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Leaked iOS 5.1 image shows off possible permanent lock-screen camera button image

An alleged leak of Apple’s upcoming iOS 5.1 update appears to show the addition of a permanent camera button on the lock screen and Japanese support for Siri. Brazilian iPhone blog blogdoiPhone claimed on Thursday to have a obtained a “pre-GM” version of iOS 5.1 with a few minor changes from current beta versions. The […]

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Apple begins to disable ports for non-authorized devices accessing Siri servers

As much as you may like the idea of running Siri on a non-iPhone-4S device, Apple seems to feel differently. Per Redmond Pie, Apple has added a new barrier to the software needed to run Siri, a move that shows the Cupertino, Calif., company is actively tracking the growing number of iDevice users who have […]

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Apple may leave iPhone 4S call drop bug in final build of iOS 5.1

Sometimes the bugs tend to stick around. Per GigaOM and a 109-page thread on the Apple Support Communites forum, the problem cropped up when the iPhone 4S was launched in November 2011 only to remain unfixed when iOS 5.0.1 was released a month later to deal with battery life complaints, and a look at the […]

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Spire hack allows Siri to operate on jailbroken iPhones, requires proxy server

One day, Siri will run on everything (the toaster included). Per The Mac Observer, pre-iPhone 4S owners that like to jailbreak can add Siri to their combo smartphone and iPod thanks to a new tool called Spire from chpwn. The hack apparently works around copyright concerns by letting users install the Siri files from Appleā€™s […]

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iPhone 4S to arrive in mainland China come January

The iPhone 4S is en route to the easy…just wait about a month. Per Chinese web site People’s Daily, Apple has met all of the requirements for the iPhone 4S to launch in mainland China, and the handset will reportedly debut before the Chinese New Year in late January. The web site reported this week […]