“Apple’s new Siri virtual assistant feature in the iPhone 4s is… incredibly useful and powerful — especially if you use my three Pro Tips at the bottom of this column,” Mike Elgan writes for Computerworld.
Google’s Android boss Andy Rubin’s “recent comment, essentially showing a personal bias against Siri-like technology (even though Google engineers are working hard to out-do Siri with their own technology), reveals a breathtaking absence of vision about the future of computing,” Elgan writes.
“Siri enables me to play music and podcasts, send and receive emails and texts, give myself reminders, make appointments, get directions and all the rest without needing glasses or even taking the phone out of my pocket,” Elgan writes. “I don’t understand how anyone can fail to understand how great this is.”
Siri Pro tips:
• Give Siri an assistant of its own
• Master Siri’s surprising e-mail power
• Be a dictator with Siri’s hidden Dragon
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]