Apple
By Rosa Golijan
On Tuesday Apple held its "Let's talk iPhone" event and?unveiled the latest generation of its popular smartphone line, the iPhone 4S. And ??like most other Apple product announcements?? this news triggered a flood of reactions on Twitter. Here are some of the highlights.
One of the key complaints seen during Apple's event revolved around the company's decision to come out with a marginally upgraded iPhone 4S instead of a fully redesigned iPhone 5. This reminded some folks of another entity's habit of introducing slightly redesigned product after slightly redesigned product:
One Twitter user suggests that it's not the physical design that matters though:
And TechCrunch writer?Alexia Tsotsis suggests that there's a good reason for the iPhone 4S name:
Forget about those complaints though. No matter how loud and common they were at the beginning of the day, by the time the Apple event was over something else took center stage:?Siri, the personal assistant feature.
Yes, some confused the iPhone 4S feature with a celebrity's child. But once that was out of the way, the almost reasonable concerns started popping up.
It's not all bad news though. There are some situations in which Siri could be very useful:
And most importantly? Siri could help resolve a question that's been plaguing us all for far too long:
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Source: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/05/8167159-twitter-reacts-to-iphone-4s-announcement
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