| superchunk said: Which phone? Its probably not Android but the OEMs UI skin that is giving you trouble. My wifes 2.3 based phone works just fine mostly. Additionally, just a month ago there was 3rd party report that showed iOS had more app crashes and app related issues than Android. I really think they far more similar that most would like agree to. I did say Siri was better with natural language. The only part I said might be superior is Googles actual dictation and not messing up words. I have lots of friends with Siri and I have Android. We've tested and teased each other a lot. I know how it works both good and bad. I've seem them repeat the same thing 5 times that I only had to command once. However, I have also see natural language questions that I'd defintely rather ask than a command. Siri is not perfect by a long shot. One of my buddies is about to buy the Galaxy S3 for that single reason. He like Siri for the first couple of weeks then realized it was best used in the same ways he had used Google before. Sure it was a command vs regular question, but no real difference and he greatly prefered Android's flexibility and widgets, as well as Flash support. |
It's an HTC Inspire. I'm almost certain my problems stem from the piece of shit Sense skin that HTC puts on their phones. Before I ditch the phone I'm going to root it but right now, the ICS roots available aren't 100% operable and my cell is my only phone. I can't risk bricking it just so it annoys me a little less.
Don't even get me started on Google's decision to let manufacturers skin phones. Or for the carriers to add "no, you can't uninstall this" bloatware to the device.
Siri is definitely not perfect. But it's getting better and after using Google's voice implementation for quite some time (and seeing those updates to iOS6), I'd still have to say it's a lot closer than what anyone else is offering.
At this point, the only Google device I will even consider for more than a split second are the Nexus devices. And that simply shouldn't be the case. It shouldn't be that hard to find an Android device that has the latest OS, isn't cobbled up with bloatware and a piece of shit skin, and will have hardware support for more than 30 seconds after purchase. If I'm spending $200 outright and $100/month, that kind of service should be automatic.
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