Apple's latest iPhone will be launched in New Zealand next Friday (11/11/11), but Kiwis may have to adopt an Aussie twang to get the most out of its snazzy voice-recognition technology.
Siri, the phone's voice-recognition technology, can understand and respond to spoken questions and commands. For example, users can ask, `Will I need an umbrella this weekend?', and the phone will pull up a weather forecast. But so far, the technology has so far only been programmed for Australian, British, and American dialects. It can understand Kiwi accents but not with the same accuracy. For instance, we say "fish and chips", they hear "fush and chups". We say "peg", they hear "pig". We say "baggage check-in", they hear "beggage chicken". We say "pan", they hear "pen". Need I go on?
In other news, a small Spanish tablet maker, Nuevas Tecnologias y Energias Catala (NT-K), has won a patent infringement battle with Apple Inc in a rare victory against the US company in its global defence of markets for its iPads.
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