What if you just want to get the address or the phone number? Siri's not good at finding those sorts of things. Siri always wants to open maps, which I don't want.
Thanks, Ari > On Feb 6, 2015, at 2:18 PM, bruce brown <bruce...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hi did you say navigate to then say the place? It wirks fine for me. > > bruce from my windows phone. > > -----Original Message----- > From: carol.pearso...@googlemail.com <carol.pearso...@googlemail.com> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 5:02 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: SIRI LAGGING BEHIND OTHERS! > > Hi all, > > I've been a bit annoyed with Siri lately, to say the least, to the point > where I'm really not using her very much at all, but getting much better > success with Google (when I can get the iPhone app to work) and like what > I've heard of Quantana. > > Well, don't want to stray too much from the point but I did try Siri first > yesterday, asking in various ways where the Poundland shop was in my home > town. Well, I got nowhere and in fact would havge gone round and round in > never-ending circles if I hadn't just stopped Siri and returned to the Google > app. I asked the question: "Where is the Poundland shop in Reading" and got > an immediate response with the address. I was chuffed. > > I wonder if it's time for us to make comments to Apple on Siri's seeming lack > of response to those everyday questions? > > Have other had experience of Siri that has tended to put you off her use? If > so, what sort of things have you asked. Maybe someone else on list may know > just how to get the correct answer - but I know I just ask in a way that I > think should be understood and can't often remember a correct method! > > Anyway, I'll be interseted in others' comments. > > Carol P > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
