And as someone who bought a Siri-enabled device, I resent freeloaders putting additional traffic on Siri servers, potentially impacting service to those who paid for legitimate access.
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And as someone who bought a Siri-enabled device, I resent freeloaders putting additional traffic on Siri servers, potentially impacting service to those who paid for legitimate access.
What I'm really hoping/wondering, is now that it's becoming more obvious to everyone what should have been obvious in the first place (that you never "Needed" a 4S to use Siri and Apple was just using it to set the new device apart), if they will actually give iPhone 4 users Siri. Once the dust settles on the 4S launches, why not let existing iPhone 4 users use Siri? At this point I'm not upgrading to a 4S and am just waiting for the 5, so I find it really annoying that they don't roll out this software upgrade to me. Same with the iPad 2.
Want to buy:
iphone 4S device identifier for using Siri on my i4.
Condition: the iphone 4S owner cannot use Siri after that.
Not a problem, as soon as your $1200 payment clears I'll send you the code.
I'll sell you mine for £800.Want to buy:
iphone 4S device identifier for using Siri on my i4.
Condition: the iphone 4S owner cannot use Siri after that.
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I've played with friends "advanced voice recognition" and it's NOTHING like Siri. Wretchedly slow, mis-recognizes over half the words, and doesn't understand language like Siri does (i.e. "I'm hungry" on Siri gives you restaurants. "I'm hungry" on android gives you "I'm sorry, I don't understand your question.")
HarryKeogh said:
I've played with friends "advanced voice recognition" and it's NOTHING like Siri. Wretchedly slow, mis-recognizes over half the words, and doesn't understand language like Siri does (i.e. "I'm hungry" on Siri gives you restaurants. "I'm hungry" on android gives you "I'm sorry, I don't understand your question.")
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Well, I didn't used to think so... But after seeing it perform perfectly on an i4 (by @stroughtonsmith) I'm not so sure...
webman2k said:
Well, I didn't used to think so... But after seeing it perform perfectly on an i4 (by @stroughtonsmith) I'm not so sure...
I suppose that part of the purchase price of an iPhone 4S covers Apple's cost for running the servers for Siri. Anyone who hacks into Apple's servers to use them without having paid for the service could find themselves in some serious legal trouble.
Yet another useless hack that nobody can use. What's the point of these "front page" articles? They belong in the techie-nerd forum.
Why? Apple spent a few dollars buying/modifying Siri and a lot of dollars with their data farm so they should validate users. If it weren't for wankers spoofing iPhones to steal the capabilities then Apple wouldn't have to protect the IP.
(Why isn't "wanker" in my dictionary? WTF?)
People who make silly claims like this are easily dismissed out of hand. It shows complete ignorance to what Siri actually is. Its akin to comparing two car models and concluding Shell gasoline is better than Exxon.
Phoneme segmentation, what you are referring to, is only one part of Siri and the majority of it is handled by Nuance, though Siri has significant helpers in order to be less pedantic. Google doesnt have a competing product. No one has a competing product yet, the first Zypr products outside of Pioneer wont start appearing for another 6-12 months and will be nowhere near as integrated as Siri. Zypr wil never be as integrated as Siri either in terms of stand alone products.
Very nice piece of detective work, and an interesting read.
Of course, they're right...Apple will change and/or further encrypt the data exchange so it stays private. No way Apple will let Siri stay this way for long.
--DotComCTO
This would break Siri for EVERYONE, forcing upgrades on people. To what? Have it ripped again, 1 month later? Apple would be best off doing nothing, as the vast majority of consumers dont know and dont care about this.
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Sorry, i just had to ask. In what way does the strength of stainless steel help for the lack thereof in the glass? Basically, you are pitching water repellent umbrellas, sporting holes like the very best of swiss cheeses.
But yes, the device is indeed appealing to the eye. N9 is growing on me, though. The inner hipster in me almost make me want to buy one - but i've never been big on throwing money down the drain.
This is standard Apple operating procedure.... The ideal experience is on the 4S with the "raise to speak" feature with the new proximity sensor that is "always on" (providing the screen is on). Supposedly the quality of the microphone matters too. Further, Apple wants to differentiate its devices.
I think that Apple could at least offer the dictation keyboard part of Siri to the iPod and iPad (1 and 2) without losing too much differentiation.
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Having a few clueless idiots around can be marvelously entertaining. And being able to dictate this post lots of fun.
milo said:
Having a few clueless idiots around can be marvelously entertaining. And being able to dictate this post lots of fun.
Nice job ignoring the antenna redesign, new processor, substantially upgraded camera system, and entirely new internals. Does it hurt to lie so much?
Stop feeding the trolls!
Please stop driving the conversation down to where the troll wants it... ok? Just ignore him... don't quote him... don't feed him...
Please stop driving the conversation down to where the troll wants it... ok? Just ignore him... don't quote him... don't feed him...
Well I had hopes that Applidium would resolve the VLC licensing issues so they could continue to support the VLC player app for iOS but it looks like they have been too busy trying to get their iOS developer license revoked by apple with this BS
1) Should be as simple as a firmware-update.
2) Is that the Apple term for fragmentation?
Please stop feeding the troll. His username is androidfan for pete's sake and he's on a Mac forum. He's just trying to piss you all off for his own entertainment. And he's succeeding. Just ignore the pathetic troll. Do you honestly think he's going to listen to your rebuttals and say "Oh I see now how wrong I was. Sorry about that".
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When the 4S was introduced with Siri as a feature everybody bitched and moaned about how stupid and useless it was gonna be!! Exactly 1 month later everybody and their mothers want Siri on their phones!! Like I said before....you want Siri?? BUY A F****N 4S!!!!!!!!
When the 4S was introduced with Siri as a feature everybody bitched and moaned about how stupid and useless it was gonna be!! Exactly 1 month later everybody and their mothers want Siri on their phones!! Like I said before....you want Siri?? BUY A F****N 4S!!!!!!!!