Apple or Google: Who makes the best mobile operating system?

Release Date 7 Oct, 2011 in Wall Street Journal

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Apple iPhone 4S goes on pre-sale CNN International - John D. Sutter - 7 Oct, 2011 Siri, the voice-enabled "personal assistant" on the iPhone 4S will listen and talk back on a range of issues. (CNN) -- The iPhone 4S -- Apple's newest creation -- quietly went on pre-sale at 12 am on Friday. ...
Apple's new iPhone available for pre-order Friday Sydney Morning Herald - 7 Oct, 2011 Apple Inc. is taking pre-orders for its new iPhone 4S starting on Friday, allowing fans who can't wait to snag the company's latest gadget a chance to order it in advance and receive it when it goes on sale in a week. The iPhone 4S has a faster ...
Apple's new iPhone available for pre-order Friday Forbes - 7 Oct, 2011 AP , 10.07.11, 06:45 AM EDT Apple Inc. is taking pre-orders for its new iPhone 4S starting on Friday, allowing fans who can't wait to snag the company's latest gadget a chance to order it in advance and receive it when it goes on sale in a week. ...
Apple or Google: Who makes the best mobile operating system? Wall Street Journal - 7 Oct, 2011 As Apple launches the iPhone 5, many smart-phone users are posed to upgrade, while others are evaluating the Android line and seeing a future purchase on that side instead. Which do you think is the better system and smart phone? ...
Apple iPhone 4S upgrade fails to excite Mirror.co.uk - Kevin Lynch - 7 Oct, 2011 These are turbulent times for Apple. The sad news of company chaiman Steve Jobs' death was preceded by the unveiling this week of the latest version of the iPhone which has been written off by some as an anti-climax ...
Where to Sell Your Old iPhone or How to Pick One Up Cheaply PCWorld - David Daw - 7 Oct, 2011 Now that Apple is releasing the new iPhone 4S, here's how to sell your old phone--or look for deals on last year's model. By David Daw, PCWorld Apple's iPhone 4SNow that Apple's iPhone 4S is about to arrive, the dash is on as Apple acolytes hurry to ...
Apple iPhone 4s disappoints those looking for iPhone 5, but new hardware, Siri ... Washington Post - 7 Oct, 2011 Apple unveiled its new iPhone Tuesday, but instead of the much-hyped iPhone 5, it was an upgraded form of its earlier phone, called the iPhone 4S. Hayley Tsukayama wrote this review: Apple unveiled its iPhone 4S on Tuesday to a lot of fanfare and quite ...
Apple's Siri Versus Dragon Go! and Vlingo PC Magazine - Jill Duffy - 7 Oct, 2011 The speech-recognition and personal assistant app Siri, is coming to the iPhone 4S soon. But if you don't want to wait or aren't upgrading phones, two other apps are available now, for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS owners. By Jill Duffy As announced in ...
	Steve Jobs Made Work Beautiful Forbes - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ I came late to Apple products. Only after Dell disappointed and I bought a cheap HP computer that I immediately wanted to throw off a tenth floor balcony, did I finally overcome my resistance to learning a new operating system. ...
	Can't wait for Siri? Try Vlingo CNET - Rick Broida - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ You talk, Vlingo acts. This Siri-like app used to charge extra for sending e-mail and text messages, but no more. The coolest technology on display at Tuesday's Apple event? Siri, no doubt about it. This new voice-recognition system promises to ...
Steve Jobs Leaves A Legacy In A.I. With Siri Forbes - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ I've covered European business and technology news for Forbes since 2006, and as London bureau chief since 2008. I'm using this blog to explore some of the disruptive technology and ideas coming out of this region. Before all this I tracked the highs ...
iPhone 4S Roundup: Hands-on reactions Washington Post - Hayley Tsukayama - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ Apple unveiled its iPhone 4S on Tuesday to a lot of fanfare and quite a bit of disappointment. In our not-at-all scientific poll of more than 4000 respondents, 57 percent of our readers said that they were expecting to see an ...
Apple Can Grow Share Just Fine With iPhone 4S Forbes - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ Apple unveiled its new iPhone 4S, which we believe has enough of the key features iPhone watchers were looking for to remain attractive enough to drive upgrades, bring in new iPhone users and fend off competition from Google Android based smartphones, ...
Apple's Speech Technology is a Watershed, AVIOS Claims San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ The Applied Voice Input Output Society (AVIOS), which holds the annual Mobile Voice Conference, commented on Apple's announcement of its Siri personal assistant as a key feature of the latest Apple iPhone, the 4S. Siri, which is both software on the ...
Got An iPhone Hangover? InformationWeek - Kurt Marko - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ Apple didn't get its usual wave of positive reviews when it introduced its new iPhone this week. In the wake of what amounts to a product refresh, Wall Street swooned (the stock was down more than 5% at one point before ...
	Siri: The iPhone 4S App Can Speak to You in Different Languages -- But Not in ... Fox News - Adrian Carrasquillo - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ Apple succeeded in creating its usual monumental amount of online buzz with its announcement of the iPhone 4S and a personal assistant app called Siri, which will respond to voice commands. You can ask it, for example, ...
	New AI-toting iPhone is here Hindustan Times - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about voice recognition on the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple's fifth-generation iPhone, called the 4S (S stands for speed, ...
	iPhone 4S: the Siri personal assistant is the key app Telegraph.co.uk - Shane Richmond - ‎Oct 6, 2011‎ Such is Apple's success at creating products that are well designed, easy to use and, above all, desirable, that the anticipation surrounding its announcements is now huge. Phil Schiller, Apple's marketing chief, introduces Siri. ...
In pix: Top 10 apps that help you cook better Daily News & Analysis - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ By Shakti Salgaokar When cell phones were still new, anyone flaunting the latest flashy model was encountered with the wisecrack: 'But does it make coffee?' Phones still cannot make coffee, but they are getting there. Essentially, it all started with a ...
	Apple wants bite of low-end market South China Morning Post (subscription) - Bien Perez - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ With the launch of the iPhone 4S, Apple appears to have set the direction of its low-cost marketing strategy for smartphones. Apple, the world's leading supplier of smartphones and media tablets, may have also moved a step closer to naming its new ...
	iPhone 4S: Apple targets a wider audience The Guardian - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 09.42 BST on Wednesday 5 October 2011 . It was last modified at 16.33 BST on Wednesday 5 October 2011 . Apple's latest iPhone launch is all about putting the product into as many hands as already hold ...
Apple Siri: the next big revolution in how we interact with gadgets? Washington Post - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ On Tuesday morning, newly anointed Apple chief executive Tim Cook took to the stage in Cupertino at the company's One Infinite Loop campus and introduced the next version of the wildly popular iPhone. And it wasn't what people were expecting. ...
	iPhone 4S a yawn? It'll still sell AsiaOne - Kenny Chee - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ Close to 2am yesterday, weariness overwhelmed me soon after Apple unveiled the new iPhone 4S. I mean, seriously Apple, that's it? By now, you may have also heard your friends' many misgivings too. Still, I can't deny one thing: The new ...
	Apple's 'New' iPhone Disappoints Market Watchers The Chosun Ilbo - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ Apple unveiled its latest product, the iPhone 4S, at its headquarters in Cupertino, California on Tuesday. It came 16 months after it unveiled the previous model, the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4S will compete with the Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S2 LTE smartphones ...
Apple's Siri voice assistant based on extensive research CNN - Mark Milian - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ Apple demonstrates on an iPhone 4S how a verbal request to Siri about the weather will return a forecast. The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside. ...
	Rate the Cooknote: pass or fail? (Verdict: pass, but just barely) ZDNet (blog) - Jason D. O'Grady - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ By Jason D. O'Grady \| October 5, 2011, 4:14pm PDT Summary: Tuesday's Cooknote was mostly a re-hash of WWDC with an evolutionary iPhone revision tossed in for good measure. Make no mistake about it, Siri saved the event from being a total bust. ...
Cyberclinic: This time Apple is Siri-us about voice recognition The Independent - Rhodri Marsden - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ The reaction to Apple's product launch on Tuesday demonstrated how shallow we can be. There were dissatisfied mumblings over the absence of the number 5 after the new iPhone's name, or an unnecessarily radical new design. ...
	Want an iPhone 4S? Sell, Sell, Sell New York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ Online marketplaces are breaking records in buying used smartphones as customers clamor to get ready for the next iteration of the iPhone. Gazelle, an online marketplace that buys and sells used electronics, said Wednesday that it ...
Apple gets edge with use of voice-recognition technology ABC News - Edward C. Baig - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ The voice-driven Siri virtual personal assistant that Apple touted as a major feature in the brand new iPhone 4S says a lot about how far speech recognition in phones has come. Siri not only recognizes what it is that you ...
Sprint May Take 'Big Hit' With Bet on IPhone to Add Users Bloomberg - Sarah Frier, Scott Moritz - ‎Oct 5, 2011‎ Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about the iPhone 4S during an announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2011. Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about the iPhone 4S during an announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Oct. 4, ...