If you use iPhone's Siri, you MUST read this...

[Ooh-Rah]

Driving home today from a long business trip, used Siri and said: "schedule lunch with Todd at 1:30pm today"

5 minutes later I got an e-mail from Todd confirming our lunch. Funny...I never intentionally sent him an email! Seri took it upon itself to literally send him note to the e-mail I have for him, inviting him to the event.

Well hell...no big deal, but really? As some of you know, I am going through an interview process right now. Could make things interesting if I told Siri "schedule me to call "my boss" at 2pm on Wednesday about two-week notice" Siri would flipping send him an email with that freeking title!!!

Maybe there is a different way to schedule events on calendar with Siri to avoid that, but wouldn’t you think it would give you the option to “invite” the person ?

Damn

 

[Muppet]

That's what happens when you suckle the teet of Apple! DROID FOREVER!

F.M.

 

[Blizzard]

Funny.

Honestly, Siri is pure shit...almost completely useless search functionality. I could probably count on one hand, with fingers to spare, the number of actual useful results it returned. I quit trying to use it. Google's voice search is so vastly superior that it's hardly comparable.

 

[MOTOMETO]

Droid sucks balls

 

[Muppet]

Droid sucks balls

BITE YOUR TONGUE MARINE!

F.M.

 

[MOTOMETO]

BITE YOUR TONGUE Marine!

F.M.

I started out with iPhone, switched to Droid for a little while and regretted it. Now I'm back to iPhone and it does have its issues but not as bad as the Droid. Really, every smart phone I've had so far has pissed me off at one point or another. The one Droid I had I ran it over with my car and applied a sledgehammer to it.

 

[Muppet]

I started out with iPhone, switched to Droid for a little while and regretted it. Now I'm back to iPhone and it does have its issues but not as bad as the Droid. Really, every smart phone I've had so far has pissed me off at one point or another. The one Droid I had I ran it over with my car and applied a sledgehammer to it.

Haters gonna hate bro!

F.M.

 

[AWP]

When I first bought an iPhone, the 4s, I asked Siri "Who is Steve Jobs." She didn't understand. Well, my drawl can be problematic...so okay. I repeated it. This went on for a day or two. Finally she brought up links to his Wikipedia page.

Nicely done, Siri....

 

[Chopstick]

When I first bought an iPhone, the 4s, I asked Siri "Who is Steve Jobs." She didn't understand. Well, my drawl can be problematic...so okay. I repeated it. This went on for a day or two. Finally she brought up links to his Wikipedia page.

Nicely done, Siri....

You dont have a drawl IMHO.

 

[MOTOMETO]

I guess I'm the only one who had an unpleasant experience with Droid. Damn thing had a mind of its own. It would turn off and call people on its own. It always froze and the touch screen was unresponsive half the time.

 

[Muppet]

I guess I'm the only one who had an unpleasant experience with Droid. Damn thing had a mind of its own. It would turn off and call people on its own. It always froze and the touch screen was unresponsive half the time.

To be honest bro. My Galaxy Nexus is my first smart phone. I had a flip / slide until a year ago. Right after I lost Kim, my phone died. I went to work and my partner, a girl for the night said "Hey! Lets upgrade you since you are living 10 years ago in regards to phones". I got this thing and besides 1 time, freezing up and having to reset it, I love it. Now. My pop and a bunch of friends suckle the teet of Apple and most like it. Most friends of mine upgrade every year. I won't do all that...

F.M.

 

[medicchick]

I guess I'm the only one who had an unpleasant experience with Droid. Damn thing had a mind of its own. It would turn off and call people on its own. It always froze and the touch screen was unresponsive half the time.

That's not Android as an OS, that's a crap phone.

 

[racing_kitty]

I guess I'm the only one who had an unpleasant experience with Droid. Damn thing had a mind of its own. It would turn off and call people on its own. It always froze and the touch screen was unresponsive half the time.

Many of my friends on the Android side of the argument have had excellent experiences with their phones. Some of them are talented enough to take the time and root it themselves, others just let it ride as-is and do their thing with it. I'm one of the few that bitches about device performance, but that's because the HTC Vivid is a garbage phone from a garbage brand. I've had two HTC models (one I chose, the other came as a theft replacement since the original HTC I had was no longer offered), and I'm never making that same mistake.

 

[MOTOMETO]

I don't know if the Droid X was OS or not, but calling it a crap phone is an understatement . The turds at Verizon made it sound like it was an exceptional phone.

 

[Crusader74]

 

[medicchick]

I don't know if the Droid X was OS or not, but calling it a crap phone is an understatement . The turds at Verizon made it sound like it was an exceptional phone.

Droid X is the phone model, Android is the OS and the versions have food/sweets/candy names as they are updated (I think KitKat is the latest). Not defending the phone (never used that model) but sometimes you just get a lemon. I know (and worked with) plenty who have all sorts of problems with their iPhones, from dropped calls to factory resetting themselves. That was the phones problem, not the OS.

 

[MOTOMETO]

I'm one of the few that bitches about device performance, but that's because the HTC Vivid is a garbage phone from a garbage brand. I've had two HTC models (one I chose, the other came as a theft replacement since the original HTC I had was no longer offered), and I'm never making that same mistake.

That's why, IMO, iPhone is the safest way to go.

 

[medicchick]

That's why, IMO, iPhone is the safest way to go.

Honestly, people either love or hate either OS, there generally is no middle ground. I say to each their own, use what works for you.

 

[racing_kitty]

That's why, IMO, iPhone is the safest way to go.

There are other Android brands besides HTC. My take on your opinion is that it's a lot like my brother saying he'll never have sex with another red head just because he fucked up and married one that was completely psycho and needs to be chopped up and fed to the sharks and alligators as a public service to all of humanity.

Personally, I'm still doing research to figure out if I am better served by staying with Droid or switching to Apple.

 

[0699]

When I retire, I'm putting two rounds through my BB and walking away, never to hold another cell device.