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Wed, 10 October 2012
Hey_Rob,
Greetings from LA! During the iPhone launch day, another historic event also took place. Endeavor flew over us on its way to the California Science center! I was at work and was afforded an excellent view of it as it flew right over head.
Here's a one of my pics, Endeavor was atop a jumbo jet and had 2 itty bitty (by comparison) jets as escort.
Taken with the native camera of my iPhone 4S and edited with snapseed and InstaFrame.
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Episode 243 Transcript
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Apparently there was some sort of work stoppage at one of the foxconn plants last week - and depending on what report your read - it was as bad as 3 to 4 thousand people on strike shutting down an iPhone 5 line for an entire day on Friday or it was just 100 quality inspectors refusing to work for an hour some time last week. The issue may be a result of Apple raising the quality control standards in the wake of user complaints with regards to fit and finish and that resulted in workers beating up one of the quality inspectors which caused a group of 100 quality inspectors to stop working. I guess basically they feared that if inspector number 5 could get a beat down so could they.
Foxconn for their part issued a press release denying any work stoppage at any Foxconn plant and stating production has continued on schedule.
Seems that Wall Street tended to believe the 3,000 to 4,000 workers on strike and shutting down the facility for a day story over the 100 QA inspectors for one hour story. If you look at what happened to the stock since this story broke.
What is the truth - well we may never know. But if Apple keeps dropping in price - it may be an opportunity to buy some more Apple stock.
For those of you with the iPhone 5 - Apple released an update to the App store app which adds support for the larger screen on the iPhone 5 - so no more letter boarding on the iPhone 5 when in the App store app.
So for all that sent in emails and screen shots of your Apple App store app letter boxing - well those days should be over for you now.
Per iPad Mini Rumors - The first site to give the October 17th date for the iPad mini event would be well Today in iOS dot com - and now it seems others are starting to finally catch up. Philip DeWitt over at Forbes is now reporting October 17th as well. And others are piling on. I guess better late then never. Actually DeWitt claims to have a big time apple investor as his unnamed source that stated invites would be going out on the 10th - one day later than my Oct 9th prediction for invites - nope no source on my side - other than a calendar and looking at the past. DeWitt then extrapolated the 17th date for the event as he said he source only said the 10th for invites - and no firm date is given for units to start shipping and going on sale in the stores. I had speculated Nov 16th. WE SHALL SEE
More rumors on the iPad front show that a new unknown Apple tablet started showing up in server logs - this one known as ipad3,6 and is speculated to be a faster version of the 3rd Gen iPad. With people saying the iPad 3rd gen will be replaced this month with a new version of the 3rd gen iPad with the A6 processor and lightning dock connector. While I agree that the next iPad - the 4th gen iPad will have an A6 processor and lightning dock - I don't see it being unveiled at the iPad mini event. I think the iPad 3rd gen will stay as is until the March time frame if not a little longer depending on how sales work out for the mini and the iPad 3rd gen. If the 3rd Gen sales stay strong don't be surprised to see the 4th gen iPad pushed out until the june time frame.
For the iPad mini it is speculated it is the iPad 2,5 and iPad 2,6 that started showing up a couple of months ago in server logs.
On the last episode I said that on September 28th the iPhone 5 in addition to launching in 22 different countries - which I named - would also be launching in the US on carriers I do not think I named - so lets name them - Cellcom, nTelos, Appalacian Wireless, C Spire GCI and Cricket.
Speaking of Apple Ware being available The new 5th gen iPod touches have started shipping. Of course the Apple store still says just October for the delivery date for the iPod touches.
If you are one of those that have received the new iPod touch or if you do before the next show - let me know your thoughts - the good the bad and the not so pretty. Give me a call - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
The following is an email - that I have received a few of with the same theme - it reads
Rob Help! My iphone 5 is using battery power like a drunken sailor! I even run thru 50% in my sleep.
And you already called it... There are no Lightning cables available yet, so I have to drag my only cable everywhere I go!
Please give us some help in your next show.
Regards,
John P.
Ok - So this is actually similar to emails I see with each new iPhone and update of iOS. There are added features - and that means added ways for battery drain.
So lets go through a list of 13 different ways you can save on your battery life with your iPhone or iOS device. Some are oldies but goodies - others are new and more specific to iOS 6.
1. Turn the brightness down on your iPhone and turn off auto brightness. Do this in the Settings app under Brightness and Wallpaper.
2. Turn off bluetooth - this is another battery drainer - if you don't need bluetooth turn it off. This is now in the Settings app - in the top section.
3. Turn off wifi if you are going to work or driving in your car and don't expect to be somewhere where you plan on using Wifi - just turn it off. This is still near the top of the settings app.
4. Turn off Raise to Speak with Siri - in settings - for Siri - turn off Raise to Speak option - unless you actually use it - no reason to have it on.
5. A big Battery drain is Location Services - this is the one in iOS 5 that caused the most issues on battery life. In iOS 6 the controls for location services moved - go to Settings App - then Privacy - then location services. Then scroll down and select System Services. Other than Traffic I would say turn all of them off - and if you don't use traffic in the maps app - turn it off to.
6. Staying with Location services - when you first got to that page you could see services for Camera, Maps, Weather, and Find My iPhone. For most - just turn off Weather. If you are not using the maps app - you can turn that off as well. I would highly recommend keeping on find my iPhone. That one is important.
7. A new one to turn on actually is Settings App - General - About - Advertising - and Then Turn on Limit Ad Tracking - ok not really sure that will help on battery life - but it is something Apple should have had turned on by default - and we are just getting that set up correctly now. Plus if you are limiting ad tracking that does mean less data sent from the iOS device - so yeah it should help in battery life.
8. Next Settings App - General - About - Diagnostic & Usage - Select Don't Send - which will keep your error messages and data from being sent to Apple - yeah you are not doing your part to help out the community - but enough others are that it does not matter - hows that for narcissistic community spirit.
9. Mail - set it up to manually update. Settings app then select Mail, contacts, calendars. Then Fetch new Data - then Turn off Push and change Fetch to Manually. While you are at it you can also click on Advanced then iCloud and change that from Push to Manual. Especially if you don't use iCloud much or at all.
10. In the settings App - podcasts - turn off use cellular data.
11. Also in the Settings App - General - Auto-lock - change that to 1 or 2 minutes. That will put your screen to sleep quicker.
12. In the Settings App for Notifications - look to see what apps you have set to get notifications / pushes - do you really need to be able to get notifications from your games - I mean do I need messages from Tron or Trucks & skulls - nope - so I turned them off.
13. Finally - close out all your open apps. For those that don't know how to close out apps - double tap on the home button - you should see a tray open at the bottom of the screen - tap and hold one of the apps - the apps in the bottom tray should start to wiggle and in the upper left corner of the icon there should be a red circle with a minus sign in it - tap on those red circles until there are no more open apps.
If you do most if not all of the above - you should see a great improvement in your battery life.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob, My iPhone 5 won't charge with anything but the computer , thought it was the cord. Just won't charge. Any thoughts. Regards
Charlton
I replied to him asking about what other chargers he was trying to plug into. And needing to contact Apple.
He replied saying Apple had him to a restore and everything works now.
So folks if you are having an issue when your iPhone 5 does not seem to be charging or something else is not working with regards to the new lightning port - maybe a good old fashion windows type re-boot is what you need - Great now that the port is all digital - it brings in a whole other way for things to go wrong.
Nice. Must bite tongue am not going to complain about 30 pin dock going away - not going to complain.
I was in an AT&T store a couple days ago and the sales rep informed me that if there are any open upgrades this year coming up for a Customer then they will go ahead and give them an early upgrade for the iPhone five so if the upgrade is not due until say December 15th they will go ahead and give you an early upgrade today.
Regards,
Matt S
Hi Matt - thanks for the update on that - and folks again you can check your update status from your iPhone by dialing *639# and hit call - you will get a text message. it will tell you when you are eligible.
Hi Rob,
A subtle new feature I noticed on iOS 6 is now when searching for an app on your phone using the Search iphone function, it lists the name of the folder the app is in.
You may have already seen this...
Keep up the good work!
Thanks,
john
Apples investors Quarterly call will be on October 25th - which is a Thursday this time around. iPhone sales, iPad sales and more goodies will be talked about that day. It also bodes well with my rumor of October 17th for the iPad Mini announcement. This gives Apple Press each week of the month. Last week speculation about the iPad mini invites. This week the actual invites and speculation about the event - then next week the event itself - and the last week will be the quarterly call.
On the last episode per the issue of the Purple Haze / flare - I said the following quote Per the Purple Haze - yeah - that one they are not likely going to take back the phone for - if it is just showing up when the bright light is just off frame - but rather they will likely tell you that is not how you want to take a picture. unquote. And well now apple has responded and they said
quote Most small cameras, including those in every generation of iPhone, may exhibit some form of flare at the edge of the frame when capturing an image with out-of-scene light sources. This can happen when a light source is positioned at an angle (usually just outside the field of view) so that it causes a reflection off the surfaces inside the camera module and onto the camera sensor. Moving the camera slightly to change the position at which the bright light is entering the lens, or shielding the lens with your hand, should minimize or eliminate the effect. unquote.
Or what I said they would basically say on the last show - which is If you are seeing the effect when pointing the camera at a bright light - stop pointing it at a bright light. Duhhhh.
Hi Rob,
First time writing in here.
Anyhow, I've had a Verizon iPhone 5 since launch day. In fact, I bought three - one for my wife, myself and my son. We all have 64gb Verizon iPhone 5s. All of our iPhones, including the one I sent back to Apple, have had an issue with incorrect date and time randomly occurring on the phone. For no apparent reason, all of our phones (but not all at the same time), will shift backwards in time 12 hours and 14 minutes. This breaks iMessage and other apps that require a correct time in order to function. Since I use my iPhone as an alarm clock, this caused me trouble when my alarm never went off the first time I noticed this issue. I've toggled off and on every setting possible: location services, auto time, time zone in location settings, wifi, cellular network, I've done four or five (lost count now) restores. I've reset network connections. I've set the iPhone up with no back ups - in effect as a brand new device. Nothing has prevented the time shift from occurring. I've been in contact with an iOS Senior Tech and to no avail. He escalated the problem up to engineering and I heard back from him today that the engineers are going to be in touch with Verizon. Apparently, this is only affecting VZW customers. Other than this issue, which is really huge, I love the new iPhone and would definitely recommend it.
There's a growing thread on Apple Support Communities about this issue: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4347494?start=105&tstart=0
Thought I'd point this issue out to you since I hadn't heard it on your show yet.
Thanks,
Jim
Hi Jim - thanks for the email - and looking through that discussion - it sounds like the issue is not isolated to iPhones - also some droids are having the issue and it is an issue with Verizon - which one poster claims Verizon said they hope to have fixed by the end of this week.
Ok - now in addition to the time issue - there is another issue a bigger issue that seems to be an iOS 6 or iPhone 5 or some combination there in issue - and it is about wild data usage. That iOS devices are using cellular data when they should be using Wifi. And people are quickly going through their data caps. Apple push our a Carrier update for Verizon iPhone 5s last week. If you got it and did the update - how did it work for you? Again overage of data for iOS devices running iOS 6 seems to be a bigger issue - with the podcasts app being one likely villain in this data usage issue - where it is downloading extra episodes and actually requiring more data per download than should be needed - about 3 times more bandwidth. So for a 10 mb file - it looks like the podcasts app using byte range requests is taking up to 30 mb in little pieces what should be an aggregate of 10 mb in data. More to come on that in the future. Of course the big issue for users is that it seems cellular data is being used even when Wifi is available and connected to.
And this is not just Verizon users - AT&T users are reporting this as are those with Rogers, Bell and Telus.
Some think iTunes match is also a big contributor to this data overage loosing wifi - borked my monthly data bill gate issue. What ever the case iOS 6.0.1 and Podcasts 1.2 can not get here soon enough.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob
I tried dumping Downcast for the Apple podcast app! Well I'm back using Downcast after about 600 mb of data downloaded over 3G for no other reason that the Podcasts App felt like & it randomly starts playing when I finish a phone call even when I've not been listening to anything. Apple should buy Downcast!
Regards.
Craig
and also thanks for Tash for the heads up on a review of the app - Where to - the review is over on TUAW - and Where To is a $2.99 app that is a complement to the Apple Maps app that gives you more detailed local info for a specific destination location. So now you can be sure to see all the different self serve yogurt and smoothie locations for any specific area.
Thanks to Chris in London and Thomas in Alabama and others for the heads up on this next one - and it is for us Apple TV owners out there 2nd and 3rd gen apple tv owners that is - there is an update waiting for you. Here are some of the features we get in this update.
Shared Photo Streams — this lets users share photos and albums from their device and invite others to comment on them
Airplay-enabled speakers and other devices can now play audio from Apple TV
Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing
Easy iTunes account switching
When viewing movie trailers you can see local theater showtimes (U.S. only) - Brilliant.
Ability to reorder onscreen icons - YES - this is the one I like best. This might mean an App store for Apple TV is not that far away. You can rearrange the app icons for the most part. I say for the most part - because the top row - Movies, TV shows, Music , computers and settings - can not be moved. But all the rest can. To move an icon select it and then press and hold the center round button the icon will then start to wiggle and you can move it around with the arrows outside the center button. I changed mine to Netflix, Podcasts, youtube, photostream and trailers in the second row.
Hey it ain't much but it is at least something.
Thanks to those that sent in a link to the article on Appadvice where they compare Podcasts app vs Instacast vs Downcast. Little spoiler alert - Downcast won. If you would like to see the details - look for the link titled Podcatcher App Showdown in the show notes for ep 243 over at today in iOS dot com And then Gigaom also had a podcasts app show down with a comparison between the Podcasts App, RSS Radio, iCatcher, Downcast, Pocketcasts, Instacast and Podcruncher. Spoiler Alert - nothing to spoil on that article - as it is more a here is some info about rather than them you know getting a pair and making a decision. Just sayin. Anyway if you want some info on those apps previously mentioned look for the link titled Podcasting 101: iOS podcasting apps in the show notes for ep 243.
If you have a kid - and you have an iPad and you have netflix - you probably have had your kid abscond run off with - steal your iPad to watch some pheneas and Ferb or god forbid some might machines. And if you have Apple TV as well you also know there is a section in Apple TV's netflix app called just for kids. Well now that section is here for the iPad app as well. When you update the app - launching it just requires tapping on the new Just for kids button in the upper left and then you can hand over your iPad and not worry so much about your 4 year old finding The Walking Dead, Tudors or Breaking bad in your queue.
Thanks netflix.
Oh and again that is for the iPad right now - not for iPhones and iPod touches.
Seems those missing street view on their iOS 6 devices may not have to miss it anymore - From the Google maps web app - you can now get street view views for many locations. just go to maps.google.com in safari on your iOS device - and then zoom in on a destination - then tap on an item on the map - when you get the bar at the bottom with in on that location - if you see the stick man at the right of that bar and his is not faded out - you can click on him and it brings up google street view for that location.
I mentioned iOS 6 adoptions rates last episode as a big deal. Chitika has some updated info for iPhone adoption of iOS 6 - as of Sept 30th - 60% of iPhones were on iOS 6 - Seems the maps thing is a big to do in the tech world and not so much in the real world. Also speaking of updated numbers - Google updated their numbers as of October 1st - 1.8% of Android smartphones had been updated to Jelly bean. That is after 90 days of availability vs the 60% for iPhones after just 11 days. Ouch - sucks to be on Android - if you know like getting the latest and greatest that is. Oh and speaking of Android and Google - because hey the best time to kick someone is when they are down - not much chance of them fighting back. Well Google via their Motorola division - just let users know that updating their Atrix smartphone to the latest Android OS - as they promised buyers they would be able to do - ummm Yeah forget about it. Thats right those who purchased an Atrix with the ancient Gingerbread ie Android 2.3 it seems are destined to not upgrade to Android 4.x. Even though you know Moto ie Google originally said they would be able to - Nice - could you imagine the Crap storm Apple would be in if they did the same with the iPhone 4 saying sorry it can't upgrade to iOS 5 or iOS 6. Yikes. Well another reason for those of us with iPhone to feel sorry for those stuck with an Android device - remember folks don't be haters of the Android users - feel pity for them. Because either they want an iPhone and for some reason are unable to get one or worse yet - they don't even realize the OS dungeon they are living in. Pity folks - that is what we must show to the Android kind - not hate. just pity and lots of it.
Hey Rob,
I came across this story online and saw it as more fuel for your argument that Apple will be perceived as the bad guy in the wake of the Apple vs. Samsung case:
http://discchord.com/blog/2012/9/19/grainbender-protests-apple-patent-abuses.html
Regards,
Chris is Canada
Thanks chris - and the article he sent a link to is titled GrainBender Protests Apple Patent Abuses - and it is about an App dev that in protest over what he sees as apples abuse of the patent system - he is removing all his apps from the App store. Hmmm - lets see how do I describe this - Nose Face Spite cutting off. Yup - that sums it up. I am sure if the dev was knocking it out of the park with app sales - he would not have done this - But I do agree All of Apples lawsuits do put them in a bad light - it does not matter they are sued way more then they sue - and most patents they get are defensive to protect them from Trolls - it is the high profile case of Samsung the most people only know of. When a Rovio - pulls their apps in protest - however that is when you really know there is a major issue.
Hi Rob,
Here is a List of the most sold phones in September by Telia in Sweden, after just a couple of days since start of sales of iPhone 5 it was the topseller.
Här är de mest sålda telefonerna hos Telia:
1. Apple Iphone 5 (Ny)
2. Apple Iphone 4S (1)
3. Apple Iphone 4 (2)
4. Samsung Galaxy S llI (3)
Regards, Johan O.
Thanks Johan - amazing the iPhone 5 was the number one selling device and it was only for sale for 3 days in September. Amazing.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
wanted to let you know I can't get into your app no matter what I try.
Laurie B
iPhone 4S
I sent an email to laurie telling her to delete the Tii App from her iOS device and then from her computer and then to sync the two - then to redownload the app from the app store making sure to use the same iTunes account - so she was not charged again. After doing that the Tii App worked fine - so if you are someone that upgrade to iOS 6 and saw an issue with the Tii App - try uninstalling and re-installing. Sorry about the issue - are devs are not sure why that happens to a very very small percentage of users - but again if it happens to you - it is 100% you and that is a big percentage.
Rob,
I see a lot of Confusion from new owners of the iPhone 5 if the new Lightning to 30 pin connector will work for their car radio.
Car radios wired interface with the iPhone(iPod) in one of three ways:
1. iPod interface (serial) [iPod out] and line/audio out. The serial interface is to control and get song title, albums, playlists from the iPod in the iPhone, line out is used to supply the playing audio back to the radio.
2. USB interface and line/audio out. The USB is to control the iPod in the iPhone, line out is used to supply the playing audio back to the radio.
3. USB interface (control and get song title, albums, playlists from the iPod ) and stream playback to the radio. Only the USB cable is required.
It sounds like the new Lightning to 30 pin adapter will support #2 & 3 but not #1. Case in point older Sony' car radios that use a Unilink adapter to interface with the radio, this setup has the Unilink cable and RCA line cable to connect to the radio. The Kenwood add-on for old car radios use setup #1 above.
Most newer cars and car radios use #2 or 3 setups.
If the only plug in a USB cable between your car radio and your iPhone, then it is #3 setup and the Lightning to 30 pin adapter is not needed. Just the Lightning to USB cable.
The Lightning to 30 pin adapter would be needed if your car radio uses #2 setup, My 2011 car radio uses this type of setup.
Type #1 will not be supported by the iPhone 5. Used around the time of the iPhone 1, 3G & 3Gs.
Type #2 would require the Lightning to 30 pin adaptor.
Type #3 would only require the Lightning to USB cable if there is a USB jack to plug in to, if the car has a 30 pin cable from the dash then the adaptor would be needed.
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
I mention Kickstarter projects close to every show - would have mentioned them on the last show but ran out of time. Anyway - Kickstarter has changed some of their rules - one is Product simulations are prohibited. Essentially you can only show how your product works now showing the product - not some detailed computer simulation. Internal simulations are fine for the purpose of showing what is going on inside where it is impossible to show - but external shots that could be mistaken as a working product are not allowed.
Also offering multiple quantities is no longer allowed. So if you are selling a $20 or $25 Lightning to something adapter - you can only sell in quantities of one. No more of these 10 or 20 or even 100 packs I have seen. Now if you product works best in pairs or groups of a larger number - then you can sell in a group - but only one group size and then no singles.
These rules kicked in for new projects as of the end of September - so some we talk about still offer multiple quantities and / or show a product simulation.
Ok and now into some of the kickstarter projects.
I got the following email from I assume it is this kick starters teams PR company. So grain of salt take with it should you.
Hi,
Smidgeco, a San Francisco based startup, has announced its plan to bring the Tabzu, an iPad Cradle/Case into fruition via Kickstarter, combining innovation, functionality and creativity, all wrapped into one sleek, eco-friendly package.
Designed and developed by Leo Garza and Martin Meunier, Tabzu is the duo's newest installation in a long history of engineering cool stuff. Some may have seen their work in The Life Aquatic, The Lord of the Rings, RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Terminator, Indiana Jones and even Mythbusters. Armed with this knowledge, they decided it was time to design something for themselves - an iPad Case with the functions they were looking for, but could not find in stores.
Tabzu is different for many reasons. First, it features a unique patent-pending leg grabbing system that allows you to use it hands-free. The device also features a 360-degree Presentation mode, the ability to cater to tablets of different sizes, and a customizable cover, allowing users to express individual creativity via their tablet case. Tabzu is not only durable, lightweight and water-resistant, but it’s also eco-friendly.
Search for Tabzu at kickstarter dot com - that is t a b z u
regards,
Derrick Stembridge
Hi Derrick - thanks for the heads up - it looks like Tabzu has hit its goal of $20k with over $21K in pledges and until Oct 28th to get more funds.
Congrats to the folks behind Tabzu - and if this sounds like something you are interested in - it is just $30 over at kickstarter. Hey he mentioned Mythbusters and Robocop - I had to mention it.
I like talking about kick starter projects - and one of the things I recommend is that the people doing these projects keep their goal as low as possible.
This next one - clearly did not head that advice as they have a goal of 500,000 dollars - Yikes. With just 10 days to go - they have only raised $65,000 - This ones pledges shut down on Saturday October 20th at 3:48 PM ET - Officially that is - but in reality this one shut down the moment they put up the 500,000 goal.
This project by the way is called Airbridge - it is for streaming content from you iphone or ipad - but really does that even matter - what matters is that the people that put this project up - killed it themselves with such a high goal.
I know a few of you sent in links on this one - and while it may be a really cool product - the project is DOA. Put feel free to let the guys know that you like the project but they need to lower their goal.
Back on Ep 241 - we mentioned icontrolpad 2 - it was the crazy complicated bluetooth controller with more buttons than a google TV remote - and well congrats to the folks behind it - as they just hit their goal of 150k - if you want this - you have until October 13th at 9:33 AM ET to pledge for it - search for icontrolpad one word at kickstarter to learn more.
Of course if you want a game controller now for an iOS device there are other solutions - including a new one - not from kickstarter - but actually straight to market and this one has Apples blessing. with the made for iPad, iPhone logo on the box. It is the Duo Gammer game controller for iPad - which plays exclusively with Gameloft games. Games such as NOVA 3, Modern Combat 3 and Asphalt 7. It has a sticker price of $79.99 - look for it for sale in January for $29.99.
Link in the show notes for ep 243 to an article over at forbes titled Meet Duo Gamer - for more info.
Sharp is one of a reported 3 suppliers of the new iPhone 5 Screens - which many consider to be the bottle neck of the iPhone 5 supply chain - or put another way the chink in the armor of the iPhone 5 supply. An executive at Sharp when commenting on his companies deliveries of displays did not have what was the most reassuring of replies saying quote Sharp Corp is making adequate volumes of displays unquote. And I wonder how he would feel if his wife said he was an adequate lover.
Macworld UK did some benchmark tests - for various iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1 and iOS 6. What they found is for the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 - there was basically no different in performance between the devices with iOS 5.1.1 or iOS 6 - which is good - as in the past some X.0 upgrades seemed to slow down devices. This time not so much. Actually for the iPhone 4S and iPad 3rd gen they saw a 20% and 7% increase in performance respectively. So if you were holding off because of fears your iOS device might slow to a halt like it did for some going from iOS 4.x to iOS 5.0 - you can at least put that fear aside and actually if you have an iPhone 4S - one way to get it running faster is to upgrade to iOS 6.
Rob,
This is Paul from Mississippi. I have a friend that is on Cspire and is wondering if she can use one of my unlocked iPhone 4s on their network. When she contacted Cspire they told her no but everything I've read online says She can. Could you or your listeners help us out?
Thanks love the show,
Paul
Hey, Rob,
I once had a comfortable relationship with my Contacts List App - the native iPhone contacts list - until iOS 6 had to go and mess with a good thing.
It seems that now, instead of just one friendly click to show the contents of each individual group, I must un-check all the other groups except for the group whose contacts I want to see listed.
Do you know if there is a replacement contacts list app that can still perform the original function of showing the contents of each individual group and also integrates seamlessly with the iOS platform?
regards,
- Tammy, near St. Louis, MO.
Hello- any idea when the iOS 6 jail break will be up?
LB
Thanks to Kevin in Canada for the heads up on the iPhone 5 already being jailbroken - Which means it is possible - but probably some time off before we get a simple - easy to use public untethered jailbreak - so don't to excited yet. This is not one step of many before joe public gets a chance to jailbreak their devices. Please note - I have had a few people email in about articles out there for people offering up jailbreaks for iOS 6 - many of the links are to a press release about this - Ummm Yeah - run away - run away. There is not at this time a consumer friendly jailbreak for iOS for all iOS devices that can run iOS 6. It looks like it will be possible - but it is not ready or close to ready yet - once it is - I will let you know. For now stay away from any company putting out press releases about iOS 6 jailbreaks - they are crooks.
Tmobile stores are now stocking iPhone 5 friendly nano sims - so if you have one of those iPhone 5's from Verizon - you could now take that unlocked iPhone 5 and get a nano simcard for it from T-mobile and be one of the first iPhone 5's on T-mobile - it also means when Apple does offer up unlocked not contract iPhone 5's for sale - you will be able to get one and go to t-mobile.
Been quite a week for find my iPhone - or really - find my iPad - First there was a flight attendant - who pilfered an ipad from a traveler - and had it tracked to their house via find my iPhone feature - then there was the news story from ABC that talked about wide spread theft with TSA agents - and had an iPad they purposefully left behind at an Orlando airport - that they then tracked to the TSA agents house. The TSA agent denies that he had it - then they use the audio ping feature and guess what it was in the agents house. The TSA agent does the honorable thing - and throws his wife under the bus and says she stole it. To which the ABC reporter says - Ummm No - we saw it in your hands at the airport. The TSA agent was promptly fired the next day. I should point out most and I mean the vast majority of TSA agents are not thieves - but there are still many bad apples in the TSA - with almost 400 being fired in recent years over the issue of theft. Moral of the story - always make sure you keep your eyes on your iOS goodies. If you walk away from your iOS device at the security check point there is a 10% chance according to ABC - that said device will not be returned to you. And of course always make sure you have find my iPhone enabled.
Hi Rob,
I find it interesting, and I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but in iOS 6, in the Podcast app, there are buttons to jump back 10 seconds and ahead 30. However, when you go to the controls in the multitask bar, they're 15 seconds each.
Lou V
Well lou it is all about giving a consistent user experience. Ummm Yeah.
Hey Rob,
Here’s my take on the maps flap.
As I am blind I use my iPhone etc with voiceover.
The previous maps app was totally inaccessible.
The new one is accessible.
Ergo, those who complain about the new app can well have not nice things done to them.
I already purchased navigon some time ago which is accessible so perhaps some of the complainers can also shell out cash in order to improve their experience.
Regards,
Kevin Barry
Hey Rob,
Wanted to report a bug in iOS 6 to see if anyone else had this problem. I use a lot of custom keyboard shortcuts. They all carried over from iOS5 however none of them work. I tried deleting one and adding it again, but that didn't work either! Looking forward to hearing about the new iPad mini announcement.
Mike
If the last episode was not so long - well soo long in notes prepared - I actually cut it off at an hour - anyway if I had made it to all my notes - one was going to be about how if you were a mobile me user - After Sept 30th Apple was going to knock off your extra storage for being a mobile me users in the past - and well that is now not the case - thanks to Shavan for the heads up to a post from Apple saying - you know what forget what we said about Sept 30th 2012 being the cut off for the extra storage - lets make it sept 30th 2013 - how much extra storage 10gig or 20 gig or 50 gig depends on what level account you had for mobile me.
Thank to Michael S for this next one - which is an article about a new feature in iOS 6 that was there in the beta - but some how when the gold master for iOS 6 came around - well this feature was no more - it is the WiFi Plus Cellular feature which was to allow apps having trouble with a Wifi connection to use cellular data instead. Look for this to show back up in a future release of iOS 6.
A quick note for those using iOS 6 - there is now a free ebook from Apple called the iPhone user guide for iOS 6 - which you can find in the iBook store.
I want to remind those with in driving distance of Topeka KS - I will be speaking at Podcamp Topeka a bunch - 1 keynote and 3 sessions. And I hope to see some of you at the event. Please make sure to say hi if you listen to the show. Again just google podcamp topeka for more info.
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