In one of the more impressive demonstrations during the iPhone 3G S introduction, Apple showed off a new feature — Voice Control.
To activate it, you hold down the “home” button (previously reserved for “force quit”). When you hear the sound, you’re good to speak!
It can be used to make a call by saying either the name or number. Voice Control will repeat what you say for confirmation.
It can also be used to tell the iPod app to play a song, play a playlist, shuffle, activate Genius, or even tell you what song is currently playing.
Most impressive? It will be available in a ton of languages! (See full list after the break!)
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Looks like DaringFireball.net nailed it: the S in iPhone 3G S stands for speed. Faster processors (we’re guessing both CPU and GPU in line with new ARM and PowerVR chips), new OpenGL ES 2.0 implementation (no word on OpenCL yet, which leverages GPUs and CPUs).
HSPA cell downloads are also boosted up to 7.2 Mbps, where available.
Missing in the speed-boost department, however, was any word on support for 802.11n Wi-Fi according to the Tech Specs.
Guess we’re waiting on fourth gen for that?
During the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) Keynote, Apple VP of Marketing, Phil Schiller, announced the all new, third generation, iPhone 3G S… and the S stands for Speed!
Averaging 2x faster on most tasks, it also includes many of the recently rumored features like video recording, editing, and sharing, a digital compass, astounding voice control, and more.
Keep your browsers pointed to TiPb for continuing coverage throughout the day!
