Coincidentally, I’m apparently doing iPhone app stories today, but this one is a doozy:  an iPhone app called Siri.  Siri is an app that you speak into, and it accomplishes all kinds of tasks.  You can ask it about movies, to get you a taxi, find a nearby gas station, to find a restaurant, etc.  Marketed as a “personal assistant”, Siri then grabs whatever you need from a variety of sources, and brings it all right to you.

The kicker here is ease of use.  You say “gas station” into the app, and it finds all the nearest gas stations and mechanics for you.  Pick one, tap the screen, and it calls them for you.  Easy.

My time with this app is limited, so don’t consider this an official review, but I couldn’t help thinking that this is the future I was promised as a child by all those crazy sci-fi writers and “futurists”.  I can walk down the street, talk into my pocket computer, and have a taxi meet me at the corner or have movie tickets waiting for me at the theater.

Now if someone would just get me my damn flying car, and a robot friend, my future would be complete. 

[via Laughing Squid]

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