iPad By Davis: “iOS 6 in 6 minutes” plus 9 more

iOS 6 in 6 minutes
Martin Reisch talks iPhone 5 camera vs Canon 5D Mark II and RED Scarlet
How fast is your iPhone 5 data connection?
Best iPhone 5 PAYG nano-SIM options for traveling to the UK
Flipboard Adds Dedicated Section for College Football
iPhone 5 vs. iPhone 4S vs. iPhone 3GS vs. iPhone design gallery
Best Free iPad App of the Week: Groupon HD
A macro look at the iPhone 5 in micro-fine detail
Cool Things: Real Racing 3 Developer Diary
Sponsor Thanks – MOBiLE CLOTH

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:50 PM PDT

If you don't have time to read our definitive iOS 6 review but you still want to see all the highlights -- Maps, Siri extensions, Passbook, Guided Access, Shared Photo Streams, and more -- iMore has you covered. Here's everything you need to know about iOS 6 in just 6 minutes.

T-Mobile UK Pay As You Go nano-SIM for iPhone 5

T-Mobile UK's PAYG nano-SIM works just the same as any of the carrier's other PAYG SIMs. After topping up at least £10 of credit, you can choose between three price plans for your iPhone 5 --

Text Plan - Unlimited UK texts, in addition to your data allowance and calling UK credit.
Talk Plan - 100 UK minutes, in addition to your data allowance and UK calling credit.
International Plan - 70 international minutes, in addition to your data allowance and UK calling credit

All of T-Mobile UK's PAYG plans come with unlimited mobile data for browsing and email for the following month, plus a 500MB data allowance for media streaming, which should be more than enough for most travelers. In particular, that 70 minutes of international calls may be ideal for visitors to the UK who want an convenient way to call home without breaking the bank.

O2 UK Pay & Go nano-SIM for iPhone 5

O2's pre-paid nano-SIM option is well hidden, but it does indeed offer them. O2 has a wide range of PAYG plans, each with varying benefits --

Pay and Go Go Go - 75 minutes, 500 texts and 100MB for a month, for £10. Allowances double after three months. Unlimited texts are added after nine months.
O2 Unlimited - Unlimited O2 to O2 (UK) calls and texts with a £15 top-up. UK web browsing charged at £1 per day.
Text and Web - 500MB data allowance for a month, plus a varying text allowanced based on how much you top up.£10-14 gets you 300, £15 to £29 gets you 500, and after £30 texts are unlimited.
Simplicity - Starts at £7.50 per month, which gets you unlimited texts. £10.50 will get you 100 minutes and 500 texts, and £15.50 for 300 minutes and unlimited texts. Then add one of three data allowances -- £3 for 100MB, £6 for 500MB or £10 for 1GB.

Other options

It's also worth mentioning that nano-SIM "cutters" are available online to enable brave users to trim down micro-SIMs to nano-SIM size. If the gold contacts are the right size, you should be able to use one of these hole punch-like devices to cut down the plastic around your micro-SIM so that it's the correct size for iPhone 5. You can also attempt this manually using a good old-fashioned pair of scissors, if you're feeling adventurous.

Cutting down SIM cards can be hit and miss, though, so proceed at your own risk if you decide to go ahead with this. However, if successful, you'd be able to slice down any micro-SIM and use Three, Vodafone and Orange PAYG SIMs in your iPhone 5.

If you do decide to cut a larger SIM down to size, you may want to consider a micro-SIM from Three, which in our opinion offers by the most attractive PAYG plans for heavy data users. You can top up £15 and get unlimited data, 300 minutes and 3000 texts, or top up £10 for 500MB, 100 minutes and 3000 texts.

We've reached out to the other major mobile networks to see if they plan on offering PAYG nano-SIMs anytime soon. We'll update this article with any new information they provide.

See all international pre-paid/PAYG options

Flipboard Adds Dedicated Section for College Football

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Good news if you use Flipboard on the iPad and you're a fan of college football: Flipboard now has a dedicated section for it.

For millions of fans, Saturday isn't the only day to think about college football. Well starting now, whenever you think about college football, we've got you covered with a special section that provides up-to-the-minute news, photos and videos of your favorite teams, rivalries and story lines.

The new section pulls from sources like ESPN, Bleacher Report, ACC Digital Network, CBS Sports and more and is already looking full of good content on this college game day.

You can find the new college football section by tapping on Flipboard's red ribbon and looking for it under the Sports section – and then add it to your personal boards.

I've always been a big college football fan, and living in the town where the UT Longhorns play has only increased my love for the game.

I know we've got lots of Flipboard users here – how many of you are college football fans? What's your favorite team?

iPhone 5 vs. iPhone 4S vs. iPhone 3GS vs. iPhone design gallery

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT

The iPhone 5 Apple's 6th version, and 4th major design revision, of the iPhone. It might well have been inevitable, and still be working its way towards Jonathan Ive's Platonic ideal, but it's also a fascinating visual evolution of case shrinking, screen lengthening, and materials improving over generations.

We've done the iPhone 5 in both stunning portrait, and in intimate macro. Here's the Darwinian march of iPhone designs through the years, from the original 2007 iPhone to the 2009 iPhone 3GS to the 2011 iPhone 4S to the brand new 2012 iPhone 5.

Here are the backs, from aluminum to plastic to glass and back to aluminum.

And the dock connector, from 30-pin to Lightning, as well as the speaker and mic grills, and the movement of the 3.5mm headset jack. (Side by side and stacked.)

The controls on the side, stacked, from rockers to buttons.

The SIM cards both in trays and naked, from mini- to micro- to nano-SIM.

And the connector, from the new Lightning to the old 30-pin Dock.

All shots taken with a Canon 5D Mark III and a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM and an EF 100mm F2.8 L IS USM Macro lens, embedded at HiDPI for iPhones, iPad 3, and Retina MacBook Pro.

Best Free iPad App of the Week: Groupon HD

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:55 AM PDT

One of the best things about using an iPad is the great apps that we can run on it. There are excellent apps for just about any purpose you can think of. Better still, there are lots of great free apps for the iPad. Our Best Free iPad App of the Week posts celebrate these apps.

This week's pick is Groupon HD, an iPad app that features Groupon's famous deals on everything from coffee and food to gadgets and getaways. Here's a little slice of its App Store description:

Groupon features deals on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in more than 500 cities and eleven fiefdoms around the world. Our unbeatable deals typically weigh in at discounts of 50-90%, ensuring a level of access to your city that'll put the mayor in a jealous rage. We handpick every deal to ensure that customers can confidently embrace salsa lessons, hot air balloon rides, and hand-tossed pizzas. Daily deals are signed, sealed and delivered to phones each morning.

With the Groupon iPad app, you can:
- Buy and redeem deals directly from your iPad
- Keep track of all your purchased Groupons by location and expiration date
- Save ink, and avoid paper cuts by never printing another Groupon
- Buy Goods, Getaways, and Occasions deals
- Get notified of new deals daily

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A macro look at the iPhone 5 in micro-fine detail

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:09 AM PDT

A macro look at the iPhone 5 in micro-fine detail

Getting up close and extremely personal with the new iPhone 5 iSight and FaceTime camera, in-cell display, nano-SIM card, and Lightning connector

We've already shown you just how stunning the new design looks in our iPhone 5 gallery but we also want to go in for a much closer look at all the little details. Apple is manufacturing the iPhone 5 using some incredibly advanced equipment and tolerances measured in microns. The backing is anodized 6000 series aluminum with ceramic or pigmented glass inlays. The iSight camera is covered by sapphire crystal and the beveled edges are cut by crystalline diamond. It's been said the iPhone 5 is closer in kind to a luxury time piece than what's traditionally passed for consumer electronics.

How much of that is just marketing and ad copy, and how much is reality undistorted? If the details matter that much to Apple, how well did they execute on those details? Let's take a really close look...

8mp iSight rear camera, the new rear mic, and flash.

720p FaceTime front camera and speaker.

The in-cell display.

The pixels of the new in-cell display.

The new Lightning port, new speaker and mic grills, and the newly repositioned 3.5mm headphone jack.

The pins inside the new Lightning port.

The new nano-SIM in the card tray.

All shots taken with a Canon 5D Mark III and an EF 100mm F2.8 L IS USM Macro lens, embedded at HiDPI for iPhones, iPad 3, and Retina MacBook Pro.

Cool Things: Real Racing 3 Developer Diary

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:56 AM PDT

I'm not a big gamer on the iPad or any platform, but for some reason I'm always drawn to racing games. I've tried out a handful on the iPad and Real Racing 2 HD has been a big favorite of mine. I'm not even any good at it, and I still find it an immensely cool game to play. It looks and plays fantastically well on the iPad, and is also very impressive over AirPlay Mirroring to an Apple TV.

So I'm pleased to see the guys at Firemonkeys have started a series of 'Real Racing 3 Developer Diary' videos – that offer a look behind the scenes at the development of the next generation of this superb game.

The first video in the series is out now and focuses on specific features and details of Real Racing 3.

Real Racing 3 lets gamers compete against friends and rival drivers from around the world. Fans can race on real world circuits with powerful dream cars from all-new manufacturers like Porsche, Audi, and Dodge. With the improvements achieved with Real Racing 2, the team aimed to raise the bar on expectations and continue to give their artists the ability to create the most realistic graphic effects on cars on an individual basis. Including realistic reflections, customizable cars and improved details down to glosses and finishes, Real Racing 3 delivers the unique experience of speeding in some of the best cars on world famous race tracks.

There's no release date yet for Real Racing 3, but these videos should definitely whet the appetites of iPad racing game fans.

Sponsor Thanks – MOBiLE CLOTH

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:17 AM PDT

Big thanks to Mobile Cloth for sponsoring the site's RSS feed again this week.

Mobile Cloth is one of the least glamorous but most essential iPad accessories. The iPad, for all its many virtues, remains a huge finger print and smudge magnet – and having a good cleaning cloth around should quickly become a part of any iPad user's routine.

I've tried out plenty of different cleaning cloths with numerous mobile products I've owned over the years, and Mobile Cloth just works the best by far. It makes cleaning the iPad display fast and easy – and the nano size is perfect for keeping closeby even when you're out and about with the iPad.

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