Siri for iPhone 4s Meet Iris for Android

In all the ads for the new iPhone 4s, the main portion of what they are marketing is Siri.  Siri is a voice recognition program that intelligently responds to your questions.  For an overview of all the things that it can do, click here.  Siri is only available on the iPhone 4s

There were some similar apps to this in the Android platform, but when Siri came out, one development team (Dexetra) went into an eight hour binge to come up with a comparative app for Android.  After the eight hours, Iris was born.  

To give you an idea of what Iris is capable of, check out these screen shots.  What is in white is what I dictated to the device.  In Blue is the answer from Iris (these were taken on my Samsung Droid Charge).

So, you can see a couple of things from this.  A: Iris has a bit of an attitude when it doesn't know the answer and B: It might be a little dated when it comes to the Jim Tressel reference...

Here is another mix up that Iris had in my testing...

Oh, and by the way, this is what a Pug Jack Russel mix really looks like (not quite the worst thing that one could imagine):

So, all in all, the Iris program has a bit to do to go all the way to Apple's Siri, but given that this program was only made in 8 hours, I think Android's version of Siri will only get better.  In the meantime, we can still sit back and enjoy all the mix ups that it is giving us.

Here are some links to some of the apps and devices that I talk about in this post:

Iris Android App

GO Dev Team Launches New Beta

The team that has came out with great apps for Android such as the Go Launcher and Go SMS has recently released a new Beta called the Go LaucherEX Locker.  Basically, you can have your own custom lock screen from the options that they have...

That way, you won't have to have a regular lock screen like this one that is on my Droid Charge:

Here is a link to download the Beta Version of the Lock Screen:
GOLauncherEX Locker V1.0 Beta

Note: I believe the developers are Chinese so sometimes that translation may be a bit off...


Here are some links to get the devices and programs that I talk about in this post:

Go Launcher EX
Go SMS Pro

Get Contapps Pro on the Amazon Market for Free Today!

Contapps (Pro) Icon

I have been using the the contact replacement program Contapps for my Samsung Droid Charge for quite a while now, so when I checked out the Free Amazon App of the Day, I was really excited to see that Contapps (Pro) was their offering for today (10/19/2011). I highly suggest you give it a try (as the price is right)...

If you have never used the Amazon Market, here is a link to help you get it installed on your Android Device:

Getting Started with the Amazon App Store

This offers step by step instructions to get you started.  If you have any problems, feel free to comment below, and, and I will do my best to help you out...

It is worth while for me to have the Amazon App Store just for the Free App of the Day. These are some of the previous apps that I use on a consistent basis, that I received for free: SwiftKey X, Angry Birds (Ad-Free), Cardio Trainer Pro, and WiFi File Explorer PRO.