Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 1 PM Eastern time, location apples town Hall auditorium in Cupertino California. That’s when Apple is scheduled to announce something. The invitation handed out to a select few journalists was cryptic but entertaining! It shows icons for the date,time, location and one message waiting.
That new message for many of us will potentially change our lives. Think I’m being too dramatic about this, no chance! Let me explain. Along with the much-anticipated announcement of a new iPhone (which many believe to be the iPhone 5) comes a new possible word for our dictionaries. It combines the word assistant with dictation. I’m not a betting man but if I was I suspect Apple will coin the phrase “i-sistant” or something like that. The new assistant will come on a new Apple platform for its iPhone. Rumors include a new dual core A 5 processor, one gig of memory, a possible larger screen and form factor. Additionally it’s very possible that Apple will announce the integration of I-cloud which will be online storage for music, data and more.
But for some the most interesting portion of this new phone will be the assistant. Right now Google’s phones use a form of dictation for notes or text messaging. But this new assistant software that Apple appears to have integrated into the new iPhone 5 could be a much advanced version of dictation software. It will allow anyone in a car to dictate an e-mail or text message, request directions to a location or ask the phone to dial a number. You potentially could ask the phone to read back e-mail or a text message. Apple has tried that before but because of the lack of computing power and software sophistication, voice recognition was a disaster. I know of no one who uses it.
But come Tuesday at 1 PM Eastern it’s very possible Apple will present a game changer for all iPhone users. There are plenty of other rumors circulating the blogosphere, for example Sprint will most certainly get an iPhone, there may be a iPhone 4s (which will be a cheaper version of the iPhone to compete with less expensive smart phones already on the market), and the introduction of 4G speed for iPhones.
One thing is for sure the last iPhone update was a year and a half ago. The media is buzzing over the Tuesday announcement. You’ll have to crawl under a rock with cotton in your ears not to have heard bits and pieces from the announcement by Tuesday night.
Bob Sokoler is a former Anchor/Reporter turned Louisville Realtor 7 years ago, and co-owner of The Medley Sokoler Team in Louisville Kentucky. You can learn more about Bob, his Team by clicking Louisville Real Estate.
