TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 381
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STEVE for sending in the music you hear in the background. STEVE wrote:
Hi Rob,
This entire piece of music was created, composed, recorded, mixed, produced, and sent using the iPad Pro.
Due to power of iPad Pro, I was able to do the original piece of almost an hour long (from which this is 6 minutes was edited to), using 8 apps simultaneously:
Auxy Music Creation by Auxy
https://appsto.re/us/R5Vn2.i (very cool sequencer as MIDI controller),
DrumJam by Sonosaurus LLC
https://appsto.re/us/isAMF.i,
Animoog by Moog Music Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/elkhC.i,
iFretless Bass by Ngo Minh Ngoc
https://appsto.re/us/RcRKE.i,
iFretless Guitar by Ngo Minh Ngoc
https://appsto.re/us/SDmjL.i
& Tachyon by Wizdom Music LLC
https://appsto.re/us/8JBDG.i.
All (except for Auxy) were linked together in the input slots and used together using Audiobus by Audiobus Pty Ltd
https://appsto.re/us/I2JsH.i which also had MultiTrack DAW by Harmonicdog
https://appsto.re/us/15qOt.i (DAW = Digital Audio Workstation or virtual recording studio app) in the output slot, into which the five tracks of audio were recorded, processed and mixed down.
The first four apps all controlled by Auxy (DrumJam MIDI clock sync), recorded live (no overdubs) into MultiTrack DAW via AudioBus (Auxy does not support either AudioBus or iOS Inter App Audio but does support virtual MIDI, both on the device & through a network) and Tachyon played live using its very cool multi-touch UI.
The original composition/improvisation, and recording, mixdown & mastering of the one hour piece took about about 5 hours total. Due to the great battery life of the iPad Pro, and it's speed and 4gb of RAM, all was as smooth as silk, with no worries at any point in the process. This is the first time having this experience on iOS for me (having played and worked with iOS music since 2010).
Further trimmed & fade-in & fade-out added and audio exported with AudioShare app (a must have for anyone working with audio in any form, as it easily allows, importing exporting, quick edits and generally all forms of curation and management of audio files) for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch: http://kymatica.com/audioshare.
Regards,
Steve Vale
aka Rabbi Steve
Thanks STEVE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank MATT for sending in the Artwork for today's show. MATT wrote the following:
Hi Rob,
This artwork comes from a photo that was taken on my iPhone 6S
and then edited with Google Photos and Instagram and finally the Text was added via the app After Photo
Regards,
Matt S
Thanks MATT, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see MATT'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 381 - 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.
4:01
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““Consumers are not used to paying another couple hundred bucks more just because Apple makes a cool product. Some fans will buy it, but for the rest of us it’s a hard pill to swallow just to have the coolest thing.” unquote
Neil Strother, NPD Group, 22 January 2007
You would think for a company like NPD group that does market research as their core business - they would have been a little more in touch with well the Market. Yes - Some People will pay extra for something that is cool - but they really will pay in mass if it is cool - and better than everything else.
04:49
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.
05:10
http://9to5mac.com/2016/01/27/apple-releases-ios-9-3-
beta-2-to-public-beta-testers/
In news - iOS 9.3 Beta 2 was released last week.
What is new in the Beta 2 vs Beta 1 - Well there are updates settings for Night Shift along with a new toggle in Control Center which kind of looks like the all seeing eye from the Illuminati.
via the control center you have the option to Turn on for Now or turn on until tomorrow.
There is now the ability to view your apple watch face in the iPhone Watch App.
There is the removal of the Wallpaper option from the Settings App 3D touch quick action menu.
I would expect a beta 3 to be released likely next week - which will likely be about fixing any found bugs.
Then two weeks later beta 4 to fix the bugs created when fixing the bugs for beta 3.
Then a few weeks later there would be the Gold Master Release - which would put us around mid March for the Gold Master Release for iOS 9.3.
To the email bag:
Hi Rob,
iOS 9.3 beta 2 drastically improved my iPhone 5s battery and is really stable definitely worth a look.
Keep up the good work
Regards,
Dan W
Hi Dan - thanks for the feedback - and my Wife let me actually install the Beta 2 of iOS 9.3 on her phone when I showed her your email. She was still on 9.2 and having battery issues where it was dying much much to quickly. So I upgraded her to 9.3 Beta 2 - and her phone is working much much better. 9.3 is probably the most solid single dot Beta I have tested. It does bode well for the GM release.
07:00
http://www.phonedog.com/2016/01/28/facebook-live-video-
streaming-now-available-all-us-iphone-
users-android-support-coming
If you are a fan of the video cinematography of Blair Witch - you are in luck. Facebook launched Live Video Streaming to all US iPhone users - with the feature rolling out to the rest of the world over the coming weeks.
Once you have your live stream established - you can then bore the living be-jesus out of your friends and family - and better yet - you can see which of your friends are watching and still watching and still watching.
And then you can even see and participate in a real time comment stream - because nothing says compelling video like responding to comments while your are live.
Once you end the video - it will be saved to your timeline - so any of those friends or relatives you did not bore to death with the live stream - can now be bored to death with your replay of you standing in front of the Belagio Fountains and talking about how cool they are. and ohhhhh and ahhhhhs.
If you are thinking Facebook Live Video sounds a lot like Periscope and Meerkat - BINGO. See Periscope is owned by Twitter and Facebook needed this to combat Periscope. Plus it is not a secret it was coming - They started testing this with celebrities in August and select users in December and now All US iPhone users and soon for those outside the US as well. Android users - yeah you will need to wait a little bit as well.
08:24
https://www.communications.gov.au/what-we-do/internet/
stay-smart-online/alert-service/social-
media-prank-crashes-apple-safari
Thanks to Tash and a few others for this next one.
Which I really did not want to talk about - but since a few people sent it or similar link in - I thought I would talk about it.
Seems there is a website link - again - that people are sharing on social media - that caused Safari to Crash on iOS devices and Desktops.
The issue according to 9 to 5 mac and others is that the site you are sent to is accessing over and over your browser history - 1000’s of times really quickly. And this causes Safari to crash - and crash hard -where you need to restart your device or computer to get past it.
There does not seem to be anything evil afoot - just annoyingness at its best.
This issue also somewhat affects Chrome, FireFox and IE users - but not to the extent it does Safari users.
Expect an update to fix this issue in the next round of updates - which if you are on an iOS device or a mac - will be easy to get and update once it is out.
09:38
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/02/01/google-and-
other-bets-alphabets-q4-earnings-live-blog/
Yes - the devil is wearing ice skates as Google now has a larger Market Cap than Apple - with Cash included. Well it did on Tuesday Feb 2nd.
Which made me go back to something I wrote on Jan 28th 2014 for ep 295 of Tii.
Quote - Apples Market Cap minus cash is 209.9 Billion dollars. Just a little above last years 174 Billion in totals revenue. Microsoft - which had less then half of apples Revenue at 82.8 billion - has a Market cap less cash of 222.1 Billion. And Finally Google - with Revenue in all of 2013 of 59.8 billion - has a market cap less cash of 336.3 Billion. Yes Google which has 1/3rd the revenue of Apple - has a market cap less cash of 1.6 Times that of Apples. unquote
Per the latest quarterly reports from Apple and Google:
Apple Cash in hand - $215.7 Billion
Google Cash in hand - $73.1 Billion
As of end of Day on Tuesday Feb 2nd.
Apple's Market Cap less cash = $308.2 Billion.
Google's Market Cap lass cash = 452.8 Billion
This is 1.47 Times Apples MCLC
Apples total revenue last year was $235 Billion in Calendar year 2015
vs 74.5 Billion for google.
Or yet once again Google which has less than 1/3rd the Revenue of Apple has over 1.47 times the Market Cap less cash of Apple. Once again it seems like fundamentals will come into play at some point. Oh and now some people are writing that Google will be the first 1 Trillion dollar company - hey wait - were not the experts just writing that about Apple in the Spring?
Why Yes - yes they were - CNN.com on April 17th 2015 had an article titled - Apple could be America’s first 1 Trillion dollar company.
Marketwatch.com had a post titled - Apple to surpass $1 Trillion valuation this year - that posted on April 28th 2015.
Wow how times have changed in less than a year.
A little update - as I wrote the notes for this segment Tuesday Night. On Wednesday Feb 3rd - Seems someone passed around some smelling salts on Wallstreet - and reality set in and Apple rose and Google dropped a bunch - and at the end of day Wednesday Apple’s Market Cap was back over that of Googles - with cash included. Still when you look at with out the cash - it does not make sense. So either Apple is way undervalued or Google is way overvalued or some combo there of.
13:30
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/the-
iphone-has-not-peaked/
So what was the press’s take on the Apple quarterly call.
From The Guardian - iPhone Sales Flatline.
From Gizmodo - iPhone sales have finally stalled
And many many others not even close to that nice.
There are other articles stressing that iPhone sales are great and that 74.8 Million are more than any quarter ever. Yes true - but only be 300k more - and Apple never did say how much they put into channel inventory - and chances are if they had - the over all number last quarter of units put in Customers hands - vs last quarter of 2014 - well it would have been lower.
And on top of that Tim Cook said this quarter vs this quarter a year ago - there will be a drop. And that has to do with many factors - 1 a year ago was when the new iPhones launched in many new countries - not so this year as most big countries were launched last quarter.
And the end of 2014 came with demand exceeding supply - this new years that was not the case.
So yes - iPhone sales year over year for this quarter are going to drop - and really last quarter when you count iPhones put in customers hands - it was really Apples first year over year decline.
That said - it is not all doom and gloom - because all the competitors - they are far far worse off. And Apple is doing something none of them are doing as well. Apple - now bare with me hear - because if you are an Android person - this might now make sense - but Apple you see - they actually make money from selling their phones. Apple actually seems to be the only one that seems to be able to do that.
I know I have said for Years that the S level updates are the best updates. But sadly S level updates are below the skin - and Apple iPhone buyers seem to really like their iPhones to look different than their last iPhone.
I am not saying we iPhone buyers are shallow and care more about looks than specs - but well - Foot - Shoe - and we have a match.
This is looking to be an interesting year - and one I am going to guess will remain negative towards apple and the iPhone for most of it - at least until late August when a switch will be thrown and the press will be talking exactly the opposite and speculate the next iPhone is better than sliced bread.
My whole point on this - and yes I have one - It was just really well hidden - is that The iPhone is not dead - Apple is making lots and lots of money with it. It is still selling better than any other smartphone by a wide margin. And regardless of how the press paints the picture - the iPhone is just fine - even if year over year - the S series going forward will be taking a step back from the non- S versions.
17:26
Harrys late last month sent me over a nice box of goodies. When it came to the house my wife asked me if I had purchased more Harry’s product - I said no - they just sent me some additional items - and I asked why she was upset - she said - there goes her Valentines day present idea.
The wife knows I really love my Harry’s products and I know you will to.
and if you go to harrys dot com - that is h a r r y s dot com and use the promo code t i i - you will save $5 on your first order.
In that kit I received some of the shaving gel - which is so nice. No Phosphates not toxic chemicals - just good stuff for your skin.
Even Ben Greenfield gave it the thumbs up.
The blades are incredible - there are 5 of them - not 3 or 4 - but 5. No cuts no burn - and the best shave I have ever had and a really great price. Why Pay $32 for an 8 pack of blades when you can get them 1/2 that price at Harrys.com And yes I do buy them - they don’t just send me samples all the time. I actually now have enough blades to get me through not just 2016 but also likely most if not all of 2017 as well. Definitely will be set for 2017 once Fathers day comes around.
Harry’s great shave at a great price was not about luck either. Harry's went and found a German blade factory that was almost 100 years old and purchased it. Harry’s owns the most important part of the razor - the blade and by cutting out the middle men on both sides means they can keep the price low to you.
Plus Harrys as an organization helps those looking for jobs - by donating 1% of their sales and 1% of their time to help prepare people for professional success. Yes a shave that feels great from a company you can feel great about.
Once again go to Harrys.com now and save $5 off when you enter the code - t i i with your first purchase. That is h a r r y s dot com and enter the coupon code T I I at check out to save $5 on your first purchase and start shaving better in 2016
19:41
VOICEMAIL - Peter_Austin_answr_wazes_when_to_leave
Hi Rob,
For Kevin in episode 380 who wants to know if there is an app that would tell him what time to leave to arrive on time for an appointment based on traffic conditions; I'd say that's an inbuilt feature of ios9. I have on my today widget a notification every morning that tells me what time I need to leave to arrive at work on time. Works great. It also sends a notification if traffic is unusually heavy and updates me on what time to leave.
So long as you properly enter your destination in the appointment letting iOS 9/proactiv figure out the location then you should be fine. Especially of you go to the same places every day or regularly (even if it's different places regularly on set days of the week it remembers and tell me what time to leave home.
But yeah waze's recent update does something similar too.
Regards,
Tosin O
Hi Rob,
On Episode 380, Per Kevin
I recently discovered by accident that the native calendar and maps app on the iPhone will do this for you automatically, and will send the notifications to your Apple Watch. If you add the address to your calendar appointments, it will send you a notification to tell you the current traffic conditions and when to leave your current location to arrive at your appointment on time.
Our family uses a shared calendar, and I have it set as my default. All appointments my wife and children add to the calendar automatically generate prompts for me when it is time to leave. What’s great is that no matter who adds it to the calendar, I get the prompt, saving me from having to add each event myself to receive this alert.
If you are not seeing this, it may need to be enabled by going to Settings on your iPhone —> Next, tap "Mail, Contacts and Calendars,"—> Then, scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap "Default Alert Times" —> On the next screen, toggle the switch for "Time to Leave” from grey to green.
You will note on this screen, the description and caveat stating if your appointment is more than 3 hours away, the device will not send you an alert.
I hope it works as well for Kevin and other listeners, as it does for us.
Rob, Love the show, Your show has so many times, given the answers to problems before they occurred for me or my kids. You’ve saved me hours of time trying to solve problems when they arise. I recommend this podcast to all of my friends.
Thanks,
Ken from Southwest Florida
Hi Rob - Love the show. In response to Kevin’s question in episode 380 about an app that can give him notifications on what time to leave for work. It’s already built into IOS! Go into Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services. and turn on Frequent locations. According to Apple it uses Frequent Locations: To learn places that are significant to you, your iOS device will keep track of places you have recently been, as well as how often and when you visited them. This data is kept solely on your device and won't be sent to Apple without your consent. It will be used to provide you with personalized services, such as predictive traffic routing. I turned this on and now when I swipe down in Notifications - my phone will tell how long it should take to get to work or back home. If you have appointments in your calendar with their location, it will notify you how long it will take to get there. Recently I had a doctors appointment after work - it notified me how long it would take to get to the doctors from work. I would assume that all apps that would provide this service is going to use the same information; your location, places you frequent, calendar appointments, weather, and other crowd sourcing info. Guess it all depends on how much info your ok with providing and what companies you trust. Personally I do trust Apple and will provide this info for the convenience.
Thanks for all you do and thanks to the google plus community for what they do
Regards,
James Cipriano
Hey Rob,
there is an app that sends notifications to my Apple Watch in regards to what time I should leave for appointments due to traffic conditions. The Google app works very well for me.
Regards,
Mike
Hey Rob,
I'm sure everyone is screaming this into their audio devices… lol
iOS have feature to give advance reminders of when to leave based on traffic, it's already builtin using iOS Calendar & Maps…
• just create a calendar item with time date and location (make sure on the item info filed the Mimi map displays showing the location, if you do not get the map then iOS will not monitor traffic to that destination).
• in the info panel, select travel time option and start point as current location or home for example. iOS will monitor traffic conditions from where you are to your destination.
• select mode of transportation (walking, car, public)
• select to receive sound and display notifications and you will get notifications on iOS and in the "Today View" pull down shade.
I'm sure Apple can simplify this process or even make it automatic without user going through the setup process for each calendar item, but it gives the user the flexibility of using that feature if they need it or don't know it exists until they do need it. Lol
Regards,
Devon C
Hi. Rob here is one I use that seems to do what he needs free version on Scout GPS Navigation, ETA,... by Telenav, Inc. see screen shots attracted ...showing the App and the ETA Notifcation I set up. Hope this is helpful. Ray of Baltimore Maryland.
VOICEMAIL - Justin_PA_answr_when_to_leave
Again - Peter, Tosin, Ken, James, Mike, Devon, Ray, Justin and others I did not include - thanks for all your feedback on this - we all now have a PHD on setting up our iOS device to let us know when to leave to get somewhere on time.
27:50
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 3,000 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 Keith Lunsford who posted the following
Quote
Today in iPhone was my first podcast... On my Windows Phone... I still listen to every episode!
With the exception of using an iPhone 3gs (gave it to my wife, and she has had several iOS phones since), I have used Microsoft phones since around 2007. I have always listened to the TII podcast because I am the family tech support.
I have finally given up on the Windows Mobile system and got my 6S+ today. When I entered my account information, it copied all of my wife's information (texts, call log, messages, etc) since she has been using it on my account. We have always backed up her phone, bought apps, and basically done everything using my account since it was the only phone.
Is there a way to transfer this phone to her own account using her e-mail address? I know about the family accounts and plan to use this system for me, my wife, and my phones, but need to get her phone switched over to her separate account.
Let the Windows Phone abuse fly... Then help me with a solution please.
Unquote
There were at least 17 comments on this post at last look.
Both Sean Casey and Francisco Tapia were helping out Keith.
Here are some of those replies.
From Francisco
quote
you can create a new appleid for your wife, then use a backup utility like syncios to backup all the contents of her phone, sms contacts etc..
http://www.syncios.com/
unquote
Then from Keith
quote
So is this what you are thinking?
*backup her phone with syncos
*reset her phone
*start fresh with a new id
*restore with syncos?
*life is good?
unquote
Which Francisco replied
quote
I'd start with a full desktop iTunes backup then proceed with the syncios steps.
Report back to tells us how it went.
unquote
Keith then replied back
quote
still no solution for changing the account on my wife's phone and keeping all her data. I'm $60.00 into syncios and it didn't help either. Any more solutions?
I think we are going to try the Genius bar this weekend before giving up.
unquote
Sean replied
quote
Syncios should surely be able to handle it. Did you try getting in touch with their customer service team? At first thought, I would think that you would need to log out of all of her Apple accounts on the 'old' phone Before trying to transfer data to the new phone (but I am not familiar with Syncios) or it may pick up the Apple Account settings as well and put those on the new device.
You 'can' do this, for sure. It is possible no doubt, you just have to do the processes in the right order. It takes patience, for sure. Easiest solution is for you to get new Apple acct. and let her have that one.
Here is a page that might be helpful to you:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/112147/how-
to-move-data-between-icloud-accounts
unquote
And I will throw this out to the audience if you know of a good solution for Keith - please let us know - 206-666-6364 or look for this post from Jan 26 2016 in the google Plus community comment there.
Keith please let me know how this turns out. And PS - I will not give you grief about Windows Phone - I think it is the 2nd best Mobile OS - much much better then Android for sure.
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 3,000+ of you already in the community and contributing. And let me tell you having 3,000 members and keeping it spam free - that is a tough go in the google+ community. Right now I am rejecting about 7 out of 10 requests to join. Lots and lots of spammers out there. Again if you applied and did not get accepted - just email me and let me know.
Also from the Google Plus community were these comments per the last episode - which I always pin the last episode at the top.
From Lawrence McFarland
quote
So I tried using dictation on the Notes app my iPhone 6s while on airplane mode. It worked like a charm. I hope that helps.
unquote
From Storm Garelli
quote
I really enjoyed the listener-submitted music track in this episode. Very well done - quality stuff.
unquote
From Karthik M
quote
+Storm I thought so too. I was wondering did they use a real Guitar or the virtual one in GarageBand?
unquote
From Michael Bullman
quote
I also tried dictation on my 6S plus in airplane mode and it works.
unquote
From Francisco Tapia
quote
Daniel from Wisbench Cambridgeshire changes is mind yet again!
unquote
AND Finally
From Karthik M again.
quote
To the man on the boat:
You can connect your TV to your iPhone's personal hotspot. Then use the available apps in the TV to watch web content via iPhone's cellular network.
If you want to Airplay offline content from your iPhone to your TV then just use a dummy router and connect them both which doesn't require an internet connection.
unquote
34:21
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apples-gigantic-ipad-
pro-outsold-185016876.html
There was an interesting article from Business Insider titled - quote Apple’s gigantic iPad Pro outsold MS entire Surface Lineup last quarter and it was only on sale for 6 weeks. unquote
Yeah for king of the pithy post titles.
I say the article is interesting because Apple clearly did not break out how many iPad Pro’s they shipped - heck they did not even hint at it.
But according to IDC - they estimated Apple shipped over 2 Million iPad Pro’s last quarter because well they said so.
And because they said so IDC says MS only shipped a total of 1.6 Million Surface Tablets last quarter.
IDC said - hey will were are here and having fun pulling items from our posterior - lets pull numbers for all the other Tablets out there as well.
And when you look at IDC’s ummm Estimates - they have Apple with 16.1 Million iPads shipped last quarter and the number 1 seller of tablets.
Sammy was number 2 with 9 Million shipped.
Amazon was number 3 with 5.2 million shipped.
Lenovo was number 4 with 3.2 Million shipped
and Huawei was 5th with 2.2 Million tablets shipped last quarter.
Others which MS was lumped into totaled 30.2 Million tablets shipped last quarter and that means over all there were 65.9 Million tablets shipped last quarter and just 24.4% of those were usable - I mean had an Apple logo on them.
35:56
http://www.apple.com/support/ac-wallplug-adapter/
There was a lot of posts out there about Apple recalling over a decades worth of AC Adapters.
First note this is about the prongs that go on certain adapters that allow the swiping out of the prongs - not the AC part of it.
From Apple
quote
Apple has determined that, in very rare cases, the two prong Apple AC wall plug adapters designed for use in Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Argentina and Brazil may break and create a risk of electrical shock if touched. These wall plug adapters shipped from 2003 to 2015 with Mac and certain iOS devices, and were also included in the Apple World Travel Adapter Kit.
Customer safety is always Apple's top priority, and we have voluntarily decided to exchange affected wall plug adapters with a new, redesigned adapter, free of charge. We encourage customers to exchange any affected parts using the process below.
Note: Other wall plug adapters, including those designed for Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States and Apple USB power adapters are not affected by this program.
unquote
I have a link in the show notes with more info on this if you think you are affected. Chances are you are not - well for most of the listeners of this show you are not.
But some are - which again is why I have a link in the show notes. Look for the link titled - Apple recalls some AC adapters
37:34
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3026717/apple-ios/tim-
cook-s-apple-s-focus-on-india-is-insanely-great.html
One of the things Tim Cook commented on during last weeks conference call was Apples new focus on India. And there is a nice article from Jonny Evans at Computer world titled - Tim Cook’s Apples focus on India is insanely great.
He mentions in India - Apple currently only has about a 2% smartphone market share - clearly not a good penetration and the worst in any of the BRIC countries.
We mentioned recently on the show Apple was working to bring down prices of their devices in India - which had been artificially high in the past.
Jonny talks about Apples smaller 4 Inch iPhone 5Se as a potential device to better address the market - but he also points out that for many people in India and other BRIC countries for that mater - a smartphone is not something people get to compliment their computer - it is their computer.
And with an expected growing of the middle class in India as well - there will be more and more consumers in india where an iphone will be greatly desired - as long as prices are kept reasonable.
Apple learned how to market to emerging markets as is evidences by their success in China - but can they duplicate that in India.
One thing that could help to re-ignite iPhone sales numbers is a pick up in the BRIC countries not named China. But even if Apple did duplicate in India the % of smartphone market share - it would a much smaller number of unit sales.
The estimated size of the middle classes in the BRIC countries are:
11.2 Mil in Brazil
4.5 Mil in Russia
23.6 Million in India
and
108.7 Million in China
So the Brazil, Russia, India combined and tripled is about the size of China’s middle class. Just to keep things in Perspective.
39:40
Valentines days is coming up and one of the gifts I purchased for my wife comes from Boll and Branch. I purchased some Bath Towels for her. Ok - no it is not Flowers or a teddy bear - but she likes her baths - and nothing feels better after a bath or shower than nice soft absorbent towel. Plus I used Promo code tii to save 20% and get free shipping so that felt good on my wallet.
Per the Towels - These are 100% organic Cotton Towels. And they are a nice size to - 30 inches wide by 58” long. Good thing the wife does not listen to the show it would ruin her surprise.
In addition to the Towels - Boll and Branch also sells Organic cotton Sheets, Blankets, Hats and Scarves and well if Valentines day goes really well for you - they have a great baby collection as well - which by the way if you have clients that have a baby - their baby collection makes for a great baby gift.
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41:48
http://learnbonds.com/126032/apple-inc-aapl-ponders-
parting-with-cash-to-fuel-planet-apple-evolution/
One of the news stories or rumors floating out there the end of Jan was that Apple was looking to acquire a content company to get more content on to Apple TV.
And the key name being thrown around is Time Warner - which would get Apple - HBO, TBS, TNT, CNN and Warner Bros Studio. Yes - that would count as content for sure.
Problem is that would also cost Apple at least $60 Billion dollars.
Given apples biggest acquisition and biggest by a wide margin was Beats for 3 Billion dollars - I just see an acquisition 20 times that size very very questionable at best.
and then there are all the issues with Time Warner Cable and the deals for Content on other cable providers.
Plus Apple already has a pretty good relationship with HBO and the HBO Now app on Apple TV - so not seeing what this gets them that would make such a huge huge leap in acquisitions make any sense.
42:50
http://9to5mac.com/2016/01/27/ipad-air-3-march-event-
new-apple-watch-bands/
In the rumor Mill we find a report from 9 to 5 Mac about a March event - which they say will likely be the week of March 14th. This according to quote sources unquote - for which no other info was given.
The Sources claim at said week of March 14th event - there are three key things Apple will introduce
1. New Apple Watch 2
2. 4 Inch iPhone 5SE
and
3. an iPad Air 3 - which we would imagine would get most if not all of the internals of the iPad Pro - just with a 9.7 inch screen. There was also an extra rumor nugget for the iPad Air 3 - saying it will get a rear facing flash for the camera.
Ummm - No - at least not the rear flash.
43:39
http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/02/march-15-event-4-inch-
phone-new-ipad-apple-watch/
And then 6 days later 9 to 5 Mac had an update to the rumor - now saying it will be on March 15th that the event happens and it will be for the iPhone 5SE, iPad Air 3 and Apple Watch band updates.
Pricing of the 5SE is rumored to be $450 for the 16 don’t by me GB version. With a 64 buy me GB version also available.
That $450 price is what the current price of the iPhone 5S is now.
So this would mean either that unit is discontinued or discounted further.
Some additional details / rumors were given for the iPad Air 3 - such as it getting the 4 speakers like the iPad Pro and a smart connector and a smart keyboard to connect to the smart connector. Essentially think a 9.7” version of the iPad Pro - but again with the rumor of a rear flash.
Per the Apple Watch updates - this would be focused on New Bands and new software - it does not sound like new internals or hardware - just bands - yawn and software - maybe Yawn?
The question they kind of raise is are these updates media event worthy where select favored press are invited in or will it be an online event only.
Once Apple gets their Spaceship campus done - one thing it will have is a theater for these type of events. And l would guess these updates would at that time get a live event. But for now - it will be interesting to see what happens or if there is a one more thing to be intro’d.
45:29
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/02/02/munster-4-
iphone-doesnt-make-sense-for-rumored-apple-event-in-march
Oh and how confident our we that an iPhone 5SE or what ever the new 4 Incher will be called will be at the event - well right now a lot more confident.
Why - because often wrong Uncle Gene Munster - just said it does not make sense for it to be intro’d at this event.
And he also says the Apple watch will be updated to an S version.
So yeah - that confirms the Watch Band and software only rumor too.
And he said the iPad Air 3 would have force touch - yup we can count on that not to be in the iPad Air 3 as well. Like I said - think iPad Pro but 9.7 inches - that means NO force touch.
But Uncle Gene did not mention a rear flash - so maybe that is real after all.
Uncle Gene is often like George Castanza - just go with the opposite of what he says and you will be right. Just Sayin
46:20
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2016/01/apple-reportedly-
working-on-new-wireless-charging-tech-for-ios-devices
Hi Rob,
I heard inductive charge doesn’t work through metal.
Also at the end of the article makes a good point if headphone jack is missing you can still have wired audio headphone while charging (magnetically/inductively/wirelessly)
Regards,
Michael
And the article he mentions is titled - Apple Reportedly working on new wireless charging tech for iOS devices.
Essentially if you have read a biography of Telsa - yeah that is where this rumor is going.
We are not talking about some charging puck or matt - heck I had a wireless charging case for my iPhone 3GS right after it came out.
Wireless charging matts and pucks really don’t buy you much vs plugging in - you still need to be charging in a specific place.
What the rumor here is saying is that apple is looking at charging their devices from a distance.
A lot of this rumor seems to be fueled from the removal of the headphone jack - the logic goes if the headphone jack goes away - that leaves the lightening port to plug in your headphones - if you headphones are plugged in there - than you can’t charge your phone - so you need wireless charging and if Apple is going to do wireless - then they would do something really special - and ditch the matt or puck - i.e. something that requires really close proximity charging
And to find a solution we need to go back to the 90’s as in 1890’s and to Wireless Transmission of Power or Non-Herzian Waves as it was referred to by Tesla. Essentially the idea is powering a device from a distance wirelessly. Ok - it would be a bit different here but the basics are the same.
Will we see this for the iPhone 7? Most likely not - it just seem like a major jump - and there is a movie from the 90’s - 1990’s that it makes me think of - Johnny Mnemonic. In that movie people are suffering from Black Shakes which comes from over transmission in the air.
What will happen to us with all this remote wireless power transmission in the air. How long until we are all sterile or picking up AM transmission in our fillings. 10 Points for the TV show that had an episode about that plot point.
Anyway remote Wireless Power - or Non-Herzian Waves sounds cool and all at the top level - lets see where we are in September on this on. I am guessing right were we are now - which is just with a wild rumor and we will be moving this on to the iPhone 8 rumor bingo card.
48:48
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-google-
learning-hard-apple-223832955.html
Earlier we talked about how the iPad is still the best selling Tablet.
And how it might be that the iPad Pro line alone beat all the Surface tablet lines combined last quarter even though it was only on sale for half the quarter.
Well there was an interesting article titled - Microsoft and Google are learning how hard it is to be like Apple - and it is from Business Insider.
The gist of the article is that what Apple has done with the quality of the iPad’s both hardware and software is something neither MS or Google is close to duplicating at this time.
They have a quote in there from a review from AnandTech per Google’s Pixel C Tablet that says
quote
At this point, I don’t know if I can really recommend any high end Android tablets in good conscience, because I know they won’t be offering the buyer what they deserve for such a high price. This applies even more so to the Pixel C, which has stability issues that I can’t believe exist on such an expensive tablet with both the hardware and software designed by the same company.
unquote
Yikes.
The article ends with this:
quote
The inescapable conclusion is that Apple's lead doesn't just come from its mega-ma-niacal control. Maybe Apple's focus on the user experience above all else is much harder than it looks. And Microsoft and Google are figuring that out the hard way.
unquote
50:07
VOICEMAIL - Rob_Philly_answr_streaming_to_appleTV
Hi Rob,
Can't Jeff just use a personal Hotspot to create a wifi network on the boat with data?
Regards,
Bernard
Rob,
Jeff wanted to mirror Netflix to an Apple TV on his boat, but he has no wifi. Perhaps he could try turning his iPad into a personal hotspot and then stream directly from the Apple TV instead of using AirPlay.
Regards,
Jon
Hi rob! I want to respond to Jeff the magician on a boat, 3days a week! Nice life.
I'm guessing the iPad Jeff uses, have a sim card. I've used routers with a cellular connection before, he might be able to buy a router with a sim card function and connect all his devices through that? Set up his own network on the boat, and be able to stream to the Apple TV from all devices on the network. Now I'm from Sweden and all your cellular providers might have different rules, when it comes to what you can plug your sim card into. But I hope not! That's stupid!
I assume he needs another SIM card for his iPad after that, just to unlock it, or mabye not? Haven't had a cellular iPad before, I always share wifi from a iPhone that's always with me.. In Sweden I can get a new sim card with a new phone number attached to it for free, like I did when I turned an old, screen cracked iPhone 4 to an security cam, and a controller for my Philips hue lights.
Be sure to limit the network usage on all devices so they don't use up all the data with updates and so on.
Hope this helps!
Regards
William the hydraulic valve machinist
Hi Rob,
Fellow listener Jeff was looking for a fix for his boat. I bought an adapter from Apple that connects my iPad/and iPhone directly to the tv into the HDMI port. I used that until I bought an Apple TV --and still use it when I travel!!!
Regards,
Linda
Hi Rob,
Yes I can dictate on my iPhone 6S in airplane mode using the notes app
Regards,
Glenn A.
Hi Rob,
Per Dictating off line - I confirmed it does not work on the iPhone 6 - but does on the 6S series.
Regards,
Kevin B
Hi Rob,
I am looking for an app that can do text and have transparent background.
The result would be a file that can be used to create business cards or even tshirts.
This kind of stuff can easily be done in Illustrator...
Do you or the audience know of a good app for iOS that can do this.
Regards,
Elsie
Folks I have a couple of personal requests for apps to see which ones you have used and liked.
First if Anything to do with a trip to Disney World. Any Apps you found really helped planning and executing the trip would be greatly appreciated.
Second one - I am looking for an App where I can put in multiple pictures of myself as I am loosing weight - I have been taking pictures each day - and I want an app - where it takes multiple pictures and morphs from one to the next to the next and so on to show you the change. If you know of a good app that is easy to use that does that let me know. I know I could set with iMovie where I bring in each of the images and transition from one to the next - but I was hoping there was something else specifically designed for this.
So folks please email me today in iOS at gmail dot com with apps Per Disney WORLD and also Apps per putting in a lot of pictures and morphing from one to the next and so on.
Thanks for your help.
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59:37
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jic-the-first-and-
only-recording-case-for-iphone#/
Thanks to Aric for this next one.
Which is an indie go go project called JIC - the first and only recording case for iPhone.
This one had a goal of $25k - as in past tense - they have raised over $31k - and have until Feb 24th for additional funding.
The description on this one is
quote
With JIC, your phone case IS your recorder! Instantly press record during any conversation (in-person or on the phone) no matter who called who or how far into the conversation you are. Immediately start to capture the talk directly onto the provided 2GB microSD card. Once you press stop, you can instantly playback what you just recorded.
unquote
Pricing on this is $29 for the early bird special while they last. Which will get you the JIC case a 2GB Micro SD Card, rechargeable battery and USB cable.
In the FAQ it says it does not work with the iPhone 6+ - but it does work with the iPhone 5 and above.
I am a little concerned about the low price on this - $29 seems too good to be true - add that to them not showing two sizes - just one - but saying it will work for the iPhone 5 and 6 ? Huh????
Anyway if you have a quote iPhone 5 and above unquote - but not the 6+ or 6S+ and are interested in this - check out JIC Case at Indie Go go dot com or in the links in the shows notes for ep 381.
1:01:21
For Ep 381
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