Why Siri May Not Run on Older iPhones: The Secret of the New Infrared Sensor Subsystem

Michale Streeber reported on his blog that an iOS developer who file a bug report and was told by Apple that they have no plans to make Siri (the artificially intelligent speech recognittion assistant) available for iOS devices other than the iPhone 4. But, why is that? Is the faster processor in the iPhone 4S necessary to make Siri work well? Perhaps not.

Apple: We Have No Plans To Bring Siri To Older Devices

The answer may lie with another hardware component unique to the iPhone 4S.

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