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iCracked iPhone Repair Launches New User Friendly Website Just in Time for 2012

iCracked Inc., leading iPhone repair service, is pleased to announce the unveiling of their new website design. The new, easy-to-use interface comes at the perfect time with Apple IOS devices increasing 12.5 times over the last week of 2011 alone.

“We’re very excited about iCracked’s new design. Now it’s even easier for customers to repair their broken iPhones, iPods, and iPads,” said AJ Forsythe, CEO of iCracked. “Our aim is to make Apple repair as convenient, hassle-free and inexpensive as possible.”

The new website allows users to easily browse repair options, find local iTechnicians, and order do-it-yourself repair kits. Users need only choose their iPhone or iPod model, choose the problem they are experiencing, and then choose their desired repair option. iCracked also offers easy to follow videos and flowcharts to tech savvy individuals wanting to perform their own iPhone repair or iPod repair. iCracked’s state of the art iPhone repair kits include the highest quality parts and repair tools needed for screen and battery replacement, home button repair, and water damage repair.

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What is voice control on the iPhone?

We look at just what the new feature in Apple’s smartphone does

When Apple introduced the latest iteration of its smartphone, the iPhone 4S, in October, one of its new features was voice control through “intelligent assistant” Siri.

Although voice control isn’t the exactly new to Apple’s iPhone, as it was first introduced on the 3GS in 2009, we look at just what voice control is, how Siri differs from previous offerings and whether all iPhone users can get their hands on it.

What is an “intelligent assistant”?

Voice control is exactly how it sounds, you can make the phone do something by making an audible command. According to Apple, unlike traditional voice control which relies on the user speaking a specific command such as ‘call mum’ to dial a contact, Siri understands context and allows you to speak naturally when asking questions. For example if you say ‘will I need an umbrella this weekend?’ Siri will provide you with a relevant answer, in this case, the weather report. Furthermore, it’s integrated into a number of different apps on the iPhone. The voice-control function that was available on previous versions of the smartphone only allowed voice dialling and control of music playback in the iPod feature.

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