Siri Showdown: Google intros Voice Search for iOS

Google has submitted its Voice Search application to the Apple App store. Once it is approved and made available to iPhone and iPod Touch users it will give them another voice-enabled search application aside from Siri (which is getting a lot smarter in its iOS 6 iteration coming this Fall).

Update on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 10:28PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The feature is available now on the Google Search App and users can search by voice as well as using the camera. There doesn't seem to be a voice response yet but you do get the results on the screen like regular search results. Stay tuned for a more in depth look at this feature.

WWDC 2012: iOS 6 brings new Maps, Siri upgrades and promises the mobile wallet

iOS 6 is the next generation of mobile OS from Apple and it introduces a number of new features while improving on it's strengths. Apple's introduced Siri globally and improved the personal assistant's range and intelligence. Stunning new Maps app closes the door on Google Maps while introducing a whole new solution with turn-by-turn navigation and the bird's eye-view flyover feature. The new PassBook App clips tickets, coupons, gift cards, passes and even Starbucks' cards in preparation for the mobile wallet.

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New Apple Siri ads feature John Malkovich

After helping Samuel Jackson get dinner ready for a date and Zooey Deschanel slack off on a rainy day, Apple's Siri personal assistant is shown in a series of ads keeping John Malkovich company. The two adverts, Life and Joke are a bit odd, strange like a Far Side comic strip. Notice that iPhone is only mentioned once and that the ads focus on Siri's capabilities and her eloquence. These ads are not likely to be shown in Canada as some of the location-based features and commands (i.e. where can I get poutine in Toronto?) aren't yet enabled outside of the USA. Personally, I am waiting for the Betty White meets Siri commercial.

Sammy and Zooey engage Siri in new iPhone ads

Samuel Jackson, Zooey Deschanel, Siri. What do they have in common? They are all in the new series of iPhone 4S ads showing  some features of Siri we don't have yet in Canada. I don't know if I like these ads better than the Rock God ones.