Hi_Rob,
I created this artwork with the Mixture App on my iPhone.
Regards,
Edward
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Transcript for Episode 254
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Well I am back from Vegas and you know that old saying - what happens in vegas stays in vegas - yeah not so much - while attending two three letter conferences - NMX and then CES - I had another 3 letter item follow me back from Vegas - that would be F L U - and finally I am back to talking fine and feeling good. Wife not so much - and kids - well they are still recovering. But nice to have my voice back and to get a new episode up. Hector - be grateful we did not meet up. I was able to get through the full ilounge section of CES and will be talking about some of the things I saw and or was given in this episode and others in the future.
While at NMX - I did my presentation on How to podcast 100% from an iPad - and I actually podcasted from my iPhone 100% while on stage. I used the BossJock App. I started the presentation while people were coming in and asked one of the people in the stage to call into my call in number. I then while on stage waiting for people to come in - brought in the call into the boss jock app - I then recorded an intro played the recording and recorded myself a little more. Then in the midsts of the presentation - I recorded someone from the audience - finished the short episode and uploaded the recording and had it publish to my RSS feed I set up. Again all from the stage while doing my presentation. Nailed it. And it really is nice when you do something technical like that on stage with many paths to failure - that it actually works. Here is the recording I did from stage at NMX.
Ok - the recording was not perfect - I forgot to turn on the mic at to points when I was recording - but still - I was happy it worked out.
Again for those wondering how I did this. BossJock App on my iPhone was what I used to do the recording and convert to MP3 - plus edit the ID3 tags - and then I just FTP'd it from the boss jock app directly to my libsyn.com quick cast folder - which made it instantly live on my RSS feed. So if you are looking to podcast from an iOS device - Bossjock app is the best option out there - just like Libsyn Podcast hosting is the best solution for hosting.
Combined they make it so easy to podcast from an iOS device.
If anyone wants my slide deck - which was 81 slides long - email me today in iOS at gmail dot com - and I will send it along. Yes - I was able to cover 81 slides and still podcast from the stage and answer questions and have plenty of time to spare.
Ok Before we get into some of the news and rumors or worse that are flying around out there about Apple - lets actually get into a couple of press releases from Apple. First up was a press release from Apple with regards to over 40 Billion with a B app store downloads have been achieved and in 2012 alone there were almost 20 Billion app store downloads. One item from the Press release that I found most interesting - 500 Million active accounts in iTunes - that is 500 Million credit cards Apple has on record - not 500 million individual users - but 500 Million active accounts - many accounts with multiple users - like the 5 users on my account. There are now over 775,000 Apps for those 500 Million accounts to enjoy and enjoy they did in December to the tune of 2 Billion downloads in December alone. And this is why developers develop first for iOS.
Oh and that 40 Billion download number - that was the number of unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates. Making the number all the more impressive.
One last bit of info from the release - there are now over 300,000 native iPad apps available. And by Native - that includes those that are universal - like say the Tii App.
The other press release Apple released was about the Wifi plus Cellular models of the iPad Mini and iPad 4 gen now being available in China - well now as in Friday Jan 18th - so if you are hearing this - now available mean now.
In Main land China the iPad Mini and iPad 4th Gen Wifi Plus cellular models are available through apple retail stores, The Apple Online store and select Apple authorized resellers.
I would expect that these will only work with China Unicom and Chine Telecom - as they are the only two carriers currently with an agreement in place in China for the iPhone. China Mobile while the largest carrier in the world - still has not been able to come to terms with apple for the iPhone - yet.
Note - I am just calling the iPad Mini Wifi + cellular and not + LTE - as it is not yet reported how well the cellular will work in China - If you are in China and get one of the new iPad's with Cellular - be it the mini or 4th gen - please let us know how it is working for you and which carrier you are using it on.
Hi Rob,
I was just thinking about the blind caller who was struggling with the double click speed on his device.
Has he looked at going into the Accessability options and changing the home buttons double-click speed to "slowest"?
There is also the "assistive touch" option that allows you to operate phone functions with one touch.
You can also set up custom actions.
Thanks for your show
Gary
uk
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PLAY AUDIO JESSI ANSWER STROKE
Hey Rob,
This is in response to episode 253 of the person who couldn't click the home button fast enough.
It can be changed by going into settings>general>accessibility>Home-click speed. It's almost all the way down the list.
Hope it helps!
Alex from Connecticut
Hi Rob,
A suggestion for your caller (Ray) last week who has a hard time with the double-click of the home button for multi-tasking or closing apps. The zephyr tweak by Grant Paul (aka chpwn) works great as an alternative to the double-click. It allows you to swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar or close apps. It's $4.99 on Cydia, which means it requires a jailbreak. I highly recommend zephyr!
Best regards,
Paul.
Hey Rob
Please ask the caller if his blue tooth is still on. The dock connection usually changes the sound to the dock but when the iphone leaves the dock it will stay on for a few seconds as it is pairing and will cut off. This problem almost always occurs with car blue tooth systems especially addons.
Take care Rob
Hi Rob,
A caller asked what to use to see the kids when out. I use a foscam ip wireless camera. http://foscam.ca/products/foscam-fi8909w-na-slim-mini-wireless-ip-camera-24.html
Have a look.
Regards,
Don't use me name.
Hi, Rob, this is Ray from Richmond. I heard a caller ask about an app that can monitor by video/audio another room. AirBeam works very well for me. If you have multiple devices, one device can be your receiver, displaying the video/audio and the other(s) are your monitors. Hope this helps your caller.
Take care, Rob. Love the show!
AirBeam by Appologics UG
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airbeam/id428767956?mt=8
Rob,
I had some app solutions for listeners of your last show. One is for the listener looking for a nannycam. If you have an iOS device to leave, the app ReconBot allows you to stream the video to a web browser (among other features) which can also be viewed on another iOS device.
Unfortunately, the other app solution isn't appearing in the App Store at this time. It was for the listener who wanted to record security footage on his iPhone screen. It is called Display Recorder by BUGUN. I use it to record my screen for tutorials (like "how to turn on FaceTime", etc) and send others the video.
Both are (were) available in the App Store and do not require jailbreaking.
Thanks for the show,
Lou V
Hi Rob -
In response to the listener asking for baby monitor recommendations - I gave my daughter and son in law the iBaby Monitor and they have been very happy with it. You mount the camera in the baby's room and can control it from your ipad or phone using a free downloadable app. It also has an audio option and the ability to move the camera view around the room using your ios device. One last feature is the ability to snap camera shots.
Hope this helps,
Vicki
On the last episode we had a caller asking about controlling a baby monitor from an iPhone - and the last few people offered some suggestions - and while at CES I also found a solution called iSmartAlarm. And I stopped at the booth and talked to them about their solution. Note this is a double review - as the recording I made was via my iPhone using the iRig Mic Cast Mic - that plugs into my iPhone and was given to me by the folks at IK Multimedia to use at the show and beyond. Thanks to them for the mic - and I will get other recordings of that mic on the show in a more quiet environment - but again lets play the recording I made with the folks at iSmartalarm at CES on the show floor.
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Philip Dewitt over at Fortune does his aggregating of many of the estimated of Anal-ists pro and not pros alike - per what they think Apple did on iPhone sales. The consensus - will there is none - as the estimate for iPhone sales last quarter varies from a low of 43 Mil from Brian White at Topeka - to a high of 63 Mil by Nicolae Mihalache at Traderhood. As is typical the Pros guess low and the not pros guess high. Average of the pros is 47.6 Mil sold - Average of the not pros is 52.3 Mil iPhones sold last quarter. I think the 50 Mil mark will be the bell weather this time around - above that Apple stock takes off - below that - well not much happens as the stock is pretty beat up. If initial reports from carriers are any indication - the iPhone did pretty good last quarter - with AT&T saying they sold more iPhones last quarter than any quarter before. and over 10 Mil Smartphones last quarter. More iPhones then ever before means more than 7.6 Mil iPhones sold at AT&T alone last quarter. Verizon said it sold more than 9.8 mil smartphones last quarter - with a higher share of iPhones than previously - but it is unknown what previously means - a year earlier when the iPhone was 56% of smartphone sales at Verizon or a quarter earlier when it was only 46% share. Either way it seems like Verizon sold at least 4.6 Mil iPhones last quarter and that number could easily be over 5.5 Mil iPhones sold last quarter. Either way it is a big number of iPhones at Verizon.
And speaking of numbers and Philip dewitt and speaking of analysts - Philip also tracks the Anal-ists guesses on iPads. Again there is no consensus - actually it is much worse with iPads a low guess of 16.8 Mil iPads from Jim Kelleher at Argus Research - Really someone paid him to say only 16.8 Mil iPads sold last quarter - really? Wow talk about crapping money down the drain - just saying. The high estimate was 32 Mil iPads sold by Dennis Hildebrand from the Braeburn group - between 16.8 mil and 32 mil - if I had to pick one - I would say the final number is closer to 32 Mil. The Pros would say it is right between with 22.8 Mil iPads sold vs 25.5 Mil iPads sold from the non-pros. I tend to think the average for the non-pros - the 25 mil number is much more likely - especially given the iPad min's stellar launch. The only thing likely to keep it below 25 Mil would be a lake of iPad supply last quarter. For both iPhones and iPad's apple will give us more insight on their Jan 23rd conference call.
Now if you watch Apple stock at all you saw earlier this week Apple stock just simply tank - the reason for this was a "report" - and I really have to put quotes around report - from the WSJ - which when you learn what they said makes you go - wow - so no more editors at the WSJ - or maybe they were just recovering from the Flu - but either way - journalism 101 rules were violated and a plenty. The story just stank of bad reporting. They talked about iPhone 5 screen orders being drastically cut and blamed a major fall off of demand for the iPhone 5 as the reason for the cut back in orders. Forbes actually has an article saying the reporting was so bad - the writers must have been punked at the WSJ - because they can't find any other explanation for the article otherwise. First off there is not evidence out there for a major drop off in demand for the iPhone 5 - except if you count those that already have it - so yes those people are not looking to buy one since they have one. Changewave actually shows about 50% of those looking to get a smartphone in the US are looking to get an iPhone. Granted that is down from a peak in the mid 70's 3 months ago - but many 3 months ago have their iPhone 5's now. The other part of the article when I read it that made no sense is that the initial orders for this quarter were expected to come in at 65 Mil screens for Q1. That means if they are expecting 65 Mil screens from suppliers in Q1 - they are expecting to ship 65 Mil iPhone 5's in Q2 of this year - Ummmmm no. Even the craziest of the analysts we mentioned before only had 63 Mil iPhones sold last quarter and that was both the big quarter and includes iPhone 4 and 4S. So even last quarter best case what 40 mil iPhone 5's maybe 45 Mil. But no way 65 Mil last quarter and Q2 numbers should be down a bunch from last quarter. So no matter how you look at it - 65 Mil iPhone screens ordered for this quarter does not make sense - and any reduction in that number is just reality catching up to orders - but not demand rolling off the cliff. And that is why earlier this week - if you were liquid it was a good time to buy some Apple stock. More than likely what happened is what Fortune suggested - Someone just punk'd the WSJ - either way it is clear the adults are no longer in charge at the journal. Just sayin.
And speaking of adults not in charge - comes the other made up - retracted - lets change the story story about Cheaper iPhones. Seems first the un-named sources said there was a cheaper iPhone coming - because you know the other sources in the know are saying Apple is going to build bigger and I guess more expensive multicolor iPhones. Well in this case the un-names sources again not to be confused with sources in the know - claim a $99 iPhone is coming for BRIC nations. Then there is a report from Reuters with a quote from Phil Shiller going unt- uh - no way - no how. Then there is a retraction from Reuters - which says it needed to update its store of Phil saying no way - because their original source changed significant parts of their story. Now mind you Phils - killing of the cheap iPhone changed to him saying they will not chase market share blindly - which then lead the adults in the room - to say - see - that is not a denial - so it is an admission - except - Phil's comments were not in response to the un-named source but from an interview done prior to un-named source - just simply updated after the rumor broke. So no the changing of the words in no way was an admission of a $99 iPhone. Of course none of that could stop the adults from the WSJ from running their Cheap iPhone could launch by the end of the year story. Face meet palm - palm meet face.
One rumor that keeps getting re-rumored and repeated - is the iPad mini 2nd gen and iPad maxi 5th gen rumor where they will launch in Mach rumor - ummm no - and that rumor also includes the iPad mini being retina display - ummm no. I could get into this in more detail - but why waste all our time - per these rumors - ummm - No and no. enough said.
The iPhone 5 has finally and officially made its way to Straight talk. You can now purchase an iPhone 5 from Walmart for use on Straight talk - mind you it is a full price iPhone 5 - no subsidy - so it is $649 for the 16 GB version. But hey if you have a walmart card you can finance it at $25 a month - and I can hit you in the head if you do if ever our two paths should meet. Now the real reason for getting on Straight talk is the $45 a month unlimited plan - with unlimited in quotes - we will get to that in a minute. Straight talk actually offers two plans quote
- $45 – No Contract Monthly Plan with Unlimited Nationwide Talk, Text, and Data.
- $60 – No Contract Monthly Plan with Unlimited Nationwide Talk, Text, and Data PLUS Unlimited International Calling to more than 1,000 destinations in Mexico, Canada, India, and in other countries.
unquote.
Ok - now lets get to the down side of all this. First - it looks like it is just the 16 GB iPhone 5 right now - or the 8 GB iPhone 4 for $449 are available. Second that unlimited they talked about - well surely there is some clear text about what unlimited means and if there is not - well then it means unlimited like with Sprint - no cap and no throttling - right - right - ummm - no wrong - as in wrong about them clearly labeling the limits and wrong about it being truly unlimited. Seems Straight talk is talking their Terms of service writing class the same place Instagram did. PC Mag has an article titled quote how straight talk's TOS makes most iPhone users criminals unquote - yeah not a good title for those thinking Straight talk was going to offer this great service. Seems that there is a throttle point - and it is 2GB of data - and then you get the messages. Worse they can just kick you off the network if they want. And per their terms you really should not be doing much that is not through their own portal. So no app downloads and not gaming and no surfing if not through their portal. And no Youtube. At least per their terms of service.
So essentially the reason the straight talk plan is just $45 a month for unlimited everything is that they really want to limit what unlimited means. Or as their TOS actually says
Quote Straight Talk Unlimited Talk, Text and Mobile Web Access Plans may ONLY be used with a Straight Talk handset for the following purposes: (i) Person to Person Voice Calls (ii) Text and Picture Messaging (iii) Internet browsing through the Straight Talk Mobile Web Service and (iv) Authorized Content Downloads from the Straight Talk Mobile Web Store.
Yup - getting your email seems to violate their TOS and they can boot you if they want. Will they - probably not - but at this point I definitely can not recommend them as a service provider for your iPhone. Go to Sprint or Virgin Mobile - but stay far away from Straight talk until they get their TOS in order.
Speaking of Sprint - Seems the latest rumor there with regards to iOS devices is that they will offer up their total equipment protection of the iPhone starting on Jan 25th - and at $11 a month and a $150 deductible - it makes me go - huh???? Why would anyone sign up for this. That is $264 in two years plus the deductible - spend $94 bucks go to square trade dot com slash tii and get a much much better warranty with a much lower deductible. Not sure why anyone would spend well over 2x the price on their warranty to have a deductible that is 3 times the size - bad bad choice - stay away from this offering from Sprint if it does turn out to be true.
Speaking of US carriers - one that finally seems to be coming around and smelling the coffee is AT&T - and this is with regards to FaceTime support - previously AT&T has said only LTE devices would be able to support FaceTime - and now it looks like they are saying they will support FaceTime over cellular at no charge to any customer on a tiered data plan. Ok - so they are not fully over yet to the light side - as it means all of us with unlimited AT&T plans are left to jailbreak if we want to run FaceTime - thanks AT&T for helping keep the incentive in place for jailbreaking and mis-using your network or actually I guess being able to use your network as others are able to.
ok - not to be so US centric - this next one is for our listeners in Saudi Arabia - seems STC launched an iPad mini for free offer. All you have to do to get the free iPad mini is sign up for one of the qualifying data plans. Which data plans and how much that is - well check with STC on that.
Back to Asia we go and specifically Main land China and Cnet is reporting that Tim Cook has said Apple is talking with China Mobile about getting the iPhone - and really at this point can anyone believe they are doing anything other than talking. T-mobile in the US is getting the iPhone for criminey sakes. Guess it comes down to China mobile and Apple both laying it out on the table so to speak and trying to show the other guy why theirs is bigger and better. We are talking about agreements of course - what did you think I was speaking of?
Thanks to Chris in London for this next one. Which keeps us on the China theme and in this case it is about Apple supposedly offering up 12 easy payments to Chinese customers - i.e. financing for their devices. Sounds like Apple is deciding the best way to compete with budget phones is not to make a budget phone - but to rather find creative ways to help those in China afford their phone.
A few different funny stories about the iPhone and or competitors since the last episode - one was about the guy who's iPhone he left in a cab and then was absconded by someone clearly not looking to give it back - so said original owner - finds out this guy is using it to visit a dating site - decides to create a fake account on the site to lure the new owner of his iPhone into a honey trap and wouldn't you know it worked - said illegal owner of iPhone shows up with wine and a hat on - at the door to what he thought was an easy date - only to find the guy whose iPhone he absconded - the illegal iPhone owner handed over the iPhone to the rightful owner.
The next story is probably one I had more people send in than any other story the past couple of months. Seems there was a break in at a research lab and all that was taken from the lab were iPads - no other electronics or equipment was taken just the iPads. What makes this story so funny is the lab in question belonged to Microsoft. Microsoft reported that 2 iPad 2's and 2 iPad 3's and an iPad 4 were all stollen - not stollen - anything made by microsoft - Ouch. Yes that instantly paints in your minds eyes this burglar going Yes an iPad - and another - nope don't want that surface - nope don't want that Zune - nope don't want that kin - yup will take that iPad and that other one - nope don't want that windows 8 convertible - yup on that iPad 4 - ok - I am out of here. From the PR point of view MS would have been better off just swallowing the loss of the 5 iPad's - just saying.
And the final story is about a poor guy in Nevada - seems there is a strange little bug in the GPS software on Sprints network - that for some reason every so often in Las Vegas if you run find my iPhone - it points to this poor guys house. Now it is not limited to find my iPhone - as it effected some police GPS systems as well. But still this guy has had multiple people show up at his door saying or likely yelling that they know their iOS device is in his house and to give it up. So this goes to show if you iOS device goes missing - it is best when you locate the device - to call the police and have them there as back up and not knock on the door - one you could be accusing the wrong person and two well - you never really want to knock on the door of someones house that really did steal your iOS device with out police back up.
Ok - actually one more funny story - and this is about a strange bug on the Android slash google now side - where if you ask a question the right way Google Now comes back with a response that ends with quote he now praises the iPad unquote. So if your query end the sentence with quote end with unquote or quote enraged with unquote or quote filled with unquote - the response back will end with quote he now praises the iPad unquote.
One of the things I tested out in Vegas both at NMX and CES was a vCard and QR code - The company Vizibility sent me a NFC wallet card and stickers for QR codes. What you then do is set up a web page with them and when you are scanned people are sent to your page where there are all sorts of links and info about you that you set up. Which is nice for me where I have multiple things I am promoting - Libsyn - Today in iOS - Podcast411 - Tricks of the Podcasting Masters and more. The VCard which I thought would get scanned more - well only got scanned by another NFC device a total of 2 times the entire time I was in vegas - that includes walking around CES - Say what you will about NFC - but until Apple adds it to the iPhone - it is just a fringe tech at best. My stickers - the ones with the QR codes - those were scanned 19 times - so 19 times someone took the time to hover their smartphones camera over the QR code and get it registered - which takes some doing - vs 2 times someone passed by and scanned my NFC vcard - and again - this was at NMX and CES - two of the most tech oriented audiences in the world.
Now I would like to say - the service Vizibility has was really nice. And when Apple Adds NFC capabilities - or if they do - this service will do very well - and their service does work with iOS 6's passbook. Go to Vizibility.com for more info on this or look for the link in the show notes. Thanks folks for the NFC VCard - and I will report back in the future if I get more scans on the NFC Card - which I keep in the case of my iPhone - so it is right there with me all the time.
Hi Rob
Here is some feedback from my resently funded Kickstarter Projects.
Scanbox
Scanbox is an easy to use, affordable and unbelievably portable scanning box that uses your smartphone's camera to take amazing high quality scans.
Ship July / August 2012. They announced they have shipped the product in November but I never received the scanbox. I emailed to get a status but no answer. No soup for me.
I have nicknamed this project scambox.
Hone for iPhone
Hone is a Bluetooth 4.0 device for your iPhone 4S that helps you find your keys. Ship October 2012 and has not yet shipped. No soup for me.
Pebble for iPhone
Pebble is a customizable watch - get notifications from your phone. Ship October 2012 and has not yet shipped. Note I purchased watch as X-mass present which made me look like a smuck to the girlfriend. No soup for me( and other perks from girlfriend).
I will no longer be funding any Kickstater projects.
Mike
Pittsburgh
Hi Rob - I ran across this Kickstarter project called Safe Wallet Case for iPhone 5. I haven't ever used a case on any of my iPhones, but this one looks nice. Thought maybe some other listeners of your show might like it.
Regards,
Darrin
Hi Darrin - thanks for the heads up on the Safe Wallet case - three words - this is for the iPhone 5 as you mentioned. It has a goal of $19,0000 and around $15,000 already raised with a funding date of Feb 7th at 11:16 PM ET - which means this one is pretty much a done deal.
What this is an iPhone 5 case that has a place for some credit cards, money and even a key or two in the back of the case - this way your don't have to carry a wallet and an iPhone - just an iPhone 5 with a case that is your wallet.
I actually saw a few of these type of cases for the iPhone 4 and 4s at CES. Right now pledges for this start at $39 and well also end at $39. While there are 5 different pledge offerings - the only difference is color - with choices of Silver, White, Blue, Red and Black.
Again if you are interested in this search for Safe Wallet Case - three words at Kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for episode 254 over at today in iOS dot com.
Thanks to Levi for this next one. Which is the heads up on something that will totally void any warranty for an iPhone 5. It is a translucent iPhone 5 shell. That's right you replace the Black or white opaque shell with this translucent shell. This is not a case - but a replacement for the actual shell of the iPhone 5. It is actually really cool looking. No word on how easy it is to make the change. Cost of the mod kit is $39.90 - and again it is very cool looking from a total nerds perspective - FYI - Guys while it is true if you are single and you have an iPhone it helps you get dates - this case would actually negate any of those gains and put you in the whole and then some. Only buy this if your are secure in your current relationship or a female. Look for the link in the show notes titled iPhone 5 mod translucent kit.
I talked with long time friend Cali Lewis while in Vegas (gratuitous name drop) and said to how sad I was she jumped to Android - her main reasoning for the jump was the integration with Google Apps. There is a nice article by Rene Ritchie at iMore - (also friend and libsyn podcaster - more gratuitous name dropping) Rene's article talks about the iPhone once again being the best google phone on the planet. Thanks to those that sent this link - which I forwarded to Cali. Maybe we can get her back to the iPhone some day.
Thanks to Tash for this next one - which is a post titled - 5 Apps - best camera apps for blind and visually impaired iPhone users and this is from TUAW. The first app they mention is a really important one - LookTel MoneyReader. This US$9.99 app uses object-recognition technology and the iPhone's bright LED flash to recognize currency almost instantaneously, even in low light or in a moving car. What many people do not realize is in the US our money is all the same size - so blind people have no way to tell if they are giving or getting a $20 bill a $1 bill or a $100 bill. I know some that are blind will have notchs placed on the bills so they know what they are giving - but it does not help with change. This app takes care of that for them letting them know exactly what size denomination the bill is they are giving or getting - and not just relying on the honesty of strangers. Again that app is LookTel MoneyReader it is $9.99 and if you know someone that is blind - think about gifting it to them.
I had a few people email in about this app in the past when it was paid and now it is free - so figured I would mention it again - The app is Localscope - and again it is now free in the App store - but they do have an in app purchase - so not sure if it is just a neutered app when free - or actually useful - either way it is free to try it out. And again - the old paid for version got good reviews from listeners in the past. Localscope - one word in the iTunes app store.
Hi
I have an ipad mini and iPhone 5 both updated to iOS 6.02.
On the mini I saw no issues but on the iPhone 5 I had to downgrade to
6.01 using DFU and restore as there was battery issues.
On one day on 6.02 it used 40% battery in 3 hours with no device usage ie
me directly using the device. On another day I was in airplane mode and had
wifi only on and it went through 30% battery in 2 hours, again with no
usage.
Since downgrading performance is normal with approximately 8 hours before
it hits 20%, with normal usage by me.
I have since invested in 2 battery cases which whilst I believe they are
not MFI approved they work fine and enable extended usage.
Kind regards
Craig Carroll
England
Hi Rob,
Happy New year I was listening to your last podcast
And I too have the same problem with the beats Bluetooth
And I can't seem to get it fixed, I toggle the Bluetooth on & off but it is not the best way I don't know if it is a beats problem or iPhone problem. I have an iPhone 5 iOS 6.0.2
Bezzenn
Hi Rob i was wonder when a jailbreak was going to come out for ios 6
Regards,
ryan
Hi Ryan,
Latest word is an untethered Jailbreak for iOS 6.x is done - but not released - and they will not release it until Apple releases iOS 6.1 - as they don't want Apple to fix the exploit right away.
So My guess at this point would be within a month of when iOS 6.1 is released we should see a jailbreak.
Rob W
Remember hacker and jail breaker Pod2G - the hacker that helped bring about the iOS 5.x jailbreak. Well seems he has stepped away from Jailbreaking so that he could do some developing of something he could sell and you know make some money on. To that end he started a company called 2G lab - and released a turn table / dj mixing app called PodDJ - It is currently priced at $7.99 through the end of the month - then it goes up to $9.99. He also says on his site he is looking for clients to do development work for.
Thanks to michael and others for this next one - which was by its title not what I had hoped. The title is Student add prank street names to Apple Maps. And well I thought yeah college students - figuring a group at one college did a planned effort of using the report feature in Apple Maps on iOS 6 to change a name of a street - like say Students from Duke teaming up and getting the main street down the middle of North Carolina's campus changed to Blue Devil blvd or something like that - but sadly nope nothing like that at all - what happened here was some Afghan university student via open street map put in some silly names for streets that had their names in dispute and then those names were picked up by Apple in iOS 6 app map. So really they did not like the title of the article add Street names to Apples map app - they added to them to Open Street Map - and the entries were not properly vetted before being imported by apple into their data base. SAD TROMBONE - I do had wanted this to be a story of some determined and meddlesome teenagers gaming Apple maps in a funny way - oh well - maybe some time in the future.
One thing at CES I wanted to see - but it had too big a line around it at the Griffen booth was Crayola's light marker for iPad. What is special about this is you don't actually have to touch the screen on the iPad to draw on the iPad. It seems it uses the front facing camera to detect where the Crayola marker is and what you are doing with said marker. It looks like it is $29.99 for the marker - And well yes you can buy a lot of regular markers and paper for that amount of money - but it is harder to email those drawings.
At CES Lego announced that the upcoming Mindstorm Robotic kits will have support for iOS devices. Lego by the way has their own official podcast - which yes is hosted with Libsyn - gratuitous name drop. Nice to see Lego now allowing iOS Devices to control the Mindstorm Robotic Kits.
THanks to Tash for this next one - which is a Bluetooth Fork which works with an iPhone app to let you know when you eat to much - I have to admit - I did not see this one when at CES - but I only made it through the iLounge section. I guess what the Bluetooth forks does is recognize when you are eating to fast and then vibrates. Really what I think most people really need is not a fork that sees if your are eating to fast - but rather the wrong stuff - and rather than vibrate - that sucker needs to zap our butts. Eating a piece of cheese cake - Zap. Eating Carrots - well that is ok.
hi rob,
i am a new listener, and so far i love it. i went back and listened to an old episode, but i don't remember which one, but i do remember someone asking a question about an app for group messages. well, i do have a solution. in ios 6, you can type multiple names in the "to:" field, and when one person responds, everyone else will see it. i hope this helps, and keepup the good work.
anonymous
Ray should check out the Assistive Touch features in the Accessibility menu of IOS devices. These include workarounds for getures that may be difficult to use, including some option to create customized gestures. I use Voiceover and Zoom only, so I'm not too familiar with the Assistive Touch menu, but there are many text and video tutorials online.
Rob, love the show. If you have time for another Accessibility-related question for your listeners, here are a couple more:
Touch Typing while Zoom is enabled works with the iPhone but not the iPads. anyone know why or how to work around this?
Editing text with Voiceover is one of the few things that is almost impossible, does anyone have any apps or links that help?
Voiceover voices are good, but the ones on the iMac are better. any way to get them onto the mobile devices?
Hi Rob,
If I have an iPad 3 (the new iPad) which is on Verizon for on-demand cellular service. Can I use the same Verizon account on the iPad mini if I buy one?
Regards,
Audrie
Seattle Washington