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iPad No siri on ipad 2?

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kashyap02004

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I just updated my ipad 2 to ios 6. But I don't get siri when i press and hold the home button. I also restarted my ipad. BTW my ipad is wifi only model.

Any one having the same problem?
 
kashyap02004 said:
I just updated my ipad 2 to ios 6. But I don't get siri when i press and hold the home button. I also restarted my ipad. BTW my ipad is wifi only model.

Any one having the same problem?
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iPad 2 does not get siri with iOS 6, and it never will.
why? because apple said so.
 
JS82712 said:
iPad 2 does not get siri with iOS 6, and it never will.
why? because apple said so.
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This is disappointing. They mad it look like siri is an ios 6 feature. All this time I was excited to get ios 6. I guess it was just waste of time. See this is what happens when you are none techie.
 
kashyap02004 said:
This is disappointing. They mad it look like siri is an ios 6 feature. All this time I was excited to get ios 6. I guess it was just waste of time. See this is what happens when you are none techie.
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It is a feature for the iPad (3rd gen).
 
kashyap02004 said:
This is disappointing. They mad it look like siri is an ios 6 feature. All this time I was excited to get ios 6. I guess it was just waste of time. See this is what happens when you are none techie.
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always read the fine print ;)
 
Looks like they're reserving that for newer devices. How about the new App Store on iPad. Pretty clunky huh? That's ok, I don't need to be buying any more random apps anyways. I use to like to surf the App Store at leisure but this one has way too much going on for that to be enjoyable...

I mean I'll probably get use to it but still. Its not the best looking layout at least upon first glance.
 
pullfocus said:
They never stated that.
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Like I said, I am a none techie. However, if you take a look at the url below. Clearly It seems like the siri will be a part of ios6 on ipads and ipones. But after you told me, I looked at the fine print and yes at very bottom in 10px #888 font size it says "Siri is available on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad (3rd generation), and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires Internet access. Cellular data charges may apply."

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/
 
It's ridiculous... it's just a way of adding value to the iPad 3. If they allowed Siri on iPad 2 there would really be no reason to get the iPad 3 except for the retina screen and a small speed boost.
 
yeap, no siri for you, but I think you get text-to-speech at least.
Didn't you realize that Siri wasn't there on your iPad when you had iOS 5? iOS5 is when Siri debuted and was made a big deal by :apple:
 
Carlanga said:
yeap, no siri for you, but I think you get text-to-speech at least.
Didn't you realize that Siri wasn't there on your iPad when you had iOS 5? iOS5 is when Siri debuted and was made a big deal by :apple:
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Dude I know, But I looked at this ios page on apple's website. They made it look like siri is part of ios 6 update. Today I learned my lesson. Always spend a few minutes reading the fine prints when it comes to apple.

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/
 
pullfocus said:
My point was my mom is not knowledgable about tech. At all. You didn't research and pay attention. That's not Apple's fault.
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I do research when I need to. That is exactly why I created this thread. Not to argue with you!
 
kashyap02004 said:
Dude I know, But I looked at this ios page on apple's website. They made it look like siri is part of ios 6 update. Today I learned my lesson. Always spend a few minutes reading the fine prints when it comes to apple.

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/
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no you don't because if you had questioned why it wasn't on your iPad on iOS 5 you would have checked if iOS 6 would be too. :p

I do understand the confusion on someone that is not up to speed on everything :apple: and can definitely confuse and irate non-knowledgebale customers. If my mom where to look at apple's page she would think all those features could work with her older iPhone too.
 
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kashyap02004 said:
Like I said, I am a none techie. However, if you take a look at the url below. Clearly It seems like the siri will be a part of ios6 on ipads and ipones. But after you told me, I looked at the fine print and yes at very bottom in 10px #888 font size it says "Siri is available on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad (3rd generation), and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires Internet access. Cellular data charges may apply."

http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/
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Yeah, the small print is ... small, but they also said at the keynote that Siri would be coming to the new iPad, but again if you're not that into tech you're not going to sit through a keynote.

I don't see any reason for Siri being left out the iPad 2 other than marketing, but that's Apple all over. However, for what it's worth, I've had it on my new iPad for a while via the iOS 6 betas and I hardly used it. Siri is, on iPad at least, even more of a gimmick than it is on the iPhone.
 
Carlanga said:
no you don't because if you had questioned why it wasn't on your iPad on iOS 5 you would have checked if iOS 6 would be too. :p

I do understand the confusion on someone that is not up to speed on everything :apple: and can definitely confuse and irate non-knowledgebale customers. If my mom where to look at apple's page she would think all those features could work with her older iPhone too.
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Oh I see what you are saying. I got my ipad 2 after they released ipad 3 because it was $100 cheaper. So it came with iOS 5 pre-loaded. So you are saying that the same confusion was created when they released the iOS 5?

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WeegieMac said:
Yeah, the small print is ... small, but they also said at the keynote that Siri would be coming to the new iPad, but again if you're not that into tech you're not going to sit through a keynote.

I don't see any reason for Siri being left out the iPad 2 other than marketing, but that's Apple all over. However, for what it's worth, I've had it on my new iPad for a while via the iOS 6 betas and I hardly used it. Siri is, on iPad at least, even more of a gimmick than it is on the iPhone.
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I thank you for getting my point.
 
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