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interlagos
15y ago
Is it that Siri is invaluable, or that basic voice controls are invaluable? I use my Android and its unlauded, no-big-hype voice controls to- -navigate -map -send messages -set alarms -search It has a very finite understanding, but it accom
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A part of the reason my peers might not use it often is perhaps simply because they don't need to schedule very much. My wife I could imagine enjoying such functionality. The thing about some of the more complex scenarios, however, is that
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15y ago
Seriously question for the iPhone toters among HNers -- do you actually use Siri? Anecdotally I've found that many of my 4S equipped peers have already abandoned it. After that brief excitement over Easter eggs, it just doesn't excite the
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15y ago
No. Google Navigation works perfectly in Canada, as do countless other voice-controlled navigation products.
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interlagos
15y ago
It means that people pushing advice usually do so primarily for their own good. This is a universal truth that applies to many situations.
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15y ago
"So many times"... Can you point at such a review? Because I don't think such a pre-ICS review exists, whether Gruber wrongly claims so or not. Every prior Android review has been full of asterisks and disclaimers. Most tended to be negati
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15y ago
A modern website needs to be accessible on PCs, tablets, and smartphones. While there are arguable reasons for segmenting off the last option as an outlier (though some devices offer the resolution and capabilities exceeding some desktops),
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15y ago
Is there really any confusion? It has constructed the typical strawmen to make for easy competitors.
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Your assumptions are completely wrong. This is nothing to do with whether an access point is public, private, encrypted or not. It is not used to populate a database of public wifi points. Instead it's used to correlate publicly transmitt
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15y ago
ARM is still a non-issue in the server market. Maybe in a couple of years, but today there are remarkably few applications of it.