Voice Control
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Apple highlights Siri in new TV ads
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Siri, the iPhone 4S virtual assistant, takes centre stage in two new TV ads released by Apple this week. The ads showcase Siri’s ability (within the US at least, some features are not available globally) to find directions, restaurants, or send SMS text messages. Last month it was reported Apple’s US iPhone sales are dominated…
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Siri helps iPhone 4S dominate US iPhone sales
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Sales of Apple’s iPhones in the US are dominated by the new iPhone 4S, despite the company offering two cheaper models. US tech site All Things Digital reports on a recent consumer survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) which measures sales of the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS handsets. According to the…
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Siri brings the voice control of the future to today’s mobiles
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Thin, portable, and talkative. That’s how computers tended to be portrayed when I was a kid. Though many of the devices were seen in futuristic TV shows and films, over the past few years they’ve edged a lot closer to reality than most of us would have imagined. Indeed, the least specced tablet is infinitely…
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Siri helps Santa – new iPhone ad
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Apple has released a new advert for the iPhone 4S which shows Siri, the phone’s voice activated personal assistant, helping Santa deliver the presents. Thanks to Siri, the world’s most reliable courier knows the route to recipient’s homes and the weather in his destinations. Although it is still classed as a Beta product, Siri has…