{"id":1295,"date":"2011-10-04T17:41:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T01:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2024-02-04T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T19:40:36","slug":"iphone-4s-announcement-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/04\/iphone-4s-announcement-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 4S Announcement &#8211; Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/iPhone4S.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1296 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/iPhone4S.png 603w, https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/iPhone4S-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Today, Apple announced the iPhone 4S, a launch date for iOS 5 (Oct 12), the new Find My Friends app, the Siri personal assistant, and updates to the iPad Nano and iPod Touch. Here&#8217;s a roundup of links from today&#8217;s announcements and reactions from around the web. I won&#8217;t be buying the new iPhone 4S (I just upgraded to an iPhone 4 earlier this year) but I&#8217;m looking forward to the iOS 5 update.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Official Apple iPhone 4S Announcement Video<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hSJqPul24DI\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apple Siri Commercial<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apple - Introducing Siri (Official Commercial)\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sw1iwC7Zh24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Apple Official iOS 5 Video<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apple - Introducing iOS 5\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a4FkfiquE74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111006150236\/http:\/\/live.gdgt.com\/live-apple-iphone-4s-event-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transcript of the announcements with photos &amp; commentary<\/a> (Ryan Block\/gdgt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\/built-in-apps\/camera.html\">Official iPhone 4S camera page with sample photos<\/a>&nbsp;(Apple)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apple\/2011\/10\/04\/iphone-4s-siri-and-todays-apple-event-everything-you-need-to-know-in-a-handy-list\/\">iPhone 4S, Siri and today&#8217;s Apple event &#8211; EVERYTHING you need to know in a handy list<\/a>&nbsp;(NextWeb)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/111091089527727420853\/posts\/8mxuvFzZa1F\">Some people are disappointed <\/a>that there was no iPhone 5 announcement but Dan Frommer says:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.splatf.com\/2011\/10\/iphone-4s\/\">If you&#8217;re disappointed by the iPhone 4S, you&#8217;re nuts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thisismynext.com\/2011\/10\/04\/iphone-4s-hands-on-impressions\/\">iPhone 4S hands on impressions<\/a> (Joshua Topolsky\/This Is My Next)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tipb.com\/2011\/10\/04\/iphone-4s-camera\/\">iPhone 4S camera: 8 MP, f\/2.4, face detection, &amp; more<\/a> (TiPb)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/1606-2_3-50112634.html\">Demo of Siri on an iPhone 4S<\/a> (CNET)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bummer &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5846550\">Siri Personal Assistant only works on the iPhone 4S <\/a>(Gizmodo)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20111004\/apples-find-my-friends-location-feature-is-more-like-glympse-than-foursquare\/\">Apple&#8217;s &#8216;Find My Friends&#8217; Location Feature Is More Like Glympse Than Foursquare<\/a> (All Things D)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.gottabemobile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ipod-nano-watch-mickey-mouse.jpg\">Photo of the Micky Mouse watchface for the Nano<\/a> (The Verge)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appleinsider.com\/articles\/11\/10\/05\/wall_street_response_to_iphone_4s_muted_but_optimistic.html\">Wall Street response to iPhone 4S muted, but optimistic<\/a> (AppleInsider)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/111004\/p49#a111004p49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More coverage<\/a> on TechMeme. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Apple announced the iPhone 4S, a launch date for iOS 5 (Oct 12), the new Find My Friends app, the Siri personal assistant, and updates to the iPad Nano and iPod Touch. Here&#8217;s a roundup of links from today&#8217;s announcements and reactions from around the web. I won&#8217;t be buying the new iPhone 4S [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,45,18],"tags":[165,374,166,167],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-iphone","category-tech-news","tag-apple","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-siri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4537,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions\/4537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}