iPhone 4S’s Siri Is a Search Engine, Will Compete With Google Search

If you’ve already invested in the new iPhone 4S, chances are you’re most excited about its top gadget: Siri. To be sure, Apple has touted Siri above all of the other new features on the iPhone 4S, including a much-enhanced camera array, as well as a bevy of improved hardware features that Apple has chosen to downplay into order to highlight the software side of its latest iPhone iteration....

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New iPhone 5 Renderings Deliver On Larger Screen, Home Button

Designer Antonio De Rosa’s new iPhone 5 renderings offer a solid guess at what the next iPhone 5 could look like. The iPhone 5 rumor mill is never lacking in renderings and mock-ups. And because the rumor mill has essentially been reset as a result of the iPhone 4S release in October, consumers won’t have to worry about renderings being passed off as real prototype sightings: everything we’ll see over the next few months will be nothing more than conceptual sketches from outside sources. That...

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Apple’s Hardware De-Emphasis With iPhone 4S Release Deliberate?

HardMac’s Lionel notes that with the launch of the original iPhone, Apple was able to surprise the entire phone industry and corner an incredible market share in just a few years. However, he observes that many are suggesting that the relatively unambitious iPhone 4S upgrade marks the end of hardware innovation on the iPhone (although he recalls that the same was said after the iPhone 3GS launch). Apple obviously didn’t try to revolutionize the device by changing its form factor radically,...

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T-Mobile Explains Why No iPhone 4S, Further Evidence of 4G iPhone 5

Sprint’s media event on October 7th sparked new speculation that the 2012 iPhone 5 will indeed be a 4G LTE smartphone. Does T-Mobile’s recent comments about why they are not carrying the iPhone 4S also suggest that 4G for the iPhone 5 is a reality? While the form factor and screen size were the leading rumored upgrades for the iPhone 5 prior to the somewhat anti-climactic iPhone 4S announcement on October 4th, the leading rumors for the 2012 release of the iPhone 5 recently have been all about...

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Teardrop or Curved: What’s the Purpose of a Reshaped iPhone 5?

iPhone 5 will a new form factor, with design concepts ranging from an ergonomically curved display to a sleek teardrop shape. Should Apple adopt one of these design concepts for the iPhone 5, what will its purpose be for the consumer? When it comes to dreaming about the new form factor for the iPhone 5, there are two sides to that dream: the front and the back. The front of the iPhone 5 is all about a larger screen, and maybe even an edge-to-edge screen, smart bezel, or some other new design...

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While Supplies Last: How Long Will the iPhone 3GS & iPhone 4 Remain In Stock

Apple is currently offering three iPhone models — the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and legacy model iPhone 3GS. But with the 2012 iPhone 5 possibly on tap in less than a year, how long will the iPhone 3GS & 4 remain available? During the iPhone 5 rumor mill doldrums of the past summer, rumors of a dual-release iPhone 4S and iPhone never seemed all that plausible: how, after all, would Apple successfully sell an iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 4 all at the same time? But in spite of the fact that...

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