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    Things Aren't All Rosy at the Post-Steve Jobs Apple Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Andy Patrizio, Oct 17, 2012.

  1. Andy Patrizio

    Andy Patrizio Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    Andy Patrizio, Oct 17, 2012
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    For all the talk about the Siri "embarrassment," my dad uses Siri as much as he uses the touchscreen on his iPhone 4S. He loves it.

    The Apple Maps issue is not nearly as big a deal as antennagate...it's just an online service that can be improved quickly and easily by Apple, not a hardware defect that can be mitigated but not actually cured until the next-gen device launches. And antennagate happened when Jobs was alive. So I don't think Apple Maps is a sign of a post-Jobs decline.
     
    Mitlov, Oct 17, 2012
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  3. Jerry Jackson

    Jerry Jackson Administrator NBR Reviewer

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    Although I've had a few issues with Siri, I've found it particularly useful on my iPhone ... useful enough that I want that type of voice control to come to Windows 8 (either directly from Microsoft or via a software partner).
     
    Jerry Jackson, Oct 17, 2012
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    It's not free, but my understanding is that Dragon is unparalleled. And at $99, it's expensive but not unreachable if you really want that sort of thing.

    Dragon NaturallySpeaking Home Edition - Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Home lets you interact with your computer by voice to turn thoughts into text, surf the Web, send email and more! - Nuance
     
    Mitlov, Oct 17, 2012
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    CSHawkeye81 Notebook Deity

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    Spot on article.
     
    CSHawkeye81, Oct 18, 2012
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    Pseudorandom Notebook Evangelist

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    If you don't feel like shelling out $100, Window's built in voice control is actually pretty decent.
     
    Pseudorandom, Oct 18, 2012
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    kojack Notebook Prophet

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    Both my galaxy phones, the note and s2x have voice control like siri. And it came with them.

    I called this a year ago. As soon as Tim cook took the control of the company as a whole, the lawsuits started and innovation went down the perverbial crapper. They have not innovatated anything new just copied everything that has been done already in the tech world. IPad mini - I am typing on an iPad mini I bought a year ago. My Archos 80g9. It has the exact spec as the iPad mini. 8" screen dual core 1ghz processor etc. However I have a mini USB as well as a full size USB port on board, as well a a price tag 1/2 the price of the mini. No innovation there. The countless features they ripped from android is almost laughable as they tout them as revolutionary when apple adds them to their I devices. The "bigger" screen on the iPhone 5 is a joke. Osx is no where as easy to use as the mighty fruit would have you believe. With every update of osx it becomes more bloated and less user friendly.

    The fruit is falling from the tree of greatness. My suspicion that Mr jobs was the only thing that made apple, apple, is true.

    Sent from my ARCHOS 80G9 using Tapatalk 2
     
    kojack, Oct 26, 2012
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