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rogifan_new said:

What does one have to do with the other? Or is the headline suggesting people bought the cheap Echo Dot because HomePod was delayed?

There is a growing smart home speaker/assistant market, and Apple is losing ground to competitors who not only have incredibly cheap products on the market, but full-fledged lineups at various price points. Apple, meanwhile, has yet to release its sole home speaker/assistant.

I'm not suggesting that people bought the cheap Echo Dot solely because the HomePod was delayed — the two products compete (or at least they will compete, at some point) in vastly different categories and price points. But the two stories are related because Apple continues to lose ground to competitors after missing their self-imposed shipping deadline. The HomePod delay is a gain for Amazon and Google, in both direct and indirect ways.

Mike006 said:

"With Siri support built in, the speaker is capable of answering basic user queries, controlling HomeKit-connected appliances and playing back media content."

This may be the problem! Siri will look foolish compared to the competition. I'd like to hear a conversation about Siri in an AI podcast. 

We talked about this recently, when I expressed my frustration that my Apple Watch could not clearly interpret the name of an album I wanted it to play. The album was "Outrage is Now," and Siri interpreted it as "Outrageous Now" and refused to play anything (even though I specified the artist name as well). A truly intelligent, machine learning system should be able to adapt and contextually interpret what I am saying, especially when I add more specifics.

Siri is good at what it does, but it needs to get a lot better at contextual awareness, true adaptive intelligence, and handling complex queries.

TripleTrouble said:

Why do we need a video for this story?

First comment, so you're new here and I'll cut you some slack. Cut it out. That's your warning.

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dick applebaum said:

Very interesting...

Wonder if it was edited with FCPX?

I'll be really impressed when someone edits a feature length film with iMovie for iOS. 

jungmark said:

Apple hasn't announced an opening date yet?

Apple Store delayed due to production issues according to anonymous sources!

I would have thought it would open this Saturday in time for Black Friday (Apple stores usually open on Saturdays and are announced a week before). We'll see. Trying to get an answer from Apple on this one.