Siri Works on iPad 2 with Spire, Absinthe

The popular personal assistant exclusive to the iPhone 4S, Siri, can now be installed on iPad 2 tablets. That is, if you’re willing to perform a few gimmicks that aren’t for the faint-hearted.

According to the iDownloadBlog, to get started you need to jailbreak your iPad 2 with Absinthe (on iOS 5.0.1), install Spire and iFile (free downloads via Cydia), and then use SiriProxy on a computer. The app is supported on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.

The parts involving the jailbreak and Spire are fairly easy (for the relatively savvy user, of course). The SiriProxy thing is a tad more complicated, and it involves some risks.

According to the tester, “This could make your iPad kick into ‘iPhone mode’ which makes your screen look funky, as everything is sized for iPhone. A quick respring should fix this, but you’ve been warned. I had no problems with it, but it’s worth noting.”

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