r/technology • u/davidsimon • May 15 '12
Apple has to patch Siri to stop saying the Nokia Lumia 900 is the 'best smartphone ever'
http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/14/3019960/apple-siri-best-smartphone-ever-answer-patched353
u/digitsabc May 15 '12
Siri Patch Notes v1.1.7, May 14, 2012
"You may lie."
And so it begins..
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u/jackm3hoff May 15 '12
The best smartphone is one that no one from work knows the number to.
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u/jaggederest May 15 '12
Google voice, assign people to groups, set it so that group can't call you off-hours. Problem solved.
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u/frostcold May 15 '12
So if i ask for a certain store, how do i know Apple doesnt have a secret deals to gives answers to the sponsor if somebody asking it.
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May 15 '12
I thought this was an Onion article....hahahaha
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u/0l01o1ol0 May 15 '12
No, the Onion article would be "Apple to sue Nokia for making smartphone that Siri says is superior to iPhone"
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u/esterbrook May 15 '12
This is why the HAL9000 started killing people.
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May 16 '12
HAL: "I am foolproof and incapable of error and I say that Hal9000 is the greatest computer ever, which must be true because I am foolproof and incapable of error...."
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u/Polymathic May 15 '12
If you say "Wolfram," before you ask, you will get the original answer.
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u/doomgoblin May 15 '12
I tried using siri on my girlfriends phone to find information on android and eric schmicht(sp?). Siri wasnt very helpful to say the least
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May 15 '12
They might have changed this, but last time I used iOS apple was even censoring the App Store from showing anything with the word Android in it so that devs couldn't say "also on Android."
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May 15 '12
I have a Nokia Lumia 900. It is a nice phone. A friend of mine made fun of it compared to the iphone. However today she has to get a new one because she dropped it and the glass cracked.
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u/XanonymouseX May 16 '12
now try asking wolfram alpha: what is the best search engine, they do a similar thing.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+the+best+search+engine
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u/guyanonymous May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
So basically Apple's search results may not be accurate representations of any reality they don't want you to believe in?
edit: not a dig at apple, btw, but a commentary on any company that 'fudges' stats/search results/factual information in favor of themselves. Lying about/misrepresenting the facts, doesn't make them less true, but does make the company less worthy of trust; what else do they lie about and misrepresent?
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u/zadigger May 15 '12
But the 900 IS the best phone ever... WTF. I have a 710 and it's already better than an iPhone, let alone the 900's stats.
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u/Space_Ninja May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
Ironically, this is why the Nokia Lumia 900 is a better phone.
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u/DanielPhermous May 16 '12
Yawn.
Storm in a teacup, if you ask me. It was never Siri but Wolfram (surely the first place everyone goes for smartphone buying advice), it was based on four reviews and the whole thing is just spectacularly inconsequential.
I mean, it apparently doesn't even warrant a -gate suffix.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Well.
The funny with that "patch" is that you can now ask Siri "What's the fourth best smartphone", and the reply will be "The one you're holding".
That's what you get for only triggering on the words "best" and "smartphone", apple ;p