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How big of a deal is this Siri thing?
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This is the thing with voice control... while Siri seems like great technology, I've had other (albeit less sophisticated) voice control on other phones which worked fine and I just never used it.
Is this a real question? Do you honestly rely on others to tell you what you want?
I don't think good or even great voice control cuts it...it has to be amazing, blow your mind voice control in order for you to use it on a daily basis. I don't use the voice control in my car bec I find the pauses too annoying and it forces you to navigate the on screen menus rather than just talk to it. Even if it works 95% of the time, when it doesn't it's very annoying. Yesterday, I got one of the new Garmin nuvis (2595LMT) and the voice control on it is absolutely amazing. A lot of strides have evidently been made in voice control so maybe we are at the beginning of a a whole new way of interacting with gadgets.
I think it's a novelty just like facetime, but iMessage, reminders, and new notifications will be a welcomed addition.
I've had the Siri app on my 3GS for over 2 years now, and I have only used it for a month. The first month, that is. It was really cool and exciting for the first month or so, but after a while, it got boring and tedious.
Plus, the interface in iPhone 4S is EXACTLY like the Siri app. The same text bubbles, same sort of confirmation of what you said, etc. I can't believe it took them this long to get it on the iPhone if their intention was to just copy and paste Siri into 4S's iOS 5.
Basically, it will be cool and all for the first month or so, but there is a major chance that you'll get bored to talking to your iPhone.
You ever use voice commands or Siri on the iphone (what is available now or was available?)
Imagine that but more polished/integrated.
I was blown away by Voice Search/Commands on Android (really cool and pretty accurate/precise), but it is hardly something I use on a daily basis. Used it a couple of times driving when I wanted to navigate somewhere, maybe once or twice to send a text while driving, but that is about it.
Used maybe 1-3 times per 6 months.
Really depends how good it is, but my guess is not good enough where people use it daily.
A lot of times you end up having to press a button to confirm b/t a selection of choices, or you will need to go in and edit a mistken input. Which ends up deterrring use in the first place.
I reckon it will be akin to Facetime. Advertised as revolutionary (possibly) but you won't end up using it too much.
Imagine that but more polished/integrated.
I was blown away by Voice Search/Commands on Android (really cool and pretty accurate/precise), but it is hardly something I use on a daily basis. Used it a couple of times driving when I wanted to navigate somewhere, maybe once or twice to send a text while driving, but that is about it.
Used maybe 1-3 times per 6 months.
Really depends how good it is, but my guess is not good enough where people use it daily.
A lot of times you end up having to press a button to confirm b/t a selection of choices, or you will need to go in and edit a mistken input. Which ends up deterrring use in the first place.
I reckon it will be akin to Facetime. Advertised as revolutionary (possibly) but you won't end up using it too much.
That or end up as an endless source of comedy relief with all the mistranslated text messages. The Newton handwrite recognition of the 21st century....
Maybe I'm thinking too big here, but after watching the video of the keynote today I couldn't help but think of the possibilities of Siri (or Siri-like technology). And I was immediately thinking of Jarvis from Iron Man. Imagine being able to roll out of bed and without even having to touch your computer you could just say out loud "what is the weather going to be like today?" and your computer speaks the forecast back to you.
Having said that, I'm kinda disappointed that the phone is basically the same aside from the internal changes. But I am also making sure not to direct that disappointment at Apple. We all read into the rumors way too much with this stuff and that is why we're disappointed.
Having said that, I'm kinda disappointed that the phone is basically the same aside from the internal changes. But I am also making sure not to direct that disappointment at Apple. We all read into the rumors way too much with this stuff and that is why we're disappointed.