Damn. Now I wonder why should I get the Nokia + WP7.5, but with Apple Assistant, that means I'd be using a clearly inferior device! I really want Metro UI + this!
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Given the right sounding voice and the right running commentary, such an "assistant" could inject a whole new level of excitement to the experience.
As long as the assistant recognized the richness and diversity of human gender identity and expression, and didn't assume that you were a white exclusively hetersexual male only interested in the missionary position.
Search for the various "my TiVo thinks I'm gay" and "my TiVo thinks I'm straight" comments on the interwebs to consider the possibilities of how this could go awry....
(When my husband and I (avid SCUBA divers) got our first TiVo, we put "tropical island vacation" in the preferences list. The next weekend we checked what was on the list, and it had recorded half of the "Gilligan's Island" episodes ever broadcast!)
It won't matter, people are dumb. They will by the phone in record numbers even if there are no changes. The average person just zeros in on the name, iPhone, I want one.
Ask yourself why only Apple has this "cult" following of "stupid" users and Samsung/HTC/Nokia can't seem to swing that?
Clunky speech interfaces are a thing of the past and something for Android/WP7 users to suffer through. If you want to live a beautiful life, buy an iPhone 5.
Some questions have no answers....
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That Iphone 5 will go on sale 16 months after the Iphone 4S, in March 2012?
Maybe THE most obvious answer is Apple creates magical devices that provide the most easy/intuitive UX compared to everything else and that's why people are so crazed to buy iPhones.
Or, crazy people buy Iphones, the rest of us buy good phones.
Where "good phone" is a phone that is good at making voice calls, and doesn't drop them right and left....
"Magic" is fun when you're watching a Harry Potter movie, but it doesn't do diddly for you when your phone drops an important call.
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4G LTE.
4.3" screen.
Faster CPU.
More memory.
No walled garden.
(Actually, this describes my husband's Thunderbolt - I have an old WinMo 6 phone that's a much better *phone* than friends' Iphones.)
I cAN mAKE pHONE cALLS wITHOUT tHEM dROPPING!
I cAN mAKE pHONE cALLS wHERE i aM - i dON'T hAVE tO dRIVE tO bE uNDER aN AT&T tOWER.
Friends with Iphones ask to borrow my WinMo phone when they need to make a telephone call and their Iphones are getting no signal.
There's no user manual that says "you're holding it wrong".
I love how in the first sentence it's stated "faster processor, more RAM," and in the 2nd sentence it becomes "a little faster," even when two will have the exact same speed improvement. Does the newer case make the phone go faster too?
I know I know, I'd love a newer design too! Just one more day and then we can all begin speculating on the iPad 3!* Android needs larger screen due to lower pixel density(no Retina Display).
* Android needs more CPU because the damn OS is a resource hog unlike iOS.
* Apple's "walled garden" keeps out trojan/malware that infests Android market.
oh and this idea that IP4 drops calls is ridiculously overblown FUD.
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Voice command comes up in three seconds on my iP4.
coasterswim said:
Voice command comes up in three seconds on my iP4.
Assist? In iOS 6 this will be updated and given the ability to read your mind so that Apple can brick your phone when you merely think of using it for internet porn.
how is Google's Voice Actions different from Apple's Voice Control?
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/voice-control.html
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/voice-control.html
I love how in the first sentence it's stated "faster processor, more RAM," and in the 2nd sentence it becomes "a little faster," even when two will have the exact same speed improvement. Does the newer case make the phone go faster too?
I know, I took some creative liberties with that statement to make my point
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The article didn't even scratch the seface, even now Siri will make reservations, buy movie tickets, and order a cab for you. I am eager to see what they've added since Siri came out.
KingCrimson said:
The article didn't even scratch the seface, even now Siri will make reservations, buy movie tickets, and order a cab for you. I am eager to see what they've added since Siri came out.
Could you please stop using bold and headline font sizes? The rest of us would appreciate it. Thanks.
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Because they implemented it on the device you always have with you. Your Mac can't get you a cab when you're away from home.
andiwm2003 said:
Because they implemented it on the device you always have with you. Your Mac can't get you a cab when you're away from home.
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Try
'Get me a taxi'
Then the assistant does all the work and a cab picks you up.
thejadedmonkey said:
Try
'Get me a taxi'
Then the assistant does all the work and a cab picks you up.
Why do I suddenly foresee lots of fake / bogus calls for taxis and dinner reservations when this hits the streets in the hands of people eager to demonstrate it?