RE: Echo?

$79 is a pretty good price for this, but as with other offerings this music Unlimited service is not yet available in Canada. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 10:29 PM To:

RE: Use my phone, or purchase an iPod?

I agree with Andy, just get an external battery, you can get one which charges your SE more than you could want for $40 or $50. Anyhow, the most current iPod Touch is the sixth generation which Apple released on July 15, 2015 which means in a few month it is 3 years old. Prior to that the fifth

RE: Echo?

Sieghard, Yes, the Amazon unlimited music cost of $79 annually is in addition to what you pay for prime membership. If you're not a prime member, the cost is more but I don't know the amount. I was already paying $4 a month to have unlimited music on one Echo so I decided in my case, it was

Re: Use my phone, or purchase an iPod?

If battery life is the concern why not take the money that you would spend on the iPod and buy an external battery or something like the Mophie juicepack, which is a case with a built in external battery. Or you can take that money and upgrade to an iPhone with more storage, or the 7 or 8 plus

Re: recycling an iPhone

Sell it! Sent from my iPad > On Mar 30, 2018, at 11:39 PM, Terri Stimmel > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > I was wondering, what could I possibly do with an iPhone I don't use? > > Where could I possibly take it to have it recycled? > > > The phone is

RE: Echo?

So is that unlimited music an extra $79 in addition to Amazon Prime? Yes, Alexa has many skills, but as I said before, I find their use to me is limited since half the time I forget the correct word or phrase I have to use for skills I may not use often. I am sure being in Canada has something

Use my phone, or purchase an iPod?

Hello once more everyone, I always try to think things out and make good decisions. That's important to me. So lately I have been wondering if I should purchase an iPod, or not. I know some people use their phone for everything. If you can do that and like doing that, then that's awesome!

recycling an iPhone

Hello everyone, I was wondering, what could I possibly do with an iPhone I don't use? Where could I possibly take it to have it recycled? The phone is basically a brick, because it's the 1 I bought a while back and found out it was likely stolen. SO it just sits in a drawer. I was going to

Re: Echo?

Sieghard, That's curious and I'm sorry if I led you astray. Alexa played the latest AppleVis podcast for me just now when I asked as I posted and also when I tested it before posting. I wonder if your being in Canada affects your results? I will say that I've noticed that Alexa seems to be

RE: Echo?

I haven't heard about music unlimited, maybe not available in Canada. Anyhow, it's probably aother subscription and I don't believe in duplicating subscriptions if I can choose one which has what I need. At this point my wife and I have decided to stick with Apple Music since at $14.99 Canadian

RE: Amazon Kindle, can I buy using the app?

Thanks for both of you, Mark and Mary. I was wondering why there was not a buy button. Now I understand. It makes sense. Cheers, Cris Twitter: @JerusalemBoy -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday,

RE: Amazon Kindle, can I buy using the app?

Chris, It is not possible to purchase books via the Kindle app for Amazon refuses to pay Apple a portion of the purchase cost. In the USA, in order to purchase a title, simply go to kindle.com. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cris Ali Sent:

Re: Amazon Kindle, can I buy using the app?

You can’t buy a book using the Kindle app on iOS. You can add it to your wish list and buy using Safari or whatever web browser you want. Or you can just use the Amazon website on safari directly at never mind wish list and buy it. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 30, 2018, at 6:11 PM, Cris

Amazon Kindle, can I buy using the app?

Hello Folks, I have not used the Amazon Kindle app for a long time. When the App first came out for iOS, it was not possible to use to purchase books. For a strange reason I thought this feature has been added later. When I searched for a book I want to buy today on the app, I was able to

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hello Matthew, I just checked, again, and the Mac OS update was available. I just downloaded it and all is well. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of matthew dyer Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 4:14 PM To:

RE: Echo?

Canada is pretty new to the Echo skill ecosystem. Many people use a U.S. address in order to get access to more amazon Echo functionality. But if it grows anywhere nearly as quickly as it grew in every other country I think it will come in to its own before long. I like the voice control that

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Interesting I believe it was 9-5 Mac which reported it. I just installed it earlier today. Matthew > On Mar 30, 2018, at 1:51 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Matthew, I just checked and there is no new update to Mac OS, at least not > one that I could find. > > Mark > >

Re: Echo?

in the UK, amazon prime music, has over 2 million songs and growing, and if you have music unlimited, it has over 40 million songs. So it is certainly not pathetic, here in the UK. It must be different for you, in canada. Dave. -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent:

RE: Phone stopped ringing

Hi, Two things to check. One, did the mute switch get flipped down which will silence sounds, but it will still vibrate. Two, did you check that Do Not Disturb did not get enabled accidentally? HTH, Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.”  - Mitch

Phone stopped ringing

Today my phone has stopped ring it just vibrates. Have gone into sounds and the old phone is sellected and the volume is 100 percent. What else can I do. Also when the Mail app it vibrates when I go into it. I do not remember it doing that before. I hope somebody can help as I missed

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

I found that if I accentuate the Viz in Apple visz when I say "Wake Word play Apple Viz! Podcast" that she complies quite easily. It is currently playing on my Sonos Ones in the ManCave group. Laughs! Merv - For all things Echo: main+subscr...@echoing.groups.io -Original Message-

RE: Echo?

I have both Apple Music and Amazon Music Unlimited. I have both Sonos and amazon products here in the house. The Sonos Ones with Alexa are fantastic for music. Because we live in a community that is controlled by an enterprise level mesh system. And we are not permitted to have personal routers

Re: couple of IPhone questions if I may!

Yes janet, quic nav can be turned on and off. That's what makes it so odd. Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate,

Re: Echo?

Music unlimitted has more choice over prime. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators

RE: Echo?

I agree that that functionality needs some work, but this is at least a good start. Hopefully it will keep improving. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Sieghard Weitzel [siegh...@live.ca] Sent: Friday, March 30,

RE: Echo?

Alexa can play a lot of music, but when you compare it to Apple Music, Spotify or Deezer it's positively pathetic. Amazon Music which you get with an Amazon Prime subscription has a mere 1 Million songs compared to the around 40 million songs from the other services. -Original Message-

Re: Echo?

Aah, now that appeals. Bro' was on about music, but not sure how that was done either. Podcasts have persistently illuded me so far, so lots to play with TG! Thanks, BobH. - Original Message - From: "Alan Lemly" To: Sent: Friday, March

RE: Echo?

About groups I can only say that I find Amazon really has to improve that functionality. Currently if you group let's say all your Echos in the house into a group called Housegroup you couldn't take let's say the kitchen and living room echos and make them into another group. I think you should

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Thanks, after a number of messages where people told me all sorts of things except the version I asked for Anita (and now you) actually took the 30 seconds it takes to look it up. I already deleted the beta profile and the public release is installed, now my Apple Watch is just installing the

RE: Echo?

Yes, it's great for all of these things. We also use it to play radio stations all over the U.S. You can say "Alexa, play KFI on iHeart Radio on the house group", for example. Alexa will play the station, in synch, on multiple echos that you have set up in different rooms and have defined as

RE: Echo?

Hi Alan, Interestingly enough Alexa is very stubborn when it comes to playing Podcasts. I just asked her exactly what you said "Alexa, play Applevis Podcast" and she replied "Here is a playlist you might like..." and she went on to playing some music. I then said "Alexa, play Podcast Applevis"

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

No, it is not the same as the latest beta. The version number in the latest update is: 11.3 (15e216. > On Mar 30, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hi Larry, > > Usually the last beta is the same version as the public release. I am aware > of how you can

Re: Echo?

I'll add to Sieghard's excellent overview that Alexa and the Amazon Echoes are great for listening to podcasts. You don't even need to enable any additional skills to do this. You just need to know the name of the podcast. For example, you can say "Alexa, play AppleVis podcast" and she'll play

RE: Echo?

You have to download the skills, some you can ask Alexa directly to enable them but others you have to use the Amazon Alexa app on the iPhone since things like Netatmo weather station, Lyric WiFi thermostat and so on require you to put in your login name/email address and password. I find a lot

Re: Echo?

Have to set Mrs on to setting that up I reckon. She's expert in Prime orders, the delivery guy knows us quite well now. Thanks, BobH. - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To: Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 8:20 PM Subject: RE: Echo?

Re: Echo?

Are Skills on it from the start, or downloaded, or whatever; I really hadn't followed the plot on these until Bro' was on about his latest gismo for an hour on the phone. Got cramp, then got bored listening to him! But fascinated really. - Original Message - From: "Mama Peach"

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Ah, you are right! It was an os update - it took a very long time! Harry > On 30 Mar 2018, at 19:41, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Harry, > > There was an update, today for Mac OS. And, it was listed under OS Updates, > but it was iTunes, only. > > Again, I could be mistaken

RE: Echo?

You can also tell Alexa to add items to your Amazon shopping cart and it actually places orders as long as you have one-touch checkout turned on or whatever that is called again. -Original Message- From: 'RobH.' via VIPhone Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 12:19

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Thanks for mentioning the diffferent options, I found the “Reset” button in the Apple watch app and have erased it that way. I am now just setting it up again, it’s syncing and almost done. I think this time I will not enable the auto install for apps, I really don’t need all these apps I have

Re: Echo?

Brill!.. thanks for all this, just what I needed. Q: manuals or instructions to get going, where from or how please. Thanks, BobH. - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To: Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 7:41 PM Subject: RE: Echo?

Re: Echo?

There are tons and tons of skills as mentioned, and many of them are really fun dice, card and adventure games. You can do so much with the Echo devices. I have an Echo Spot and I have a fire tablet that also has Alexa on it. -Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday,

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hi Sieghard Yes, the easiest way I’ve found is to connect the watch to power and then press and hold on the side button for a couple seconds as though you are going to power off the watch. Now, press firmly on the “power off” button and you’ll see a new screen prompting you to erase all

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Yes, it is possible to erase and set up the watch as new. I had to do this when I got my iPhone X. I called Apple Accessibility and they walked me through it with no problem. Thanks God bless Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > On Mar 30, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Sieghard Weitzel

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hi Sieghard, Actually, iMessage syncing isn’t available in the final release of iOS 11.3. Personally, I can’t wait until this feature is commercially released, because it will let anyone set up their iOS device as a new device, but still elect to keep their messages. Currently, new messages

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Does anybody know if it is possible to completely erase and set up an Apple Watch again like you can do with an iPhone? I bought a seocond generation Apple Watch in November 2016, so it's 1.5 years old. I find that I am often furstrated by how slow the thing is when I want to, for example, open

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

watchOS also had an update. For those running the beta, you do need to uninstall the profile in order to get it. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 30, 2018, at 1:41 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Harry, > > There was an update, today for Mac OS. And, it was listed under OS

RE: Echo?

Sorry, forgot, Alexa can also play your Audible books on the Echo, I would just say "Alexa, play Typhoon on Audible" (just an example of a book I recently read) and it can read your Kindle books as well if you have any. It's TTS is very very good. -Original Message- From: 'RobH.' via

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hello Harry, There was an update, today for Mac OS. And, it was listed under OS Updates, but it was iTunes, only. Again, I could be mistaken so I'll check again, later tonight. After updating your Mac, did it restart and did the process take longer than 10 minutes? If so, then it was an

RE: Echo?

I assume this refers to the Amazon Echo smart speaker which works with Amazon's digital assistant Alexa. Google has their line of google Home speakers which of course use the Google Assistant, in that respect Google is pretty boring, Apple has SIRI, Amazon has Alexa and Google has the "Google

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Thanks, Anita, that is indeed a bit different, my version said 15E5216A. By now my wife updated her iPhone 6S to 11.3 and her version is the same as what you said, 15E216. I deleted the beta profile and the 11.3 update showed up right away, it's done downloading it and the phone has already

Echo?

hi, often saw threads or comments about "Echo", can't remember what this is or does or whatever. An app to do something with something else; all so vague. Enlightenment please, hearing a lot more lately as popular without any of them saying Why! Thanks, BobH. -- The following information

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hi Mark, It seems that if I delete a Message from my iPhone that it also goes away on my Apple Watch and if I reply to a text message with one of the short suggestions like "OK" or "Thanks" that that appears on my iPhone. I'll double check again, but I am pretty sure I noticed this and assume

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

I had to check a couple of times and even restart my 2009 MacBook to get it to find the latest macOS update! The old machine is now updated and still tottering along (though voiceover is a bit choppy or disappears at times...) Harry > On 30 Mar 2018, at 18:51, M. Taylor wrote:

RE: how can you tell if you have the update and questions about the buttons in email and text messages

If you go to Settings > General > Software Updates and it says “iOS 11.3, your software is up to date” then you know your phone is on iOS 11.3 which is the latest update. You can also check in Settings > General > About, swipe down past the information about how many songs, photos and videos y

how can you tell if you have the update and questions about the buttons in email and text messages

In one of our phones we find the update button, and when we tapped the button it didn't do anything. So can you check if your phone has been through the update? Yesterday I asked way too many questions in an email, I have some trouble in both email messages and text messages to find the send

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Matthew, I just checked and there is no new update to Mac OS, at least not one that I could find. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of matthew dyer Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 9:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hello Sieghard, While I completely agree with you regarding the Message deletion confirmation prompt, I see no evidence that iMessage synchronization is available in iOS 11.3, commercially released, yesterday. I suspect that when this feature goes live, it will prompt the user to enable it on

Re: couple of IPhone questions if I may!

Hi Jo, this may be nothing but with a magic keyboard like most others you have to check whether mav is on or off before you can put text in. sorry if this is like teaching your mother to suck eggs but just thought I would say. Janet -Original Message- From: Joe Paton Sent: Friday,

couple of IPhone questions if I may!

Hi all, First, we are running latest encarnation of IOS on an Iphone 7 english uk as default language. When the browser, safari, is sent to the mikesradioworld.com website, The spoken output, is in a non-english language. It sounds like chinese, but I can't be sure. If the browser is sent to the

Re: compass, store apps and writing emails and text messages and soundscapes

Thank you, that's pretty much what we found as well. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 10:10 AM Subject: RE: compass, store apps and writing emails and text messages and soundscapes As far as I know the

Re: compass, store apps and writing emails and text messages and soundscapes

Hi, Pam, we did ask siri to launch compass, but nothing happened, though we didn't think about the folders. Where would the utility folder be? Actually we did look around very well and didn't find compass so possibly it doesn't have it. thanks. - Original Message - From: "Ekstrand,

Re: Heart rate monitors

I wasn't exactly sure of how Terri wanted to use the info derived, but I'm glad that the app works for her. Andy - Original Message - From: "Arlene" To: Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:37 PM Subject: Re: Heart rate monitors

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Mac OS 10.13.4 also dropped according to apple. Matthew > On Mar 29, 2018, at 9:19 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first > launched > This is a big update, and Apple also released updates to tvOS and watchOS. > by

Re: MLB and Sonos

Sonos actually told me that MLB will not be streaming on the speakers this season but could not give me the reason. From: Robin Frost Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 8:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MLB and Sonos Hi, I’ve contacted and didn’t get very far either but do tweet

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hi. The iOS 11.3 version number is: Version 11.3 (15E216) Regards, > On Mar 30, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hi Larry, > > Usually the last beta is the same version as the public release. I am aware > of how you can delete the beta profile, but I

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

Hi Larry, Usually the last beta is the same version as the public release. I am aware of how you can delete the beta profile, but I don't really want to do this if my version is the same as what everybody else got yesterday because then if I want to redownload the next beta for iOS 11.3.1 I

RE: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

iMessage syncing via iCloud is available, it actually annoys me a bit because now each time you want to delete a text message you get a confirmation prompt: Would you like to delete this conversation? This conversation will be deleted from all your devices. You then have to tap "Yes" if you want

RE: compass, store apps and writing emails and text messages and soundscapes

As far as I know the iPad does not have a preinstalled Compass app and the same goes for Calculator. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Arlene Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: compass, store apps and writing

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

HI Sieghard Is the new imessage function available in the beta version, because apparently they pulled it back in the update, the function is nolonger included but I am no betatester, I heard positive rumors that imessage syncing was available in ios11.3 but Apple took it away. Regards Davy

Re: Help with One Password

Sorry for the late reply. I suppose one advantage is you can put different kinds of information in 1Password, such as log-in information, secure notes, credit/debit cards, and identities. If you get the in-app purchase for 1Password then you get a whole list of other information. Whereas iCloud

Re: Question for all fellow Dice World Players!.

Have you guys actually used the contact us portion inside the app to contact the developer? If not, you might want to do that. To find the contact us section, go to help and tutorials, use the picker item to flick up with one finger until you land on Contact Us, then flick once to the right and

RE: compass, store apps and writing emails and text messages and soundscapes

Hi Arlene, Have you checked to see if there is a utilities folder that may have the compass app in it? Have you tried asking SIRI to launch compass? Pam From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Arlene

Re: Lyft Question

Hi. I've used both Uber and Lyft. Lyft seems to be cheaper over time and does not have as many surge pricing times as Uber does, where the price is raised due to high demand of other riders. If you have promos or discounts on your Lyft account, the price you see is the before discounted price. For

Re: compass, store apps and writing emails and text messages and soundscapes

Arlene, In that case, I would call Apple Accessibility and find out if there is supposed to be a compass, etc. 877-204-3930 assuming you are in the US. HTH, Richard “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie

Re: Apple releases iOS 11.3, the biggest update for iPhones since iOS 11 first launched, Ars Technica

You need to remove the beta profile. After removing, reboot your phone and then the update will appear. > On Mar 29, 2018, at 10:53 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > I am on the public beta and I had no update. Therefore I assume that public > beta 6 from almost 2 weeks

Re: IPad mail: taking you back to the message lift

Someone else said - list of msgs in column on left, and main msg area in rest of screen to the right. Think I said that. I didn't know about the full screen button. I believe you can use iPad in portrait and have mailer work like on a phone. BobH. - Original Message - From:

Re: IPad mail: taking you back to the message lift

Hi bob, can you explain by what you mean by split screen and if there are different modes you can put the iPad into when viewing email with the mail app. Thanking you in advance for any information you may provide. > On 30 Mar 2018, at 07:23, 'RobH.' via VIPhone >

Re: Heart rate monitors

That's really great to know, Terri, how the one Andy told us about was just what you needed now. - Original Message - From: "Terri Stimmel" To: Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:09 AM Subject: Heart rate monitors Hello

Re: compass, store apps and writing emails and text messages and soundscapes

Richard, we did have a gps ap on the ipad mini,, the gps worked but it was hadd supported so we took it off. The ipad mini is on t-mobile network and the wifi is on. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Re: IPad mail: taking you back to the message lift

Depends on what mode you have the mailer. Mine has always been split screen, so when I'm done with the msg, I just take finger back to the msg list down the left side. Worthy of note that it still holds focus of the msg you were just reading. BobH. - Original Message - From:

Re: Speaker phone issue

A cheapo flip phone as you call it are useful, and if some individuals for whatever reason fell more confortable with dialing a number on a button phone there's nothing wrong with that. Especially considering all the more, if they are just getting use to navigating the touch screen on wit