REPLACE APPLE’S APPS NOW APP REVIEWS, TIPS AND BUYING ADVICE FOR iOS ADDICTS 93 APPS & GAMES REVIEWED ULTIMATE GUIDE TO iWatch revolution iPAD COMIC READERS Nothing will be the same Master iCloud Advanced syncing masterclass Meet the PowerSkin for Apple® iPhone 5 www.powerskin.co.uk PowerSkin battery cases provide the ultimate power solution with a quick-wrap protective case for your on-the-go lifestyle. Because battery life is life. Learn More Untitled-1 1 21/03/2013 11:34 WELCOME EDITORIAL Editor David Price 020 7756 2867 [email protected] Editorial assistant Ashleigh Allsopp 020 7756 2918 [email protected] Email me your thoughts: [email protected] Art director Mandie Johnson Or contact me on Twitter: twitter.com/pricivius 020 7756 2881 [email protected] Production editor Rob Woodcock 020 7756 2876 [email protected] Games editor Alec Meer [email protected] WHAT’S NEXT? ADVERTISING Head of sales Steve Marshall h, Samsung. Will your cheeky capers never end? 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And you claim not to copy Apple’s products, but then do everything you can – bar resurrecting Steve PRODUCTION Head of digital production Richard Bailey Jobs to do a zombie keynote – to copy its launch events. 020 7756 2839 [email protected] In the world of Apple and not-Apple (a position currently CIRCULATION & MARKETING occupied by Samsung), double standards are par for the course; Marketing manager Ash Patel but the contrasting receptions given to the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4 020 7756 2861 [email protected] are still vexing. Everyone else rolls FINANCE out cautious, iterative upgrades Financial director Chris Norman In an ideal world, of Credit controller Dawnette Gordon and gets a cheer for trying, Purchase ledger clerk Lyn McNicol but Apple has to redefi ne the course, every Apple Accountant Parit Shah product category every time. launch would be like PUBLISHING In an ideal world, of course, Editor in chief Mark Hattersley 020 7756 2879 [email protected] every Apple launch would be like the fi rst iPhone Publishing director Simon Jary the fi rst iPhone: thrilling, new, 020 7756 2808 [email protected] Managing director Kit Gould and ripe with possibilities. But no company can keep that up forever. Some, as Samsung has shown once again, never manage it at all. Still, we can all dream, and like most of you, we love to come iPad & iPhone User is published by IDG UK up with ideas for future Apple products. 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David Price All material copyright IDG UK 2013 Cover artwork: artist’s conception of iWatch by Nickolay Lamm from MyVoucherCodes.co.uk by Nickolay Lamm from conception of iWatch Cover artwork: artist’s EDITOR Follow us on Twitter and join the conversation We’re sure to like you if you ‘Like’ us! @ipadiphoneuser www.facebook.com/ipadiphoneuser iPad & iPhone User 2013 3 003 Intro 73.indd 3 25/03/2013 18:12 CONTENTS WIN A YEAR’S BROADBAND SEE PAGE 9 16 APPLE: NEXT GENERATION From iPhone mini to iPad 5, from iPhone 6 and iWatch to iOS 7; we bring you our fantasy Apple launch line-up for 2013 and beyond. 14 THE iWATCH REVOLUTION 24 What would change if Apple READING COMICS ON THE IPAD announced an iWatch next week? Tablets have breathed new life into Almost everything, we predict. comics. We show you the best ways to enjoy comics on your iPad. NEWS NEW GADGETS 03 WELCOME 6 All the hot 10 The tech kit 06 NEWS HEADLINES headlines in and accessories 10 NEWS NEW GADGETS your iPad, we’re currently 12 NEWS APPS & GAMES 56 HIT LIST BUYERS GUIDE iPhone lusting after. 66 OPINION KIRK MCELHEARN and iPod world. 4 iPad & iPhone User 2013 iPAD & iPHONE USER ISSUE 73: MAY 2013 44 I’ve got the power Charging tips to prevent you running out of juice 46 Seize the moment Jot it down quickly with CaptureNotes 2’s range of advanced tools 48 Living in the past with Timehop Find out what you were up to a year ago today 50 Syncing with iCloud Get down to business with iCloud 54 Productivity-boosting stock app alternatives Four awesome replacements for Calendar, 50-53 Syncing with iCloud Mail, Notes and Reminders Learn how to master iCloud’s syncing components, among its 55 Clean your lawn in Plants vs Zombies most valuable core offerings, in this months iCloud how to. Games academy: master a classic iPad game 31 Sonoro cuboDock One-box stereo loudspeaker, with the option of Bluetooth wireless HARDWARE: 30 Gear4 StreetParty 5 Lightning speaker dock Orbitsound M9 wireless soundbar/sub-woofer 31 Otone Varsa mini soundbar Just Mobile Gum Plus 32 Sonoro cuboDock wireless speaker Neat, smart little battery unit 32 Just Mobile Gum Plus portable charger Wahoo RFLKT bike computer 33 Belkin Thunderstorm iPad case Musubo Retro iPhone 5 case Dodocase Classic iPad case APPS: 34 ProCutX for Final Cut Pro X iStopMotion for iPad 35 Kodable Wood Camera – Vintage Photo Editor Alt Photo 36 WeatherPro Horizon Calendar MeteoEarth BOOK CLUB: ▼ ▼ 37 The Hare With Amber Eyes: 34 iStopMotion for iPad 35 Kodable The Illustrated Edition Version two of the excellent animation app Teach your kids coding basics GAMES: 38 Real Racing 3 39 Shifts Year Walk Capsized+ 40 Little Inferno 41 iCueda Zombies, Run! SEQ ▼ 41 Zombies, Run! ▼ 38 Real Racing 3 Undead-themed fi tness app A free, fun and beautiful driving game iPad & iPhone User 2013 5 Should Apple be scared of Samsung’s new Galaxy S4? Not really, say analysts, following Samsung’s latest smartphone launch n 14 March Samsung revealed the Galaxy S4. We’ve since seen Apple react with a new web page describing what’s so Ogreat about the iPhone, coupled with a promotional email. We’ve seen analysts question whether the S4 will be a match for the next iPhone. And we’ve laughed at the rumours from around the web about Samsung’s “misogynistic” and “embarrassing” launch event. So what’s the big deal about the Galaxy S4, and should Apple be worried? The general consensus is no, and following the S4 launch Apple’s share price has risen. The Galaxy S4 won’t actually be available until late April, nor is it all that different to the S3. It’s marginally smaller than its predecessor and slightly Battle eld Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 is the latest challenger to Apple’s iPhone 5 thicker than the iPhone 5. Samsung’s handset has a Super Amoled display with MacKenzie said: “I went from laughing to feeling embarrassed a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080, compared to the iPhone 5’s at some of the acting. Watching the presentation, it looks like 1,136 x 640 resolution, while its 441 pixels per inch is also they invested a lot in marketing instead of innovation.” higher than that of Apple’s handset, which is 326ppi. The S4 comes with a 1.6GHz octa-core processor; the iPhone Analyst reaction has a 1.2GHz dual-core chip. In the run up to the event there was talk about how Apple The S4 also features two cameras, and signifi cantly, the should be scared about the new phone – in fact the company’s ability to use both cameras at the same time. We wonder at marketing head, Phil Schiller, even gave two interviews the the practical implication of this, additional bandwidth aside. day before the launch Some experts expect that the advanced features, which also event in which he “Looking at the include eye-tracking functionality, may overwhelm some users. blasted Google. presentation, it The concern may Distancing from Google have been unwarranted. looks like Samsung Samsung has, however, decided to use the year-old Android Topeka Capital Markets invested a lot in 4.2.2 as its operating system, and the company went to analyst Brian White great lengths to demonstrate its own software at the launch was unimpressed with marketing instead event, leading some to suggest it’s trying to distance itself the S4. He claimed of innovation” from Google. Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg tweeted: that the plastic casing – HTC president “What’s interesting is Samsung clearly pushing their own is “no match” for the ecosystem over Google’s.” aluminium enclosure The Korean company introduced a number of new of the iPhone. The S4 is “evolutionary” but it is also “heavier, software features, including Group Play (for sharing music, fatter and less refi ned than the iPhone 5,” White said.