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A comment on Microsoft Band.

Re:Microsoft Band by scotchio on Thursday October 30, 2014 @12:19AM (#8531363)
Dang it! I was just about to buy it. Looks like Cortana will only work if you have a Windows phone. That missing killer feature IMO is a deal breaker.

From the article: "Cortana: If you’re using Windows Phone 8.1, you can take notes and set reminders with your voice using Cortana personal assistant."

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Re:Microsoft Band by chokolad on Thursday October 30, 2014 @02:20AM (#8531668)
It uses Cortana running on the phone itself. Band's hardware does not have Cortana.
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Re:Microsoft Band by Nicholas_C on Thursday October 30, 2014 @03:54PM (#8535420)
With Google Now functionality this product would be killer. I really hope that's a feature.
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Re:Microsoft Band by WorldWideWayne on Thursday October 30, 2014 @01:21AM (#8531522)
It's got a microphone and bluetooth so it might just be a software limitation. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple actually locked third parties out from using Siri like this though.

Are you saying that you want Cortana even if you're using Android or iOS? I don't think that's going to be possible.

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Re:Microsoft Band by nilkn on Thursday October 30, 2014 @12:22PM (#8533904)
It'd be nice if you could get Google Now on Android at least. I doubt Apple would open up Siri, though.
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Re:Microsoft Band by crojach on Friday October 31, 2014 @09:36AM (#8538639)
They have the SDKs available so it's up to Google and Apple to integrate...
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