Hi Sieghard, I don't see any, and can't really thinhk of any besides possibly spelling issues and other text formatting. I would be stunned if Siri had any problems, affter all, people with their region set to United States will travel around the world and want to use Siri. Similarly, the developer guide for language/region doesn't mention anything that sounds too vital https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPInternational/SpecifyingPreferences/SpecifyingPreferences.html I haven't had any issues myself, of course. Sorry not to have been more conclusive, I would be interested in anyone else's experiences. Aman
On 9/19/15, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Aman, > > Can you think of any disadvantages with respect to setting your region to > United States, e.g. will it have an impact on SIRI not finding things etc.? > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Aman Singer > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 4:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple > > Hi, > I think the News app is more or less an RSS reader with Apple spying > built in. It's quite a nice and accessible reader, I like it, but I > don't see anything that can't be gotten elsewhere fairly comfortably. > Note that it might be more worth-while for us because it is very > accessible both with braille and speech. Having said that, and if you > don't mind any information sharing issues, you can get the news app > fairly easily despite not being in the United States. I have tried the > app in Canada without difficulties. To get it, use the instructions at > http://www.cultofmac.com/328592/how-to-get-ios-9s-news-app-outside-the-u-s/ > The article mentions the beta, but this works fine on iOS 9's final > version on my 5S. Basically, the instructions are to go to settings, > general, region/language, and then, under the region and formats > heading, tap the button to select your region. tap "united states", > then done, then reboot the phone. The news app should show up on the > home screen. Obviously, you'll be stuck with US regional defaults if > you do this, but these are not significant, in my view. > I hope all that is of use. > Aman > > 15, Ketan Kothari <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear friends, >> >> On 16th of Sept. IOS 9 got launched and one of the biggest features that >> was >> being touted was the News app. I am sad to report that this app (which >> should not cost anything extra to Apple or have any other legal issues) >> is >> not available in India. I was looking forward to it. I am sure India is >> also one of the markets that Apple is viewing as its primary market and >> neither Apple maps nor apps like the News apps are made available to >> Indian >> consumers. Having said this, it is to be remembered that Apple does not >> charge nothing less than the global price of Iphone or Ipad from its >> Indian >> consumers. 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