iPhone SWIPE
NEWS • REVIEWS • TIPS
NEWS
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Apps
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FEATURES
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HOW-TO
134
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iPhone SWIPE
NEWS • REVIEWS • TIPS
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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!
THE SWIPE TEAM
NEWS HAPPY USERS • IN-APP WARNING • & MORE
APPS CAMERA APPS • CALCULATOR APPS • GAMES
FEATURES IN-DEPTH CAMERA+
HOW-TO EASTER EGGS
NEWS SATISFIED CUSTOMERS
IN-APP WARNING
ALIEN INVASION
PLUS GREEN APPLE / FUTURE SHOCK STRESS BOX / STEPPING UP SECURITY YOU’VE BEEN FRAMED / GO ROAMING IT’S A WIND UP / IN OTHER NEWS
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SATISFIED CUSTOMERS
APPLE COMES TOP... AGAIN
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pple iPhones users are the most
according to the snappily-titled J.D. Power and Associates 2013 US Wireless Smartphone Satisfaction Study. The survey, conducted twice a year, measures customer satisfaction based on performance and physical design, followed by features and ease of use. Scoring 855 out of a possible 1,000 points Apple was the only >
manufacturer to be ranked above the study average of 796 points, with Nokia securing second place at 795. Struggling smartphone vendor Blackberry came last with 732. This is the ninth consecutive time that Apple has topped the Satisfaction Study, with J.D. Power concluding that the iPhone “performs particularly well in physical design and ease of operation.”
Social creatures
The survey also discovered that 17% of all smartphone users experience malfunctions, no doubt moaning about it online – J.D. Power say smartphone users spend an average of 115 minutes per week using social networking apps. >
IN-APP WARNING
APP STORE TAG ADDED
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ollowing a glut of negative publicity over in-app purchases, a small but welcome change has been made to the App Store. All freemium apps now prominently display a small “Offers InApp Purchases” tag alongside the price. The addition will be a handy reminder for parents wanting to avoid unexpected Danny Kitchen of Bristol, racked up $2,580/£1,700 playing iPad games.
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APPS REVIEWED HUEMORE / PHOTOSHOP TOUCH BLUX LENS / ZITRR CAMERA PLUS UNMECHANICAL / TOTEMS / NIGHTSKY NEW & UPDATED APPS
HALL OF FAME
CALCULATOR APPS
Heartbeats HUEMORE curious satellite VERSION 1.0 PRICE $1.99 £1.49 SIZE 8.6 MB
Alter the look of your iPhone pictures before you even take them
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after you’ve snapped them, but what if you want to see the results before you hit the shutter button? Enter Huemore,
fresh from the makers of Hueless. Think your picture needs extra punch? Then adjust the contrast, seeing how it looks straight away. As you’d expect Huemore offers all the usual features you’d expect in a photo-taking app. The shutter button is here, as well as a shortcut to your gallery. But it’s the added extras that gives clever little Huemore the edge.
Hidden controls
The only problem is that the very same extras are often hidden away. Take the exposure button, which controls the black and white levels. Tap it again and you’ll uncover contrast and saturation controls. The problem is that, due to the lack of an introduction, you need to hunt these options down. There are some
Monster effects in a tiny package
instructions tucked away behind the Core Button – which looks suspiciously like a camera lens to us – but it takes far The Core Button allows you to save addition that really sets Huemore ahead of the snapper app pack. Say goodbye to painstakingly trying to recreate an old >
effect – plus you can share your presets with other Huemore users via Twitter, Facebook or email. How very social. There are also options to turn on grids to aid photo composition, the ability to switch to the front facing camera
Most of the options have several functions if you keep tapping
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for groovy self portraits, and numerous handy lamp setting, which keeps the LED burning for low light photo shoots. complete with several presets and a slider to alter the strength of the effect. can create some truly unique images
Make even a gray day look bright
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that aren’t possible with just the default camera, all of which can be easily shared via Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
Gallery to go
Once taken, your pictures are gathered in Huemore’s photo gallery, as well as automatically copied into Photos and can be easily pushed to other apps. Unfortunately, the gallery seemed a little several times or simply containing no images even though we’d been snapping happily away. Thankfully, there were no such problem when testing on an iPhone 5, so here’s hoping the 4S issues are extremely battery hungry and quickly
heats up the back of the iPhone. One to use over short periods if you want to As with all camera apps of this type, fun and thanks to its strong options, Huemore is a cut above the rest.
COLOR EXPLOSION
“Don’t waste time filtering pictures after the event. Huemore gives you the control to be truly creative on the fly.”
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FEATURES Features
CAMERA + IN-DEPTH GUIDE
GLIF TRIPOD ATTACHMENT
DAYLIGHT VIEWFINDER
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et’s face it, Apple’s own Camera app
Beyond the admittedly impressive Panorama mode and an optional grid, you get few tools and only the most basic of editing options. Camera+ puts far more power in your hands, from extra shooting modes (including an through to editing feature, we run through what you can do with the app, showing how it can improve your photography. >
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GET STARTED asked to enable location services. If you tap ‘Don’t Allow’ when prompted, any photographs you take (and also any saved edited images) won’t be tagged with location data. If you later change your mind about whatever option you going to the Settings app and adjusting it in Privacy > Location Services. >
LEARN THE INTERFACE choice controls Digital (probably bestavoided)
Lightbox
Shutter, you can also use the volume up button to take a photo
Menu for accessing options
Cog icon for shot type
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HOW-TO iPHONE EASTER EGGS THE BEST SECRETS
SYNC UP TRANSFER FILMS & VIDEOS
Q & A YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
iPHONE EASTER EGGS THE BEST HIDDEN SECRETS
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Take A Screenshot
Press the Home and On/Off button at the same time to take a screenshot. You’ll then find it in the Camera Roll. Now you can show off your awesome high scores.
Find on Page
Find what you’re looking for in Safari. Tap the search bar, enter a term, scroll down and tap Find. Quickly get to what you want.
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Tap the word to find it
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Tap Call to dial the same number
Redial
Don’t waste time entering a number again. Open the Phone app, select Keypad, then hit Call. It automatically presents the last number dialed.
Correct Siri
If Siri makes a mistake when dictating, tap the word. You can then enter the correction and send your message.
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