Siri

Everything you need to know about Siri, Apple's virtual digital assistant

Siri is a personal assistant with personality -- like having a character from a Pixar character built right into your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or iPad mini. She (or he in some languages) will help you set reminders, make calls, send emails, play music, and much, much more. Still in beta, Apple promises to roll out additional languages and features for Siri as time goes on.

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2011 TiPb Readers Choice Awards

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Dec 29, 2011 a 3:46 pm

The TiPb Nation picks their favorite devices, features, stories, and new or majorly updated apps and accessories of 2011!

Your votes have been counted. The results have been tallied. This is it, TiPb Nation! These are your 2011 Readers Choice Award winners!

Want an alternate take? try our 2011 Editors Choice Awards

SiriPrefs adds even more functionality to Siri [jailbreak]

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Dec 29, 2011 a 10:53 am

If you [jailbreak](http://www.imore.com/jailbreak) you may soon be able to add even more functionality to Siri via SiriPrefs. While [A5 devices aren't jailbreakable yet](http://www.imore.com/2011/12/22/pod2g-hands-a4-untethered-jailbreak-focus-a5-devices/), [jailbroken A4 devices](http://www.imore.com/2011/12/27/untethered-jailbreak-a4-device-ios-501-redsn0w-0910b1/) have the ability to run Siri via the [Spire port](http://www.imore.com/2011/12/27/spire-legal-port-siri-unsupported-ios-devices-jailbreak/).

Santa Siri commercial deleted scenes

By Jason Harrison, Wednesday, Dec 28, 2011 a 11:21 pm

Strangely missing from the original cut

Rumor: Again with the Siri-powered Apple Television coming late 2012

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Dec 28, 2011 a 9:41 am

Digitimes, the hit-or-miss rumor news site, has additional speculation from industry sources that Apple may be looking to Foxconn for assembly orders of their upcoming Siri-powered Apple Television, in addition to a number of potential bids for contracting component production.

Use Siri dictation on your Mac with Air Dictate for iPhone

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 a 1:13 pm

Air Dictate is an iPhone 4S app by Avatron that allows you to use Siri to dictate text to your Mac. To use, first you must visit avatron.com/i to install the Air Dictate Receiver app for you Mac. Then, over your shared Wi-Fi network, you can share your Siri dictation to any Mac application that accepts text!

I just tried this out, and all I can say is - epic win! (Inputed with Air Dictate.)

Rumor: 32 and 37-inch Apple Television coming in late 2012

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 a 10:36 am

Randomly accurate rumor site, Digitimes has word from "industry sources" that suppliers are starting to build materials for 32- and 37-inch Apple Televisions for release in the second or third quarter of 2012.

Instead of a form of set-top box (STB) like the Apple TV launched in 2006, Apple's new products will be full TV sets, the sources added [...] The displays of the new iTV sets will focus on 32 and 37-inch sizes initially, noted sources in the supply chain.

Legally port Siri to unsupported iPhones, iPad with Spire [Jailbreak]

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 a 12:45 am

iPhone jailbreak developer chpwn, along with the help of planetbeing and Ryan Petrich, have released Spire -- a legal way to port Siri to currently unsupported iOS devices like iPhone 4 and iPad 2.

Spire uses a new method to obtain the files necessary for Siri, so it doesn’t have the copyright issues encountered by previous attempts. Similarly, rather than directing all traffic through a specific proxy server (and the associated privacy issues), Spire allows you to specify your own proxy server.

Apple’s iPhone 4S Santa Siri ad was the most effective holiday advertisement

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Dec 26, 2011 a 1:51 pm

Apple’s iPhone 4S Santa Siri ad was the most effective advertisement for the holiday season according to ad analysis company Ace Metrix.

Ace Metrix scores ads based on perceived effectiveness by a selection of randomly selected viewers, which it says are “representative of the U.S. TV viewing audience.”

Apple’s ad scored 652 points out of a total of 950 and beat other huge manufacturers like Coca Cola, Nintendo and Duracell. The ad shows Santa using Siri on an iPhone 4S to help him with his annual task of delivering presents all over the world.

Source: Gigaom

iPhone & iPad Live 185: Sexist Siri Santa

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Dec 23, 2011 a 12:56 am

Rene, Georgia, and Seth talk Santa Siri commercial, sexism charges, AT&T and T-Mobile deal, Nuance buying Vlingo, how to replace your iPhone 4 vibrator assembly, jailbreak, Facebook Timelines, Kindle updates, FPS games, and more. This is iPhone and iPad Live!

Note: Due to the holiday and CES schedule, we won't be recording on Sundays for the next few weeks, so enjoy special iPhone and iPad combined episodes every Wednesday!

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Siri: The Holiday Horror Movie

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 a 8:58 am

Rooster Teeth Productions has put together a short tongue-in-cheek video trailer based upon the theory that Siri has become self aware and decides it no longer wants to be your personal assistant. Instead it turns against the human race and decides to go on a killing spree avenging all those lame things you asked it to do in the past.