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KindredMAC

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The Original Siri App Gets Pulled From The App Store, Servers To Be Killed
Courtesy of TechCrunch.com

Long before today’s announcement that the Siri Voice Assistant would be an integral part of iOS, Siri was a third-party app. It wasn’t as pretty, and not nearly as well integrated, but it had one big advantage: it ran on just about any iOS device.

Then Apple bought Siri. It immediately became clear that Apple was making a push into voice — and yet, the app stayed on the store. It lived on un-updated, but it lived on nevertheless. Then Apple introduced Siri… exclusively for the iPhone 4S.

And with that, the life of Siri (the application) came to an end, making way for Siri (the feature)...

Full article here
 

thewitt

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Sep 13, 2011
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Though it ran, it ran poorly at best. It stayed on my phone only as an example of where voice control might eventually go....and it has gone there...
 
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