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[nycnikato]

How can you sue for a product not working to your expectations ? Microsoft would have been bankrupt because windows 7 wasn't virus-proof :-)

[mroughton]

Can we sue the Brooklyn man for being incompetent? Or how about placing so much of his life in the hands of Apple?

*cough*I SHEEP*cough*

[linuxrants7xpg]

nycnikato, on 13 March 2012 - 10:34 AM, said:

How can you sue for a product not working to your expectations ? Microsoft would have been bankrupt because windows 7 wasn't virus-proof :-)

There's this thing called False Advertising, and if it can be proven that Apple is setting expectations for their product that their product can not fulfill, then Apple can absolutely be sued for doing so. If you believe that Microsoft has done a similar thing, feel free to file your complaint with a court of law.

[platform]

Would you have the same opinion if you had an artificial heart?

[veeblefetzer]

The lawyers will make millions and the people they convince to join the suit will get a credit of $5 toward their next iPhone purchase.

[mobilecasedirect]

I have had the hardest time getting Siri to understand the simplest commands as in the commercial. Maybe she doesn't like to take commands from a man?

I hope they will improve upon the application in later releases. However I can see how they really did a big marketing push around the capability and doesn't quite live up to the hype.

Is it false advertising? I guess we will see if the lawsuit has merit in court.

"Siri, will you complete a voice command so you don't get Apple sued"?

[mobilecasedirect]

I have had the hardest time getting "Siri" to understand the simplest commands as in the commercial. Maybe she doesn't like to take commands from a man?

I hope they will improve upon the application in later releases.

I can see how they really did a big marketing push around the capability and doesn't quite live up to the hype.

Is it false advertising? I guess we will see if the lawsuit has merit in court.

"Siri, will you complete a voice command so you don't get Apple sued"?

[Badass62qn]

damn, i should file the lawsuit before that Brooklyn man.. maybe i should wait for iphone 5 coming out so that i can suit APPLE for misleading some kind of BS features

[QUADICON]

Only in American can you tie up taxpayers dollars for worthless BS...oh wait...!!!

[QUADICON]

linuxrants7xpg, on 13 March 2012 - 10:43 AM, said:

nycnikato, on 13 March 2012 - 10:34 AM, said:

How can you sue for a product not working to your expectations ? Microsoft would have been bankrupt because windows 7 wasn't virus-proof :-)

There's this thing called False Advertising, and if it can be proven that Apple is setting expectations for their product that their product can not fulfill, then Apple can absolutely be sued for doing so. If you believe that Microsoft has done a similar thing, feel free to file your complaint with a court of law.

Well the excuse is the product is still in beta, but you won't know that from a commerical. Why release a beta product to millions of users when it isn't even ready?

Though I don't see it as something worth suing for, I wonder what the fans would say if Microsoft allowed OEM's to release beta versions of Windows on retail PC's? Would they not all be red flagging them for doing so? Yet its seems to be okay for Apple to release a poorly tested feature to a device for all of us to be their guinea pigs. Grnted, you can't work out many bugs without consumer usage, but release a product you just bought, and is still in BETA is far more suspect than a final product like Windows which has 3 years of testing with those who choose to download the software as oppose to it being sold to them.

[Dobreski]

I asked Siri if 'her service' was fast, highly evolved and reliable, but the only response I got sounded like sheep bleating.

[CMFICDagodevas]

crApple doesn't care what you think. You WILL take it crApple's way and you WILL like it, sheeple!

[linuxrants7xpg]

QUADICON, on 13 March 2012 - 11:30 AM, said:

Well the excuse is the product is still in beta, but you won't know that from a commerical. Why release a beta product to millions of users when it isn't even ready?

Though I don't see it as something worth suing for, I wonder what the fans would say if Microsoft allowed OEM's to release beta versions of Windows on retail PC's? Would they not all be red flagging them for doing so? Yet its seems to be okay for Apple to release a poorly tested feature to a device for all of us to be their guinea pigs. Grnted, you can't work out many bugs without consumer usage, but release a product you just bought, and is still in BETA is far more suspect than a final product like Windows which has 3 years of testing with those who choose to download the software as oppose to it being sold to them.

Whether the product is still in beta or not isn't really relevant. All that matters is if Apple's advertising set expectations for the product that the product doesn't live up to. The commercials that I've seen show realistic depictions of Siri use with no disclaimer of any kind. Disclaimers aren't required if the product performs as depicted, or if the depiction could not possibly be believed (you can't sue State Farm because you sang the jingle and a hot tub didn't magically appear), but even depictions that could be possibly believed (even stupid ones) require a disclaimer. Whether Apple set unrealistic expectations in their commercials is up to the court.

[KLanD]

There's also the fact that none of Siri's location services work outside of the US.

In Canada, Siri is barely mentioned in the 4s ads, cause it doesn't really work well in Canada. No precise location info, no directions, no local listings, etc.

[CalHolfeld]

KLanD, on 13 March 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

There's also the fact that none of Siri's location services work outside of the US.

In Canada, Siri is barely mentioned in the 4s ads, cause it doesn't really work well in Canada. No precise location info, no directions, no local listings, etc.

Actually I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada and I've seen quite a few Siri commercials on TV. Not as many as probably in the US but still a fair bit. They tend to advertise iCloud a lot more heavy though.

[QUADICON]

mobilecasedirect, on 13 March 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

I have had the hardest time getting Siri to understand the simplest commands as in the commercial. Maybe she doesn't like to take commands from a man?

I hope they will improve upon the application in later releases. However I can see how they really did a big marketing push around the capability and doesn't quite live up to the hype.

Is it false advertising? I guess we will see if the lawsuit has merit in court.

"Siri, will you complete a voice command so you don't get Apple sued"?

Did you know that when you order food from a restaurant that if it doesn't look liek the advertised picture, you can refuse to pay for it
When a company places ANY ad, the product they advertsise much do exact what they are advertsing, if it doesn't than the ad is misleading and is grounds for lawsuit. But instead of suing, I would take my phone back and just demand a full refund even if it is past the return date. if Apple won't accept it, then you have grounds to sue for 2 things, not just one.

[KLanD]

CalHolfeld, on 13 March 2012 - 12:10 PM, said:

KLanD, on 13 March 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

There's also the fact that none of Siri's location services work outside of the US.

In Canada, Siri is barely mentioned in the 4s ads, cause it doesn't really work well in Canada. No precise location info, no directions, no local listings, etc.

Actually I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada and I've seen quite a few Siri commercials on TV. Not as many as probably in the US but still a fair bit. They tend to advertise iCloud a lot more heavy though.

exactly. "In Canada, Siri is barely mentioned in the 4s ads,".

The ones I do see are usually on US networks.

[sp1kerman]

Definitely more hype than something actually useful. Riddle me this . . . My daughter has the i-Phone 4S with Siri . . . Daughter's name is Daiva . .. pronounced like the last half of Godiva (i.e., Lady Godiva). Siri can't pronounce Daiva no matter how many times we repeat the name. Yet Siri has no problem pronouncing Lady Godiva. Also, if we ask Siri what the value of Pi is (approx. 3.14). It thinks for a bit, and then asks if we want to go to Google and search for pie recipes (or something equally as silly).

[bbvammy]

aaawww~~

The magic dust is wearing off?