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Complete iPhone 3GS voice control command set

dhammy0110 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:52:10 +0000

As of this date of this posting, here is the full list of the iPhone 3GS Voice Control commands available. Hopefully as this is adopted, they will roll out more – like finding a contact’s info or initiating an email by speaking the name.

Start Voice Control:
Press and hold the Home button or your headset middle button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep.

Cancel Voice Control:
Tap the cancel button on the screen or say “cancel” to close Voice Control.

Call someone in your contacts:
* call + [name of the person or phone number]
* dial + [name of the person or phone number]

If the person has more than one phone number, add:
   * home
   * mobile
   * work
   * other

Make a correction:
   * no
   * nope
   * not that
   * not that one
   * wrong

Music playback:
   * play
   * play music
   * play + album + [name]
   * play + artist + [name]
   * play + playlist + [name]
   * pause
   * pause music
   * next song
   * previous song
   * shuffle

Music Info:
   * what’s playing
   * what song is this
   * who is this song by
   * who sings this song

Use Genius to play similar songs:
   * Genius
   * play more like this
   * play more songs like this

For best results:
Speak clearly, naturally (like you are making a phone call), pausing slightly so each word is distinct. Use only iPhone commands and full names or numbers.

Time, Inc.’s tablet digital magazine concept

dhammy0110 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:14:39 +0000

Tablet, digital magazine, news reader, call it what you will.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/02/video-time-tablet-magazine/

Dropbox comes to the iphone app store

dhammy0110 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:27:00 +0000

Dropbox now has an iphone app!

http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2009/09/29/dropbox-for-iphone-hits-the-app-store/

Yes, I am easily excited, but seriously I love this service enough to want more. Use this referral link and we both get an extra 250MB of space https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE1MTMxMDM5

Citizen journalism gets a new pen

dhammy0110 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:04:04 +0000

Little Brother is watching…
Everywhere…
Live…
for iPhone…

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/qik-for-iphone-3gs-update-removes-wifi-only-restriction-3g-s/

Microsoft tablet early demo may scoop Apple

dhammy0110 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:01:31 +0000

Is MS beating Apple to the punch here? A Kindle-killer and iTablet scoop in one machine! Not bad, if the interaction and platform can hold up to actual usage. This demo seems like an early proof-of-concept, but perhaps they are indeed getting close to a surprise release. A surprise release from Microsoft would in itself be quite the surprise.

Courier is a real device, and we’ve heard that it’s in the “late
prototype” stage of development. It’s not a tablet, it’s a booklet. The
dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing,
flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They’re
connected by a hinge that holds a single iPhone-esque home button.
Statuses, like wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along
the rim of one of the screens. On the back cover is a camera, and it
might charge through an inductive pad, like the Palm Touchstone
charging dock for Pre.

http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet