TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 376
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank RUSSEL for sending in the music you hear in the background. RUSSEL wrote:
Hello Rob,
I am excited to share this song with you as it is being pitched to be on TV. This song contains 4 separate guitar parts, drums, violins, and cello all created on my iPad with Garageband. If it's ok I'd also like to make a shout out to the best step-dad in the world, Clay Holbrook who is probably listening to this show right now. Thanks for all you do. Hope your audience and yourself enjoy this song. Regards,
Russell Campise (CAMP-EASY)
From Las Vegas
Thanks RUSSELL for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank SAUL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. SAUL wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
Here's some artwork I put together to capture a number of things. I wanted to capture Christmas with the red and green wrapping which doubles as the best podcast known to man kind covering "Apple" with the crossing "Today In IOS badging" which also doubles as light sabers crossing, Star Wars in the back ground as a stage to the complete nature of the artwork and then of course the meme love is there with word play about Steve jobs and Tim Cook being the head of house hold of Apple. I used the Over app for all the verbiage and color.
Merry Christmas Rob and fellow listeners of the Today and iOS podcast.
Regards
Saul Lowery
Thanks SAUL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see SAUL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 376 - 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.
02:41
http://io9.com/the-most-hilariously-damning-review-of-
the-original-sta-1684093048
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following: Quote:
QUOTE I sincerely hope that science and scientists differ from science fiction and its practitioners. Heaven help us if they don't: We may be headed for a very boring world indeed. Strip Star Wars of its often striking images and its high-falutin scientific jargon, and you get a story, characters, and dialogue of overwhelming banality, without even a "future" cast to them. Human beings, anthropoids, or robots, you could probably find them all, more or less like, that, in downtown Los Angeles today...
O dull new world! We are treated to a galactic civil war, assorted heroes and villains, a princely maiden in distress, a splendid old man surviving from an extinct order of knights who possessed a mysterious power called "the Force," and it is all as exciting as last year's weather reports.... Why, even the most exciting fight is an old-fashioned duel, for all that the swords have laser beams for blades....
Here it is all trite characterization and paltry verbiage.. The one exception is Alec Guinness as the grand old man Ben Kenobi (Ben for the Hebrew ben, to make him sound Biblical and good; Kenobi probably from cannibis, i.e., hashish, for reasons you can probably guess.)..
Still, Star Wars will do very nicely for those lucky enough to be children or unlucky enough never to have grown up. UNQUOTE
John Simon, with New York Magazine - May 1977 - for his review of the original Star Wars film.
FYI - I know a ten year old boy back in 1977 that if he had read that would have said to Mr. Simon - I guess I never grow up then. Just Sayin
04:21
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.
04:50
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/12/09/tim-
cook-iphone-battery-case/
Evidently a “few” people don’t like the look of the new Apple iPhone Battery Case - calling it the Quasimodo of iPhone cases.
Others launched meme’s that go - Apple makes iPhone 6 thinner - so it has less battery - then charges you $100 to get more battery life. Brilliant
But here is something that is not getting much press - the new battery pack from Apple - is called the Smart Battery Case - and part of that smart part is the design - as it allows the signal to get in and out - better than other cases.
The reason for the hump in the case is that the battery is placed away from the antennas. Thus unlike other cases where the battery runs the entire top to bottom and blocks signal in and out - thus meaning your device has to work harder to connect and communicate - with the smart Cases the signals get in and out with much less blockage and thus your device does not need to work as hard and use as much energy as those iPhones in the competitors cases - In Theory. And I say In theory - as I have not seen anyone actually test this yet.
But If you look at the iFixit tear down you will see the top and bottom of the cases is a microfiber mesh material - and the battery is again in the middle where it is not blocking the antennas of the iPhone 6 and 6S.
It should also be pointed out that Apple has added coupled passive antennas to further aid in maintaining good signal level.
Based on specs Apple is saying you will get more than double the battery life when you use the smart battery case. Again this is JUST for the iPhone 6 and 6S - there is no version from apple for the 6+ and 6S+
Ironically - Apple who in the past has been beat up for making something look really pretty at the detriment of optimal performance - seems this time to turn things around and put optimal performance before Looks - and yes - they are of course getting smacked down for that. Haters gotta hate I guess.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Battery+
Case+Teardown/53762?
06:58
http://petapixel.com/2015/12/08/ios-9-2-lets-you-
import-photos-your-iphone-directly-from-your-camera/
Hi Rob,
I just got the new USB 3.0 speed Lightning to SD Reader adapter for the iPad Pro.
(he then sent pictures showing the two)
The lower one is the new one. It has a longer body.
The bottom one is the new one. The new none seems to have thicker sides
I have not tried it out it. BTW, loving the new iPad Pro. Got the space gray 128GB wifi-only model. The Photos app handles my 120,000 images (270GB) iCloud Photo Library. I am in to birding/nature photography and burst mode can chew up a lot of space. :-)
Regards,
Steven (in Houston)
One thing to point out with the new USB 3 Lightning to SC card camera reader is that the USB 3 speeds are just for the iPad Pro - for other iOS devices it is USB 2 speeds - and by other iOS devices it means iOS devices running iOS 9.2 - as that is needed for iPhones to use this - but again just at USB 2 speeds.
08:07
Speaking of iOS 9.2 Here is some iOS 9.2 update feedback -
quote iOS 9.2 has made third-party keyboards a whole lot better. They open up without glitches. unquote From Amiel Kennedy
Quote I've updated my 6s+ and Air 2 and so far haven't seen any issues. Yesterday I did have issues with my BlueAnt q3 audio being choppy but today seems to be fine. unquote - from Michael Polinske
quote I've upgraded 3 iPhones and 3 iPads of various ages without any problems. I did not perform any magic rituals, just pushed the upgrade button. BTW, I also upgraded 4 macs of various types and an Apple TV4 without any problems. unquote From Craig B
quote I update an iPhone 6s Plus and iPad 2. No issues as yet. unquote Paul H
No issues from Eric S, Karthik M, and Chris S.
Really not seeing many reports out there overall about issues - almost none not NONE but almost none and much less than past single dot updates.
One report I saw was from someone that had been using a mic plugged into an iPhone and with iOS 9.2 - now they are getting an error message saying the device is not supported or draws too much power. I tried out my iPhone 6+ running iOS 9.2 with my iRig Mic HD and also the ATR 2100 mic - and both worked fine - no issues at all. So this issues does seem to be isolated - to maybe just specific mics - more news on that in a future episode.
If you were holding off updating until this episode to hear how things are going - I would say now is a good time to do that update - assuming you don’t plan to Jailbreak that is nor are using your iOS device with a USB mic that is something other than the ones I mentioned.
10:06
http://boingboing.net/2015/12/09/improve-
the-apple-remote-with.html
Per the issue of not knowing which is the front of the Apple TV remote. I saw a post on boing boing which made me go doooohhhh.
The simple solution to the problem comes out of goodfellas or some other mob movie or show. And that is taking the Thick rubber band from a stalk of broccoli - well ok this article said to use the purple one from Asparagus - but common - really - you know you are going to get the thick Green one from Broccoli like any good wise guy fan would do. Then you just wrap the green or Purple or some other color rubber band around the bottom half of the Apple TV remote and now it is easier to tell which side is which.
And that is a brilliant DIY solution to the problem.
10:47
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/12/griffins-survivor-play-
case-for-the-apple-tvs-siri-remote-is-now-available
And here is another solution - which was sent in by many not is not D I Y but rather B U Y - let me read this email.
Hey Rob,
Just saw this and thought I'd share it with you and the listeners. I think having this along with the remote strap should help with the orientation of the remote. I know you and some listeners have had issues regarding this already. I personally already have the wrist strap and have found it to be very useful in knowing if I'm holding the remote correctly. I hope adding the case to the remote will add a little thickness to it since I feel that it's too thin and doesn't feel too natural in my hand. I really love and enjoy all the hard work that you do in providing us a community in which we can all share and help each other out when we need it. Please keep up the awesome work and I'll be looking forward to another knowledge packed episode.
Kindest regards,
Mike S. from Phoenix, AZ
And what Mike S and many other sent in was a link to the new Griffins Survivor play case fro Apple TV’s Siri remote - which will run you $20. Which is a bit more then a stalk of Broccoli or Asparagus. But is also a little nicer looking and will actually protect the remote when it goes flying across the room.
12:25
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/08/best-
buy-apple-watch-discount/
For those looking for an Apple Watch and looking for a good deal on one - Best Buy is offering $100 off all versions they have in stock between now and Christmas. So yes the $349 38 mm sport version is now $249 at best buy. This is better than their black Friday deal when it was just $50 off the sport models. And this offer is available on line as well as in stores - and again is $100 of Sport and also the stainless steel version.
This is very un-usual that Apple would allow this. It could mean Apple Watch sales are not what Apple was hoping for. As apple does dictate what is allowed with regards to discounts. This is not you get a $100 gift card - like was the case with Target - this is $100 off the price period.
If this is not about pumping up less then expected lower sales - maybe it is about the Apple Watch 2 coming early in the spring and Apple/Best Buy trying to clear inventory.
Maybe a combo of both. Either way it is unusual - but if you held off and $249 or $299 is the deal you were looking for for an Apple watch sport - Best buy is the place for you.
13:44
I want to talk about today’s sponsor - Harrys dot com.
And folks with the Holiday’s upon us - Harry’s makes a great gift. It is much much more considerate than a gift card. Harry’s recently sent me the Winter Winston Gift set with Travel Kit - it has a great Travel bag, A beautiful cooper Razor handle, 3 blades and foaming Shave Gel - This is a really nice set and that you can also add in custom engraving. I really like the look and feel of the cooper Razor and the travel bag is great quality - which I was able to test out on my Trip to DC. Felt good knowing my Travel bag looked good when the maid came in plus it had a little more room then my old travel shave bag - so everything I needed fit in nicely. Not too small not to big - just right.
Harry’s has many other kits as well - with the Truman Set starting at $15 - which makes a nice gift for the company office pool or for a stocking stuffer.
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16:00
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_appleTV_remote_update
Hi Rob, in episode 374 a caller was asking how to get feedback to Apple, and this link http://www.apple.com/feedback/ can be used as this was the link that I used to ask Apple To get Apple Pay with my bank and the page I used said they read all emails but can't reply to all emails but they read all emails carefully. I'm not saying this will work for all but it seemed to work for me.
Regards,
Aaron in Vermont.
Rob
I learned something new today and am sharing just in the spirit of the Tii community.
My iPhone6 screen had cracked and I made an appointment with the Genius Bar to have a tech replace it. No AppleCare or other coverage so I would owe $105 for the work. Not a problem for me since I've skipped coverage for past 8 years and over 8 different devices - so I'm ahead by many $$$.
But let's fast forward to the new thing I learned. When they took the phone I had to log out of my Apple ID - and because they replaced the broken screen that includes the home button, I also lost my Touch ID. So when I wanted to pay the repair charge with ApplePay, I had no way to do it on the phone.
The Apple rep said, "hey try your AppleWatch". I thought it wouldn't work - I believed the watch was just a slave to the phone. But voilà - it worked and paid for my repair.
Maybe you told us earlier but I missed this capability. I wasn't even logged into my AppleID on the phone and my AMEX had been disassociated from the phone when I turned off it off before the repair.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville GA
19:14
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
Quote
Here is a cool idea for an iPad Pro game. How about a Pool (Billiards) game where you used use the Apple Pencil as a pool stick. Any takers? :-)
Unquote
BRILLIANT - I hope someone takes Steven up on that idea. Would love to see a Game designed that used the Apple Pencil specifically.
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 was this feedback to Ep 375:
From Myron Uecker quote ou talked about the hoops you had to jump through to get your Remote app working with your ATV4. Yesterday I simply opened the Remote app after updating my ATV and it just worked.
I'm looking forward to getting home tonight to find out if today's update to the Remote app made it work better. unquote
When I released ep 375 - Apple had not updated the remote app yet. It was released on the 9th early in the day. So it looks like the updated remote app will be easier to set up - Sadly The remote app Works the same with the new version as the last version - in that it does not work with games. But still works fine for Netflix / HBO / Youtube and searching for apps - which is what I need it for. per entering in text.
But definitely if you have the remote app installed - make sure you have updated to the latest version.
21:20
http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/binge-on-
streaming-video-list.html
Hey does anyone know where I can find a list of services that don't count against my T-Mobile bandwidth cap? I know I of the music and video services that are now not counted and I also know the app store still runs high speed even after you pass your limit but I'd love to know of any that I didn't hear about through podcast side chat.
From Cody K
To which Kenneth B - provided the link to the t-mobile page - which I will have a link to in the show notes for ep 376 - look for the link titled - Binge on Streaming Video List.
And here is a quick run down on the services you can stream content via T-mobile and not have it count against your data cap:
Crackle, DirecTV, Encore, ESPN, Flurry, Fox Sports, Fox Sports GO, Go90, HBO GO, HBO NOW, Hulu, IG-2000, Major League Baseball, Movieplex, NBC Sports, Netflix, Showtime, Slave1, Sling Box, Sling TV, Starz, T-Mobile TV, Univision Deportes, Ustream, Vessel, Vevo and VUDU
22:26
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/12/the-apple-
tvs-app-store-is-bursting-at-the-seams-with-growth
Thanks to Michael for the heads up on this next one.
There is a nice article over at AppAdvice titled - Apple TV’s App store is bursting at the seams with growth.
I will say this in perspective to iOS and iPad apps - the numbers are anemic - but for the Apple TV - it is pretty good already. There are over 2,600 apps now - with projection of 5,000 within a month and 10,000 in early 2016.
Games apps are the biggest category by far with 38% of the Apps. Entertainment is number two - followed by Education. The least popular categories in terms of number of apps - are Finance, Medical, Navigation, Shopping and Catalogs. Why the heck is Navigation even a category on a set top box device?
Since there are no ads in Apple TV Apps - as you might expect - more apps are for sale. The fact the % is just 39% was actually surprising - I would have thought the number would be higher. Of course there are a bunch that are freemium - and they go under free - then you have in app purchases to get say better looking fireplaces.
Here is some feedback on the Apple TV from the email bag
Hi Rob
I got my Apple TV 64gb. Well first it came a few days early then expected. It could of not been any easier to set up. I just put my iPhone next to it and most of the set up was taken care of. Then I had to put my password for iTunes account. After that I set up Apple Music. Then I put on a few games as well as Flickr YouTube and my go to apps for movies and tv. Netflix, HBO go and showtime any time. I tried out some games. Most games I got were on par graphically with the Wii. Some games were so so. The others were great. To my kids so far they like the games they played. So that is the main test. I will let you know more once I set up all my apps and give the kids time to play the games. I am just happy it came in time for Hanukkah. I also want to gloat about my 25% off I got. That makes it a better system then it already was. Thanks once again for the show.
Regards,
Aaron from Brooklyn.
Well Aaron - thanks for the feedback and Happy Hanukkah.
24:51
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-08/
apple-said-to-suspend-effort-to-develop-live-tv-service
This next one goes under the rumor category - but sadly the rumor category on what is not coming rather than what is.
Bloomberg is saying according to their sources Apple’s plans to roll out its own TV subscription offering are now dead in the water - as Apple just was not able to come to agreement with the TV content creators.
Apple had long been rumored to be working on a $30 to $40 a month subscription service to TV Content. Now it seems Apple is shelving or pausing or putting off for a while those efforts and instead will focus on making Apple TV the platform when individual content creators or networks can sell directly their content. IE - HBO Now. CBS CEO Les Moonves - not to be confused with More Moondog. - Well Les - he said last week that Apple has put it TV Plans on hold.
Rumors has it some big egos wanted to much money - and that is what is putting the kibosh on Apples plans for now.
I think this can be summed up like this - Apple was trying to offer a better value offering to end users - but the content creators were asking for more money from Apple then from Cable providers - this kinds killing that whole value prop for the end user angle.
Moons says he does expect Apple to eventually roll out that service - but did not say that was going to be before or after the Ice Skates were placed on El Deablo
26:27
I had asked for feedback on what folks want to see for an iPhone 7.
From Larry D - in the google + community he said:
quote
Here is what I would like to see in the iPhone 7:
1) iPad Pro style external connectors that can be used to charge the phone via a case or other external devise. This would, for one, eliminate the need to add another quarter inch to the phone size when you add a charging case.
2) illuminated Apple logo on the back of the phone or an illuminated ring on the Touch ID ring to indicate status.
3) Waterproofing
4) Sapphire glass option if not as part of the base product.
unquote
I really like the idea of the side connectors like with the iPad Pro - where if you have a case it could provide power that way rather then having to go through the lightning connector.
Per Waterproofing - I do think there is a good chance for that - as the 6S and 6S+ have taken a step in that direction with the new internal connectors with essentially gaskets around them. So the 6S and 6S+ are already more waterproof than any previous iPhones.
Per an illuminate Apple Logo - It is something I have been hoping for for years - but never really ever expecting. It is one of those things that would be neat - but never will happen due to size and power issues.
And sapphire screens - it will forever be one of those things you will see in rumors - because Apple spent a lot of time and effort to get it in the past and completely caused the bankruptcy of a company over. Where part of the settlement was the selling of all those furnaces - not scrapping of them - but selling of them - so they were purchased by someone - and that is why the rumor of Sapphire screens will be back every year from now until it finally happens - if it happens. I will say this - don’t hold off buying an iPhone for it - as it could be a rumor associated with the iPhone 17 - not just the iPhone 7.
28:51
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=53895609
It is being rumored the next Sammy Galaxy S7 will have pressure sensitive screen - OF COURSE IT WILL. For anyone that has ever doubted Sammy’s road map for the Galaxy line is located at apple.com - this is just another example why all those doubts should be removed.
This would of course be a sammy attempt to clone Apples 3D touch. So I am going to guess they will just call it - touch 3D - just saying
29:19
http://qz.com/572239/apples-not-as-secure-as-it-
used-to-be-but-its-still-way-better-than-windows-and-android/
Interesting Article from Quartz titled - Apple’s not as secure as it used to be - but its still way better than windows and Android.
I will skip the OS Ten parts and get right to iOS - Symantec in 2015 to date has found over double the number of new threats for iOS vs 2014 - which sounds dire until you realize the number of new threats in 2015 was 7. By comparison Symantec logged 9,839 cumulative Android malware threats in 2014 - which they said in 2014 17% of Android Apps were Malware in disguise.
By the way - of the 13 iOS Threats all time - 9 can only infect Jailbroken devices.
So long of the short - No it is not as secure as it used to be - but compared to Android - it is still fort knox - rather than knock on wood.
30:18
I wear glasses - all the time - essentially I put them on when I get out of bed and don’t take them off until I go back to bed or take a shower. And if you google me for any pictures from the past 3 plus years - one thing will be constant in all those pictures - I am wearing my Warby Parker glasses. I love those glasses and I loved the experience buying the glasses.
And I would like to welcome Warby Parker back 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 - Eye glasses should not cost more than an iPhone not even a subsidized 16 GB iPhone. But sadly most do 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 anti-reflective and anti-glare coating. and a very nice case. No up sells. And these are very nice very fashionable glasses. And at this price - you can afford to get a few pairs - just to accessorize for different looks if you want.
How the process works is you go to warbyparker dot com slash tii and you pick out 5 pairs of glasses you want to try on Or as they call it their Home Try on - and they ship the 5 pair 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 or scan in your prescription or even just give them the name and number to your eye doctor and they will call them - they make that part easy - and then you place the order. And that is it. It really was an easy process. My Warby Parker glasses are my day in day out glasses - So they are not just an advertiser they are who I got my primary pair of glasses from. You can see them on me in my picture on the banner for Warby parker up at today in iOS dot com or the Harry’s banner for that matter or again in any picture I have been in for the past 3 plus years.
Go right now on your iOS device to WarbyParker dot com slash tii and 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 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 5 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 to start the free home try on process go to warby parker dot com slash tii. Thanks Warby Parker for sponsoring this show and for making the best glasses I have ever owned.
33:53
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_apple_watch_Experience
Hi Rob,
When I try to print from my iPhone 6 Plus with all current software, a transit map the application crashes
From my iPad pro with all current software I know how to sort in Apple Mail for a particular sender. What I don't know is how to concatenate those emails into one document for forwarding or printing.
Same iPad pro. How do I start voice recognition from the Logitech "Create" keyboard?
Regards,
Thomas M from Sunnyvale California
Hi Thomas - first thanks for the heads up on the Transit map crashing when you try to print. I did a search in the map for directions from Fishermans warf to the Moscone center - and it will show the preview to print fine for Driving and walking directions - but for Transit when it is trying to show the preview for print it crashes the app - same if in new york city for directions from the Empire State building to the Museum of Modern Art - no issues with driving or walking directions - but transit directions crash the app. So looks like Apple has a bug to fix.
Per the questions of printing multiple emails from the same person or in a thread at once - I am not aware of anyway to do that from an iOS device - but if someone listening knows how to do this with the Native Mail app in iOS - please let us know - and if you know how to do this with another mail app for iOS - let us know that as well - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog - or record and email in the response to today in iOS at gmail dot com
And Folks also throwing out the third part of that email - if anyone has the Logitech keyboard for iPad Pro is there a way to start voice recognition from it.
Hi Rob,
There is an issue with the ThingCharger - indiegogo project, they have providing them to Sam's Clubs before shipping the units to most or even all of the backers 1st.
I pledged for the Lighting version not the USB-C version and I haven't even gotten mine yet and I see them for sale in a local Sam's Club, not cool!
This is just turning me off on funding any projects anymore and I am sure there are many other backers that feel the same.
Maybe they need to just give us Sam's Club gift cards with the amount we pledged so we can get them before Christmas.
Regards,
Thomas
Tuscaloosa AL
And Thomas sent a picture of the Thing Charger from his local Sam’s club. Thomas I agree - when a crowd funded project turns around and ships product to big box retailers before providing product to those that took a chance with them - it definitely hurts crowd funding campaigns in the future. Take the SOS charger - more people were able to purchase them from online stores and retailers then were shipped them that funded the project - I never received mine.
I understand why they do it - though - basically they run out of money and are looking at the sale of the product to a big box store as a loan - but really what they are doing is selling the same product twice. Once to the individual that crowd funded it - and made it possible to get it built and then again to the retailer - and I agree that just is not kosher and bad for all involved. Most of the reason this happens is bad planning or unforeseen complications which again would be bad planning. But you can’t let a few bad apples ruin the whole bunch - because this is not a wide spread issue and I only know a handful of cases where this happened. So hopefully you will give some other start up / crowd funded project your backing in the future.
37:21
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1163121769/dome-
charging-dock-for-apple-watch-and-iphone?ref=nav_search
This week for a kickstarter project we have Dome - or more precisely - Dome Charging dock for Apple Watch and iPhone.
This one has a goal of $19k - and has raise a tad over 6k to day and has just until Dec 24th at 9:00 PM CT.
According to the creators - dome is quote an elegant and clutter-free charging dock for Apple Watch and iPhone unquote.
It allows you to charge both together.
Please note it does not come with either cable for Lightning nor Apple Watch - so you have to provide them.
Pricing on this is $69 - and it has delivery scheduled for April 2016.
If you want more info on this - search for Dome at kickstarter dot com.
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http://www.bumpies.co/
The folks at Bumpies sent me a set of Bumpies to review.
I have been testing out the Bumpies for my iPhone 6+ the past week plus - and I feel naked in a good way. I had a big ol hunking protective case on my 6+ for over a year. And with the bumpies I feel like I am almost totally naked now - well I mean my phone is naked - it is kind of like have a fig leaf for my iPhone. Just the parts you need protected are protected. For those that don’t remember me talking about the bumpies in the past - they go on each corner of your iPhone and then protrude above the screen and below the back so no mater how your drop it the screen does not touch the ground and the back does not touch and the sides to not touch - just the bumpies touch. And again they just cover the corners.
It comes with a wipe to clean the corners and then a little sleeve to place the iPhone in for proper placement - which was much easier then I thought it would be.
I did also keep on my glass screen protector - because you never know when something will be dropped on your iPhone screen. I highly recommend using a screen protector with the Bumpies.
With the bumpies and glass protector I am getting the same protection as my big ol hunking case - except now it fits in the cup holder and my pocket much better.
It is really nice to actually feel my iPhone again but at the same time have it protected. It really is weird in a good way to feel the back of my iPhone and the quality of my iPhone I forgot how good it feels in your hand. And now I am able to show off how pretty the 6+ is again - as just a minimal amount of the phone covered and since I went with the white ones at first glance it looks completely naked.
They have bumpies for all versions of the iPhone back to the 4. And for the 6+ at least they run just $35.
Link in the show notes - and thanks to Bumpies for sending these over to review.
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VOICEMAIL - Daniel_UK_what_he_Wants_new_appleWatch
Hi Rob,
Just listening to episode 375 one thing I was hoping the Apple watch update would fix my springboard problem on my Apple watch. I hadn't had any problems with it since I got it on launch date earlier in the year but in the last 2-3 wks it seems to randomly crash reboot and back to work. Sometimes even while I'm doing a work out it does this and resumes recording my work out without missing a beat. Kinda funny. Just wanted to put this out there and see if you or any of the listeners have had a similar experience or even better, found a fix.
Pls let me know.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hey Rob,
So just wondering if anyone else noticed that after downloading 9.2 on my iPhone 5C, it took about 30 of my 70 songs I bought from iTunes and took them out of the cloud and downloaded back onto my device. Also what I miss is the little cloud symbol clearly showing if a song is in the cloud or not and yes I am aware of the 3 red dots and seeing this way by clicking on the song itself if it is or not but I miss the old system.
Also my friend has a 5S and he gets the little "mobile device" symbol on a song and my 5C does not, which I find odd.
Regards.
RJ
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http://cydiajailbreak.org/pangu-9-status-for-
pangu-ios-9-2-jailbreak/
There are a bunch of rumors swirling about an iOS 9.2 Jailbreak coming soon - but at this point on December 14th - there is no released jailbreak for iOS 9.2 - there are some scams claiming to do it - just send them money - that is always the case after a new update - but so far from Pangu team and other jailbreak teams - there is no official word of a working jailbreak for 9.2 GM that is ready for end users. So again if you are jailbroken - do not upgrade at this point - if you plan to jailbreak don’t upgrade - everyone else - go for it.
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Hi Rob,
One of the greatest things about the iPhone is the ability to e-mail video attachments. Up until the latest ios update 9.2, I could always compress and e-mail video attachments. Now after the update, I only get the option to use Mail Drop or "try to send the attachment." I don't even see the mail app try to compress the video file, rendering this function as useless. Not everyone wants to use Mail Drop or iCloud or send links to their videos which reside in Dropbox, etc; some of us just want to attach a simple video file to an e-mail.
So I'm pretty unhappy about this latest update since this is a basic vital function that I need to do for both work and personal reasons. And I don't want to have to switch back to Android because of this.
I'd appreciate any help you or your audience can give me.
Thanks and Regards,
Brent from Chicago
Hi Rob,
Per ep 375 - I am one of the users who is waiting for the 4 inch screen iPhone as well. it would be awesome to add 3D Touch to the 4inch phone, but if it doesn't get added, it means that Apple is not yet ready to fully support 3D touch on the iDevices.
While the maps app as well as the podcast app are the most popular on iOS, You're right it doesn't make them better even though they are more popular. For one you can't share a point in a podcast like I have shared below at your most amusing comment from your show. Thanks again for everything you do Rob.
Regards,
Francisco Tapia
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For Ep 376 - What is your favorite Animal
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