Siri voice assistant ported to iPhone 3GS

One of the best devices in the world today, if not the best handheld device today is certainly Apple’s latest iPhone model, the mighty iPhone 4S. This smartphone besides having a plethora other great features and capabilities uses something not available before on any other device or platform. Smart voice assistant Siri is perhaps the best upgrade Apple has offered ever on their devices. Because of this, many iOS users have been wondering whether it would be possible to use Siri on their older devices like iPhone 4 or even iPhone 3GS, which are fully compatible with iOS 5.0 as it is required for Siri to work. The biggest success in this line of hacking is being now revealed by famous developers Chpwn and Smith Troughton.

Apple porting Siri voice assistant to iPhone 4?

We have heard recently some rumors and reports about Apple’s intentions to add Siri to iPhone 4. Since Apple is recently busilly working on iOS 5.0.1 to solve battery life issues they apparently also want to include in this upgrade Siri to become comaptible with iPhone 4. A source close to Cupertino Company revealed that Apple’s engineers are testing Siri in their other iPhone models. Model which will most probably receive Siri upgrade will be iPhone 4 which has enough hardware capacities for supporting Siri. But we wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out that Apple is also testing other iPhone models. Could this mean that Apple is working on another iOS upgrade?

Is Apple’s Siri assistant a Google killer?

Former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt has said in a public hearing that Siri represents a great development in search and that Google’s core business of internet search could be significantly threatened by Apple’s Siri technology. While such a statement could be dismissed as a overreaction, it is certain that Siri represents something completely new on the market. But nonetheless such a bold statement is questionable especially since Schmidt said it in front of a US Senat commission, probably to decrease the incredible significance and impact Google has over the Internet. Siri indeed could hurt Google’s business as it offers a voice assistance thus circumventing the need for visiting Google’s website with served adds which yield most of the profits for Google.

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.

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.

Apple presents iPhone 4S, Siri and iCloud on their Youtube channel

Apple has just released on Youtube the complete ‘Lets Talk iPhone’ event. First video covers iPhone 4S introduction with details on features and improvements this model offers. Second video is on Siri, which presents Siri’s voice assistance technology and the third video is all about Apple’s cloud system, the iCloud. You can see all three videos bellow. Let us hear your opinion, on Apple’s new offering. Surprised, satisfied, bored? Let us know your reaction in the comments bellow.

Apple to unveil Assistant within iOS 5?

Rumors about the big release event for Apple’s new iPhone have never been so interesting and at the same time contradicting as we all expect to see what exactly will Apple release this time. Most users expect to see a new iPhone model, but could it be that a new iPhone model could be only a small issue if compared with something else Apple wants to show us? Apparently a new voice control system should be a part of iOS 5. This new feature, named by some Apple fans as Assistant could introduce a whole new level to what Apple and iPhone is about. It has the potential of changing the way we interact with our iOS devices. First there was a multitouch screen and now there is Assistant, a voice interaction system which could change the world of computing as much as touchscreens did.

iOS 5 feature, whole new level of voice command integration?

Another rumor comes out regrading the new Apple endeavours. This time it is about the upcoming and somewhat elusive iOS 5. According to this rumor Siri, which was a small inventive startup which made an fascinating app and was bought out by Cupertino California giant. Siri’s artificial intelligence and assistance technology will be an integral part of the whole iOS 5.

Siri’s app awesomeness comes from the fact that it allows iPhone users to act by using simple voice commands. For example if you want to find out where to have a Chinese dinner close to your office, you just have to ask the question and Siri will find you an answer. Basically Siri is your virtual personal assistant.