Hi Les, in that case it's because there's a conflict between Siri's built in support, and launching an app, so you need to be explicit and use the launch command.
Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012 9:40 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Few iOS 6 usage notes 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. 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