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        <title><![CDATA[Mango does come pretty close]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Give mango a try.  I talk to my phone all day dictating text messages to my phone in my pocket as it reads them back to me.  I can search for restaurants through Bing and find just about anything.Siri is much better at total integration: calendar, tasks, emailAnd, Siri is better at recognizing what you want without having to use &quot;command&quot; words before getting what you want: &quot;search for, Send text, Call etc&quot;.  Siri uses real language and that's what's amazing.  Apple was brilliant for buying this company up but they're even smarter for doing what Microsoft did and that's taking &quot;apps&quot; and move them into the OS itself.  Having to use an app to post to Facebook or do a barcode/Google Goggles kind of search is annoying.  Siri solves that problem for iOS like &quot;live tiles&quot; does for Microsoft.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[markavo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:32:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Security of Siri?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If someone get's a hold of your phone for just a second they could determine a ton of information just by talking to it... I wonder what the security implications of this are going to be moving forward.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[markavo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:28:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[For strict search, you're right, but reminders?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I work in a (usually) quiet office, but every now and then, everything hits the fan at once.  I'm on the phone, I'm writing an email, trying to add customer bills in the accounting software, and then the call waiting beeps and I'm on another call.  When I go back to the first call, that second call is gone from my mind in about two seconds flat.  There are times I'll find my browser window open to my home page, and I have to think for a full minute before I remember whether I was going to write an email, Google a supplier for a phone number, look up a client postal code or check the boss' calendar for a free date next week.  If I could take two seconds in say to Siri &quot;Remind me to email Bob before I leave&quot;, and have it actually remind me at 4:30, &quot;Hey you were supposed to send an email to Bob&quot;, that would be HUGE.  I have pages and pages of notes that are cryptic to me now - vague half-phrases and meaningless abbreviations.  If I could TALK to my to-do list?   THAT'S magic.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[somethinggood4@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:42:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Overrated]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-349082-3508057]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is going to be the Bluetooth earpiece all over again in the next couple of years. People will think it's a great idea for a while, until they start actively using it. They'll realize that either they look/feel stupid using it in public (there are very impolite names for people who walk around with BT earpieces now) or that the functionality, while cool, isn't all that useful in the end. After all, Android has had voice search capability since the Nexus One was the new hotness, and it does well with natural language recognition. On a whim, I tested it the other day by asking &quot;What's the capital of Zaire?&quot; and within a few seconds, the browser displayed the answer and showed me how many sources it had pulled the answer from. Same thing for measurement conversions. The problem is, there's no way to do that discreetly in a mixed-company environment and it's only marginally faster (if at all) than tapping the Google Search widget and typing the question. A good business calendar widget would probably outperform Siri, but it's not as gee-whiz cool.Also, I wonder how well Siri will do at distinguishing your voice in a noisy/chatty environment, and I really wonder how well it'll be heard by the user in the same type of environment. If you miss the reply because the office bro starts yammering about the big game last night, do you get to replay it or is it also displayed on screen?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jeb.hoge@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:25:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[They're whooping and hollering like this kind of thing didn't exist before.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-349082-3507817]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Yer nuts. Mango doesnt come close to this. And its the integration (robustness) that's the key.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaps816]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:40:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Listen to the fools in the crowd]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[They're whooping and hollering like this kind of thing didn't exist before.... Mango has had this for months now.  Maybe not as robust but it's there.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikroland2.0]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:02:24 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[They should have added 2 features]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1. Hands free operation. The ability to call Siri by speaking. Example &quot;Hey Siri, tell me when I am free on Friday.&quot;2  The ability to enter text into Siri. Let's face it, there are times when it would be inconvenient, rude, dorky, embarrassing etc.. to talk to your phone in public.Imagine typing &quot;What time am I free on Thurday?&quot; and having the application a) know that you are talking about next Thursday. b) understand that you are not looking for the first free slot (12:01 AM) c) ask you if you want to book a meeting for the time slot d) ask you who you want to invite to the meeting. Yes, you can go to your calendar and hunt and peck but typing out a sentence is much more natural.That would be revolutionary. .]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JJFitz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:14:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Holy f*#k.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm not usually an Apple guy - I've been trying to figure out a way to outfit the office with 3G Android tablets for the last two weeks.   But this is awesome.  This could make me a better employee.  If this works as easily as the demo (pipe dream, I know) it could be the best thing to happen to my career since I started at this job two years ago.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[somethinggood4@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:40:13 -0700</pubDate>
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