When Apple unboxed the iPhone 4S it additionally uncorked Siri --- the generally smart-arsed robotic genie/butler which will fetch stuff from your calendar, tell you what the weather's like or do an internet look for Kevin Costner's age. currently it's a rival -- the Galaxy S3's S Voice.
Siri wasn't the primary voice-control app on a phone -- restricted use of voice recognition has been kicking around for ages, like BlackBerry's 'say a command' feature. Apple created some huge claims for Siri, although -- this was apparently not a dumb interface that solely understood a really easy set of barked commands. Instead you were inspired to visit away to Siri find it irresistible was a true flesh and blood sidekick.
The big downside for United Kingdom iPhone house owners is that Apple still hasn't got a deal in situ with a neighborhood info supplier -- thus if you raise Siri to seek out a eating place, direct you home, tell you ways dangerous the traffic is or raise it what is on at your native cinema, you will get a similar, self-deprecating response: "Sorry, I will solely explore for businesses within the us... " Lame.
Now, with the launch of the Galaxy S3, Samsung is lining up its own voice assistant app as a Siri rival. S Voice builds on the Vlingo Voice speak app it baked into the Galaxy S2. thus however will S Voice serve against Siri? I took each phones off to a pleasant quiet interrogation area and got barking.
