Who asked SIRI "What does a weasel look like"?
not sure who the little girl is ... but i heard they had to edit the puzzled look on her when a bunch of photos of Eric Schmidt popped up ...
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Apple Airs First iPhone 4S TV Ad Featuring Siri
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not sure who the little girl is ... but i heard they had to edit the puzzled look on her when a bunch of photos of Eric Schmidt popped up ...
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rotflmao
man, i remember those days!
and then playing the tape nonstop until it wore out
So am I dating myself to say I remember putting plastic tape over the write protection tabs on an 8 track tape to re-record over them?
I kind of miss those older, fun Apple commercials myself. I am a fairly new apple user, only been using their products since right after the third gen iPod came out, and got my first iMac in march of 2010. But their commercials are a cultural thing, we have all seen them. Whatever happened to the dance music, iMacs swirling around across complete white backgrounds. Or the iTunes and iPod commercials, that campaign was amazing.
This new campaign of hurr durr emotional ads are kind of lame. It's like watching a wild child grow up into this conservative boring person.
Hell I'll take the switch ads back
This new campaign of hurr durr emotional ads are kind of lame. It's like watching a wild child grow up into this conservative boring person.
Hell I'll take the switch ads back
A Logic Named Joe
Users of SIRI might want to think twice about using it, this 1955 radio play demonstrates the potential dangers that might arise.
A Logic Named Joe
X-Minus One - NBC radio broadcast - December 28, 1955
from a story by Murray Leinster, 1946.
Anyway, it's a bit of fun, and for it's time quite forward thinking. As Wikipedia notes The story is particularly noteworthy as a prediction of massively networked personal computers and their drawbacks, written at a time when computing was in its infancy.
Examples published on MacRumors of SIRI suggesting locations for disposing of a dead body are strangely similar to some parts of the radio play.
Users of SIRI might want to think twice about using it, this 1955 radio play demonstrates the potential dangers that might arise.
A Logic Named Joe
X-Minus One - NBC radio broadcast - December 28, 1955
from a story by Murray Leinster, 1946.
Anyway, it's a bit of fun, and for it's time quite forward thinking. As Wikipedia notes The story is particularly noteworthy as a prediction of massively networked personal computers and their drawbacks, written at a time when computing was in its infancy.
Examples published on MacRumors of SIRI suggesting locations for disposing of a dead body are strangely similar to some parts of the radio play.
I think this ad may grow on me over time, especially if they do another couple versions, but honestly I don't think it's quite as good as the FaceTime ads in the last generation, or some of the iPad ads.
It's a fine ad, it makes a point and makes it well, but I'm not sure it really makes the same emotional connection. It's still early, and something like Siri is harder to explain to people, so they don't have much choice, but I think fewer questions and more of Siri's answers would be better in the longer term. People will know who Siri is, and then it's just a matter of showing what Siri does in a way that people go, woah cool. Right now it's just a list of things Siri can do, but we're left just trusting she really can provide good answers or do the right things, and it really doesn't show off the real Siri that remembers context and jokes around with you.
I much preferred the video they showed in the Keynote, where there was a back and forth, showed an understanding of context, and so on. I expect they'll release more ads doing that sort of thing, once people start to figure out, oh hey, Siri can do reminders, calendar events, music, and web searches. The real magic isn't in that, the real magic is in the conversations you can have involving those sorts of things. Most of my Siri queries are brief, but what's most exciting is when I'm there talking to Siri with 5, 6, sometimes even more individual interactions that make up a complete workflow, all with flawless understanding of my meaning, not just my words. That's the impressive thing.
We've had simple voice commands before on a host of devices, going back many many years. This ad pretty much looks like Siri is that same old technology. They absolutely have to introduce Siri in this way, just to get people to know the Siri basics. But then, it would not surprise me at all if they show some ads later on showing just one workflow in the 30 seconds, spotlighting a particular type of interaction. I think it's those later ads that will really get people's attention. Have the blind lady get a text message, "look" at her calendar, check an address, and then dictate a reply text and send it. Have a guy get a reminder to call his wife as he leaves work, she tells him to pick up milk, and he asks Siri where there's a grocery store nearby, map the route, ask for traffic info, and then dictate a text to his wife that he'll get it but there's traffic so he'll be late. Stuff like that.
It's a fine ad, it makes a point and makes it well, but I'm not sure it really makes the same emotional connection. It's still early, and something like Siri is harder to explain to people, so they don't have much choice, but I think fewer questions and more of Siri's answers would be better in the longer term. People will know who Siri is, and then it's just a matter of showing what Siri does in a way that people go, woah cool. Right now it's just a list of things Siri can do, but we're left just trusting she really can provide good answers or do the right things, and it really doesn't show off the real Siri that remembers context and jokes around with you.
I much preferred the video they showed in the Keynote, where there was a back and forth, showed an understanding of context, and so on. I expect they'll release more ads doing that sort of thing, once people start to figure out, oh hey, Siri can do reminders, calendar events, music, and web searches. The real magic isn't in that, the real magic is in the conversations you can have involving those sorts of things. Most of my Siri queries are brief, but what's most exciting is when I'm there talking to Siri with 5, 6, sometimes even more individual interactions that make up a complete workflow, all with flawless understanding of my meaning, not just my words. That's the impressive thing.
We've had simple voice commands before on a host of devices, going back many many years. This ad pretty much looks like Siri is that same old technology. They absolutely have to introduce Siri in this way, just to get people to know the Siri basics. But then, it would not surprise me at all if they show some ads later on showing just one workflow in the 30 seconds, spotlighting a particular type of interaction. I think it's those later ads that will really get people's attention. Have the blind lady get a text message, "look" at her calendar, check an address, and then dictate a reply text and send it. Have a guy get a reminder to call his wife as he leaves work, she tells him to pick up milk, and he asks Siri where there's a grocery store nearby, map the route, ask for traffic info, and then dictate a text to his wife that he'll get it but there's traffic so he'll be late. Stuff like that.
Why not an iPhone for the kiddies?
When I was a kid in high school my parents bought me a $400 Atari 800XL, disk drive and color monitor. In fact, every single one of my best friends owned a personal computer (2 Atari 800's with 64K and drives, which cost a lot more than my XL setup, one with an Apple //+, and two with C64s and drives - and those are just the ones I can recall off the top of my head).
An iPhone is a lot more useful than those antique PCs ever were. And in inflation-adjusted dollars, costs less than half as much. The software is a lot cheaper, too. Monthly charges are a factor I suppose, but no more expensive than the second phone line, modem, long distance fees and CompuServe bills we all paid back in the day...
When I was a kid in high school my parents bought me a $400 Atari 800XL, disk drive and color monitor. In fact, every single one of my best friends owned a personal computer (2 Atari 800's with 64K and drives, which cost a lot more than my XL setup, one with an Apple //+, and two with C64s and drives - and those are just the ones I can recall off the top of my head).
An iPhone is a lot more useful than those antique PCs ever were. And in inflation-adjusted dollars, costs less than half as much. The software is a lot cheaper, too. Monthly charges are a factor I suppose, but no more expensive than the second phone line, modem, long distance fees and CompuServe bills we all paid back in the day...
How come there aren't any UK or foreign accents on this advert?
Oh yes, that's right! The system doesn't work yet until sometime in 2012! and doesn't understand variables in accent outside America.
AND before you hit me with the 'it's a beta!' it isn't me thats pushing out expensive adverts and using this 'beta' as a major selling point of the product...
There's not even any small print about the above facts by the way.
Oh yes, that's right! The system doesn't work yet until sometime in 2012! and doesn't understand variables in accent outside America.
AND before you hit me with the 'it's a beta!' it isn't me thats pushing out expensive adverts and using this 'beta' as a major selling point of the product...
There's not even any small print about the above facts by the way.
fool
Don't you know these campaigns are planned way in advance. For many months to come, we will hear people say, "oh, steve would have never allowed that" It's comments like this that just exhibit ignorance. Product lines with supply chains and advertising have been planned for some time now.
fool
Don't you know these campaigns are planned way in advance. For many months to come, we will hear people say, "oh, steve would have never allowed that" It's comments like this that just exhibit ignorance. Product lines with supply chains and advertising have been planned for some time now.
fool
What are you talking about, Siri works flawlessly with British or Australian accents.
There's plenty of videos of that on youtube.
How is Siri working out for everyone else?
I think it is going to be more frustration than it is worth if they don't publish an exact list of what it can do.
Yesterday whilst driving wanted to text my friend. Couldn't get it to stop hearing "Matthew" until I badly badly mispronounced "Mateusz" in the correct wrong way. *THEN* it transcribed my text fine, but refused to let me say I do NOT want the text going to his Japan phone number, very scared was going to get changed $$$ for international texting... I wanted it sent to the local USA number. It never asked and never told me which it was sending to.
Then I was cooking something and wanted to time how long so next time I don't have to stand at the stove and watch the whole time. I told it to start a timer and it kept asking me how long! I don't want a dam*ed count-down timer! Just a timer. After 10 tries I finally said "stopwatch", oh "I can't help you with stopwatch", wtf???
Then nap time. "Wake me in 2 hours" Fine. "Do not allow incoming calls" "Do not allow me to be disturbed" "Go in airplane mode" WTF?? SERIOUSLY? Most BASIC use I can think of and it won't do crap.
I think it is going to be more frustration than it is worth if they don't publish an exact list of what it can do.
Yesterday whilst driving wanted to text my friend. Couldn't get it to stop hearing "Matthew" until I badly badly mispronounced "Mateusz" in the correct wrong way. *THEN* it transcribed my text fine, but refused to let me say I do NOT want the text going to his Japan phone number, very scared was going to get changed $$$ for international texting... I wanted it sent to the local USA number. It never asked and never told me which it was sending to.
Then I was cooking something and wanted to time how long so next time I don't have to stand at the stove and watch the whole time. I told it to start a timer and it kept asking me how long! I don't want a dam*ed count-down timer! Just a timer. After 10 tries I finally said "stopwatch", oh "I can't help you with stopwatch", wtf???
Then nap time. "Wake me in 2 hours" Fine. "Do not allow incoming calls" "Do not allow me to be disturbed" "Go in airplane mode" WTF?? SERIOUSLY? Most BASIC use I can think of and it won't do crap.
I'm lovins Siri atm, but I hope Apple put in a 'Txt language' translator.. every time it reads my text I can't understand it lol
Let me know when/if you find out what piece it is. Thanks
Yes, add me to that, i want to know too!
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rotflmao
man, i remember those days!
and then playing the tape nonstop until it wore out
LOL I'm dating myself by saying we used the small reel to reel tape recorders. Forgot what size they were like 3"? kevin
Maybe its the voice of Jonathan IVE lol, his is the best british accent i have heard and i am british
Balance in everything
In an effort to answer open ended questions or respond to statements Siri sometimes yields really strange results - it'll latch onto certain words like "locked" and try to find businesses related to the term without being explicitly asked for that. At other times, though, it requires you to follow distinct rules, let's say, for creating an appointment. I'm adjusting to the balance.
In an effort to answer open ended questions or respond to statements Siri sometimes yields really strange results - it'll latch onto certain words like "locked" and try to find businesses related to the term without being explicitly asked for that. At other times, though, it requires you to follow distinct rules, let's say, for creating an appointment. I'm adjusting to the balance.