From Apple’s pre-announcement last week we already know that the company will unveil Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud at WWDC 2011 (Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference) later today.
But what about new features? What can we expect Steve Jobs to unveil?
According to folk in the know we can expect to see features like Universal Remote Computer Access, Music Stream via iCloud and Wireless Syncing.
One particular interesting prediction revolves around Siri and Nuance.
In April 2010, Apple acquired Siri, an artificial intelligence technology that turns your iPhone into a personal assistant. Voice inquiries are quickly turned into mapping directions, restaurant reservations and movie reviews.
At the same time, Apple is rumored to be working on a licensing deal with Nuance, which provides some of the most powerful speech recognition technology on the market. Siri actually uses Nuance technology already.
With a deeper integration in iOS 5 though, Siri and Nuance could transform the iPhone from a mobile computer to a smart device with the capability to assisting you in almost any situation. Chat with your iPhone, and it comes back with the exact answer to your question or hooks you up with a list of sushi restaurants to visit on your next business trip.
The following video demonstrates some of the possibilities.
It may not be long until you start talking to your phone like you would your best friend.
