Apple's Voice-Powered Virtual "Assistant" Coming to iOS

[Mr. Gates]

I just can't wait for the day they implement Kinect like gestures in the MacBooks.

I would love to see weirdos in coffee shops waving their hands around like mental patients.

 

[Dinø]

Let's go out to dinner

… and see a movie…

 

[Jayomat]

No matter how good it works, I'd still feel uncomfortable running around and really be talking to my iPhone..

 

[jtmacb]

Siri Assistant

Apple may not be the first on the block with a lot of gee whiz features all the time but they are a lot of the time. And when they aren't what they ultimately come out with is usually better than what anyone else has. They weren't the first with a smartphone but who can deny the power and success of the iPhone. They weren't the first with an MPG player but who can deny the success of the iPod. And they weren't the first with a tablet device but who can deny the success of the iPad. They are three for three. Who has that kind of track record? No one. Who is admired by consumers and developers alike for their technology and design quality? Apple and no other company but Apple. Who just more than doubled their net profits, had more than triple the growth rate of the rest of the PC industry and is now the number one smart phone producer? Again it is Apple. I rest my case.

 

[rbrian]

Kenny: "Wouldn't it be cool if you could talk to computers, like in Star Trek?"
Me: "You already can! Look: Call Kenny"
iPhone: Calling Anne...
Me: "No, Call KENNY"
iPhone: Calling Karen...
Me: "Call K E N N Y"
iPhone: Calling Anne...
Me: "Wouldn't it be cool if you could talk to computers, like in Star Trek?"