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Microsoft Announces Siri Competitor Cortana, Coming With Windows Phone 8.1
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Uh.. no. She has no father. Her mother-cum-twin-sister can be argued to be Dr. Catherine Halsey. Get your facts right, Mr Ash
Uh.. no. She has no father. Her mother-cum-twin-sister can be argued to be Dr. Catherine Halsey. Get your facts right, Mr Ash
It seems to me that Microsoft would be the perfect company to name their personal digital assistant "Hal".
Don't like windows phone UI. Too much black/white and too much bold and different font sizes.
Here's what I got from Siri when I asked her to "show me places to adopt a dog".
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Henry Kissinger's quip on the Iran-Iraq war: It's too bad they both can't lose.
I kinda feel the same about Microsoft and Google. Both can't be trusted.
No argument here. I know Google is not much better, especially when it comes to trust, I just want to see more choices for us as the consumer and not one company taking over. It never works out for the consumer that way.
Don't like windows phone UI. Too much black/white and too much bold and different font sizes.
Here's what I got from Siri when I asked her to "show me places to adopt a dog".
There you go using your brain again instead of just whining about stuff on Facetwit.
And of course the search results are the same (or very similar) because Siri uses Bing search.
Supporting a specific language vs. doing it well are two different things. You should wait before giving MS so much credit rather than discrediting Apple. People have different sounding voices. Some speak fast, some speak slowly, some slur the speech. I'm sure Cortana will get much of it's share of complaints.
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No comments, just lots of laugh!
The name seemed kind of odd but very familiar to me as soon as I read the title.
The name seemed kind of odd but very familiar to me as soon as I read the title.
No, you're not the only one, used Siri twice, just to check it out just like iPhone 5s finger print feature, didn't like it, disabled it and never had a need to enable it again
Siri, what do you think of Cortana?
Siri understands, what do you think of Cortaga?
Or What do you think of Cortono?
Or what do you think of Cortada?
These are the 3 responses I just got.
Exactly, however Apple currently has the fastest phone on the market and their fingerprint sensor works above all others. That's 2007 for ya.
Yeah, fastest to load a grid of icons and a gimmick feature.
Yeah, fastest to load a grid of icons and a gimmick feature.
Touch ID a gimmick? Obviously you've no clue what the word means.
No, you're not the only one, used Siri twice, just to check it out just like iPhone 5s finger print feature, didn't like it, disabled it and never had a need to enable it again
I was initially the same with Siri. Now I use him (dislike the female voice) almost daily so long as I have a decent net connection. Use the fingerprint feature to unlock my phone all the time. Faster than typing in (unless my thumb is damp).
