Who'd've thunk it? Apple's voice-assistant, Siri, has suggested Nokia's Lumia 900 as the lead candidate to be the best cell phone ever. Someone put that very question to Siri, and here, courtesy of fansite WMPowerUser, is the result: Siri suggests Nokia Source: WMPowerUser Siri interrogates Wolfram's Alpha database for …

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 11:13 GMT Anonymous Coward

Looks to be fixed...

Mine reports "I think you've already answered that question" :-)

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 11:33 GMT Linbox

If you ask for best "mobile phone"...

siri says "you're kidding, right?". As above - it says "I think you've answered that question".

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1. Tuesday 15th May 2012 18:07 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: If you ask for best "mobile phone"...
  
  I think maybe they vary the answers to make it look less like a crappy RSA chatbot, as when I asked it said "The Winnebago Journey 42E"
  
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Tuesday 15th May 2012 11:34 GMT BerilliumFilter

Ah yes and lumia in Spanish means; http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=lumia

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 11:41 GMT Anonymous Coward

Too late El Reg

That was changed days ago.

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 11:44 GMT Jim Coleman

Yep

Apple have successfully applied their "Reality Distortion Field" and now normal service has been resumed, i.e. Siri now recommends Apple over the Truth.

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1. Tuesday 15th May 2012 12:17 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: Yep
  
  What is the truth then? everyone will have their own opinion.
  
  Ask what is the best car and many will have an opinion too.
  
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  1. Tuesday 15th May 2012 12:46 GMT DrXym
    
    Re: Yep
    
    If everyone has their own opinion why is Siri even answering subjective questions like this?
    
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    1. Tuesday 15th May 2012 13:49 GMT Anonymous Coward
      
      Re: Yep
      
      Well said sir.
      
      AC, Another Applite with a considered opinion.
      
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    2. Tuesday 15th May 2012 23:09 GMT Charles Manning
      
      Well Siri is allowed an opinion too!
      
      The marketeers try to push an emotional connection with products like Siri.
      
      It builds trust. When Siri 1.5 comes along they will use it to help you buy crap you don't need.
      
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      1. Wednesday 16th May 2012 08:45 GMT Anonymous Coward
        
        How dare you ?
        
        Think I could be fooled into buying crap I don't need ?
        
        -"I think you've answered that question"
        
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Tuesday 15th May 2012 12:00 GMT Brezhnev's Shadow

No Way, Siri!

Best one's the N9, isn't it? ;)

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 12:16 GMT Giles Jones

Totally wrong. It should have said the Nokia 6310i of course.

Now if they had asked what is the best smartphone it would have been a different answer.

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 12:39 GMT Mark Stronge

OLD OLD news...

Actually, so old that Apple have now changed the result so that it says things like "you're holding it" you're kidding, right?" etc. Oh yes, the results are MOST DEFINITELY filtered and monitored by Apple.

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 12:57 GMT Luke McCarthy

That's a Wolfram Alpha result

Which you can still get from the website.

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 13:34 GMT Anonymous Coward

LOL

Everyone loves a good sense of humour....

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Tuesday 15th May 2012 14:03 GMT Anonymous Coward

Shittiest voice command system recommends the Shittiest Mobile OS.

No surprise there then...

All this demonstrates is how much money Microsoft are piling into online advertising and viral marketing to try and get the dire Windows Phone OS, and Lumia line a foothold.

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1. Tuesday 15th May 2012 18:14 GMT Sean Timarco Baggaley
  
  Re: Shittiest voice command system recommends the Shittiest Mobile OS.
  
  Your real name is Richard Stallman and I claim my £5.
  
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Tuesday 15th May 2012 16:17 GMT Phil O'Sophical

whopping 4 user reviews

http://xkcd.com/937/

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