Apple’s latest wonder Siri suffers from outages

iPhone 4S, the latest iPhone model launched recently features Siri, which could be the biggest thing in tech world this year. Siri is an voice assistance app which proved as a great tool for iPhone 4S owners in many different and unsuspected areas. But it seems that now Apple has encountered some kind of problems, as the app suffers from long outages. How is this issue manifesting itself? Simply: if you ask Siri some question and receive the vague answer to try to reconnect to the network, you’ll know something is wrong. First reports came in from users on Thursday and the outage still continues at the time we wrote this.

iOS 5 beta released to fix for battery lifetime for iPhone 4S

Apple has publicly acknowledged the battery issue which appeared on many new iPhone 4S devices. They have also said that a task force of engineers is working on a permanent solution for this problem. According to their statement they have found a possible bug in IOS 5 which can shorten the battery lifetime and a solution for this will be available in the next iOS update which should be available to iOS 5 users in next couple of weeks.

Apple working on battery life issues with iPhone 4S

Almost immediately after iPhone 4S became available to users we heard different stories and complains on battery life with iPhone 4S. If you remember, despite many iOS users being slightly disappointed with iPhone 4S it still reached unbelievably high demand reaching the status of most wanted iOS device so far. When announcing iPhone 4S, one of Apple’s highlights was its longer battery life. But after the device was released into the real world, complaints started to flow in.

iPhone 4S iOS 5 battery life tips and tricks

If you are a proud owner of iPhone 4S or if you have recently upgraded your device to iOS 5, perhaps you have noticed some issues with your device battery lifetime. According to latest rumors, a number of iPhone users have reported shorter battery lifetime after upgrading to iOS 5. Whenever a new iOS version hits the real world battery lifetime becomes a hot topic. Here are some tips and tricks which could help you to some degree if you also encountered the some issue with your device’s batteries.

Apple releases the first TV advertisement featuring iPhone 4S and Siri

Apple has just published the first TV commercial focusing exclusively on the latest iPhone model, the iPhone 4S and Siri which is its revolutionary voice assistant app. You can see different people in add using Siri in various situations: running, listening to music, asking questions, scheduling meetings and fulfilling many other needs but all with the help of Siri.

Siri is as you probably know officially available only with iPhone 4S although there are rumors about jailbreak developers working on porting the app to previous iPhone models. Interestingly, Siri is not visually presented at the beginning of the ad, so it probably wont be clear to many people what the point of the commercial really is, besides the fact that an iPhone is a great tool.

iPhone 4S compatible with Russian GPS system (GLONASS)

As Apple becomes a dominant superpower in the world of mobile computing, they are increasingly working on deploying systems compatible with local technologies in different parts of the globe. To achieve this they have added an additional layer for navigations needs called GLONASS. GLONASS is a Russian (Soviet actually) global satellite navigation system, the Soviet equivalent of well known GPS. GLONASS represents a radio satellite navigation network owned by Russia and run by Russian Space command. It is a less known and used alternative to US controlled Global Positioning System aka GPS. There are also some other satellite based systems for navigation in development like the Chinese and EU Galileo navigation systems.

iPhone 4S improvements

Some users tend to dismiss the iPhone 4S as only a limited improvement over iPhone 4. Is this really so? Well the short answer is no. iPhone 4S is indeed quite different as it features a more powerful processor, better antenna design, and one of it’s most interesting features: voice assistant Siri. iPhone 4S also has a redesigned camera, which now uses a 5 lenses system, which is the first time such technology is used in an smartphone.

Four million iPhone 4S devices purchased during the first three days!

Apple has publicly stated that iPhone 4S has already been sold in more than four million units after only three days after the official launch. Tom Cook and his team are obviously quite satisfied with the results achieved so far. And this is indeed a record breaking achievement. No other smartphone was sold in such volume in such short time including previous iPhone models. To compare things a bit, only 2 million iPhone 4 devices were sold during the same initial three days period when it was launched last year. According to Apple, more than 24 million users worldwide enjoy in new features of iOS 5 on their devices. iCloud is another new service offered by Apple, and their statement reveals that they have attracted over 20 million new users enjoying a number of free. Cloud based computing services.

iPhone 4S disassembly

For those brave souls and makers, if they ever decide they need to find out what is hidden inside their brand new iPhone 4S do not worry: somebody has already done it! Prepare your tools and your workbench. The crew of iFixYourI have done exactly this and presented it so you can see how it is done. They have even a video showing you the complete process. This video features everything: from unboxing the new iPhone 4S to spreading the hardware guts of the device in front of you. Most of the parts seemingly are same for both the GSM iPhone and CDMA including their connectors, screens, cover glass and the vibrator. This should make it easier if you ever need to have some more serious repair work done on your new iPhone 4S. It also means that repair personnel will have easier time if they are already skilled in iPhone 4 repairs as most of the hardware is almost the same. This is a good news for all iPhone users out there.

Steve Wozniak on Apple’s future

Steve Wozniak, one of the original founders of Apple, the other being late Steve Jobs, shared a bit about his worries on the future of Apple Inc. On the other side he said that it could go positive after all. But he has primarily aired his concerns about the way Apple has presented the iPhone 4S. According to him this was the first time the company talked about processors and technical details, which wasn’t something Steve Jobs would talk about.