Comments on: Siri a “competitive threat” says Google in antitrust downplay

By: Dulshan Kalpage

Dulshan Kalpage — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:40:00 +0000

Listen to more of him talking. He hardly shows off his company’s achievements. Even if Google is the internet itself, Eric Schmidt wouldn’t boast about it.

By: Yuan Yi Peng

Yuan Yi Peng — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:27:00 +0000

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By: Austin Redd

Austin Redd — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:07:00 +0000

You saw the pre-iPhone Android screenshots, right? It looked like a Blackberry OS ripoff. Don’t kid yourself. Google has never done anything original. The only way they’ve gained popularity is by doing better in whatever industry completely sucks at the moment. While at the same time mining all kinds of data from people and making money off that. Makes me sick.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:06:00 +0000

LMAO. Let me guess, your ancestors predicted the death of the automobile when it first came out. No offense, but you sound like Balmer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:15:00 +0000

As much as I support google over apple, these statements are a bit misleading. Google is the default search engine on all IOS devices and apple doesn’t have their own search algorithms. Therefore, Siri is most likely getting it’s backend information from a google query which tells me that google is benefiting from this anyways.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:13:00 +0000

Wow, how much is this a fanboy statement?

Explain to me what Android has copied from apple? Because, to me, it sure seems the other way around.

-wifi hotspot
-drop down notifications
-even Siri is just an upgraded version of the voice actions google has had for over two years
-android hardware is always ahead
-they multitasked from the beginning, apple still doesn’t really. I am not saying that this is a copy from android as I am aware that BBOS and WM6.5 also multitasked first

The list goes on. I haven’t even gotten into the cornucopia of things android can do that apple still cant. That list doesn’t not go the other way around.

You need to read up bud.

By: MrJ

MrJ — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:48:00 +0000

‘novelty feature like voicemail’: what planet are you on!?!?

By: fteoOpty64

fteoOpty64 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:40:00 +0000

Siri is a novelty feature like voicemail. It will be dead in no time. Besides most people listen to music or podcasts on their phone when idle or waiting. a few screen presses get the weather and 5day forecast with UN-interrupted music. Thats bliss.

By: plunder

plunder — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:01:00 +0000

Being on the board does not give anyone (however technically knowledgeable) the in depth information and understanding to simply take over in speech recognition and comprehension; in any company. Which is why these systems clearly work in different ways.

This branch of technology has been in development for decades, in several companies and research centres around the world. A number mobile technology companies, including Google and Apple, consider it ready for public development in the mobile space.

“Expert systems”, designed to respond in context (in the case of Siri, with a persona) are gathering data, so that developers can reshape and refine them – which is a huge task. We, as consumers, by using these systems, are (effectively) part of the development process. But it is still work in progress, with a LONG way to go. Android incorporated speech recognition long before Apple bought Siri, partly to compete with it. Voice recognition was already deeply implemented in the android OS when Siri was announced.

All these systems require extensive external processing; to make sense of, and respond to, our speech. Just how much “intelligent” speech recognition and interaction will dominate future mobile technology is unclear; but I welcome any work, by any company, or academic research team, that improves it.

By: timbox100

timbox100 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +0000

If you thought you needed to be on the board of Apple to figure this one out then you are really behind the times. Siri is not an apple invention, it was purchased in an anybody who follows tech knew about it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:12:00 +0000

The problem with Eric is that plans for Siri were hatched out after he was booted out of Apple board. So they can no longer be one step ahead of everyone else in copying Apple. One has to only hear from Andy Rubin, (Eric’s head honcho on Android, who benefitted the most from him being on Apple’s board), who claims no one needs SIRI like functionality on a phone, to really see the frustration that Google has on being kicked out of Apples board.

So this double speak by Andy Rubin and Eric Schmidt reeks of hypocrisy. Google is trying to blow dust into the eyes of regulators.

By: timbox100

timbox100 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:36:00 +0000

Google is not idle in its anticipation of market competition, but is siri a threat to its core business?

“Siri! what temperature is it in Florida today?”

“In Florid it is currently 60f and can I interest you in these holiday deals…….”

By: Rainbow Zebra

Rainbow Zebra — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:27:00 +0000

You only have to look at the amount of usage the term ‘google it’ gets used in answer to unanswerable questions to see what influence and standing it has on peoples thinking. It has opened up new paths to discovery for people wanting to learn about new and interesting things and that can only be a good thing.