This is going to drive people nuts on public transport. I travelled with a guy that had a very short attention span and shake to shuffle once. That was a long journey.
*ZING*
Siri could be cool if it works. But it needs to be nearly flawless. Currently, voice control is a joke. I ask it to play a playlist and it dials my mom.
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Well said. I'm with you, Most people don't know how amazing Siri is going to be. This is going to change the way we use a cell phone.![]()
I doubt it will change it that much
This kind of tech has been knocking around for 15 years, and no one has got it right yet
I bet you, £1000, that when you use Siri, at times it will blow your mind. I bet you Apple have created something here that you won't be able to get your head around.
If they've managed to create something that can understand what you 'mean', then that is massive. There is older technology, but it lacks intelligence. And I bet Apple are on the cusp of breaking through that.
I doubt it will change it that much
This kind of tech has been knocking around for 15 years, and no one has got it right yet
It only takes one bad experience (i.e. remind me to get petrol Siri - and it forgets to do so) and people will stop using it
I just want to know if Siri can make a sandwich... because that would be awesome... and if it can't than it best be able to hop on the Jimmy Johns website and have one delivered for me...
...Using Siri in public would look dumb....
My only concern about Siri is that it requires network access, which seems to me a half-a$$ed solution. The necessary information and algorithms should be stored locally in some sort of secure but programmable permanent memory. Apple needs to do with voice recognition what it did with QuickDraw - put it on a chip.
People are saying that this phone is an incremental upgrade. That the ui is dated and needs an update. Well I feel this update is huge. That the ui has been rewritten. Because of Siri the ui has completely changed. It no longer exists. You no longer need to "see" it. It disappears, as it should. And this is what steve wanted all along Do we see the ui in our brains? - no. We just think of doing something -find a memory for example and it does it. We don't know how nor do we care or need to know (unless you're a doctor). It just works and we are completely oblivious as to how it does it. This is how a computer should work. Not all these folders and programs and start menus and task managers. You should worry about how you're going to edit a picture -not how to find it and import it into your photo editor. I think iPhone 4s just changed the world and no one realizes it just yet. im glad steve jobs lived long enough to see his vision come true. Jmho
Here's a good read on Siri: http://briefmobile.com/opinion-siri-will-change-the-way-we-interact-with-our-phones
Ok that made me laughMe: mark his words
Siri: mark has wood
Me: close enough
I suspect it's only accessible via network because it will be constantly updated, revised, and adapted to recognize new languages/dialects and vernacular. It's still in beta, so it wouldn't make sense to store its limited vocabulary permanently. Within just a month of release and use I have no doubt Siri will double, even triple its current vocabulary in each language it offers so far.
I doubt the iPhone processor can Handel the voice recognition part. That's very processor intensive
just like Ping changed the music world?