Siri
Siri
Like a lot of people, I rushed out to get the new iPhone 4S when it came out. (Well I rushed to my computer to pre-order it technically.) At first I really liked the Siri integration in the phone. It was cool to see all the nifty things it could do. But it still struggled to understand some seemingly simple commands. Commands like “Do I have any new email messages?” got me “I do not see ‘new email messages’ in your playlists.” Hugh?
It didn’t take long for me to start using Siri less and less. It seemed that with every befuddled response I got from her, the less likely I was to even try using the service again in the future. Any time I strayed outside of the short list of commands demoed in the Apple keynote, I was almost always left repeating myself to her over and over, and then ultimately forced handle the problem myself. Every time Siri fails to understand me is one more time I become frustrated at having my time wasted. The end result is I almost never use Siri except in those handful of instances where I know it works.
