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[Nexus S Themes and Apps] D33KK:
Thanks for all these really helpful comments:

I have found out that the best Siri replacements would be:

GVS

Vlingo

Vlingo

Vlingo

VLingo

vlingo and Vlingo.

Stop repeating the same damn answer!!!! Vlingo is nothing compared to Siri (I am NOT an apple fan btw) but the best we could all do is admit that siri is miles ahead of Googles crappy GVS, I mean you can't even set an alarm clock on it.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Hater
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Guys...Siri is very good and above gvs, but that does not mean that an app cannot be created that does the same thing, right? Siri then......can someone port over the app?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Haizum74:
I would also give voice assistant a go, found it that bit better than speaktoit
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Yeah...but the ui. Is dissapointing....also it just say the answers...it does not SHOW you the answers like siri (ex. weather info)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Cryt:
Because physically asking your phone for the weather is easier than clicking the weather icon.

Oh wait.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] derekwilkinson:
how do you expect someone to port a closed source app on a closed source os based on completely different architecture to android?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] david279:
I don't think he's thinking that far....
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Idk.....well then someone should make an app like that then
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] david279:
Wow...

Just get a 4s.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] derekwilkinson:
i'll get right on it
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] david279:
Can you make me some cookies too?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] derekwilkinson:
what kind???
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ransflyer:
A man has just died show some respect you tossers.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] apreichner:
I think people put too much thought into this android vs apple BS. Apple revolutionized the phone industry, admit it. They set a high bar to which Google and the phone manufacturers had to set even higher. Now I am not happy with apples current innovations in hardware but here's the way I see Siri. Google set a high bar with Google voice search. Apple just raised that bar, now the ball is in Googles or our court. Its time to raise that bar even higher. Dwelling on what we have now instead of seeking for more will leave us in the dust. So get over yourselves.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] robinmobile:
Ehm.... Did u try siri yet?... U gonna b so disappointed in ur life buddy
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] falconrulz:
Firstly, are we going to use voice control to that extent?, and with all the people talking around you, its pointless, and you might also look like a idiot talking to your phone :p

My point is that, it doesn't matter what's better, voice recognition is a technology in development its almost like comparing game betas, calm down people...

Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] surveysays:
them: "Siri, what's the weather today?"

them: "Siri, are there any Italian restaurants nearby?"

me: "Android, set home temperature to 78 degrees, and turn on the porch light. Oh, and start the car."
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] RisinT96:
+1 on that.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] pewipo123:
can you make an app so that my Nexus flushes the toilet for me whenever i forgrt?

thnx
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Agreed.

Sent from my Nexus S MV from the XDA Premium app.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] derekwilkinson:
i was being sarcastic
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Boo
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
True
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] 651stp:


You can easily just hold down the search button and say weather then your area code and it'll show you without the annoying robot voice.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] albundy2010:
So you can't set a alarm with gvs eh?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ransflyer:
True.

A reporter at the BBC had a go using SIRI and said it worked exactly like the clips we have seen. He said it was amazing. Over to you Google.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Haizum74:
Oh ffs over 150,000 people die every day. WTF made him top of the chain for respect? What exactly is it you want people to respect?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] derekwilkinson:
read apreichner's post
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] tankmaster90:
yea he should first know what GVS can and can't do lol.

I think the innovation behind siri is not that its integrated deeply within the OS. Thats probably easy for google to do. And GVS is integrated pretty deeply.

I think the best part of siri is that there is no set "command" you can talk to it like a normal person and it will guess correctly what you do.

We'll see if google improves on GVS for ICS, I kinda doubt it though? Unless they knew about siri, maybe in an update it will come later.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ransflyer:
You do not make fun out of someone who has just died, and does not matter if it's steve jobs or any of the 150,000. It's called common decency. How would you like if it when one of your parents or your partner dies and people openly make fun of it? I'm sure that steves family are going through hell at the moment just like all the other families who have lost someone. Like I said common decency.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Caballero777:
i guess that would call for a "too soon" comment.

In reality why would you want voice command to control every single aspect of your phone. We get a 4.65 in. phone i want to caress every single inch of it. Apple did that so they can get the ball rolling on their side. In reality what good is it? Just to make us more lazy.

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Ha OWNED!!!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] tailsthecat3:
Google Voice Actions - or buy a technology and pass it off as your own.

I'm always talking to my phone.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bringonblink:
I'm gonna disagree here, apple have a tendancy to enter a market and turn it upside down.

I reckon siri will be pretty decent, Job's wouldnt have authorsied it otherwise, no?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] melvinchng:
Siri just available in US carrier. Out of US... no Siri in iPhone 4s

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
How do you know?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SwollenMonkey:
Siri will be available in UK. Germany. Australia amongst others according to the apple site
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
When will it come to Canada?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] BlackHawkA4:
1- Google's built in will do most of what you need

2- Vlingo will do the rest

3- That video... has anyone ever tried running and speaking voice commands to their phone? I have problems when the phones in the car with the windows open. Now mix in your breathing heavy and speaking.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] rican408:
If Google came up with Siri nobody here would be talking **** about it. It has raised the bar beyond voice search and vlingo. That thing is badass. Now that the idea is there someone can make an android app.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Exactly
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] apreichner:
Agreed.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ransflyer:
Been reading a review from Stephen Fry who said you can ask it anything like what's the square root of 32657 or what's the most populated town in Indonesia. And it would answer back, and if you held the phone to your ear it would answer quietly through the telephone speaker so you could use it like making a call. He also said you speak normally to it like a proper conversation and it understands. Sounds very good.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Yep
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mcms82:
I find the stock google voice search is sufficient enough, it can pretty much do the same thing. send texts, call, directions, ect. and from my experience pretty accurate.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mak213:
although i do agree this is app that raising the bar for voice searching but honestly now how often will this be used? as much as facetime? if so that means 2% of phone usage...at the end of the day siri is just another app that you can hold bragging rights to, but to go as far as ground breaking? its not ground breaking unless it changes something major of how we react with out phones. now something ground breaking would be google wallet...

-end rant
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] alexthearmo:
Check this out. It's actually pretty cool and works pretty well. Plus it's free! "Speaktoit Assistant". I changed the avitar to the microphone cuz i thought the cartoon chick was cheesy.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speaktoit.assistant&feature=search_result
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] albundy2010:
What you're implying is incorrect. The idea has has been here for a long time now. The idea is the reason apple bought the company. The idea was there when Google hired one of the people behind the company that led to google voice actions.

Apple came late to the party. Their current use of the tech is the best but the idea that apple brought out the idea is nonsense.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EddyBalls:
looks like you're the apple fanboy.

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don't forget that the new notifications? stolen from android and basically stolen from the iDevs. They come late in the game and call it a "new feature" and people just eat it up.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] rican408:
seen a video that shows jobs had the idea of the ipad, video chat, and Siri years before internet was up....

youtube knowledge locator 1987.....
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] artiros:
I think SIRI looks cool, and from the looks of it far better to Android alternatives.. I have been wanting this for a long time, and am glad someone made it because this means that google will probably make a real effort to improve their voice search :D

Either way it isn't very useful, but a cool feature I want to have. Perfectly willing to wait until Android gets it. The way apple introduced it, limiting it to 4S just shows yet again how they threat customers. If I had a iphone 4 and didn't get SIRI I would be pissed right now....

In a year or so they will probably introduce iOS 6, making iphone 4 and below as useful as a brick anyway..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] JohnBg:
what i want is a shortcut that uses voice search and sends the string directly to wolframalpha.

I could do all that "whats biggest city in europe" and "flights from memphis to new york" and "whats the weather today?" stuff exept for opening local apps - i dont need that anyway.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jlopez1286:
http://www.androidtablets.net/index.php?pageid=home&news_page=2

check that link...scroll a bit down and you'll see it...Its called JARVIS...right now it works only for txt... i've use it and works good...
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Paparasee:
Siri gets lost internationally, promises to do better next year

After all the hype (well, that's what apple is all about anyway), they now promise to do better the next time!

Source:http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/15/siri-gets-lost-internationally-promises-to-do-better-next-year/

And there is:

Source:http://gizmodo.com/5850145/it-looks-like-siris-already-having-some-trouble

Bottom line: All same stuff in different packages. The difference ... Apple gloats and makes a big deal of stuff over something that every other phone has had for a while (Jobs was keen on pointing out that Microsoft copied the GUI & mouse from Apple. Since then however Apple has copied stuff from every other device ... but then that's not copying) and then fall on their face!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Haizum74:
Is it just me that is wondering what all the fuss is about? Siri really isnt all that Apple are making out and as a side by side comparison I have used 'voice actions' that has done everything or similar to what people have asked siri. And with a better voice synth than siri too.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Flozzo:
Tbh that's not too hard to come up with ye know.

CM7 FTW @ SGS - Tapatalk
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Haizum74:
Death is death, get over it, happens all the time. There is no respect in dying and I show none to anyone for dying. I much prefer to celebrate their life. So, please get off your high horse. Oh and if anyone wanted to make fun of anyone of my friends/family dying I let them get on with it. As I said, there is no respect in dying.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Tahde:
Its just the "new hype" to me (poor gullible people). No way in hell that I'll run out and buy that phone because "Siri is great". Nor would I want anything thats from Apple ported over to my ANDROID. But we arent talking about me, we are talking about you. I have a solution........(another member has mentioned this too)....Buy a IPhone? Problem solved. :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] spc_hicks09:
This is the best "Assistant App" out there yet (other than Google Voice). On their forums at speaktoit.com you can request any feature you want and if they feel it should be implemented, it will be. I asked that they put in the ability to play music about 2 weeks ago, 1 week later I get the update that can play music. You guys should check it out. It may not be as advanced as Siri right now but it is still in Beta.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speaktoit.assistant&feature=search_result
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] t3ej4y:
Gotta love android humour....

Enter Iris, so long, sirI
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ns4g4me:
Iris is funny....
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] rican408:
Yea. NOWADAYS. try thinking of that before the internet, wifi, LCD screens were invented.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mrpanic7:
Iris rocks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] denverg:
You can set an alarm with Google Voice. Say "Set Alarm 7am" and you'll get an alarm for 7:00 am the next morning. Say "Weather" and Google will pull up the weather for your specific location. Say "Send Text" Then say the contact name, then what you want to put in the text. Say, "Listen To" and then give it a song title, it will play the song. It works, and it works well. Even with background noise. The only thing that I've wanted to do with it that I can't figure out is open an app. Everytime it goes to the market.

In conclusion, Siri and Apple can sucka' egg. And by egg, I mean dic*.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] twtww:
There's a new app callen 'iris',you can have a try .
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] TheRomero09:
Indeed Iris! She is one funny gal!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] hamidbsb:
where can I get this app!!!! looks awesome!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jark99:
Agreed! Hagsha
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Haizum74:
Tis on the market dude(ette)

Tried it and came back with really random answers. Ok still in alpha but not as good as voice actions (not google)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] s12512:
voice actions. its in the market. i like it a little better than vlingo. but i dont use vlingo a lot!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] imraan47:
try speaktoit assistant
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] spc_hicks09:
+1000000000
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SS2006:
iris or 'speaktoit'
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Any good ones?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] spc_hicks09:
Iris is more of a joke, it has great potential though since it's only in Alpha.

I would say you should go with SpeakToIt Assistant. It can do pretty much everything. It's more of a "ask a question, get an answer" type of app though.

For example, if you tell Siri:

You: Find me a great Mexican Restaurant

Siri: I found 5 Mexican Restaurants in your area

You: Which one has highest rating on Yelp?

Siri: (restaurant name here) has a 5 star rating

This type of conversation can't take place with SpeakToIt. It would be more like:

You: Find me a great Mexican Restaurant

SpeakToIt: I found these Mexican Restaurants in your area

And that's pretty much it. It can't carry on a conversation about the same topic like Siri can. However, SpeakToIt is in Beta stages. You can also go on their website www.speaktoit.com and request a feature. When I first got the app, you wasn't able to play music through voice commands so I went on their website and requested the feature. 1 week later there was an update that allowed music to be played through voice commands.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shivammcool:
Nice
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] treezy26:
Honestly who cares??? Seriously??? Siri is a joke...

As far as I can remember, android had this as long as I've had Droid. If u care so much about it get a f@%k'n iphone, (lose your freedom)...
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] spc_hicks09:
First let me say, I will never own an Apple device (not even an iPod). However, correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Google Voice was available on iPhone before it was on Android. People are just wanting an app that's close or better. Calm down, take a breather. People are just asking about apps.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SimonCraddock:
They've been tearing shreds of the iPhone4s this past week on Absolute Radio (uk) by asking it questions and getting complete rubbish back.

Who in their right mind is going to talk to a phone in public, organising appointments, asking questions and having them read back? Its a new concept and most people won't feel comfortable talking to a handset and letting everyone around them listen in.

Its a gimmick, just like everything else Apple release. They brought out Face Time last time, nothing new about that my Sony Ericsson did that years ago. They love to copy old ideas re-release them and call it a revelation!!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Paparasee:
So true! Old wine in new bottle and presto .... they've invented wine!

And, its just not about talking to the phone in public . Worse you say something, the machine misunderstands ... you repeat, the machine says something back that's not relevant ... you then bark at the machine only to be told "a bark is a tough, protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub"
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] djwyman:
to me siri or any of that mess is kinda useless with the exception of reading text to you, replying to text and using it for the gps if I am lost and this is all only used in the car to keep my eyes on the road or I just don't use the phone at all...but seriously i do not want to have a conversation with me phone...my phone is for having conversations with other people not the device its self. Now being able to use my phone to buy lunch now that is awesome...
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bringonblink:
At work me and my colleauges were messing around with a 4s. Asked siri what the square root of nine is and the phone crashed lol

Asked Google voice and it just stayed on searching for an answer so no better really
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] simms22:
i think that Iris works pretty well on the nexus s. ive been comparing it Siri, on my coworkers iphone 4s. most of the time, Iris wins out. Siri has a better, more pleasant voice though. btw, heres a sample conversation that i just had with Iris..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] djwyman:
Dude that is funny. Iris seems to do a pretty good job of things for an app that was created in 8hrs...compared to Siri that probably took months or years.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mstevens:
So, did they?

Or were you just making up random BS for the heck of it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bmxant:
And of course the new one has to have a white spot on the lower left side :mad:

I'm having awesome luck here, It doesn't look like a dead pixel either. It looks like part of the screen is burnt.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ceo.mtcl:
Sorry to hear that but can you not exchange it again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
I'd take it right back in for a new one
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bmxant:
They currently don't have any in stock at the moment, going to check back tomorrow afternoon.

The manager was like YO, NO MORE EXCHANGES AFTER THIS ONE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] anaxagorasbc:
does he not acknowledge that it's defective?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bmxant:
It seems he doesn't care, he told me that 3 is the limit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MikeyMike01:
Then ask for a refund instead of another exchange. Buy it somewhere else.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dxtra:
Exchange for a new one. I replace mines twice one would turn off randomly, the second one had a white spot like the op mention looks like a dead pixel. The third one working flawlessly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
I have to believe that this guy reports to someone else, whether in the store or not... I'd call the store and get a hold of who that person is and forward on this situation. There's no reason they should push away a customer if they have a verifiable issue with multiple devices. Sounds like a complete d-bag to me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ngocdao:
You should be getting a customer experience survey via sms in a few days. write your feelings there. trust me, they'll see it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nyydynasty:
why not exchange it at a different store? You dont need to keep going back to the same one to exchange it.
[Android Themes] StormwaveUK:
Hi guys,

This is a very early release of my new tool "SystemUI Editor". It basically lets you edit the images inside a SystemUI.apk package to allow skinning the status bar etc for tablets.

This release is far from finished, but is functional.

Download from filetrip.net/f26366-SystemUI-Editor-0-1.html

(I can't post links yet).

Current Features

Expect many more features as I add to the known files list.

Edit the navigation status bar buttons (back, home, menu, tasks etc).

Change the clock font. (Not updating, needs testing)

Edit a few other images (just added for testing at present).

Customisable Files.xml list so you can add files manually that I have yet to add.

Guide

Copy your SystemUI.apk from your /system/app directory to somewhere local.

Open it in SystemUI Editor.

Choose an item from the tree view and alter as necessary.

Save the SystemUI file.

Copy it back into /system/app.

The UI will crash, so just manually reboot the table (hold power down for 5 seconds or so until it turns off, then turn it back on).

Enjoy

Notes

This is currently a windows program. When it is further in development I will create a Mac OS X version if there is enough demand.

You need root to be able to replace the SystemUI file.

I intend, in the near future, to finish the files list and add previews. Any other ideas are encouraged.

I've mainly released this program so early to test out any problems on different tablets, develop the Files.XML file and get any feedback / ideas on further development.

If anyone would like to help me finish the Files.xml file, that would be a massive help, as I can get on with adding new features instead.
[Android Themes] chad24taylor:
This looks like a really cool tool, going to give it a shot when I've got some more time.
[Android Themes] radekchy:
Very good tool I recommend.
[Android Themes] da900:
Great tool. I think that it would be nice to be able to edit framework-res.apk too. Just for full theming, as battery icons are still in framework.
[Android Themes] StormwaveUK:
Good idea. I'm heavily developing this right now, and I decided to expand outside of only editing the SystemUI file.

I'll hopefully get an update out in the next few days.
[Android Themes] ngonchan:
@StormwaveUK, is this just used for tablets or I can use it for fones? Anyway, great tool ;)
[Android Themes] ryan75:
This looks good - anxious to try editing the stock 4g icons out of CM7 themes where they are untouched.

Thanks.
[Android Themes] rycheme:
Subscribed, looking forward to trying this out.
[Android Themes] Jon2555:
Why for Mac? Can you make Linux version?
[Android Themes] exmeaguy:
+1 on this. I'm anxious to take a look at this.
[Android Themes] jessesse:
Sounds cool.. bump
[Android Themes] HanSolo607:
Did anyone get this to work? I keep getting an "unhandled exception" error whenever I try to open up a systemUI image in the editor.
[Android Themes] wintel_mac:
Yep, same here. The problem is kind of easy to fix, though. In files.xml, you can specify the image mapping. It seems that everything is hardcoded for a specific device.

Most phones with large screens don't have "drawable-mdpi" but "drawable-hdpi" for example. And the same may apply to image names.