iPhone 4s Siri gets the silent treatment from some Apple users

8:58 AM, Feb 22, 2012   |    comments
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By Dana Dean

St. Louis (KSDK/USA TODAY) -- Siri on the iPhone 4S was the talk of tech. But has the novelty worn off?

You may have seen the new TV ads from Apple, showing off the virtual assistant on the iPhone 4S. You can ask Siri to find the chords to a rock song or read back a text message.

When Siri launched, many users enjoyed asking the personal digital assistant silly questions and hearing silly answers.

In USA TODAY's Talking Your Tech article, they reached out to readers to see if they're still using Siri. They learned that half of iPhone 4S users never talk to Siri in their daily routine. The other half mostly find it helpful while driving. Those users like how Siri reads texts back to them, calls people, sets reminders, and finds directions.

While Siri may be ground-breaking, one tech expert that USA TODAY spoke with calls it a just a "fun toy."

Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Tech Reporter, says there's another issue, "What they have on TV and what's reality are not the same thing. They have this one ad where I want to learn how to play a Led Zeppelin song. And you say, 'Show me the chords.' They don't come up. They do not come up. There are many things that they talk about in the ad that just doesn't happen."

To vote and voice your opinion on Siri, visit the USA Today article to cast your vote.

 

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