Lots of iPhone fanatics had a big disappointment when Apple didn’t release the iPhone 5. But instead,   Apple released  a more advance version of iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S. To eased the disappointment, Apple equipped the iPhone 4S with lots of amazing features and one of them is the “Siri“.

Siri is an AI equipped in to the iPhone 4S. Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. You can Ask Siri to do lots of things just by talking the way you talk to others. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much, you’ll keep finding more and more ways to use it.

So what does Siri can realy do? As it was first introduce, Apple claim that Siri can understand what you mean and just how you feel. Besides Siri’s voice recognition, it seems to me that Siri consists of three layers: a speech-to-text analyzer, a grammar analyzer, and a set of service providers.

A speech-to-text analyzer is a piece of software that takes audio and turns it into text. Simple as that. Except it’s not so simple—systems like Dragon Recognition Software have been refining this process for years. It’s really hard to get right, and I’ve never seen an analyzer that didn’t jumble a significant portion of what you say.

Some queston that Siri can Answer:

• Ask for a reminder.
• Ask to send a text.
• Ask about the weather.
• Ask for information (from Yelp, Wolfram|Alpha, or Wikipedia).
• Ask to set a meeting.
• Ask to send an email.
• Ask for a number.
• Ask to set an alarm.
• Ask for directions.
• Ask about stocks.
• Ask to set the timer.
• Ask Siri about Siri.

Apple has finally make public its next-generation smartphone and, as imagine in previous leaks, hail it the iPhone 4S. It has the same looks in the outside and all the new advantage are located inside.

The iPhone 4s attributes a faster Apple Dual Core A5 chip that’s already featured on the iPad 2, an 8MP autofocus camera with 1080p video recording efficiency and a dual-core graphics that promises up 7x better performance.

The most intriguing part is that the iPhone 4S supports both GSM and CDMA networks. No more separate versions for different networks.

Battery life is impressive too ranging at 10 hours on video playback same as the iPad.

Well, for the price — it’s $199 for the 16GB, $299 for the 32GB and $399 for the 64GB.

Apple iPhone 4s specs:

• 3.5″ display @ 960×640 pixels
• Apple 1GHz A5 dual-core chip
• 16GB, 32GB & 64GB internal storage
• HSDPA, EVDO 14.4Mbps
• WiFi 802.11b/g/n
• GPS w/ aGPS
• Gyroscope
• 8MP camera with LED flash
• 1080p video recording
• 2nd front-facing camera
• 2 mics w/ noise-canceling
• Bluetooth 4.0
• iOS 5

Its finally announced.  The latest tablet from apple is now official.  Steve Jobs announced in an event by Apple, the iPad2.  Now they made it slimmer,  8.6mm thin, much thinner than the 9.3mm iPhone 4.  Equipped with two camera and powered by a Dual Core A5 processor.

One of the new features of the iPad2 is the Smart Cover.  The cover react to the ipad2 itself, close the cover and your iPad2 turns to sleep, open it and it awakes.  You can also set up the cover to act as a stand when you making a video call and also act as a keyboard stand.  The cover comes in many colors that gives unique style to the iPad 2.

The iPad 2  ship date is March 11 for USA, and March 25 for some international customers.  I hope Philippines is included but i guess it not, just like the first one.

iPad 2 Specification

• 1GHz dual-core A5 CPU
• RAM currently unknown, presumably 512MB
• 16GB, 32GB, 64GB storage options
• Front & Rear Cameras, front is VGA, rear is 720p
• 9.7″ LED display with 1024×768 screen resolution at 132ppi
• GPU said to be 9x faster
• Video output supports up to 1080p
• Runs iOS 4.3
• 10 hour battery life
• White & Black color options
• 3G models are AT&T and Verizon compatible
• 1.3 lbs
• Thinner build

iPad 2 Prices
16GB WiFi – Php23,990
32GB WiFi – Php28,990
64GB WiFi – Php33,990

16GB 3G+WiFi – Php30,990
32GB 3G+WiFi – Php35,990
64GB 3G+WiFi – Php40,990

Prices are not official yet

The  long wait is over. iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone users can now update their device OS to 4.2.  iOS 4.2 offers a lot of  new features, It’s free. It’s easy. And it lets you do even more with the world’s most advanced mobile operating system.  Updating your device is easy, just connect your iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone to your Mac or PC and follow the iTune’s online instruction after download.

Multi-Tasking  Feature

Maximize your work progress and entertain yourself at the same time with the multi-tasking feature of the iOS 4.2.  Yes you can do both nicely and smoothly, no sweat..:)

You can do more applications at the same time hassle free, it will not slow down the foreground of your device and it will not even drain your battery.

Now your iPad has more room for more apps. You can now Move apps into folders with drag-and-drop simplicity to keep your apps organized for fast access to your favorites.

Another feature of this update and the most I like is the ” Find my iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch” feature, this feature helps you find your missing iPhone, iPad, and your fourth generation iPod Touch  and protect and wipe your data installed in it.  Once installed, you can find your lost device on a map, display a message on its screen, remotely set a passcode lock, and initiate a remote wipe to delete your data. And if you eventually find your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can restore everything from your last backup.

There are lot of new features in this version, just visit Apple to find out more.

Apple is going to host a secret summit for iOS developers in California  next week.  Read in the Business insider, the summits starts next Tuesday and and going to last for  three days.  There are no exact detail about the events but there is a leak that this is about the  improvement of  iOS  applications that are available in the Apple Apss Store.

Well it seems that apple is making its move in improving their operating system for more quality features and more advance application to compete with other OS.  What do you  think.?

We’ll be updating this post.. so lets just wait for the event. ^^

Apple introduces their latest notebook and to be their smallest one.  It is the MacBook Air available in 11.6 and 13.3 inches with the starting price of $999

Much lighter and thinner, it has a weight of 2.3 pounds (1.06 kg) for the 11.6 inches and 2.9 pounds (1.32 kg) for the 13.3 inches models.

Specification

11.6 inches model

• 11.6-inch (diagonal) high-resolution LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors
• 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache; or optional 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache

• 800MHz frontside bus
• 2GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM onboard (4GB maximum)NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory³

• Full-size keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement)
• Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities

• Stereo speakers
• Omnidirectional microphone
• Headphone minijack
• Support for Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
• USB 2.0AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking⁴ (based on IEEE 802.11n specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) wireless technology
• Built-in 35-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

You can get up to 5 hours of battery life on a single charge on the 11-inch model and up to 7 hours on the 13-inch model.

Well i think iPad users gonna love this one.  Watch the video while  Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, introduces the forthcoming iPad application that  enables you to program and control your TV remotely.

Well this application  gives you a better experience in setting up your cable TV and have the ability to shearch for show  just by typing a search keyword through the  virtual keyboard of the iPad, yah it is the feature that is missing in the cable box. It is very hard to search for thousands of  in demand TV shows when you don’t have this feature.  It also has a nice and cool  looking interface and it is well categorized.  You can just select what shows are on demand and you can also select if you only want to see whats on the news, movie and on sports.

Comcast team also says that they have plans on bring the TV in to the iPad it means the you can pull out TV shows directly to your iPad via the fancast video portal.

I think this would not give any inpact to the cable TV industries as long as subscribers keeps on paying their bill and receive  quality shows.  They can do as much application as  they can put up, but in my own opinion, watching through a wide screen than the small one. what do you think?

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