Obviously there are many reasons like, being on an airplane. lol. But that's not what I was talking about. I was referring to going into airplane mode to disable location services when you can just disable location services. IDK, I guess its like turning off your television every time you need to lower the volume instead of pressing the Mute button.
But, there are many roads to the same destination. :) Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 18, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote: > There are many reasons why someone would want air plane mode on. I sometimes > do it when I want to listen to an audio book or some music without push > notification interruptions and to make things last longer. Yes, I could turn > off push, data, bluetooth, wi-fi, location, etc. However that is the whole > point of air plane mode. It makes my iPhone basically act like an iPod. > > Cheers. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Birthdays are good for you - the more you have the longer you live! ~ > Anonymous > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 > > On 4/18/2012 11:26 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> Hi, >> >> couldn't you just close the apps that uses locations? Or even better, just >> turn location services off? To each there own of course but, turning >> airplane mode on sounds so final to me. Like throwing the baby out with the >> bath water kinda thing. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:58 AM, Sandy Tomkins<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I habitually turn Airplane mode on. I have many Apps that use Location >>> based services and so my battery is greatly affected if I leave both the >>> phone and Wifi running. I often fall asleep with a book and iLike2Read >>> whispering in my ear through the wired earphones. If I leave, by accident, >>> Airplane mode on, and i have, as I generally do, Autolock off, I will find >>> my battery dead by morning, but with flight mode on, I may well have 60/70 >>> percent left. Also, if I am travelling and want to read my mail, I only >>> turn the wireless connectivity on from time to time to keep me up to date >>> and check for missed calls etc. Now, whether this is due to Wifi, phone or >>> Bluetooth, I don't know, but something that does occur to me is: >>> 1. Why don't people, such as myself who like to turn this functionality on >>> and off on a regular basis, just leave settings open in the App chooser? It >>> is the work of a seccond to go there and toggle Airplane mode on/off as it >>> is first in the list of settings? >>> 2. Rather than an extra App with the need to find it, go into it and so on, >>> how about Apple moving the Bluetooth settings button to just below the >>> Airplane mode button in settings? Thus obviating the need to go one layer >>> further in via General etc`? >>> >>> I only have the iPhone 4, but wonder, can't you tell Siri to turn these >>> various functions on and off? So, would such an app as this new Bluetooth >>> one be of any use at all to 4s users? >>> >>> Finally, what might really be a game changer would be if we could >>> activate the various items on the status bar, so when you touch Bluetoohth, >>> say, you could choose to activate/deactivate it from there, same with >>> Flight mode and phone. Just a thought. >>> >>> Sandy. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 18 Apr 2012, at 09:43, "Sure Shot 69"<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I never turn my bluetooth off either, so all I have to do is, turn on my >>>> headset or keyboard, and I'm good to go. >>>> >>>> Jim. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker"<[email protected]> >>>> To:<[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:14 AM >>>> Subject: Re: New Bluetooth app >>>> >>>> >>>>> Lol, >>>>> >>>>> No worries. I will take the bullet for both of us if any are coming by >>>>> that comment/opinion. >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:00 AM, CD<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I leave my Bluetooth on all of the time but didn't want to mention that >>>>>> because I wasn't sure I should but I always have. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>>>> Behalf >>>>>> Of Ricardo Walker >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:44 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: New Bluetooth app >>>>>> >>>>>> You know, I don't mean to be a kill joy about this app but, why don't >>>>>> people >>>>>> leave bluetooth on? I mean, if you toggle it on/off so much that this >>>>>> would >>>>>> be valuable to you, why not just leave BT on. The battery consumption >>>>>> for >>>>>> this radio is so low when not in use, you won't even notice a battery hit >>>>>> unless you are really keeping track. Really. It my lower your usage >>>>>> time >>>>>> by all of 30 minutes per charging cycle. >>>>>> >>>>>> JMO. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 17, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Raul A. Gallegos<[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Beverly, have you checked out the app description? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The link is >>>>>>> http://itunes.apple.com/app/bluetooth-onoff./id514869898?mt=8 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The description reads: >>>>>>> Did it take too many steps just to turn on/off bluetooth? You can now >>>>>>> turn >>>>>> on/off just by launching this app. Just in a second, you can activate or >>>>>> deactivate bluetooth. >>>>>>> In addtion, you can chat with other users nearby. >>>>>>> * Tip : Turn on the app's setting if you want to turn on/off upon >>>>>>> launch. >>>>>>> iPhone / iPad -> Settings -> "scroll down" -> OnOff -> "turn on >>>>>>> switch" -> >>>>>> "kill the app and relaunch" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - >>>>>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>>>>> Never have more children than you have car windows. - Erma Bombeck >>>>>>> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>>>>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>>>>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/17/2012 4:44 PM, beverly wrote: >>>>>>>> Will someone explain why or how this app could be used? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Kriegler" >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> To:<[email protected]> >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:26 PM >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: New Bluetooth app >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Paula, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks for this. Works as advertised. I thought this feature was to >>>>>>>>> be implemented into Siri, but since that hasn't happened yet, I >>>>>>>>> grabbed this app. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Les >>>>>>>>> On Apr 17, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Paula Mack wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Check out the Bluetooth on off application in the IOS App Store. >>>>>>>>>> It's awesome. 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