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Apple Shutting Down Existing Siri App with iPhone 4S Launch

Did any of you guys screaming for Siri on your iPhone 4 actually buy it and use it when it was in the store? I did and it was barely a demonstration of the technology. The developer has stated that it had to be dumbed down considerably for the old hardware. The iPhone 4S is, in his words, the first platform with the capability to run the full version.
 
thewitt said:
Did any of you guys screaming for Siri on your iPhone 4 actually buy it and use it when it was in the store? I did and it was barely a demonstration of the technology. The developer has stated that it had to be dumbed down considerably for the old hardware. The iPhone 4S is, in his words, the first platform with the capability to run the full version.
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Disagree. I find it (still) works quite adequately. Still use it.
You can even use it to "send feedback to Apple"......"don't take away Siri!"

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arbourable said:
Not really... once traded in, the old phone can be REUSED.
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Don't really want to go down this derail too far, but your point has validity too.
The issue here is a software change leading to a hardware change for no compelling reason.
And the "ethics" and business sense of taking away something on your device.
Its pissing loyal Apple users off, and there isn't a compelling reason to do so.
Like the change of the function of the rotation lock switch.
Maybe if there's enough feedback (do it) Apple will change course.
 
The argument is that the old siri app will make the new Siri integrated app look bad. What malarkey.

The truth is, the killing of the Siri app on iPhone4 was nothing more than a ploy to get more 4S sales.

deplorable in my opinion.
 
It's a demonstration app at best with less than a 50% recognition rate and very little intelligence the way it's currently implemented.
 
I have faith in my jailbreak community to come up with a hack. Obviously Apple wanted Siri to help 4S sales. I wish they would add something like sbsettings to sell them.
 
slrandall said:
There isn't an alternative to Siri at the moment. There are voice commands, but Siri is tech you can have a conversation with. Both have dictation options, sure, but Siri is far more advanced than anything else out there.

And it'll probably stay that way for a long while. AI is a lot harder to copy than hardware. I doubt anything other than the iPhone will have such capabilities for at least a few years. But, like always, the Android camp will simply crap itself with spec-comparisons [not realizing that iPhone 4S + iOS 5 + A5 is a faster combination than anything else out there because of Apple's integrated optimization], and miss the bigger picture.
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so true
 
Mr. Chewbacca said:
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Haha that's awesome! I hope the iPhone 4S keeps this lighthearted personality. The current Siri also has responses such as "It's rude to ask a lady's age" and other jovial quips. It even recommends taking a minicab when you tell it you're drunk.

Unfortunately I don't think Apple's version will be as fun :(
 
Help with old Siri app

I downloaded the original Siri app to my iPod Touch a long while back. I seem to remember it working fine at the time. Then, after not using it for quite a while, I tried it again a few days ago (after the announcement of the iPhone 4S) and it won't open.

It now responds with the message "Something's not right... I'm not getting the information I need to help you." I can't go any further after that. Not sure why this is happening, but it isn't due to the phasing out of the app, since it's supposed to work until 10/15, and others report that theirs is working fine.

Does anyone with Siri experience have any suggestions? Also, is there anywhere I can get any kind of support or talk to admins or developers about it? Doing a search has been fruitless, as any current search using "Siri" turns up only tons of stuff about the new app for the 4S.

Thanks in advance.
 
Bad move

I think it is a bad idea for Apple to discontinue the Siri app. I am sure that there is no reason to remove it except to force people to get the new iPhone. I happen to like Dragon Go! so at least I have an alternative and it is free on the app store.
 
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