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To me, full-featured voice control is a lot like posting youtube videos on a forum. Good for a bit of messing around and being lazy, but utterly useless and too slow when you're doing something serious.
I agree and I think the same about face time and video calling in general but it's only when you see someone depending on the technology does it become something great in my books
For example skip to 1:32 in this video, Karl speaks the truth for an idiot
Imagine how much better a deaf persons life is now due to the clarity and speed of FaceTime / Skype? Sure video calling has been around for years but Apple seem to refine old technology for it to be absolutely flawless. I imagine they will do the exact same with voice integration.
Sure loads of devices have voice integration, I've tried it on my desire HD to find a location in Dublin 8, it got "14 Aungier Street" bit right, but for "Dublin 8" it interpreted me as saying "full blown aids" but I really think Apple will give it the polish it needs to be a great product for those who depend on voice controls.0 -
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Well, it definitely won't be a 4GS, but it might be a 4S.
I agree though. There may be a 4S, but it will most likely be released alongside a redesigned iPhone 5. While a lot of the rumours are shooting down the possibility of a redesign at the moment, I find it hard to believe Apple waited this long to release a speed-bumped iPhone 4.0 -
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iniqutous wrote:I would imagine it will require a data connection for processing in the cloud, can't see a dual core A5 having the grunt to do a decent job of something as complex as speech recognition. On Android the speech control, which works so so, requires the processing to be offloaded to the cloud.
It would need to work flawlessly to be of any great use, once you have to start correcting errors on a regular basis it just makes it not worth the effort. Also as you allude to support for US English or UK/US English only cuts out a huge swathe of the non-english speaking market.
If this is actually to be the iPhone 5's killer feature, which I doubt, it needs to work almost flawlessly, ideally in multiple languages / dialects. If it does deliver, then it will be highly impressive, I just can't see it myself. It may be part of iPhone 5, but it won't be it's revolutionary feature imho.
It is stongly rumoured that the new "Assistant" and improved voice control (which is largely pants in iOS 4) will be using the technology from Siri - a company Apple bought a little over a year ago.
http://siri.com/about/
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But to call a cheaper version the S would be breaking that established convention. The 3GS was not a cheaper version of the 3G
The 3GS was so named long before the 4 existed. It was an improved 3G, but they chose to get the naming back in line with the generation, so kept the 3 and gust added a letter.No the 3GS is a cheaper than the iPhone 4.
The iPhone 4 is likely to be kept on as the entry level phone. It may not be exactly the same as the current version, for one thing they may lower it's storage like they did with the 3GS, for another, they may change the glass if they can't get the manufacturing process to be cheaper.People are suggesting that the iPhone 4S will be availible as cheaper than the 5. Not as a cheaper version of the 4, which is pointless.
Which is what they'll be doing. They just might change the casing on the 4, thereby causing them to differentiate the name, especially if the 5 does keep the same form factor.I personal don't think they will,. It makes no sense. New iPhone 5, keep sellign the 4 and discontinue the 3GS
The 4 won't be a new phone, much like the 3GS was not a new phone when the 4 was released. The 4 will continue to be the 4, just with possibly smaller capacity and different casing, when the 5 is released.Then how is it a new phone if not upgraded internally???
I'm sure it will be better, I really hope it is. I've no intention of buying it. No matter how much better it is, my 4 will still do everything I need it to do, and should last me for another year or so before I have to replace it (with the 6!I hope the 5 isn't much better than the 4. Everyoen still buys the 5, adn I get a cheap upgrade to the 4 from my network. fingers crossed
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for those that dont wana clickApple has confirmed that it is holding a press event on October 4 at 10am PT, with an invite to what’s expected to be the iPhone 5 event just now dropping into the SlashGear inbox. As tipped, the big reveal – which is expected to be new Apple CEO Tim Cook’s first major appearance at a product launch – will take place at the company’s Cupertino campus, with the tagline “Let’s Talk iPhone.”
The reasoning behind choosing that location is unclear, though earlier this week we speculated that Apple could be preparing a 4G LTE demonstration using its own base-station equipment installed in Cupertino. That would allow the company to show off the high-speed connectivity tipped to be present in the iPhone 5, without relying on its carrier partners having coverage at any of the usual San Francisco venues Apple has used before.
The usual flurry of pre-launch rumors have suggested Apple’s iPhone 5 will feature a dual-core Apple A5 processor along with an 8-megapixel camera, iOS 5, and a larger display in a thinner, broader chassis. Other speculation has indicated a second, cheaper model – tentatively billed the iPhone 4S – could be in the works as well, keeping to the aesthetic of the existing iPhone 4 but targeting prepay markets.
We won’t know for sure until next week, and there are rumors that the much-anticipated Facebook for iPad app will also make its debut. SlashGear will be liveblogging the whole event, so join us next Tuesday at 10am PT at http://live.slashgear.com/ for all the news as it’s announced!0 -
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It is also said that Noah took two of every species of animal on board a big wooden boat!
Two of every kind (male and female), not two of every species. He was told to take only one pair of unclean animals and 7 pairs of everything else.
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Back on topic, I wonder how those of us who upgraded to the 4 around launch and took 18 month contracts out will fair for an upgrade?0 -
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On Thursday (22nd) Apple reset all iCloud backups and they've also set a date to reset iTunes Match for the 26th. Which seems to signal the iOS 5 GM seed could be soon available. Which would mean the final release of iOS 5 (and the next gen iPhone) is only around the cornor.
As well as that AllThingsD posted the potential press conference date as the 4th. And now AppleInsider is reporting that Apple are blacking out holidays for certain weeks in October. See here Which is the case when they are releasing a new major product e.g. iPhone 5.
Also twitter anouncened a developer event focused on iOS 5 ingergration for the 10th so this ties in nicely to the announcements, especially the iOS 5 release.
So this is my prediction for iOS 5 & the next gen iPhone release timeline.
September 27th/28th - Invites are sent out √
October 4th - iPhone announcement + iOS 5 release date set √
October 10th - iOS 5 public release
October 14th - next generation iPhone goes on sale in US
October 27th/28th - iPhone released in Ireland
This is based heavily on the latest rumours that are floating around.
Let's see how it fairs out
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Finally an FM Radio??? :pac:
* May not be official promotional graphic
It isn't this is the official image from the email
At first I thought iMessage and new Maps functions as it had been rumored.
But it just looks like its giving the date, time, location (e.g. cupertino which is not the norm) and showing it's a new message from Apple. So there really not giving much away.
EDIT: Guess I was wrong seems they all mean a lot more than I thought : Tuaw.com Hahah0 -
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