Hello Dónal, There are a few additional features of the iPhone 4S that might make it more worthwhile for you, though these reasons are not as applicable for Lynne and Gordon. The iPhone 4S supports device mirroring through the dock connector outputs to either VGA or HDMI output. This means that if you're doing presentations of how apps work for your classes, most of the apps can be projected. This is also going to be true if you're doing demos of iOS apps in connection with presentations at meetings. The iPhone 3GS doesn't have this capability because the dock connection was redesigned to support digital audio out with the iPad 1. That's why the older Blue Mikey recorders that work with the iPhone 3GS don't work with later models such as the iPads, the iPhone 4 and 4S, and the 4th generation iPod Touch.
The iPad 2 was the first iOS device to support device mirroring of screen output. That means that one of the differences between the first and second generation iPad is that, while both iPads can be hooked up to a projector and used to show YouTube videos, Keynote presentations, and Camera roll slideshows, in general only apps that are specifically written to support device mirroring can be projected from the iPad 1, while the default for the iPad 2 is that all apps will support device mirroring unless they are specifically written to block this function. As an instructor, if you display apps on an iPad 2 or iPhone 4S, most of these will be shown. Even more interesting, since Airplay support of these apps uses a similar implementation, even without a dock connection, you can use Airplay to direct these same outputs to other Airplay devices (e.g. another computer), and if these apps would be mirrored through a dock connection, then they'll be redirected through Airplay. I haven't had a chance to play with instances under iOS 5 where Apple separated out VoiceOver and other audio through Airplay redirection, but this could potentially be very neat for giving general presentations and demonstrations that are not limited to Keynote, etc. You can read more about this in the recent TUAW article, "Six iPhone 4S features you may have missed": http://www.tuaw.com/2011/11/15/six-iphone-4s-features-you-may-have-missed/ And yes, there is a problem with Siri understanding Scottish accents. I mentioned to James off list that I accompanied someone who picked up a new iPhone 4S. Despite several years in the U.S., he hasn't lost his Edinburgh accent, so is spending time working with Siri. (This means that I haven't had much opportunity to "borrow" his iPhone 4S for testing purposes.) Cheers, Esther On Nov 16, 2011, at 23:36, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > I prefer this demo of Siri, more realistic for those of us who don't > necessarily speak Her majesty's english: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My40XgYEvLM > > Warning: May contain language some could consider offensive, I simply can't > remember. > On 17 Nov 2011, at 09:32, Chris G wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Check out this demonstration of Siri. You are correct, it does not run >> on anything other then the 4S. >> >> http://audioboo.fm/boos/544034-a-comprehensive-audio-demonstration-of-siri.mp3 >> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
