Dilbert creator Scott Adams has featured Apple’s iPhone 4S and Siri personal assistant technology for the second time in two days.
Apple gets much help, even from oblique mentions such as these, in terms of consumer education and marketing.
As we said yesterday, when Siri begins permeating into popular media and works perfectly (unlike the ill-fated Newton’s appearances in Doonesbury back in the 1990s), you know Apple has yet another hit on its hands.
Source: Dilbert.com
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Dilbert comic strip features Apple’s Siri personal assistant – December 16, 2011
“So help me Jobs”… I love that! I’m gonna use that!
That’s great! 🙂
lol, iCloud already deleted my contacts, don’t need Siri for that.
Are you a doofus? Why would iCloud delete your contacts without you pressing the delete button?
I too have had my email, contacts, and calendar made inaccessible by iCloud. I keep being asked to reset my password, but it never fixes itself. Got a call from Apple Support today after 5 days of waiting saying that the problem has been corrected. Alas, it only has corrected iCloud for calendar and address book, but not email. This is not good, to say the least.
If you were a gamer you would be what is called a NOOB!
lol
like you know what it means to be a gamer…silly Mac user.
That always amuses me. PC’s used to be known as the computer you needed if you wanted to get “WORK” done, and the Mac was a “toy.” Now the PC is primarily known as a gaming machine.
Maybe, but they are really good for that.
Only if your allowing windows to run on a Mac machine.
@What Obviously you know nothing… at all. I if I want, I can run windows on my mac.. which i do. If I want I can buy the games for my mac.. which I do. But mostly I use a gaming console.. those were made for gaming hence the word gaming in the name gaming console… dumb ass
Question: Is iCloud suffering from Version 1.0 Syndrome?
Answer: Yes.
I.E. expect bugs. That’s why I refuse to switch over from MobileMe, which is working fine, until Apple has removed the iCloud problems.
“I.E. expect bugs”
True on so many levels 😀
This is going to be good. It’s verified that this is Siri. I see a new dramatic tension developing between pointy haired boss and the little phone who has his number–good, because Dilbert as a foil was getting a wee bit tiresome.
What happened to your Minka Kelly avatar?
I’ve found that men appreciate a more demure presentation. Besides, I don’t exactly look like that any more. I haven’t modeled for ages.
The eyes have it…
What kind of men? Doogie Howser?
Some men. Others go beyond mere appearance. You, perhaps? ; )
Humor, compassion, intelligence, appearance, style…why not have it all?
Ahhh, the eyes are the gateway to the soul.
Never just about looks for me. If it were, I wouldn’t think Kim Kardashian was such a dumb ass. Bad example, I don’t even think she’s great looking.
“when Siri begins permeating into popular media… Apple has yet another hit on its hands” – MDN
Popular media would presumably include fiction. For a while now, I’ve been compiling a list. Example one: Cemetery Dance by Preston and Childs, chapter 24. FBI Special Agent Pendergast finds iPhone “surprisingly useful”.
Pendergast is a detective who makes Sherlock Holmes look like Inspector Clouseau. If he likes it, I’m in.
You see, Shepard, but do you observe?
with apologies to Sir Arthur
I meant Preston and Child.
If you want the subtlety prize, it’s yours. I’m a little more Adlerian than that.
“You can observe a whole lot just by looking.”
-Yogi Berra
I always look forward to a new Agent Pendergast book. Always a fun read…or listen in my case.
The iPhone 4(S?) and MacBook Air are all over the place in the new Mission: Impossible. It was directed by Brad Bird, of Pixar, so perhaps that has something to do with it. Still, it’s awesome to see it so much in the movie 🙂
Obey your Siri; she knows what’s best for you!
Yeah this kind of Sir stuff is entertaining but focussing on it is not helpful to the overall image of AAPL. This is not a game, this is about capturing the hearts and minds of the next generation of smart device users. Fluffy stories about Siri don’t advance things much.
“There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
A semi-intellectual catchphrase that is often used by those who think they understand or know something advertising, marketing and/or public relations… but its use is an indication they know little, if anything.
In reality, the best (and worst by far) kind of publicity is WoM (word of mouth) and it is generated by consumers using great products they talk about to others, who try said products and, in turn, talk about them to others.
It simply can’t be bought, faked or influenced, although many have tried… and still do. Not long ago it was “viral” this or that. Now it’s “social media”.
Nope. Even in a “connected” world, WoM still can’t be bought, faked or influenced for the long term. Bad WoM is “bad” publicity… and the absolute worse possible kind.
“Bad WoM” could’ve been responsible for RIM’s stillborn Playbook…
“There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
True only if you can’t generate positive publicity.
It’s a comic strip; it isn’t a multipage review.
I just love Apple because thei are not like samsung ,tring to sell more and more phones.
1 week ago i won a free copy of iphone 4s from http://tinyurl.com/d52defz if I remember correctly, the contest is sponsored by apple,the wall street jurnal,NBC,Yahoo finance and more…
Scott Adams has suffered from dysphonia which makes it extremely difficult to speak normally. Not sure how his voice is doing now but if Siri was available a few years ago I doubt that it would understand him.
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-08/ff_adams?currentPage=all