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Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Is siri on iPad 3?

Is siri on iPad 3? It does not say so anywhere on Apple's iPad 3 pages.

It better be. I won't buy one otherwise.

iMac 24" 2.4GHZ, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 4GB RAM

Posted on Mar 7, 2012 11:48 AM

83 replies

Mar 7, 2012 5:52 PM in response to Xstrandman

ahhh yes -- it's the old "Godly" Apple corporation says it , so it is the Word argument

as you can see from this discussion thread, this thing is just released and already there are a good number of users/potential customers concerned with Siri availability -- this tells me it IS a feature users have come to use/enjoy/(and yes) expect on forthcoming Apple devices

It's not an issue of being petty - it's genuine wondering about the omission of a relatively straight-forward, proven, and useful feature-set.

Mar 7, 2012 5:56 PM in response to Brack

Because I can. Some people act like Siri not being a part of the iPad is the end of the world. People need to get over it. And I'm pretty sure I wasn't whining. So glad you can tell my tone on a chat forum. Impressive.

Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Mar 7, 2012 5:54 PM in response to deggie

So it lacks Audience technology? To be integrated into A6 supposedly, which the IP3 lacks.

I guess that's a technical reason but still not an answer as to why 😉

Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Mar 7, 2012 5:56 PM in response to Xstrandman

Son, I've been reading hostile sarcasm since before you <insert derogative here>.

Naw, I'm just kiddin, you're alright /Flexo

deggie

Level 10

167,327 points

Mar 7, 2012 5:59 PM in response to Brack

Brack wrote:

So it lacks Audience technology? To be integrated into A6 supposedly, which the IP3 lacks.

I guess that's a technical reason but still not an answer as to why 😉

Was that a joke? Without that technology I doubt the new iPad could efficiently run it. And it may be that Apple is going to limit Siri to the iPhone period. No one knows at this time.

Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Mar 7, 2012 5:59 PM in response to iPad#user

It's not an issue of being petty - it's genuine wondering about the omission of a relatively straight-forward, proven, and useful feature-set.

Don't bother appealing with logic or reason, he's just trollin' ya cause he's got nothin' goin' on down there.

Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Mar 7, 2012 6:15 PM in response to deggie

Without that technology I doubt the new iPad could efficiently run it.

I suppose the issue is timing.

1. iPhone 4S released with Siri (yay)

2. iPad 3 released without Siri (aww)

3. ???

4. Profit!

More to the point - why release an iDevice after the premire and fanfare of Siri that fails to include the Audience technology which runs it?

Perhaps they just couldn't do it due to honest-to-goodness manufacturing limits. But doesn't it seem like a step backwards from a marketing standpoint? To some of us it does. (Is this paragraph too whiney?)

If the A6 comes out in 6 months and the iPad 3s has Siri, a lot of iPad 3 users are going to type double you tee eff on their keyboard instead of saying it to Siri.

deggie

Level 10

167,327 points

Mar 7, 2012 6:15 PM in response to Brack

iPod 4th Generation released without Siri.

You left that one out.

Again, refer back to the article. The A5X is needed for the graphics on the new iPad and the A6 was not ready for market, plus battery technology is not there for a quad-core A6 with this level of graphics and the Audience technology. Not sure I want to hold up the iPad and talk to it anyway.

You can bet that Apple marketing people knew that some people would not buy the new iPad without Siri and they even have an estimate of how many customers that is. It obviously was not enough to make it a must include feature with the new iPad.

I agree with your assessment of a new iPad coming out in 6 months (or less), with an A6, even if it didn't have Siri it would leave a bad taste. But I don't think that will happen, I believe next March at the earliest and even then it may not have Sire.

Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Mar 7, 2012 6:26 PM in response to deggie

iPod 4th Generation released without Siri.

You left that one out.

I left it out because the iPod touch does not have constant connectivity options (wifi only - no 3G 4G options) which Siri requires.

You can bet that Apple marketing people knew that some people would not buy the new iPad without Siri and they even have an estimate of how many customers that is. It obviously was not enough to make it a must include feature with the new iPad.

Fair enough, if true.

I'd wager they would have liked to include it but weren't ready logistically. But that wasn't enough to stop its release.

The non "S" versions of iDevices seem to be the "A" versions of Macs, which I always avoided.

From the average layman, fanboi and/or hipster standpoint - it seems pretty lame anyway.*

One has to admit, it's a real facepalm. I mean, they can't even say it out loud or put it in print that Siri is not included. People have to guess, figure it out after they buy it, or come here and fight trolls to find out what's up (I don't mean you).

*Not affiliated with laymen, fanbois or hipsters.

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,725 points

Mar 7, 2012 7:09 PM in response to deggie

deggie wrote:

Be careful, he is old and crafty.

Did I mention he is old?

Hey! I'll have you know that age is respected in some cultures.

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,725 points

Mar 7, 2012 7:10 PM in response to Brack

Brack wrote:

iPod 4th Generation released without Siri.

You left that one out.

I left it out because the iPod touch does not have constant connectivity options (wifi only - no 3G 4G options) which Siri requires.

You can bet that Apple marketing people knew that some people would not buy the new iPad without Siri and they even have an estimate of how many customers that is. It obviously was not enough to make it a must include feature with the new iPad.

Fair enough, if true.

I'd wager they would have liked to include it but weren't ready logistically. But that wasn't enough to stop its release.

The non "S" versions of iDevices seem to be the "A" versions of Macs, which I always avoided.

From the average layman, fanboi and/or hipster standpoint - it seems pretty lame anyway.*

One has to admit, it's a real facepalm. I mean, they can't even say it out loud or put it in print that Siri is not included. People have to guess, figure it out after they buy it, or come here and fight trolls to find out what's up (I don't mean you).

*Not affiliated with laymen, fanbois or hipsters.

It doesn't have Siri. Get over it. The world is not ending.

Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Mar 7, 2012 7:13 PM in response to Philly_Phan

It doesn't have Siri. Get over it. The world is not ending.

You don't have any class. Get over yourself. This thread is not ending.

Troglodyte.

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,725 points

Mar 7, 2012 7:17 PM in response to Brack

Brack wrote:

This thread is not ending.

It is for me. I've got better things to do than to explain reality to a brick wall.

Have a nice day!

Brack Author

Level 1

17 points

Mar 7, 2012 7:36 PM in response to Philly_Phan

I've got better things to do

... than to stalk and cyber-bully innocent threads unrelated to you, only to troll people with smug, snarky, useless, unconstructive garbage comments and personal attacks?

Balderdash! That's all you do!

There's your real-ality, partner. Know it.

Come back and prove me right.

See if you can say anything intelligent, insightful, reasonable, thought-provoking or interesting instead of the monosyllabic, first-grade level attempts at defamation towards good people expressing valid thoughts.

GTA101

Level 1

0 points

Mar 7, 2012 7:48 PM in response to Brack

All right lets think about this for a minute, i haven't read anything yet that says the Audience technology is not

in-use or on this new A5X chip. The Ipad 3 does have dictation and it looks to work the same as it does on the 4s. So this would tell me that it is there.

Since we know that our "voice handling" is done on the 4s and any questions that we ask is then sent to Apple's Siri servers, computed and sent back to our phones with either an answer or other instructions to the phone (send text msg, change meeting time, etc). Then this could only stand to reason that Siri is half there, but not fully turned on yet so to speak. Siri is still in beta release.

Is siri on iPad 3?