BreadWithSpam@fractious.net

According to a blog reporting feedback from Apple,

Engineering has provided the following feedback regarding this issue:
Siri only works on iPhone 4S and we currently have no plans to support
older devices.

http://michaelsteeber.tumblr.com/pos...-older-devices

Found via Google News and a link to this:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817...id=471gWUrw-m3

It wouldn't be a surprise - Apple wants us to buy new iPhone 4S.
But it's unfortunate for those of us with iPhone4 devices,
especially those of us whose purchase was recent enough that
we're still under contracts...


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In article <yob1uth12f5.fsf@panix2.panix.com>, BreadWithSpam@fractious.net
wrote:

> But it's unfortunate for those of us with iPhone4 devices,
> especially those of us whose purchase was recent enough that
> we're still under contracts...

Everyone in the USA who bought an iPhone 4 under contract is still under
contract.

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salgud

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:11:42 -0500, BreadWithSpam@fractious.net wrote:

> According to a blog reporting feedback from Apple,
>
> Engineering has provided the following feedback regarding this issue:
> Siri only works on iPhone 4S and we currently have no plans to support
> older devices.
>
> http://michaelsteeber.tumblr.com/pos...-older-devices
>
> Found via Google News and a link to this:
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817...id=471gWUrw-m3
>
> It wouldn't be a surprise - Apple wants us to buy new iPhone 4S.
> But it's unfortunate for those of us with iPhone4 devices,
> especially those of us whose purchase was recent enough that
> we're still under contracts...

Funny how when we buy a new tv, and a few months later they come out with a
newer better one, no one complains that they didn't get all those new
features added on to their old one for free, or even a nominal charge. Same
with a car. Same with a dishwasher. Why is it that with a cell phone,
everyone expects that they'll get all the new features when a new one comes
out? I guess maybe those that bought iPhone 4 a few months ago hadn't heard
that Apple updates them once a year or so. I could have bought an iPhone 4
back in June, when I was using a lousy flip phone, but I waited until now
because I didn't want to be where they are now.

I just don't understand those who bought a new iPhone a few months ago
because they wanted in NOW are now complaining that they can't have the new
features of a 4S NOW. Only in America.

Michelle Steiner

In article <n7h3gepumcm9$.1jikriy95q7yi$.dlg@40tude.net>,
salgud <spamboy6547@comcast.net> wrote:

> I just don't understand those who bought a new iPhone a few months ago
> because they wanted in NOW are now complaining that they can't have the
> new features of a 4S NOW. Only in America.

You think that no one in countries other than the USA is making the same
complaint?

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JF Mezei

salgud wrote:

> Funny how when we buy a new tv, and a few months later they come out with a
> newer better one, no one complains that they didn't get all those new
> features added on to their old one for free



Newer internet connected TVs do have a "firmware upgrade" menu option :-)

salgud

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:48:02 -0700, Michelle Steiner wrote:

> In article <n7h3gepumcm9$.1jikriy95q7yi$.dlg@40tude.net>,
> salgud <spamboy6547@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I just don't understand those who bought a new iPhone a few months ago
>> because they wanted in NOW are now complaining that they can't have the
>> new features of a 4S NOW. Only in America.
>
> You think that no one in countries other than the USA is making the same
> complaint?

Since I don't live it, or have regular contact with anyone who lives
outside the US, I don't know for sure. I do know that we are famous, more
so than any other country on earth, for being spoiled by our technological
toys and constantly complaining that they don't do more, rather than being
grateful for what they can do right now. In most of the world, smartphones
aren't available to anyone because there's no infrastructure to support
them. I do know that, in Mexico, they regard us as spoiled children.

salgud

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:22:50 -0500, JF Mezei wrote:

> salgud wrote:
>
>> Funny how when we buy a new tv, and a few months later they come out with a
>> newer better one, no one complains that they didn't get all those new
>> features added on to their old one for free
>
>
>
> Newer internet connected TVs do have a "firmware upgrade" menu option :-)

Yes, and soon they'll be bitching about not getting all the newest
technology that they aren't getting.

Doug Anderson

salgud <spamboy6547@comcast.net> writes:

> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:48:02 -0700, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
> > In article <n7h3gepumcm9$.1jikriy95q7yi$.dlg@40tude.net>,
> > salgud <spamboy6547@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I just don't understand those who bought a new iPhone a few months ago
> >> because they wanted in NOW are now complaining that they can't have the
> >> new features of a 4S NOW. Only in America.
> >
> > You think that no one in countries other than the USA is making the same
> > complaint?
>
> Since I don't live it, or have regular contact with anyone who lives
> outside the US, I don't know for sure. I do know that we are famous, more
> so than any other country on earth, for being spoiled by our technological
> toys and constantly complaining that they don't do more, rather than being
> grateful for what they can do right now. In most of the world, smartphones
> aren't available to anyone because there's no infrastructure to support
> them. I do know that, in Mexico, they regard us as spoiled children.

So by "only in America" you actually meant "only in wealthy countries."

Michelle Steiner

In article <4ebbfa5a$0$9677$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.co m>,
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Newer internet connected TVs do have a "firmware upgrade" menu option :-)

So do internet connected BluRay players.

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According to a blog reporting feedback from Apple,

Engineering has provided the following feedback regarding this issue:
Siri only works on iPhone 4S and we currently have no plans to support
older devices.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


I read that Siri has been successfully ported to a 3Gs. So it CAN work if
they wanted to offer it.