TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 372
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank PHIL for sending in the music you hear in the background. PHIL wrote:
Hi Rob.
This song called CERTITUDE was all created with Garage Band on an iPhone and exported directly. No other software or hardware were used. This is not available for sale anywhere, just a hobby thing.
Regards,
Phil W
SONG Certitude
Thanks PHIL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank NICK for sending in the Artwork for today's show. NICK wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
The picture was taken with an iPhone 6, 64GB, running iOS 9. The result was cropped to a square with Photos and the Tii branding was added with Pixelmator.
Regards
Nick Tamburri
Thanks NICK, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see NICK'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 372 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
01:53
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote The following are three reasons the new iPad 3rd Generation will be dead on arrival (DOA):
1) New iPad Cannot Compete with Kindle Fire and BlackBerry PlayBook
2) New iPad is Thicker and Heavier
3) New iPad Nearly Identical to the iPad2
unquote
Michael Li, The GadgetMasters, 11
March 2012
How DOA was the iPad 3rd - well it was DOA to the tune of 53.9 Million units in 2012 alone. Heck the DOA iPad 3rd gen is still fought over by my two sons every day they are allowed electronics and it is almost 4 years old - Just Sayin
02:40
Sadly no new promo codes this week. Bad Marketer are you if you have a paid app and did not send in the codes.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment FOR FREE We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
03:23
http://9to5mac.com/2015/11/10/
ios-9-2-beta-3/
Apple is making it really easy for me to pick titles for the episodes. As they are turning out a new version of the iOS 9.2 beta each week. This week it was iOS 9.2 beta 3.
Initial reports on the beta 3 are it squashes the bugs man. One of which was with the App Switcher.
This one is available to both devs and public beta testers.
If this beta sounds pretty light on new features that is not surprising - it is usually in the 1st and 2nd betas we see any new features added or removed. Sometimes added for beta 1 and removed for beta 2.
In the first two betas for 9.2 we saw AT&T’s new NumberSync feature added and changes to embedded Safari Browsers with allow them to load extensions. Plus there was also Arabic Language Support added to Siri.
04:42
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/
9/9697374/apple-tv-update-tvos-9
The first update is already out for Apple TV - with tvOS 9.0.1 being made available.
If you have automatic updates turned on - it will download automatically. Most Apple TV users will have automatic updates enabled.
If you don’t have it enabled to manually get the new update on your Apple TV go to Settings —> System —> Software Updates.
Support for Bluetooth Keyboards and Apple’s Remote App is still not available.
If you are a dev - tvOS 9.1 beta 2 is also now available.
You will need to USB to USB Type C cable and will need to connect the Apple TV to your computer to install the Beta update.
Previous notes on the tvOS 9.1 beta indicate improvements in WiFi compatibility, in-app-purchase for App Store Apps, improved scrolling and Siri is enabled to work with Apple Music. Again no indication of support for the Remote App.
08:27
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/
2015/11/09Epic-12-9-inch-iPad-
Pro-Available-to-Order-Online-
Wednesday-Arrives-in-Stores-
Later-This-Week.html
Apple put out a press release on Monday the 9th titled - Epic 12.9 inch iPad Pro available to order online Wednesday and arrives in Stores later this week.
If you have the Tii app and push notifications enabled - you would have received that push notifying you of that PR.
The subtitle of the press release is quote iPad pro arrives in over 40 countries including the US, UK, china and Japan. unquote.
The over 40 countries include:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Berzerkistan, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Elbonia, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lower Slobbovia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, UAE, US, UK, Uruguay and US Virgin Islands.
It will be available in Apple Stores on Friday the 13th as well as at select Carriers and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The Apple Pencil and Apple Smart Keyboard will also be available at the same time.
The iPad Pro was available to order starting around X AM on the 11th.
I was hoping for it to be available at 12:01 AM PT / 2:01 AM CT - but that was not the case. It was actually around 2:15 AM CT. And I happened to guess right on the URL where it would be.
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-
ipad/ipad-pro
I actually had my order done online prior to it being available in the Apple Store App or being linkable on line. Hah.
I did order my iPad Pro 128 GB version wifi + cellular Gold version along with the Apple Pencil and the Apple Smart Keyboard. Delivery is supposed to be on 13th before noon - for the iPad Pro. HOWEVER the Apple Pencil and the Apple Smart Keyboard - yeah we will not see those until the 19th. I did pay the Extra $20 for expedited shipping and here is a little tip - if you pick expedited shipping for the iPad - select it for the Apple Pencil and the smart keyboard as well - as it does not raise the $20 added charge. Total cost for all this was a tad under $1,500 - at $1,493.10 - that is with the tax and shipping.
I will put up an unboxing video for the iPad Pro before the next episode - keep checking the Tii App for that.
I also sent out a push notification as soon as it was available and I posted in the Tii Google+ community. So hopefully you saw those and were able to get your order in.
FYI - correction on the last episode I said the smart keyboard was $129 - we should be so lucky - it is actually $169. Apple Pencil is $99. And the iPad Pro is either $799 for the 32 GB wifi only version - avoid. or $949 for the 128 GB wifi only version or $1079 for the 128 GB Wifi and Cellular version. Which is the one I went with.
I look forward to talking about it more on the next episode. In the mean time if you did order one as well - please call in with your reviews - 206-666-6364 - that is 206 moon dog or record those reviews and email them to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
VOICEMAIL - James_NJ_iPad_Pro_buying_experience
Thanks James - I did not even think of checking the pick up option - doohhh. Hopefully they ship sooner for me - but I some how doubt it. I will likely have at least 6 long days with a naked iPad Pro. I just relooked at my order and it says the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard deliver between the 19th and the 23rd. So I could be Naked for 10 days or well my iPad Pro could be naked for 10 days that is. Which made me think would I feel more comfortable walking down the street holding my new iPad Pro with a case on it while I am naked or the other way. And honestly the thought of walking with the iPad Pro Naked gives me more anxiety. But then I played Rugby - still have some of that Zulu Warrior left in me.
Into the email bag.
Hi Rob,
I'm lucky enough that I'm pretty sure my employer will buy me an iPad Pro. I'm the Paralympic archery coach for Great Britain and the iPad is perfect for my needs.
Other people in my department have just been kitted out with new Dell laptops and I politely said "thanks but no thanks", knowing the iPad Pro was soon to be released.
Not only is the iPad totally suited to coaching life outside in the field, videoing and analysing but also the Pro will cost substantially less than the Dell. Even with the addition of the keyboard case and pencil.
I truly have been "post PC" for 3 years now and the introduction of the iPad Pro only makes it more likely I will never go back.
How many other listeners are totally "post pc"?
Love the show,
Regards,
Mike from Telford in England
Archery GB Paralympic Coach
Ok - I could not leave that email there so I asked Mike what are some of the features he is looking forward to.
Here was his response
Rob,
I guess the feature I'm most looking forward to is simply more screen spaces, especially for the side-by-side video and photo analysis, for example when we are looking a "before & after" photos of an athletes technique change. Currently for this I would often use the Apple TV to get the images onto a biggest screen, now I think more often than not I'll be able to do the work on the iPad Pro out in the field, in the training session and not have to wait until after.
Also every couple of weeks I'll have a full day at my desk answering emails and writing reports for 9 hours. Even though I love my touch screen keyboard I have a sneaking suspicion that I may well be faster on the physical keyboard case. Time will tell.
Along with the Apple Watch I think the iPad Pro will be a common sight at international archery events this summer leading into the Rio games.
Regards,
Mike
Thanks Mike.
Some other feedback with regards to the iPad Pro
Stephen Williams said quote So if I want an iPad pro, it's going to cost me almost as much as a MacBook Air. Think I'm going to wait for the next gen. iPad Air as the pro's price is simply too high for me. unquote
Faisal Keylani said quote I have mixed feeling towards iPad pro. I kinda like the bigger screen but I believe it's big to carry! Plus the price tag !! And it's OS is not Mac OS , it's IOS! unquote
And Michael Polinske said quote When I heard the iPad Pro was as heavy as original iPad that turned me off right away. uquote.
So too big - too heavy - too expensive is the common refrain from Con side. And a legit refrain for most.
Again call in or email in your thoughts - especially if you purchased one. I will say this - with out a doubt this is the most expensive iOS device ever. Much more - over 50% more then the previous most expensive iOS device - when you include the Pencil and keyboard. So it is going to be for a smaller segment of the audience - that said - so far I have been very very surprised by the low number of replies from people saying they purchased one. Maybe that will change - but if these first 10 hours of availability are any indication compared to past launches - shortages are not something you will need to worry about. That is all un-scientific - and just based on how it feels this time vs past launches.
http://www.gizmoday.com/online-
orders-for-the-apple-ipad-pro-start-
november-11th-tablet-hits-stores-
later-this-week-74859
18:29
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I was at Walgreens yesterday trying to find a shower gel made from the same great ingredients as my Harry’s shave gel or at least similar ingredients. I mean if I am going to care enough not to put chemicals on my face I thought some other parts of me deserved the same consideration. I spent well over 15 minutes reading ingredients - it was really depressing. Nothing and I mean Nothing matched the natural ingredients you find with Harry’s products. Hey Harry’s I want a shower gel from you something for the neck on down.
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21:34
VOICEMAIL - Pauline_OK_imazing_voicemails_answer
Hi Rob,
In regards to the listener wanting to save his moms voicemail to he's computer. I use iMazing by DigitDNA. It used to be called diskaide and it does a boat load of other features.
Richard
Atlanta
Hello Rob,
my condolences to Richard B. for the loss of his mother. He asked for a way to store voice mails in iOS.
When you open voicemails and select one, a share button is displayed.
Among others you are offered to share via email or to store as a voice recording (which can then be synced to iTunes).
I hope, this helps.
Kind regards from Berlin, Germany
Boris
Hey Rob, you had a listener in item 371 who wrote in asking how he could transfer his voicemails to his computer. I just noticed in iOS 9 and later there's (finally) an option inside each voicemail on the top right to send the voicemail via text message, email and other options including save to dropbox. So he could go through the voicemails and send the ones he wants to keep to himself via email, and detach them to his computer, or just save them right to dropbox. Hope that helps.
Regards,
Aric B
Hello Rob,
I was listening to your latest episode and you had a listener ask about saving voicemails from his late mother. One great Easter egg with iOS 9 is that: if you are in the voicemail, and have the message selected, you will see the share button. You can press that and one of the options is voice memos. Once you share it with voice memos you can sync the recordings with iTunes. I have done this with messages I have saved from when my children were smaller and would leave me cute messages while away for work. Hope this helps, very sorry for the listeners loss.
Brenton Niebauer
Hi Rob,
After I listened to episode 371, I downloaded the AppleWatch app, Wristructions after I heard the dev was giving it away FREE for a limited time. Let me tell you, it ROCKS!
I used it to save the instructions you gave at the end of the episode on how to record calls from my iPhone using FreeConferenceCalling.com. Now, I have the instructions at hand, or rather, at wrist when I need to remember how to use them.
Thanks to both you and the Wristructions dev. I strongly urge the Tii listeners to grab this app for free IMMEDIATELY! Thanks for all the ways you teach us how make our iOS devices more functional.
Regards.
Dr. John M
VOICEMAIL - Ben_CA_download_voicemails
VOICEMAIL -Dave_CA_answer_sharebutton_backup_voicemail
26:51
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 2,500 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Steven Whatley who posted the following question
Quote
Is there a way to remove apps from the new iOS 9 Sidebar? As more & more apps are being updated, the longer (taller, actually) the list gets. Sorry, but I don't need apps like AirCoaster to be in the Sidebar. :-)
It sure would be nice if the most frequently used Sidebar apps are sorted towards the bottom.
Unquote
First there were questions about what is said side bar -
It is actually called Slide Over.
And As Barry Smitherman said quote it is only on iPads. You pull the screen from the right edge and you’ll get a sidebar to open specific apps without leaving your main app. Not true multitasking but its the best we have with the iPad Air and older unquote
And Slide Over is not supported on all iPads.
The ones that do support slide over are
iPad Mini 2 and newer.
iPad Air and newer
and iPad Pro.
So nope my iPad 3rd Gen does not support it. Nor does the iPad 4th gen or the original iPad Mini.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 2500+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community were these posts with regards to the last episode:
From Wayne Henderson
Excellent episode, Rob. I still can't wait to get the new Apple TV. Soon
From Lawrence McFarland
Funny. The more I heard about Apple TV in this episode, the more I was impressed by
my Roku (which, by the way, can be remotely controlled with an app on my iPhone).
From Myron Uecker
Screenshots may be difficult but it seems to be not as difficult to record a video from Apple TV 4. Still needs a Mac and USB-C.
From Emiko Freund
I haven't finished listening yet, but I find entering passwords or searching is easier with my Nimbus controller.
From Francisco Tapia
Roku has gotten better. you have your YouTube app, and more recently the PLEX player. But you don't have AirPlay, so I can't simply send my current playlist or podcast to the Roku to listen on... I also can't just stream the WWDC videos or other media I easily have available on my iOS 9.x device.
And From Faisal Keylani
I have tried all other competitor devices out there and I can tell you that they are not worth a penny.
It's correct that Apple TV 4 is not what we have expected , but it is still a lot better than any other device out there. This is the exact same case whenever ppl compare iPhones to some other bad android phones out there. Whatever they do they will never come close to an iPhones performance!!
30:16
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/
2015/9/11/apple-pencil-could-be-a-
big-hit-or-the-next-ping
There is an article that came out back in September - I have been holding on to - it is titled - Apple Pencil could be a big hit or the next Ping.
This article is from AppleWorld.
It points out and accurately so - that when Steve Jobs announce the iPhone back in 2007 almost 9 years ago. He asked the audience who wants a stylus - then he answered Nobody wants a stylus so lets not use a stylus.
The author of the article said quote
My prognosis: it will be a hit in the enterprise and creative pro markets, but of little interest for general consumers. unquote.
So now apple sits a week and a day away from releasing a $99 dollar stylus - and who wants it - well I do.
Why - many reasons - but one of the key ones - actually the KEY ONE - my youngest son is not just Profoundly Dyslexic or quote The most severe I have ever tested unquote from childrens mercy hospital in KC. Not what you want to hear. But he also has dysgraphia. I am hoping and praying there will be some apps that offer up help for him to be able to write. To me - that is what the iPad Pro holds out a hope for and if the Apple Pencil is half of what it seems to be - then even at $1500 for just the Apple Pencil would be well worth it for me.
I know a lot of people talk about the Apple pencil for Artists or as that article mentioned Enterprise - but to me - I see the educational potential to be the most appealing.
And once apps are specifically written for the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro - and can measure force and accurate head placement - then you will have something special and in some cases maybe even life changing.
If anyone listening develops anything specifically around this - let me know and you will get soooo much love on the show you will need to send me a restraining order to stop talking about you and your apps.
That said if anyone has used any good Dysgraphia apps - please let me know or really any apps on the iPad that help kids learn to write - even for cursive - as I am sure my older son would appreciate that help.
I will be doing some searching as well - and I am sure I will be reporting on this in the future.
32:35
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/
archive/2015/10/apple-q4-
earnings/412726/
For the first time in a while Apple stocks rose in the weeks following their quarterly report - As is normal Apple beat their projections and Anal-ists guesses.
A big reason for the slight rise in the stock price was that Tim Cook said iPhone sales would rise for their fiscal 2016.
That caused many of the anal-ists to raise their Price targets. Uncle Gene Munster raised his price target to $179 up from $172. Walter Piecyk from BTIG has a target of $160. Katy Huberty from Morgan Stanley - typically a bear on Apple has a Target of $152. Mark Moscowitz with Barclays raised his target to $155 from $150.
And then in the last few days some quote Checks in the supply chain unquote - are causing some bears to scream the sky is falling the sky is falling.
A lot of that from a report from Kulbinder Garcha at Credit Suisse that reported Apple had lowered its component orders by as much as 10% according to quote our teams in asia unquote.
Here is the issue - traditionally - when these reports come out about supply chain checks - they have been wrong - usually dead wrong. First suppliers can’t talk about Apple at all. And second a lot of time when a supplier is missing their estimates it later on was not attributed to Apple reductions but other vendor reductions.
Then you have this from Brian White - who said his monitoring of component companies so weaker than average seasonality over all - but when looking at those for Apple suppliers they were delivering better than seasonal performance. In other words the supply chain not supplying to Apple is seeing a slow down and those supplying to Apple are seeing an increase.
Daniel Ives essentially called those reporting a slow down in the supply chain as yelling fire in a crowded theater.
And what is funny or sad - is even Credit Suisse who is screaming the house is on fire and the sky is falling is saying Apple will out perform. I am not saying they would say bad things hoping the price would fall so they can jump in an buy - but well…
Any way I think Horace Dediu of Asymco said it best when referring to earlier in the year when Apple price dipped. quote Wall Street was having a huge Apple shares “Everything Must Go” sale and Apple was there, $14 billion cash in hand. Long term shareholders will be rewarded. Quarters are not important. unquote. Buy Apple for the long term folks - don’t worry about the short term movement - especially when it comes from quote supply chain checks unquote - which is well as reliable as Digitimes and BGR.
http://fortune.com/2015/10/28/
apple-analysts-q42015-update/
http://fortune.com/2015/11/11/
apple-supply-chain-cuts-what-the-
analysts-are-saying/
35:32
http://www.popsci.com/iphone-7-
rumors-point-to-upcoming-panic-
mode-synaptic-provided-screens
This next one is from From Ron Leckfor in Ohio
And it is per the article titled - iPhone 7 rumors point to upcoming Panic Mode - and synaptic screens.
Essentially Apple has a patent they filed - which in a nut shell looks at which finger you use to unlock your device and if you pick a specific finger it will trigger a panic mode alarm. So maybe your train it for your thumbs and pointer fingers as a normal unlock - but for the middle finger on your non-dominate hand - if unlocked with that finger - triggers a panic or emergency mode. Which might mean it immediately transmit an alert to the authorities, records photos and video and grabs audio. Plus send out a beacon signal sending your location to designated parties.
Really that seems like something that could easily be implemented.
Maybe even Apple could add some predefined instructions if you open it with different fingers. Like Left thumb - open directly to Camera Mode - or Right thumb open to email. Or something like that. I mean why stop with just panic mode - add in some user defined modes as well.
The other rumor about iPhone 7 is that there will be a 4 inch version - which is not really a stretch - actually I would be shocked if that what the iPhone 7 launches there is not a 4 inch iPhone in the mix.
From the email bag
Hi Rob,
I've seen some rumors on the web about a smaller option iPhone when the 7 comes out. As someone who actually enjoys using Twitter with one hand, listening to music with my 5s in my normal size pockets, and laughing out loud at teen girls holding their 6 plus up to their face with both hands.. This sounds like an option for me.
Love the show, thanks Rob!
Regards,
Eric
Thanks Eric - and as I said before - my Wife has not desire at all for anything larger than the 5S - she wants the smaller size iPhone - and many others do as well. I really hope we see the three sizes of 4, 4.7 and 5.5 inches when the iPhone 7 launches next year.
I know one of the rumors even had a 4 inch iPhone launching in Q1 2016. I would guess that was someone fishing with link bait - which is why I am not linking to that article.
But speculating three sizes for the iPhone 7 - that to me is a safe and conservative speculation.
Speaking of speculating - here is a post in the google Plus community from Brenden Finnerty. quote
Is it too early to speculate on iOS 10? Oh well here is the major feature updates that I am guessing will arrive
The rumored Apple search engine is introduced
-baked into spotlight
-heavy Siri interaction
-social features added in
-one touch features for directions, check in, and Yelp reviews
Update to FaceTime
-group chat support
-record chat option and save to iCloud
-filters and emoji support
-FaceTime app available for Android
-Apple TV AirPlay option
Notifications Revamped
-smart notifications across all devices. Based on activity and location, receive only the most important notifications at that time.
-new notification banner which scrolls along the bottom or on the side of the screen
And One log in. No more individual password per app, Touch ID gets you into all.
unquote
39:38
VOICEMAIL - Thomas_CA_LEO_iPhone_security_android
Hi Rob,
One thing almost never reported in any review of the Apple TV:
Is that Siri does not work if you are outside the 8 "blessed" countries, and that also the universal search doesn't work.
I live in Belgium so I cannot use voice as search but even if I input, letter by letter, the name of a movie or TV series it only returns ITunes hits. I have the Netflix app installed and a monthly subscription but the search doesn't return any Netflix results.
A well known work around is putting the iTunes Store to USA. Siri and the universal search is then unlocked. Search does then return Netflix hits.
As Dutch is a very very small language I think it will take years before I will be able to us Siri & universal search in my native language.
Also very strange we don't have the recent added categories and Top apps in the Belgium Store. So finding new apps is almost impossible. Again putting the Store in USA 'solves' this.
I don't have a USA iTunes account and don't think I can legally obtain one. Any thought about this?
Long time listener , first time mailer,
Regards,
Renaat
Hi Renaat - I know back in the day - you could get a gift card and then set up an iTunes account being a US one from anywhere in the world - but I am not sure if that is still possible.
Essentially it used to work like this - and again this used to work regardless of what country you were in. First log out of your iTunes account - then choose the US iTunes store. Do not create an account yet.
Browse around and find an app you want to download.
At that point you will prompted to log in or create a new account - choose Create new account.
Fill in your email address and password and security question.
Then you are asked for a credit card - if you choose a free app to download - simply choose NONE. And you are good to go.
If you choose a paid one - then you can enter an iTunes gift card code for credit.
Again not sure if that still works - it was something I dug up from show notes back in 2009 and then again in 2011.
Good luck
Hi Rob,
How does apple keep skipping over the obvious. It's really silly to set up an iPad with a keyboard (almost turning it into a laptop)
But then still having to poke the screen from time to time. Seriously no mouse or trackpad support. Still? Seriously?
Regards,
Jeff W
VOICEMAIL - Chris_CA_apple_TV_thoughts_audio_isues
45:09
https://www.kickstarter.com/
projects/2083538780/turn-your-
iphone-6-6s-into-a-gopro-with-
the-prosho?ref=discovery
This week for a kickstarter project we have the ProShot Case - or as the title is fully called - Turn your iPhone 6 / 6S into a go Pro with the ProShot Case
This one had a goal of $25k - they have already raised over $33k - and have until Dec 3rd at 8:01 AM CT for you to fund this one.
The description on this is quote Proshot one word - is a waterproof case that protects your iPhone 6/6S down to 90 feet and can be mounted on almost any service.
Pricing on this is $89 while units last at that price or $99 when that early bird offer is sold out.
That gets you the ProShot case, deep dive lid good down to 90ft, the touch screen lid - waterproof down to 6 ft, wide angle lens and flat lens.
For $129 - you get some more options. including Extendable pole mount and proshot chest mount
and there is another version at $199 with even more options.
If you are a go pro type user - but really want to use your iPhone 6 or 6S instead - well this might be the case system you are looking for.
Search for ProShot one word at kickstarter dot com
46:29
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/
HJ162ZM/A/steelseries-nimbus-
wireless-gaming-controller
Hi Rob
I just got my new Apple TV. Like you I'm enjoying it but have frustrations with the inability to pair my iPhones. I have kids about your kids age and would like to start playing games with them. What remote do you use? Does it work well? Is there a website that lists Apple certified controllers?
Regards,
Mitch
Hi Mitch - I had a few people ask about this - which means I did a bad job going over this. I purchased from the Apple store the SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Gaming controller for $49.95 - Link in the show notes for it.
Why do I like this - for one thing this really is a Made for iDevices remote. It even charges via Lightening port. Ok that is nice - but what is great is the performance - there is no lag. Which is really really kinda of important in a game controller. I mean unless you are looking for an excuse for poor game play.
It can be set up as one of four controllers in multiple player games. Or put another way it supports being one of four. If apple TV supports 4 different controllers is a point of debate I am still looking to confirm. But if you did buy 4 of these each could be a different player. However most of what I read says right now at least the Apple TV will only support two MFI Game controllers and one Siri Remote. for a total of 3 players.
So at this point it does not make sense to buy more than two of the controllers.
Maybe in a future update of TVOS Apple will up it to 4 controllers and the siri remote or at least 4 controllers with the siri remote. But since the MFI controllers support 4 different players it would be nice to see Apple TV do the same. Plus that would let the whole family play at once.
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http://www.slidetoplay.com/apple-
tv-apps-top-list/
Hey Rob, not sure how these guys figured it out but here's a categorized list of all available Apple TV apps, updated daily
Regards,
Aric B
Thanks Aric for the link - which folks you can find by searching for Apple TV Apps - Top List - Slide to Play - in the shows notes for ep 372 at today in iOS dot com.
It is a nicer way to search through the lists of Apple TV apps.
I like the Most Recent feature.
So you can search for most recent apps in all categories or drill down into one specific category like games - kids or games - action or so on.
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Hi Rob
Are you or your listeners aware of an iOS app that can manage setting up forwarding rules for text messages?
Regards,
Athan
Troy, MI
Listener from the beginning
Hi rob,
I am looking for a good ad blocker for my ios9 iphone5 but I couldn't find any.
Can you or the listeners can help me with this?
Btw, my iPhone is on 9.0.2 and jailbroken.
Thanks and love the show,
Alon from Israel
Hello Rob,
I moved up to a 6S and for some reason, I can’t get the Camera App (Apple’s) to keep HDR ON. I’ve been to the Apple Store and nobody there can make it stick either. Any suggestions sir?
Gary in Boise
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57:56
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/
somebody-just-won-1-million-
bounty-for-hacking-the-iphone
A startup called Zerodium offered a 1 Million dollar bounty if someone could figure out a hack for the iPhone where that exploit could be done via the browser. The requirements were the remote exploit had to work on a new iphone or iPad running the latest version of iOS and would allow the attacker to install any app they wanted with full privileges. Also it had to come via Safari, Chrome, a Text or multimedia message.
And there was actually a winner - the winning team submitted the exploit just a few hours before the expiration of the contest - which was in October.
The exploits found - as it required multiple one to do this - come via the Safari and Chrome browsers.
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http://www.redmondpie.com/theres-
a-jailbreakme-like-jailbreak-for-ios-
9.1-9.2-but-you-cant-have-it/
However for those hoping for a JailbreakMe like jailbreak - which was the last Browser based jailbreak back in 2011 - yeah - keep hoping - because it does not sound like the company that put up the bounty has any plans to do jailbreaking. They are using the info for their security company and their clients who include major corporation in defense, technology, and finance - looking for protection from Zero day attacks.
So essentially they will keep the hack info private and away from Apple - so they can say to their clients - hey this hack exists - so you should pay us to put in a patch to protect your employees and data.
Kind of like saying - hey we know which baby strollers have a fatal design flaw and we will tell you which ones to buy for your kids to keep them safe. Kinda like that.
Anyway - Expect Apple to be working to fix this quickly - once they find it.
http://ipadproup.blogspot.com/2015/
11/pangu-9-jailbreak-vs-1-
million-bounty.html
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Hi Rob,
This is Sieghard from British Columbia, Canada. I would like to get a selfi stick for my wife for Christmas and was wondering if you and your listeners could provide some recommendations. When I looked on Amazon.ca for “selfi stick” I found more results than you can shake a stick at (pun intended). Of course it should have some sort of remote shudder functionality and I see that some seem to have that on the stick handle whereas others come with a little remote, just curious what your listeners have bought, liked or not liked.
Regards,
Sieghard
Hey Rob,
Siri can have a selective accent.
Hopefully it'll be the same for most recent versions of iOS (I think it's more about the voice than the OS), but I'm currently running 9.0.2, and under the 'Voice' selection within Settings->General->Accessibility->Speech->Voices->English (US) - whew - I'm using the 'Samantha (Enhanced)' voice.
Ensure 'Speak Selection' is turned on (in the Speech section), and then have Samantha (Enhanced) speak the following sentence:
It's getting late here in Boston.
Nothing special, right? Okay, now select and have Samantha speak the following, lengthy sentence and see if you notice something different about the pronunciation of a particular word:
It's getting late here in Boston, and the skies are beginning to clear up.
If it's not obvious, slow her speech speed down a bit and try again. I'd love to hear from the programmer(s) about why the different results from differing sentence lengths, but I doubt we'll ever know.
FWIW, I tried a couple of other 'Enhanced' voices but didn't hear the same pronunciation variance. I also tried a few other large city names that have stereotypical pronunciations by locals (eg Chicago, New York, etc), but to no avail. It looks like, Samantha (Enhanced) only has one little 'trick' up her sleeve.
Regards,
-DanO
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