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Tim Cook at D10: Hints at Facebook Integration, and Siri Improvements

FB integration would be great. Its a shame there's no integration already in the way Twitter is. Hopefully iOS 6.

If you don't use FB, carry on with iOS as is..

As for "FB will know too much about me"... it probably does already - has more data about you than you would like. Anyone who has your email address in their address book will unwittingly give FB data about you, your email is just the start.. data mining is a valuable resource, even if it is automatic.

As for SIRI - maps can't come soon enough for the rest of us. Deeper integration would be great - i.e., turn off / on WIFI. Adding support for 3rd applications would be a killer.. and isn't that hard as you may think.
 
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QUESTION: "Siri, where is all this FB integration leading?"

SIRI" "Down the primrose path"


See, Siri has a perfect understanding of continental/european idioms
 
vvebsta said:
Why is the store still down?!? I don't recall it ever taking this long for quickie updates. Could there be new products?!?!!!!
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Yeah, just saw that too... oh happy day. (Insert "take my money" meme here.)
 
ncaissie said:
I am so sick of these companies putting to much effort into Facebook integration.
Come on, spend that energy fixing Lion and adding cool stuff to iOS! No offence to the Facebook people but I think it is a fad that will slow down.
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What are you talking about? Apple releases Lion updates about every 3-4 months and iOS 6 is set to debut in a couple weeks.
 
SprodeBoy said:
And why Siri isnt on any iPads is beyond me.
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I would think that not every iPad having a data plan would be a primary reason. Siri needs to connect with the mother ship in the cloud to work. I hope you don't think that your iPad has the computing power to run something as sophisticated as Siri totally on it's own.
 
JHankwitz said:
I would think that not every iPad having a data plan would be a primary reason. Siri needs to connect with the mother ship in the cloud to work. I hope you don't think that your iPad has the computing power to run something as sophisticated as Siri totally on it's own.
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Yes, but just about everybody that uses an iPad either has a data package or access to WiFi. You could probably count on your hand the number of iPads that have been sold with no internet access in mind.
 
I can't stand Facebook, because you cannot trust it's privacy or security. I've read and seen so many story's about this now I am very glad I left it long ago, I mean how many times have they changed the security settings in the last year alone?

Nope, I would prefer iOS to not have ANY built in integration for these services, if these services want to use the platform they can make an app like everyone else has to.
They should not be getting favoured treatment as for the millions that do use the services their are many millions that do not.

Apple should let Twitter or Facebook make apps that can install and integrate heavily, or more then normal into iOS if they want, but they should not be doing that themselves and forcing it upon iOS users.
 
zzLZHzz said:
there are some voice rendering that is being done via the hardware found in iPhone 4S which does not exist in iPhone 4. not sure why it doesn't exist in the new ipad.

people had done test and tried to use siri via bluetooth mic but the performance went down thus it is shown that if you are not using the built-in mic the ability to recongize the voice went down.
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There has never been a good reason stated publically by apple why the iPhone 4 or the New iPad can't use Siri..... Except that they want iPhone 4s to sell and have people to have a reason to upgrade
 
you paranoid people stop complaining ... just dont set it up if u dont use it and u wont even know its there. i dont see the problem :confused:
 
Siri Evi

Time for real voices in Siri instead of the canned computer voice-come on in the day of high super high speed computers and cloud integration why can't a real voice which has recorded just about every commonly used word be put together in sentences? Computer voices are lame.
 
bushido said:
you paranoid people stop complaining ... just dont set it up if u dont use it and u wont even know its there. i dont see the problem :confused:
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Erm, because Facebook would sell your very soul for profit if it could and Apple has been caught in recent months illegally tracking iOS users.

What a winning combination of trust..... I won't log in as I don't have an account, but I also do not trust any deal these two make to be honest.
 
apolloa said:
Apple should let Twitter or Facebook make apps that can install and integrate heavily, or more then normal into iOS if they want, but they should not be doing that themselves and forcing it upon iOS users.
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No one's forcing anything on anyone. It's OPTIONAL whether or not you use it. It's there strictly for the convenience of those who want to use the services. My wife has an iPhone and has no idea that Twitter is integrated into iOS 5 because she doesn't care and doesn't use it. It's hilarious that on so many subjects on this forum, people scream that Apple should "give them the option of <INSERT BITCHING POINT HERE>", but when they do give you an option of using Twitter or Facebook as part of the OS, that's just terrible.
 
Personally I'm tiring of Facebook integration in Apple systems (and the stock is doing so well).

If a company incorporates a network I'd rather a professional network site such as "Linked In". A lot of people use it for work and even social interaction. I'm sure Facebook has more users, but let's be honest it's not as beneficial as some claim for business marketing/work (and in this economy, many more are joining "Linked In" for job hunting). I've never understood how some suggest that Facebook is integral for marketing, maybe a handful of businesses I know have Facebook pages and of those barely anyone "Like's" it or claims to have come from Facebook for their services.

I don't mind a little iOS integration into OS X, but not at the expense of OS X stability. The main reason Leopard was delayed twice, OS X engineers were moved to iOS development for the iPhone release. OS X development suffered, and it seems to continue. It would behoove Apple to hire more and make what once made Apple a strong company, a better OS X.

Friendster, MySpace - many social network sites have come and gone. Facebook has stayed strong, but I'm already experiencing friends ditching it. Perhaps it's time for more "real" social interaction, you know, the old fashioned way, in person. ;)
 
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apolloa said:
Erm, because Facebook would sell your very soul for profit if it could and Apple has been caught in recent months illegally tracking iOS users.

What a winning combination of trust..... I won't log in as I don't have an account, but I also do not trust any deal these two make to be honest.
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A majority of Facebook iPhone users won't care. I have nothing on Facebook I need to hide. I think a great deal of FB users would welcome integration, and if you don't want that, then don't use it.
 
rwilliams said:
No one's forcing anything on anyone. It's OPTIONAL whether or not you use it. It's there strictly for the convenience of those who want to use the services. My wife has an iPhone and has no idea that Twitter is integrated into iOS 5 because she doesn't care and doesn't use it. It's hilarious that on so many subjects on this forum, people scream that Apple should "give them the option of <INSERT BITCHING POINT HERE>", but when they do give you an option of using Twitter or Facebook as part of the OS, that's just terrible.
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Erm, I have NEVER stated or shown ANY support for Facebook integration into iOS so do not throw me into that bag thanks.
And as I stated, the simple "if you don't use it don't turn it on" argument is flawed because as when Facebook is involved you cannot trust it ever, your personal information is Facebooks commodity to sell as it pleases weather you want them to or not.
And Apple has proved to be untrustworthy also. As I said, a winning team of consumer trust.....
 
I would have no problems with optional Facebook integration. I imagine Apple implementing it much like Twitter, and in that case, there's no more of a privacy leak when logged in than there is when visiting www.facebook.com from your web browser right now.
 
apolloa said:
Erm, I have NEVER stated or shown ANY support for Facebook integration into iOS so do not throw me into that bag thanks.
And as I stated, the simple "if you don't use it don't turn it on" argument is flawed because as when Facebook is involved you cannot trust it ever, your personal information is Facebooks commodity to sell as it pleases weather you want them to or not.
And Apple has proved to be untrustworthy also. As I said, a winning team of consumer trust.....
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So maybe you have the wrong phone.
 
nickn said:
The only reason Siri was never was brought down to older devices is because Apple wants people to upgrade to the 4S.
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I really doubt this. Siri is a Beta product which is marginally useful on the 4S in Siri's current state; it would be worse with more hardware limitations. It's pretty clear to me that Apple has a roadmap and vision for Siri; trying to create continual improvement, while at the same time backporting features that may/may not work to older hardware, is both extremely inefficient and creates a support liability. Once Siri stabilizes on the newer hardware, it may make sense, at that point, to backport to older hardware; but not before.
 
apolloa said:
And as I stated, the simple "if you don't use it don't turn it on" argument is flawed because as when Facebook is involved you cannot trust it ever, your personal information is Facebooks commodity to sell as it pleases weather you want them to or not.
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So your assumption is that in this imaginary scenario, Apple will allow Facebook to have access to your personal information even if you don't activate the Facebook integration. Even though Apple has never done anything like that before. I suppose if you start with the assumption that everyone is untrustworthy, you have to conclude that they are untrustworthy.

And Apple has proved to be untrustworthy also. As I said, a winning team of consumer trust.....
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Whereby "proved to be", you mean "assumed to be".
 
sarge said:
QUESTION: "Siri, where is all this FB integration leading?"

SIRI" "Down the primrose path"


See, Siri has a perfect understanding of continental/european idioms
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I think a more likely response however would be:

SIRI: "Sorry, I do not have map navigation data outside of the US"
 
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