"Yes, Evi cant do Siris trick of adding things to your iPhone Calendar or hook into reminders. But, ask How do I make apple pie? and Evi provides a list of recipes with web links. Siri cant give you a direct answer and just asks whether you want to search the web. Perhaps its the fact that Evi is pretty damn good, and doesnt look a million miles away from Siri, that Apple has told True Knowledge that it is going to pull Evi from the App Store.
Apple has approved versions of Evi for the appstore multiple times including post-Siri. However, the word on the street at Mobile World Congress is that there have been ominous signs that Apple was unhappy with the competition, including the one update True Knowledge submitted after launch (which merely added a historical searches feature). This has taken three weeks and counting to get approved.
On Friday evening True Knowledge had a call from Apple representative Richard Chipman. (If you Google Richard Chipmans name youll find he is also the Apple rep that does the controversial calls about apps).
He told True Knowledge that Apple was going to pull Evi from the appstore as it was similar to Siri.
It is certainly highly aggressive for Apple to pull an app from the store. The usual process is to reject the app (in writing) and allow the developer to fix. However, it appears Apples line is essentially that fixing Evi isnt an option.
Pulling it will also leave almost 200,000 Apple users who have already purchased the app without the ability to get updates.
Evi is still up on the Apple app-store now but its likely it wont be there for very long.
The Android version of Evi is unaffected of course, which means Android users will get the benefits, but iPhone users are being told, its Siri or nothing."
Are you concerned?
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/26/apple-prepares-to-pull-evi-from-app-store-did-it-slap-down-siri/
Apple has approved versions of Evi for the appstore multiple times including post-Siri. However, the word on the street at Mobile World Congress is that there have been ominous signs that Apple was unhappy with the competition, including the one update True Knowledge submitted after launch (which merely added a historical searches feature). This has taken three weeks and counting to get approved.
On Friday evening True Knowledge had a call from Apple representative Richard Chipman. (If you Google Richard Chipmans name youll find he is also the Apple rep that does the controversial calls about apps).
He told True Knowledge that Apple was going to pull Evi from the appstore as it was similar to Siri.
It is certainly highly aggressive for Apple to pull an app from the store. The usual process is to reject the app (in writing) and allow the developer to fix. However, it appears Apples line is essentially that fixing Evi isnt an option.
Pulling it will also leave almost 200,000 Apple users who have already purchased the app without the ability to get updates.
Evi is still up on the Apple app-store now but its likely it wont be there for very long.
The Android version of Evi is unaffected of course, which means Android users will get the benefits, but iPhone users are being told, its Siri or nothing."
Are you concerned?
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/26/apple-prepares-to-pull-evi-from-app-store-did-it-slap-down-siri/
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