Ncell brings iPhone in Nepal - iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s

For the first time in nepal there is officially iPhone !
Yes for the first time in the end of 2014, you can officially buy iPhones from NCell :]

As per todays exchange rate its 1$ = 100Rs,

Hence for US 650$ Sim-Free iPhone means - 65,000 Rs which with tax & vats will be around

70,000 Rs. Where as Ncell gives iPhone for 82,000 Rs is somewhat expensive !

Which is 12,000 Rs more then what you might be expecting but you do get total of 6Gb data free ( 1Gb for 6 months ).

iPhone 6

Capacity	Total Price	Amount Required for Booking
16GB	Rs. 81,999	Rs. 10,000
64GB	Rs. 92, 499
128GB	Rs. 104,999

Available in Space Gray, Gold and Silver. All iPhone 6 comes with 1GB data every month for 6 months. To book your iPhone 6, visit Ncell Centres in Kathmandu today.

iPhone 6 Plus

Capacity	Total Price	Amount Required for Booking
16GB	Rs. 92,499	Rs. 12,000
64GB	Rs. 104,999
128GB	Rs. 117,99

Available in Space Gray, Gold and Silver. All iPhone 6 Plus comes with 1GB data every month for 6 months. To book your iPhone 6 Plus, visit your nearest Ncell Centre today.

iPhone 5s

Capacity	Total Price	Amount Required for Booking
16GB	Rs. 67,199	Rs. 8,000
32GB	Rs. 73,999

Avaiable in Space Gray, Gold and SiIver. All iPhone 5S comes with 300MB data every month for 6 months. To book your iPhone 5S, visit your nearest Ncell Centre today.

Links - 

iPhone 6 

iPhone 6 Plus

iPhone 5s

iPhone 6 - Apple 

Apple - Store

Getting Started With Static and Dynamic Libraries for iOS and CocoaPods

Sources -

http://www.raywenderlich.com/41377/creating-a-static-library-in-ios-tutorial

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/iOSStaticLibraries/Articles/configuration.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012554-CH3-SW1

http://wiki.remobjects.com/wiki/WIP:How_to_link_Custom_Static_Libraries_from_your_Xcode_Projects

http://www.slideshare.net/sigmapoint/2014-0324-building-static-libraries-for-i-os-with-cocoapods

http://pdx.esri.com/blog/2013/12/13/namespacing-dependencies/

http://blog.db-in.com/universal-framework-for-ios/

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/DynamicLibraries/100-Articles/OverviewOfDynamicLibraries.html

https://github.com/jverkoey/iOS-Framework#first_parties

http://guides.cocoapods.org/using/using-cocoapods.html

iPad Air 2 vs iPad Mini 3 Which iPad to buy or not to buy

This year selecting Apple  product isn't as easy as it used to be.
The price matrix is not as simple, actually its quite complex !
To make things easy I have made a simple chart which shows which
is the iPad you should get and which is the iPad you should NOT !

From the matrix its clear if you don't have much money to spend iPad Mini 2, 16Gb is the best options for $299, but if you can afford to spend some cash on iPad, then iPad Air 2, 62Gb should be your option for $599.
Only make sure you don't end up buying iPad mini at $249 for its low price ! Its a two year old A5 chip inside and non-retina display ! Also there is a sad news - iPad mini 3 has no processor update in new model and hence carry the same A7 chip.

Sources : 

http://www.apple.com/ipad/

http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/#comparison-chart

Post UIImage on Fan Page as Admin using Facebook iOS SDK - GraphPath, FBRequestConnection, ALAsset

// Model 

//  FBPagesModel.h

@interface FBPagesModel : NSObject

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *access_token;

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *category;

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *pageId;

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *name;

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *perms;

- (id)initWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary;

//  FBPagesModel.m

#import "FBPagesModel.h"

@implementation FBPagesModel

- (id)initWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary {

    if (self = [super init]) {

        self.access_token = [dictionary objectForKey:@"access_token"];

        self.category     = [dictionary objectForKey:@"category"];

        self.pageId       = [dictionary objectForKey:@"id"];

        self.name         = [dictionary objectForKey:@"name"];

    }

    return self;

}

@end

// Uploader 

FBPagesModel *pageModel =  ....

Facebook *fb = [Facebook new];

[fb setAccessToken:pageModel.access_token];

ALAsset *asset =  ... // localMedia asset;

        UIImage *largeImage = [self imageForAsset:asset];

        // Capture a photo via file upload as multipart/form-data then use the source parameter:

        NSDictionary *params = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:

                                largeImage, @"source", nil];

        NSLog(@"Params ->  \n %@", params);

        /* make the API call */

NSString *graphPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/%@/photos", pageModel.pageId];

[FBRequestConnection startWithGraphPath:graphPath

                                     parameters:params

                                     HTTPMethod:@"POST"

                              completionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {

                                  /* handle the result */

                                  if (!error) {

                                      NSLog(@"Uploaded to Page \n %@", result);

                                  } else {

                                      NSLog(@"Error posing on FB page \n %@", error);

                                  }

                              }];

- (UIImage *)imageForAsset:(ALAsset*)asset {

    ALAssetRepresentation * representation = [asset defaultRepresentation];

    

    CGImageRef image = [representation fullResolutionImage];

    UIImageOrientation orientation = (UIImageOrientation)[representation orientation];

    CGFloat scale = [representation scale];

    

    return [UIImage imageWithCGImage:image scale:scale orientation:orientation];

}

Microsoft office 365 - Word, Excel, Powerpoint for iPad - for FREE

History

History repeats its self .... lets move back to 1997 !

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and the Microsoft Deal (1997)

Things changed when Steve Jobs came back at Apple in 1997. On the brink of bankruptcy, Jobs turned to his ‘old acquaintance’ Bill Gates for help.The Microsoft Deal is considered a low point in Apple’s history by many.When Steve Jobs announced that Microsoft was not the enemy anymore, few could believe their ears. He went as far as praising the quality of their Mac apps like Office and Internet Explorer… that was outrageous!Things were weird for a few years – 5 years to be exact. Which corresponds to the 5 years of the ‘Microsoft Deal’. During that period Steve Jobs only had good things to say about Redmond.

Announcement

And today Microsoft did announced Office for iPad !
http://blogs.office.com/2014/03/27/announcing-the-office-you-love-now-on-the-ipad/

But in 2014 its through Tweet where we can see there relation :]

Welcome to the #iPad and @AppStore! @satyanadella and Office for iPad
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) March 27, 2014

Thanks @tim_cook, excited to bring the magic of @Office to iPad customers #cloud4mobile
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) March 27, 2014

Get it for FREE !

Yes you read it right, you can still get it for free

https://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftStore/photos/a.160861237479.117183.150915932479/10152279411957480/?type=1&permPage=1
Yes its free but ...  as you have read - "Office 365 is here for the iPad.® The first 50 people to bring their iPad in-store starting Friday 3/28 will get Office 365 free for 1 year" !

App Preview

Microsoft office, already featured and top in app store.

Microsoft Word for iPad

Microsoft Excel for iPad

Microsoft PowerPoint for iPad

Other Alternative 

Facebook gestured based iOS app Paper

1. First load is video ! The app itself is 50+Mbs !!!

2. The Next Splash Screen is a Paper logo on a blur Background

3. Then its all voice guide which is titles block of which you can customise.

The Blue Bar is a Help to teach you how to use the app.

For now its is only available only in iOS and for user with USA as a country !
Hope it will come to android soon. And you can easily change the store of your iOS account in setting.

App Store Link
Change iOS App store country.