Posted on 10/04/2011 11:59:44 AM PDT by Haiku Guy
They need Steve Jobs back. Not because he could bring 4G but because only he could hype up a phone that doesn’t have it.
“The iPhone 4S’s wireless system has also been tweaked; the handset will now intelligently switch between antennas for optimal performance. This not only improves signal reliability, it also doubles the theoretical maximum speed from 7.2 Mbps on the iPhone 4 to 14.4 Mbps on the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S is also now a true “world phone” with integrated chipsets for both GSM and CDMA networks. This will simplify Apple’s product lineup and consumer buying decisions, as there will be only one “model” of iPhone 4S that should work on virtually any carrier in the world.”
In fairness, there was no live streaming video of this, so we haven’t seen the actual delivery yet. I’ll watch it tonight or so.
Siri brings Apple up to par with Windows Phone 7 Mango which already had such features.
“The iPhone 4S is also now a true “world phone” with integrated chipsets for both GSM and CDMA networks.”
That’s nice but Verizon moved beyond CDMA a while ago
I agree with Rush. The iPhone 5 is gonna be a 4gLTE device. But 4g networks Aren’t there yet. And the 4g chips are too big and too power hungry. Probably next year.
Siri sounds great though. I got the app for my 3GS back before Apple bought them. It was no where near as sophisticated as what this seems to offer, but it showed potential, which is why Apple bought them.
To wit: this event was refinement of existing products, a spec bump to what we either had or knew was coming.
My personal takeaways:
- iOS 5 in a week, and all the joy that comes with it
- that (i.e.: cloud syncing) plus price drop to $199 makes the iPod Touch very attractive now, complementing my iPad
- iPod Nano clock-face updates mean maybe I’ll get one as a watch (pity no user-installable faces though)
All nice. Now where’s the iPhone 5, iPhone Nano, and iPad 3?
The Engadget live blogger, who levied a fair amount of snark when it was warranted, was very impressed with Siri. I'd guess it's considerably better than what Win7 has to offer, or he'd have made reference to it.
He could be an Apple-phile. He might not be familiar with Windows Phone 7 Mango. There are all sorts of possibilities.
Until someone puts them side-by-side, my understanding is that they are quite similar.
As I said, he slipped in several (warranted) snarky comments as it went along. Without seeing a side-by-side comparison, my guess is that iPhone/Siri is a step ahead of existing voice recognition in terms of system integration and natural language processing.
Which is the way it’s supposed to work — company A puts out feature X, company B comes along and makes a better X, company A then improves their X to jump ahead again, etc. It’s all good for the consumer in the long run, as the competition pushes faster evolution of technology.
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