We just tried Siri with "Will you marry me?" and "What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?". Brilliant.
[Update] But it can't answer "What is PVRTC?"[/update]
Next-Gen iPhone & iPhone Nano Speculation
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There you go..
Well, they could've tested Siri for actual, useful requests like "remind me to call Katie when I leave work" or "how do I get to the nearest Walgreens from here" or "what's the capital of Tennessee", considering they were doing a little review there.
But some other silly Siri stuff:
But some other silly Siri stuff:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/12/tech/mobile/review-siri-iphone-voice-wired/index.html
"We hardly know each other" and something like "try to get along with other people, take a walk now and then, eat healthy food"What were the answers?
It seemed like it couldn't distinguish V from, say, B when spelled out.Bummer.
She got the second one right for a guy on another forum I read this morning. I think she has several different encoded responses for questions like that.
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Reminds me of the automated flat rental line episodes of Fonejacker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdz9HLCFCDA&feature=related
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http://www.barefeats.com/iph4s01.html
Looks like iOS 5.0 contains much improved drivers over iOS 4.3.5 for both the SGX535 and SGX543MP2. GLView shows a 10% improvement for the iPad 2 and 67% for the iPhone 4 and GLBenchmark shows a 27% and 25% improvement respectively. These are all at native device resolution. I'd imagine it'd be pretty fast, but I wonder how fast the adoption of iOS 5.0 will be so that developers can start requiring iOS 5.0 without limiting their userbase?
Looks like iOS 5.0 contains much improved drivers over iOS 4.3.5 for both the SGX535 and SGX543MP2. GLView shows a 10% improvement for the iPad 2 and 67% for the iPhone 4 and GLBenchmark shows a 27% and 25% improvement respectively. These are all at native device resolution. I'd imagine it'd be pretty fast, but I wonder how fast the adoption of iOS 5.0 will be so that developers can start requiring iOS 5.0 without limiting their userbase?
Marco Arment wrote that he'll require 4.2 or so for the next release of his app, based on his iOS usage stats:ltcommander.data said:
http://www.marco.org/2011/08/13/instapaper-ios-device-and-version-stats-update
If sales and replacements continue the same way, a major part of users should be on iOS5 in 18 months or so. Those iPhone 4 users who don't upgrade the OS, will start upgrading to the iPhone 5 around that time.
So, in the GTA 3 mobile situation, it turns out iPhone 4 and iPad should end up getting the game.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/322912/gta-3-ipad-2-video-leaks-onto-the-net/
They're willing to spend a little more resources optimizing in order to tap that big market.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/322912/gta-3-ipad-2-video-leaks-onto-the-net/
They're willing to spend a little more resources optimizing in order to tap that big market.
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Well they really aught to. Just adding support for Apple A4 devices could probably double the potential user base compared to the handful of dual core iOS and Android devices they originally confirmed. With the 10+% GPU performance speedup seen in iOS 5 vs iOS 4, perhaps just by requiring iOS 5 may bridge the gap between impractical to feasible for older devices. It'll be interesting to see if they put the effort into supporting the many different single core Android devices out there.
Ok, so here it is, the first iPhone 4S TV commercial and its focus on what everyone already knew would be Apple's proposed selling point against the army of Androids.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/#video-4s-ad
http://www.apple.com/iphone/#video-4s-ad
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That's occured to me too. Up to now iOS has been adding features, but it's now pretty much mature and feature complete. iOS could well be due for a UI rethink in iOS 6 which would be a perfect time to change the aspect ratio of the devices. 1024x640 and a 16:10 aspect ratio is a good transition point while maintaining backwards compatibility.
I was thinking 1024x640 on a 3.7" screen was more likely since the dpi remains basically unchanged at around 326dpi and the width in portrait is also basically unchanged at 1.96" so the same device size can be used with just growing the screen into the space above and below the screen. It's kind of a no compromise solution in terms of not being a step backwards in any way, although going from 3.5" to 3.7" may not be a big enough step forward for some people.
I'm a bloody fool - then again, maybe I'm not the only one. Has it occurred to no one why Apple switched from the MDM6600 in the iPhone 4 CDMA (with a SiP RF chip that could already support both HSPA & CDMA) to the MDM6610+RTR8605 in the iPhone 4S?
The RTR8605 is actually a RF chip for low-end femtocells. Now what is the unique feature required in a good femtocell RF chip? Network listen! This means among other things the ability to remain connected to your current band while obtaining network information from other bands. Why might this be useful on a smartphone? Oh, I don't know, why not this: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...g_open_sim_for_iphone_service_rfid_sales.html
So I'm willing to bet the rumours about that were nearly certainly true (or something close). The question is whether they're still planning to do it, and if so for what device - can the iPhone 4S already do so but the carriers were so upset Apple decided to delay it until they had an arrangement, or are they just experimenting with those chips and maybe for the iPhone 5 or an iPhone Nano? Or for the iPad 3? It's far from clear what they're planning here but the selection of that very unusual RF chip cannot be a coincidence.
The RTR8605 is actually a RF chip for low-end femtocells. Now what is the unique feature required in a good femtocell RF chip? Network listen! This means among other things the ability to remain connected to your current band while obtaining network information from other bands. Why might this be useful on a smartphone? Oh, I don't know, why not this: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...g_open_sim_for_iphone_service_rfid_sales.html
So I'm willing to bet the rumours about that were nearly certainly true (or something close). The question is whether they're still planning to do it, and if so for what device - can the iPhone 4S already do so but the carriers were so upset Apple decided to delay it until they had an arrangement, or are they just experimenting with those chips and maybe for the iPhone 5 or an iPhone Nano? Or for the iPad 3? It's far from clear what they're planning here but the selection of that very unusual RF chip cannot be a coincidence.
Mobile transaction is quite possible, as it's already very popular in Japan.
Shopping for mobile service on Apple Store is, of course, a completely different matter... as telecoms won't like that very much. However, if it's limited to buying temporary services (such as time cards) or foreign services (at least initially) maybe they will accept it.
[EDIT] Forgot to mention about a related development in Taiwan: the Easycard company, which provides contactless smartcard for Taipei's subway system (and various other micro-payments), made a backclip for iPhone 4, which functions as an Easycard, and you can view your remaining deposit in your Easycard through an App (it apparently communicate with the Easycard through the USB connection). It'd be much better if such function can be integrated into iPhone directly.
Shopping for mobile service on Apple Store is, of course, a completely different matter... as telecoms won't like that very much. However, if it's limited to buying temporary services (such as time cards) or foreign services (at least initially) maybe they will accept it.
[EDIT] Forgot to mention about a related development in Taiwan: the Easycard company, which provides contactless smartcard for Taipei's subway system (and various other micro-payments), made a backclip for iPhone 4, which functions as an Easycard, and you can view your remaining deposit in your Easycard through an App (it apparently communicate with the Easycard through the USB connection). It'd be much better if such function can be integrated into iPhone directly.
That sounds like NFC functionality.
Yeah it would be useful if a chip along with apps. could replace things like Oyster Cards, Octopus Cards, etc. as well as do payments at kiosks around the world.
In Europe, they use credit cards with chips, which are use to pay tolls, pay gas at unmanned stations, rent bicycles, etc. American credit cards with magnetic stripes won't work for these transactions.
A universal and global transaction system would make phones more useful, but I don't think any single company can pull all these things together. There would have to be some global standard but there are probably companies competing to establish a standard.
Yeah it would be useful if a chip along with apps. could replace things like Oyster Cards, Octopus Cards, etc. as well as do payments at kiosks around the world.
In Europe, they use credit cards with chips, which are use to pay tolls, pay gas at unmanned stations, rent bicycles, etc. American credit cards with magnetic stripes won't work for these transactions.
A universal and global transaction system would make phones more useful, but I don't think any single company can pull all these things together. There would have to be some global standard but there are probably companies competing to establish a standard.