Right, because Siri being temporarily unavailable also decreased your device's speed, lowered the mp in the camera and reverted back to the old graphics performance.
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Siri Experiencing Significant Outage
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Right, because Siri being temporarily unavailable also decreased your device's speed, lowered the mp in the camera and reverted back to the old graphics performance.
I think someone tried to explain how to make a proper cup of tea. If that can crash "Heart of Gold" I'm sure it can break Siri.
Siri is in beta. BBM is an established software for years.
It is a means of communication for some or actually most BBM users. Siri is used for different purposes.
Both test cases are very different.
It really is surprising to see Apple having so much trouble with Siri. Even more surprising is that they would release a key feature of a new device while it's still in beta, though I suppose it's nearly impossible to scale properly for such a feature without having a lot of people using it at once.
Bingo! That's what I've been saying to the cynics all along. I'm fine not having it on my iPhone 4 because the thing I like about Apple products is that 90% of the time, they just plain work. They remove a lot of the bull-crap so you can focus on whatever it is you need the device to assist you to do.
I'm fine with Siri being a beta and I just hope that over the next few months the engineers get this figured out so that the servers can handle more traffic and Siri can become available on the iPhone 4.
Mat
Funny how all the ads currently running (pun intended) don't even mention a beta. In fact, it's apple's #1 selling feature of the 4S.
I didn't know the new camera and extra cpu core were network reliant as well
You, sir, owe me a new keyboard. As I have just spat out my cup of tea all over it with laughter.
Right, because Siri being temporarily unavailable also decreased your device's speed, lowered the mp in the camera and reverted back to the old graphics performance.
iphone4s sucks anyway
tbh i think the iPhone 4S was a last minute change and the 5 was supposed to come out but it got delayed for some reason or they thought they could push it back and have the Siri speak for itself ... literally. lol
The ads on TV certainly don't. But if folks do a little research ahead of time before committing to such an expensive product they will certainly be aware that it is beta.
Impulse buyers on the other hand...
My guess is William Shatner finally picked up his iPhone 4S and ended up causing Siri to commit suicide by posing a logical fallacy.
Crazy that after I get home from running a couple errands that I check MacRumors to see that the front page contains two articles on both of the issues I had while out. I couldn't text using Siri due to the outage and my phone calls using the headset contained a ton of echo like white noise. Good to know I'm not the only one.
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The whole idea of requiring network connectivity to use features that are local to phone is flawed.
Setting an alarm, dialing a contact, playing music - those shouldn't require the assistance of Apple's servers, even if it's building a catalog of your voice to get better at assisting you.
Remember that you can turn Siri off and use the old voice control functionality that debuted with the 3GS.
The whole idea of requiring network connectivity to use features that are local to phone is flawed.
Setting an alarm, dialing a contact, playing music - those shouldn't require the assistance of Apple's servers, even if it's building a catalog of your voice to get better at assisting you.
Remember that you can turn Siri off and use the old voice control functionality that debuted with the 3GS.
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This is unacceptable.
Hiw can Apple release the buggy slow mess that is iOS 5, release the 4S late, with Siri & Audio bugs?
How the **** did this **** get out?
Apple is no better than ****ing Microsoft. And they charge more.
This is unacceptable.
Hiw can Apple release the buggy slow mess that is iOS 5, release the 4S late, with Siri & Audio bugs?
How the **** did this **** get out?
Apple is no better than ****ing Microsoft. And they charge more.