Siri: Your personal assistant

       I realize I just did a blog about an apple application, but then I realized I haven't blogged about Siri yet. If you have an iphone, you MUST get Siri, a digital personal assistant.

      Well, what does it do? Siri helps you in all aspects of life. For example, it can help you find restaurants, like many other apps. Nothing special about that. It can help you find Movies, but you can just go on Safari, so that isn't special either. However, on Siri, you can get help for anything from things like Events and nearest gas stations to booking Taxis, finding weather, and checking flight statuses. You can even find reviews! Furthermore, you can either ask questions such as "When is the next Linkin Park Concert?" After this, it will allow you to view where it is, and even let you book a ticket. You can do this for many things, such as reserving a seat at a popular restaurant, or finding rated PG movies at the local AMC. You can even access things like Twiter!

   How is this different from many other apps? First off, it is easy to use. You can use the awesome voice recognition function and say your question, you can select it through a few categories, or you can type it. This app was absolutely free when I purchased it, and I believe it still is. Even though it is free, it is better than all the apps that cost money, as explained above. Many people find speech recognition frustrating. There are two solutions to this. First, you can type your questions or click on a few categories and it will make your question. Second, you can go to 'Help' and figure out what to ask.

    I know this was a long blog, but it is definitely worth getting, and I felt I needed this much space to tell you that. :P Go to http://siri.com/ for their website where you can see more information about this AWESOME application. Many websites claim that this is one of few apps that will really "show off" your device to friends, and others claim it is one of the proud few who really make life easier. The video below is from here.



OTHER COOL APPS!!
1. Fastmall
2. Appshopper
3. ESPN Scorecenter
4. Netflix (only if you have an account)
5. Tonepad

CHECK THESE OUT!!!! ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE FREE!!!!