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HELLO! Welcome to this sample of Swipe: the iPhone magazine. We’ve put together a taster of what each edition offers, with all the hottest iOS news, reviews of the latest apps and accessories, plus expert advice from the people that bring you Tips & Tricks – iPhone Secrets. We hope you enjoy this small slice of what Swipe has to offer, and don’t forget to check out the full free trial on the App Store. Happy reading!
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NEWS THE LATEST GOINGS-ON IN THE WORLD OF iOS
APPS CLOCKS • MEXTURES • ICEBREAKER• EXBEL
FEATURES INSIDE iOS 7
HOW-TO MASTER DROPBOX
NEWS BUDGET UNITS
iWATCH NAMED
CELL UPGRADE
PLUS APPLE TV DEALS SIGNED NEW VICE PRESIDENT HIRED BACK TO SCHOOL / MOTION TENNIS OTHER NEWS
BUDGET UNITS
CASES DELIVERED
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ew images have been found purporting to be the case for the upcoming budget iPhone, along with statements from a Chines tech blog that Foxconn has already started shipping units to Apple. As you can see from the image above, the case looks to have a plastic back >
and come in at least two colors. It has previously been rumored that the budget iPhone will be available in yellow, pink, lime green, red and black, with new images suggesting a blue unit as well. If Apple is to release a budget iPhone, it will most likely be announced at the same time as the next iPhone, which is expected in late September of 2013.
The budget unit in hand
iWATCH NAMED
APPLE TRADEMARKS Image © Martin Hajek
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ollowing on from recent applications in Russia and Japan, Apple has requested a trademark for the term ‘iWatch’ in Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey, and trademark applications does seem to indicate that Apple will be releasing something using the ‘iWatch’ name in the near future. >
APPS CLOCK APPS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN
RISE ALARM CLOCK / LIVING EARTH / THE CLOCKS REVIEWED MEXTURES / DISPATCH ICEBREAKER: A VIKING VOYAGE / EXBEL COLOR ZEN / WEATHERTRON
NEW APPS
HALL OF FAME
GET A BETTER HOME SCREEN #4
ALARM CLOCKS Replace Apple’s default apps with our pick of the best alternatives
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he iOS Clock app is really four apps in one: world clock, alarm, stopwatch and timer. For some reason, it’s not a terribly nice clock – it merely enables you to display a functional world clock view, which you’d be hard-pressed to call beautiful. (The iPad version’s much more appealing, with a design that apes the famous Swiss railway clock, along with a world map showing weather conditions.) In this round-up, then, we’re really looking for two things: clocks that look great when your iPhone’s on your desk, and alarms that provide usability or There is one drawback of using a thirdparty app for alarms, in that features
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sometimes require an app to remain open all the time. However, all the apps we have on test will, when backgrounded, at even when Do Not Disturb is active. Also, there’s nothing stopping you from having one of the apps in the round-up for your clock, but still using the Apple alarm system to ensure you get out of bed on > time in the morning!
Apple’s app doesn’t have a standard clock view, just a world clock
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RISE ALARM CLOCK Kellen Styler PRICE $1.99/£1.49
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SIZE 18.2 MB
VERSION 3.1
ise strips everything right back. As a clock, it’s as minimal as they
ultra-modern font) atop one of three almost-black); skyscape (white on a
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colored gradient related to the current daylight conditions); and camera (white text above the view from your camera). It also very nice on iOS 6.
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When an alarm is set in Rise, you can see how long you’ve got until it’s time to wake
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iOS 7 FEATURE
UNDER THE HOOD We examine some of the not-so-obvious features of Apple’s new mobile OS
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t its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced a range of new Application Programming Interfaces – or APIs. These are the chunks of code in iOS that programmers any new or improved APIs will enable developers to add exciting new features to their apps. Apple didn’t have time to showcase every new feature of iOS 7, so here are some of the announcements that may have passed you by…
GAMING One area that’s received some major input is gaming, and iOS 7 includes APIs that should take iOS gaming to a new level. The key one is
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the support for MFi (Made For iPhone) game controllers, which gives physical controllers access to games that support the API. that the iPhone snaps into, forming a single unit, and another that is more of
We can’t wait to try out games with a wraparound controller
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a traditional joypad that connects over Bluetooth. The former is of interest as it gives the iPhone those much-called-for real competitor to the portables from Sony and Nintendo. The latter design is of much more interest for playing on an iPad or on the Apple TV via AirPlay. >
Will this design open up gaming on the Apple TV?
HOW-TO MASTERING DROPBOX
TOP 5 TYPING SECRETS
Q & A YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
DROPBOX
MAKE THE MOST OF CLOUD STORAGE
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here are plenty of services to sync your documents with the cloud between different devices, but we find Dropbox is one of the best. Find out how to set it up and more. >
Sign Up TO BEGIN WITH, you’re going to need to create a free account with Dropbox. It’s easiest to do this through a computer by going to www.dropbox.com. You’ll be asked some basic details such as name, email address, and to add a password for security. Click the Sign Up button and this will download the Dropbox program to your computer, which you will then need to open. >
You will then need to log in using the details you just created. This creates a special Dropbox folder on your device, which is where you will place files and documents to pick up on your iPhone.
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Get the App ONCE DROPBOX IS set up on your computer, go to the App Store and download the Dropbox app. Open the app and choose the I’m Already a Dropbox User option. Again enter your email and password to link your account to your iPhone. >
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