The latest technology out of Apple comes in the form of Siri, on the new iPhone 4S.  Siri is the iPhone’s “intelligent personal assistant” – it uses your own voice to send messages, set reminders, schedule meetings, make calls and perform almost any task you can think of.

With Siri’s technology, you are able to speak in your own, everyday voice – Apple claims it is like having a conversation with your iPhone.  The more you use Siri, the better it will understand you.  The application learns about your accent and other aspects of your voice the more it is put to use – according to Apple, “Siri knows what you mean”.

Siri currently speaks and understands English (US, UK, Australia), French, and German.  In 2012 however, Siri will support more languages includeing Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish.  Siri can be enabled in any country.

iPhone users can talk to Siri simply by holding down the Home button on the iPhone 4S – two quick beeps let users know Siri is listening and they can simply begin speaking.

Siri uses almost all of the iPhone apps to perform the tasks you ask, and figures out which apps to use in order to complete each.  Siri will also question you until it finds what you are looking for.

Siri is currently in beta and will continue to improve.