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MovieSpirit
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Gallery Doctor
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viewing the future TV TIME IS lazy time. When I crash on the couch after a long day, I don’t want to jump through a lot of hoops to find what I want to watch. Increasingly, couch potatoes like me need our home entertainment sorted for us – we need everything to “just work.” This is where Apple normally swoops in to save the day, but its fourth-generation Apple TV hasn’t quite cleared a path through the digital clutter… yet. For years, Tim Cook and co referred to the Apple TV as a hobby – an opportunity for them to learn their way around the living room. The company dropped that designation when it decided to upgrade its black box, but despite some delightful new features, the new model hasn’t changed the game. I definitely wouldn’t call it a failure, though; we’re still in the early days, and it’s easy to see how the device could evolve into the thing we all want it to be. Siri search is currently limited to a small number of apps, but it works amazingly well if you’re looking for something on iTunes or Netflix. The fact that I can ask for “kids’ movies starring Robin Williams that got good ratings” is a huge step forward in sorting all that content clutter I mentioned. And while the App Store is stocked mostly with repurposed iPhone and iPad games at the moment, the door is now wide open for better and broader content. Apple will really make waves when (if?) it finally presents its long-rumored, cable-competing subscription package, which is said to include essential channels at a cheaper price. When that happens, maybe in a year or so when truly great Apple TV apps have arrived and Siri search has expanded, we may finally get our TV revolution. Until then I’ll enjoy the odd game here and there, launching apps with my voice, and fiddling with the novel new remote. The revamped Apple TV isn’t fully formed but it’s still fun; I get that certain “spark” when I use it that makes me want to use it more, and that’s a good start.
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I just installed iOS 9.0.2 onto my iPad 2 and my iPad mini 1, and I can’t get the split-screen feature to work on them. Do I have to do something to enable this feature? BRUCE R. A common question, and unfortunately the answer isn’t one you’ll want to hear: none of iOS 9’s new multitasking features work on your iPad models. Split View is restricted to top-of-the-line models, specifically the iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, and iPad Pro. Slide Over and Picture-in-Picture require at least an iPad mini 2 or iPad Air. This info is hidden in Apple’s small print.
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iBooks in El Capitan is such a disappointment. Is there a reason why the app doesn’t function like iTunes with regard to how titles are saved, organized or edited? It’s frustrating that books are saved in the user’s library in the container folder buried a couple of levels down, and that titles, authors, etc aren’t displayed. It’s even more frustrating that I can’t edit book titles and author names, see the publication date, or organize books in a way that makes it easy for me. Sometimes the author is displayed first name first, and other times it’s last name first; I want to display names the same way for every book by a given author. Also, some books
should be displayed in a particular order since the primary character develops with each new entry in the series, but iBooks does not allow such editing. CRAIG B. Judging by similar letters that take Apple to task over its chaotic classification of classical music, it seems the company has work to do. Details make all the difference when deciding where to collect and curate our media libraries.
Stay small support I second Jean J’s request in the September issue (#106) for a return to smaller phones. As an athlete who carries a phone for security purposes, I won’t give up my iPhone 4S until it dies. At that point I’ll jump ship on Apple phones, which is a shame since I love Apple products and I hate to abandon the platform. Perhaps Apple should consider that there is another market opportunity out there for the small-phone lover. ELIZABETH M. Apple loves to show people exercising in its iPhone and Apple Watch promos, so you’d think
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someone at the company would realize a bigger phone can be a bad fit for athletes. (Workout clothes don’t exactly come loaded with large pockets.) I love my iPhone 6s, but it’s a little too beefy to be strapped to my bicep.
iPod PDA Your review of the iPod touch (#107) emphasized its music use, but the device also makes a great PDA. It’s an iPad in your pocket with the Calendar, Contacts, Camera, and Maps apps. FaceTime lets you make audio or video calls. There are also email, VOIP, and scanner apps, QR code readers, and web browsers. With Wi-Fi connections ubiquitous at home, work, stores, and restaurants, going online is not difficult. For calls and text I use a $30 dumbphone for $10 per month, save money and get an iPhone-like experience. As a longtime Mac user I love the touch, it’s what Newton should have been. LONNIE B. Good points, Lonnie! I think the lack of a cellular connection would still be an issue for many people, but let’s not overlook the value of the iPod touch – it does nearly everything an iPhone can.
Apology In issue 108, we ran a competition to win an iPhone 6s and Twelve South HiRise Deluxe. Unfortunately, we had technical problems with the competition, and people weren’t able to enter. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience, but see p67 for how you can finally enter to win an iPhone 6s (for real, we promise).
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Historical strategy gaming has an image problem. Not only is it a niche genre within a niche genre, its subject is a willing re-examination of history’s greatest horrors. Its small community is enthusiastic and desperate to spread the love, but it could be a hard sell – at least, up until strategy specialist developer Slitherine ported the game Battle Academy from PC to iPad in 2012. It was a gamble. The genre had
same early on PSP and Nintendo DS, and had overwhelming results,” he said. “The games we make are appealing to a vast audience; reaching out with new platforms is an effective way of expanding the business.” Battle Academy didn’t merely sell on iPad. It ended up outselling its PC counterpart five to one and was responsible for a huge leap in Slitherine’s overall sales figures.
never caught on outside Windows, and iOS gaming at the time was becoming swamped with free-to-play fare and casual games of varying quality. Marco Minoli, Slitherine’s Marketing Director, explained that it was a gamble that had paid off before. “We did the
Minoli puts it down to being in the right place at the right time. “The PC version was a wargame that looked attractive to a wider audience,” he told us. “But that wider audience saw it as a dumbed-down version of a modern 3D strategy game. It’s about
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