When Siri was introduced just last month, it didn’t take long for developers to tinker with the software and find innovating ways of using the feature.
Let me start off by saying that voice control is nothing new. Apple didn’t invent the technology. What makes Siri different is how popular it has become. It is not limited to only phone related functions, but can pull valuable information from the web too. For a worthy contender to match its capabilities will take some serious horsepower.
OK, before we go any further we just have to say this: we're officially one or two steps away from living in the Star Trek world, and it is awesome!
Whenever Apple releases its latest 'next big thing', it tends to find its way into the tech news spectrum on a daily basis, and Siri - bundled with iOS 5 for early adopters of the iPhone 4S - has proved to be no exception.
Siri, whilst utilizing technology already available, has certainly caused a stir amongst the smartphone industry, with Google's Eric Schmidt reportedly a touch scared of the new entry to Android's main mobile OS rival.
Here at Redmond Pie, we try not to get too carried away with new inventions, hacks or mods incase the claims of the respective developers never reach fruition.
Siri was announced as one of the three major features of the iPhone 4S back on October 4th at the Let’s Talk iPhone event. It is a personal assistant of sorts, which can take input in the form of voice to perform a wide variety of tasks including things like sending emails/texts, setting reminders/alarms, playing your favorite song and answer other queries with help of services like Wolfram-Alpha, Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes and Google.
It's hard not to be a little excited with each and every new discovery of what the seemingly limitless Siri can do. Having already been ported throughout the iDevice range (even as far back as the iPhone 3GS), it's of little surprise Eric Schmidt is reportedly running a tad scared.
Siri, Siri, Siri! It's probably the most frequently used new word in tech right now, and the system-spanning voice control feature is rightly being lauded as the cream of the company's latest mobile operating system, iOS 5.
With the introduction of Siri, the system-wide voice recognizing slave along with iOS 5 on the iPhone 4S, it was only going to be a matter of time before it was hacked, thus revealing the true boundaries of what it is really capable of.
