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It’s true. The iPhone 4S is really coming to another U.S. carrier. Here’s the twist: the carrier isn’t T-Mobile! Now to some of you, this doesn’t come as a surprise (the T-Mobile not getting the 4S part). After all, the company said so themselves. The odd part is who’s getting the spanking new smartphone. The winner is… C Spire! Oh, and pre-orders start today.

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Siri is now running smoothly, for the most part, on all iOS 5 devices. To be specific, those devices are the iPad 1, iPad 2, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, and the iPod touch 4G.

Jackoplane, the mastermind behind this hack, has announced today that he has successfully ported Siri to other devices running iOS 5, and has gotten them to communicate with Apple’s servers without any issues. What this means essentially is that all iOS 5 devices are indeed capable of running Siri. The best part? No jailbreaking is required.

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CNET UK Presents: History of the iPhone, dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs from Drew Stearne on Vimeo.

Today marks two weeks since the passing of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. Today is also his memorial. There have been many forms of tributes made to the man who reinvented, reengineered, and remade technology. Apple has even posted some on their site. However, CNET UK took things a step further by making a video that captures the essence of Steve’s legacy.

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Siri sure fooled us! When Apple demoed the newest iPhone technology two weeks ago we didn’t expect the robot girl to be so talkative. Sites have already started popping up, one by one, highlighting the funny and interesting replies the personal assistant makes. However, when the guys from ElectricPig asked her a few questions, her responses might have spilled the beans.

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The team over at Remember The Milk (RTM) have put together a nice little how to on getting Siri to populate your RTM list. Basically it involves adding a CalDav account to your iPhone, and setting it as your default “List”

This causes Siri to build your reminders in your Remember The Milk list rather than the standard (on phone) list. You could do this with any CalDav service really. GSync is already my active CalDav service and reminders were automatically synced to my Mac and Google Apps account.

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The next time you’re looking for inventory information at Sears, you may find yourself face-to-face with an employee equipped with an iPad or iPod touch; Sears is sending 450 stores across the U.S. iOS devices to help with customer service.

The move, an attempt at “Leveraging wireless access and mobile technology,” according to senior VP Deidra Merriwether, is expected to help employees provide a more personalized shopping experience. It’s not just iOS devices that will be helping customers in the future. Sears is also rolling out free Wi-Fi at some of their stores so customer can readily access the Sears website, and check inventory on their own should they choose.

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NH Investment & Securities analyst Kang Yoon Hum has said a few words about the state of Apple versus Android, and seems to think it’s too close to call. After today’s presentation from Google and Samsung of Android’s next evolutionary step, Ice Cream Sandwich, Hum says, “In terms of technology and functionality, it’s hard to find a big difference between Android and iOS any more. They are neck-and-neck.”

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The ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung has not paused in the past week, with lots of punches being thrown from both sides. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh confirmed Apple’s assertion that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets do, in fact, infringe on Apple’s iPad patents. The trick, however, is establishing the validity of the patents themselves. If Samsung can show that Apple’s patents may not be valid under the law then the case against them unravels. Interestingly, it was during this hearing that Koh made her now-famous move of holding up the two tablets and asking Samsung attorney Kathleen Sullivan to tell her which was which, which Sullivan could not.

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