It's time to announce this week's photo contest -- weather! Last time, we focused on fall colors and many of our readers expressed sadness at the fact that in their area, the weather has moved on to be more wintery than autumn-y. To make up for that, this week's contest is simply "weather" which will work no matter where you are in the world! Experiencing glorious sunny, hot days like I am in California? Make the rest of the world jealous with a gorgeous pic showing that off! Still suffering on the East Coast from the destruction of Hurricane Sandy? We want to see that, too. Or if you're in Colorado and already getting hit with snow, show the rest of us (except spoiled Californians) what's coming soon.

In case you missed the point, we want to see photos that show off any and all weather conditions whether it's sunshine, rain, snow, fog, clouds, lightning, hurricanes, or tornados.

Congrats to jeffgoodman1 for winning the "fall colors" photo contest!

The prize: $30 iTunes gift certificate

In addition to a thumbs up from the iMore crew and all of us yelling about how great of a photo star you are, the winner of this week's photography contest will receive a $30 iTunes gift card allowing you to stock up on some of those photography apps you've been dying to buy!

The rules

The rules of entry are very simple. The photo must have been taken with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (we'll check the EXIF data of the original file to verify) and any edits must have been done with an iPhone or iPad app. No Photoshop CS6! If you have external lens accessories you are more than welcome to use them. You can submit as many photos as you'd like, but remember, this is a contest, so make sure you submit your best work!

Resources

Now, before you run off to take your photo, remember that it's not technical skill alone that will claim this prize. Even if you're not the best photographer (yet!), a great eye and a great subject can still get you the win.

However, a little help can never hurt, so make sure you check out our iPhone photography series for some tips.

How to submit

Submitting your photos is easy. just head over to the iMore Photography Forum and post your photos to the official contest thread. Don't forget to state which apps, if any, you used to edit your photo!

That's it! Now go out and shoot!

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NAVIGON North America is a fully-featured navigation app for iPhone and iPad and the good folks at Garmin have supplied with with 10 promo codes to giveaway to you, our awesome readers! For a chance to win, all you need to do is leave a comment below!

Some of the feature highlights of NAVIGON North America include premium road guidance that goes beyond just turn-by-turn directions like visual lane guidance, speed limit warning, parking information, and realtime traffic, onboard maps with map manager that allows users to download maps of individual states to save on storage, sophisticated app views including panorama view in 3D, public transit routing with Urban Guidance, Goggle Street View and more.

If you want a chance at getting your hands on this excellent navigational tool for your iPhone and iPad, just leave a comment below for a chance to win!

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No doubt secreted away in multiple, remote, undisclosed -- likely underground, Batcave-esque -- locations, AgileBits has been working on an all-new version of their highly-rated security app, 1Password. Re-coded and re-designed, 1Password 4 brings a simplified design language and experience to iOS, yet also manages to ramp up the power and convenience. Unfortunately, I can't show you everything -- they're protecting it with hockey sticks and cattle brands and I can't take that kind of pain -- but I can show you some of the new vault view on the iPhone version.

Master password

If you've used previous versions of 1Password for iOS, you're no doubt familiar with the double-barrel protection scheme that's pin code lock + master password. Well, it seems they had a tussle for dominance and pin-code lock lost out, because it's gone. Now, like the desktop version, you have but one master password to rule them all. (You can, however, set a quick unlock pin-code for use when switching back-and-forth between 1Password and other apps.)

Favorites

Once you've unlocked 1Password 4, you're in the vault view by default. There are several tabs in the vault view, in standard iOS fashion, the first of which is Favorites. You can mark any login, secure note, credit card, generated password, software license, or bank account as a favorite and then get to that subset of really important items quickly and conveniently via the Favorites tab. (Just like Favorites in the Phone app.)

Categories

The next tab over is Categories, and that's where the vast majority of your secured information lives. Sub-categories include logins, secure notes, credit cards, generated passwords, software licenses, and bank accounts. Everything is sorted alphanumerically, as you'd expect, and you can easily add an item to any category. Depending on the type of item, you can have as little information stored as username, password, and login URL, or as much as complete bank or credit card account, branch information, limits and rates. There's also an all items view... with search!

Folders

If Favorites is a single list of your most frequently and urgently needed information, and Categories is the fire hose of everything, Folders sits somewhere in between as a way to group items that's likely be used together based on specific projects or contexts. For example, a work folder could keep all the items you need for routine portal and services access, and a New Thing sub-folder could keep all the items you want handy for that super-secret app you're developing, etc. A Financial folder could hold all your money-related logins and accounts. On the personal side, if you're taking care of a loved one who can't manage their own accounts any more, you can likewise collect them all in one place so you can more easily help them out without having to search through long lists every time.

Settings

Settings is, as always, where a lot of the awesome geeky stuff is hanging out. You've got sections for security, sync, and data, a news feed, and quick access to Help. Some of the goodies here include the aforementioned quick unlock code, a way to automatically clear the clipboard so your copied passwords don't stay in memory, and iCloud as a sync option. Dropbox is, of course, still there for cross-platform users and -- wait for it -- you can use iCloud and Dropbox at the same time.

1Password 4

Security is perpetually at war with convenience, and password managers are the front line troops that help us stay safe and still live our lives. 1Password 4 has been redone from pixel to bit with just that focus in mind. There's no word yet on when 1Password 4 will be released, but AgileBits certainly appears to have all engines well past the redline. Hopefully we'll get to see more soon...

In the meantime, if you want the current version of 1Password, you can grab it here:

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Update: AgileBits sent us a statement on pricing:

1Password 4 for iOS is a brand new app. It will require a purchase. There will be a special price available at launch time. The existing 1Password iOS apps will no longer be sold. They will continue to be supported, will sync with 1Password 4 and be available for download in the "Purchased" section of iTunes.

I'm really happy to hear this. Apple should implement upgrade pricing in the App Store, but in the meantime, this is the only solution developers are afforded. Offering a discount at launch is a classy way to mitigate upgrade cost for existing users, similar to upgrade pricing. Bottom line, I like it when developers can afford to feed their families, and make successful, long-lasting businesses that can create more great apps and updates in the future. Most of us don't work for free; neither should developers.

Early iTunes Match adopters are starting to receive notices that their iTunes Match subscriptions are being renewed, while others are getting emails from Apple stating their subscription couldn't renew due to problems with billing information. Confused? Confounded? Caught off-guard? Here's what you need to know!

Wait, what is iTunes Match?

If you don't already know about iTunes Match, this isn't the right guide for you. You want this one instead:

• How to set up and start using iTunes Match

How to update your iTunes billing information

If you've changed your billing information since you first subscribed to iTunes Match, it may not renew correctly so make sure your billing information is correct in iTunes.

How to update your iTunes billing information on iPhone and iPad

1. Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.

2. Tap on iTunes & App Stores.

3. Tap on your Apple ID at the top.

4. Tap on View Apple ID.

5. Enter your Password and tap OK.
6. Tap on Payment Information.

7. Verify that your billing information is up to date or make any changes you need to, then tap Done in the upper right hand corner.

That's it, you're all updated.

How to update your iTunes billing information via iTunes

1. Launch iTunes on your Mac.

2. Click on iTunes Store in the left hand navigation under the Store section.

3. Click on Account in the main window in the right hand navigation.

4. Enter your Apple ID password when prompted.
5. Under Apple ID Summary you will see your billing information and address. Tap Edit next to any section you need to update or change.

6. Once you've finished making changes to a section, click the Done button in the bottom right hand side.

That's it, your billing information is now up to date.

How to turn on or off auto-renew for your iTunes Match subscription

1. Launch iTunes on your Mac.

2. Click on iTunes Store in the left hand navigation under the Store section.

3. Click on Account in the main window in the right hand navigation.

4. Enter your Apple ID password when prompted.
5. Under the section labeled iTunes in the Cloud you can see your iTunes Match subscription status.

6. If auto-renew is not currently enabled, turn it On. This is also where you can turn it off if you'd like to cancel the service.

That's all there is to it. Your iTunes Match subscription will renew for $24.99 a year, every year, until it is canceled.

iCloud Tabs allow you to access web pages you have open in Safari across any iPhone, iPad, or Mac you've got synced up with your iCloud account. If you're at home browsing on your Mac and later need to access a page you had open on that Mac from your iPhone or iPad, there's no need to scour the web for it, just use iCloud Tabs to instantly view the page on any of your iCloud enabled devices.

Here's how.

• How to enable iCloud Tabs on iPhone and iPad
• How to enable iCloud Tabs in Mac OS X Mountain Lion
• How to access iCloud Tabs on your iPhone and iPad
• How to access iCloud Tabs on your Mac

How to enable iCloud Tabs on iPhone and iPad

iCloud tabs doesn't have its own setting to enable but if you don't have iCloud syncing with Safari turned on across all your iOS or OS X devices, you won't be able to use iCloud Tabs.

1. Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.

2. Tap on iCloud.

3. Make sure the option to sync Safari with iCloud is ticked to On.

How to enable iCloud Tabs in Mac OS X Mountain Lion

iCloud Tabs are only available in OS X Mountain Lion, so if you are on an older version of OS X, unfortunately, you won't have the ability to use iCloud Tabs on your Mac. If you are on Mountain Lion, just perform the following steps to make sure iCloud Tabs are enabled.

1. Click the Apple logo in the upper left hand corner and click on System Preferences.

2. Click on iCloud.

3. Make sure the option to sync Safari with iCloud is checked.

How to access iCloud Tabs on your iPhone and iPad

1. Launch Safari from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.

2. Tap on the Bookmarks icon in the bottom navigation. (It's the second icon from the right.)

3. Tap on iCloud Tabs.

4. Here you'll see a list of all the open Safari tabs you've got across all your iOS and OS X devices. Simply tap on whatever tab you'd like to open. That's it!

How to access iCloud Tabs on your Mac

1. Launch Safari on your Mac running OS X Mountain Lion.

2. Click on the Cloud icon to the left of the address bar.

3. Click on whatever web page you'd like to go to from any of your listed devices. That's all there is to it!

The popular photography app Camera+ by tap tap tap has been updated with several new features, the most interesting one being the addition of a "flash" to the front-facing camera. Obviously, this flash isn't a real flash since that is a hardware piece, but Camera+ now flashes a bright white background onto the screen when taking a photo to simulate using a flash. This is similar to the approach that Apple takes with Photo Booth on the Mac.

Another notable feature added to Camera+ is a horizon level that ensures you don't take a crooked photo. Instead of a complicated looking meter that some apps use, tap tap tap took a new approach by replacing one of the segments of the gridlines with a bolder tilting segment. When the segment lines up with your gridlines, then you know your photo is straight.

Camera+ has also added a Live Exposure feature that should draw the attention of iPhoneographers who want more control. Now you can see how the changes to exposure parameters like ISO and shutter speed change in real-time. This will be a great time-saver for many.

You may not have ever realized it, but when using the camera on the iPhone 5, the viewfinder actually crops a little bit of what your camera actually sees and what you'll get. Camera+ has fixed this problem and set up the interface in a way that ensures there is absolutely no viewfinder cropping. What you see is what you shoot.

All of these features to Camera+ are quite excellent and I look forward to spending more time with the app over the coming weeks.

Both the iPhone and iPad versions of Camera+ are on sale, so if you're interested in picking this one up, do it now! After you do, we'd love to see your photos in the iMore Photography forum!

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The equity research arm of Barclays just put out a report on Apple, and it has a handy chart summarizing all of the main concerns investors have with the stock right now.

The concerns are: 1) Long term operating margins; 2) competition for iPhone; 3) competition for iPad; 4) no "next big thing; 5) concerns over maps; 6) management changes; 7) production execution; 8) execution risks in vertical integration

Let's dive into these a bit, shall we?

I think it's safe to lump the first three items into the same category. The market is worried that iPad and iPhone competition (mainly Android) will hurt profit margins in the long run.

In the parts of the world where Apple is kicking ass the only real competition these days is Samsung. And I don't think I need to remind you all that Samsung is not a discount vendor. Their average selling prices aren't much lower than Apple's. When carrier subsidies are taken into account, the price consumers pay are very reasonable. So I'd say the real risk to long term margins is whether or not carriers can continue to make money from iPhone and Samsung Galaxy subscribers. If wireless data margins take a hit, subsidies will drop and pricing pressure ensues.

Yes, there is some pressure coming from Google's Nexus 4, and the Kindle Fire HD. But the volumes of these two products are really a drop in the bucket compared to what Samsung is selling. The Kindle Fire HD sure looks like a great tablet, but it's essentially meaningless outside of the US, which accounts for a relatively small percentage of the global opportunity

What allows Apple to maintain its pricing power, as always, has been the beautiful integration and simplicity of hardware, OS, apps, media and services. Apple has maintained pricing power in the PC market for ages and they did it without the scale that they now have.

So why is everyone suddenly worried about profitability? Apple has all the same advantages they've always had, plus they are now huge. Their iOS market share in mobile computing makes Mac OS X market share (in PC land) look like a total failure.

Last quarter's guidance of 36% gross margin has some investors concerned about profitability. But if you look back to their latest quarterly results the explanation Peter Oppenheimer gave is quite reasonable. Apple just threw the kitchen sink at us by refreshing pretty much everything they sell in a single quarter. The ramp-up effect on margins is something I've seen many times before at other companies. It isn't Apple making up some kind of excuse.

The whole idea of Apple not having a "next big thing"? Honestly, how can people seriously make this kind of comment? When the iPhone was first announced, did anyone see it coming? And the iPad - yeah, people though a larger iPhone was coming but really, we had no idea just how big a deal it would be. So why, all of a sudden, does the whole world seem to believe they know what Apple won't be doing?

What about the management changes? The loss of Steve Jobs is an obvious concern, and one that has been out there for more than a year now. Yet Apple has released some of its best products ever. I don't think we're going to know just how well (or poorly) Apple deals with his loss for a few more years.

The loss of their retail executive, John Browett, doesn't bother me in the least. If he didn't fit in with the Apple culture, they needed to cut him loose. This just doesn't seem to have any long term implications to me.

So, besides Steve Jobs, I think the executive changes at Apple really boil down to the recent elimination of Scott Forstall. He was instrumental in the launch of iOS, but that was 5 years ago. Under his leadership, Apple has carved out a massive lead in the creation of the most powerful mobile computing ecosystem on the planet. I'd suggest that a leadership change, at this point, is less of a risk.

Finally, let's talk about supply risks. Apple probably won't make enough iPhone 5 to satisfy demand this quarter. Is this really anything new? I don't think so. Apple has consistently pushed the limits on manufacturing techniques for its products. It has typically run into short-term shortages after a major release. Yet it has always caught up over a couple of quarters.

Apple is also shifting away from Samsung as a fab for its application processors. There are execution risks in making this happen, but it's not like shooting at a target and hoping you hit. Apple doesn't just stop making chips at the Samsung fab, move over to Taiwain's TSMC, and pray for good yields. No. Apple has contracts in place with Samsung, and despite rumours of higher prices, I suspect they'll have supply continuity until they complete their transition away from the Korean chipmaker. Remember that Samsung isn't selling product to Apple.

They're selling fabrication services. Apple owns the chip design.

In the wake of HTC settling their patent litigation with Apple, likely by agreeing to pay a per-handset licensing fee to Apple, Samsung has come out and said they won't be doing likewise any time soon. That, according to J.K. Shin of Samsung Mobile. The AFP reports:

"We have no such intention," J.K. Shin, the head of Samsung Electronics' mobile unit, told reporters on Wednesday when asked if Samsung would seek a similar settlement.

Samsung lost a $1 billion verdict to Apple in U.S. courts, but international courts haven't held Samsung anywhere near as accountable for their early copying of Apple devices, and Apple has been on the receiving end of some punishment themselves.

Samsung has since gone in their own direction, but benefited hugely from fielding iPhone-like devices on, at the time, non-iPhone carriers like Verizon. "No, we don't have the iPhone, but we have this and it's just like the iPhone!"

Being Apple without being Apple led to Samsung becoming far and away the leading Android phone vendor by market share, and there's likely no amount of wrist-slapping that with level the playing field for vendors like HTC and Motorola which chose to field more unique, more authentic products from the get-go.

HTC doesn't have the massive consumer products bank account of Samsung, or the Google backing of Motorola, so their risk assessment probably swayed them into settling with Apple. Samsung has the money to fight in court, and while they blatantly and embarrassingly copied Apple in the early days, it turns out that might not have been illegal -- it might just have been brilliant. With rivals like HTC now stuck paying licensing fees to Apple, Samsung's lead could grow even larger.

Why pay for the cow when you can have the milk for free?

Source: AFP

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It's been just over a week now since Apple launched the iPad mini and while many of us are still waiting for our cellular iPad mini's to ship, others have had a chance to really give Apple's newest, smallest tablet a go. So what do you think?

Does the lack of Retina display bother you? Is it a deal-breaker? Do the things you do on your iPad mini make no Retina a non-issue, or a constant source of consternation? Is the smaller screen size a portability boost or a usability loss? Can you still read easily? Can you still tap easily? Does the smaller size mean you're carrying the iPad mini around a lot, in pockets or purses? Or does it just make it harder to get more serious work done?

We've given you our full iPad mini review write-up and iPad mini review podcast, and now we want to hear from you! Vote in the poll up top and tell me how you really feel in the comments below. Is the iPad mini for you, and why or why not?

If you use your iPhone for any serious photography, the chances are you will have come across the olloclip lens before. The good news, if you have an iPhone 5, is that olloclip has launched a new version of its hugely popular three in one lens especially for Apples's latest handset.The iPhone 5 version of the olloclip lens offers the same features as its predecessors' namely a fish-eye lens, wide angled lens and a macro lens.

The olloclip lens system is a compact, convenient lens system that easily slides over your iPhone 5 camera and turns it into a fun, flexible, photography powerhouse. The olloclip contains both a fisheye and wide-angle lens, and you can unscrew the wide-angle to reveal a macro lens as well. That's 3 extra options in one small package.

The iPhone 5 version will be available at the end of November and comes in red, black and white with black lenses. The price will be the same as the previous versions which are available for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S; $69.99 plus shipping will get you one of these great accessories. If you're looking to get a bit extra from your iPhone 5 camera than digital zoom, picking one of these up could significantly improve your camera prowess.

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If there's one thing iMore loves even more than iPhones and iPads (and iPods!), it's giving cool iPhone and iPad accessories and apps to our awesome readers. This week we have...

Follow and Win October winners

• On Youtube - mrdavidmorton1 has won a $50 gift certificate and a Seidio CONVERT Combo for iPhone 5!
• On Twitter - @rubiconreader has won a $50 gift certificate and a Trident Kraken AMS Case for iPhone 5!
• On Google+ - Bryan Lewis has won a $50 gift certificate and a Incipio FAXION Case for iPhone 5!
• On Facebook - Cheryl Carnahan has won a $50 gift certificate and a Incipio EDGE PRO Hard Shell Slider Case for iPhone 5!

Weekly Photo Contest: Autumn Colors!

Grand prize winner jeffgoodman1 and runner-Up yocko!

Congratulations everyone! Winners will be contacted in the next few days with information on claiming their prizes. Looking for another chance to win? We always have a contest underway for something cool, so keep your eyes on the blogs for those announcements.

Overgram is a gorgeous new photography app that lets you select from a wide range of fonts and customization options to add font to your photos to then share on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or Tumbler. The user interface is very smooth and intuitive and makes adding text a breeze. You can choose different fonts, sizes, alignment options, and more.

Overgram is a free app, includes 10 fonts and will place a watermark on your image. but a quick in in-app purchase of $0.99 will remove the watermark. For over 225 fonts, a choice of a variety of stock backgrounds and additional customization options like more than just square cropping, you can download the original app called Over. Unfortunately, there is not an an-app purchase in Overgram that gives you all the same features of Over. This is particularly disappointing because Over doesn't support the iPhone 5's larger screen, yet. However, I'm confident it will be updated soon, so if the extra features interest you, you should jump on it now because Over is currently on sale for $0.99 (originally $1.99). There is a button in Overgram that will take you to the App Store to download Over if you want to give the free version a spin before committing to Over.

If you pick this one up, let us know what you think and share your photos in in the iMore photography forum!

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Sarah Lane once again fills in the cruising Leo Laporte, and talks iPhone 5S rumors, the future of the iOS Home screen (Springboard), HTC and Apple's patent deal, and more, with Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and yours truly.

My pick of the week was Clear for Mac.

And if you were wondering what I was talking about in regards to Springboard, make sure you listen to Debug.

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