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Posted 01 June 2012 - 06:44 AM
Now, if only Calculator, Weather, and Stocks (and Clock, Voice Memos & Compass) were truly "iOS built-in apps." Alas, Apple still hasn't made them available on the iPad!? And before everyone scathes "there are a ton of free calculator and weather apps for the iPad", I'll head you off right there and let you in on a little secret (okay, it's not a secret)... they're mostly add-filled crap with clunky interfaces, especially the "free" weather apps. I'd much prefer Apple's no-nonsense clean interfaces for those two functions that all other iOS users (iPhone, iPod touch) enjoy.
Aren't those two apps "part" of iOS? It's the same thing as if you got Stickies and Calculator on your iMac, but not on your MacBook Air, even if they were running the same version of OS X.
/rant
Aren't those two apps "part" of iOS? It's the same thing as if you got Stickies and Calculator on your iMac, but not on your MacBook Air, even if they were running the same version of OS X.
/rant
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:01 AM
In the stocks app, while viewing in landscape mode, use two fingers to mark off a period of time (one finger on the left and one on the right) on the chart and it will calculate the total change in the stock price over that period.
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:02 AM
In the stocks app, while in portrait mode use two fingers to mark off a period of time on the chart. The app will automatically calculate the stock's price change over that period and will update as you sweep your fingers right or left in real time.
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:16 AM
Here's a really simple, but often overlooked, feature: In several different "scrolling" apps, you can tap on the top of the screen (where the clock, battery meter and signal meters are located) to scroll from wherever you are all the way back to the top of the page in a flash.
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:21 AM
stcroix, on 01 June 2012 - 06:47 AM, said:
Just gave your "secret feature" a try using the Tunein Radio app. Does not shut that radio off! 
It's intended for the iPod app, and the music on your device. It doesn't support 3rd party apps.
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:29 AM
redgeminipa, on 01 June 2012 - 07:21 AM, said:
stcroix, on 01 June 2012 - 06:47 AM, said:
Just gave your "secret feature" a try using the Tunein Radio app. Does not shut that radio off!
It's intended for the iPod app, and the music on your device. It doesn't support 3rd party apps.
The "instructions" only miss, in that case, by one device!
With Stop Playing selected, your iPhone (or iPod touch) will automatically stop playing whatever music or video is currently running when the timer runs out.
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:38 AM
Some of the most rudimentary (pointless?) apps known to a smartphone - and the equivalent of Minesweeper and Calc.
Fortunately there have been 3rd Party developers who have actually created, y'know, useful versions of these. Forget the 'hidden' features in the iOS, let's have some real ones built in. Mail with, say, the ability to add attachments leaps immediately to mind...
Fortunately there have been 3rd Party developers who have actually created, y'know, useful versions of these. Forget the 'hidden' features in the iOS, let's have some real ones built in. Mail with, say, the ability to add attachments leaps immediately to mind...
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 07:45 AM
stcroix, on 01 June 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:
The "instructions" only miss, in that case, by one device!
With Stop Playing selected, your iPhone (or iPod touch) will automatically stop playing whatever music or video is currently running when the timer runs out.
With Stop Playing selected, your iPhone (or iPod touch) will automatically stop playing whatever music or video is currently running when the timer runs out.
There's no Clock app on the iPad. Unfortunately.
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 08:38 AM
zbell, on 01 June 2012 - 06:44 AM, said:
Now, if only Calculator, Weather, and Stocks (and Clock, Voice Memos & Compass) were truly "iOS built-in apps." Alas, Apple still hasn't made them available on the iPad!? And before everyone scathes "there are a ton of free calculator and weather apps for the iPad", I'll head you off right there and let you in on a little secret (okay, it's not a secret)... they're mostly add-filled crap with clunky interfaces, especially the "free" weather apps. I'd much prefer Apple's no-nonsense clean interfaces for those two functions that all other iOS users (iPhone, iPod touch) enjoy.
Aren't those two apps "part" of iOS? It's the same thing as if you got Stickies and Calculator on your iMac, but not on your MacBook Air, even if they were running the same version of OS X.
/rant
Aren't those two apps "part" of iOS? It's the same thing as if you got Stickies and Calculator on your iMac, but not on your MacBook Air, even if they were running the same version of OS X.
/rant
I really agree with this statement and the many that followed. So, I now have a different strategy. I realized that I sometimes am without my laptop or without my iPad, but rarely am I without my iPhone, mostly because it is very small, not necessarily because of wanting access to the phone function. My strategy now is to exclusively use the iPhone for these wonderful apps and I do not even try to get equivalent apps on the other two devices anymore. I now have been getting rid of equivalent third party apps so all devices are cleaner and I have not lost any functionality at all. When on my iPad, it is just as easy to pull to my iPhone for the wonderful calculator app rather than launching a sub par calculator on the iPad. -Gerald
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 08:49 AM
I, too, was disappointed by the omission of, in particular, Clock and Calculator on my new iPad. Yeah, there are free apps that do the job (although I haven't heard of any with the "turn music off" feature), but, y'know, still, why? And actually, shopping for a Clock app that did what the iOS version did without adding on all sorts of other baggage I didn't want turned out to be something of a challenge; ditto, but less so, for Calculator.
The free AccuWeather and Weather Channel apps are (IMO) actually notably superior to the iOS Weather app, and make good use of the iPad's display; ads are fairly innocuous, or you can buy the ad-less version for a buck, but that doesn't really address the question of Why omit them?
C'mon Apple, make them available for the iPad. I'll buy the package for 99ยข
The free AccuWeather and Weather Channel apps are (IMO) actually notably superior to the iOS Weather app, and make good use of the iPad's display; ads are fairly innocuous, or you can buy the ad-less version for a buck, but that doesn't really address the question of Why omit them?
C'mon Apple, make them available for the iPad. I'll buy the package for 99ยข
