Members keybdwizrd Posted October 15, 2011 Members Share Posted October 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donaldcrunk Posted October 15, 2011 Members Share Posted October 15, 2011 that's a damn good picture for a cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Tell us more about that chat you had yesterday with "SIRI" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McHale Posted October 15, 2011 Members Share Posted October 15, 2011 this one? or this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crazyfoo Posted October 15, 2011 Members Share Posted October 15, 2011 I got mine yesterday 64GB of sweetness!Been looking forward to it for a long time to have my entire CD collection, a decent camera and a good phone all in one unit. The personal assistant thingy is the shiznit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crazyfoo Posted October 15, 2011 Members Share Posted October 15, 2011 I just realized something: If SIRI makes it into the iPad 3 I will be selling my ipad2 quckly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted October 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 15, 2011 Siri's voice recognition capabilities are amazing. Finally, something like this that REALLY works. Accuracy is easily more than 95%. Siri will Google anything, calculate percentages, do math, find restaurants, map directions, allow you to dictate emails, launch iTunes playlists, and entertain with humorous answers to wacky questions. I'd really like to have Siri technology connected to my television / cable box. What time is the Bears game on? Record Modern Family all the time. Are there any Jack Nicholson films on this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted October 15, 2011 Members Share Posted October 15, 2011 I'd really like to have Siri technology connected to my television / cable box. http://www.destructoid.com/review-kinect-for-xbox-360-186646.phtml makes that possible, but queries like yours - not yet, probably. If developers would use Siri and have it send commands to your TV/Cable box - then you'd have what you want. Though seeing how short-sighted companies can be you'd probably have to install an app per broadcaster just to go through their (none two alike) TV guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted October 16, 2011 Members Share Posted October 16, 2011 Racist technology. Doesn't work for us people who have accents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crazyfoo Posted October 16, 2011 Members Share Posted October 16, 2011 Racist technology. Doesn't work for us people who have accents! Hey buddy, I was thinking about you tonight, spent a few hours noodling on the SY77. The boys were asking about you last night as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted October 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 Here's a video I made - the lighting is low, and it is compressed for YouTube... just a look around my tiny studio. [video=youtube;1y4RH9RqhCA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 Just don't drop it. [video=youtube;elKxgsrJFhw] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted October 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 Just don't drop it. Naw... My wife ordered me one of these cases - cool, or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nickdrake101 Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 Naw... My wife ordered me one of these cases - cool, or what? I got one...the foam of the inner case is not too thick though, but I am ...yup left corner got it the next day after purchase! After charging the phone, I put it on a flat surface...the back is so smooth that it slid off the surface of a vinyl laundry hamper and took a 4 foot drop hit a marble floor! slight indentation to be viewed with a magnifying glass. I could see that shattering glass scenario though from shoulder height...this puppy is not exactly a lightweight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'm not convinced about SIRI. I think it may be more gimmick than tool. iPhone 4 has voice control, and whilst it may be a far cry from SIRI, you could still ask it to play an album, call somebody, and other seemingly useful tasks. How many times have I used it? Never. Why? I feel like an idiot speaking to a phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LameAim Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 Perhaps it's just me... but why do people throw a significant chunk of cash into a smart phone and not get a proper case for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cygnus64 Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'm not convinced about SIRI. I think it may be more gimmick than tool. iPhone 4 has voice control, and whilst it may be a far cry from SIRI, you could still ask it to play an album,. Me: "Play Edward Elgar" IPod4: You said Medvark Rigar I tried the voice thingy one day. It got 1 out of maybe 15 tries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 Racist technology. Doesn't work for us people who have accents! I think that as AI advances, that will become less of an issue. Coincidentally, I have been taking a lens design class for half a day over the last 6 weeks, and the new camera lens has been discussed in minor detail. Apparently it is possible to buy the lens assemblies for iPhones for something on the order of five or ten dollars US. The guy teaching our class is a free-lance lens designer and he is waiting to get one of the iPhone 4S lenses to examine. They are supposed to be made from plastic. Also there is a piezo-electric auto-focus system in the iPhone4S, but I am not sure about earlier models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 Coincidentally, I have been taking a lens design class You are truly a renaissance man. How did you even come up with the idea? Anyway, http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/k800i/index.html was a pretty interesting read regarding camera phones - though I think the evolution there's going a bit slower because cameras are considered extras instead of main selling points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted October 18, 2011 Members Share Posted October 18, 2011 If you thought Bluetooth zombies were bad already, watch what this is going to do Haha! What a wonderfully descriptive name! I hadn't heard that one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crazyfoo Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 Perhaps it's just me... but why do people throw a significant chunk of cash into a smart phone and not get a proper case for it? I agree.Just ordered the Otterbox Defender case for my 4S, I have one on the iPad as well, they make a good product. http://www.otterbox.com/iPhone-4S-Defender-Series-Case/APL2-I4SUN,default,pd.html?dwvar_APL2-I4SUN_color=20&start=2&cgid=apple-iphone-4s-cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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