Siri’s first real competition hits Android phones today [video]

Re:Siri’s first real competition hits Android phones today [... by portman on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @11:26AM (#3290919)

My wife uses Siri several times per day to add events to our shared family calendar.

And I have to say, even as an Android zealot: I'm jealous. It's a far superior interface for entering calendar events. She can say things like:

"Harper has ballet at 4:30 on Thursdays and a Dentist appoint on December 7th at 1pm."

or even

"There's no ballet on December 22nd or 29th"

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Re:Siri’s first real competition hits Android phones today [... by interlagos on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @11:41AM (#3290984)

A part of the reason my peers might not use it often is perhaps simply because they don't need to schedule very much. My wife I could imagine enjoying such functionality.

The thing about some of the more complex scenarios, however, is that for me it would have to be 100% reliable and trusthworthy. If it were only 99% reliable and trustworthy, or even 99.5%, the lack of faith and the need to double check would remove its utility.

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Re:Siri’s first real competition hits Android phones today [... by incremental on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @03:20PM (#3291977)

It confirms with you, no trust required.

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Re:Siri’s first real competition hits Android phones today [... by interlagos on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @04:59PM (#3292409)

I would love to see the confirmation for a command like

"Harper has ballet at 4:30 on Thursdays and a Dentist appoint on December 7th at 1pm."

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