“Apple is apparently trying out Siri on devices other than the iPhone 4S, according to reports circulating over the weekend,” Darrell Etherington writes for GigaOM.
“It comes as no surprise that Apple would want to see how Siri works on different devices, but how likely is it that those of us who aren’t Apple engineers will ever get the chance to use the personal assistant on anything older than an iPhone 4S?” Etherington asks.
“For late-model devices, there doesn’t appear to be any technical barrier really standing in the way of getting Siri working,” Etherington writes. “The iPhone 4, apparently, can run it just fine with a few simple software modifications. And if Apple’s 2010 smartphone can handle it, it’s almost guaranteed that the iPad 2, and likely even the latest generation iPod touch can do the same.”
Etherington writes, “I think it’s likely Apple will eventually bring Siri to other older devices, but maybe not all that are technically capable of running it.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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