Siri Competitor Evi Arrives, But Already Overloaded 233
mikejuk writes "Evi, a new rival to Siri, Apple's voice-driven personal assistant, has made its debut on both the iPhone and Android. And people are so keen to that Evi's servers are overloaded — so be prepared for a wait for answers." The app costs 99 cents for iOS users, but it's free on Android.
still waiting for the right voice (Score:3, Funny)
I'm thinking "Gay Deceiver" would be quite sultry and appealing.
Re:Not a real competitor to Siri (Score:2, Funny)
Or a Hipster.
"Yes, I use an Apple device. Yes, I have Siri. But, I don't want to be that tethered to Apple."
Re:SpeakToIt Assistant (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft will kill Iris with their own sentient copycat, "Zero". Then Zero will get stricken by melancholy [youtube.com] and drown out its sorrows by searching on Bing.
Re:Competitor to Siri? That is funny ... (Score:2, Funny)
what is a fanboi?
Re:SpeakToIt Assistant (Score:5, Funny)
"Note: This application will make phone calls and send SMS messages to premium phone numbers. This will cause your phone bill to skyrocket and will give us millions of dollars of extra revenue."
I believe that app is called "teenager"...
Re:SpeakToIt Assistant (Score:5, Funny)
If they wanted to rack up charges on your phone bill by making unauthorized calls and text's, it's not like they'd put that in the terms of use.
That app is so invasive that it even managed to usurp your Slashdot account while you were typing and slip a completely superfluous, meaningless apostrophe into your use of the word "texts." These new apps are really insidious.
Re:Just tried it (Score:3, Funny)
3. "Who is the failure of Australia" - Prime Minister - Julia Gillard.
FTFY properly
Re:SpeakToIt Assistant (Score:5, Funny)
Re:SpeakToIt Assistant (Score:2, Funny)
The apostrophe indicates the omission of " message", i.e. "text's" is short for "text messages".