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The voice behind the UK English version of Siri has been revealed as Jon Briggs, a former tech journalist. Briggs formerly recorded voiceovers as 'Daniel' for the company Scansoft, that was later swallowed up by Nuance, the company whose technology Apple utilized in Siri. The notoriously secretive Apple has, it should be said, asked Briggs...

In a blog post from iFixit it's noted that the iPhone 4S features a tweaked proximity sensor, basically an infrared LED capable of detecting how close the user's face is to the screen. iPhones have always incorporated proximity sensors that prevent accidental input by turning the device display off during phone calls (when the phone is raised to the users...

With all the breakthroughs lately in ports of Siri over to the iPhone 4, iPod touch, and iPhone 3GS, some have wondered whether the voice feature will make it onto older devices. Apple has confirmed Siri will not be supported on older devices, in response to a developer's bug report submitted to Apple. The developer...

9to5Mac is reporting that Apple has invited end users to test pre-release iOS 5.0.1 software update in order to provide feedback on any battery life improvements they may experience. In addition to battery life, Apple wants select end users to test the new software against apps and also check for Siri improvements. However, Apple has warned the program...

Siri has been ported over to the iPhone 3GS by @chpwn and @stroughtonsmith, as posted by Edmonton-based developer, @rpetrich, who is currently working on Activator integration. Check out the video posted below by Ryan Petrich: We've previously seen Siri ported over to the iPhone 4 and iPod touch. As for the legality of releasing this...

While Apple's amazing voice assistant technology a.k.a Siri can do tons of cool stuff, from setting up your meetings & reminders to telling you how many calories are there is a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream, there's still a lot of room for improvement. But since the service is still in 'beta' according to...

How much data does Siri use in a month? Well, that depends on how many instances you use Siri per day, according to tests by Arstechnica. They performed a variety of tasks for Siri that required local tasks and those that needed lookups online. In the end, they determined Siri isn't that much of a...

iOS developer Steven Troughton-Smith has successfully ported a fully working version of Siri over to the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G. http://youtu.be/gHQyV9JQzSw http://youtu.be/p8GLwG4_qBY Steven Troughton-Smith has been working on this since the first day he got his hands on an iPhone 4S. He posted his progress on his Twitter feed (@stroughtonsmith), and now with...

If you haven't figured it out already, iOS 5 enables native support for the Emoji keyboard (instead of previously downloading an app, or installing a tweak from Cydia), to allow users access to the plethora of neat little emoticons. To do so, just go to: General-->International-->Keyboards-->Add New Keyboard-->Emoji After you've added the Emoji keyboard, or...

Update 1: YouTube embed now below (thanks draz!). Conan O'Brien has poked fun at Apple before and now he's come up with a spoof of Apple's Siri TV commercial, titled 'We Know What You're Gonna Use It For'. It could be NSFW, so turn down that volume if you're at work. (Flash video) As funny...

IRIS 9000 is quite an amazing first dedicated accessory for Siri, the iPhone 4S’s AI-powered digital assistant. Developed by ThinkGeek, it is a voice control module that lets you control Apple’s Siri voice assistant from across the room. Just place your iPhone 4S into the Iris 9000 cradle and tap the included micro remote control once to trigger Siri. The...

We have been hearing rumors of an Apple branded TV set every now an then for the last couple of years. A new publication by Fortune quoting analyst Gene Munster (via 9to5Mac) claims that according to Gene, all evidence is pointing to a launch as soon as next year. Among the newly presented evidence from him...