Do you realize the ramifications of this? I was in my car, expecting to use the "Call person name, mobile" command and I could no longer do handsfree dialing.
Siri now apparently requires network connectivity to do basic voice commands.
This is going to cause atleast a few car crashes due to this loss of capability. Apple really messed up here. It should revert back to the old voice control engine in the event that SIRI is down.
Oh that is BS. If there is a car wreck as a result of someone NOT being able to voice dial then I question that driver's ability to handle the vehicle and life in general.
If you pick up your phone to voice dial and can't, put the freaking thing down or pull over if the call is THAT important (or against the law in your state to be without hands free).
The only thing I can agree with is reverting back to the old voice dialing when Siri is unavailable. That sounds like a half decent idea.
Down all morning in San Francisco also.
I wonder if the message "Sorry, I Cant Connect to the Network" is because of an overload on the Apple servers, or because of an overload on the (in my case) AT&T servers. Does anyone know the answer to this?
Either way, the issue is quite serious and needs to be fixed soon, otherwise Siri can be considered quite a debacle. I haven't been able to connect over 3G and WiFi all morning.
If the AT&T network servers are to blame, I do not think it is going to be fixed any time soon, because my experience with AT&T is, that they really do not care what their customers think or compalin about. I have complained about the same dead zones in my home town for years, and AT&T has just plainly refused to fix this.
If the Apple network servers are to blame, well brace yourselves when the 4S is released to 22 other countries around the world on October 28. Right now only about a million or so users are having serious issues with using Siri. When the service goes worldwide there will be many millions of users more, and the problem will only get worse.
Turn off siri and old voice control all return. But you're right, that should happen automatically.Do you realize the ramifications of this? I was in my car, expecting to use the "Call person name, mobile" command and I could no longer do handsfree dialing.
Siri now apparently requires network connectivity to do basic voice commands.
This is going to cause atleast a few car crashes due to this loss of capability. Apple really messed up here. It should revert back to the old voice control engine in the event that SIRI is down.