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Update 1: Don't forget to activate Siri in Settings first to use it. How to get Siri to read your text messages? Say 'Read my messages'. I just received my iPhone 4S from Apple via UPS, and so far, the device is awesome. What everybody is wondering about is whether Siri works in Canada. The...

Some people in Germany have already received their iPhone 4S shipments from Apple, and now the first full length video review of the iPhone 4S and Siri's capabilities have been posted by iPhone Ticker (via MacRumors). Check out the video below as it will show you a preview of what to expect when you receive...

Over the next few days we'll be seeing tons of iPhone 4S videos such as unboxing, hands-on impressions and other smartphone comparison videos all over the web and it seems that we already have the first one with us. Some lucky guy has already gotten his hands on a black iPhone 4S before its actual launch on...

Here's a pretty interesting discovery by folks over at FSM. A new field in Contacts.app labelled as "Related People" has been found in iOS 5 Gold Master which gives you the option to unify your contacts based on their relations such as mother, father, spouse, child, brother and sister. As the source notes, in case...

If there's anything available out there that comes close to Siri, the brilliant Voice Assistant technology which Apple has included in the new iPhone 4S, its this. Its called Vlingo, a personal assistant, voice-recognition app which can be downloaded for free from the App Store for your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4. The app supports integration with...

Back in 2009 a list of voice commands was posted that could be spoken to Voice Control on your iPhone. At the time, that was seen as pretty impressive. Fast forward two years, and it's unthinkable how far we've come now that Siri is here. With yesterday's announcement of the iPhone 4S, TUAW has posted...

Yesterday after the iPhone 4S announcement, Apple's websites went live with descriptions of new features. Absent on Apple.ca was any mention of Siri--even in the accompanying promotional video. This omission resulted in people asking whether Siri would be available in Canada or not. Canadian Jim Dalrymple from The Loop confirmed Siri would be available in...

Here are the promotional videos used today by Apple to promote the new iPhone 4S, Siri, and iCloud, as posted to Apple's YouTube channel (don't forget the Let's Talk iPhone keynote stream is also online): That Siri demonstration video is just awesome.

With today's announcement of the iPhone 4S, Apple attempts to crush their competitors with not a sexy design, but with software. Siri, the new 'humble personal assistant' (don't worry, it's coming to Canada) brings all new voice navigation, and from what I saw in the 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote stream, it's quite impressive. Here's what some...

Update 3: A tweet from @graymccarty, Apple's Retail Marketing Coordinator states: @iMikeBeas I should clarify - Siri will be turned on in Canada, but is not optimized for Canadian English or any regional accents unlike Update 2: Macgasm has heard from Apple, and this is what Apple's PR Manager had to say: “There is not a Canadian...

Update 1: It appears TUAW also received a similar tip involving details noted below, with other notes that indicate AirPlay Mirroring could be coming to the iPhone. The next iPhone has been rumoured to include upgraded hardware from the iPhone 4, such as the dual-core A5, 1GB of RAM, 8MP camera, but the main selling...

Nuance is the company behind the powerful software Dragon Naturally Speaking for desktop computers. They also have iOS versions featuring their technology in Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. The latest rumour according to TechCrunch is Apple will be working closely with Nuance to integrate some sort of voice recognition as part of iOS 5, which...