Feature: iPhone 4S: A Siri-ously slick, speedy smartphone

Release Date 18 Oct, 2011 in Ars Technica

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	Siri's popularity causes iPhone connection problems IBNLive.com - 18 Oct, 2011 New York: Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant that comes with the new iPhone 4S, is drawing rave reviews as consumers take to Twitter and the blogosphere to express their delight. "Just had my first interaction with Siri. Be mine. ...
Understanding the 'other Siri' Irish Times - 18 Oct, 2011 SMALL PRINT: OVER THE past while, if you've been paying attention to the launch of the iPhone 4S, you've probably been hearing the word “Siri” a lot. For those who are hoping it's a new app concerned with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter, ...
New Apple iPhone Snared Big Sales on First Weekend Wall Street Journal - Ian Sherr, Greg Bensinger - 18 Oct, 2011 Apple Inc. notched more than four million sales of its new iPhone 4S in its first three days of availability, a record for the company and a strong start for the device as competition continues to heat up. ...
	You Cannot Be Siri-Ous Wall Street Journal - Jason Gay - 18 Oct, 2011 The most exciting thing in the entire universe right now is Siri, a sultry-voiced "intelligent assistant" on the new iPhone 4S. You can ask Siri anything�"what the weather's going to be, what the meaning of life is (chocolate), whether Siri ...
	Siri's popularity causes iPhone connection problems Reuters - Robert Galbraith - 18 Oct, 2011 A customer uses his new iPhone 4S after making the purchase at Apple's flagship retail store in San Francisco, California October 14, 2011. By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant that comes with the new ...
Neuromancing the Cloud: How Siri Could Lead to Real Artificial Intelligence Forbes - 18 Oct, 2011 I am a blogger and freelance writer. Currently I am Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen where I write about politics and culture. I've written about fantasy literature at The Atlantic, and I write about criminal justice policy at Forbes ...
How to update Twitter or Facebook with Siri CNET (blog) - Sharon Vaknin - 18 Oct, 2011 Even though Twitter is integrated throughout iOS 5, there's one would-be-awesome feature missing: updating Twitter with Siri. If you ask the fine lady to "Update Twitter. ...
Apple: Siri Goes AWOL, Stock Dips Wall Street Journal (blog) - Mark Gongloff - 18 Oct, 2011 This is not exactly the kind of news Apple needed, on a day when its shares were at an all-time high and it was getting downgraded by an analyst for the first time in more than six months: The voice software on its new iPhone 4S seems ...
How to Use Siri PC Magazine - Jill Duffy - 18 Oct, 2011 If you're trying to access Siri and customize it to better understand you, here's what you need to know. By Jill Duffy Siri, the speech-recognition "personal assistant" that's built into all Apple iPhone 4S smartphones, takes a little getting used to. ...
iPhone 4S Owners Ask: Where Did You Go, Siri? Wall Street Journal (blog) - Tom Loftus - 18 Oct, 2011 Some owners of Apple's new iPhone 4S are having problems connecting to Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant. Exclusive to the new iPhone, the voice recognition software allows users to place phone calls, check the weather, ...
What is Siri? PC Magazine - Jill Duffy - 18 Oct, 2011 Apple recently unveiled Siri, a new feature of the iPhone 4S. Here's a bit of background about the technology�"what it is and where it came from. By Jill Duffy When Apple announced a new iPhone 4S earlier this month, the company also properly introduced ...
Infographic: Apple's Siri Boosts Rival Voice-Recognition Apps PC Magazine - Sara Yin - 18 Oct, 2011 Siri, the star feature of iPhone 4S, is Apple's attempt to bring voice-recognition applications to a mainstream smartphone population. Siri only works with the iPhone 4S, which leaves room for alternative voice-recognition applications, ...
Siri still not working for some iPhone 4S users CNET - Josh Lowensohn - 18 Oct, 2011 Three days after the launch of the iPhone 4S, some users are still running into problems gettings its Siri voice assistant feature to work. Numerous users on Twitter continue to report that ...
	Is Siri artificially intelligent or just a robot? Macleans.ca - Peter Nowak - 18 Oct, 2011 Having just returned from a trip to New York on Sunday evening, I haven't had much time to play with the week's hottest new gadget �"the iPhone 4S�"but I have been able to formulate some ...
Apple Iphone 4S Siri video demo Inquirer - Chris Martin - 18 Oct, 2011 ONE THING that separates the Iphone 4S and the Iphone 4 is Siri, the voice controlled personal assistant, so here we take a look and see what it can and cannot do. Siri comes with IOS 5, but if you're upgrading from an Iphone 4 or older ...
When 2 Siri's Talk, Someone Can Get Fired (iPhone 4S) YouTube - 18 Oct, 2011 Let 2 women whom you're fond of talk to each other, and it can all go wrong. The iPhone 4S gives us the awesome power of Siri, and with great power, comes great responsiveness. But even at this early stage of Siri's development, all it takes is for ...
Apple sells record 4 million iPhones CNN - David Goldman - 18 Oct, 2011 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple said Monday that it has sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S smartphones since its launch three days ago, setting a sales record for the device. ...
Apple Sells 4 Million iPhones In 3 Days InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 18 Oct, 2011 Apple also announced that 25 million customers updated to iOS 5 and 20 million signed up for its iCloud service. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Monday morning Apple said that it sold more than four million new iPhone 4S smartphones in the first three ...
iPhone 4S Sells 4 Million in Just 3 Days PCWorld (blog) - Eric Mack - 18 Oct, 2011 Apple's new iPhone has been flying out of retail and warehouse shelves at an unprecedented rate. The company announced Monday morning that it has sold more than 4 million units of the iPhone 4S in just three ...
Apple confirms 4 million Iphone 4S sales Inquirer - Dave Neal - 18 Oct, 2011 CAPPUCCINO COMPANY Apple has confirmed that it has sold four million of its Iphone 4S, and then it shut up and stopped talking about sales altogether. At the end of last week analysts were predicting that there would be a large number of ...
Apple iPhone 4S Sales Top 4 Million, Break Records PC Magazine - Sara Yin - 18 Oct, 2011 Apple announced Monday it sold more than four million iPhone 4S smartphones in its first three days, a big jump compared to iPhone 4 sales last week. "iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first ...
Apple IPhone 4S Sales Top 4 Million in Record Debut Weekend BusinessWeek - Adam Satariano - 18 Oct, 2011 Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S devices in the first three days after it was introduced, setting a record as customers lined up at stores from Sydney to San Francisco to be first with the new ...
4 million iPhone 4S sold in first weekend sales TODAYonline - 18 Oct, 2011 SAN FRANCISO - Apple today announced it has sold 4 million units of its iPhone 4S, just three days after it was launched on Oct 14. The iPhone went on sale in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom last ...
Apple sells more than 4 million new iPhones in three days San Jose Mercury News - Troy Wolverton, Jeremy Owens - 18 Oct, 2011 The company's newest smartphone, the iPhone 4S, topped sales of 4 million in its first three days of release last Friday. That's more than double the initial sales of the iPhone 4, which Apple debutted last year, ...
	What's the Meaning of Life? Ask the iPhone 4S Fox News - 18 Oct, 2011 A personal assistant built into the latest iPhone is wowing owners with its ability to answer odd questions �" it even knows the meaning of life. The new Siri feature was designed to respond to spoken requests for information such as the location of the ...
Apple says iPhone 4S sales top four million in first weekend Herald Sun - 18 Oct, 2011 APPLE said today that it sold more than four million iPhone 4S devices in the first weekend that the smartphone was on sale. In addition, the company said that more than 25 million devices are now running iOS 5, the latest version of the operating ...
Apple: iPhone 4S Sales Topped 4 Million In First Weekend Huffington Post - 18 Oct, 2011 Apple launched its new iPhone 4S on Friday, October 14, and already the phone is a blockbuster. Th company announced on Monday, October 17, that customers bought over 4 million units during the handset's first weekend in stores. ...
Apple Sells Four Million 'Disappointing' iPhone 4Ss In Three Days Wired News - Charlie Sorrel - 18 Oct, 2011 The pundits were right again. The iPhone 4S was clearly a big mistake for Apple. Wait… You know the lame new iPhone 4S? The one that almost every tech writer called “disappointing,” or “not a real upgrade. ...
	Sales of iPhone 4S top 4 million USA Today (blog) - Brett Molina - 18 Oct, 2011 The company announced sales of its iPhone 4S have topped 4 million since the device made its global debut last Friday. The tally is more than double that of the iPhone 4 during its first three days of availability, ...
Hack Brings Siri Voice Control to Older iPhone 4, Sort Of PCWorld (blog) - Ian Paul - 18 Oct, 2011 If you're wondering why you would ever want to jailbreak your iPhone, how about this: one hacker claims to have a rudimentary version of the Siri voice-enabled personal assistant running on an iPhone 4. ...