Cortana on iOS

[afnan_mc]

What do you think about Cortana being released as a Bing app on the iOS.? Obviously won't be as powerful as native integration on WP 8.1 but is it a great idea.?

Also, What do you expect from MSFT on the Cortana front.?

 

[Fade_z]

I hope they wont release it, if only because MSFT needs to focus 99% of its mobile operations on windows phone and the 1% that remains on bringing stuff over on iOS/android. Even they it could be used as something promotional...

If they release cortana on iOS i might just aswell buy an iphone again, because then i have alot of apps, siri, cortana and an completer OS.

 

[12Danny123]

I hope they wont release it, if only because MSFT needs to focus 99% of its mobile operations on windows phone and the 1% that remains on bringing stuff over on iOS/android. Even they it could be used as something promotional...

If they release cortana on iOS i might just aswell buy an iphone again, because then i have alot of apps, siri, cortana and an completer OS.

They will release It but likely limited functionality wise. More like Google now on IOS. It just shows info

 

[Connor Price]

I don't quite understand why Microsoft would release Cortana on iOS. Siri is one of the defining features of iOS, so practically no one is going to use Cortana. I could see it being popular on Android, but then Microsoft would be shooting themselves in the foot by making a WP8.1 feature more popular on Android than it is on WP8.1

 

[afnan_mc]

They will release It but likely limited functionality wise. More like Google now on IOS. It just shows info

I sure hope so.

 

[Jupast]

I'm sure there's some clever strategy in place here to do with 'services', but i personally think it's a bad idea to give the competitions platform things like this, limited or not. We need points of difference.

Apple and Google are hardly playing nice with Windows Phone are they, so i wouldn't bother, clever strategy or not.

 

[michail71]

I'm sure there's some clever strategy in place here to do with 'services', but i personally think it's a bad idea to give the competitions platform things like this, limited or not. We need points of difference.

Apple and Google are hardly playing nice with Windows Phone are they, so i wouldn't bother, clever strategy or not.

I'd say it's mostly google not playing nice with anyone else.

 

[anon(5352534)]

It would be redundant as SIRI is already partly Bing based.... it uses less google more bing....

 

[Fade_z]

I'd say it's mostly google not playing nice with anyone else.

They seem to have forgotten their (old) motto of 'don't be evil'

 

[xandros9]

I'd say it's mostly google not playing nice with anyone else.

and Apple doesn't even play with others.

They seem to have forgotten their (old) motto of 'don't be evil'

kinda not liking it. seems everything becomes evil once on top. We need to knock em down a few notches to return them to their open and more accommodating nature like MS as of now. (compare anti-trust MS and MS today)
(google using open standards, now killing gvoice clients and closing hangouts)

 

[masterchief1984]

I agree that this is a bad idea. As Apple has SIRI and Google has Google Voice, Cortana should be native only to WP.

 

[Jupast]

I'd say it's mostly google not playing nice with anyone else.

Thought that went without saying. They're Evil itself these days it seems.

 

[savagelizards]

What do you think about Cortana being released as a Bing app on the iOS.? Obviously won't be as powerful as native integration on WP 8.1 but is it a great idea.?

Also, What do you expect from MSFT on the Cortana front.?

I could see where this is a great idea. Google got a lot of information from iOS users that helped them make their mapping much more precise. The more users the service has the better it will perform. MS could of course retain some of these improvements for itself, or release revisions on WP ahead of other OSs.

 

[bilzkh]

I think Cortana should be a platform (and operating system) for emerging smart devices, i.e. wearables, appliances, smart TVs, cars and other 'internet of things' devices.

Making Cortana ubiquitous across these devices could allow for (1) de-facto support for Windows Phone, Windows and Xbox and (2) an actual use-case for a Cortana app on iOS and Android. For example, in order to make full use of a smartwatch I need to tie it the Cortana app on my iPhone/Galaxy.

Of course, these are short-term achievements, making Cortana the springboard for development on these new systems can cement for Microsoft a dominant position in the 'internet of things' world. In other words, more developers working with Microsoft tools and languages.

Why should this be the route? Imagine buying smart furniture, e.g. desk for your office and mirror for your bathroom, and having the option of having it loaded with Cortana instead of Chrome OS.