Earlier we already told you that Apple will update Siri to support more languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish. But now people are reporting that Siri told them that Siri can speak Japanese. However, Japanese is not available as a choice in the Siri preferences pane… Looks like Apple is slowly updating Siri to support more languages. » Siri Admits To Speaking Japanese

This is a demonstration of Hands-Free Control™! Once enabled, Hands-Free Control™ is always listening to you in a low-power standby mode. There is no setup or voice training required! Just install and it is immediately running and fully functional. Once it hears you speak the keyword, either Siri (on the iPhone 4S or via Spire) or Voice Control is activated. It works great with headphones and bluetooth headsets! » iPhone 4S Hands-Free Control For Siri Demonstration [jailbreak]

Two days ago i wrote that the iPhone 4S with iOS 5.0.1 has been jailbroken and the first video hit the web. Today, pod2g posts a picture of the iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1 and Cydia. It will not take long before the first official jailbreak for A5 devices will be released to public. We will keep you updated. » iPad 2 With iOS 5.0.1 Jailbroken [picture]

A tipster of 9to5mac “Sonny Dickson” was looking through the iOS 5.1 beta 3 settings application on the iPad and discovered a new section in the keyboard menu called “About Privacy and Dictation” as you can see in the picture above “click here for the full picture“. » Apple Working On Siri Dictation For The iPad?

Apple just released a third beta version of the upcoming iOS 5.1 firmware (Build 9B5141a), which you can download over-the-air update for existing iOS 5.1 beta users or through Apples developer area. This updated Beta includes some bux fixes and also restores the Enable 3G toggle in the Settings app which has been strangely absent on the iPhone 4S since its mid-October release. » Apple Released iOS 5.1 Beta 3: Enable 3G Toggle Is Back

SiriPrefs is a new tweak that basically integrates a SBSettings-like functionality in Siri. SiriPrefs will allow you to launch applications, settings categories, etc using Siri. By using Bing as a navigation tool, you can open up any app or any of the preferences in Settings.app. Check out after the break to see SiriPrefs in action. » SiriPrefs: Use Siri To Control Your iPhone Apps & Settings

@pod2g has made a Untethered Jailbreak solution available for non-A5 devices. That means iPad 2 and iPhone 4S are obviously left out on this one, but the chronic devteam and iPhone devteam have been working hard to package it into redsn0w 0.9.1.0 and PwnageTool for everyone else. If you are interested in giving it a shot, you can grab it through Cydia and follow the steps after the break. » First Untethered Jailbreak For iOS 5.0.1 For Non-A5 Devices [How To]