Hi Donal, I'm no Apple fan boy as you would no doubt have surmised from my previous post, but unlike most on this and another list I'm kind of excited. Perhaps if I upgraded from the 3GS to the 4 last year I would feel differently, but even in that event I would have considered the augmentation of the camera, battery life and processor.
I would agree with you and Rose that Siri doesn't sound like a big deal, but I suspect I'll come to wonder how I ever managed without it. Case in point -- I was meeting a plane and asked the free siri app "what's the status of USScare flight 999 and it came back immediately with an arrival time and gate number. Now, using the 4S I can get this integrated into the OS without having to launch the app or play around with the web page? I suspect there will be a number of innovative ways to exploit this functionality!! Totally agree with you about politicians though :). Best regards. Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: Dónal Fitzpatrick To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 5:45 PM Subject: Re: iphone 4s it simply uses words, extrapolates context using some kind of ruleset and gives back answers. Essentially we've waited 16 months for a device with a faster chipset, a better antenna oh and voice recognition packaged as a personal assistant. A triumph of marketing over content.. Who knows, the people who put that little lot together are probably the same geniuses who put the spin on unpopular government policy. *smile* I'll probably still buy one though because my poor old 3gs is starting to give up the ghost. I'll now await the collective explosions from the apple-can-do-no-wrong fundamentalists! Cheers Dónal On 4 Oct 2011, at 22:40, Orin wrote: > It's more than VOice Recognition. It's an assistant, which is more than Voice Rec. > Orin > [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks > Skype: orin1112 > > > > On Oct 4, 2011, at 4:12 PM, william lomas wrote: > >> so voice recognition is only on iPhone 4s? >> ripoff >> why would i want a new phone just for that feature? >> true we have it seems faster processor but ios five works on current devices >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
