Playing with Siri on iPhone 4S

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One of the most anticipated feature of the new iPhone that has never before graced any of the previous models is The Siri.

Siri is your virtual assistant, you can ask her to call, read and send messages, check your schedule, browse the web, etc.

Well, yes she does that but as any other AI (artificial intelligence) apps, she can only do limited tasks. And as the user you should know the basic things she can do. You also need to be very clear with your commands or tasks.

I'm still getting the hang of it but with practice I'm sure Siri and I will be great friends.

Here are the sample tasks I asked her

iPhone 4S Mania

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While iPhone 4S is now available in US and other few countries, in Dubai the release date is still vague. When I say available, means from the Apple Store or through wireless providers. There are a few sites that sells the iPhone 4S already, but gosh the price is too high and the danger that it is locked to a US provider is another problem.

I called the Dubai Apple Store toll number 800 444 0396, was greated by a friendly customer service but still it doesn’t change the fact that I still have to wait by the end of November or till mid of December.

Sometimes I am really tempted to grab the offers in the black market but told myself NOT to. How long can I hold on? Once it goes down to 3500 AED or $1000. Now the lowest priced is 4000 AED, just a little bit and I’ll bring you home my iPhone 4S!

Cool features of iPhone 4S

Meet Momo My iPad

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I had Momo September of last year and still love her to bits. Although iPad2 is out already in the market I don’t have any plans of getting a new one, let’s say for another year.

My LV iPad Cover

 The cover is fake, but my iPad isn't

With thousands of iPad applications out in the market, I may say I can live with only 20. I had 64GB and barely used a quarter of the capacity. I don’t download much songs or videos on it since I have a separate iPod for music and laptop for movies, all I do with Momo is to browse, play and read ebooks.

Only downside is it is not compatible with Java or Flash applications that’s why I cannot play FB games here. Although some games already made iPad apps that can be connected to FB profile, but still it’s not the same.

My favorite iPad applications
iBook
Manga Rock
Youtube
Plants vs Zombie
Angry Birds
Smurf’s Village
Tap Zoo
Trade Nation
Bejeweled
Skype
Yahoo Messenger
Facebook

Most of these are free apps or if I did paid for some it cost less than $10.

I have yet to upgrade it to iOS5.

iPhone4S it is!

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I've been hearing about it in the grapevine but never really took any interest with the possiblitity of an iPhone4S release because I was bent on waiting for iPhone5. And since the Apple event announced the release of iPhone4S instead, what should I do? Wait again indefinitely?

NO! I decided to get the new iPhone4S, for a minute I want to boycott Apple and buy another smartphone instead but decided against it. I badly need a new one.

Now, I have to wait maybe another month for iPhone4S to be available here in UAE. It will be released on October 14 in the US.

So what's new with iPhone4S?

* 8 megapixel camera
* A5 dual core processor (same with iPad2)
* revamped antenna (iOS will intelligently switch between two sets to avoid drop calls)
* with Siri virtual assistant (a first in Apple handset)

Same exernal features with iPhone4.

iPhone 5 on Oct 4

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Will October 4, the day where one of my wishes come true?

I've been waiting for iPhone 5 for 5 months now, and I badly need a new smartphone. I hope this Apple "Let's talk about iPhone" event is really about iPhone 5 and not about the iPhone 4S. I want the 6 megapixel camera, larger touchscreen and faster iOS5.

Will wait for the official launch!