“Some owners of Apple’s new iPhone 4S are having problems connecting to Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant,” Tom Loftus blogs for The Wall Street Journal.
“Exclusive to the new iPhone, the voice recognition software allows users to place phone calls, check the weather, order car services or even find out the location of the nearest Thai restaurant,” Loftus reports. “But for many people, the assistant is taking some unapproved time off.”
Loftus, “The software requires the use of a Wi-Fi or 3G network to access the Apple servers that power the app’s answers… CNet reported that one theory for the software’s failure could be that Apple’s servers are simply too swamped. Over four million new iPhones have been sold since its launch last week.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: A little birdie tell us: “Thank you for your patience. It’ll all work out soon.” 4 million excited iPhone 4S owners asking Siri a bunch of inanities all of a sudden can tire a gal out.
Earlier today on our iPhone 4S units, Siri was having issues for a little bit (see screenshot below), but her connection problems seem to have cleared up now.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]