German news site, Macerkopf reported on Wednesday that Apple is currently working on iOS 5.0.2 to address battery life issues in the iPhone 4S. Just last week, Apple released iOS 5.0.1 which worked for some users, but failed to fix the serious battery issue. iOS 5.0.2 coming very soon, solving the battery bugs. Should arrive before the end of next … Read More
iPhone 4S Teardown Reveals Infrared LED for Siri’s “Raise to speak” Feature
Apple introduced Siri personal assistant with the new iPhone 4S. Siri, which is activated by a short press of the home button, also gives users the option to activate Siri using a feature called Raise to Speak. On Wednesday, a tear down from iFixit revealed that Apple has embedded an infrared sensor close to the ambient light sensor in order … Read More
iPhone 4S Pre-Order Figures Revealed
Earlier today, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced that iPhone 4S pre-Orders have topped one million, in the first 24 hours. That’s a new record for any iPhone, since the introduction of the original in 2007. Phil Schiller released a statement mentioning that this is a new record for any product launch that has Apple managed. We are blown away with the incredible … Read More
Apple Unveils iPhone 4S With A5 Chip, 8MP Camera and More
Apple on Tuesday October 4th unveiled the long awaited iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S was rumored to receive a major design upgrade, but instead kept its iPhone 4 design, with drastically updated internals. The iPhone 4S is now packing the heat of Apple’s A5 chip, currently available in the iPad 2. It now holds a much faster processor, an improved … Read More
iOS 5 To Feature Deeper Voice Control Integration [Siri Assistant]
With the iPhone 5 possibly delayed into next year, all the talk these days is of the next makor release of iOS – 5.0. Today’s reports from AppleInsider amongst others raise the possibility Apple is seeking to bring ‘deeply integrated’ voice control to the platform.
BREAKING: Apple buys Siri
What is Siri? And why would Apple buy it? You may or may not have heard of Siri. Siri is basically a new kind of search engine for mobile devices. Some have described it as part of the new web. A web that comes after the era of typing searches into Google. Taking the description directly from the front page of … Read More