Siri's failures - a massive blow for apple...

[Jay]

Getting annoyed with a beta product = fail 

The Fail is Apples as they shouldn't have released a bit of software in beta, big it up and watch it get slated. It's not what Apple does.

Works perfectly for me also so im not fussed. 

You must have a different version of Siri to the rest of the world, because it seems to do things for you that it doesn't do for anyone else

[Guy]

well I don't have Siri so cannot comment on its usefulness

I am sure that it will be worked on and improved soon as Apple won't be taking the criticism lightly

while they have launched a product in beta and have advertised it, at least they are pushing the boundaries

can't win em all 

[DubFan]

The article isn't entirely anti-apple. The writer clearly states they love Apple and have many Apple devices, but releasing Siri into the world as a Beta that wasn't ready was a silly move.
If it was sensible they should have put it on a limited public beta until ready then release it, but they were so keen to get the new iPhone out there that they released it with Siri when it wasn't ready.

[Horney]

A straw poll of 4s users in my office reveals the following:

I like Siri and it works pretty well - 7
Siri sucks - 0

Nick

[Guy]

A straw poll of 4s users in my office reveals the following:

I like Siri and it works pretty well - 7
Siri sucks - 0

Nick

speaking objectively though Nick... and you know which side of the fence I usually sit on, working pretty well isn't enough as I think the article alludes to. If its Apple then it should be faultless and do things without question... ie. full app integration, routes etc etc blah blah

not that I care as I don't have it and probably won't do until it does those things!! 

[Horney]

True true, but none of them had any complaints, just said it will get better with further developement.

Seems a bit of pointless gimick to me anyway.

Nick

[The Mighty Elvi]

I'd pay good money to see Clarkson using Siri.

 

[Diamond Hell]

Seems a bit of pointless gimick to me anyway.

This

As if anyone actually thought they had managed to make a proper AI and then install it on a phone!

Well they spent $200m on something that was supposed to do something cool, not just do what other stuff in the market was already doing.

[cняis]

f**k me, if you need a phone to organise your life you're either a sad b@stard or just plain retarded. 

[clipperjay]

f**k me, if you need a phone to organise your life you're either a sad b@stard or just plain retarded. 

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