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post #41 of 53
10/21/11 at 9:11am
Great ad! But they'll have to recut it for Canada and other countries where maps are not yet supported -- including the "I'm locked out" money-shot at the end!
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post #42 of 53
10/21/11 at 9:55am
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"What does a weasel look like?"
*Displays picture of Bill Gates*

Steve Ballmer.
"And just like that, everyone here realizes you're just another sweaty little Google licker with an axe to grind and no idea what he's talking about." --addabox
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"And just like that, everyone here realizes you're just another sweaty little Google licker with an axe to grind and no idea what he's talking about." --addabox
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post #43 of 53
10/21/11 at 10:00am
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Originally Posted by mstone View Post

Seems like Siri could end up using a lot of data. Better check your data plan for overages. Does AT&T still grandfather in the unlimited plan?

Yes it does.
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post #44 of 53
10/21/11 at 10:35am
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"What does a weasel look like?"
*Displays picture of Bill Gates*

That is childish and not funny at all.
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post #45 of 53
10/21/11 at 10:41am
I hope Siri is now only for the iPhone 4 because Apple wants to see how the server holds when many people use it at the same time. Imagine how Siri would suffer if she gets every iPhone owner in the world asking questions to her! And another thing: do you really think Siri is just computers? I think the answer to "I'm locked out" must have been given by a human. Could someone test that for me? I don't have a 4S; I just bought a 4 and I'm quite happy with it .
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post #46 of 53
10/21/11 at 11:22am
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Siri is nice and the voice recognition software is really accurate (no accent American). BUT, I am really disappointed that Siri cannot do something as simple as open an application...such as, "open ????". Sir also doesn't read back incoming text and emails. So much potential, but I will stick with my iPhone 4 for another year.

lamewing. 3rd parties cannot open apps unless that app is like Safari or another integrated app. This is because every app is sandboxed and only your basic app like the integrated Safari or Youtube apps and more can be opened from another app.

This is all security related. Siri will offer features on the back end through what they call "Domains" but an app launcher it will not be...the information will have to be available through an API.
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post #47 of 53
10/21/11 at 11:24am
A few things I want from Siri:

* Access to Settings features ("Turn off Bluetooth")
* Launching apps and making API's available to developers ("Open Pandora and play Aerosmith")
* Reading web pages ("Read this page to me")
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post #48 of 53
10/21/11 at 11:34am
Which is exactly what he said. What did you see when you read,
". . . once again it appears Apple is going to main stream a technology. . . . ?"
What do you think "bringing a technology to the mainstream" means?

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In this case Apple didn't really bring anything together, what they did do is mainstream voice tech that for a while had been relegated to some lab somewhere with consurmerability somewhere in the near future.

As they did with the first iPhone Apple took what was coming and decided to not be pussies like the rest of the field and put it out there properly.

[writing in reference to:]
Originally Posted by boeyc15
"IMO, once again it appears Apple is going to main stream a technology. A lot of the pieces are out there, just needed someone to bring them together. Just the beginning folks... IMO"
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post #49 of 53
10/21/11 at 11:48am
My spouse and I got our new iPhone 4S's this week, and I can tell you that Siri is amazing. I used it to dictate a short email message, and it was 100% accurate. We got haircuts last night, and afterwards we always schedule for the next time. I told Siri to schedule haircuts for November 29th at 2 pm, and it did it flawlessly. I'll bet that Apple opens up the API for 3rd-party apps later on, so they can be voice-controlled as well. Sometimes Siri doesn't know how to respond, but the amazing part is that it absolutely nails the voice input part of things, typing your question exactly as you phrased it. Like I said, amazing. And the rest of the phone ain't too shabby, either!
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post #50 of 53
10/21/11 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by lamewing View Post

Siri is nice and the voice recognition software is really accurate (no accent American). BUT, I am really disappointed that Siri cannot do something as simple as open an application...such as, "open ????". Sir also doesn't read back incoming text and emails. So much potential, but I will stick with my iPhone 4 for another year.

Yes indeed. It's a bit of a scam. It's annoying to me that all the things she can do, I have to explicitly tell her what I want her to do and what to do it to with all the details etc. It's really a disappoint that Siri cannot function to transparently execute my will. But hey, I think google is working on a new version of Android that will be a transparent instantiation of my will and it will be out in the next month or two¡
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post #51 of 53
10/21/11 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by cajun View Post

A few things I want from Siri:

* Access to Settings features ("Turn off Bluetooth")
* Launching apps and making API's available to developers ("Open Pandora and play Aerosmith")
* Reading web pages ("Read this page to me")

It will probably be a while since it defeats sandboxing:
• Access to Settings features — Handing over security settings to executables!
• Launching apps — Like malware!

• Reading web pages — This might come fairly soon. But hey, it's been on the Mac for decades but the only people I know who use it are blind. Siri's voice is better than previous voices though. I wonder if Siri needs to access the server to read things so well, or if she can do it all on her own.
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post #52 of 53
10/21/11 at 9:43pm
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It will probably be a while since it defeats sandboxing:
• Access to Settings features — Handing over security settings to executables!
• Launching apps — Like malware!

I don't understand why Siri couldn't launch apps. Siri is (or should be) part of iOS. iOS can launch apps - it does it whenever you touch the app icon on your home screen. Today Siri is system software just like the touchscreen interface.

Similarly for changing settings (boy would I love that!).

I wonder if this is a legacy of when Siri WAS an app, before Apple bought it.

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Well now that we can finally increase the font size on main posts, PLEASE change the forum format so one can actually read comments on an iPhone.

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Well now that we can finally increase the font size on main posts, PLEASE change the forum format so one can actually read comments on an iPhone.

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post #53 of 53
10/21/11 at 9:48pm
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I don't understand why Siri couldn't launch apps. Siri is (or should be) part of iOS. iOS can launch apps - it does it whenever you touch the app icon on your home screen. Today Siri is system software just like the touchscreen interface.

Similarly for changing settings (boy would I love that!).

I wonder if this is a legacy of when Siri WAS an app, before Apple bought it.

That's a good point and the loophole that Apple could use to grant Siri access that other apps don't have. We'll have to see if they make it happen.
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