LG launches its own analog voice assistant Siri

LG has announced the launch of a virtual assistant Quick Voice, which was a response to the emergence of the Korean manufacturer Apple Siri and Samsung S Voice . Assistant to the LG based on the same principles as the Siri or S-Voice and speech recognition is based on the input and management of natural language.

 

LG Quick Voice is now able to handle the eleven applications, including the dialer, mail client, address book, alarm clock, calendar. New mapping is capable of performing search, search for stock information, give answers from the Internet, turning it into a written text.

Users can ask for Quick Voice to tell the time, watch the weather forecast, call, make a note, etc. It is unknown whether the technology is trained to search for the presence of local places such as restaurants - Siri in iOS support of the six enriched for Korea.

However, unlike Apple and Samsung, the Korean company intends to use the Quick Voice in a number of its smartphones. In particular, in late June or early July, the service will support a range of existing smartphone LG Optimus, including such devices as the LG Vu and LTE II. The new technology will be available through the update Android-“firmware.”

The tablet directly Microsoft Surface at presentation [video]

Yesterday, the presentation of the Tablet PC Microsoft Surface , functioning on Windows 8, which is positioned as a competitor to Apple iPad.

During the event were broadcast live on the Internet, and later appeared in the public domain 47-minute recording of the event, marking the ambitious claims of Redmond for a second seizure in the history of market leadership Tablet PCs.

Not without its curiosities. During the demonstration Surface, at the head of the Windows Steven Sinofsky several times had problems when trying to run the application on the tablet Explorer, Office and Adobe Lightroom. As a result, he had to urgently get a spare copy of the gadget.

Some of the moments on the record with 14:10.

Despite the great ambition of Microsoft, after a presentation to analysts were quick to pessimistic forecast: Surface risk of being an outsider among the tablet market. The main risk factor may be the narrowness of the user environment - lack of specialized applications and services that could give Microsoft Surface competitive advantage from the undisputed leader of the iPad.

While on the Surface is little known: the two "pills" work based on Windows, made of specially developed by Microsoft Magnesium Vapor MG and lightness reminiscent ultrabook.

A crucial role to play pricing Redmond, prohibitively was delayed entering the market Tablet PCs. The exact price of new items, as well as dates of commencement of sales, are not reported. We only know that the price will be comparable to the Surface price iPad.