Oh and forgot to say, an MLB update just came out with Passbook support for some parks.
Passbook is a way of storing boarding passes, loyalty cards etc and it's location sensitive. So for example if an airline you fly with supports it, when you get to the airport the boarding pass may appear on your lock screen. When walking past a store you've authorised to get Passbook data from, you may get a notification offering you a special. It can also be dynamic, so if there's a gate change, you can be alerted about that. Will be interesting to see how much take-up there is, since it's proprietary to Apple. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of May and Noah Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 9:20 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Few iOS 6 usage notes I was just looking at passbook. How does this work? Anyone figure that out? May and Prince Noah Personal Playground www.canadianlynx.ca [email protected] On 2012-09-19, at 5:03 PM, "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I have also installed iOS 6 on my 4S. So far, it's better than I > expected (faster response, better Siri and so forth). > Few usage notes: > * Mail gestures: If you go to message list in mail and if you swipte > down with one finger, you'll hear "delete". This is part of "actions" > rotor and can be thought of as context-sensitive options. By default, > Mail opens the message in question. > * VIP: To add some contacts as VIP: From messages list in Mail app, go > to Mailboxes, then tap VIP. Then go to Add button and choose some > contacts (one at a time). Then exit out of VIP folder. To add some > more contacts later, from Mailboxes list, go to "more info: VIP" > button and edit VIP contacts (you can remove them as well). > * Fetching new mail: in Mail app, swipe down with three fingers to > refresh the messages list. > * YouTube: If you installed Google's YouTube app before upgrading to > iOS 6, you'd notice that YouTube app is gone. To fix this, restore the > phone to an earlier backup (not the OS, but data) which contains Google's YouTube app. > If not, go to App Store and download YouTube app again. Also, Google's > YouTube app does not allow background video playback while on another > task unlike Apple's version. > * switching programs: You can actually switch to other tasks using > Siri; you can say "switch to (appname)" in addition to "start > (appname)', "open (appname)" and (run (appname)". You cannot close an app using Siri. > * Battery meter: if you have iTouch and iPad, if you go to > Settings/General/Usage, there is a new heading which gives time on > battery power (since last full charge). > * VoiceOver: The much talked about "punctuation rotor" is the last > rotor item under VoiceOver/Rotor settings list. There are three > options: none, some and all. Also, Braille Sense products can now be > used again as braille display with iOS. > * When you use Do Not Disturb mode, anyone in your phone's favorites > list can call you while suppressing other alerts. > * You can now set custom vibration patterns for alerts. > * There is a focus issue with Mail app: when you exit out of a > message, VoiceOver jumps to the topmost message. I'm sure some of us > reported this to Apple. > * If you're using third-party navigation solutions such as Ariadne GPS > and if you try to explore the map, it will not work for the time being > thanks to underlying changes to map API. > * Because of new keyboard behavior, when you enter phone numbers from > keypad in phone app, you might want to remember the exact positions of > the dial keys, otherwise you may find yourself entering wrong phone > number. For instance, if you'd like to dial voicemail number (long > press of 1), try: tap once with four fingers near top half of the > device, then swipe with one finger to the right and double tap and hold on 1 key. > * By default, Passbook is located between Weather and Notes app on > homescreen. At this point, Starbucks is the only app which takes > advantage of passbook functionality (at least from App Store). > * In Spotlight search, if you type the name of an app, iOS returns the > folder in which the searched app is located. > * In Safari, if you double tap and hold on either forward or back > button, it opens browser history. > * FaceTime under 3G/4G/LTE would require that you check with your > carrier (some ask that customers switch to data sharing plan; this includes AT&T). > Thanks. > Cheers, > Joseph > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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