Hi Rob,
Here's some artwork I created for the show, I used the vector graphics app Inkscape to create everything.
Regards,
- Ben (iosstuffandreviews.com)
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Transcript - iTem 0247
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I really really really need to stop trying to guess what Apple will or will not do sales wise on opening weekends - I am either tooooo high or toooo looooow. This last time I was toooo low. I really did not even expect Apple to announce numbers for this past weekend. Part of that was from checking around and talking to some non-apple stores where they had iPad Mini's - Sams Club for example - received a total of 5 iPad Mini's - 64 GB versions only on Friday - on Sunday Afternoon - they had sold a total of 1 out of those 5. So again I was not expecting Apple to announce numbers - meaning sales would have been south of 1 Mil units. But nope I was wrong - Apple did release numbers - kinda sorta - They released numbers for the iPad Mini and iPad 4th gen combined - and combined they sold 3 Mil units over the first 3 days. In the past Apple has defined Selling as putting units in customers hands - not just shipping them to someone like Sam's Club. So those other 4 iPad Mini's sitting on the folding table when they closed up shop on Sunday - those would not have counted towards sales. At least based on how Apple explained sales in the past. And I did sent Apple an inquiry for clarification on what "sold" really means - no reply yet from Apple on that request.
Per that 3 Mil - for these Wifi only devices - Apple reportedly only sold 1.5 Mil iPad 3rd Gens the opening weekend earlier this year - They actually report at that time 3 Mil sold - but that counted both Wifi and LTE / cellular models. Interesting that they sold exactly 50% Wifi models.
One other difference on sales number is that was just in 10 markets vs the 32 Markets the iPad Mini and iPad 4th gen opened up to this time. However 3x the number of markets in no way shape or form means 3x the number of available buyers. And when you look at the extra countries - it is clear they maybe gave an extra 20% pop to available sales. Spain and Korea being the biggest potential new markets added this time. Overall I am surprised by the likely level of sales of the iPad Mini Wifi only device. I am assuming at least 80% of opening weekend sales were for the iPad Mini. And I am sticking by my original assumption the real sales numbers for the iPad mini are going to be for the LTE / Cellular versions. Of course I am not kicking myself to much almost all the anal-ists sans one had sales numbers in the 800 to 1.5 Mil range. Only BTIGs Walter Piecyk predicted the 3Mil number and it was not so much a prediction as a line in the sand that he said apple needed to get to make Wallstreet happy. Which ironically after the numbers were announced he was about the only one not happy with the numbers. Go figure.
Per the feel of the iPad Mini - Wow - I got to hold one - and it is amazing how much lighter and easier it is to hold. Luckily at the Sam's club - they had it where it was not connected to a tether - like at the apple store. So you could really feel the true weight or lack there of. And they had it next to the iPad 4th gen - so you could pick one up in one hand and the other in the other and really feel the difference. The iPad mini seemed just as snappy and responsive as the iPad 3rd gen we have. I thought the screen looked great - sure not quite as great as the iPad 3rd gen with retina. But for the apps I looked and played with - and with my older eyes - it looked great - plus I still use the original iPad and compared to it - there are more pixels per inch - so it is a little sharper than it. If you are going from a 1st or 2nd gen iPad to the iPad mini - the pixel density actually gets better for you. My wife played with it - and she really liked the weight and feel of it. I will be looking at the LTE version - most likely from Sprint. So Christmas gift this year for the wife - My Main gift idea is done.
Here is some feedback from listeners that received their iPad Mini.
Hi Rob,
My iPad mini is now my go to. Bigger screen, I don't care for retina on these smaller screens, as I wear bifocals.
I love the experience so far, hate Facebook app! other apps that are meant for iPhone are very fuzzy (crappy looking) = Google Voice, Messenger for Facebook.
Bejeweled games are fine looking to me, not that much of a gamer. The only issue with the iPad mini, getting text messages and having to grab 4S :(
The only downside to lightning connector, I have to get the adapter so I can use iHealth's BP3 to do blood pressure readings.
Next funny, but don't know why, hope Apple will tell: the power adapter is the iPhone power adapter not the iPad one. I just did a charge cycle and it takes about 4 hours with the supplied adapter, but faster charging is done with the iPad adapter.
Downside, the camera sucks, up against the 4S camera, in lower light conditions. Noise is very noticeable. So 4S will be my camera, FaceTime calls on iPad mini.
iPad mini is replacing my Original iPad.
Regards,
Brian
Hi Rob,
Per the iPad mini I think since I touched it I'm "downgrading from iPad 3?! The iPad 3rd gen feels like a thick brick! How long till next iPad & how long till next mini my friend Rob? Regards Mike.
Hi Mike - I have no idea what Apple is planning for upgrades - but I would guess it will be at least until August / September before we see an update iPad. But if sales start to wane - well then maybe we see an update sooner. But doubtful.
Hi Rob
I got the 16GB Wifi version.
Likes:
You can type two handed like iPhone.
Slim and light.
Fits in cargo pants pocket.
Dislikes:
Shorter battery life than iPad.
Tiny menu font size in Apple Apps.
Hangs in 3rd party Apps that were updated - maybe poor updates?
I was able to use it with my iPad's iWorks suite due to iCloud.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville
Hi Rob,
First love your show. Thanks for all you do.
I got the iPad 3rd gen the day it came out. I expected to like it, but I am still surprised at how much I use it. My son also seems to like it. When he comes for a visit he will pass me my grandbaby and grab the iPad.
As soon as the rumors for the iPad mini seemed to take on substance I decided to get one for the kids for Christmas. I really wanted to like it. But not having the retina display was really a deal killer. If it had come out for $249 I would have considered it. But at $299, no way. At $329, it was FAB Universal to Apple!
That Friday I found myself ordering a 4th gen iPad for the kids. Afterward, I felt that maybe this was Apple's plan all along. Just sayin'.
Rob in Orlando
Hi Rob - Have you actually seen the iPad mini in person - the display looks really good. Better than the iPad 1 and 2. No not as good as the iPad 3rd or 4th gen - but still pretty good.
Hi Rob,
I bought the mini last night & returned it this morning. I use my iPad for magazines, knitting patterns, books, web surfing, etc. I couldn't read the font (too small) most of the time! I didn't remember this being a problem on my phone. So, I pulled up the exact same thing on my phone & the mini & sure enuf - the font was much smaller on the mini! Too bad & a big miss for a world full of boomers!
Laurie B
Hi Laurie - Did you try changing the font size in Accessibility. Go to the Settings App - Then General - then Accessibility - then select a large size Font - say 24 pt. Then for Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Message and Notes - the default text is larger.
I had a few people email in an say they are waiting for a retina display for the iPad mini before pulling the trigger. Well here are my thoughts on this - I don't think you will see a retina version for a couple of years min.
There is the issue of battery life with a retina display - and what that would do to battery life.
I think the 10 hr battery life is a mandate for the iPad line - everyone has had a listed battery life of 10 hrs or more - and I think that if Apple went retina - the only way to get 10 hrs of battery life is to up the amount of battery - and that will add thickness and weight.
For the iPad Mini - I think the current weight and thickness are two big selling points for the device.
So end of the day - we are talking 2014 maybe / likely 2015 before you see a retina iPad Mini - IMHO
Some interesting bench mark tests done with the iPad 4th gen over at Ars Technica - I know lot of bench mark tests. But what was interesting is in head to head comparisons between the iPad 4th gen and the Quad core Tegra 3 processor of the Nexus 7 tablet or the Surface from MS - the iPad 4 kicked butt and took names - beating both handily in every head to head test. So if you get any android fan boys tell you the Nexus has a quad coooore chip vs just the dual coooores of the iPad - simply remind them that the dual core A6X kicked the quadcores butt so hard it is had to go to costco to stuck up on preperation h.
Oh and anandtech also put up some benchmark tests for the iPad 4 vs other tablets and smartphones - and the iPad 4 kicked everyone butt. Yup lots of Prep H going out the door for the Android Fan Boys. It is safe to say if you want the fastest most powerful Tablet by a wide margin the winner is the iPad 4th gen. for now. Looks like Apple caught more than their consumers off guard with the update.
Seems if you go to the Apple.com site and type in iPhone 5 factory unlocked and do a search - you get a response of quote no results were found. please try a different search unquote - except if you happen to look to the right - there are search results found and it shows a few different versions with pricing. And Pricing is not surprising at all - $649, $749 and $849 for the 16, 32 and 64 GB versions.
I have reached out to Ting.com to see if they would support a factory unlocked CDMA phone - we shall see.
my guess is if you have a low cost MVNO and its backbone is on one of the Apple approved carrier networks - the unlocked iPhone 5 should work on it - assuming they can get you the proper nano sim card for their service.
Ok so whether you get an new iPad or a new iPhone - you want to protect them if they break - you can put all kinds of crazy cases on them - or if you are like me you can go around el natural - Naked as in no case on. And if you do that and still want protection - look no further than Sqauretrade for your warranty. Unlike Apple Care Plus - Squaretrade covers you even when your are jailbroken - Big kudos to Squaretrade for that. I often get questions about some specifics of square trade and I pass those along for answers - one recent question was Quote 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 ? unquote. The answer back from square trade on this was 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.
If you just purchased a new iPad and you go to square trade.com/tii2 - that is slash tii and the number 2 - link in show notes for ep 247 - you will be able to get a 2 year iPad warranty for $84 - it will initially show as $89 - but if you went to the URL and then click through you will see it drop to $84 - that is a special discount for Tii Listeners.
If you go to the original url - if you have an iPhone - square trade dot com / tii - you can get your iPhone warranty for just $94 - even if it shows at $99 - just click through and as a tii listener your will get the extra discount.
If you have kids or are clumsy or plan to be out and about with your iOS device - you owe it your self to protect your investment - and square trade is a nice piece of mind to have - it removes a little bit of stress when you use your iOS device. Thanks Squaretrade for sponsoring this episode.
Hi Rob,
Per your request of new features in iOS 6.1 Beta - I found the ability to clear "previous recipients" a LONG overdue feature has been added. Now when you start typing in a name into the to field in an email - in the list of possibilities there is an arrow to the right pointing right that if you tap takes you to a screen where the option to quote remove from recents unquote is available.
Regards,
Willy AppleSeed.
Hi Rob,
Per the person recently asking about group messaging. I use GroupMe as a group text messaging app for the same reason as your caller. Excellent app.
regards,
Chuck R
Thanks Chuck - hopefully that helps out the listener.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for using my song on ep 246 I was totally surprised when I started to listen to your podcast to hear my song. I was wondering what listener's song you were going to choose.
When I buy an app I head mentioned on your podcast I make sure to reference you in the "Write a Review" part to give you credit for the download and to give the app dev a review, which I know how important they are. I encourage your other listeners to do the same.
Regards,
Neil S
Hi Neil - Thanks for the feedback and for your song on ep 246. Per your comments about reviews - Folks - if you have a favorite app - one you use a lot - it really does help the App devs if you can put in a review. And if it happens to be an app you heard about on this show - well it definitely helps this show to mention us in said review. Plus letting Devs know where you heard about their apps is very very important info for them - well it is if they are actually marketing their apps. Some devs are great devs but not so great marketers. I just talked to one Sunday and he was telling me he basically does zero marketing - he just wants to code. I said to him you need to spend as much time marketing your app as you did developing it. Yeah - that did not go over very well.
Back to the email bag:
Hi Rob,
In iOS 6.0.1 Per the Podcasts App I did discover a trick/work around for the Podcasts app for those that don't want to use it. I was thinking you must have already known about it, but if not here it is. If you uninstall the Podcasts app the Podcast option reappears in the More tab in the Music App. Sweet!
Regards,
Mike in Ohio
Hi Mike - I am not sure If I mentioned that on the show - I know Gary Leland called in / emailed in with that tip before - but I think I may have not gotten it up on the show. But either way it is good to mention it again or for the first time now. Mike and Gary thanks for that tip.
Last episode I mentioned briefly the issue with the iPhone name in Mexico. Thanks to those that sent in confirmation that the iPhone 5 did go on sale in Mexico as planned - And by went on sale I mean of course mean sold out quickly at most retail locations. So if you are in Mexico looking to buy the iPhone 5 - and can't find it - that has nothing to do with the iPhone name lawsuit and more about restricted supply and un-restricted demand. Yo quiero iPhone 5.
Thanks Tash for this next one. Which is for AT&T users in the US - ATT and now offering AT&T locker - it is a free offering of 5GB of cloud storage. There is a free app available now in the app store called - you guessed it - AT&T locker - well with a little ™ next to locker. So if you are looking for yet another free 5GB of storage in the cloud you can get this if you are in the US and are an active AT&T customer. If you think AT&T is doing this so that you are less likely to churn away in the future - you would be correct. So if you are an AT&T customer now but don't plan to be one in the near future - you will want to make sure you have a copy of anything you upload on their cloud - but overall - I do want to say Kudos to AT&T for this offering.
I came across a post this past week on ZDnet titled - Oh Apple Lightning connector how do I love thee Question mark. I assumed it was going to be a hit piece on the Lightning connector - it was not - it was actually a very good post on the lightening connector and how this author shows it to be a much superior connector than a micro USB connector. His key argument is Wattage - We mentioned recently the 12 W iPad charger. While the iPad can trickle charge with a 5W charger - a 10 W or better yet a 12 W is what your really want. With Micro USB 9W is your limit. He mentions the issues some Android Tablet and phone manufacturers are having in this area where some like Sony have gone to a strange barrel connector to get to 10W charging for their tablets. Problem is these manufacturers are going with different chargers for different products offerings even among their own portfolio. At least with Apple they are taking all products to the new lightening connector. Now don't get me wrong I am still pained by the thought of all my 30 pin dock connector accessories no longer working or at min needing an adapter. But it is nice to read this article for some good info that with the lightening connector - it is likely going to address our connector needs into the foreseeable future. I will call this article step 2 of my 12 step plan to get over the 30 pin doc connector.
Thanks to Stephen for passing this one along. And it goes out to all you Google Fan Boys - It is about Mal-ware - or is it mall-ware - ok it is mal-ware - Anyway it is not something we on the iOS side are really concerned about - but on the android side it just keeps getting worse and worse - despite Googles efforts to turn the tide - it just seems they are destined to have this problem. There are now over 51,447 unique mal-ware versions out there for Android. That is up from just 3,063 version in Q1 of this year. Ouch. So if you are wondering exactly what type of robot Android is - might I suggest you watch a few episode of Futurama with a heavy study on Bender. Just sayin.
I saw a blog post with the title - iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920 Why Nokia has a Shot and I realized the title was missing AND OTHER THINGS THAT CAME TO ME AFTER EATING THOSE WILD MUSHROOMS.
I mean to me that is the only thing that can explain that post - just sayin.
Hi Rob,
I'm really frustrated with the reliability of the keyboard shortcuts as of lately. I just updated to 6.0.1 & was hoping that maybe this would help but unfortunately not. I'm wondering if you could give any insight into this. I'm a new listener so forgive me if you've already covered this.
Regards,
Shannon H
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Hey Rob,
Just started using a To-Do App called "Clear". What a great UI.
Loren from Atebits developer of Tweetie. The inventor 'Pull to refresh' loves it too.
Try it out if you haven't.
Regards,
Chris in london
RYAN_FDBK_smartcover
Hi Rob,
You should showcase this kickstarter project. Looks great and I think I'm
going to support it.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dockplus/charging-dock-for-iphone-5?ref=
live
Cheers. Quintus.
Hi Quintus thanks for the heads up on the Charging Dock for iPhone 5, iPad and iPod by Dock+ in Kickstarter - Yeah a mega crappy name - but luckily it actually looks like a nice product. They have raised a total of over $47k towards their goal of $75k - with Friday December 14th at 11:00 PM being the cut off date and time. Pricing on this is $59. It comes in a choice of three different colors - Black / white and Raw Steel. Not to be confused wit bayne Steel. To find this in Kickstarter either look for the link in my show notes titled Dock+ Kickstarter. Or search for dock+ in kickstarter - that is d o c k and the + symbol as one word.
i know there are lots of posts and articles about Samsung selling more smartphones than Apple - but Samsung sells lots of different types of smartphones - and since they don't break down sales - there is no way to know for sure how many Galaxy S3's they shipped or how many smartphones over all for that matter. Some Anal-ists looking at profits for smartphone sales - and I am assuming they did this by dissecting quarterly reports - found that apple had 59% of all smarphone profits vs 47% for Samsung - so yes it is likely Samsung sold more smartphones - but when it came to profits - Apple still had them beat. Assuming the Anal-ists are close to reality. Per how can you have more than 100% of the profits - well most other manufacturers of smartphones are loosing money.
Thanks to Tash for this next one. Which is one of those concept videos - maybe this would be something we could see in iOS 7 or iOS 8 or maybe not until iOS 78.
The concept is that you could essentially turn App iCons into App Widgets that you could resize. So for the Tii App for example - maybe it transforms into a player right on the home screen. They show as an example the Settings app being expanded to fit the width of the iPhone screen and to have a slider for the brightness with buttons to toggle on and off Bluetooth and Wifi along with do not disturb. Obviously this is a way to meld in widgets into the iOS world. I am sad to say it might be closer to iOS 78 rather than iOS 7 or 8. Who knows maybe someone listening at Apple will pass this on to Sir Johnny Ive and he will take a liking to it.
Look for link titled Resizable App iCon Concept Video in the show notes for ep 247 at today in iOS dot com.
Rob,
I found this one while I was looking for the Field test mode to help me install a cell booster exterior antenna in the best location.
It allows you to keep the db reading showing while not in Field Test mode also gives you the tweak to switch between db and bars [No Jailbreak required].
http://iphone.pandaapp.com/news/08232012/232349562.shtml
Scroll down to the section: Enabling Signal Number as Reception Indicator Rather Than Signal Bars
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
P.S. it works on my iPhone 5
Thanks Thomas. I will recommend you go to the link - Use Field Test Mode in the show notes for ep 247 for today in iOS - but I will also go over quickly their instructions.
Quote
To always see the signal numbers rather than the signal bars, you’ll use the Force Quit app function to kill Field Test when it’s open:
1. Dial *3001#12345#* and hit “Call” if you haven’t done so already to launch Field Test
2. Now hold down the Power button until the “Slide to Power Off” message appears, then release the Power button and hold the Home button until Field Test quits
3. Tap the signal bars or signal numbers to switch between the two
To remove the tap-to-switch signal indicator ability, you can either reboot the iPhone or go back into Field Test and close out of it as usual.
Unquote.
So you can either play that over and over a few times to you can go to the link in the show notes.
Dear rob,
I just listened to podcast 246 and wanted to let you know that Per the swipe to move the cursor feature you mentioned - well they have this available already if you are jailbroken that is. it's called swipeseletion all one word in cydia it a free tweak I believe and it is available for iPad and iPhone as long as you are jailbroken. I have had it installed for a few months and I love it and I can't believe apple hasn't done this already. Just thought I would let u know so u could pass this info along to your listeners so they can start enjoy writing or text on there jailbroken iOS devices. Also just wanted to let you know I have the iPhone 5 and have just updated over the air to its 6.0.1 and so far as I can tell all the bug fixes seem to be working for me and have improved the phones functionality just wanted to pass that info along to the listeners as well. Thanks for all ur help and advise rob.
Regards,
Ryan R
Rob -
I have toyed with several ideas for iOS apps over the years but really never moved forward with any of them. I now have two solid business apps ideas that I want to make for iOS that are targeted for the small business service industry. Because of its lower cost and size, I think the iPad Mini is going lower the threshold so smaller businesses will start venturing into the IOS ecosystem. I am an avid iOS user but have never developed an app before. I have finally come to the point that I that I either dive-in and teach myself how to use x-code or find a company that i could partner with to make an app. Could you give me some advice on the pros and cons of each approach? and maybe point me to some resources.
Thank you for your show - I love to see that alert pop up for a new show. Do you ever release the content from these conferences you speak at? I am interested in the talk you are going to do on podcasting 100% from your iPad.
John Robison
Hi John thanks for listening and the kind words. Per your questions on Apps - one thing you can do is put your ideas together very tightly - figure out a one minute pitch of you idea - practice it and present to trusted friends and then go to a local Start up Weekend and get up on stage and pitch your idea. If it is a good one and your present it well - you may get some developers to work with you that weekend to take your idea from thought to functional App in about 54 hours. If nothing else going to these events you will get to see and be part of other teams developing an app in a really short time period. And more importantly maybe you make connections with your local app devs. just go to startup weekend.org If there are none near you - then your choices are learn to develop and do it yourself - or fork out the cash and pay someone else to do it. Because outside of these startup type events - Devs are not going to work for you pro-bono. But per the start up weekends - they are all over the place - with about 100 planned just in November. So take a look at the site for one near you. Good luck
Hmmmm - How do I talk about this next one - do I just bang my head against a wall - do I scream What the Frack - or do I just shake my head in quiet puzzlement. Seems The US Government more specifically the Librarian of Congress just made it legal under the DMCA for smartphones to be jailbroken - that is not the puzzling news or even new news - a similar ruling was made a couple of years ago - no the puzzling news is the same person in the government at the same time also said jailbreaking a Tablet - yeah that is not legal AKA it is illegal and same with unlocking Smartphone. Never mind that the librarian of Congress ruled in 2006 and 2010 it was legal to unlock smartphones. Yikes - what is going on in DC. The only thing that makes any sense is the Librarian of Congress needed to put a kid through college and One or more of the carriers and tablet manufacturers figured out how to help that person find the funds needed to get their kid through school, and for them to take a vacation in Fiji and maybe buy a small island in the south pacific - Just Sayin - because - logic and fairness - yeah - that just does not seem to play here.
Rumors about the iPhone 2013 are starting up already and the latest one from Ed Valdez makes the argument about why the iPhone 2013 will be launching in June 2013 and not Sept or Oct 2013. He highlights 6 reasons he thinks the iPhone 2013 is coming in June - 1. Apple needs the wow factor. 2. Apple wants to lead - not follow. 3. Apple sales S-curves are too short. 4. Apple is at war with Samsung. 5. Apple leads in operational excellence and 6 Been there done that with the iPad 4. My issue with item 6 is the upgrade for the iPad 4 from the iPad 3 - is about as far as you can get from the Wow factor as apple has ever done for any iOS device. But overall my thoughts on this are well I hope there is an iPhone 2013 launched in June - as that is when I am eligible for an upgrade. And right now with all of Apples products upgrading in the same 3 month window - it causes another issue for Apple - many fan boys need to pick which apple product they are updating / upgrading to. While many of you listening have multiple iOS devices chances are most of you did not buy the latest and greatest of each in a 45 day window. So right now apple kind of has a fan boy bottle neck they created by releasing all the products so close. Apple would be well served to get the iPhone back to a june release schedule. But likely what you would see this June is not a wow factor upgrade - but rather something very incremental like we saw with the iPad 4. Plus it is sooo much nicer weather to wait out over night in late june vs late September.
Thanks to tim for the heads up on this next one. Which really should be part of the how wrong were they - but in this case we can talk present tense and say how wrong is he. With He being Steve Balmer. He said essentially that the surface is the tablet consumers really want and that no one has done a tablet that customers want. Because you know over 100 million iPads sold in under 3 years - yeah nobody is wanting the iPad. Lets see how many tablets were sold in the 10 years leading up to the launch of the iPad - if you said 10 Million you would be much much much to high.
But you have to love balmer and his ability to say just about anything no mater how much that anything flies in the face of what do they call that - oh yeah - facts - flies in the face of facts.
Hi Rob.
When I get an iMessage I get the ring tone notification that I chose in the settings, which is good. However when I get a reply I get a very faint sound that I can barely hear. As a result, I sometimes miss the incoming reply.
My question: is there a way to change the REPLY iMessage notification sound?
Like everyone else I love your show and I anxiously wait for the next episode. Thanks again have a good one.
Regards,
Bob
Hey Rob:
I ordered an iPad mini, 64gb, an extra lightning cable and an iPad mini Smart Cover at the same time from Apple.
Understandably, they were shipped via UPS in separate shipments. I found it frustrating though that the cable and the cover EACH required a signature to accept the shipment from UPS, but the mini was just left on my doorstep.
I just find it somewhat ironic that a $500+ iPad mini is okay to just leave sit on my step and I have to be physically present to receive $75 of accessories.
Regards,
M in Iowa
Hi Rob,
private web browsing in iOS.
there is a switch to toggle in the settings menu and it does eliminate the browsers history. BUT if you press the back button on the safari browser and keep your finger pressed down it lists all the previous webpages.
is there a way to eliminate this? it makes the private browsing feature pointless as I'd have to manually delete history, cookies, and data anyways.
Bo
Hi Rob,
My wife got the iphone 5 and just the other day we tried to use the turn by turn navigation system, but there is no sound. Checked the volume ok, checked settings and everything looks ok.
Went to google and I am not alone on this one, some people say that it may work only on wifi? And some others that only works when its plugged in only to the wall?
Anyway, got home and yes it works.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Paco
Hi Rob,
Just found your podcast after it was recommended to me by my dentist. Love it!
I have a question... I have several programs for hiking that use iPhone GPS to track your distance, speed, etc. The problem is the continous use of GPS on my iphone runs down my battery too quickly. Is there a hiking/navigation program which allows me to set the interval at which the GPS takes a fix? I have to think that if I could take a fix only every 5 or 10 minutes, or some other user-selected interval, my battery would last a lot longer. Of course, my distance and speed would be more of an estimate than with the continuous positioning of current programs, but that is okay. At the end of the day, I will have a rough estimate of my hiking data and enough juice in the battery to find my way back to my car or campsite.
Thanks for such a great podcast!
DaveLilie.
Hey we are getting close to the Kansas City Startup Weekend. If you are in the area Nov 16th, 17th and 18th will be this event and I will be there - hopefully reporting back on some cool new iOS app ideas. If you are going please let me know. For those interested in blogging or podcasting or internet video - The New Media Expo will be in Las Vegas Jan 6th, 7th and 8th - and I will be there speaking about how to podcast 100% from an iPad. If you are interested in taking your blog or podcast to the next level or just getting started with one - there is no better event - and once you are done with that show - stay an extra day or two to enjoy or experience CES. Do a search for New Media Expo - or email me if you are interested and I will let you know what discount coupons are available for the show. I hope to see you in vegas.