Geoff I completely take your point. I'm on a 3gs as well, and it is literally about to die. The lock button takes about four presses before it does anything; I could go on.
My point was that if I didn't have to update I probably wouldn't bother. Now that being said, the obvious come-back is "well why not just go for the 4?". And this is fair enough. Two reasons: 1. I suspect the price differential on Irish networks won't be enough to warrant using legacy technology. If it is, I might actually consider it. 2. I'm curious from both a user perspective, and that of a research practitioner. SUre I'll play with the voice assistant why not, it's there. Regarding the camera, I again take the point. However, it all depends on what lens is in thee device (something I've no idea about). Yes, the greater resolution *should* make OCR very interesting indeed. However, if the camera is designed to take good photos containing objects, say 5 feet away, it may not work close-up. (disclaimer: I'm no expert here but I've just had a conversation with someone who spends thousands on lenses so I'll trust his judgement). He reckons it should be good, though whether it proves as useful as we all hope remains to be seen. In short, this device is nice; nothing wrong with it, but nothing to get over-excited with either. But it's also not a surprise really. Apple went to the 3gs before the 4, so the odds are there will be another new toy sometime next year that actually moves the game forward a bit. I liked your example of the flight query though. There's no doubt this app is very cleverly using context. *laughing* Can I justify this as a "teaching aide" for my course in human-computer-interaction this semester? absolutely. Will I get my school to pay for it? Oh well, it was just a thought and worth a try! Dónal > 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/> 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]/>. 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