iPad By Davis: “Chinese source claims iPhone 5S as well as a 5-inch iPhone 6 to launch this year” plus 16 more |
- Chinese source claims iPhone 5S as well as a 5-inch iPhone 6 to launch this year
- Fitness Month: How do you workout?
- Mailbox for iPhone aims to reinvent the way you manage your inbox
- Facebook's busted, taking the web down with it
- Track your weight loss with Monitor Your Weight for iPhone and iPad
- Adonit shows off the new Jot Touch stylus at Macworld|iWorld 2013
- How to create a list in Reminders for iPhone and iPad
- How to build a really nerdy Mac-based media server
- Mailbox for iPhone launches, get your spot in line now
- GetGlue updated with better interface, personalized guides, and more
- CNN App for iPad Updated: Adds Some James Earl Jones
- Crazy iPad Numbers: 1 in 6 Computers Shipped Last Quarter Was an iPad
- ZEN and TECH 50: Fitness month exercise special!
- Ecamm shows off PhoneView and Printopia Pro at Macworld|iWorld 2013
- Deal of the Day: 28% off Incipio NGP Soft Shell Case for iPad mini
- Sprint reports Q4 2012 results, 2.2 million iPhones sold
- UK network EE rolling out LTE to 27 more markets by June 2013
| Chinese source claims iPhone 5S as well as a 5-inch iPhone 6 to launch this year Posted: 08 Feb 2013 12:29 AM PST
We have heard quite a few rumors recently about the possibility that Apple is working on a 5-inch iPhone and we even looked into the logistics of doing such a thing. Tim Cook was even asked the question on Apple's earnings call about larger screen devices to which he just confirmed that Apple had selected the correct size for the iPhone 5 at 4-inches. It should really come as no surprise to anyone that Apple would have prototype iPhone devices at various different screen sizes to test out; maybe this rumor, if true points to one of those. Just because we are hearing about a 5-inch iPhone doesn't mean we will actually see one released. If the rumors are true however we would expect to see more component and casings pictures to leak out of China as Apple ramps up production before its release. The next few months could prove to be very interesting! Source: Brightwire via MacRumors 
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| Fitness Month: How do you workout? Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:39 PM PST February is Fitness Month at iMore and Mobile Nations, and while we're doing a bunch of reviews, and running a ton of contests, I'm curious what you do to get moving and stay in shape? I've always done martial arts, most recently Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Since your body gets used to the same thing after a while, this month I started mixing it up with some stand-up again, mainly Muay Thai. I'm not a sports fan, so I'm not into playing ball, and while I do body weight training and physio, I don't like weight training much. BJJ and Muay Thai are more like moving chess, and the closest thing to a real life video game I've ever done. Also, the movement is practical, which just seems like a good idea to me. While I've integrated the iPhone and iPad into my exercises, I haven't found a good way to integrated it into grappling or kick boxing yet, mainly because I can't have it with me, safely, while doing either. I have used it to keep track of rounds, and watch instructionals and fight clips. Mostly, however, they sit in my locker and wait until I'm done. The video above is an extract from a promotional video we shot last year. It's pretty much what I've been doing 2 or 3 days a week for the last while. (When I'm not doing this!) And yeah, that's Georgia wreaking havoc in the video as well, just like she did in the Otterbox vs. Golla death match a couple years back. She got her husband, me, and several of our friends started, as she is wont to do. So, what do you do? What are your favorite activities? How do you get your move on? (And don't forget, if you tell us how you use your iPhone or iPad while exercising, you could win a $100 iTunes gift card!) 
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| Mailbox for iPhone aims to reinvent the way you manage your inbox Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:53 PM PST Mailbox for iPhone is a brand new email client that's primary purpose is to let you focus on the messages that matter right now and store away the ones that don't. The Mailbox project is reminiscent of elements from both Clear and Sparrow for iOS. Through a list of gestures, swipes, and taps, you quickly filter through emails and drill down to the content that matters right that minute, without being distracted by the rest. When you first launch Mailbox for iPhone, you'll be asked to sign into your Gmail account. Let's also not forget that you'll also need a reservation code and private number in order to gain access. We're assuming this will probably change at some point once server load on their end balances out, but for now, it could be a long wait for some users. Reservation line aside, once you actually gain access to Mailbox and sign into your accounts, you'll be given a brief overview of how to navigate around the app itself. You'll spend a majority of your time in the main Mailbox menu. This is a combined list of all the Gmail inboxes you currently have set up on your iPhone. Along the top you have 5 icons. The first menu icon pulls out the side menu and lets you drill down to items such as settings, adding new mailboxes, or viewing individual inboxes on their own. The far right icon is a compose icon, exactly where you'd expect to find it. The middle three icons go together and work with the Gmail label system. The first are items that you've marked as later, the next is your inbox as it sits right now, and the last is completed items. This is where items will get sent as you manipulate them in your inbox and move them around. This is where Mailbox really starts to excel over other mail clients as it takes advantage of the built-in labeling system that Gmail offers. Basically, you start by opening your inbox like you would on any other client, but the way you interact with your messages is very different. Your main inbox within Mailbox for iPhone is meant to be used for tasks and messages that need your immediate attention. If a message comes in that can wait, simply start sliding to the left and a time icon will appear. Release your finger and you'll then be asked to schedule a time that you'd like the message to appear in your main inbox again. After you've completed a task, start sliding to the right until you see a green checkmark and it will be moved to the completed section. Mailbox also has support for archiving messages. This is where swipe gestures are really handy. Just like you would slide your finger to the right over a message to mark for later, if you continue sliding your finger across the message even further, you'll then see an icon for archive or delete, if that's how you have your Gmail inbox set up. Sliding all the way in the opposite direction brings up the list feature. Again, this integrates with Gmail labels and allows you to mark messages as tasks. The defaults are to buy, to read, and to watch. You can also create new list items, aka labels that will sync up to your Gmail inbox. The combination of gestures and swipes within Mailbox make it easy to quickly clear out your inbox and focus only on the messages that matter right at that moment. Anything that you've marked for later will appear back in the main inbox at that time. The badge count on the Mailbox app only focuses on items that are either unopened or still in your main inbox. The badge will update accordingly when you sort messages out or into the main inbox or when you receive new messages. Mailbox supports push notifications which means you'll see notifications as soon as they arrive. While Mailbox is a great way to stay organized and on task, the Gmail only support option may limit some users that use other options such as iCloud. While we understand why Mailbox took that role considering the label system that Gmail provides, it's still a little disappointing to not see any other options available. The most intriguing thing about Mailbox is the way it handles messages. Instead of dumping things into folders that you may or may not remember to go back to later, Mailbox will do the heavy lifting for you and move them back at the time you've designated. If you like to answer personal emails at night and only deal with work matters during the day, Mailbox will make it easy to stay focused and on task without distraction. The good
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The bottom lineMailbox for iPhone has an elegant interface and an amazing underlying concept. If Gmail is your primary email client, Mailbox is better in every way than any other option out there. Everything from the interface to the way messages are handled through automatically creating labels within the app just works. The gestures are easy enough to get used to and you'll find yourself flicking and swiping through emails in no time. However, there are times and situations where Mailbox won't be ideals, such as collaborative inboxes. If there are multiple people accessing any one Gmail account, using Mailbox could become a challenge and confusing to people that aren't using it. Then there's always that issue that if you don't use Gmail, you won't have the option to use the service and we aren't sure if there are future plans to add other clients. If neither of these two problems apply to you, Mailbox for iPhone is currently one of the best ways to manage, sort, and interact with your messages.
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| Facebook's busted, taking the web down with it Posted: 07 Feb 2013 04:54 PM PST Looks like Facebook Connect has gone a crapper, and sadly it seems to be taking a lot of the internet down with it. If you're having trouble getting to where you want to go, logging out of Facebook seems to sort things out again. Not much else is known at this point, other than maybe being dependent on single-point-of-failure networks isn't a great idea. Hopefully they fix this up quickly. Meanwhile, let us know if you're having trouble, and when/if things start working again. 
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| Track your weight loss with Monitor Your Weight for iPhone and iPad Posted: 07 Feb 2013 02:24 PM PST It's Fitness Month here at iMore and Mobile Nations and for many of us, that means weight loss. For the past couple weeks, I've been on the hunt for an app dedicated to tracking my weight, and it was no easy task. Before the iPhone 5, Weightbot was my go to weight-tracking app, but since Tapbots has not updated Weightbot to support the iPhone 5, I'm ready to move on to an app that does. After searching high and low, I've settled on Monitor Your Weight. The two main features that drew me to Monitor Your Weight are, of course, iPhone 5 support, and the fact that it is primarily a weight tracker. There are so many apps out there that also track your calorie intake, activities, and other things, but since I'm not interested in keeping track of those things, it's unnecessary clutter. On the main tab of Monitor Your Weight, you'll find all the details surrounding your weight including your starting weight and BMI, your target weight and BMI, your current weight, how much progress you've made toward your goal, and more. There is also a button at the bottom of your details card to quickly enter your current weight. For each entry, you can select your weight out to one decimal place, the date, and add any notes that you may find relevant to that entry. To get a visual representation of your progress, Monitor Your Weight includes a Graph tab that displays your entries as a line graph. You can view the graph with current data, as a summary over the past month, or view the entire timeline beginning from your start date and ending at your target date. In addition, the graphs display two separate dotted lines: the green one represents the rate at which you should lose weight to reach your goal in the time you specified, and the yellow line is a regression line based on your actual progress and predicts when you can expect to reach your goal if you continue losing weight at your current rate. To view a simple list of all your entries, visit the History tab. You can also easily edit or delete any entries that may have been a mistake. Monitor Your Weight supports multiple users and the Settings tab is where you go to set them up. For each user, you enter their name, birthday, height, gender, body frame (small, medium, large), and a start weight and date. Monitor Your Weight will then calculate your ideal weight and an appropriate target date to go with it. If you don't agree with Monitor Your Weight's results, you can change them to what you want. You can also choose from nine different theme colors for each user. To keep your information backed-up and synced between devices, Monitor Your Weight has an in-app purchase available for $0.99 for synchronization. It's not made clear when you purchase it for the first time, but if you plan on using both the iPhone and iPad versions of Track Your Weight, you'll have to buy the in-app upgrade for both versions. The good
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The bottom lineAlthough Monitor Your Weight isn't the most beautiful app I've ever seen, it does a great job of tracking your weightless progress. There is a surprisingly small number of apps available that are dedicated to weight-tracking and support the iPhone. Monitor Your Weight was the best one I could find. Also, don't forget to enter all our Fitness Month contests! Lots of great prizes up for grabs!
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| Adonit shows off the new Jot Touch stylus at Macworld|iWorld 2013 Posted: 07 Feb 2013 02:23 PM PST Adonit was one of the first to launch a pressure sensitive Bluetooth stylus for the iPad back in July of last year. That original Jot Touch had quite a lot to like about it, including Adonit's trademark mechanical pencil-style construction and clear capacitive disk, but the new one takes it to the next level. Raphael Gomez of Adonit gave us the story at Macworld|iWorld 2013. Gomex explained that the updated Jot Touch now includes palm rejection made possible by direct communication between the stylus and the app being used. Adonit has also bumped up the pressure sensitivity from 256 to 2048 levels, allowing for smoother, more natural transitions between thin and think points on lines and curves. Now it's still not a digitizer like the the Wacom or the Galaxy Note, as the technology remains in the pen and not in the screen, but the different approach is starting to get similar results. And thanks to Bluetooth 4.0, it's ultra-low power, and ultra-fast connecting. More: Adonit 
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| How to create a list in Reminders for iPhone and iPad Posted: 07 Feb 2013 12:55 PM PST While creating reminders in the default Reminders list on iPhone and iPad serves it's purpose, we've all got different tasks and things to remember on a regular basis. For most, that will be a combination of tasks between home, work, volunteer organizations, and more. The default Reminders app allows you create custom lists outside of the default ones just for this reason. Here's how...
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| How to build a really nerdy Mac-based media server Posted: 07 Feb 2013 12:23 PM PST For some users, mainly power users who have all manner of content and workflows crafted, converted, and made convoluted, an Apple TV just isn't computer enough to run their home media empire. For them, a full-on Mac, often a Mac Mini with handy HDMI port, is a far better and more flexible solution. But there's a lot more to setting up a Mac media server than just plugging in cables and pressing play. Luckily, there's also Shawn Blanc:
I used to have my Mac Pro plugged into my TV. Total overkill, but gloriously so. I didn't get to anywhere near the level of nerdery Shawn covers, but I wish I had. Check it out: Source: Shawn Blanc 
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| Mailbox for iPhone launches, get your spot in line now Posted: 07 Feb 2013 11:19 AM PST Mailbox, the new email app from Orchestra is now available in the App Store. Mailbox is an attempt to rethink email for mobile devices and allows you to organize and prioritize your email like a to-do list. You can set a time to be reminded about the email from a number of presets or your own custom reminder schedule. Currently Gmail-only, Orchestra says that support for more email platforms is coming soon. In order to use Mailbox, you must make a reservation, and they are accumulating quickly. Once you have your number, you can see both how many people are still ahead of you and how many people are behind you. The number is already in the hundreds of thousands, so be sure to get your reservation as soon as you can if you want to use the app.
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| GetGlue updated with better interface, personalized guides, and more Posted: 07 Feb 2013 10:00 AM PST GetGlue, the popular check-in app for media and entertainment, has been updated with a much improved upon interface, better personalized guides for movies and tv, added video clips and photos for your favorite shows, and more. The update has also added supper for the iPhone 5, so if you've been waiting on that, you'll definitely want to grab the update. The premise of GetGlue is simple and if you use Foursquare, you'll be right at home. The main difference is that instead of checking into an actual location, you check into what you're doing. This can be anything from reading a book to watching a movie to playing a video game. The newly redesigned version takes the focus away from actual checkins are refocuses on creating a completely personalized viewing guide. When it comes to using GetGlue on an ongoing basis, you may find you'll discover a lot more shows and movies that you may not have discovered otherwise. I've found a lot of music artists and books that my friends are reading that I probably never would have found on my own. The newly focused app should just make an already great community even better. The best part of using GetGlue is the community. You can chat with friends and followers that are watching the same shows and movies that you are as well as collect stickers. Many movies and television shows offer limited time digital stickers that you'll obtain for checking into a premiere or movie opening night. Once you've accumulated so many, you can actually go to the actual GetGlue website and redeem your digital stickers for real ones that will be sent to you, free of charge. If you haven't checked out GetGlue yet and you are a movie or tv show buff, we highly recommend that you do.
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| CNN App for iPad Updated: Adds Some James Earl Jones Posted: 07 Feb 2013 09:20 AM PST The CNN App for iPad was updated yesterday, to Version 1.8.2. Actually a better reference for the update would be The James Earl Jones Update – since this is the only notable change:
I'm trying hard to think of a single update feature that beats this one for pure cool factor, but so far I've got nothing. You get the James Earl Jones soundbite each time you open the app, and I have to admit I've quit the app from the multitasking bar and re-opened it several times after updating – just to enjoy it a bit more. Here's an App Store link for the © patrickj for iPad Insight, 2013. | Permalink | No comment | Add to ...         Related Stories
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| Crazy iPad Numbers: 1 in 6 Computers Shipped Last Quarter Was an iPad Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST A report issued this week by the Canalys market research firm shows Apple surprisingly atop the list of the world's biggest PC makers in Q4 of 2012. The clear reason for Apple's position is that Canalys counts tablets as computers – unlike other major research firms like IDC and Forrester. The chart above highlights that iPads make up the vast majority of Apple PC sales. It also highlights a few more staggering iPad numbers: – Around 1 out of every 6 computers shipped last quarter was an iPad! – Apple sold more than twice as many iPads as Dell sold computers of any kind last quarter – None of the leading computer manufacturers shipped as many computers total as Apple sold iPads. HP's number is 15 million – well behind the iPad on its own at 22.9 million. Given the iPad's massive adoption rate in the Fortune 500, its use for a huge array of business and...  Related Stories
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| ZEN and TECH 50: Fitness month exercise special! Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:15 AM PST Georgia and Rene are joined by CrackBerry.com's Kevin Michaluk to talk Fitness Month 2013 and the benefits of exercise. From smartphones to pedometers to social scales, from sports to gyms to sex, we break down the urban myths and help get you moving!
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Thanks everyone, you're the best community on the web and we love having you with us! DisclaimerWhile Georgia is a therapist, she's not YOUR therapist. Everything said or implied on this show is for informational and entertainment purposes only. And shouldn't be taken in any way as a replacement for proper, professional care. CreditsMusic is Peace on Earth by wellman. 
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| Ecamm shows off PhoneView and Printopia Pro at Macworld|iWorld 2013 Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:46 AM PST We met up with Glen Aspeslagh of Ecamm at Macworld|iWorld 2013 to talk about PhoneView, their iOS device backup and file explorer utility for Mac, and Printopia Pro, their bigger, more enterprise friendly printing software. PhoneView lets you plug your iOS device into your Mac and do all sorts of amazing things, not only letting you backup every bit of your device, but also explore and extract things like SMS/MMS/iMessages so you can save them or print them out, and copy off game data so you can switch devices without losing your progress. Printopia lets you use iOS AirPrint with printers that don't come with built-in support. Basically, it takes any printer your Mac can reach, and makes it available to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Glen and his brother Ken are outstanding at not only finding pain points in the Apple and iOS ecosystems, but on figuring out how it works (or doesn't) and programming software that fixes it. I keep PhoneView backups of all my devices, just in case of iCloud or iTunes failure, and like I said in the video, I have friends who are still alive only because PhoneView let them save their spouses' game data. More: Ecamm 
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| Deal of the Day: 28% off Incipio NGP Soft Shell Case for iPad mini Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:24 AM PST | ||||||
According to a Chines media outlet, Apple is rumoured to be planning on releasing two iPhone models later this year. The first model is the expected iPhone 5S which will have the same form factor as the current iPhone 5 and the second rumored release will be the device that we keep hearing about, the 
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Sprint reports Q4 2012 results, 2.2 million iPhones sold
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:47 AM PST
Sprint has announced their Q4 2012 financial results, and along with net operating revenue of $35.3 billion, including $21.7 billion from wireless, with an annual operating loss of 1.8 billion. Sprint sold 2.2 million iPhones, 38% of which went to new customers. No Q4 smartphone total was given, but Sprint also reported their 2012 full year results, which included approximately 20 million smartphones sold, more than 6.6 million of which were iPhones, 40% of which went to new customers. No iPad numbers were broken out. According to Sprint CEO Dan Hesse:
Sprint's strong performance was fueled by record wireless service revenue on the Sprint platform due to year-over-year postpaid ARPU growth and Sprint platform net additions. As a result, quarterly Adjusted OIBDA* performance improved year-over-year in spite of significant cost increases related to Network Vision and the iPhone, both of which are key investments for our business that we expect will improve the customer experience and lead to growth in the years ahead.
Once again, the story this year is pretty much the same as last year. After failing to retain, much less grow, their customer base with a series of non-Apple hero phones, they had to pay through the nose to get the iPhone on their network. And, after a similar failure with WiMax, they're now spending a fortune to roll out LTE.
Both were costly, and both will take years to recover from, but not having an LTE iPhone 5 on their network would likely have been far, far worse.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when and if T-Mobile, the last major non-iPhone, non-LTE carrier in the U.S. starts getting up to speed.
Source: Sprint
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UK network EE rolling out LTE to 27 more markets by June 2013
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:04 AM PST
Olaf Swantee, Chief Executive Officer, EE, said:
"Our business customers want a 4G network that covers the markets in which they operate, and that is exactly what we are building for them – and at a phenomenal rate. We're set to cover more than half of the UK population by Summer, staying ahead of the schedule that we set for ourselves at launch, and continuing to demonstrate the amazing value of 4G mobile to many organisations with different challenges and different needs."
Between April and June, 4G will be launched in Aldershot, Ashford, Basildon, Basingstoke, Blackpool, Bracknell, Camberley, Colchester, Crawley, Farnborough, Guildford, Horsham, Huddersfield, Leatherhead, Maidstone, Milton Keynes, Oldham, Oxford, Redhill, Reigate, Sevenoaks, Stevenage, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Warrington, Wigan and Woking.
EE has quite a head start with LTE over the other UK networks and it looks like it is making the most of that now. The other UK networks like Three, Vodafone and O2 should see some movement on their own LTE services by the summer of this year with Three already announcing that It will not be charging any premium for LTE. This year could eventually be the year that the UK catches up with the US and will finally be able to offer super fast mobile data at affordable prices.
Source: EE
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