A5 Mystery Solved (Why Siri Won't Run On iPhone 4) 239
Hugh Pickens writes "Anna Leach reports that Siri support has been a contentious issue for owners of earlier iPhones, but a recent filing from Audience shows that Siri won't run on the iPhone 4 because the phone's chip can't handle it. Linley Gwennap of the Linley Group cracked one of the secrets of the new iPhone's A5 chip after working out that it packs some serious audio cleaning power not available on the iPhone 4's A4 chip. Audience has developed technology that removes most or all of the background noise when someone places a cell-phone call from a restaurant, airport, or other noisy location. The iPhone 4S integrates Audience's 'EarSmart' technology directly into the A5 processor, improving its technology to handle 'far-field speech,' which means holding the device at arm's length rather than directly in front of the mouth. Apple has also licensed the Audience technology for a 'new generation of processor IP,' which may mean that the forthcoming A6 processor will appear in the iPad 3 and iPhone 5. 'Why Apple has not simply purchased Audience is unclear. An acquisition would prevent Audience's other major customer, Samsung, from using the technology to compete with Apple,' says Gwennap. 'The company may be hedging its bets, as it could switch to Qualcomm's Fluence noise-reduction technology in the future.'"
No, Siri won't run on the iPhone 4 because... (Score:0, Funny)
The iPhone 4 doesn't come with Siri.
I'm sorry Apple chose not to go out of their way to retroactively add a server-side feature to your year-old phone. If you think that's a dick move, give the Android update model a try.
Re:Oh, great... (Score:5, Funny)
Wait until they set up the iPhone to hang on the wall, with an earpiece you hold up to your head when making a call.
Apple hates the dreaded F-word (Score:5, Funny)
Hold on, so there's a cell phone of a particular OS which appears to have different capabilities and thus can't run the same software as its immediate predecessor. And both of them are on the market at the same time, you say?
Wait, wait... there's... somewhere in my mind... I'm remembering something... there's a word there I remember from long ago... it... it starts with an 'F'... F... F... Fra... Frag... FragmentatiALL GLORY AND HONOR TO THE ALMIGHTY SAINT JOBS AS IT WAS WRITTEN AT JANUARY 1, 1904 AND SHALL BE UNTIL HIS GLORIOUS SECOND COMING! ALL GLORY TO HIS AVATAR, DOGCOW! ALL GLORY! SOSUMI! SOSUMI!
Woah, sorry, guys. Don't know what just hit me. Anyway, as I was about to say, the... um... word... it... oh, forget it. I've got to get in line for the iPad 3! I heard that before his ascension into... before his death, Jobs himself sweated over the first batch of plastic cases! Oh boy!
Re:Interesting but wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Interesting but wrong (Score:4, Funny)
Well, it is perfectly understandable. People who write [citation required] are the second lowest form of Slashdot Scum, with the first being those that post the same ridiculous drivel as an AC. The best response is to send them to the correct citation [justfuckinggoogleit.com], of course ;-)
Let those who would mod intelligent responses to inane posts as flamebait choke on that! Cheers!