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Category Archives: Siri
Siri vs. S Voice
The Verge’s Vlad Savov, put an iPhone 4S with Siri and a Galaxy S III with S Voice side by side, and asked them to perform a series of tasks. They are pretty much tied I would say. Siri won some rounds, S Voice won some rounds, and they both made some blunders. We are just at the begining of this technology, in five years it could be really amazing.
The Verge says that both phones were connected to the same WiFi network and the same carrier.
Siri betrays Apple, and the iPhone.
TNW:
When you break out your iPhone 4S and ask Siri what the ‘best smartphone ever’ is, your humble virtual assistant will recommend you to buy Nokia’s Lumia 900.
As the article explains, this is because the result is pulled from Wolfram Alpha, which is a knowledge data base, based on results on the internet. Still, this is awkward.
Samsung fires up the Xerox again, copies Siri
Not only in functionality, adding a more human element to the robotic Android voice controls (that’s fine, Apple is not the owner of that idea), but the look and feel too.
Cult of Mac
This is just stupid. And then Apple is evil for suing them.
New York man sues Apple over Siri performance
A New York man is suing Apple for false advertising, alleging that Siri’s real-world performance and capabilities fall short of what is depicted in the commercials for the service, the Wall Street Journalreports.
Can I sue X Beer?, I open a can of beer and never see any hot women with long hair being blown by the wind looking at me like I’m sexy. What happened to returning the iPhone within the 30 days of purchase (or whatever period the carrier has) and getting something else?
