TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 396
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank LUKE for sending in the music you hear in the background. LUKE wrote:
Hi Rob,
Upgraded my iPad 3 to a new iPad Pro 9.7 last week, thought I would make you some music using garage band
Running iOS 10 and loving it
Regards,
LUKE ROWE
SONG_SVILERFEET
Thanks LUKE for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank CHRIS for sending in the Artwork for today's show. CHRIS wrote the following:
Hi Rob
Here is the New Siri Icon for macOS for you with Tii Branding.
Text added with Avery App
Regards,
Chris in London
Thanks CHRIS, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see CHRIS'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 396 - 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.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
01:59
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote
“For those of us without Apple tattoos, the reaction to Apple’s new iPhone 3G S, announced on Monday, seems to look pretty unanimous. ‘That’s it?’” UNQUOTE
Nick Mokey, Digital Trends, 8 June 2009
For as long as there has been coverage of Apple products there have always been those that say that's it? Then said products get widely adopted - and they blame the folks that drank the koolaid as being blind followers that will buy anything.They just don’t seem to get there is a lot more to Apples new products than a spec sheet - Just Sayin.
02:39
No promo codes this week - If you are a dev or iBook author - shame on you for not sending in your promo 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.
03:16
Like last year - I am going to go over some of the changes in the Settings app from iOS 9 to iOS 10.
This is bases on the Settings App for the 12.9” iPad Pro the version with Cellular and Wifi.
First item is that Siri was moved from inside the General Category and now is its own major category under settings.
The one option added in Siri - is the option to access on lock screen - you can now toggle that on or off.
Interestingly - Allow H E Y Siri - which was previously selected - after update was turned off.
Under the General Category - the one new sub-cat is Dictionary. By default American English and also Apple Dictionary is selected.
Under Handoff and Suggested Apps sub-cat - they added the option for Suggested apps to be Apps on the App Store. Installed Apps is still there as well.
Under the Sub-Cat for Accessibility - there are a few changes.
First under the Vision grouping.
It was these 5 options - Voiceover, Zoom, Invert Colors, Grayscale and Speech.
Now it is is these 5 options - Voiceover, Zoom, Magnifier, display accommodations and Speech.
Magnifier Quote lets you use your device’s camera to quickly magnify things. When enabled, triple-check the home button to start Magnifier unquote
Under Display accommodations - Invert Colors is now moved - and you have the options for Color Filters - which can be used to differentiate colors by users who are color blinds and aid to users who have difficulty reading text on displays.
and under Display accommodations is also reduce White Points - which reduces the intensity of Bright Colors and used to be under Increase Contrast.
For Speech - there is now a new sub-cat - Typing Feedback - and under this sub-cat are the features - Characters, Character hints, Speak words, Speak Auto-text and Hold to speak Predictions - all of these can be toggled on or off - all are off by default.
A few changes for Accessibility - but not much changes.
Under Keyboards - they added a sub-cat - Hardware Keyboard - This lets you pick the type of Hardware keyboard you are using. Choices they give are US, US International-PC, ABC extended, British, French, German, Spanish - ISO, Italian, Belgian, Dutch, Dorn, Dvorak and Colemak.
Yeah - Stretching a bit to find differences under Settings General.
Under the main category for Notifications - in iOS 10 - The Notification View Options are gone - they were Sort Order - and also Group by App - both options are no longer under Notifications.
Under Safari - there is now the option for Check for Apple Pay - which is a simple toggle on / off switch.
Home is a brand new major category and this is some options for that new app. 1. is Use iCloud - iCloud and home kit must be enabled when signed into an iCloud account.
2. Use this device as a home hub - quote using an apple tv or iPad as a home hub allows automation, remote access of your accessories and provides more powerful users permissions. iPad must remain in the home and be continually powers on for these features to work unquote
and
3. Rest homekit configuration
I will stop there per the Settings change and next time I will pick up at the music App settings and finish up from there.
07:29
From Myron Uecker
quote
I think out of yesterday's announcements one thing I'm most looking forward to is Swift Playgrounds. Even though I'm an adult and it is tailored towards kids, I think there can be some valuable learning potential via that app. Plus it runs on my iPad.
unquote
Hi Rob,
iOS 10 did not really wow me and the Apple Music did not wow me ether. They focus to much on iMessage. But hopefully when the beta is over with I'll like it. I wish 3D Touch would of came to the iPhone 6. But hay what can you do 😒
Regards,
Sharde
Hi Rob
Ok I like a couple of things in iOS 10 the dark mode and with Apple Music I like that you can read the lyrics to the song that your listening to. So I guess iOS 10 will grow on me.
Regards,
Sharde
Hi Rob,
Sad to have to leave you iOS 10 but it was rough while we were together. You kept shutting down in me. Good to be back on familiar ground. 9.3.2 now feels like a breath of fresh air. My home and power buttons are sore from hard resets
Regards,
Tosin O
Hi Rob,
Here is a sorely needed new feature of iOS 10. Hearts on thumbnails of Favorited photos!
Regards,
Steven Whatley
Hi Rob,
I went against my better judgement as well as your advice and put the iOS 10 developer upgrade on my main iPhone iPhone 6+. ......and the result of my recklessness is.....drum roll please.......
Flawless operation. Maybe an improvement over 9.3.3 public beta 2. I love the new features of iMessage and it could be the best argument for an android holdout such as my wife to come over to the right side when she can't get hand drawn love notes from hubby via text. :)
I have been putting iOS 10 through regular tasks with a smooth flow. I haven't had the unstable experience that was reported by some of the YouTube testers.
I also have installed iOS 10 on my iPad 4th gen and I was surprised to see that 10 really improved performance.
In closing, I will not suggest that everyone go out and install 10 on their main iPhone/iPad, I would suggest that you do so on a secondary device.
To sum it up, do as I say, not as I do!
Or
I got lucky.......AGAIN!!!
Regards,
Shane C
Hi Rob,
I wanted to give you the 5 Days Later update.
We have installed iOS 10 on 3 devices so far. Our son’s iPad Air 2, My iPad (4th Gen) and my iPhone 6+ and here are the results.
iPhone 6+ - 1.9Gig Download - Biggest out of the 3 models we tested.
For the most part, runs great with the odd bit of gumming up opening up apps. Not a big deal for me. However at times when you are pushing the cpu, it sort of goes into this kind of reboot process for about 30 seconds. The screen will go dark with that little spinning flower type thing as if you’re shutting it down then will go right back into the screen asking for your passcode however you can just use your finger print to unlock the phone. So far, this has happened to me about a half dozen times with fairly heavy use.
Although it doesn’t bother me to the point of regretting the upgrade, I would suggest that the average user may wish to wait until the public beta release next month before dipping their toe into new flavour of Kool-Aid. However if you’re like me and don’t mind the odd glitch and enjoy having bragging rights, then this is the upgrade for you.
For me, the biggest change is not having to swipe right to access the lock screen.
iPad (4th Gen) - 1.4Gig Download???
After 5 days of moderate usage, I can say that iOS 10 runs really good on it. To me, it runs as if 10 was a fresh install. My son was disappointed that Swift Playgrounds was not installed on this older iPad.
iPad Air 2 - 1.8Gig Download
My son has been testing this very heavily. He loves it. Runs really well and to his delight had the Swift Playgrounds app on it.
Summary & Final Thoughts
Depending on your personality and use of your iOS device, thought should be put into doing any sort of upgrade, especially when its a developer edition. If you’re job or safety or communication with rest of the world depends on your device, you’re not much for trouble shooting, you like things to be absolutely predictable or have a Homer Simpson like temper, please hold off the upgrade.
However, if you like to show how in you are with Apple to your friends, you don’t mind taking the odd glitch in the name of progress this maybe the upgrade for you.
Thank you and I looking forward to show 0396. Enjoy your weekend/week.
Regards,
Shane C
15:21
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apples-
iphone-software-automatically-show-224152653.html
It sounds like one new feature added in iOS 10 is the one my wife has been waiting for. And that is in iOS 10 it automatically knows where and remembers where you parked your car and show you where in Apple Maps your car is located.
In theory this makes sense - it can tell when you are driving vs when you are walking - it can tell when someone parks their car and gets out of the car based on the motion sensors - and it just then flags your location. no more will my wife be going through parking lots holding down the alarm button hoping to trigger the alarm on the car. Now she will just need to open the maps app and it will lead her right back to her car. This is one of those features she might even let me put a beta on her phone for.
I am being kind when I say she has lost her car a few times in a parking lot. And yes - she will openly admit it.
So this again will be one of those killer features that many people like my wife will love and depend on. Glad to see this one added.
16:29
http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/16/
hide-apps-ios-not-delete-apps-ios/
On the last episode we said the bingo card got a check mark for being able to delete stock apps - well not exactly - seems when you tap on the little X for the stock apps that show the little X - you are not deleting the apps - you are just deleting the User data associated with the App and then hiding the App icon from View. The actual App binary does not go anywhere and you don’t save the space you thought you were. Sorry to all those with the 16 not close to enough storage GB devices out there. That said - of all the apps you can delete - Apple claims together they only use 150 MB of storage.
The complete list of Stock Apps that can be hidden are:
Calculator
Calendar
Compass
Contacts
FaceTime
Find My Friends
Home
iBooks
iCloud Drive
iTunes Store
Mail
Maps
Music
News
Notes
Podcasts
Reminders
Stanza
Stocks
Tips
Videos
Voice Memos
Watch App
and Weather.
Again they are not deleted - they are just hidden really really well.
17:36
http://www.computerworld.com/
article/3085542/apple-ios/wwdc-12-
ios-10-features-you-probably-didnt-
know-about.html
There is a certain type of article that comes out this time each year - and it is the X number of new iOS X features you don’t know about.
And already there were a bunch. I will try to cover one or so each week - as there are a bunch of new features.
First up is from Johnny Evans at Computer world with the creatively titled - quote 12 iOS 10 features you probably didn’t know about unquote
Of course he then says he will offer up a bakers dozen and then actually has 14 different items. So first things is first - counting is not Johnny’s strong suit.
First is what he calls getting there - and it has to do with getting to info via Notifications and Control center - and that apple is making it easier to get info or to short cuts without needing to unlock your phone - which by the way is so easy and fast now for the iPhone 6S, 6S+ and SE - that they needed to add raise to wake to those devices.
Next is Personal iMessages - we talked last episode about being able to send iMessages in your own hand writing. If you saw my handwriting - my wife will tell you this is not actually a good thing.
The Calendar App - now iOS will suggest calendar events like meetings and places based on iMessage threads - Creepy. And it can even offer times to leave and location suggestions based on data from both iMessages and email strings - really creepy.
That leads to Intelligence everywhere or Skynet as it is more commonly known. This comes back to facial recognition - calendar suggestions - and even emoji suggestions based on what you typed - plus as we mentioned better situational suggestions on typing.
One not really talked about is what Johnny calls in the raw - where you can now edit photos in raw uncompressed image format.
The New Clock is much better - not only are there more features - but the UI is much better and more things are visible on one page.
There is better Storage optimization - which you know is needed for all those that recently purchased a 16 OH WHAT WAS I THINKING GB version.
Collaboration was another item he mentioned - and we mentioned that last episode briefly - and it is nice now in Notes you can simultaneously collaborate on a notes document. He also throws in Side by Side Safari multitasking - really bringing his list up to 15 items now.
Here is a neat feature - Unsubscribe - iOS 10 lets you unsubscribe from annoying newsletters with just a couple of taps - no need to visit a website - where they try to trick you into signing up for 3 more newsletters as you try to cancel one.
Spam Alert for Phone calls was mentioned - but that was clearly gone over in the keynote.
For those with 3D touch - you can change the intensity of the flashlight based on how hard you are pressing the icon in the control center dock - cool.
You will now be able to access the desktop and documents folders of your Mac running Mac OS Sierra from an iOS device using iCloud drive.
Where my Car - as mentioned before - a nice new feature my wife will love.
And Accessibility. And he mentions the Apple Watch Activity app being optimized for WheelChair Users. I would say though compared to past years - there we less new Accessibility features added this year. But maybe that is just because so many have been added the last few years - they are not stretched on what else to add. It is bad enough they move things around. Which is one reason I go over where things are added and moved to earlier. Hopefully that helps those using voice over for example and looking for the Siri controls - rather than searching all over General for where it is moved - now you know it is broken out as its own item.
22:01
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/
business/with-organic-cotton-and-
online-ads-boll-branch-helps-indian-
farmers.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Hi Rob,
Per Boll & Branch - Okay: now I believe you. Why didn't you mention what's in the article?
Regards,
Bill
Hi Bill thanks to the link to the article about the founders of Boll and Branch. In short it goes over their search for sheets that were created with cotton sourced from farmers that were well compensated and the factory workers well treated.
How they worked to create a supply chain the improves the lives of the farmers and factory workers - not one that exploits the workers.
And to use Organic cotton for both ethical and texture reasons.
As I have said on the show before - Boll & branch sheets are the best feeling sheets you will own and ones you can feel good about owning.
Go to Boll and Branch Dot Com today for 20% off your entire order. And use promo code TII.
Again that is Boll and Branch Dot Com. Promo code TII.
These sheets are only sold online at boll and branch dot com - you can’t buy them in any stores. That is how they keep the pricing low and free of markups.
But here is the best part - don’t take my word for it - try them out yourself for 30 days risk free. Boll and Branch is so sure your going to fall in love with their sheets that they give you 30 nights to try them out. If you don’t love them for ANY reason - they will take them back and refund you without any hassle at all.
They also have towels - and the ones I purchased for my Wife are by far the best towels in the house - plus they have other cotton products. Yes - I am a customer of Boll and Branch.
Go online to Boll – that’s B-O-L-L and Branch Dot Com. and use promo code t i i for 20% off your entire order: sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers.. everything. Plus free shipping! And all their products come beautifully packaged in their signature boxes.
23:52
VOICEMAIL - Danny_AR_settingup_new_device_wifi
Hi Rob,
Per the question about the issue with USB for a Car Stereo.
I quit using USB to car stereo because it would reset my music playlist to the beginning. It's a bummer sort of but using the aux jack you can vary the volume from the phone which you can't do on USB. Sometimes that's easier.
Regards,
Mike R
26:11
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 Martin Infante ON JUNE 15th who posted the following
quote
Installed iOS 10 on my 6s plus and I gotta say it's pretty good. A couple of bugs here and there but pretty good nonetheless. We'll see how it goes in the weeks to come. Who else has upgraded? What are your thoughts?
unquote
To which there were a FEW replies.
Kareem Hasket replied
quote
I've installed it also. I am really enjoying it so far.
unquote
Matthew G replied
quote
I'm thinking about testing it in my iPhone 6 Plus. My 6s Plus is my personal phone. How does is do on crashes (crashing the whole phone)? I want to test it on my work phone so that my personal phone isn't compromised, but obviously, if I can't take calls or messages, that's no bueno.
I might just wait for the public beta and hope that the version isn't too far behind the dev build.
unquote
Kareem H replied
quote
I have not had any crashes of the phone 6S+ yet. I have had an app or 2 crash though. The phone feels a lot smoother than I expected for a beta though.
I have it installed on an iPhone 6S Plus as well as the large iPad Pro. 3D Touch makes it much more enjoyable on the phone though. 3D Touch is far more advanced on IOS10.
unquote
Ernie Aybar replied
quote
Running IOS 10 on both iPhone 6s and iPad Pro. So far very stable. News app crashes on phone but not the iPad for some reason. Really only bug I have encountered so far.
unquote
Martin I replied
quote
it crashed on me once while locking my exposure on the camera app. Other than that it's been pretty solid. Messages app is pretty cool ( invisible ink ) 😁 and I'm testing third party apps. I will report back with positive and or negative feedback.
unquote
I will say this - HBO Now - no Beuno on the iPad Pro 12.9 inch - very flakey.
Martin did post this the next day
quote
So the bugs mob iOS 10 so far for me anyway are
1-Springboard crashes when inserting a picture to a new iMessage.
2- springboard crashes when locking exposure in photo mode.
3- random reboot while on a phone call. ( bummer )
Looks like I'm gonna go back to iOS 9 until the final release.
unquote
Folks - Past experience has shown for these betas - if you need your device for work and travel - best not to install the first 3 or 4 betas. Since I will be traveling a bunch - it will be at least Beta 5 before I update my iPhone to iOS 10. My iPad Pro - I will somehow live with the issue and hope HBO Now app gets an update or works when beta 2 comes out.
If you are someone that likes thing perfect and with no issues - yeah good luck with that on any release. But forget about it completely with betas. or even the first Gold master for 10.0. Really 10.1 will be for those of you that don’t like issues. That said if you are a dev and need to do some testing - it is not so bad as far as first betas go - still would NOT put this on my primary device however.
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.
Also from the Google Plus community were these comments per the last episode - which I always pin the last episode at the top.
From Karthik M
quote
This WWDC was a little disappointing. No out of the box thinking. Just incremental updates. Why put so many features on the lock screen? It will be a security issue.
unquote
From Keith Y
quote
As you can now, you can very likely still stay secure in iOS 10 by turning off access to features from the lock screen. I have disabled all of them in iOS 9.
With Touch ID so easy, I just unlock with a quick thumb touch.
But, yeah, I too was not excited by the lock screen stuff in the keynote.
unquote
From Karthik M
quote
I too have disabled most of the content from the lock screen. The whole idea of the Touch ID when it first came was the ease to get across the lock screen. It looks like they are trying to make the lock screen the new Home screen.
unquote
From Craig B
quote
I tend to allow everything possible on the lock screen; I'm much more concerned with convenience than "security." I'm glad we have the option of seeing content without having to unlock the screen and navigate to various apps.
unquote
I will say this - I can already see me talking about multiple articles in October / November / December - about how someone found some way around the lock screen because of all these added features - sure you can turn them off - but most just go with default settings.
32:13
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_
cant_keep_up_with_the_iphone_ses_
demand_online_and_some_stores-
news-18894.php
Hi Rob,
Seems 4 inches seems to be a popular size. ;-)
Dr. John M
And Dr. John sent over an article that talks about what we had suggested - there was a lot of pent up demand for the 4 inchers. So much so that they are hard to get all the different versions right now.
As of June 18th - the iPhone SE Space Gray model with 16 way too little storage GB version was only in stock at one store in Manhattan. And if you order on line delivery was at 2 wks.
Will be interesting to see how long before we see another update to the 4 incher size.
32:56
http://www.theverge.com/
circuitbreaker/2016/6/21/11991302/
iphone-no-headphone-jack-user-
hostile-stupid
From John Poyser:
quote Removing headphone jack from the iPhone is dumb. I agreed with updating from 30-pin to Lightning. But removing the audio jack for the sake of a thinner phone is DUMB. I use Bluetooth headphones a lot - and I still want to keep the headphone jack for lots of reasons. Some of them are well captured in this article: unquote
And he is talking about an article titled - quote taking the headphone jack off phones is user-hostile and stupid unquote.
Which as you can tell from the article is one of those neutral pieces that will weight both sides of the argument equally. Or not.
The article does make some great points - first is the issue of digital audio - and that means DRM - and the nightmares that come with it. But really it is the dongle issue and more importantly the point that USERS are NOT - N O T - NOT asking for this.
And interestingly on the 17th - 4 days before this article came out - I received the following email:
Hello Rob,
thanks for the great podcast. I am especially happy for the attention you give to accessibility being a Voiceover user myself.
Ever since I heard first rumours about Apple getting rid of the traditional headphone jack on iPhone 7, I have had been wondering how they are going to resolve following problems that this move would result in:
1) How to use headphones while charging the device? If the phone has only a single Lightning port, it cannot be used simultaneously for charging and listening to e.g. podcasts.
2) many people make music with their iOS devices, including myself. There are a number of great accessories that connect to iPhones and iPads through the Lightning port. If the device has only a single Lightning port, you cannot connect e.g. a better quality microphone and headphones for monitoring what you record.
I suppose problem #1 could be resolved by using wireless headphones, but especially for Voiceover users this would decrease usability considerably as most of the wireless headphones available have some degree of latency when transmitting the audio from the device to the headphones, and this delay makes it very cumbersome to e.g. input text with Voiceover.
Moreover, you just cannot use wireless headphones for monitoring your recordings, especially if you are making music with multiple tracks.
In short, because of these rumours this is the first time in years I am not as thrilled about upcoming new iPhones as before.
Best regards,
Kimmo Saaskilahti
Tampere, Finland
Thanks Kimmo for your feedback and John for the link to the article from the Verge.
35:55
http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/06/
iphone-7-headphone-jack-rumors/
Ok - now that most rumor sites have settled into the belief that the headphone jack for the iPhone 7 is dead - as in D E A D - gone - no more - kaput - Mac Otakara just released a post that says - it is well only mostly dead - and actually will be in the iPhone 7 after all.
Some are suggesting Apple is backing down on the plan to remove the headphone jack as they see some of the backlash to a couple of Android phones that were announced that are sans the headphone jack - and also from articles like that on the verge and emails like those from Kimmo - it is possible Apple is listening and saying you know what - lets not give our users a reason NOT to upgrade.
So one camp is the Sans Headphone jack camp - and a new camp is the No it will have the Headphone jack. What if there was a third camp altogether. What is Apple baby stepped into this sans headphone world - and released the iphone 7 - where it supported digital audio out via the Lightening port - and even provided the adapter - but also had the analog 3.5 MM headphone jack - but rather than provide wired earbuds - provided wireless earbuds. Where you have the option to buy the wires analog headphones.
So give people the ability to see what can be done with digital audio out - but keep the analog jack for one more generation. That would be an interesting play. Expect more about this part of the rumor in weeks and months to come.
38:19
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/
06/07/currentc-beta-test-ends/
Hi Rob,
About time!! You called it.
Regards,
Chelsea
Hi Rob,
Yeah currentC payment is dead and put to sleep!
Regards,
Michael
Yes - we are moving from a mostly dead story - to a finally fully dead story - and that is CurrentC - which when we recently reported could say it was mostly dead - now it is officially dead or will be on June 28th - that is when CurrentC told its beta testers it is suspending all its current beta test and postponing all future releases.
It was always dead man walking and on the 28th of June walking it will be doing no more.
Can’t say we will miss it or are at all surprised.
It was a solution that never had the end users in mind.
39:05
VOICEMAIL - Kim_OR_part1
VOICEMAIL - Kim_OR_part2
VOICEMAIL - Kim_OR_Final
Hi Rob,
I am curious if any other listeners have commented about battery usage on their Apple Watch since the last WatchOS update. My Watch is consistently using 25% more battery power now. And today, my wife commented that her Apple Watch ran out of power at 2 PM after being on her Apple charging stand all night. I have rebooted my Apple Watch twice thinking this could help. However, this was to no avail.
Any thoughts from you or your listeners is appreciated.
Regards,
Will B
Honolulu HI
43:13
https://www.kickstarter.com/
projects/1490144222/smartkase-
worlds-1st-mobile-case-
with-a-built-in-t
This week for a kickstarter project we have another one of those you spell worst than a 2nd grade projects. It is the Smartkase - spelled - S M A R T K A S E - one word.
This one had a modest goal of $5K and has raise over $15k - congrats. You have until July 15th at 1:29 PM CT to fund the SmartKase. And what is the smartkase you may be wondering or even if you are not - here is what they said
Quote
Smartkase is the next generation mobile case that will alert you if you forget your phone, find your phone if you have misplaced it, trace your phone if its lost or stolen & protect your screen from bumps & falls. It also has a built in Tracker & a Sound Notifier that will prevent you from loosing your phone. Smartkase is linked to a controller which is designed in the form of a keychain. The controller has an inbuilt sound notifier which will alert you if your phone & the controller are separated by a distance of 4 meters
unquote
This is nice for all those that have ever put their phone down to get a cup of coffee or pay a bill and turned and walked away. Honestly this is something the Apple Watch should be able to do. You get x feet away from your phone when you are not at home and it should start vibrating like crazy - and maybe be able to do the same for when you are at work as home - kind of if you are out side a specific geo fence - for home or work and get X feet away from your phone the Apple watch starts vibrating - if that is not a feature in Watch OS 3 - maybe with background apps one of you listening could write that.
Sorry - Back to Smartkase - hey it is funded - they don’t need my love. Any way it will cost $40 for a case and controller and is supposed to ship in October 2016.
They claim this case is available for everything from the iphone 5S to the iPhone 6S+ - and will also do the iPhone 7 and 7+ when available.
Search for SmartKase - with a k at kickstarter dot com.
45:27
http://www.standzout.com/
collections/frontpage/products/helix
Back on Ep 358 the kickstarter project we featured was the Helix - from the show notes for that day it was described as quote
Here is a newer kickstarter project I thought was neat and it only has a goal of $7,500 - and am actually surprised it is not funded yet. It is called Helix. So what is this unique device - well essentially it is a storage / dock for your Apple Watch cord and charger. What you do is wrap your charging cord around the charger - and the slip it all into the case - and you have a compact little device where you can plug directly into the wall to charge - and it is ideal for travel or freeing up clutter. unquote
Well it never did get funded - but that did not stop the developer from pushing forward and now the Helix is available for $20 at Standout.com - Link in the show notes.
And they were nice enough to send me one - and it does exactly what I thought it would - it keeps everything nice and clean and is great for traveling or just plugging in where you don’t want a lot of clutter.
Thanks to Brandon for sending me this to test - it is in my Laptop bag now as I have a bunch of travel coming up the next few months - and I just love how it keeps everything nice and neat in my laptop bag. If you were someone that tried to fund the Helix and were bummed you did not get it - now you can - look for the Helix link in the show notes for ep 396 at today in iOS dot com . I am sure I will be talking about this more as I travel a bunch over the next 4 months.
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https://devimages.apple.com.
edgekey.net/app-store/review/
guidelines/App-Review-Guidelines-
The-Comic-Book.pdf
Time to put down the Kool-aid.
We have talked many times about the issues with getting Apps approved or through the approval process - it is often very subjective depending on who is looking at your app and when. Kind of like when you were in High school taking your driving exam - have an early morning appointment on a Monday or Tuesday and if the person giving the exam had a good weekend - you are likely to pass. Have the exam on a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon late and the person just found out their significant other was cheating on them - yeah you are toast. It is that type of subjectivity in with the review process for Apps that has many calling the process comical at best. Well evidently the use of the term Comical - was used one time to many and then Apple in their great wisdom forgot there is a difference between Comical and Comic. Because I kid you not - Apple Released a Comic book that goes over the App Review Guidelines. Link in the show notes. To say this belongs in the WTF were they thinking bucket way over values any other items in that bucket.
Because you know as a dev when you submit your app and have it rejected - nothing makes you feel better then going to a comic book with an oddly angry young girl in a plaid mini skirt saying 2.1 App Completeness. What ????
This comic book is sooooo bad - you almost think it was a spoof. but it was not.
Seems Apple did a cross over between Marvel and overly tight Spandex theme to then a Dragon ball Z with every girl in plaid mini skirts look part way through the making of the comic book and then at the end crossed over in to some weird Crime Noir Dick Tracy feel.
And I am not even going to go where that last frame with the Women and horse together could possibly take us. That would just be wrong on too many levels. I will just say again - Apple given all the headaches you have put devs through on the inconstancies of the app approval process - Did you really stop and think this comic book was a good idea? Really? By the way - Comical and Comic books - yeah two different things.
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Hi Rob,
I have a question about my LG tones that I use everyday with the iOS podcast app. When click fast forward or rewind it skips to the next or previous podcast on my playlist. I would like the 15 second forward skip like I get when I fast forward with the player on the iPhone. I have not been able to find a setting for this anywhere. Any help would be much appreciated. I am somewhat new to the iOS world and on an android phone it skips forward 15 seconds.
Regards,
Jared F
50:29
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/
06/17/not-even-public-beta-ios-10-
already-jailbroken/
Thanks to Chris and Michael H and others for this next one.
Which quickly is to say that a jailbreaker has already jailbroken iOS 10 beta 1. Not that it matters now as they will not release it until at least the GM is released - but at least it shows that iOS 10 as is - is still jail breakable.
Will be interesting to see if any future betas break the jailbreak.
http://www.cultofmac.com/433907/
eager-jailbreaker-has-already-
cracked-ios-10-beta/
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Ep 396 - Ask Siri - What is your favorite new feature in iOS 10
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