My wife took my photo wearing my new Glasses from Warby Parker with my iPhone which I then imported to her iPad. I used Adobe Photoshop touch on the iPad to crop out and magic erase the background and then added the text and image fill - And I did it all in about 30 minutes.
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Transcript for Episode 260
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I want to start off on a soap box rant - Actually I am going to read a post I was asked by the folks at Boing Boing to write and was up on Boing boing this past week. While not iOS related it is Podcast related and also patent Troll related - which sadly is a subject that comes back to iOS all too often the post goes.
A patent troll is out to kill off podcasting, or at a minimum critically wound it. This troll does have a patent on the whole podcasting process, despite the fact they have not contributed one line of code to the process or even a single idea used in podcasting. But they have a patent and they are going to suck as much money from podcasters as possible.
That they were granted this patent in February 2012 just goes to show how broken the patent system is. They have already started suing podcasters in the Eastern District court of Texas - where all patent trolls go to do their evil deeds. They also started sending out letters to individual podcasters looking to extort license fees. If you listen to podcasts it is likely at some time in the near future one or more of the podcasts you listen to will be hit with one of these extortion letters. There is actually a really good chance one of the podcasts you listen to already has -- four podcasts I listen to on a regular basis already have been sent these letters.
The podcasters that get these letters have 3 options.
1. Ignore the letters and hope for the best.
2. Contact the troll and agree to pay a license fee for the patent (even though the podcasters don't use the technology from said patent troll - because well it does not exist
3. Fight the troll in court.
Well actually there is a 4th option -- shut down the podcast and delete all files and hope they go away. But even if podcasters do that the patent trolls could still try to extort money retroactively. But at least podcasters would not be out more money. Sadly many may choose this option.
Regarding option 3: If someone does fight the troll and wins - all that means is the winner does not have to pay the license fee to the patent troll. However the "winner" is still out all the lawyers fees they spent to fight a bogus patent.
Thus given the choice of paying around a thousand dollars a year (I have no knowledge of what the patent troll in this case is asking for -- that number is just similar to what some other patent trolls have asked for) or paying over $250,000 or even a $1,000,000 in legal fees -- game theory dictates you choose paying the license fee. The patent trolls know this and that is why their extortion racket works.
But now there is a real chance to change things. The SHIELD Act (H.R. 845) was just introduced into the House by Congressmen Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). This bill would put the financial liability on the patent rolls if they loose. If the SHIELD Act is passed into law and you fight a patent troll and win -- the patent troll is responsible to pay all of your legal bills.
The EFF is strongly in favor of this bill and has set up a page to help you take action.
eff.org/shield
Once there put in your Zip Code. It will then give you the names and phone numbers of your representatives in Congress and allow you to send an email to them. In addition to sending an email -- what is really important is to call your congressperson's office -- give them your name tell them you are from their district and you want your congressperson to support this bill.
This bill is definitely not a Republican or a Democrat Bill - nor is this a podcasting bill - this is at its heart an anti-patent troll bill. Patent Trolls are attacking Wifi at coffee shops, Scanning documents at small businesses, and now podcasting. They must be stopped and you have a chance right now to help out.
I hope some day when the whole sad story of Patent Trolls is finally written - the turning point will be when they went after Podcasters and the Podcast listeners helped get the SHIELD Act passed into Law
And that ends the post on Boing Boing - Folks if you like this podcast and other podcasts - and you live in the US - you can and must help out - call your congressperson and tell them to support the shield act. Just Go to
eff.org/shield
Put in your zip code and then call your congress person - I did it - and I need you to do it to. If you are a podcaster or blogger - tell your audience about eff.org/shield and the shield act - together we can finally fight back against the trolls. Do this now before this patent troll kills off one of your favorite podcasts.
Yet - Another Lock screen bypass in iOS 6.1 has been found. It again involves juggling 6 balls at once while jumping through hoops that are spinning and on fire. Well ok - maybe not that easy - but you get the picture.
Like the other one this one gets you access to the voicemails and contacts on the phone. There was some talk that you could put the screen into a black mode and connect to a computer and get the data off the phone - but it turns out that is only true if the iPhone had previously been sync'd to that computer.
Still anytime a bug like this is found - it is a black eye to apple - which already looks like Erchel after getting pummeled by King Kong Bundy - hmm - A little too much showing my age in that reference - how about makes apple look like President Obama at Comic Con trying to explain the new Jedi Mind Meld.
No word yet on when a fix is coming for this issue.
Now we did talk about the other Passcode bug on the last episode - and Apple has seeded iOS 6.1.3 beta 2 to devs and this new beta does break the jailbreak - so it is not just fixing the passcode bug from last week - but also killing off at least on of the 5 exploits used by the evasion jailbreak - thing is according to the dev team guys - you need all 5 exploits to run evasi0n. So if you want to jailbreak - update to 6.1.2 now - and jailbreak now. If iOS 6.1.3 comes out between now and the next episode - DO NOT update if you have any desire to Jailbreak. Once 6.1.3 is released we will talk about it - but as always - hold off and let others be the first to update even if you are not planning on jailbreaking.
We talked in the past about Cricket Wireless getting the iPhone. Which they did back in June of last year per the iPhone 4S - and then on September 28th per the iPhone 5. In both cases they offered a $150 subsidy for the iPhone. So for $500 upfront for a 16GB version you got a data plan that was a little more per month than virgin mobiles. Now it seems Cricket is chirping that they are a bit behind on sales of the iPhones and have to date only sold about half of what they committed to selling. Obviously it is bad news for Cricket as they have a commit to hit. But for Apple some are saying this is really bad news - as it shows a non-subsidized or in this case a only very partially subsidized iPhone will not sell well in developing nations. And they are using this example to point out the need again for a low cost iPhone. Per Crickets part - they said they will be doing some marketing pushes giving buyers additional options for financing the iPhone. So I guess the question is for cricket - is it a case of bad marketing or just that their core audience is very budget conscious - and they are looking at the lowest cost phones primarily.
I did not see any numbers on Smartphone sales on Cricket as a percentage of sales and what those ASP's are. Nor has Virgin Mobiles sales of iPhones been revealed and if this is just an issue at Cricket or an issue for the prepaid market for the iPhone in general.
And this is probably a good segue into the rumor about the $330 Plastic iPhone - the latest rumor or rumors comes from Macotakara - who said there is also a 4.5" iPhone 6 coming as well as the lower cost $330 iPhone cheap - And while the iPhone cheap will be out in mid 2013 the larger iPhone 6 will not be out now until 2014.
I bring this up because other recent rumors have gone on to say that actually the $330 plastic iPhone or what ever its price is would also be the 4.5" iPhone. It goes like this - one of the reasons the current iPhone 5 is so expensive to make is because it is so small. But if you had more room to work with and a bigger battery and a bigger screen but with less pixels per square inch - i.e. same resolution as current iPhone just stretched to a bigger size. The screen while bigger would be cheaper as it does not push the tech as much as the current retina display does. A larger package means more flexibility in design and layout - which means the ability to make it much easier to assemble - maybe even mostly by robots - which there is a lot of rumors are making their way into fox con factories as of late. So maybe the cheaper iPhone and the larger iPhone are really one in the same. And the Cadillac of iPhones will remain the thiner - lighter - smaller 4" iPhone size. Ironically I have not been convinced that a lower cost iPhone is coming nor have I been convinced a larger iPhone is coming - but when you say a larger lower cost iPhone is coming - for some reason that does not seem so far fetched and both my gut and head says yeah that makes sense. Maybe I just need to stop reading what the analyst are shoveling or maybe it really does make sense that when too bad ideas are combined you get one good idea. Only Time will tell.
And steven did follow up to say he found an app called Social Tiles - that was close - but only shows 2 Facebook Page links on the screen at a time. And it opens the pages in the official Facebook App and can't organize groups of pages. So Per stevens question if anyone knows of an app - other than Social tiles - let us know - 206-666-6364 - that's 206-moon-dog or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Into the email bag we go.
Hi Rob,
Just a quick note. Last week the Fleksy app went totally free. That is, no more free restricted version; the whole app is now free.
Regards,
Kevin B
Hi Rob,
I just got the iPod touch 5 gen and I love it very much, but the only problem I have encountered is that I can not find the option is settings that let's you display your battery percent in upper right corner by battery. Thanks for the help, and your podcast is one of my favorites, thanks,
Daniel
Hi Daniel - what do you mean you can't find it - clearly you did not really look - I mean Apple put it in such a logical location - If it had teeth it would have bit you. Just go to the Settings App - then General - then Usage - And then scroll down and you will see the Battery Usage section with Battery Percentage toggle - just turn it on. I mean come on - it was soooo obvious where they put it - or not.
And now I would like to talk about this weeks sponsor - For those that have met me or have seen photos of me - you know that I wear glasses - I have for over half my life - I do not / will not wear contacts. Which is why I was so stoked to get Warby Parker as a sponsor. If you wear glasses like me you know what a pain it is to get new glasses and how expensive it is - my last pair cost more than a 64 GB iPhone. Especially after the eyeglass store put on all their adders. But Warby Parker is not like that. First on the price side for prescription Glasses they are $95 or you can go titanium for $145. And that includes the UV coating and a very nice case. No up sells. And these are nice fashionable glasses.
How the process works is you go to warbyparker dot com and you pick out 5 pairs of glasses you want to try on - and they ship them out to you at no cost. You try them on for a few days and pick out the pair you like best and send them all back - shipping is covered both ways. Then once you pick the pair you like best you go online enter your prescription and place the order. At that point for Tii listeners - you put in the promo code T I I for free 2 day shipping on the final pair. And that is it. It really was an easy process. For the in home try on I picked out one pair I liked - my wife picked out 4 pairs she liked for me. We got them in and luckily we both agreed on the same pair as being our favorite not that my vote would have counted much - And about 10 days later I had my new glasses. And I really like them - my kids like them and most importantly my wife really likes them. As I mentioned earlier in the episode you can see them on me in my picture on the banner for Warby parker up at today in iOS dot com or in the album artwork for ep 260. The Warby Parker website was just updated to work with iOS devices for the whole process. So you can go right now on your iOS device pick your 5 pairs and get them sent to you to try on at no cost to you. But lets say after you try on the 5 pairs you and your significant other can't agree on THE pair - simple send them back and pick out another 5 pairs and repeat
- still at no cost for the try ons. They have a lot of great styles and the site is really easy to see the different styles and colors. And for iOS users that are starting to trombone on your iPhone - they also have a monocle - so you can use that as a reading glass to see the small font on your iPhone screen. Just sayin. Plus you know nothing says cool like a monocle. Except maybe knowing that when you buy a pair of glasses with Warby Parker here is the absolute best part - they give a pair to a 3rd world charity. So in summary. You shop hassle free and get days to try on your 5 pairs at your home to pick the ones you really like best - you pay 1/3rd to 1/5th what you normally pay for glasses and by buying a pair you are helping out someone in a 3rd world country to get a pair of glasses as well. Win Win and Win. Again remember when you do buy a pair use promo code T i i at the check out for your purchased pair to get free 2 day shipping. Thanks Warby Parker for sponsoring this show.
If you use the iCloud service for email - this story is for you - especially if you ever had any emails sent to you that for some reason just never made it to you. Seems Apple has an over active filter in play. The story comes from an email where the phrase barely legal teen caused emails to get deleted - not marked as spam - but deleted with no notification to the end user. The Verge did some testing with other phrases and could not get iCloud to delete the emails - but for some reason the phrase barely legal teen caused iCloud filter to shred the emails. It is possible it is a bug - or a feature with that test phrase done as an experiment. But what I find the issue is that emails were shredded with no notice of them being shredded. So how do you know other phrases are not causing other emails to be shredded as well. Hopefully this is a bug and Apple will address this issue state it was a bug and that it is fixed. It is scary to think Apple is filtering emails based on what they think is moral - because like it or not Barely legal is still legal - so it is not an issue of the phrase indicating something illegal is going on. For all we know the phrase Lasanga with Cottage Cheese is getting filtered - I mean it would be if I set up the filter. Who knows what Apple finds objectionable and that is really the issue here. Unclear rules with no notification of action. Yikes.
Lies - Damn Lies and Statistics - Oh did Horace Dediu ever live up to that phrase with his to put it nicely really horrible stats review of Apple Retail sales where he said the following.Quote Although performance for the stores has improved (i.e. the sales per store went up), sales outside of their own retail channel are now a far higher portion of total. 2007 retail revenues were $4.7 billion or 17% while 2012 were $19.1 billion or 12%. unquote He used those numbers to say future new Apple stores need to be outside the US to offset that imbalance. Ummm What imbalance. What Horace clearly forgot to take into account is Apples product mix in 2007 vs 2012. We are talking just a small % of sales from iPhones in 2007 to a very large % in 2012 - and hey guess where most of those iPhones sales happen - oh yeah at carrier stores. And that in a nut shell explains the drop in % of sales at Apple stores vs outside of stores. Horace should have realized that especially when he added the comment about sales per store going up. It is definitely not a store sales issue just a change in product mix since 2007. Lies - damn lies and statistics - Even takes down someone like Horace. Sad day - sad day indeed.
Mostly Dead Web OS is well even more mostly dead as Quote LG has agreed to acquire the source code, webOS engineering team and other assets from HP unquote. They will be using the Web OS software for TV UI's. To put this in perspective this is like being invented to be the transmission in a ferrari and then after being sold twice you wind up as part of the John Deere MS11G manure spreader. Which mind you in the world of Manure spreaders I am told is da bomb. But still it is no Ferrari. I would say that is another nail in the WebOS Coffin - but at this point I don't think there is any room for more nails.
Thanks to Max for this next one which was one of two articles from Wired this past week talking about Android and the lack of first run releases for that platform. One article said quote Android is stuck as a repository for iOS Ports unquote and the other article was even more biting saying Android is a desolate wasteland when it comes to games.
The long of the short is that Developers don't see the ROI on the Android side they get with iOS apps - and for the most part Android users don't buy games not at least when compared to iOS users. Worse is developers report piracy rates as high as 83%. One developer talked about his app Waking Mars - he sold over 140,000 units on iOS but less than 5,000 on Android. Ouch. Another issue about lack of sales is on Android an increase in cost for trouble shooting different versions of devices. One App dev mentioned less than 20 different iterations of iOS devices. If we want to get technical it is 16 different iOS devices to date. On the Android side his app was being run on 3,997 different devices. And it gets worse from there. For the most part if you release a new game today - those 16 iOS devices are notched down to just 10 devices running the latest version of iOS. Which leads to the next point - Part of the reason games developers also like iOS - Is that over 70% of all iOS devices are running iOS 6.x - where as with Android it is only 13.6% running a version of Jelly bean - and just 42.6% running a version of Ice cream sandwich or Jelly bean the two biggest revision levels of Android - that is like comparing the % of iOS users running iOS 5 dot x and 6 dot x combined - which by the way is almost 90% of iOS devices that are running a version of iOS 5 or 6. Yes that makes life easier for developers.
So iOS gives much better sales - less piracy - less trouble shooting and a much higher percentage of users running the latest version of the software - and it makes you wonder why Wired only ran two articles this past week on the issues with Android for Developers.
Hi Rob – regarding the person having trouble getting mail notifications on his Pebble watch, this is my workflow and it has been perfect. For emails only, you have to set the notifications on the iPhone to be an Alert and not a Banner. Also, every night when I go to bed, I power down the Pebble. In the morning I turn it back on, open the notifications in the Settings app on my iPhone and toggle off and then immediately on the “View in Lock Screen” for all the apps I want notifications to be sent to Pebble. I then get notifications perfectly. It is a cool gadget. I honestly think it was released prior to being ready but as a geek, I honestly don’t mind having to go through these extra steps to get it working properly every day.
Darrin
Hey rob..
I have 2 questions regarding apple inc.
First, do you think apple will come out with a product similar to google glasses, lets say an iGlasses ?
Second, will apple now scrap out 16 gig iPhones and replace them with 32 gig one, it seems so because they now offer 128 gig iPad .
Regards
Sanchit from New Delhi, india
Hi Sanchit,
Per question 1 - I don't think Apple will do a google Glasses type product any time soon if ever. I think Apple will stick with something more mainstream - ie iWatch. I think the iWatch adds real value to the user and is not in the way of the user for normal tasks. So my guess is no on the glasses - but yes on an iWatch.
Per question 2 - Nope - I think they stay with 16 / 32 / 64 GB versions for the next iPhone.
Going to 128 GB on the iPad was for a specific use case - The person replacing their laptop with an iPad and needing more storage and well to tweak Microsoft on the week they were releasing the Surface Pro - The iPhone is still not a laptop replacement not when compared to the iPad.
Hi Rob,
my question is regarding a connection problem I've been having on my windows Vista machine. For some reason recently my windows vista laptop won't recognize my iOS devices an iPhone 4s, iPad 2, and iPod touch 1st gen. I dont even get that little noise you get when you connect a device. the device gets power but its otherwise like its not even connected. Every other USB device works with that computer and my iOS devices are recognized on other computers. This is becoming an issue since this is the computer these devices are synced with and I can't backup and upgrade and rejailbreak the devices. I've done everything I've found on the Internet including the apply knowledge base articles with no luck. I was hoping you or some of the listeners might have an idea. Regards,
Matt T
White bear lake, Minnesota
Hi Rob,
Have you heard any feedback about the
Wilson "sleek"? It's a powered cradle with outside antenna. that runs $75-100.
Regards,
Mike R
Rob,
This is a new kickstarter project I found called
Ube WiFi Connected Smart Light Dimmer
Project - ok a mouthful.
It launched February 18th
with a Goal of $280,000.00 (Lot's of money, they are not taking your advice and keeping the price low)
This Project end is April 4th 9:20 AM ET.
They are about 30% funded in 10 days with over 30 days to go.
I think this has possibilities. Let me explain.
This puppy acts like a normal wall switch dimmer.
Controls the lights like a dimmer. Move your finger up and down to dim.
All the dimmers in a room can work together with one switch. Multiple dimmers working together in a large room.
Pinch in or out on the dimmer to control the whole house.
Now it gets better.
You can control all this via an iPhone app from your chair.
And the app is going to give us additional information. How about an alarm when a light bulb goes out? Maybe that's why they need so much money.
The app will report how much money the connected devices are costing you to run.
Many of these features are available in high end automation systems.
A Do It Yourselfer could be up and running in 20 minutes.
I think this one may get to there goal.
Regards,
Kevin S
Kevin thanks for the heads up - they currently have over $85,000 of the 280,000 they are looking for. Look for this one in the show note for ep 260 titled UBE Wifi Light dimmer - Kickstarter
This next one is about a Kickstarter project that was funded and is now out in the real world and selling. It is the ChargeCard - one word. Essentially what it is is a USB cable that is thin enough to easily slip into your wallet like a credit card - it is actually the same dimensions as a credit card length and width and just a little thicker on depth. This is really nice for those that do overnite trips or day trips and don't want to lug around a charge cord in your pocket. It costs just $25 and there is one version for the 30 pin dock connector of the iPhone 4 and 4S and another for the Lightning connector of the iPhone 5. These plug into a standard USB port for the power - not to a wall AC outlet. So this is just the replacement for the cord - but again if you are someone that does day trips or just often finds your iOS device running low on power - you can buy this and put it in your wallet or purse and rest assured you have a cable at your disposal. I can see this right now being really handy for iPhone 5 and iPad mini users as finding someone with a lightning cord to give you a jump is still not nearly as ubiquitous as the 30 pin cord. Go to chargecard project dot com for more info. Or go to kickstarter and search for chargecard one word for the original project that ended back in August to see how it was present then.
I know we have a few listeners with physical disabilities and Griffin has just announce a MouthStick Stylus - it is $30 look for the link titled - Mouth Stick for iPad in the show notes for Episode 260. Thanks Griffin for putting out this product.
USA Today had a feature last week of some iPad apps for special needs kids. One of the apps was free - it is called Touch and learn emotions. and is quote a great free app to use with kids who need practice deciphering emotions unquote. They also reviewed a $1.99 app called LetterReflex which is for kids with dyslexia or needing help overcoming letter reversals and backwards writing - This would have been one I could have used as a kid as I am dyslexic. Another App they reviewed is $89.99 - yes $89.99 and it is called The Social Express - And it is quote for kids who have trouble understanding social situations - this app lets them learn by role-playing through 16 interactive lessons. unquote. And finally they reviewed the app Proloquo2go - it is $189.99 - yes 100 more than the last one. It is however as they say a very special app for quote speech-impaired kids while uncommonly expensive within iTunes, this app charges more because it has a very limited market, required years of research to create and is constantly updated for free unquote. The app has symbols the kids can tap to have the iPad speak for them. Again the app is called Proloquo2go or just look for the link in the show notes for ep 260 titled iPad apps for special needs kids.
Thanks to Carl at Iam therefore ipad dot com for pointing out the Gridlee app we mentioned on the show a couple of times and warned you to get while the getting was good - is now gone and there is no more getting to be gotten. Apple finally yanked it - which really was not a question of if - just a question of when. I hope everyone that has an iCade or similar controller for their iPad downloaded the app. Now we can start talking about it a little more. But first Thanks Apple for dragging your feet on yanking this one - I am sure more than a few people are happy they were able to download the app. More info on Gridlee apps coming up on future episodes. But in the mean time email me at today in iOS with your favorite ROMs you installed for your Gridlee app. today in iOS at gmail dot com.
SketchBook Pro is an app used many times for one of the episode featured artwork. And now they have a new feature. It is Time Lapse recording. Which records your work as you proceed so you can see a video at the end of how you made it to your final stage for that piece of art. If anyone used this feature for any artwork they created - please let me know - and send a link to the video to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Hi Rob --
From today’s show, I downloaded 3 Cydia apps – meaningful because per your continued advice, I have very few Cydia apps on my iPhone.
First I got Auxo. VERY COOL and well worth the $2. In fact, Apple should be embarrassed for not having this functionality built into their OS.
I also downloaded the free app XCon and was happy to see that I can now watch HBO Go and Netflix again.
Third, I downloaded the Mobile Terminal so that I can change my Passwords. I may delete this app afterwards, to limit the number of Cydia apps installed.
Finally, I was close to leaving iOS several months ago – but you convinced me to choose the iPhone 5 over a Galaxy III.
I’ll bet that there are many others who came or stayed with iOS because of you.
Now if there was just some way to get that commission check to you from Apple.
Warm regards,
---- Marc from Boston
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Hi Rob!
I am now able to run the Google Maps app in native iPad full screen mode using the Cydia tweak Fullforce. Settings -> Fullforce -> Google Maps -> On. Works great!
No GPS on the iPad? Got an external GPS receiver? No problem! Install BTStack GPS from Cydia to allow the iPad (or iPod touch) to use an external GPS receiver via Bluetooth.
Oh yeah, no cellular? Got an iPhone? No Problem! PDAnet from Cydia! Or, use an offline map app like NAVIGON.
Enjoy life!
Steven
Rob,
For the iPhone contacts glitch. BigBoss has a fix called 'Contact Fix For 6.x'
For the way to Autorespond in messages. Use 'AutoResond 2' for 6.x also BigBoss
LocationSpoofer fixed. Now works 6.x does not interfere with Siri.
For VPN lock. I suggest using 'AppLocker'. Lock the settings App to prevent access to the settings for VPN. Also lock any App or Folder. You can get a toggle too.
Other new tweaks. 'MyVibe' prevents iPhone Vibrating when set down on tables. To prevent Table Skake
LivePapers and Nexus LivePapers nice tweak to Animate background Wallpapers with Bubbles and Coloured lines. More Animations to come.
AssisantEnhancer, a Siri Tweak that well enhances Siri. Select which Music Steaming you like, Spotify, Pandora or iTunes. Get Lyrics sound Playing. Show Pictures by request and more.
Monocle, is nice. Shake photo to remove Status Bar and in Browsers tool bars etc. Shake again to return them.
BrowseInApp, opens WebLinks from with-in Apps. Handy
Hope these help your users
Oh, again. UiDeviceCrasher. This will tell you without uninstalling one by one as you always suggest to find which tweaks are causing a problems. Most that do show problems. They may be a slight issue being fixed by the developer but overall works fine. I find, as the developer fixes issues and are updated the UIDeviceCrasher will display the phone does not show that issue again.
Per The guy with battery problems. A Tweak/App called 'BattSaver' $3.99 they claim can double battery life by cleverly turning off unused components when not in use.
I have not used but thought it might help.
Regards,
Chris in London
Ps. XCon does not work on all JBs to recognize. JB Apps. For instance, SkyGo in the UK is still not working with xCon installed. There is a workaround to go back to older version of SkyGo. But the developer is working on the fix.
Hi Rob,
Just wanted to point out that the jailbroken apps Sprintomize, Barrel and Auxo are paid tweaks. Xsellize and Sinfulphone repos are both crack app stores...
A new updated version of MobileTerminal is also available and works from the default Cydia repos.
Regards,
Mark
Back in the days of the original iPhone one down sides of it was the volume out of the speaker was really low - especially when compared to future versions of the iPhone. And one of the first early Jailbreak Tweaks I installed was one to boost the volume of the speaker. I want to thank those that sent in the links about the tweak EUUnlimited - that is E U and then unlimited all one word. And this tweak boosts the volume level of your speaker on your iOS device. Now I have to admit I ran the tweak on my iPhone 4 and then ran it next to the iPhone 4S - and I could not tell the difference - so if you install it and don't notice a difference - then probably best to uninstall it. But others claim to have heard a difference. That is E U Unlimitted one word in Cydia and it is free.
After the last episode we had the oscars - and now there is an iPhone App that can claim to have helped with winning an oscar. The App 8mm vintage camera was used by a director Malik Bendjelloul of the Oscar winning documentary Search for sugar man - He turned to the app mid way through production when he ran out of money to finish the documentary with real 8mm reels. Yup he traded in the Bell & Howell Super 8 for an iPhone with the app 8mm vintage camera and finished the project and won an Oscar. But here is what is really impressive Malik said the performance of the iPhone and the app was zoo impressive he actually re-shot some of the footage he had done originally with the real 8mm camera. Obviously this is not the first time a film maker used the iPhone for shooting video for a move nor will it be the last - but it was the first time someone won an oscar for said film and hopefully it will not be the last time for an oscar win. The App by the way is just $1.99 in the app store.
Rob,
Do you know and/or could you throw this question out to the audience...
Is there any jailbreak tweak that lets you connect multiple Bluetooth headsets to an iphone at the same time?
I run with my wife & would like to share music. We have two pairs of Motorola SD10
sports stereo Bluetooth headphones. I'd even be happy with mono to each set or wired for me & simultaneous
Bluetooth for her - if
that was the only technical solution. One thing's for sure a headphone jack splitter will not suffice whilst running.
Tracy
Hi Rob,
I know Apple will not allow you to do this, but do you know of a Jail Break application that will show you (dynamically) the apps that you use most often and allow you to launch them easily? I found a few in Cydia, but none that support iOS 6.x.
Thanks,
Mike
Hi Mike - that tweak previously mentioned on this show about this was SpringSorter one word. Which the description says quote SpringSorter sorts your iPhone / iPod touch's springboard icon layout by putting the most used applications on the top. unquote
Which does sound like a cool tweak - except for the part it only works with iOS 3.x - and I did not see any other similar looking apps in Cydia - if anyone knows of something similar to SpringSorter please let me know - also thanks to Chris in London for the reminder on what that app was called.
PLAY VOICEMAIL - BARELY_JB_ISSUES
Special Shot out to the Lady Flyers on their incredible regular season of 26-1 including going 14 and 0 in A-10 play. Congrats to the girls and the coaches. Great great job.
Hi Rob,
I'm a new listener and absolutely love the show! I appreciate your honest, factual presentation.
*I think it's a great idea to have a small section near the end of show sharing things that you're evaluating.*
I purchased the Rocksteady XS Bluetooth speaker that you mentioned and absolutely love it. Such thoughtful, great features like easy access to the battery, simple, well marked controls, compact size and a great sound. Thank you!
Got mine on Amazon as well.
Regards, Rob M