Apple showed off the new iPad commercial during their event today and now they’ve placed it online both on their website and on YouTube (which is much more easily embeddable here.) It includes elements of Apple’s iPad 2 commercials past, namely the idea that technology should disappear, but also elements of Apple’s iPhone 4 commercials which focused on the Retina display.

When a screen becomes this good. Colors are more vibrant. Words are pin sharp. Everything is more brilliant. Because when a screen becomes this good. It’s simply you and the things you care about. The stunning Retina display. On the new iPad.

New apps like iPhoto also get shown off, along with iBooks and iTunes movies, and a painting app.

Very solid,

Now that you’ve decided to get the 4G LTE flavor of the new iPad in the US, the question becomes — AT&T or Verizon, which carrier should you choose? For most of us, the decision will come down to two factors – coverage and pricing.

Here’s how it breaks down.

Pricing plans

Here’s the pricing comparison chart that Apple displays on the ordering page for the new iPad. All plans are commitment free — you can cancel at anytime.

So with regards to cost, you need to ask yourself how much data you plan on using. Realistically, if you have Wifi at home, work  and school (if you’re a student), you can probably get by just fine with AT&T’s 200MB per month plan and cut the montly cost in half.

On the other hand, if you plan to consume a lot of data, Verizon may be the way to go since they offer a 10GB per month plan.

LTE availability

In addition to price, you must also consider where each carrier offers coverage and if you’re within that area. Here’s a side by side comparison of Verizon’s and AT&T’s coverage maps (left is Verizon, right is AT&T).

Clearly, Verizon has much more LTE availability (green dots vs orange dots.)  If you live in an area where Verizon offers LTE and AT&T does not, your best bet is to probably go with Verizon, providing that their network is pretty solid in that area. If you’re not sure, ask your family, friends, and coworkers who have LTE phones on Verizon’s network.

If LTE is not available to you on either network, the next thing to look at is 3G coverage. If you live somewhere that only gets EDGE on AT&T (light blue on AT&T’s map), Verizon is the way to go.

Most of you, however, will be in one of these last two categories: an LTE available area on both Verizon and AT&T, or, in a 3G, but not LTE available area on both Verizon and AT&T. For those of you in this category, I’m inclined to recommend AT&T, provided that the 3G network is stable in your area. Again, ask your friends, family, and coworkers for their experience.

Why AT&T, you ask? Because AT&T’s HSPA and HSPA+ 3G networks are faster than Verizon’s CDMA 3G network. It’s all about the speed.

You can get a closer look at AT&T’s coverage map here and Verizon’s map here.

Making the choice

So which one are you going to choose? Personally, since AT&T’s LTE network is not available in my area, but Verizon’s is, it was a no-brainer for me to choose Verizon (even though my iPhone is with AT&T). What about you?

Wow, Samsung really didn’t waste any time putting together this handy, if incredibly skewed chart showing how their upcoming Galaxy Note 10.1 compares with the New iPad announced by Apple today. The Note 10.1, which will no doubt sell hundreds of dozens of units, does indeed come with some fancy stylus integration and a more desktop-like user interface, thanks to Android.

The new iPad, which will no doubt sell tens of millions of units, comes with everything else… like apps, accessories and a fantastic, mainstream user interface.

Kudos to Samsung though. Way to bring a stylus to an experience fight!

Source: Samsung PR

In the tradition and spirit of any new product launch, pre-orders are failing spectacularly for most. The pre-order page went up shortly after Apple’s iPad event and many users haven’t been able to get past the first few pages before a time out occurred or the Apple Store app crashed.

After 90 painstaking minutes of hitting refresh and several time outs, I was able to finally get a new iPad into my cart. About 10 tries to get to the checkout later, I finally had a processed order. Some users still don’t appear to be having any luck.

Did you get your pre-order through, are you still trying, or have you given up? Hit the link below and let us know your pre-order status. And while you wait, check out the rest of our iPad event coverage while you relentlessly hit refresh and wait for your order to finally go through.

Additional resources:

• Were you able to pre-order your new iPad?
• Apple iPad event coverage – everything you need to know
• How the new iPad stacks up against the competition

If you’ve updated your AT&T iPhone to iOS 5.1, you may have noticed that the signal indicator in the top-left now reads 4G instead of 3G. Now, before your mind gets blown all over the place, there’s no actual upgrade here; it’s just your garden-variety marketing doucherosity wriggling its slimy way into a software update. AT&T could not possibly abide by competitors have more or higher-quality “Gs” than they do, so they’ve arbitrarily changed the wording of the signal indicator. Of course, the ITU has made it so that carriers can do this without repercussion, and ruined any practical use of talking in terms of 3G or 4G networks; in fact, AT&T has already been taking plenty of advantage of this opportunity with Android devices.

So welcome to the world of 4G, AT&T iPhone owners. Do you feel faster? Does simply seeing “4G” on your home screen make you feel more in the future?

Apple has wasted very little time posting the video stream from today's new iPad event as it is now live on Apple's events page. You can now see for yourself how Apple introduced the upgraded Apple TV as well as the next generation iPad wtih a stunning 2048 x 1536 Retina display.

You can watch the complete keynote right now on Apple.com. It hasn't arrived in iTunes as a podcast as of yet; we will keep an eye out for it and let you know as soon as it does.

Source : Apple Events

Apple has increased the 20 MB app download limit to 50 MB when connected to a cellular network. This comes as a surprise, as it was not announced during today’s event alongside the new iPad.

Previously, when connected to a 3G network, if you attempted to download an app the was over 20 MB, a popup would appear instructing you to connect to a Wi-Fi network in order to download. Now, that warning only appears when the app is over 50 MB — which is a huge app; or, it used to be. Soon we’ll be seeing Retina display iPad graphics included in universal apps, which could easily make even rather modest apps reach 50 – 60 MB.

Since the new iPad will be available with 4G LTE connectivity, the size increase makes perfect sense — for LTE. Including 3G with the size increase is the cherry on top. Let’s just hope it’s enough. Those of us with capped data plans will just need to pay a little more attention to our monthly usage as app size increases.

Source: AppAdvice

GarageBand got an honorable mention at today’s iPad 3 new iPad event, along with a few new features. There are now orchestral string instruments (along with existing drums, keyboards, and guitars), a note editor to tweak your performance in post-production, iCloud integration to access your creations elsewhere, and new sharing options to get them out to your friends. The biggest addition is jam sessions, which allow up to 4 iOS devices to collaborate on the same piece over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

GarageBand launched alongside the iPad 2 last year, so it’s only fitting to be getting a big update with the new iPad announcement. While I don’t expect that I’ll be throwing any GarageBand parties with all of my hip young iPad-toting friends, it’s a neat addition for a generation that’s spent a healthy amount of time playing Rock Band with their buddies. Do you guys think you’d end up doing any GarageBand jam sessions? Is GarageBand even an app that you spend a considerable amount of time with?

If you don’t have it already, but are interested in giving it a shot, you can download it from the iTunes App Store here for $4.99, or can learn more (along with Jam Session video demo) over at Apple’s GarageBand minisite. I’m not seeing the update as live yet, but I’m sure it’ll be there soon.

iOS 5.1 for iPhone and iPad is now available over-the-air (OTA) and in iTunes!

While we haven’t tested it yet, it looks like we will need to put 5.1 on our iPads before we can see the updates to the iWork and iLife apps mentioned today.

To download OTA, launch settings, tap General, then Software Update, and the update should pop up with an option to Download and install. To download via iTunes, just plug your iPhone or iPad into your computer and open iTunes — a message informing you of the available update should pop right up.

Now what are you waiting for? Go grab it!

We will keep you updated as we install the update and see what features are available immediately!

Apple announced the new iPad at their event today, but how does it compare to the recently announced Android 4.1 Ice Cream Sandwich-packing ASUS Transformer Infinity, and the just updated PlayBerry PlayBook 2.0?

Pretty damn well, actually. The display is best in class, as we expected, and the LTE 4G networking puts it on par with Android tablets. The cameras, especially the still VGA (?!) front facing cameras, don’t win the megapixel war, but we’ll have to see how well they shoot in the real world. ASUS provides more in the way of ports, of course, with micro-SD and micro-HDMI. The PlayBook is compact enough to cary in a jacket pocket.

Still, if the bar is set at simplicity and pure technology, the new iPad clears it  - with room to spare. Android still wins on flexibility, and a more desktop-like user experience. PlayBook is both small and inexpensive.

We will certainly being pitting the new iPad against the competition in a much more comprehensive manner once we get our hands on one…stay tuned.

Eager to pick up the newly-announced (and oddly under-named) iPad? Well, preorders are available right now, following some online store downtime. Pricing starts at $499 for the Wi-Fi-only model ($599 for 32 GB, $699 for 64 GB), going up to $829 for the full-blown 64 GB LTE model ($729 for 32 GB, $629 for 16 GB). Carrier support in the U.S. will be  provided by AT&T and Verizon.  Canada’s three major carriers, Rogers, Bell and Telus feature prominently, so expect the new iPad up north soon as well. Launch date is March 16, which is just a little over a week away.

If you haven’t been following, the new iPad has a 2048 x 1536 display, 4G LTE connectivity, a quad-core graphics processor, and an upgraded 5 megapixel camera with similar gubbins as the iPhone 4. It’s under a millimeter thicker than the iPad 2, but otherwise has the same form factor as before.

Right now, the only Apple Store is understandably having a rough time loading, but keep hitting it, since stock is bound to run out quickly. Be sure to check carrier sites if you’re in the market for the LTE model. Anyone chomping at the bit to get one of these?

 

As part of their iPad event today, Apple announced their all new, super sweet iPad. While some may be lining up next week or pre-ordering today, some may prefer to go for a discounted iPad 2 or keep their existing model. We want to know what everyone in the iMore nation thinks of the new iPad. Will you be picking one up?

As expected, with the announcement of the new iPad Apple has gone ahead and dropped the prices for the iPad 2. If you head on over to the Apple store right now, you will find the iPad 2 16GB with WiFi available for only $399 while the 16GB WiFi + 3G is now starting at only $529.

The New iPad has quite a few new features built into it, including the new retina display, updated camera, 4G LTE and more –  but the iPad 2 is still a serious contender in the tablet market. If you’re not looking to spend $499  for a New iPad, an iPad 2 at $399 looks very tempting.

Image – GDGT

Brand new today is the introduction of iPhoto, which will be coming to iPad along with updates to iMovie and GarageBand to complete the rest of the iLife suite for iOS. It will come with many new features including new gestures, effects, multi-touch editing and the ability to send images wirelessly between devices.

Randy Ubillos, chief architect of photo and video applications, announced the addition of iPhoto for iOS at Apple’s iPad event today and has this to say -

“If you’re someone, like many of us are, who truly love the photos they take with family and friends​ and want to do even more with their photos, that is what iPhoto is for.”

Better photo management and editing has been a much desired feature for iOS devices. No word yet on whether or not you’ll be able to organize photos into albums or events yet. iPhoto for iOS should should be a large improvement and will come with the following features -

• Smart browsing
• Multi-touch editing
• Professional quality effects
• Brushes
• Photo beaming
• Photo journals

iPhoto for iOS will be available starting today for $4.99.

If you’re an iMovie fan, you’ll be pleased to know that a new update will soon be rolling out to the masses. As highlighted by Phil Schiller on stage, iMovie now has support for the New iPad and 1080p recording, along with outlining and storyboarding options from within the app.

Overall, this is a nice update and we’ll certainly be checking out the new additions – especially when we get our hands on the new iPad. Maybe another shootout will need to take place.

iMovie will be available starting today for $4.99 and as a free update for existing owners.

Sticking with a familiar format for Apple announcements, Epic Games has introduced a new saga in their blockbuster  Infinity Blade series. With the improved memory and processor capability on the New iPad, Epic Games has a lot more room to work within iOS as Mike Capps noted:

“This new device has more memory and higher screen resolution than an Xbox 360 or PS3."

That statement pretty much speaks for itself and highlights a great point about the new iPad;  it’s powerful and the display is stunning.

Sadly, there was no mention of when Infinity Blade Dungeons will be available to the masses and the Epic Games dedicated site for it has crashed and burned for now. You can hit the source link below for more details – eventually the site has to come back online.

More Info – Epic Games

iWork for iOS has just been updated with many new features including brand new 3D charts, animations  and various other features. Each iWork app will be available for the same $9.99 price point and as a free update for existing owners.

The update will be available starting today and is a universal binary for both iPhone and iPad. We are assuming the new features in the update will be available to all iOS devices. iWork currently already integrates well for iCloud users making it easy to take your work on the go and pick up right where you left off when you get back to your computer.

iWork consists of three separate applications – Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. Each is currently priced at $9.99 each.

We’ll update as soon as we have a complete list of features. For now, check out all our iPad event coverage in one place via the links below.

Additional resources:

• iPad live event coverage
• iMore iPad discussion forums

Apple has announced availability and pricing for the new iPad. The pricing will follow previous pricing for iPad in the past with Wifi models being priced $130 lower than their 4G/LTE counterparts.

The new iPad will be available to consumers on Friday, March 16th, as recently rumored and have the following price points –

Wifi Models

• 16GB – $499
• 32GB – $599
• 64GB – $699

Wifi + 4G/LTE Models

• 16GB – $629
• 32GB – $729
• 64GB – $829

If you aren’t too sure about shelling out the money for a new model, the iPad 2, which is still an amazing device, will now be available for $399.

Check out all our iPad event coverage and let us know if you will be picking up an iPad 3 on March 16th or picking up a discounted iPad 2?

Apple has just confirmed live from today’s iPad event that the new iPad will indeed have support for LTE. iMore recently reported LTE capabilities as confirmed by one of our sources. LTE will support the following carriers in North America – Rogers, Telus, Bell, AT&T and Verizon.

We have not confirmed whether or not international LTE will be supported. It appears as if LTE may be a North America only feature unless Apple says otherwise. What we do know, is that you’ll be good for up to 9 hours of surf time on 4G, which is pretty amazing in itself.

We’ll update as we know more.

Along with the new iPad  announcement, Phil Schiller noted some new additions to the device,  one of which is voice dictation –  but don’t go calling it Siri.

Voice dictation for the next generation iPad has been rumored since the announcement of the iPhone 4S with it having  Siri baked in.  For the new iPad, Apple has seemingly avoided including Siri, opting to simply include the dictation services and not the full personal assistant option.

A rather interesting move to say the least, especially considering the languages the voice dictation will support;  English, French, German, and of course now, Japanese.

Image – GDGT

 

Apple announced during their iPad 3 event that the new iPad will indeed come packed with the rumored quad-core A5X SoC (system-on-a-chip) to power the device. It appears the quad-core chip will be directly tied into the graphics subsystem powering the device.

There was some debate prior to the announcement that Apple might be using a dual-core option with the A5X instead of jumping to an A6 chip, but many believed that would cause slowdown with heavy multi-tasking, as well as hinder gaming performance as Apple pushes iOS further into the portable gaming realm. It was also thought that Apple would be utilizing both the A5X alongside the A6, but that’s no longer the case.

The A5X should be enough power until Apple sees fit to introduce a more powerful A6 chip, which may also come in quad-core form but have a higher clock speed.

Apple has just announced that iOS 5.1 will be available to consumers starting today. Among the new features that will be included are things such as Siri support in Japan and the ability to delete individual photos within Photo Stream.

No word on whether the new iPad 3 will be released with iOS 5.1 or something higher. iOS 5.1 will probably start showing up as an update for many users after the iPad event is over today. If you manage to catch it in iTunes, let us know!

As part of their iPad event event today, Apple has announced the new iPad. That’s right, no iPad 3, no iPad HD. Not yet. Just the New iPad.

Features include:

• Retina display at 2024×1536.
• A5X chipset with quad-core graphics.
• 5 megapixel rear camera, IR filter, autofocus and white balance, face detection (essentially iPhone 4 camera with iPhone 4S software)
• 1080p HD video recording
• Dictation (not Siri, alas)
• LTE 4G networking 72mbps, HSPA+ up to 42mbps
• 9 hours battery life on 4G! - 9.4mm thin, weighing 1.4lbs. - $499 for 16GB, 32GB is $599 and 64GB for $699. - 4G iPad  wil be priced at:  $629, $729 and $829.
• New iPad available on March 16th.
• Pre-orders start today!
• All built in “stock” apps have been updated to take advantage of the new Retina Display.
• Updates to Garage Band and iMovie.
• Updates to all iWork Apps.
• Randy Ubillos, Chief Architect for Photo and Video apps the introduced the brand new iPhoto for iPad. iPhoto include new gestures, new effects, multi-touch editing and the ability to  beam photos directly between devices. Lots of photographic tools are coming in the new iPhoto app.
• The iPad 2 will now be on sale for $399 for the 16 GB model.

Here’s the full press release

Apple Launches New iPad

Pad Wi-Fi + 4G with built-in next generation 4G LTE has the most comprehensive support for fast networks worldwide including HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA, and now both CDMA and GSM iPad users have the ability to easily roam internationally. The world-ready iPad delivers blazing download and upload speeds so web pages load incredibly quickly and email with large attachments can be sent and received easily. Personal Hotspot can be used to share the fast network connection on your iPad with up to 5 other devices using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB**.

With iOS 5.1, the latest update to the world's most advanced mobile operating system, the new iPad has a number of new features and enhancements including: a redesigned Camera app with video stabilization technology; the ability to delete photos from Photo Stream; support for dictation in English, French, German and Japanese; and Personal Hotspot. iOS 5.1 also works seamlessly with iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services including iTunes® in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, that works seamlessly with your iPhone®, iPad, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content and push it to your devices. When content changes on one of your devices, your other devices are updated automatically.

The new iPad also supports dictation, another amazing way to get things done just using your voice. Instead of typing, tap the microphone icon on the keyboard, then say what you want to say and the new iPad listens. Tap done, and iPad converts your words into text. You can use dictation to write messages, take notes, search the web and more. Dictation also works with third-party apps, so you can update your Facebook status, tweet, or write Instagram captions.

Apple also introduced the iPhoto® app, along with major updates to iMovie® and GarageBand®, completing its suite of iLife® apps for iOS. iLife and the iWork® apps, Pages®, Keynote® and Numbers®, have all been updated to take advantage of the new iPad Retina display. iPhoto includes breakthrough Multi-Touch features so you can use simple gestures to sort through hundreds of photos and find your best shots, enhance and retouch your images using fingertip brushes and share stunning photo journals with iCloud. iMovie now gives you the ability to create amazing Hollywood-style trailers as you record HD video, and GarageBand introduces Jam Session, an innovative and fun new feature that allows a group of friends to wirelessly connect to play instruments and record music together live on their iOS devices.

iPad runs almost all of the over 585,000 apps available on the App Store™, including more than 200,000 native iPad apps, from a wide range of categories, including books, games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The iTunes Store® puts the world's most popular online music, TV and movie store at your fingertips with a catalog of over 20 million songs, over 90,000 TV episodes and over 15,000 movies. The new iBooks® 2 app for iPad lets users experience an entirely new kind of ebook that's dynamic, engaging and truly interactive. iBooks created with Apple's new iBooks Author offer gorgeous, fullscreen ebooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, unrivaled navigation and much more.

Pricing & Availability

The new iPad Wi-Fi models will be available in black or white on Friday, March 16 for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G for either AT&T or Verizon will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores, and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPad will also be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and the US Virgin Islands on Friday, March 16. Customers can begin pre-ordering their new iPad today, and the incredible iPad 2 is now offered at a more affordable price of $399 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and just $529 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model.

iOS 5.1 and iTunes 10.6 are available today as free software updates. iPhoto, iMovie 1.3 and GarageBand 1.2 are available today for $4.99 (US) each from the App Store (www.itunes.com/appstore). Keynote 1.6, Pages 1.6 and Numbers 1.6 are available today for $9.99 (US) each from the App Store. Updates are available for free to existing customers. By the end of March iPad will be available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.

Personal Hotspot requires supporting data plan. Customers should check with their carrier for availability.

Kicking off the new iPad event, Apple CEO Tim Cook has just announced a new Apple TV, a new Apple TV user interface, new iTunes Movies in the cloud, and most importantly — full 1080p support.

Looking at the interface,  you can see items are no longer “listed” but rather, laid out in a more icon like way so that items are easily viewed. The information lacking in the announcement here ,though, was any mention of specs for the new Apple TV however, it was noted it will be available as of March 16th while retaining the current Apple TV pricing of $99.

Here’s the full press release

Apple Brings 1080p High Definition to New Apple TV

SAN FRANCISCO—March 7, 2012—Apple® today announced the new Apple TV® featuring 1080p programming including iTunes® movies and TV shows, Netflix, Vimeo, photos and more in HD. With iTunes in the Cloud, customers can purchase and play their favorite movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store® and watch them instantly on their HD TV. The new Apple TV features a simpler, refined user interface making it easier than ever to access your purchased movies, TV shows and music with iTunes Match℠ right from iCloud®. With AirPlay®, users can stream or mirror their favorite content from their iPad® or iPhone® 4S to Apple TV.

"People are going to love streaming movies and TV shows in 1080p with the new Apple TV, and photos look beautiful displayed at the maximum resolution of your TV," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "Apple TV is easier than ever to use with its new icon-based interface and the ability to access your purchased movies, TV shows and music right from iCloud."

Apple TV users can choose from an incredible selection of programming including over 15,000 movies and over 90,000 TV episodes on the iTunes Store. Apple TV also offers great content from Netflix's streaming catalog, live sports from MLB, NBA and NHL as well as Internet content from Vimeo, YouTube and Flickr.*

With iCloud, you can buy movies and TV shows on Apple TV and watch them on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC. iCloud also stores photos and pushes them wirelessly to all your devices including your HD TV via Apple TV. iCloud provides an incredibly easy way to get instant access to all of your content, no matter which device is being used.

iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users can use AirPlay to stream music, photos and videos from their devices directly to their HD TV with Apple TV. iPhone 4S or iPad users can use AirPlay Mirroring to show the screen of their device right on their HD TV, allowing them to stream web pages, spreadsheets or even games.**

Apple TV makes it easy to enjoy iTunes video, music and photo libraries from your computer right on your HD TV—and with iCloud you can instantly enjoy content that was purchased on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as well. iTunes Match customers can now play their entire music library from iCloud—even songs they've imported from CDs. Users can also control Apple TV with their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch using the Remote app, available as a free download on the App Store™ (www.itunes.com/appstore).

Pricing & Availability

Apple TV will be available on Friday, March 16 for a suggested retail price of $99 (US) through the Apple online store, Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Apple TV requires iTunes 10.5 or later. Apple TV requires an 802.11g/n Wi-Fi network or Ethernet network, a broadband Internet connection and a HD TV capable of 1080p or 720p and an HDMI cable that is sold separately. iTunes movie and TV show availability varies by country. Second generation Apple TV users can install the new Apple TV user interface via a free software update, available today. Third generation Apple TV hardware is required to play 1080p video.

Content availability varies by country and may require account subscriptions.

AirPlay requires an iOS device running iOS 4.2 or later. AirPlay Mirroring not supported on original iPad.

Apple has just announced from the iPad 3 event that their popular voice assistant, Siri, will be making its way to customers in Japan. It will be part of iOS 5.1 which will be available starting today. Siri will be rolled out in Japan over the next few weeks.

Siri is currently available in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and France. This aligns with Apple’s plan to roll out Siri to even more countries during 2012.