Introducing Apple Siri

"Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much, you’ll keep finding more and more ways to use it."

Apple Inc.

Yes that's right. Apple has incorporated voice control in their miserable new iPhone 4S and like always, is claiming that it has never been done before. Which, like always, is not true. Voice control in mobile phones and other handhelds has been around since quite some time now.

Our expert Mr Brown tested Siri and found it to be quite nice. Here's what happened

Command: Siri! Write an SMS please.

Siri: OK.

And then she wrote the SMS asking what to write and whom to send it to etc.

Command: Siri! Find me the White House on Google map.

Siri: OK.

And then she located the building on Google map.

Command: Siri! Please make a call to Mr. Stuart.

Siri: OK.

And she dialed up Stuart from the address book.

Mr Brown says Siri seems to be a nice friendly and mannered lady and seems to be somewhat intelligent as well. E.g. She'll tell you about the nonexistence of a contact if you ask her to dial someone whose not in your contact list.

Here are some secret commands that Apple would never disclose to the general public. We found out about them through Mr Brown. Thanks to Mr Brown!

Command: Siri! Are you from China?

Siri: Yes.

Command: Siri! I need to pee.

Siri: Woahh! Hold On.

And then she'll show you all the restrooms in the world on Google maps marked in red.

Command: Siri! Who runs the United States of America?

Siri: I don't know. Do you?

Command: Siri Siri on the wall, whose the richest one of all?
Siri: Apple Inc.

Command: Open Samsiri!!

Siri: OK.

And then the mighty iPhone 4S turns into a massive iCupboard. You can place anything into your iCupboard. Mr Brown tried a full grown elephant, an airplane, the Eiffel Tower and a water melon all at the same time and there was still a lot of space left. When done, you have to command Siri to "Close Samsiri" and the iCupboard turns back into an iPhone 4S with all the stuff inside it.

Mr Brown was a little worried though after some longer discussions with Siri. He is of the view that Siri has the potential to learn new things easily and might try to take over the world someday. He also found out that Siri tends to get lazy and moody at times and refuses to work for you. When ordered at such times, she says "no I won't do that" or starts whistling and ignoring you. And if you force her too much, she turns off the phone and then doesn't turn back on until you're on your knees apologizing.