AppleInsider is reporting that Apple engineering has officially stated that there are no plans to bring Siri to old iOS devices.
I personally never expected Siri to come out on older iPhones. Sure, I would have loved for my wife’s “old” iPhone 4 to get Siri. That does not make any sense for Apple though. It’s an amazing selling point for the iPhone 4S. I still think that the iPhone 4S was specifically designed to work best with Siri and that the performance on older hardware is likely to be worse (i.
I’ve seen a lot of indignation recently about the iPhone 4S battery performance. From my usage, I’m willing to bet the majority of people concerned are actually just misinformed by the battery cartoon at the top of the screen.
Today at 3pm I was alerted by my iPhone that I only had 20% battery left! I listened to an audio book on my drive home (about an hour). I then received a dire alert that I only had 10% battery left!
The iPhone is a beautiful yet fragile piece of technology. I love the feel of it. It has a satisfying heft and the glass allows it to slide easily from my fingers into my pocket. Unfortunately there’s a cost to the sleek design. The iPhone 4(S) appears to have a much greater affinity for the ground than for my hand. The obvious solution is to put it into a protective case.
I've been doing this trick (from TUAW) with my wife for the past week. She doesn't have an iPhone 4S (yet) but she prefers the reminders app to any other option, including a list on the refrigerator. Siri makes it all that much easier for me to add things to the shopping list while I prepare meals (I do the household cooking and my wife does the grocery shopping).
Keyboard Maestro macros can be executed several different ways. There’s the common hot-key trigger and text snippet trigger. These are great but sometimes I need to run a macro when I’m not sitting in front of my computer. That’s where the KM Webserver trigger and Keyboard Maestro iOS apps come in handy. Webserver This a somewhat understated feature of Keyboard Maestro. I can configure the application to expose a webserver running on a specific port.
One of my favorite new features in iOS on my iPad2 is mirroring to an Apple TV 2. This is a pretty big deal. It transforms the iPad from an introverted device to a home activity center.
If you own an Apple TV2 you probably know how satisfying it is to watch the photo screensaver serve up all of your favorite family moments. It’s equally satisfying to sit together on the couch and look for local restaurants on Yelp or look at recipes in Paprika.
I bet the AT&T and Apple servers are all heating up today.
Great review by Macstories (do they ever sleep?) of the new features in Instacast on iOS 5.
I've been using Instacast (see this review) for about eight months and it's already one of the most used apps on my iPhone. It is the best podcast app available for iOS. Cross device syncing is a great demonstration of where apps can go with the new iOS 5 services.
Yeah, so I'm not sure why they didn't mention this at the keynote. I've already spent $10 in the first five minutes.
Fantastic "research" by Joshua Topolsky. I'm looking forward to all of the people walking around the streets saying things like this out loud trying to get a clever response from Siri. Of course that would be a normal situation on the T.
