hey Rob
I'm not sure if I'm missing something here, but is there anyway to attach a PDF file within the email app, like you can do photos/videos. It's a pain having to go to the PDF shelf in the iBooks app to send that file then go back to the address book because I forgot to copy the email address. Is there any app that does this?
Regards,
AJ
I AJ - Sorry - you can only select a photo or video to put into an email right from the email - Per a PDF - you need to go to the iBooks app select the PDF and then select the option to email it out. Now if you need to get that PDF into a specific email you are responding to - you go to the iBooks app - tap on the doc and tap to email it - then when the email opens with the PDF in it - tap in the email and select all and copy - and then go back to the email you need to reply to and paste it.
But sorry no simple way like with Photos or videos.
Hi Rob,
Since my wife and I got married about a year and a half ago she has been having issues with iCloud. After we got married she changed her gmail account associated with her iCloud to change her last name. Now her 4s, which originally was associated with her old gmail account, will prompt her to sign into iCloud using her old gmail account and password. Her iTunes account only recognizes her new gmail address which, is odd because we have synced her phone and even restored to no avail. Any thoughts on what's causing this or how we can get her iCloud to recognize her new email address?
Regards,
Mason C
Hey Rob,
I just found the obvious solution to an issue I have had for a couple of years. When I first got an iPhone, I started a long process of looking for an app to handle my Gmail.
I had always felt Apple’s Mail integration with Gmail was funky. Which I am told is because Gmail uses non standard whatsiwhosits. (That’s a technical term.) Before the update to Maverick, I was content to keep trying new Gmail apps to see if that was the issue.
However, with the recent updates to Maverick, my Gmail was more than a little glitchy on my Macbook. I ended up checking my multiple gmail accounts in my browser, and was even more frustrated with my apps for iOS 7.
My solution? I got an iCould email account. I had avoided that for years, but my crush on Google has been fading fast with the G+ integration of Youtube, and the issues with my Apple Mail not playing well with my Gmail.
I found out quickly that I had been missing out because anything that hits my iCloud email was in my Apple Mail, and iOS Mail apps instantly. This included the Gmail that I was forwarding through to my iCloud account. Even better, I had no idea that I could have three aliases, so I was able to delete several gmail accounts which helped untangle things that the G+, account switching, youtube has done to my stuff.
For the first time with my iPhone I am happy with how my mail sorts itself with the new iCloud rules, and iCloud account. I guess Google lost me. If Apple comes up with a viable alternative to Youtube, I’d have no reason to use anything Google at all.
I can’t be the only one that resisted an iCloud account for so long. If had known how slick that was, I would have done it years ago.
Thanks for your show. I love your work,
-Wolsey
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For anyone who is a podcaster AND you are hosting with Libsyn - I wanted to let you know for the New Media Expo - if you have a small poster 11 x 14 or smaller or some biz cards 4 x 6 or smaller and you would like them shown off at the Libsyn Booth - email me rob at libsyn dot com. If you are not going - you can snail mail them to me - if you are going - we can set up you bringing them to me at the show.
If you are not going to the new media expo and are interested in getting into podcasting or blogging - this is the show for you - if you are already blogging or podcasting - this is the show to go to to connect with other podcasters and bloggers and learn how to better your craft. I have been to everyone and can not recommend going strong enough. This next one is 4 weeks away - Saturday Jan 4th - the 5th and the 6th. So when it ends you can stay a little longer and go to CES. Which is what I am doing. Which starts on the 7th. I hope to see some of you at NMX or CES in Jan - but definitely NMX as I will be speaking there and Libsyn will have a booth. Again even if you are not going and a libsyn customer email me rob@libsyn dot com to get me your cards or info to show off at the show.
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