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KCFalcon59 · 10-04-2011, 10:38 AM

Well, the Apple iPhone event is starting at 12:00 today. Crazy rumors all over the place this morning. Will it be a small upgrade of iPhone 4 (iPhone4s) or will it be a major makeover (iPhone 5)? I hope it is the latter. Honestly, if they don't wow me with something new, I am thinking of going with the Samsung Galaxy SII.

Bring it on Apple.

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Chiefs Pantalones · 10-04-2011, 06:55 PM

I got the iPhone 4 in July even though I knew iPhone 5 would be released shortly. Where I live I can't get 4G anyway but by the time my contract is up I'll be able to. Not to mention, the iPhone 7 or another phone I might want will be out by then with even more advanced technology and toys.

**AustinChief** · 10-04-2011, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Fish

Truthfully, you could get 3rd party software that will do many of the things that Siri will do. It's just never been integrated into the OS like this. That does open up quite a bit of leverage with location and calendaring options. But I still really question how it will actually do in real scenarios. Like others have pointed out, voice solutions like this have been rather lacking.

Overall, I'm pretty meh on everything they've released today.

yep. Although both Apple and Google have made massive strides toward making voice controls more usable... they aren't at a point where they are more useful than frustrating. I am happy that Apple is upping the ante in this area... hopefully it will speed up the development of better solutions.

The release of iOS5 and iCloud in a few weeks is far more exciting. I expect that Android ICS will probably be released that same week as well. (or within a week or two at most)

NewChief · 10-04-2011, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Fish

Truthfully, you could get 3rd party software that will do many of the things that Siri will do. It's just never been integrated into the OS like this. That does open up quite a bit of leverage with location and calendaring options. But I still really question how it will actually do in real scenarios. Like others have pointed out, voice solutions like this have been rather lacking.

Overall, I'm pretty meh on everything they've released today.

Someone needs to go ahead and register "damnyousiri.com" in the vein of damn you autocorrect (which is a ****ing book now).

ILChief · 10-04-2011, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bewbies

From an Android user (me):

Stay the **** away from Android phones, they suck.

I agree. Mine runs like crap.

The Rick · 10-04-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NewChief

The voice stuff is great if it works worth a shit. My experiences with voice recognition (and I've worked with adaptive technology quite a bit in dealing with visually impaired and learning disabled students) have not been good, and I've used some of the best (Dragon).

It never works as well as advertised and tends to take a lot of "training" for even high end software.

If it works anything like this video shows (and early indications are that it really does), it's going to be an eye opener.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/siri.html

The Rick · 10-04-2011, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief

Welcome to Android 2.2... AKA over a year ago.

I will admit that it looks like Apple took it one step further.. now Google will have to extend the functionality of its voice controls.

This isn't going to do jack for their sales vs Android. Nothing here that isn't already available in other phones/services/operating systems...

Funny how you're OK with giving Apple some credit...as long as you're the one dishing out said credit.

**DaFace** · 10-04-2011, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Rick

If it works anything like this video shows (and early indications are that it really does), it's going to be an eye opener.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/siri.html

JD10367 · 10-04-2011, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Rick

Funny how you're OK with giving Apple some credit...as long as you're the one dishing out said credit.

Oh no you di'nt. DO NOT get him going over an "Apple/PC" discussion.

Urc Burry · 10-04-2011, 09:21 PM

I've been holding out for another ipod touch since i'm still rocking the first generation 8 gig... and the new 8 gig is still 199, and the next step up is 32 gig which is 299... that's disappointing

**007** · 10-04-2011, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Urc Burry

I've been holding out for another ipod touch since i'm still rocking the first generation 8 gig... and the new 8 gig is still 199, and the next step up is 32 gig which is 299... that's disappointing

Yeah, it cracks me up that the prices for the touch haven't changed one bit until today on one SINGLE unit. The 8gb went from 229 to 199 but the 32gb stayed at the usual 299 and the 64gb stayed at 399.

Not to mention they made no significant change at all on this years "update" A price drop would have been the logical thing to do this year.

**AustinChief** · 10-05-2011, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by The Rick

Funny how you're OK with giving Apple some credit...as long as you're the one dishing out said credit.

Only because I give credit when it's actually DUE.. as opposed to the cool-aid drinking douche bags who give Apple credit for shit they have invented since 1985... I hate Microsoft as much as the next guy.. but at least they didn't STEAL a bunch of shit from PARC labs and then try to claim it as their own.. Steve Wozniak was one of my childhood heroes.. Steve Jobs can suck a giant bag of cocks.. **** him and everything he has ever done... he's a prick and a worthless human being.. and if THAT is what APPLE is today.. they can go straight to hell and so can all their fanbois.

**AustinChief** · 10-05-2011, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

Oh no you di'nt. DO NOT get him going over an "Apple/PC" discussion.

hey, for me it isn't Apple vs PC... it's douchebag assholes vs people that actually know what they are talking about... I am one of the few people here that was an original Apple guy... I was rocking an Apple IIc back in 1985!

**Buck** · 10-05-2011, 05:55 AM

LOL Voice Recognition. Some of you are actually excited about this.

****ing fanboys.

Posted from my Apple iPod Touch 3rd Generation.

The Rick · 10-05-2011, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief

Only because I give credit when it's actually DUE.. as opposed to the cool-aid drinking douche bags who give Apple credit for shit they have invented since 1985... I hate Microsoft as much as the next guy.. but at least they didn't STEAL a bunch of shit from PARC labs and then try to claim it as their own.. Steve Wozniak was one of my childhood heroes.. Steve Jobs can suck a giant bag of cocks.. **** him and everything he has ever done... he's a prick and a worthless human being.. and if THAT is what APPLE is today.. they can go straight to hell and so can all their fanbois.

This coming from a guy with a little green robot tattooed on his ass...

The Rick · 10-05-2011, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief

Only because I give credit when it's actually DUE.. as opposed to the cool-aid drinking douche bags who give Apple credit for shit they have invented since 1985... I hate Microsoft as much as the next guy.. but at least they didn't STEAL a bunch of shit from PARC labs and then try to claim it as their own.. Steve Wozniak was one of my childhood heroes.. Steve Jobs can suck a giant bag of cocks.. **** him and everything he has ever done... he's a prick and a worthless human being.. and if THAT is what APPLE is today.. they can go straight to hell and so can all their fanbois.

Everyone steals from everyone and tries to do it better than the other guy. It's called business. Much like what Google did after they saw Apple release their first multi-touch smartphone. Much like Google did when they saw Apple expand to multi-touch tablets.

I'm not doubting that Android had voice recognition first. Apple took it and made it better with Siri which can actually understand speech context. Pretty cool that you can ask what the weather is in New York, get the answer from Siri, then respond with "How about Chicago" and it knows from your last question that you're still talking about the weather.

Not to mention the system-level integration which Android also doesn't have (yet?). Pretty cool that you can say "Schedule a meeting at 1:00 today for XYZ" and when it says you already have something scheduled at that time, you can respond with "Move it to 4:00" and Siri will move the previously scheduled thing to 4:00 and continue booking your new 1:00 appointment.

This isn't just speech-to-text...it's so much more than that.

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