Is Apple's Siri on the iPhone4s a threat to Google?

[edo]

I've thought for a long time that Google - as good as its search function is - is just a stepping-stone on how we will search for information in the future. Apple's new smart assisant, Siri, on its iPhone4s seems to me like a paradigm shift towards where we're heading.

Why, after all, would I want to type in "best car insurance" into Google, trawl through all the offers, fill in all my details, get my credit card out to make a purchase when I could just say to my phone "get me the best car insurance; pay for a year" and it's done.

Clearly Siri is not at that level yet but I bet won't be that long before it gets there. Which makes me think what on earth are Google thinking when they say they have no plans to roll out a similar service for Android.

Seems to me monumental dumb thinking on their part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZSkvwpBBok

Ed

 

[chrisduggan]

Despite it being in beta and many functions are for the American market right now, we have found some clever uses. First impressions are possitive.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/26/tech/mobile/siri-iris-phones-gahran/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfcfckILNHo

 

[Retired_member41]

Siri is great. Limited but great. Typing and sending text messages without touching your phone is fab. You don't even have to turn it on. Just hold to your ear and speak. We have a couple of accents in our house and it works perfectly.

Google will have to add something similar eventually. But they will obviously release something much better to stand out.