Last December 2012 was a good month for non-iPhone 4S users because the latest update released by Apple that month made it possible to legally port Siri to other Apple devices running on iOS. Siri is one of the advanced technological innovations integrated by Apple in its iPhone 4S. This integrated highly functional voice assistant has been the point of attention of hackers in their attempt to somewhat illegally port Siri. Some are successful in porting Siri to other devices but public distribution has remained illegal. However, this has changed when Apple introduced its iOS 5.0.1 update.

IPhone’s growing popularity has been largely attributed to Apple’s innovation and revolutionary approach to technology. The cool features and easy customization makes iPhone one of the most in demand smart phones today. With the continued increase of iPhone sales, the number of consumers accessing the internet using their smart phones also increases. This makes it a viable niche market for businesses to tap into. Creating a business app for iPhone is definitely a practical idea for companies who want to create a new niche for their businesses.

Although experience and know-how will come handy in developing iPhone apps, majority of app developers today usually forget some of the basic foundations that are essential in iPhone app development. Last year, a lot has changed in the app development industry due to the growing number of players and the never ending changes in the market trend. Developers customarily focus on the technical aspects of iPhone app development that they forget to comply with simple and practical policies that will enable them to create a universally accepted application that will also have a big potential for today’s market.

Fiksu, a marketing technology company tracked the effect of iPhone 4S on the overall iPhone app downloads. They found that the volume of download for the top two hundred apps significantly increased to 15% from previous record in October of 4.91 million downloads per day. In November last year, the company’s trend measuring system, the “App Store Competitive Index maxed out at 5.65 million app downloads everyday which has topped the five million mark for the first time. All in all, these totals to 83% increase in November of last year.

IPhone users who are still running the OS build 3.1.3 are seemingly having troubles downloading new applications from Apple’s App Store. Some of the users of older Apple OS build reported on Apple's Support Communities that they are having problems directly installing new apps to their devices although they can still update thiey already existing apps or sync their apps from iTunes to their iPhones.

Apple has been quite busy this past week in rolling out iTunes Match to its international market. However, the company is still able to find time in pushing out software updates both for Apple TV and iPhone 4S. The latest update makes it possible to legally port Siri to other Apple devices running on iOS.

Siri is one of the best technological innovations integrated by Apple in its iPhone 4S. This integrated voice assistant has been the point of focus of a lot of hackers in their attempt to port Siri. Some are successful in porting Siri to other devices but public distribution has remained illegal. On the other hand, everything could change at least for iPhone 4 with the introduction of iOS 5.0.1 update.