Apple just wrapped up another keynote presentation unveiling their latest products. As always, there’s a lot of news to sift through. Let us save you time by highlighting the important details here!
Improved Specs
The iPhone 4S features the standard “spec” boost that we’ve come to expect – faster processer, better battery, more storage, and an improved camera. These are all welcome additions and should serve to keep you running the latest and greatest apps.
More Choices
The iPhone 4S is a “World Phone,” meaning it contains both GSM and CDMA radios. It’s also available on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint in the US, and even more carriers abroad as well. Check out Apple’s iPhone4S page for the full details.
Near-4G Speeds
Apple touted an improved antenna design that, in a nutshell, allows them to nearly double your download speeds. The result is near-4G, though they aren’t calling it that. The iPhone 4S is still a 3G phone, though one of the fastest 3G phones around.
Voice Control
This is the biggest news from Apple’s iPhone 4S announcement. Using advance voice recognition technology, dubbed “Siri,” you will be able to listen to (and reply to) text messages, check your calendar and schedule appointments, send emails, check stocks and weather, search the web, and much more. Time will tell how well this works in the “real world,” but it has the potential to drastically enhance productivity on the go.
Final Thoughts
For now, voice control is limited to the built-in apps. Imagine, however, the potential that lies in this technology when it’s opened up to 3rd party developers, like ourselves!
Of course, we’ll need to get our hands on an iPhone 4S to test DejaOffice, but we’re confident that DejaOffice will be fully supported at, or shortly after, the iPhone 4S launch on October 14th. Stay tuned for more on that!
Apple hasn’t allowed 3rd party apps like DejaOffice to access Siri directly. That said, we do have a workaround in place. You’ll simply need to use the built-in feature in DejaOffice to sync DejaContacts (and DejaCalendar, if you like) with Apple’s native Contacts and Calendar apps. See this post (https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-use-siri-to-set-up-business-meetings-in-outlook-act-more/) for more details!
I have a brand new iPhone 4S and loaded DejaOffice/Companionlink. The sync went fine. But can Siri access the DejaContacts?
Ted – I’m not sure what program and store you’re referring to. If you could clarify that, I’m sure I could help answer your question, thanks!
Will Siri have the same function with Act as it des with the program it comes from the store with?
I guess I’ll wait for iPhone 5 rather getting iPhone 4s