>People on Smartphones can ask a question of Siri in 2~3 seconds as opposed to typing that question in Google within 10~20. Umm...Siri is cool, but that's not

>People on Smartphones can ask a question of Siri in 2~3 seconds as opposed to typing that question in Google within 10~20. Umm...Siri is cool, but that's not the advantage over Android. Android has had awesome voice recognition built in for ... over a year now? Not sure exactly how long, but my wife's dirt cheap ($150 with no contract) phone does voice recognition really well. I haven't had to type in a search query (with a 3G or WiFi connection active) since I got my new Android phone, either. In addition to the basic Google search, it will send you to Google Navigation, send SMS messages to a friend in your contacts, and other things (I don't have the list in front of me). Siri adds to it by having a bit more context ("when I get home", for instance). It's cool, but it's not the voice recognition that's new. Except on the iPhone. The big significance to Google is that it cuts them out of the iPhone search. But there are more Android phones than iPhones already, and the Android is growing faster, so that's becoming less relevant as well.