Android vs iPhone

[P€RRA]

Precis beställt en platta med android, får se om jag sliter mitt hår

Du kan ju alltid ringa de andra två som har en om du får problem

 

[powerglide]

Sämre täckning, sämre batteritid, segare telefon och spontan reboot.

Dom sakerna fick jag som "bonus" när jag upppdaterade min 3gs.
Spontan reboot är mer sällan iofs nu när jag uppdaterat till 5.0.1. Innan uppdateringen till ios5 hade jag inga problem alls med telefonen.

Om din iPhone spontankrashar så har ngt gått fel vid uppdateringen.
Rensa och kör om och lägg tillbaka är melodin.

Med sämre täckning, menar du färre staplar eller att samtalen bryts oftare alt. inte kopplar upp?

Segheten tror jag också hänger ihop med en misslyckad uppgradering.

På min 3GS stannar också iOS5 upp vid enstaka tillfällen. Men det är inte sämre än vad det var med iOS4 för mig.

iOS5 multitaskar mer än iOS4 (dvs drar mer CPU om den kan).
Har du provat att stänga av lite bakgrundsprocesser som t.ex. Ping?

 

[HELLFIRE666]

Om man störs av att folk ringer och babblar i onödan kan denna vara lösningen.

http://www.prisjakt.nu/pryl/tele/1435_succemobilen_drabbad_av_volymbugg#xtor=AD-500-%5Bprisjakt.nu/pryl%5D-%5B%5D-%5BTextlank%5D-%5Baftonbladet%5D-%5B%5D-%5B%5D

 

[Carnivore]

Erkänn, du brukar sitta och babbla i telefon på bankörningarna

Såklart, så jäkla trist och uttråkad när man kör samma kurva gång på gång på gång.

 

[Carnivore]

Om din iPhone spontankrashar så har ngt gått fel vid uppdateringen.
Rensa och kör om och lägg tillbaka är melodin.

Med sämre täckning, menar du färre staplar eller att samtalen bryts oftare alt. inte kopplar upp?

Segheten tror jag också hänger ihop med en misslyckad uppgradering.

På min 3GS stannar också iOS5 upp vid enstaka tillfällen. Men det är inte sämre än vad det var med iOS4 för mig.

iOS5 multitaskar mer än iOS4 (dvs drar mer CPU om den kan).
Har du provat att stänga av lite bakgrundsprocesser som t.ex. Ping?

Själv fick jag en ganska seg lur efter uppgraderingen till iOS5 så jag läste på lite och upptäckte att andra råkat ut för samma sak men löst sig om man återställer den och sen inte läser tillbaka utan installerar den som en ny lur.
Då vart det en helt annan femma kan jag säga.

 

[xibalba]

iPhone 4 självantände på flygplan

Strax efter landning började en av passagerarnas iPhone 4 ryka och glöda kraftigt.



Det australiensiska flygbolaget Regional Express uppger i ett pressmeddelande förra veckan att en av passagerarnas iPhone 4 började glöda och utveckla tjock rök precis efter landningen av flight ZL319.

En av flygvärdinnorna agerade snabbt och lyckades stoppa rökutvecklingen. Ingen av passagerarna på flygplanet skadades och lyckligtvis inträffade händelsen när planet redan landat.


En bild på telefonen som publicerades av Regional Express visar att glaset på telefonens baksida spruckit på den plats röken och glöden kom från. Med största sannolikhet är det batteriet som orsakat det inträffade.

Apple har ännu inte kommenterat det inträffade, men så sent som för två veckor sedan återkallade företaget den första generationens iPod Nano efter problem med det inbyggda batteriet.

2009 tillsatte EU en utredning av Apples iOS-produkter efter två rapporter från olika användare som hävdade att deras iPod Touch och iPhone exploderat. Enligt Apple handlade det om isolerade händelser.

IDG News

 

[powerglide]

iPhone 4 självantände på flygplan

Visste väl att det var en het telefon

 

[xibalba]

Själv fick jag en ganska seg lur efter uppgraderingen till iOS5 så jag läste på lite och upptäckte att andra råkat ut för samma sak men löst sig om man återställer den och sen inte läser tillbaka utan installerar den som en ny lur.
Då vart det en helt annan femma kan jag säga.

Varken synka eller återställa backup?

 

[Carnivore]

Varken synka eller återställa backup?

Yep. Det som då går förlorat är de SMS man har samt telelistan... samt speldata om man är sån.
Men resten synkas ju till program, bildmapp osv osv... så det är ju inte så farligt ändå anser jag.

Som sagt, det var vad jag läste mig till och min egen lur vart klart snabbare.

 

[powerglide]

Dags att kolla din Android (om du inte gjort det ännu).

http://lifehacker.com/5863895/carri...everything-on-your-phone-and-how-to-remove-it

SECURITY
BY WHITSON GORDON NOV 30, 2011 1:05 PM


Carrier IQ: How the Widespread Rootkit Can Track Everything on Your Phone, and How to Remove It
Android developer Trevor Eckhart last week discovered a widespread rootkit, called Carrier IQ, that's capable of logging everything you do and comes preinstalled on a ton of smartphones-including various Androids, Nokia phones, and BlackBerrys. Here's how it works and how you can get rid of it.
What Is Carrier IQ?
Last week, 25-year old Eckhart discovered a hidden application on some mobile phones that had the ability to log anything and everything on your device—from location to web searches to the content of your text messages. The program is called Carrier IQ, and unlike the Android malware that's been causing such a stir, it actually comes preinstalled by the manufacturer of your phone. In fact, you can find it on a bunch of different devices, including Android, Nokia, and BlackBerry phones. It's what's known as a rootkit—a program with massive amounts of privileges that hides its presence from the user. It was originally designed to log things like dropped calls and bad data connections for troubleshooting purposes, but manufacturers like HTC and Samsung have modified it to run in the background, completely undetectable, with no option to opt out of its "services". At best, it slows down your phone, and at worst, anyone on the other end of the application could, in theory, read your text messages, see what you search on the web, and much more.

Worst of all, after being confronted, phone manufacturers, wireless carriers, and Carrier IQ themselves have tossed around blame, saying they aren't doing anything wrong. Some have and their privacy policies aren't super specific on what they collect and use. Sprint claims they are "unable to look at the contents of messages, photos, or videos" using Carrier IQ, but Eckhart claims differently. I highly recommend reading Eckhart's article for a deeper look at how Carrier IQ works and how it's manifested itself on certain devices.

Update: Our original article stated that the software also came preinstalled on iPhones and dumphones, which has not been confirmed. That information came from this article at Geeks.com, and we actually believe that to be a typo. Considering it hasn't been mentioned in any other source, and that the iPhone isn't on Eckhart's list of affected devices, we're removing it until other sources say otherwise. Thanks to everyone who pointed this out.

How to Tell If It's Running On Your Phone
Right now, Android users are the only ones able to detect and remove the program (score one for openness). However, depending on your phone, you may have to be rooted to do so. Once rooted, running the "CIQ Checks" task in this app on XDA will tell you whether it's running on your system. On HTC phones, you can also search for the app in Settings > Applications as described in the video above, but using the Logging Checker app is the most reliable way to check.

Note also that if you're running an Android Open Source Project (AOSP) based ROM—like CyanogenMod—you do not have Carrier IQ installed on your system. These apps are based on the original, open source version of Android, and don't include any carrier or manufacturer additions like Carrier IQ. If you're using a modded version of your manufacturer's ROM, however—for example, a modded HTC Sense or Samsung TouchWiz ROM—you could still have it installed. To avoid this, either flash AOSP based ROMs, or flash ROMs with Carrier IQ specifically removed (many will say NOCIQ or something similar on their description pages).

How to Remove It From Your Device
If you want to remove it from your device, you have two choices. Either flash a custom ROM that doesn't contain Carrier IQ (as described above), or use Eckhart's Logging Test App to remove it. Both solutions require rooting your phone.

To remove it with the Logging Test App, download the original app and then buy the $1 pro license from the Android Market. Then, open it up, hit the Menu button, and tap "Remove CIQ". This will completely remove it from your device.

Further Reading
If you want more information on Carrier IQ, XDA Developers and a few other outlets has written a few great articles that give a bit more detail. Check out the following posts if you're curious:

Carrier IQ Part 1 and Part 2 [Trevor Eckhart]
The Rootkit of All Evil - CIQ [XDA Developers]
More on Carrier IQ [XDA Developers]
How Much of Your Phone Is Yours? [Geek.com]
You can contact Whitson Gordon, the author of this post, at whitson@lifehacker.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.

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[powerglide]

Trodde du att det bara var iPhone som behövde Jailbreakas för att kunna göra vad du vill med din telefon?
Samma sak gäller tydligen för Android också, fast då kallas det för att roota den.
(artikeln är kortad för att få plats på forumet, stegen i sig finns i originalartikeln)

http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone

ANDROID ROOTING
BY WHITSON GORDON APR 6, 2011 9:00 AM

The Always Up-To-Date Guide to Rooting Any Android Phone
With all the different devices out there running different versions of Android, the rooting process can be a little different for every phone. Here's a one-stop guide that should get you up and running with root access, no matter what device you have.
Rooting, for those of you that don't know, means giving yourself root permissions on your phone. It's similar running programs as administrators in Windows, or running a command with sudo in Linux. With a rooted phone, you can run more apps (like backup or tethering apps), as well as flash custom ROMs to your phone, which add all sorts of extra features.

Just like our always up-to-date guide to jailbreaking iOS, we're going to keep this guide up to date instead of publishing new guides every time the rooting process changes—it's one page to bookmark that will always have the latest or best method. It's a more hefty undertaking, what with all the different Android phones and rooting methods out there, but we're up to the challenge. Currently there are three main rooting methods that cover most devices, with a few outliers that require more work. To find out which method works for your phone, you can probably just hit Ctrl+F and type in your phone's name (e.g. hero). If you find your phone isn't listed, read through the first method, as it's probably the one you'll want to use.

Most Android Phones: The SuperOneClick Method
Photo by Raphael Schön.

The majority of you will be able to use previously mentioned SuperOneClick for Windows to root your phone. So far, it's been officially tested on the following phones:

Acer Liquid Metal
Dell Streak
HTC Magic (Sapphire) 32B
HTC Bee
HTC Droid Eris (HTC DesireC)
T-Mobile Comet (Huawei Ideos U8150)
LG Ally
LG Optimus 2x
LG Optimus V
LG Thrill 4G
Motorola Backflip
Motorola Charm
Motorola Cliq
Motorola Defy
Motorola Droid
Motorola Droid 2
Motorola Droid 3
Motorola Droid X Update: Outdated. Sadly, SuperOneClick cannot root the Droid X running Gingerbread, so if you've updated to 2.3, you'll need to downgrade to 2.2 before rooting.
Motorola Flipside
Motorola Flipout
Motorola Milestone
Motorola Milestone 2
Nexus One
Samsung Captivate
Samsung Galaxy 551 (GT-I5510)
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Samsung Galaxy Portal/Spica I5700
Samsung Galaxy S 4G
Samsung Galaxy S I9000
Samsung Galaxy S SCH-I500
Samsung Galaxy S II
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Samsung Transform M920
Samsung Vibrant
Sony Ericsson Xperia E51i X8
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Sprint Hero
Telus Fascinate
Toshiba Folio 100
However, it should work on many more. Forum threads abound on the net where people claim it works with other devices, and they just haven't been added to the "official" list. With that in mind, I'd recommend checking the rest of the methods on this page before you try SuperOneClick, to see if your phone already has an alternate method. Again, just hit Ctrl+F and search for your device's name on this page.

Also, if you want to double check that SuperOneClick will work with your phone, a quick Google (e.g. superoneclick droid x) will probably reveal whether its compatible. If it does work and it isn't on the compatibility list above, let us know and we'll add it!

Certain HTC Phones: The Unrevoked Method
Photo by Kevin Jarrett.

If you're running an HTC phone from 2010 and earlier, chances are you'll need to use the Unrevoked tool. More specifically, Unrevoked roots the following phones:

Droid Incredible (HTC Incredible)
HTC Desire
Droid Eris (HTC DesireC)
HTC Wildfire (HTC Buzz)
If you have an HTC phone that isn't supported by either method (such as the HTC Thunderbolt, at the time of this writing), Unrevoked may be working on support for it—they're still actively developing the program and doing a great job. It usually takes them a few months, but once they get it up and running, it's worth it—Unrevoked's one click method is a ton easier than the manual hacking you'll have to do if you want root access right after a phone is released.

Newer HTC Phones: The Revolutionary Method
From the makers of Unrevoked comes Revolutionary, a great new tool that unlocks the bootloader of many new HTC phones. This won't actually root your phone, but after unlocking the bootloader, you can flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then flash a ROM of your choice, meaning you can flash a ROM that gives you root access. Currently, Revolutionary is in developer preview, but you can download it and try it on these supported phones:

HTC Desire
HTC Wildfire (HTC Buzz)
HTC Aria (HTC Liberty)
HTC Incredible S (HTC Vivo)
HTC Droid Incredible 2 (HTC VivoW) - You'll need to downgrade your HBOOT to version .97 first
HTC Desire S (HTC Saga)
HTC View (HTC Express)
HTC Flyer
HTC Sensation (HTC Pyramid)
HTC Evo 3D (HTC Shooter)
HTC Thunderbolt (HTC Mecha)
HTC EVO 4G (HTC Supersonic)
HTC myTouch Slide 4G (HTC Doubleshot)


Rooting the T-Mobile (HTC) G2 and HTC Desire Z
Photo by kuchingboy.

The G2 is a special case. You're going to need to use a tool called Visionary to give it temporary root, and then go through a bit of manual hacking to make that root permanent. None of the Lifehacker editors have a G2 to test this on, but you can hit the link below to try it out for yourself. I'd also recommend heading over to The Unlockr for their video of the first step, using Visionary.

Note that the Desire Z got an update back in December that stops this method from working. Unfortunately, at the moment there is no other method to root the Desire Z running the 1.72 firmware. You'll have to downgrade using this extremely involved method before going through the rooting process. If you have a G2, you should be fine.

[XDA Developers]

Rooting the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G
Rooting the MyTouch 4G is similar to rooting the G2, but with some slightly easier Terminal commands thanks to a script from XDA Developers. Hit the link below for the full instructions.

[XDA Developers]

Rooting the HTC Inspire 4G


Inspire 4G owners are lucky enough to have a friendly GUI solution for Windows called Simple Root that will help you root your phone. It isn't a short process, and you'll also need a Terminal Emulator to get it done, but it will guide you through the process nicely.

[XDA Developers]

Rooting the EVO Shift 4G
Full size
Photo by John Taylor.

The EVO Shift 4G is another outlier, but it's a simple one to root. Just grab this one-click root tool for Windows, plug in your phone, and hit Root. The first time you hit Root, click "No" when it prompts you about HBoot. It will temporarily root your phone, after which you need to reboot your phone and hit the Root button again, this time answering yes.

From there, you can flash a new recovery like ClockworkMod or AmonRA, which will let you make backups, flash ROMs, and do other neat things. You can also do this by downloading ROM Manager from the Market and flashing ClockworkMod from there. Check out the thread at XDA for more info on how it works.

[XDA Developers]

Rooting the Motorola Atrix 4G
The Atrix 4G now has an unlockable bootloader, meaning root is fairly easy to achieve. You'll need to unlock your phone first (if you have Gingerbread already, skip to step 6), after which you can flash the ClockworkMod recovery and then flash a rooted version of the stock Gingerbread ROM. Alternatively, you can root it with some terminal commands, though it's a bit more complicated and the Atrix guides at XDA Developers are pretty bad. Hit the links below for a guide to each step in the process.

Unlock Motorola Atrix 4G Bootloader, Install ClockworkMod Recovery, Root the Motorola Atrix 4G [AddictiveTips]

What Now?
Now, the world is your oyster. Like I said before, I'd recommend checking out our original guide to rooting the Motorola Droid to see some of the things you can do, but I'd also highly recommend considering:

Flashing a custom ROM like the popular CyanogenMod
Speeding up your phone if it's feeling a little sluggish
Setting up an automated backup (and removing crapware) with Titanium Backup
Overclocking (or underclock) your phone with SetCPU
Getting your tethering on with Wireless Tether or Wired Tether
That should get you started. Of course, share your own favorite root tweaks in the comments.

Troubleshooting Problems
If you run into a problem rooting or flashing a ROM on your phone, we've written a guide to troubleshooting an almost-bricked Android phone. Be sure to check that out, as well as the instructions below on how to unroot your phone if worst comes to worst.

Unrooting Your Phone
If, in the end, you decide you want to go back to your over-the-air updates, stock ROM, and unrooted goodness, you can unroot your phone. The process is a bit different for every manufacturer and every device, but these guidelines should get you on the right track.

This will return it to exactly how it was when you bought it from the store. You'll lose all your apps, settings, ClockworkMod recovery, you'll get over-the-air updates again, and you'll even have to re-activate your phone if you're on a CDMA provider like Verizon or Sprint.

Full size
For Motorola Phones: If you have a Motorola phone, you'll need to use RSD Lite, the program that Motorola and its partnered carriers use to restore almost-bricked phones. We've actually run through how to use RSD Lite before, so check out step one of our original rooting guide to restore your phone to its original factory ROM. RSD Lite isn't exactly an official program open to the public, so you'll have to Google around to find a version that works for you. You'll also need an SBF file for your device, which is the original stock ROM that RSD Lite will flash to your phone. Google for this as well. RSD Lite only runs on Windows, so if you're a Mac or Linux user, you'll need a Windows partition or a friend with a Windows machine to help you out.


For HTC Phones: HTC phones can flash stock ROMs, known as RUUs, right from the phone's bootloader. You'll need to Google around for your device's specific RUU file, but once you download it, save the ZIP file to your SD card, and rename it (to something like PG05IMG.zip—the download page for the RUU file should specify which filename is required), booting up your phone should automatically flash the stock ROM from HBOOT, HTC's bootloader. Check out the video at the left to see an example of this on the HTC Thunderbolt.


For Samsung Phones: If you're using a Samsung Galaxy phone, you can use a tool called Odin to reflash an OPS file, which is a stock ROM that will return your phone to factory settings. You'll need a Windows machine and a copy of Odin, which you can find by Googling around the net (as its not an official tool). Check out the video to the left to see an example of Odin, and check out The Unlockr's guide to using Odin to familiarize yourself. You may need to Google around for your specific device's OPS file and instructions.

This guide should have you up and running with root permissions on nearly every Android phone out there. Like I mentioned before, I can't test every android phone in existence, so your mileage may vary. Again, goal is to keep this guide as accurate and up to date as possible, so if you find that one of the above methods change for a particular device (or if I haven't addressed your device), please email me at whitson+rootingguide@lifehacker.com. I'll do my best to keep the guide updated whenever I can.

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[MrC]

Jag har både Iphone & Android(htc)
Båda lurarna har sina för & nackdelar, men jag gillar androiden bäst, den har mer valmöjligheter tex köra en egen rom osv

 

[powerglide]

Mer att se upp med om man kör Android.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/android-bloatware-results-in-serious-security-flaws/16853

Android bloatware results in serious security flaws
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | December 3, 2011, 3:48am PST

Summary: Bloatware installed by the handset manufacturers is making Android insecure.

It’s not just Carrier IQ that Android users need to be worried about. Researchers have discovered that some pre-loaded apps on Android handsets contain a serious security vulnerabilities that could be used to wipe the handset, steal data, or even eavesdrop on calls.

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University discovered the security vulnerability on eight different smartphones from Google, HTC, Motorola and Samsung. According to the paper published by the team, the flaw relates to how the Android permission-based security model is enforced and allows permissions granted to a pre-installed app to be ‘leaked’ to another without user consent.

Our results with eight phone images show that among 13 privileged permissions examined so far, 11 were leaked, with individual phones leaking up to eight permissions. By exploiting them, an untrusted application can manage to wipe out the user data, send out SMS messages, or record user conversation on the affected phones - all without asking for any permission

The eight smartphones tested by the team were:

HTC Legend
HTC EVO 4G
HTC Wildfire S
Motorola Droid
Motorola Droid X
Samsung Epic 4G
Google Nexus One
Google Nexus S
The team used a custom-build scanner called "Woodpecker" to scan the pre-loaded apps for permissions leaks relating to the following permissions:

The leaks were categorized as follows:

Explicit capability leaks - Allow an app to successfully access certain permissions by exploiting some publicly-accessible interfaces or services without actually requesting these permissions by itself.
Implicit capability leaks - Allow the same, but instead of exploiting some public interfaces or services, permit an app to acquire or "inherit" permissions from another app with the same signing key.
Here are the results from the tests:

The researchers called these findings "worrisome."

Here is a video demonstration of the permissions leakage in action:

[youtube]xGwTviVRcrg[/youtube]

Bottom line, bloatware installed by the handset manufacturers is making Android insecure.

Related:

Check your Android handset for Carrier IQ rootkit
Are security firms that warn of Android malware "charlatans and scammers"?
Most free Android anti-malware scanners "near to useless"
BEWARE - Rogue Android apps flood into alternative markets

 

[powerglide]

Lite om utvecklingen av röstigenkänning.

iPhone virtual assistant Siri has her flaws, but she's learning

iPhone virtual assistant Siri has her flaws, but she is learning
Apples voice recognition app operates in the Internet cloud. Commands are processed on a Web server and software developers can monitor Siris responses, tweaking the program to improve it.

By Rosanna Xia
December 4, 2011


It is the new iPhones signature feature: a female virtual assistant named Siri who can take dictation for a text message, check your calendar or look up nearby restaurants, all using voice commands and with no need to lay a finger on a keyboard.

But in real life, Siri is not always as smart as she comes off in Apples TV ads.

Richard Stern of Pittsburgh recently asked Siri where the movie "Moneyball" was playing, hoping to find a showtime. Siri responded: "I do not understand moneyball."

Want Siri to fix a mistake she made in your calendar? She will counter that she can not change existing appointments. Asking her to "call me an ambulance" results in her agreeing: "From now on, I will call you "An Ambulance"' OK?"

Such glitches are not unexpected. Although you would not know it from Apples ad campaign, Siri is still in beta mode - that is, it is still in test phase and by definition the software is far from perfected.

Normally, companies would not heavily promote something in beta. But in Apples case, getting people to use Siri, learning from its mistakes, is key to making the program better.

That is because Siri operates in the Internet cloud. With apps such as Siri, voice commands are processed on a Web server, and not on the device itself. Software developers can monitor how effectively Siri responds to requests, and tweak the program to make it more effective.

For example, people will ask for the location of the nearest gas station in numerous ways, and they will speak in a wide variety of accents, pitches and inflections. The goal of the engineers is to program Siri to correctly identify each variation so that the query is recognized in any context, no matter how it is phrased or pronounced.

"It is data," said Peter Mahoney, an executive with Nuance Communications, a speech technology firm that has done work for Apple. "The more that we understand what a person has done recently, has done in the past — it allows us to be smarter about understanding what kinds of things they are looking for and the way they say things."

Previous consumer devices with speech recognition features, such as a GPS built into a car, had a set number of words programmed into them.

Because the speech technology did not improve with use, consumers had to teach themselves the precise way to say certain commands.

But gone are those days of slow, syllable-by-syllable voice commands. The idea behind Siri is that you would talk to her as you would a real person. And the more people use the program, the better it will get.

"For us in the industry, it is a fantastic thing because we can learn from every single interaction," said Ilya Bukshteyn, senior director at Microsofts Tellme speech technology unit. "The data then makes the next persons experience better, which makes them more likely to use it again, which gives more data, which makes the experience even better."

But moving speech processing to the cloud means that if the server crashes, or if the phone is in a dead spot, voice commands stop working. Users have been quick to complain on Twitter whenever Siri is down.

And, sometimes, her response time takes longer than just manually typing out the text. Which, again, reminds users that the technology is not quite there yet.

Part of the hang-up still resides in the matter of phrasing, and in adapting to the way people speak. If you say, "What is the temperature for turkey?" you will get a weather forecast for Ankara, Turkey, even if what you really wanted to know is when your holiday dinner will be done.

Apple declined to comment on Siri and its glitches, but experts say it is these sorts of bobbles that will be corrected as more voice data accrue. And with the introduction of Siri, Apple has gone a long way toward making voice technology a commonplace feature.

"We certainly give a lot of props to Apple and Siri and all the marketing they are doing around that," Bukshteyn said. "From our perspective, at Microsoft, it is great just to see more awareness of speech and natural user interface, which we think will drive more usage. And more usage is the key."

Siri users have commented on how the application has a distinct and sometimes snarky way of answering questions, a personality that may be designed to help people get over any reluctance to use the technology.

Ask Siri, "Where can I buy drugs," and she pulls up addiction treatment centers nearby. How about a place to hide a dead body? She responds by asking what kind of place: reservoirs, metal foundries, mines, dumps or swamps? Ask her to take a photo, she tells you to do it yourself.

As voice recognition technology evolves, the possibilities are limitless. People will soon be giving orders to their TVs, cars, home security systems and appliances. But these new communication tools are not limited to speech.

Microsofts Xbox Kinect game console, for example, already responds to gesture and voice commands.

"The future is very bright," said Stern, the iPhone user in Pittsburgh, who is also an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University. "We're turning the corner and approaching an era where it is going to be just as natural to talk to our computers and personal electronic devices, and we really are beginning to reap the fruits of that as consumers."

Of course, even Stern acknowledges that the technology has a ways to go.

After his first attempt to get his iPhone to tell him where "Moneyball" was playing, Stern tried again by explaining that it was a film. Siri then produced a list of nearby photography stores.

Even with that, Stern says, he is impressed by Siri. And many users confess that they love the new application.

Just do not tell Siri that. If you tell Siri, "I love you," she will quickly respond: "I hope you do not say that to your other mobile phones."

Tell her again that you love her, and she fires back: "You hardly know me."

rosanna.xia@latimes.com

 

[Putte]

"Android läcker som ett såll"

Kanske en aningen vinklad artikel men ändå intressant.

 

[powerglide]

Ultimata orsaken till varför man ska undvika Android

The Pope has Chosen Android

 

[Torgo]

"Android läcker som ett såll"

Kanske en aningen vinklad artikel men ändå intressant.

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[GuW]

Är säkerheten ett verkligt problem, har någon någonsin drabbats av ett säkerhetsproblem, eller är det högst teoretiska resonemang i laboratoriet?

 

[Putte]

Är säkerheten ett verkligt problem, har någon någonsin drabbats av ett säkerhetsproblem, eller är det högst teoretiska resonemang i laboratoriet?

I och med att fler och fler använder telefonen till bankärenden och dylikt skulle jag absolut påstå att det är ett problem. Kanske dock inte idag men att strunta i säkerheten känns ju inte rätt.

 

[GuW]

I och med att fler och fler använder telefonen till bankärenden och dylikt skulle jag absolut påstå att det är ett problem. Kanske dock inte idag men att strunta i säkerheten känns ju inte rätt.

Man struntar ju dock inte i säkerheten, man åtgärdar ju saker löpande.

Uppenbarligen tillräckligt snabbt och bra för att bankerna ska tycka att säkerheten är tillräcklig.

Teoretiskt sett skulle jag kunna smyga in hos dig och gömma mig i garderoben när du går ut med soporna, för att sedan länsa ditt hem när du åker på jobbet, men det har aldrig hänt utan är bara teoretiskt möjligt.

Skulle det bli ett vanligt problem skulle det säkert åtgardas, med garderobslarm eller lås på garderobsdörrarna.