While the trains of questions being answered is cool, what's more impressive to me is that it has an understanding of the questions that came before. One thing that Siri is good at is the little "make an appointment at 3... *confirm?*, no change it to 3:30" moments. When it works, it's great – but it's obviously nothing like this. Being able to understand the points in the interaction that came earlier brings us much closer to carrying on an actual conversation instead of figuring out what the computer needs to hear.
I remember when Siri was a popular app on the app store, but given how locked down the Apple environment was at the time, it wasn't overly convenient. It was quite powerful though, and many noted that it did more impressive things as a standalone app than it did when it was re-released as an Apple property. Apple seems to go purposefully slow on things like this. They strip away functionality to the bare bones and then introduce capability back in as the users get more comfortable with them. Interesting strategy that many hate, but it seems to work for them.
I remember when Siri was a popular app on the app store, but given how locked down the Apple environment was at the time, it wasn't overly convenient. It was quite powerful though, and many noted that it did more impressive things as a standalone app than it did when it was re-released as an Apple property. Apple seems to go purposefully slow on things like this. They strip away functionality to the bare bones and then introduce capability back in as the users get more comfortable with them. Interesting strategy that many hate, but it seems to work for them.
Funny you mention that - I read a good article over the weekend about the difference in apps and functionality between NA and Asia - specifically South Korea because of bandwidth availability:
By contrast, American mobile design is fetishistically minimalist. Silicon Valley applauds itself for good taste in this regard, but this aesthetic has sprung up partly in response to a deficiency: Americans have learned to strip out bandwidth-guzzling elements because they slow down loading times. Korean designers, lacking such bandwidth restraints, can stuff their apps full of all the information and widgets they like.
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Funny you mention that - I read a good article over the weekend about the difference in apps and functionality between NA and Asia - specifically South Korea because of bandwidth availability:
Funny you mention that - I read a good article over the weekend about the difference in apps and functionality between NA and Asia - specifically South Korea because of bandwidth availability:
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