441: Going to need a bigger chart

The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple! On this episode we talk Apple's Q1 2015 results, the iPhone phenomena, Mac growth, Apple Watch ship date, and the evolution of the iPad. With Peter Cohen, Rene Ritchie, and special guests Georgia Dow and Jason Snell.

Show notes

• Apple Q1 2015 results
• Apple Watch ships in April
• The Year of Apple Pay
• Mac sales continue to kick the PC market's ass
• The 'great product' strategy
• Apple's ASP and the difference between cost and value
• Why Apple is underestimated so insanely always
• iOS 8.1.3
• OS X 10.10.2
• Outlook for iOS
• The iPad: Insert meaning here

Guests

• Georgia Dow of Vector and Isometric
• Jason Snell of Six Colors and The Incomparable

Hosts

• Peter Cohen
• Rene Ritchie

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How much does a 4G phone plan cost around the world?

Complaining about the cost and service of a wireless phone plan is global pass-time; it seems no one is ever really happy with what they are currently paying for.

But maybe your phone plan isn't as expensive as it seems, especially when you compare it to similar plans from across the world.

We were particularly interested in which countries offered the most generous data plans, so we've compiled a list of the best plans we could find, and how much it will cost you in USD and the local currency.

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Disable WiFi scanning to extend battery life, for Android

Most people think that when it comes to saving battery byswitching WiFi setting there are two options: enabled and disabled. Actually,theres a third. You can leave WiFi enabled, so that you can still connect to aWi-Fi network, but disable your phones tendency to be always-scanning for newnetworks.

Its this automatic scanning that does the real batterydraining, and you can stretch your time between charges a decent amount bygetting rid of it.

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442: Photos for Mac beta!

The Photos for Mac beta is here and Rene and Serenity have spent as much time as possible testing it out. Now they're here to answer questions and give (preliminary) opinions! Also: New columns!

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Show notes

• Photos for Mac first look: The future of ubiquitous photography approaches
• What you need to know about Photos for OS X
• Apple and the agents of change
• Kick procrastination's butt with your iPhone
• Apple Retail roundtable: The stores of today and tomorrow
• Anybody who can't make money off iPads or TUAW should get out of the money-making business

Hosts

• Serenity Caldwell
• Rene Ritchie

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443: When Rene's away...

With Rene fled to warmer climes, Serenity, Peter, and Ally take over to talk Photos for Mac, Cars for Apple, and all the week's iPhone, iPad, and Mac news.

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7 incredible cell phone facts

Mobile phones have gone from being an expensive and cumbersome indulgence for the ultra-rich to being a must-have element of our modern world. Everyone you know probably has a phone, or at least has access to one.

And yet, despite this knowledge, these fun phone facts will still blow your mind.

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An easy trick to make apps go faster on your Android

On certain Android devices, there is an easy way to switchsome settings around to make apps open and close faster. Its called ART, whichstands for Android Run Time. This is a new runtime system that will eventuallyreplace the current default one (called Dalvik) as Android moves forwards. Itscurrently in early stages, so switching to it is not without a couple ofdrawbacks, but in general things end up working just that little bit faster.

Youll need a bit of free space on your phone. How muchdiffers depending on what apps you have installed, but if your phone is closeto full then you might want to free up some space before proceeding.

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