Ah thanks, that is awesome. May and Prince Noah Personal Playground www.canadianlynx.ca [email protected]
On 2012-09-19, at 5:39 PM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > Well, I tried to open the At Bat app by saying "At Bat" and a restaurant was > found instead. So I tried MLB At Bat and I got scores from yesterday's > games. When I said "launch At Bat", then the app was in fact opened. > > Les > On Sep 19, 2012, at 5:25 PM, "Jonathan Mosen" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> 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. >> 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. > 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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