How To Get Siri to automatically read my text messages

How can I get Siri to automatically read my text messages to me as I recieve them?

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In the Introducing Siri video, there was a bit here a blind woman got an SMS and Siri read it to her straight away, without even needing to ask Siri to do so. How do I enable that feature? I looked in the Accessability section, and couldnt see it. Am I missing something?

Answer :

you have to turn on Voice Over and Speaks Notification under Setting. Then it will say "you have a text from whoever". Siri doesn't notify you when you get a message unless you ask. I watched the commerical. The voice " you got a message from Sandy Chen" is Voice Over not Siri's voice.

Why in the world would you want that? That's just trouble waiting to happen. LOL. Your standing in your bosses office when a text from a buddy gets blurted out loud! Your at dinner with your girlfriend and Siri starts reading a text from another girl! I see a lot of awkward moments in your future if you do get it turned on.

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How to get siri to READ text messages out loud

Does any one know EXACTLY how to get siri to READ text messages out loud ?

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While the text is still unread, ask Siri "read my new text message". If it understand but for some reason doesn't read the content, then you have to reset Siri. Siri is not perfect yet. It is still a "beta"

How do I get siri to READ my text messages ? What do I "say " to siri ?

Answer :
Turn iPhone completely of. Once off. Hold down the home button and the on/off button for 10 second. Then let go. :) reset complete.

You need to have Settings->Notifications->Messages->Show Preview set to ON or it will not read the message unless the phone is unlocked.

Just reading through this post and the best way to Reset SIRI is to go to Settings>General>Siri and then turn SIRI off. This erase's anything SIRI has learn't about you, all you have to do then is turn SIRI back on and it is reset. It is not necessary to reset the iPhone itself.

SIRI can only read back unread Txt messages, if you have opened a Txt message and already read it you can not have SIRI read it back to you. Don't forget SIRI is still in BETA and will take a little while while Apple tweek this technology.

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Reset Home Button Steps

Reset Home Button Steps

Ask :

Sometime home button do not works iphone 4

Answer :
Start with the basic steps as needed: Resart, Reset, Restore. See the User Guide. Appendix B.

Reset Home Button Steps:

(1) Tap Settings App, when open:
(2) Hold Power button until "slide to power off" bar appears.
(3) Don't slide it, release power button.
(4) Gently, continuously press Home button for few seconds until home screen appears.
(5) Done.

If this does not help, further points to Hardware Problem.

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Sim Card Failure No Sim with iPhone 4S Anyone Else

Sim Card Failure No Sim with iPhone 4S Anyone Else


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If it's the microSIM issue then why did my problems go away when I did the update and used the same microSIM?
Or why is the same microSIM in question working just fine on my wife's iPhone 4?
So next time before you start commenting please check your facts.
4S is the issue and as we can see in some cases it takes a new SIM and in others it works with the update.

In my opinion, the problem is also related to hardware.
Probably one sub model (P/n: MD234C/A Model A1387) in Apple's defective.
The fact that some iPhones have not encountered a problem and some did. And those that replaced the iPhone, did not have a problem anymore.
Answer :

PROBLEM FIXED! (Iphone 4S, 16GB, last version of IOS 5.0.1, Vodafone IT, micro sim (not cutted))
The sim-error problem started wiht IOS 5.0.1. I've changed 4 SIMs and restored the iPhone more than 10 times, also with the last version of IOS 5.0.1 (9....6) Error appared 5-10 times a day.I was loosing hope when I read Stephan's post... I've followed his procedure :


1. Plug in to iTunes and back up.
2. Hold down the power (top) button and the home (bottom) button together for approx 8 seconds.
3. Release the TOP BUTTON ONLY after 8 seconds. As iTunes begins to restore the phone you can release the bottom button.
4. The phone will go back to the factory settings. You can then restore from your save back up.


Now everything works!!! 50hrs and no sim error!!!

My understanding is that there are many, many things that can cause the messages "NO SIM," "SIM FAILURE," "INVALID SIM," etc. That is why this issue is probably such a difficult one to fix. Let's hope Apple gives us a holiday present soon with a REAL fix for this issue.

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iPhone 4S 5.0.1 Update Improves Battery w/ Settings Reset

iPhone 4S 5.0.1 Update Improves Battery w/ Settings Reset

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Follow Davisch's post exactly. It does not use iTunes restore feature. Its all done directly on the iPhone itself. Also do not use the "erase all content" option that WILL delete all your data. And you do not want to restore you settings from the backup as the current backup is a backup of your device with the problem. So effectivley it will restore the items you are attempting to get rid of. Since this procedure does not impact your data/apps etc there is no need to restore it anyway. Certainly you still want a backup just in case but after the process is completed and all is well, THEN backup again with the "fixed" version and you will be good to go and have a good backup of the phone in a working state. Luck to ya! Hope it helps.

I'm still not sure I have seen any difference. 5min of Internet 5min on Facebook and about 20 text messages and there I've lost a lot of my battery. Usage is showing 1hr 27min and 13 hrs 24 min on standby with battery at 60%. I removed the phone from the charger at 5am and around 930 turned it on for the first time. It had been in my pocket asleep during that time. Usage showed 30 min which leads me to believe there is some phantom programs running or something not sure


Answer :






Here is my usage:
-usage: 5 hours, 24 minutes (phone calls 17 minutes, gaming, social networking, email)
-standby: 13 hours, 11 minutes
-remaining battery: 8%
-it manages to stay alive till i got home

Location service On (system services OFF), Fetch MANUALLY email, Siri ON (Raise to speak OFF)

I have tons of questions I hope you have time to enlighten me about them, most of them make sense and they matterwith regards to the overall experience of the phone especially battery usage,here goes:

In Standby or using the phone: does leaving more apps in themultitasking bar burn more battery than leaving none open?
Or no difference? Even if there's no wi-fi andthe phone's locked but should iteven matter considering that the phone is on sleep mode?
Also Does the number of unclosed apps, enabled wifi,affect the battery drain even on standby? Or it should not?

Is locking the home screen same as pushing the sleep/wakebutton wherein the phone should go into sleep?

As a best way of charging the battery, should I turn it offevery time I charge - or ON is OK?
Related question is it best practiceto charge the phone even if it’s not depleted yet or still more than 20%? Or itdoesn’t matter since it’s a Li-Ion battery?


Withregards to this procedure to save my battery life:

Will this work for my iPhonewhich is Ios5 5.0.1 out of the box?
When recharging back to 100%,do I need to turn it off until its 100% (Oh come to think of it how would Iknow it’s 100% already -_-)

AnywayI’ll be trying this procedure when I can then I’ll update you definitely.

Here’smy current situation:

In standby mode my iphoneburns 2-3%. NO wifi, JUST 3 apps in the MT bar whatsoever, no date usagewhatsoever because 3G is disabled
Ithought initially that this was normal but reading this thread I found thatit’s not supposed to be that way.
As formy usage statistics – are these acceptable numbers? It charged to 100% 12 AMSGT yesterday Monday, Dec 5, 2011. Now at 17:32 PM SGT, Dec 6 it’s 25%, itsays:
The Usage is 6 hrs and 4minutes (plus some minutes while still writing this reply)
Standby is 1 day and 17 hours
Even if these were kinda acceptable compared to other Usage Statistics in this thread,I didn’t feel I really used the phone that much most of the time I’m working :/PLUS the 2-3% standby battery drain should not be that way right…
Overnight, with wi-fi setting to ON (but my router is dead), with 12-13 apps in the multitasking bar, from57% it went to 48% after 9 hours L It shouldn’t be draining that much at standby even if there are lot of open apps, right?


Very sorry for the number of questions, I don’t hope to get a response any timesoon.

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Personal hotspot Wi-fi on iPhone 4 with IOS 5.0.1

Personal hotspot Wi-fi on iPhone 4 with IOS 5.0.1

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I have two issues with my iPhone
First :I have upgraded IOS5.0.0 to IOS 5.0.1 and after that I read in discussion that I need to reset my iPhone in order to increase the battery power issue and I reset my iPhone . Later when I tried to use iPhone internet on my laptop using personal hotspot with WI-FI , it did not work. Though I am able to connect using USB cord. However I can not access it with WI-FI .


Second: I am unable to install/upgrade on my iPhone . It shows me waiting.... but it does not change. I have tried to update /install APP on my iPhone and it did not work with 3G and WI-FI

Any help on these issues will be highly appreciated .

Yogender
iPhone : 4
IOS: 5.0.1

Tried : Reset all Settings, Reset Network Settings.

Answer :

Not Yet

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Wi-Fi stopped working.

Wi-Fi stopped working.

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I have an iPhone 4 with the latest iOS installed (5.0.1). The update was installed a few weeks ago, when it came out.
I am having problems connectiong to Wi-Fi networks. It was working perfectly until earlier today when i got back home from the gym. It just doesn't want to connect to a Wi-FI network. It was working last night and this morning.
I restarted the router, even though my laptop is using the network with no problems wirelessly. I tried with another router as well.
I tried to renew lease, reset network settings, turn the device off and on again, but none of that helped.
Is there any way of fixing this ?

Answer :

You have already done most of the common diagnostic steps. If the problem occurs with multiple routers and you have reset network settings on the phone you have just about run out of options. It's possible you have a failed WiFi/BlueTooth chip. Does BlueTooth work?

You can try Reset All Settings, as you didn't mention it.

BTW, restarting the router matters even if other devices can connect to it. The common router failure is the DHCP daemon that assigns IP addresses. Your phone requests an address every time it connects. Your laptop is presumably on for long periods of time, so failure of the router to assign an IP address doesn't matter because it already has one.

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Installed iOS 5.0.1 now WiFi won't connect

Installed iOS 5.0.1 now WiFi won't connect

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My 6 month old iPhone 4 has been having problems locating my home WiFi for the past few days.
It locates every other WiFi network outside of my house, but inside it can only find my neighbours, and with lower signal strength than usual.
At my school it has no problems finding and connecting to the free WiFi there.
My family's iPad's and our macbook pro's have no trouble connecting to the WiFi so it is probably not a problem with the router.
I've tried everything, I've turned WiFi on and off, reset network settings, reset the phone itself, all with no success.

Please help me guys, I need WiFi!

Answer :

I too am having the same issue with iOS5.0.1. I've not tried tweaking the router, but why should I have to? iPhone WiFi worked before the update and now it can't find the network intermittently. My gut tells me in trying to address the battery issue, they are limiting power to the WiFi chip and that's interferring with the phone being able to "see" available networks. In my case, I can be right on top of the router and I only get the spinning dial. I also get multiple lock-ups that require a hard reboot. Last night I had to do 3 reboots in an hour.

I tried all the reccomended solutions including seting the iphone to use a static ip address and dns etc... no change. BUT, Tonight I kept trying different settings on the router and found that by changing the 2.4ghz radio from n+g, to g only, then back to n+g somehow fixed the problem (at least so far). So it seems to be some kind of compatibility problem when using the n+g mixed mode on the AP. Keep in mind that all my ohter wifi devices continued to connect just fine before I toggled the router settings. In my case, the router is a Cisco/Linksys wrt600n router running DD-WRT firmware v24-sp2 (08/07/10) mega (SVN revision 14896)...

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Change name on iPhone

Change name on iPhone
Ask :

How do you change the name associated with an iPhone 3GS

Answer :

When you sync it to iTunes, under device, the phone will be there. Right click and click rename.

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How do I turn off 3G on the iPhone 4S?

How do I turn off 3G on the iPhone 4S?
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That is simply an incorrect generalization that ALL other GSM phones offer menu driven features for all aspects of call forwarding. Also call forwarding and all its' features and aspects are carrier dependent, meaning not all features and aspects may not be available with that GSM carrier.

Your original comment on call forwarding was that iOS didn't have a menu setting for call forwarding. It does.

Answer :

I always said that iPhone offers only the most basic call forwarding while even the entry level GSM phones have settings for advanced level call forwarding. If a particular type of call forwarding is not available from a carrier, it would be greyed out in these phones. Though I obviously cannot speak for each and every GSM phone released till date, I haven't seen these features missing in any GSM phone and I have seen some in last 15 years.

Coming back to the main point, this is but one of the numerous examples how Apple can choose not to offer an easily implementable feature. I believe that the software/hardware toggle issue can only be settled by Apple and they are not going to come out with a statement (typically) unless the situation snowballs to another antenna-gate.

Going through other forums on the toggle issue, I found that this problem is present even in some of the prime areas of US and Europe. I believe that more than 50% of the users all over the world are going to face difficulties on their iphone 4S if they keep 3G activated from the carrier.

It is a matter of creating awareness on this issue.

The call forwarding features aren't missing. They are available via standard "GSM Feature Codes", though not all features will be available on all carriers. Apple isn't restricting the iPhone from any of these call forwarding features, your carrier might, but not Apple.

You are not reading my post properly and trying to defend the indefensible. I have never said these features cannot be activated through carrier codes.

I have said that Apple provides for the most basic part of call forwarding. For conditional call forwarding, one has to use carrier codes.But that is so inconvinient that hardly any one would take that route. Even if you download a app for this purpose, the experience caanot be compared to the built in features of other phones.

Apple, like all other GSM phone manfucaturers, should have provided these options in the settings menu.

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What happens when you connect an ipod to a clean install

What happens when you connect an ipod to a clean install.

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I was thinking of doing a clean install which would, of course, format my harddrive when I installed Snow Leopard. However, I've currently got a ton of music, notes, and appointments on my ipod touch (2nd gen, I believe). What is going to happen to this stuff when I connect it to my clean installed mac? Will all of the stuff on the ipod sync to the new install or will it get deleted from the ipod? I've got the music backed up so that's not a big deal. I just don't want all of my notes and appointments to get erased.

Answer :

Connecting to a new computer or iTunes will always erase the device first. Back up manually before by right clicking on the iPod in the device list and choosing "backup". A manual backup does not include the sync process. You can use this backup to restore from after your iPod got wiped during the first sync.
Transfer your purchases the same way and make sure to have at least one contact and event listed on your Mac, to be able to merge data.

See also iTunes: About iOS backups to get more info about the content of a backup, and How to back up your data and set up as a new device , if you want to know more about saving info from the iPod before setting it up in iTunes.

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iChat server xmpp federation broken

iChat server xmpp federation broken

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I was getting mad try to fedearate my 10.6.8 with Google Talk.

The server is working properly because I can federate with Jabber.org for example, while Google is not deliver and receive authorization requests.

I read many topics regarding a broken iChat server on 10.5.x on PPC, so, I tought that maybe is not google to blame here but ichat server on os x server.

I've then installed OpenFire on my domain (home.donemyself.com) and BINGO, can federate NO PROBLEM with gmail... so seems clearly to be a fault with iChat server.

Now, the only "uncommon" setup I have is that my public ip is dynamic and so I do not have reverse lookup, however, this was not preventing Jabber.org to federate on iChate server and still does not prevent Gmail and Jabber.org to federate with my domain now that I'm running openfire.

Anyone knows how to patch iChat server? Or I'd rather stay with openfire?

Answer :
Not Yet

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Problem with incoming and outgoing calls

Problem with incoming and outgoing calls

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I see that people complain about outgoing calls, for me it workes from 2nd try, 1st is failed.
I also have problems with incoming calls, people say that I have my phone turned off.. so they have to try my numer 5-6 times to ring!

Any solutions for this? Anyone else having this problem? Thanks!

PS: I have my phone updated to 5.0.1...

Answer :

Settings > General > Reset > Reset network settings

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iOS 5 Network Problems

iOS 5 Network Problems

Ask :

Everytime I turn off and on my phone for whatever reason the phone searches for signal even though I'm in an area with full bars. Also there is a purple arrow signifying that the Cell Network Location Services is currently running under settings>location services>system services. I'm assuming there is a bug in the iOS 5 specifically with the iPhone 4S. This is a realy annoying problem to not be able to use my phone for an extended period whenever I turn it off. I never know when it is going to come back on but it seems to happen everytime when i turn my iPhone off or if it dies. If anyone has some sort of a solution that would be great. I've already been to an Apple Store and they didn't seem to know what was wrong. Oh and AT&T is my provider.

Answer :

Not Yet

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Apple Mobile Device Service has stopped working. Vista SP2, iTunes 10.5

Apple Mobile Device Service has stopped working. Vista SP2, iTunes 10.5
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I've been having an issue syncing my iPhone to iTunes. Here's a description of the problem:

-With an up-to-date Apple Mobile Device Service, error windows constantly pop-up saying that it has stopped working. If I close the error window, another one pops up fifteen seconds later.

-If I plug my iPhone into my computer, it is not recognized in iTunes, because Apple Mobile Device Service is not running.

-This error does not occur on my desktop PC, so I have been able to sync my iPhone by loading all of my files onto a USB and transferring them onto it. However, I would much rather not.

Here are the steps that I have taken:

-Uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes 10.5 with firewall off

-Individually uninstalled and reinstalled the Apple Mobile Device Service with firewall off

-Stopped and Restarted the Apple Mobile Device Service in Administrative Tools -> Services

-Extensively searched the internet for solutions

-Replaced Apple Mobile Device Service for iTunes 10.5 with Apple Mobile Device Service for iTunes 10.1 (This worked PARTIALLY. The error windows have now stopped popping up altogether, but I cannot sync with iTunes because the Apple Mobile Device Service is out of date. It asks me to update it, I agree, and I get the Apple Mobile Device Service that spawns error windows and still does not allow me to sync my iPhone.)

I am running Windows Vista SP2, and iTunes 10.5. My Internet Security suite is AVG Internet Security 2011. My iPhone is running iOS 5.0.0. Here is a full report of the error:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
Application Version: 17.88.0.8
Application Timestamp: 4e66ceff
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18449
Fault Module Timestamp: 4da47967
Exception Code: c06d007e
Exception Offset: 0003fc56
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105
Additional Information 1: 599e
Additional Information 2: 30e036b93244793a42096718411570bd
Additional Information 3: 7229
Additional Information 4: 80ac1a21efab121ee7fb685acd0c57bc

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer :

Just a shot in the dark, but have you downloaded any program from Megaupload, like MegaKey? If so then that is your problem. I had been having the exact same problem for the past 2 weeks. I couldn't figure out what it was and tried everything that you have.. Then was on a board and someone mentioned Megakey. Having tried everything else, I uninstalled the program and reinstalled the current ITunes and AMDS. My Ipad and Iphone connected with no problem.

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configure the airport extreme 11n as an access point

configure the airport extreme 11n as an access point?

Here's the situation, I got one airport extreme 11n as a christmas gift while I purchased one for myself not to long ago. Now my place is pretty big so I'm thinking about making the second extreme an access point for another area of the house. Can i do that with the extreme? Does anyone know where i can find the instructions ?

Yes.

If you are connecting the 2 AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) via Ethernet, configure the new AEBS to operate in "bridge" mode. Have it create a wireless network with the same parameters as the network created by the first AEBS.

If you want it to do it wirelessly that is also possible.

If you are using 802.11n only mode, you can use the new "extend a wireless network" feature to connect the 2 AEBS.

If you are using a 802.11b/g compatible mode, you need to use WDS to connect the 2 AEBS.

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Can the Airport Extreme work as an Access point

Can the Airport Extreme work as an Access point

As subject says, can the Extreme work as a regular access point? That is, no routing between networks - just serving wifi clients to my LAN?

Yes, if you configure the AirPort Extreme in Bridge Mode.

How can i make my iPhone an access point?

How can i make my iPhone an access point?

i was wondering about how i can transfer the internet from my iPhone into my laptop wireleselly or by Bluetooth or using the cable?
so how can i make my iPhone an access point??

Thanks in advance

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Do we get free imessage? i'm in USA & he's in UK?

Do we get free imessage? i'm in USA & he's in UK?

I don't know what you mean...iMessage only works over WiFi or the 3G cellular data network. If connected to WiFi, iMessage will use WiFi. If connected to your carrier's 3G data network, iMessage use will count against your data plan. However, the 3G data usage will be minimal.

Yes, if over WiFi. If over the 3G data network, will count against your data plan, but not your messaging plan.

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List Of All Siri Voice Commands On iPhone 4S

List Of All Siri Voice Commands On iPhone 4S - iPhone 4S, which was revealed only yesterday, comes with Siri Assistant. Siri is just like a personal assistant that will respond to your commands and do your tasks for you. Amazing, so were you wondering where you can find a list of all Siri voice commands? You've come to the right place.

Siri is actually capable of understanding many categories of voice interaction than what Apple has shown in the Siri Assistant demo video. This list of all Siri voice commands, tracked down by our friends over at TUAW, makes it easier for us to find out all the ways in which we can interact with our personal assistant, that lives inside our iPhone 4S.

Address Book

Querying Contacts

What's Michael's address?

What is Susan Park's phone number?

When is my wife's birthday?

Show Jennifer's home email address

Finding Contacts

Show Jason Russell

Find people named Park

Who is Michael Manning?

Relationships

My mom is Susan Park

Michael Manning is my brother

Call my brother at work

Calendars

Adding Events

Set up a meeting at 9

Set up a meeting with Michael at 9

Meet with Lisa at noon

Set up a meeting about hiring tomorrow at 9am

New appointment with Susan Park Friday at 3

Schedule a planning meeting at 8:30 today in the boardroom

Changing events

Move my 3pm meeting to 4:30

Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Manning to next Monday at 9am

Add Lisa to my meeting with Jason

Cancel the budget review meeting

Asking about events

What does the rest of my day look like?

What's on my calendar for Friday?

When is my next appointment?

When am I meeting with Michael?

Where is my next meeting?

Alarms

Setting Alarms

Wake me up tomorrow at 7am

Set an alarm for 6:30am

Wake me up in 8 hours

Change my 6:30 alarm to 6:45

Turn off my 6:30 alarm

Delete my 7:30 alarm

Checking the Clock

What time is it?

What time is it in Berlin?

What is today's date?

What's the date this Saturday?

Using a Timer

Set the timer for ten minutes

Show the timer

Pause the timer

Resume

Reset the timer

Stop it

Email

Sending Messages

Email Lisa about the trip

Email Jennifer about the change in plans

New email to Susan Park

Mail Dad about the rent check

Email Dr. Manning and say I got the forms, thanks

Mail Lisa and Jason about the party and say I had a great time

Checking Messages

Check email

Any new email from Michael today?

Show new mail about the lease

Show the email from Lisa yesterday

Responding to Messages

Reply Dear Susan sorry about the late payment

Call him at work

Friends

Checking Up on Friends

Where's Jason?

Where is my sister?

Is my wife at home?

Where are all my friends?

Who is here?

Who is near me?

Maps

Directions

How do I get home?

Show 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino California

Directions to my dad's work

Local Businesses

Find coffee near me

Where is Starbucks?

Find some burger joints in Baltimore

Find a gas station within walking distance

Good Mexican restaurants around here

Messages

Sending Texts

Tell Susan I'll be right there

Send a message to Jason Russell

Send a message to Lisa saying how about tomorrow

Tell Jennifer the show was great

Send a message to Susan on her mobile saying I'll be late

Send a message to 408 555 1212

Text Jason and Lisa where are you?

Reading Texts

Read my new messages

Read it again

Replying to Texts

Reply that's great news

Tell him I'll be there in 10 minutes

Call her

Music

Playback

Play The Light of the Sun

Play Trouble

Play Taking Back Sunday shuffled

Play Alicia Keys

Play some blues

Play my party mix

Shuffle my roadtrip playlist

Play

Pause

Skip

Notes

Creating and finding notes

Note that I spent $12 on lunch

Note: check out that new Alicia Keys album

Find my restaurant note

Create a reading list note

Add Tom Sawyer to my reading list note

Phone

Phone calls

Call Jason

Call Jennifer Wright mobile

Call Susan on her work phone

Call 408 555 1212

Call home

FaceTime Lisa

Reminders

Requesting reminders

Remind me to call mom

Remind me to call my mom when I get home

Remember to take an umbrella

Remind me take my medicine at 6am tomorrow

Remind me to pick up flowers when I leave here

Remind me when I leave to call Jason

Remind me to finish the report by 6

Stocks

Checking Stocks

What's Apple's stock price?

What is Apple's PE ratio?

What did Yahoo close at today?

How is the Nikkei doing?

How are the markets doing?

What is the Dow at?

Weather

Checking the Forecast

What's the weather for today?

What's the weather for tomorrow?

Will it rain in Cupertino this week?

Check next week's forecast for Burlington

What's the forecast for this evening?

How's the weather in Tampa right now?

How hot will it be in Palm Springs this weekend?

What's the high for Anchorage on Thursday?

What's the temperature outside?

How windy is it out there?

When is sunrise in Paris?

Websearch

Looking up information

Search the web for Bora Bora

Search for vegetarian pasta recipes

Search the web for best cable plans

Google the war of 1812

Search Wikipedia for Abraham Lincoln

Search for news about the World Cup

Bing Alicia Keys

Using Wolfram Alpha

How many calories in a bagel?

What is an 18% tip on $86.74 for four people?

Who's buried in Grant's tomb?

How long do dogs live?

What is the Gossamer Condor?

What's the square root of 128?

How many dollars is €45?

What was the Best Picture of 1983?

How many days until Christmas?

How far away is the Sun?

When is the next solar eclipse?

Show me the Orion constellation

What's the population of Jamaica?

How high is Mt. Everest?

How deep is the Atlantic ocean?

What's the price of gasoline in Chicago?

Whew! Quite a big list. You know what would be awesome? The ability to make Siri recognize your own custom voice commands. Don't you think so? Let's discuss it out in the comments below.

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