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Since this is an iOS podcast - well at least by virtue of what is in the title - kind of fitting we start today's news off with news about iOS 6.0.1 being available for download as of Saturday. So what is in iOS 6.0.1 - well as with any .0.x update - bug fixes and just bug fixes.
According to Apple Quote This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:
• Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard
• Fixes an issue that could cause camera flash to not go off
• Improves reliability of iPhone 5 and iPod touch (5th generation) when connected to encrypted WPA2 Wi-Fi networks
• Resolves an issue that prevents iPhone from using the cellular network in some instances
• Consolidated the Use Cellular Data switch for iTunes Match
• Fixes a Passcode Lock bug which sometimes allowed access to Passbook pass details from lock screen
• Fixes a bug affecting Exchange meetings
• Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air
unquote And per that last item - if you have an iPhone 5 and the bug fix is an update per a bug that prevents said device from doing over the air updates - well guess what you can't do an over the air update - well not supper easy peasy like the rest of us.
It is best if you can - to do the upgrade via iTunes on your computer. But if you can't or never sync to a computer - then there is a nice article at Cnet that goes over how to do the upgrade to iOS 6.0.1 directly on your iPhone 5 - look for the link titled How to update the iPhone 5 to iOS 6.0.1. Listener Myron did that and it worked well for him.
Per iOS 6.0.1 - it does seem to be working well - I did the upgrade on two of my devices and I had no issues. Feedback from other listeners has also been very positive.
As always - make sure you back up before doing any updates.
Actually - update - force quit apps - then do a reset network settings - then do the update once you get your wifi connected again and you have your device plugged in to a power source.
As always jail breakers - stay with iOS 5.x if you want to keep your jailbreak.
Here is some feedback.
Hi Rob,
I just updated to iOS 6.01 over my wireless. It took about 5 minutes and I didn't even have it plugged in. So far it is working great.
Dan
Phil thanks for the voice mail - not sure if you meant to say iOS 6.1 update or iOS 6.1 beta. But either way - there is an iOS 6.1 beta update available for devs. And unlike the iOS 6.0.1 which was all about bug fixes - the 6.1 beta is more about features and tweaks.
In the Maps App - there is a much bigger button for Report a Problem or as it is being called the Scott Forstall memorial button - but more on that later in the show.
There is also a change in the spacing of the buttons for the player control from the lock screen - moving them apart from one another making it easier to tap the button you wanted.
And most excitingly there is an update for Map Kit searches - Quote the map kit framework now lets you programmatically search for map-based addresses and points of interest unquote. So for example say you search for Donation - you should now be able to find places to donate things - like say this Rats backside that I would now like to give away after reading about these new quote features unquote.
Wow - I bet you all can't wait to get ahold of iOS 6.1 to use all the new quote features unquote.
If you are a dev and actually find you know a real useful and exciting new feature in iOS 6.1 - please let us know. 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog.
I will of course not reveal who you are so that you don't break any NDA's with Apple per talking about unreleased iOS features - but at this point - if you found something exciting in iOS 6.1 - I am sure Apple PR would give you a kiss. Just sayin
One other major update - well major update if you are a podcaster or interested in podcasts is the new Podcasts App v 1.1.2 which was available on Nov 2nd. Key bug fixes include ones I have heard from many of you.
Fixing the issue where it unexpectedly plays a podcast after a phone call or alarm. Or where previously deleted episodes keep showing back up. And it has supposed additional stability and performance improvements. I did not get a chance to play with this yet prior to recording this show - as the show was late enough already - but I will be playing with the next version next week - and would love to hear back from anyone that was having issues with excessive bandwidth problems with the podcasts app. ok well I played with it a little. One nice thing is show notes from the lyrics tag show up when you play an episode from the Top station. But for now that is the only place I see the show notes from the lyric tag showing up. Which hey is one more place than before. Let me know your thoughts feedback on the latest update. 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog
hey Rob, long time listener, just listened to the new podcast and heard stories of apple stores and applecare over the phone replacing rattling iphone 5s. i can assure you that apples stance on this is that it is normal and they are not to replace those devices. i am a senior advisor for AppleCare and have internal documentation with this information. Good luck to those of you trying to get it replaced, but as far as Apple is concerned this is expected behavior.
Regards,
Johny appleseed.
HI Rob,
I Not only lost Safari but also lost iTunes and the app store icons. I am running version 5.1.
Any ideas? I thought these were apps that could not be removed. Regards,
Kevin
Hi Kevin,
Check in the Settings App - then General - then Restrictions
Likely those apps are turned off - turn them back on.
Rob W
And kevin did confirm indeed that was the issue. Remember if any of your stock apps disappear and you can't find them - there is a good chance they are turned off in restrictions.
Hi Rob,
I wrote this post for my (newly created) blog and figured it might help a few people out. Regards, Lou V
And the post Lou Wrote is titled top 10 reasons why an iPad is a great christmas gift for your kid. Look for the link in the show note. But a couple of reasons from the list not in order - 1. Any kid over 12 months old can operate it. 2. It is easy to wrap 3. It will not disappoint unlike say a kindle fire did last year.
http://lousbrain.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/top-10-reasons-why-an-ipad-is-a-great-christmas-gift-for-your-kid/
Thanks Lou for the list.
Per the iPad Mini and Pre-Orders - it took 20 minutes for the Wifi Only White Models to sell out in all configs. It took 35 hours for the black 16Gig version to sell out and a little less than 3 days for the other two versions of the Black iPad Mini to sell out. Right now all iPad Mini Wifi models are listed as 2 weeks for delivery.
So does this mean Apple sold millions upon millions of units - probably not - just that they sold out of what they did have inventory for. Since Apple did not do a press release this week on first weekend pre-sales - it is safe to bet they did not break any sales records. If they don't do a press release on Monday Morning giving numbers for iPad Mini and iPad 4th gen sales - then we know for sure they did not break any records - not that I really expect them to.
The Apple A-listers got their iPad Mini's right after the event and were embargoed until mid this week from talking about the iPad mini - but when the embargo lifted - they all posted quickly. For the most part most of them really liked it - thus ensuring they would remain A-listers for the next Apple product launch. Just Sayin. So if you want to read their reviews - there are links in the show note to a couple of posts that aggregated the reviews - look for iPad Mini Review Roundup and iPad mini review roundup. Personally I care less and less about these pre-release reviews. What I care about are the ones from you the listeners that actually paid for said iPad Mini and are not incentivized to stay in apples good graces. What really you don't think they feel pressure to kiss a little but - come on - get real. So that all said - folks if you received your iPad Mini - please call or write in with some short - pithy likes and dis-likes about the iPad mini that you have. 206-666-6364 that's 206-moon-dog or email to today in iOS at gmail dot com
Phil Schiller is reported to have responded to an email inquiry about the speakers on the iPad Mini and if they were mono or stereo. Phil responded that the Mini does have stereo speakers.
If you look at the bottom you can see the two speakers one on each side of the lightening port - so now all you have to do to enjoy those speakers is place the lightening port right on the bridge of your nose - that will get one speaker on the left side of your head and one on the right. And man what a great stereo experience it shall be.
The one review I always like the most is kind of a component porn type review and it comes from iFixIt - and keeping with tradition they did one of their great tear downs on the iPad Mini - And it did confirm that yes if you place the iPad mini's doc connector on the bridge of your nose you too can hear the stereo speaker goodness in the iPad mini. Overall iFixit gave the iPad Mini a 2 out of 10 for repair ability. They did note the LCD and glass are not fused together so if you crack the glass it does not mean you have to change out the more expensive LCD. One other thing of note is that the lightning connector is soldered to the logic board - so if you break the connector - Ka Ching on the repair bill - but then again I am sure no one will ever damage the lightning port. Ummm Yeah.
So the big question after the iPad mini event was what will sprint offer for data plans for the iPad mini - ok well not the big question - but at least a question.
Sprint announced their new LTE tablet data plans shortly there after - which we assume means data plans for the iPad mini 4G and iPad 4th gen 4G. The monthly plans are $14.99 for 300 MB, $34.99 for 3GB, $49.99 / 6GB and $79.99 for 12 GB. This is for new users non smartphone users of sprints. These plans are cheaper than Verizon or AT&T's Off contract tablet plans.
For those with a smartphone plane on Sprint - AKA an iPhone on Sprint - you can add a 1GB monthly plan for $15 and a 100 MB plan for $10 a month - but why you would choose the later I am totally clueless.
If there are any last minute changes to the Sprint data plans - I will try to let you know prior to the release of the iPad Mini 4G.
If however - Price is not your only deciding factor and you are not in one of the 32 markets Sprint currently has LTE in - then you will want to read the post in light reading titled
Deciding On a 4G Operator for Your iPad Mini
It talks about AT&T's current 77 live LTE markets and Verizons 419 live LTE markets vs the previously mentioned 32 live LTE markets for Sprint.
Which LTE carrier that will be best for you will depend on where you live and where you travel too.
I just love all the articles about lines be shorter for the iPad mini or quote surprisingly shorter lines greet the iPad mini unquote as one title put it. Really here would be my title if I did a post on this quote Surprisingly there are lines to greet the ipad Mini unquote. Really any lines for the ipad mini are surprising to me - it is a smaller slower version of the iPad with lower res screen. Don't get me wrong - I think is is much much better than the comp in the sub 8" category of Tablets - but Lines for this device - ummm no. And the real reason I did not think there would be lines is that the iPad Mini that will be most in demand - is not the Wifi version - it is the LTE slash 4G slash cellular version. To me that is the one that stands out. After all the reason to want a smaller iPad that weighs less than half the amount as the iPad Maxi is not to sit in bed with it - but to take it out and about. When I asked my wife if she wanted an iPad Mini - her first response was Quote does that mean I have to give up my current iPad - because that is the one I want to use in bed unquote - which ok could either say little or a whole lot about our sex life depending on which apps are used the most. But points is while she really likes the idea of getting a Cellular enabled smaller ipad Mini for checking email and surfing the web when out of the house - she still does not want to give up her iPad 3rd Gen when in the house. So point is - I don't see the wifi only model being as hotly desired at the LTE slash 4G slash cellular model. But hey what's your opinion on this?
Hi Rob,
We went to our local Best Buy today to pick up an iPad Mini. We got there around 11:30 am and they still had several of each model in black and the 32 gig in white, which is what we got. While we were there another person bought a 64 gig iPad, which I assume was the iPad 4.
The mini is a nice size for my wife as it will drop right into her purse.
Regards,
Myron U
Ok - there are a bunch or reports and posts about people with the iPad 3rd gen feeling cheated by the iPad 4th gen coming out so soon. Three little words - get over it
Really - I mean it. Sure the iPad 4 is twice as fast as the 3rd gen - well ok a little faster than twice as fast.
Bench mark tests show it with a score of 1757 vs the 3rd gen at 791. The iPhone 5 for comparison sake was at 1571. Higher is faster. Actually I found a nice comparison for all the iOS devices using the Geekbench results. As mention the iPad 4th gen wins the day at 1752. the iPhone 4S comes in at 655 and the iPhone 4 at 375. the iPad 2 is at 781 so pretty close to the 791 of the iPad 3rd gen.
The original iPhone - it scored a 136. So the iPad 4th gen is over 12 times faster than the first iPhone.
Look for the link titled iOS Benchmarks - Geekbench Browser in the show notes for ep 246 over at today in iOS dot com.
Oh yeah - back to the point of this segment - get over it - get over that the iPad 4th gen is out if you have a 3rd gen - I do and I don't feel cheated. You know who is feeling cheated - it is the folks with the original iPad stuck at iOS 5.x. Yeah they where cheated.
Before Apple had their quarterly conf call AT&T had theirs - - AT&T reported sales of iPhone of About 1.2 Mil iPhone 5's last quarter and 4.7 iPhones overall - meaning about 3.5 Mil iPhones other than the iPhone 5. vs 3.8 Mil the quarter before - which is about the same drop Verizon saw. And also points to about 29 Mil iPhones sold last quarter. I will go over the actual numbers from Apple shortly. Overall AT&T sold 6.1 Mil SmartPhone - of which 77% were iPhones. So kudos to Apple for keeping the smartphone market locked up at AT&T. Sprint also had their call last week - some highlights of that call are that Sprint sold 1.5 Mil iPhones last quarter and are ahead of schedule to meet their requirements from Apple on iPhone sales. Sprint did not reveal or I could not find info on how many smartphones they sold last quarter overall. Sprint did say churn rate for iPhone users is materially lower vs other smartphones. There are lower support costs for the iPhone vs Android as well.
Moving on to Apples Call last week - Here is a very quick summary of the latest quarterly numbers from Apples Quarterly conf call last week:
Rev = $36 Billion (up from $28.3 Billion in the year ago quarter)
Total Cash = $121.3 Billion (up $4.1 Billion for the quarter even after paying out over $2 Bil in Dividends)
Last Quarter Sales
iPhones Sold = 26.9 Mil (vs 17.07 Mil year ago quarter and 26 Mil last quarter) but lower than the 29 mil I thought it would be and as I mentioned on the last show anything lower 29 mil probably meant bad news for apple stock. Which is proving out right now.
iPads Sold = 14 Mil (vs 11.12 Mil year ago quarter and 17 Mil last quarter)
iPod Touches Sold = Not given as usual but over half of the 5.3 Mil iPods sold
All iPod's Sold = 5.3 Mil (vs 6.8 Mil last quarter and 6.6 Mil in the Year ago quarter)
Misc Notes
iPhone 5 out to 31 countrie already - will be to 100 by end of the year.
iPhone Business was $17.1 Bil last quarter alone vs $16.01 Bil for all of Microsoft last quater. That was also larger than Googles over all revnue ($14.1 Bil) and Amazons revenue ($13.8 Bil).
iPad Business was $7.5 Bil last quater.
Apple TV sold 1.3 Mil units last quarter. Apple sold over 5 Mil units for the past 4 quarters vs 2.8 Mil units for the year prior to that.
The iPhone 5 launched in a few more countries this week including India, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Malta, Romania, Thailand and the Dominican Republic. It was also supposed to launch in Mexico some reports incorrectly reported Apple was banned from selling the iPhone 5 in Mexico because they lost a court case - more on that later - but that actually was not the case. And according to Apples Apple store website for mexico at least - the iPHone 5 appears to be on sale now. I know I have more than few listeners in Mexico - if anyone can confirm the iPhone 5 is now available in Mexico - I would appreciate it.
Gizmodo put up a video showing side by side comparisons of Siri vs the newly release google voice search. and based on the video it looks like Eddie Cue has his work cut out for him. From this Video - Siri gets her butt clearly and repeatedly kicked. I guess we should thank Google for raising the bar - or for showing how low it was. Either way - Apple needs to step up their game - because when Google Voice search on an iPhone 5 can totally trounce Siri on an iPhone 5 - something is clearly not well in Cupertino.
Actually the App from google is just called the Google Search app - which is free and now has the voice search feature in it.
And in all fairness - that video was totally staged and researched for specific search results before hand.
Because when you use Google search and go a little more human - it falls down. Say I need coffee and the results are humorous. Tell Siri you need coffee and she comes back with a list of local coffee shops.
Google Search Voice feature does work with the iPhone 4 - so if you have it - it is a much better choice than siri because well siri is not a choice.
Hi Rob,
not sure if you are following the mandated EU Apple Samsung apology, but the actually apology issued by Apple on its EU web site is exactly what you predicted - two episodes ago! In a polite way it's almost word for word what you had predicted ! :-)
And now Samsung has complained - and the judges agreed - the apology wasn't an apology and must be re-issued
Regards,
Johnny Appleseed
Hi Johnny,
Yeah - When I read the "apology" from Apple I was in shock - because I totally made mine up Tongue in cheek - I did not think Apple would have the hutzpah to actually do that. I loved that they did - and think it was great - but I was really shocked they did it that way.
Per the UK judges not being happy - Yup - not surprised with that.
But you have to love that Apple did what they did - as it really was shockingly brazen of them - and brought lots of additional PR on this subject. But still very surprised they did what they did.
Now per what Apple had in their original apology which is now longer up - but which I pulled a copy of of course.
Here is some of it. First paragraph is the legal requirement and the rest is classic apple - lets get to the good part Quote
Samsung / Apple UK judgment
On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic (UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do not infringe Apple’s registered design No. 0000181607-0001. A copy of the full judgment of the High court is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2012/1882.html.
In the ruling, the judge made several important points comparing the designs of the Apple and Samsung products:
"The extreme simplicity of the Apple design is striking. Overall it has undecorated flat surfaces with a plate of glass on the front all the way out to a very thin rim and a blank back. There is a crisp edge around the rim and a combination of curves, both at the corners and the sides. The design looks like an object the informed user would want to pick up and hold. It is an understated, smooth and simple product. It is a cool design."
"The informed user's overall impression of each of the Samsung Galaxy Tablets is the following. From the front they belong to the family which includes the Apple design; but the Samsung products are very thin, almost insubstantial members of that family with unusual details on the back. They do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design. They are not as cool."
That Judgment has effect throughout the European Union and was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 18 October 2012. A copy of the Court of Appeal’s judgment is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2012/1339.html. There is no injunction in respect of the registered design in force anywhere in Europe.
However, in a case tried in Germany regarding the same patent, the court found that Samsung engaged in unfair competition by copying the iPad design. A U.S. jury also found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's design and utility patents, awarding over one billion U.S. dollars in damages to Apple Inc. So while the U.K. court did not find Samsung guilty of infringement, other courts have recognized that in the course of creating its Galaxy tablet, Samsung willfully copied Apple's far more popular iPad.
As expected by everyone and I am sure Apple - the judges were known to happy with Apple making a mockery of their ruling and forced them to redo their quote apology unquote. They then went and pulled down their first version and ran some ads in the UK with the mandated apology which is pretty boring. which goes like this quote on 9th july 2012 the high court of justice of England and wales ruled the Samsung electronics galaxy tablet computers namely the Galaxy tab 10.1, tab 8.9 and tab 7.7 do not infringe apples community registered design number yada yada yada. But really I do have to tip my hat to them on their pure Bravado in using the judges own words and calling the Samsung tablets not cool in their apology. I knew Apple People listened to this show - just did not realize it was Apple Legal as well.
Hi Rob,
What happens with our Squaretrade warranty when an iPhone is replaced by Apple ? What happens when the phone is stolen and we get a new one ( I have a insurance policy to cover thief on my phone)
Regards, Robin J
Hi Robin - here is the response from Squaretrade.
Quote We cover multiple replacements by Apple and we even waive the deductible when you go to the genius bar for a replacement
We do not cover stolen devices but we will refund the unused portion of your warranty so you can use that to help pay for a new one. unquote
Now if you go to square trade dot com / tii you can save on your iPhone and iPad warranties.
hi rob
in answer to the question in the last episode as to why verizon doesn't recommend the iPhone 5, the answer is simple: you can't sell what you don't have. there seem to be serious supply side issues for the verizon iPhone 5. our local apple store regularly gets at&t and sprint phones, but rarely if ever, any for verizon and verizon hasn't had any for a while and are only taking pre-orders. i don't know how apple is allocating their production, but did notice that the ship date of Nov 16 has been the same on Verizon's website for the last two weeks, which makes me wonder if they are holding off on production of cdma phones for either production efficiency or if there is a parts shortage which they expect to fulfill in the next week or so.
thanks again rob for a great show.
cheers,
paul
mill valley, ca
Hi Rob The reason why most sales representatives at Verizon don't recommend the iPhone is because
For every cell phone they sell they get a certain percentage commission off the device that they sell with the iPhone they only receive a five dollar commission off the iPhone that is why more people push for android phones And also they have to go through Apple to return any iOS devices I personally work at a cell phone store And know this to be the case! love the show
regards
John Appleseed
Hi Rob,
Target is giving away a $40 gift card with every iPad 2, 3 or 4 purchased until midnight 11/3. Just bought an iPad 4 for my son for Xmas. The iPad mini is not part of the promotion. regards,
Don
Thanks don for the heads up.
Hi Rob just a tip anyone in the northeast area affected by hurricane sandy . AT&T is offering a credit of $25 dollars to customers in the region , a quick call to customer service would do the trick just let AT&T know how their service failed in the time we needed them most. AT&T service was disappointing left us with no cellular
Regards, Carlos from Bridgeport Connecticut
In AT&T's defense - you still need to have electricity at each cell site for the cell network to work - and that is asking a lot in a hurricane in the north east.
For all those upset about Maps and Siri - and calling for heads at Apple - well your calls have been answered - with the removal of Scott Forstall as S VP of iOS. I am sad to hear this - as I thought the Maps issue was way way way over blown - and based on feedback from listeners - the majority of you felt the same way. But sometime perceptions rule the day at Apple - and the perception was is that Apple Maps suck - and someone has to pay the piper - and that someone was Scott Forstall - Scott we will miss you. Also now on the outside looking in is John Browett - the recently hired and now former head of Apple Retail. Apple says they are looking for a replacement for him. Per Scott's position of Senior VP of iOS - that job is being cut up with the pieces winding up in the laps of Sir Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi. This is kind of a very unusually shakeup of Apple Top management - I can't remember anything even remotely close in the past 8 years. Of course the past 8 years have been an incredible ride up. But with the recent dust up from Maps and the on going general Malaise towards Siri in the tech pubs - it is kind of something you can understand with Scott's removal. The removal of John Browett - is probably one of a person not fitting in the culture of Apple. Did anyone really think getting a retail head from a big box cheap retailer and putting them in charge of the highest end of retail stores in the world was a good thing. Remember Apple makes more per sq foot than Tiffanies. They say they have a search going on now for his replacement - lets hope that search goes nowwhere near Bentonville Arkansas or Issaguah Washington.
Rob,
I just completed my 2nd instructable, this one is mod-ing a car cradle to use an Apple Lightning to 30 pin adapter for an iPhone 5.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Mod-iPhone-44s-car-cradle-with-Lightning-to-30pin/
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
I was trying to figure out how to describe this next iOS accessory and well words kind of fail me. So I will be blunt - it is a rocking chair that charges your iPad while you rock. It has a price tag that you will need to be seated to hear - which is $1,300. Not sure the woman that took Whistler to term would approve of this one. But I could easily see a meme started from that thought.
They are calling this the iRock.
Now what I find most interesting is that for $1,300 you could you know buy a few iPad mini's - and since they have 10 hour battery life - you could just keep one plugged in and charging while you used the other one. And then swap them out when needed - and still have a bunch left over.
So no - I will not be buying an iRock anytime soon.
Just a heads up on a free app - Radio Alarm Clock - Free for a limited time - Search for Radio Alarm Clock - three words in iTunes - it allows you to listen to 50,000 radio stations from around the world. Which is always nice come college basketball season.
Into the email bag.
Hi, is it possible to make the font size on the iphone 5 apps larger? Is there an app that will do this? I love the phone, but this is a problem people are having especially as they get older. It is a little difficult to read because the letters are so small. I tried zooming in but this creates very large app sizing and it becomes difficult to manage. Please help straining eyes.
Thanks
From: Jose
Hi Rob,
Just a quick question I know that there isn't a jailbreak for iPhone 5 but should we avoid this current update that is more of a bug fix in hopes to not ruin our chances for the future untethered jailbreak?
Regards,
Justin
Justin - if your goal is to jailbreak - chances are iOS 6.0.1 vs 6.0 is not going to matter - that said - better safe than sorry and best to stay at 6.0 for now - if you main goal is to someday jailbreak your iPhone 5.
Now if you are having issues with your iPhone 5 - especially with Wifi - then you need to ask yourself is it work the risk of going to iOS 6.0.1 - again I don't think it will mater - but in your shoes - I would probably not upgrade to to be safe.
There is an article over at Fastcodesign dot com - yeah never heard of them either. They had a blog post titled - This dead-simple idea could fix iPad's lousy typing. Which I figured was just link bait with no substance. I was pleasantly surprised to find out I was wrong. There is a video on the site showing how a Georgia Tech student named Danel Hooper created a nice demo of his idea to help iOS Typing - essentially what you do when typing - is slide with your finger left to right or right to left over the keyboard and it moves the cursor over what you typed - you stop where you need to insert a word or correct a mistake. If you want to select you hold down the shift key and drag over the keyboard. Brilliant and so so simple.
If you are with Apple and you hear this - please please please check out this video - and then send links to everyone you know above you at apple to get this added to iOS 6.X or iOS 7 worst case.
Please apple take some money and buy this idea and patent and lock it out from Android before Google does that to you. FYI - this video on Youtube has been viewed over 750,000 time already.
Thanks to Michael for this next one. Which is a heads up there is a new 12 W Charger from Apple for the iPad that helps charge the 4th gen iPad faster. If you want this more powerful charger for your iOS device - it is $19.99 from Apple. This charger is also supposed to come with the iPad mini according to 9 to 5 mac and others.
Just a quick reminder for those in the KC area - the weekend of the 16th - I will be attending the KC Start up weekend - hope to see some listeners there - please come by and say high. Hopefully there will be some neat app ideas that come out of it to report on.