What you are referring to is a different AT&T service. I think the iPhone 3GS's Nuance voice control is partially server-based looking at the docs though. However there is no additional charge as it is hosted by Apple, not the individual carrier.
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Voice Control only on iPhone 3GS?
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What you are referring to is a different AT&T service. I think the iPhone 3GS's Nuance voice control is partially server-based looking at the docs though. However there is no additional charge as it is hosted by Apple, not the individual carrier.
The Voice Control on the 3GS is not an AT&T service. This is an app built on the iPhone by Apple. Another way that Apple is slowing sticking it to AT&T. Apple could sell a lot more iPhones if AT&T just lowered their prices a bit and stop trying to nickel & dime their customers. I'm going to have to pay an extra $15 a month now. For what? I have the 1500 text feature and they want an extra $5 a month for that. That's a joke. Why are their 2 seperate prices for the same service. That's illegal. The extra $10 on the data plan I can justify because of 3G speeds, but I better have more than average 3G speeds for that price AND I want to see 7.2Mbps in the Houston area soon.
Then you're assuming Apple can't code voice dialing worth a crap because I rarely had issues with my old phones that supported voice dialing not understanding what I wanted it to do. None of those older phones even required training either (something I've heard people say as some reason as to why Apple's is apparently better).
I wouldn't really mind if they kept the iPod and other OS voice control functions as an upgrade perk to the 3GS, but IMO, voice dialing for phone use is a safety feature - as a company based in California you'd think they'd recognize this.
Well first I sorely missed voice dialing when I first got the 1st gen iPhone.
Secondly, voice command is a big deal when you are DRIVING. I never (ok, seldomly) do Google searches while driving.
Finally, is it acceptable that Microsoft's Sync system has been doing this for years? Being able to voice control the phone and the iPod is a godsend for drivers not to mention safer for the masses who won't have to be fumbling around with a touch screen while doing 75 mph in the fast lane.
In fact I was considering writing a voice control app for the iPod functionality (and I may still do it since owners of old phones are frozen out).
Umm...... I don't know if anyone noticed this yet, but....
"Voice Dial" will cost you an extra $4.99 a month, courtesy of AT&T.
Will AT&T kick off an iTunes playlist for me?
Don't take this the wrong way...here's my opinion.
Another topic completely...but if you're doing 75 in the fast lane, and playing on your phone...you're getting cut off by everyone else. (You need to hold a button down for the voice control, and avert your gaze to make sure it heard you correctly...c'mon, you know you'll look...I would.)
Microsoft sync has been included in vehicles and there are other comparable if not better voice recognition systems in vehicles today. Unless there is a holster for the iphone that would put it in safe arm's reach and not in your cup holder or in your lap, making you have to look further than your radio controls...I don't see how this is making anything safer.
The phone announces what it heard as it dials.
So if you say "Call John Smith" it will respond "Calling John Smith mobile".
Why is this suddenly now offered for the 3Gs? Seems to be a 3Gs-specific feature. If this was just another AT&T service, why I can't buy this for my 3G, can I?
We shall see. There has been no perfect 3rd party app for voice control. Even Google can get it right. It totally remains to be seen if Apple can pull this off correctly. I expect it to work flawlessly by the next iPhone (in 2010).
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Probably. But it will cost you $.08 per song per playlist, or $2.99 if you want to be charged on a "per playlist" basis. However, don't try to get cute and make a "massive" playlist. There will be voice activated playlist overage charges!!!
Probably. But it will cost you $.08 per song per playlist, or $2.99 if you want to be charged on a "per playlist" basis. However, don't try to get cute and make a "massive" playlist. There will be voice activated playlist overage charges!!!
I know...but I'm sure there is a percentage rate study out there of people that would look, even when told. If not, it would certainly be an interesting note to know.
No need to preface your statements, we're here to discuss.
I think you'll find that most people who have commutes longer than 10 minutes have their portable devices (cell phones, ipods, etc.) mounted somewhere in the car in a holder. I know in my case, I commute 2.5 hour a day and everything is mounted in the cabin; I have a cradle with a goose neck (and in one car it's on a vent clip), complete wth charger and line out to my stereo.
I can operate my classic iPod by touch (for the basics of pause/play/next/prev, obviously not for detailed navigation). If I can grope for the home button on the iPhone (the only button on the surface facing the user), I'm home free. I think I can manage that without looking down, same as I can operate the scroll wheels on the classic without looking down. This is actually one of the huge drawbacks with everything going touch screen, one can no longer perform operations without looking.
In any of my three cars, where the iPhone is mounted and within easy reach, I can make a call to someone in my favorites list with moderate danger; I can skip to the next song with minimal danger; but dialing with a keypad, looking for a name in my contact list and then selecting the proper phone number, and navigating the iPod artist/song list are hugely dangerous and distracting. Voice control would make those situations a ton less risky.
I guess we can tell who the hard-core commuters are...
Glancing down to make sure you see the right name and/or photo is a lot less distracting than setting up the whole call by the touch screen.
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