Who is Siri and what does he/she look like? First of all, I am talking about the iPhone 4S and the female sounding program Siri. The photo to the left was announced as the winner for a contest of what Siri would look like. It is called “Omniscient Siri” by SaGa Design.

So who is Siri? Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much, you’ll keep finding more and more ways to use it.

Talk to Siri as you would to a person. Say something like “Tell my wife I’m running late.” “Remind me to call the vet.” “Any good burger joints around here?” Siri does what you say, finds the information you need, then answers you. It’s like you’re having a conversation with your iPhone.

Siri not only understands what you say, it’s smart enough to know what you mean. So when you ask “Any good burger joints around here?” Siri will reply “I found a number of burger restaurants near you.”  Then you can say “Hmm. How about tacos?” Siri remembers that you just asked about restaurants, so it will look for Mexican restaurants in the neighborhood. And Siri is proactive, so it will question you until it finds what you’re looking for.

Ask Siri to text your dad, remind you to call the dentist, or find directions, and it figures out which apps to use and who you’re talking about. It finds answers for you from the web through sources like Yelp and WolframAlpha. Using Location Services, it looks up where you live, where you work, and where you are. Then it gives you information and the best options based on your current location. From the details in your contacts, it knows your friends, family, boss, and coworkers. So you can tell Siri things like “Text Ryan I’m on my way” or “Remind me to make a dentist appointment when I get to work” or “Call a taxi” and it knows exactly what you mean and what to do.

When there’s something you need to do, just ask Siri to help you do it. Siri uses almost all the built-in apps on iPhone 4S. It writes and sends email messages and texts. It searches the web for anything you need to know. It plays the songs you want to hear. It gives you directions and shows you around. It places calls, schedules meetings, helps you remember, and wakes you up. In fact, ask Siri what it can do — it even speaks for itself.

Well about time Joshua. . . a New Website. My brother has finally updated his blog and made a few changes with some focuses. He states “Although I may not update it all the time, I do have a post just about once a month.” I am sure hoping that will be the case since all of the other blogs I normally look at never get updated. Some of the focuses are as followed:

Programming Section Will Contain:

• jQuery, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3 and anything else that I love to program about
• Tutorials on some really cool stuff for your website

Movie Reviews Section Will Contain:

• Latest movie reviews and spoilers
• Older movie reviews for great movie night ideas
• Movie Specials

Product Reviews Section Will Contain:

• Reviews of the coolest Tech Toys
• Video and hangouts
• Software Reviews

I hope he will be able to keep up with it. I realize being a blogger is not the easiest thing to do, this is since we have so much going on in our life as it is. I do it because I enjoy it. At times, I have my moments where I do not want to actually type a single letter, but I force myself anyways just so that I can get into the habit of doing so. Maybe people read it, maybe they don’t, oh well.

Welcome back Joshua (=