Thursday, October 20, 2011

Siri Reviewed

      Recently, the iPhone 4s came out. Many new updates came with the newest version of the popular smart-phone, one being a program called Siri. Siri is a digital assistant and companion built right inside the phone. If you type in a command that corresponds with any program pre-installed on the phone, it performs the task. If you talk to the program, it replies accordingly. It even has quirky responses to some statements. For example, if you tell the phone, "I'm drunk", it proceeds to tell you phone numbers for cabs. Although this is a fun program to use for many people, there is a gaping hole in Siri. Although it can accomplish many simple commands, Apple has not released a way for the hundreds of thousands of applications available to the phone to interact with Siri. If applications could put their own custom commands into the popular program, it would be a huge plus. You could tell Siri to update your status on a social networking site, instantly get the lyrics to your favorite song, or launch a game all from what you type. I think that implementing this would make Siri almost perfect.

1 comment:

  1. I like this article, have you ever heard of the 'Knowledge Navigator? It was a concept product Apple debuted in the late 80's and had many similar features to Siri.

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