Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana
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Re: Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana
#2Named after the fictional Halo character:
Re: Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana
#3Kudos to MS for making their personal assistant extendable by third party apps. Neither Apple nor Google have managed to do that yet.
Re: Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana
#4Named after the fictional Halo character: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortana
I think it's a fascinating move on Microsoft's part to integrate a video game character into a users day-to-day reality. I can imagine some nostalgia fueled sales happening as a result. But moreover, I can't help but be reminded of the movie Her. Where the lines between our physical reality and our digital reality start to blur
Re: Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana
#5Kudos to MS for making their personal assistant extendable by third party apps. Neither Apple nor Google have managed to do that yet.
It's basically a pluggable Google Now with APIs. I think it's great.
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#6Is there any information available about the accessibility support in 8.1 yet? I saw that Narrator will be included but no information on weather that will provide full access like iOS and Android offer. If it does I will be picking up a 520 to play with.
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#7I'd like to be able to talk to my Windows 8.1 PC the same way I can talk to my Android/iOS/Windows Phone. Would be very handy I think.
Re: Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana
#8Getting Harry Potter for the unveiling was quite a coup.
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#9This might me really nerdy but the name reminds me of the Farscape Episode "DNA Mad Scientist" (1x9 or so). A lab rat with increased intelligence enslaves the original scientific staff, and keeps the original chief scientist as an assistant, called... wait for it... "Cornata".
Re: Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana
#10This might me really nerdy but the name reminds me of the Farscape Episode "DNA Mad Scientist" (1x9 or so). A lab rat with increased intelligence enslaves the original scientific staff, and keeps the original chief scientist as an assistant, called... wait for it... "Cornata".
My first thought was that it was based on the AI character in the Halo series.