iPhone 4S Siri and Samsung Galaxy S2 Voice Talk.. (Video)

Just some thoughts on the new iPhone 4S Siri. While many people are won over by the new iPhone 4S personal virtual assistant, it should be noted that there have been similar apps and implementations on Android phones at least a year earlier. Voice recognition technology is nothing new but it is now set to gain huge momentum with Apple joining the race and popularising it.


With smart phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) merging, people have been using their phones to perform countless tasks. It soon made sense that the phone is sort of like a personal assistant to you. However, unlike a real assistant, you can't just talk to a phone and tell it what to do, at least until the last couple of years. Apple has introduced Siri on the iPhone 4S and Samsung has made Voice Talk on the Samsung Galaxy S2, both of which can take your commands and perform tasks for you. Meanwhile, Google has Voice Actions for its Android OS.

Here's the introduction video on Siri for iPhone 4S by Apple.

Clearly Siri is an advanced voice recognition tool implemented by Apple. Although Apple did not came out with the technology (they bought the Siri company back in April 2010), they certainly improved it drastically and integrated it well with the iPhone, allowing people to perform tasks such as web searching, sms-ing, writing notes, emails and more on the phone just by speaking to it.

While Siri is only available for the iPhone 4S (a key feature for drawing more sales), there have been similar apps like Vlingo on Android for years. Google Android has also introduced Voice Actions last year, where you can tell the phone to call, send sms, do map navigation, web search and more. But one thing that Voice Actions disappoints is that it does not "talk back" to the user, making it less than pleasant to use. Most people would like a human touch like vocal response, after all, you would like an assistant to at least reply when you give an instruction.

However, mobile phone companies like Samsung has also experimented with the idea of a talking personal virtual assistant by having it integrated into their latest phone, the Samsung Galaxy S2 with Voice Talk, which by the way came out four months ahead of iPhone 4S, and sparking a growing interest in voice recognition technology.

I have embedded 3 demo videos of the Voice Talk in action.

Voice Talk on Samsung Galaxy S2 - go to 1:03 for demo.



Another demo of Voice Talk on the Samsung Galaxy S2


A more comprehensive demo of Voice Talk



Based on what we have seen so far, Samsung's Voice Talk can answer your questions and perform tasks for you and talk back to you. One thing that sets it apart from Apple's Siri is that it can be voice activated by saying "Hi Galaxy", whereas you have to long press the home button on the iPhone 4S to activate Siri. There is also an option to turn on "Driving Mode" where the user can control the phone solely by speech, without ever having to touch it. Very impressive. Siri may lack such functions, however, Apple takes it a step further by actually having artificial intelligence. Siri has the ability to understand what you are actually saying and come up with various yet appropriate responses. There is no more need to memorise specific words or commands for the program to understand.

Of course, both implementations are not 100% perfect and they still fumble when they cannot recognise the voice due to accents, languages or the environment. However, given that voice recognition is the direction we are heading, it wouldn't be long before these hurdles will be overcome. There have been lots of research and developments done on voice recognition and the results are unimaginable, but they are still out of reach of the consumers.

It is welcoming to see companies like Google, Apple, Samsung, Vlingo and even Microsoft pushing such technology to the consumers. While Apple now has the upperhand with an advanced Siri, Google is reportedly throwing their own version in Android Ice Cream Sandwich, which will debut on 19 October 2011 (tomorrow!). How will the future of "talking to electronics" turn out?


One thing for sure, our phones will be able to make us laugh..


Funny Siri Answers 1


Funny Siri Answers 2

New Trailer: The Avengers

 

 Title: The Avengers

Date Released: 1st May 2012 (Singapore)

Synopsis: When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

"Read more" for the trailer and a trailer analysis clip from IGN to find out who the enemy is!

The Avengers Trailer

The Avengers Trailer Analysis

Note: The main enemy is Loki (Thor's brother). So looks like the bulk of the movie will be about Thor confronting his brother, yet again. How did he survive the fall in the latest Thor movie and how did they come back to Earth after having their portal destroyed is beyond me. I did not read the comics so I have no idea. But no matter, I believe this is going to be an explosive movie. All the previous Marvel movies have led up to this Marvel superstars show.

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spiderman theme song

Spider-Man was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko (first seen in Amazing Fantasy #15, August 1962). Season 1 contained mostly stories involving classic Spider-Man villains from the comic book series, who, when caught in Spider-Man’s web, were left for the Police to find, along with a note signed, “Courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.” Stan Lee, who created the character, served as story consultant for the first season of the show.

The Spider-Man theme song has been so popular over the years, that many bands have covered it, re-arranged it, and adapted the lyrics. You can find covers from Aerosmith to the Ramones, and you’ll even find a Spider-Pig song within The Simpsons Movie from 2007.

If you’re going to talk about the Spider-Man cartoon from 1967-1970, then you have to mention how low-budget it was. ABC, through producer Steve Krantz, contracted the animation out to Grantray-Lawrence. The series relied upon re-used stock animation from one episode to the next. So, you would see the same scene of Spider-Man swinging across the New York City skyline several times, across several episodes. After the first season, Grantray-Lawrence went bankrupt. The second and third seasons were produced at a dramatically reduced budget by Krantz Films under Ralph Bakshi. The second and third seasons of Spider-man have a really different look and feel than the brighter, more optimistic first season of the show. Sometimes, it seemed the theme didn’t match the later episodes. Also, the storyline went beyond the normal, day-to-day activity of Peter Parker working at the Daily Bugle as a teenage freelance photographer with his boss, the demanding J. Jonah Jameson. We still see the theme as the strongest part of the series, which enabled it to keep going for 3 years, even though it was on a shoestring budget.

Originally Aired on TV: September 9, 1967

Theme Song Written By: Music by Bob Harris
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

Lyrics

Spider-man, Spider-man,
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Spider-man.

Is he strong?
Listen bud,
He’s got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread
Take a look overhead
Hey, there
There goes the Spider-man.

In the chill of night
At the scene of a crime
Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time.

Spider-man, Spider-man
Friendly neighborhood Spider-man
Wealth and fame
He’s ingnored
Action is his reward.

To him, life is a great big bang up
Whenever there’s a hang up
You’ll find the Spider-man.

source:http://www.toonbarn.com/spider-man/greatest-tv-cartoon-theme-songs-8-spider-man/

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Cheats for Spider-Man 3 Collectors Edition PS3


"Spider-Man 3" is the third installment of the "Spider-Man" series produced by Treyarch, which began life on the PlayStation 2. The third installment, the series debut on the PlayStation 3, sees Spider-Man, aka Peter Parker, return to the streets of New York to do battle against villains such as Venom and the Green Goblin. "Spider-Man 3 Collectors Edition" for PS3 features a number of extras, including interviews with the developers and "making of" features. Upon release, the game was considered tough by many gamers, according to IGN, but the developers programmed a number of cheats and rewards as an incentive to the players' perseverance.

Unlock the Green Goblin for "Arena Mode"

In order to unlock Spider-Man's archenemy the Green Goblin in "Spider-Man 3" you must defeat him in your first encounter within the single player campaign. When he is unlocked, you will gain access to his hover-board system, which is controllable by use of the Sixaxis game-pad, allowing you to zoom around the New York skyline without having to propel yourself from building to building, as Spider-Man does.
Spider-Man 3 Cheat Codes

A number of cheat codes can be entered during gameplay in "Spider Man 3: Collectors Edition" to access new characters and even gain status enhancements. In order to unlock the character venom, enter the campaign and press "X," "Circle," "X," "Circle," "Down," "Up" and "Up." You will now be able to use Venom during the single-player portion of the game. To become invincible, pause the game and press "X," "X," "X," "Circle," "Circle," "Circle," "R1," "L1," "Up," "Up" and "Down." If you have entered the code correctly you will hear a beep and you will then become invincible. Unlock everything in the game by again pausing during gameplay and then entering the following: "R1," "X," "R1," "X," "Circle," "Circle" and "Up." When you hear a beep, all the secrets in the game will be at your disposal.
Play as Peter Parker

Peter Parker can be unlocked in "Spider Man 3: Collectors Edition" for the PS3 as an alternative skin to Spider-Man's regular appearance. To unlock him, you must undertake a mission at The Daily Bugle. Talk to Robbie in the office, and when he assigns you a mission, exit and then re-enter the building. The waypoint will now show up from within the building. If you then wait inside the building you will get a "Mission Failed" message, and notification that Eddie has been assigned to the mission. Now you will be granted two options: "Retry" or "Do something else." Select "Do something else," and you should appear on top of the Daily Bugle building as Peter Parker. Walk over to the race on top of the building, but when "Press X to start the mission" appears, you can press "X" which will instead allow Peter Parker to punch. Press "X" continuously while simultaneously moving forward, until Peter Parker walks off the side of the building. You now take the role of Peter Parker while negotiating the city.
Perform Easy Kills

To perform easy kills in "Spider Man 3: Collectors Edition," press "Circle" when an enemy is running away, and you will stun him. To defeat lower-level enemies -- such as Apocalypse Gang members, Candy girls and Dr. Connor's Lizard Creations -- in one hit, first jump into the air and pull the enemy toward you. Press "Circle" very quickly when the enemy is close and then press "Triangle" repeatedly; and you will slam the enemy into the ground.
Unlock Arena Mode

"Arena Mode" in "Spider Man 3: Collector's Edition" allows you to pit your character against another story character in a versus match in a select few of the game's environments. To access "Arena Mode," complete the single-player campaign and then access the mode under "Extras."


Read more: Cheats for Spider-Man 3 Collectors Edition PS3 | eHow.co.uk http://www.ehow.co.uk/info_8316824_cheats-3-collectors-edition-ps3.html#ixzz1qHxNTljj

New Movie Trailer: Red Tails

If you know who George Lucas is, you'd want to watch this movie. If you haven't, you'd want to watch too when you realise that he's the mastermind behind LucasFilm's very successful Star Wars series. We pretty much have not heard much from him recently until now. He is back to produce Red Tails, a World War 2 movie about African American pilots battling their enemies and race discrimination back home. This movie is about dogfighting and features some really impressive visual effects. Feel excited now? "Read More" to view the trailer.



Release Date: Estimated 19 January 2012 (Singapore)

Note: This being a George Lucas' LucasFilm production, the visual effects job naturally went to Industrial Lights and Magic, the best visual effects studio in the world. And I can say, based off the trailer, the visual effects are just fantastic.

Red Tails Trailer:




Source: YouTube

Coming Soon: John Carter (Video)

Title: John Carter

Release Date: 7 March 2012 (Singapore)

What's with that weird symbol you say? What's so important about this "John Carter"? Beats me. But look at that small word above the J and O. It's "Disney". So being a Disney movie and with a title card looking this awesome, it could only mean 2 things - this movie will have sword fighting (think Pirates of the Caribbean) and it will rock so hard that people will start dressing up like the lead characters again.. Right? Right...? "Read More" below to check out the trailer.


Synopsis: Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.


PS: At least there's sword fighting but I don't think people will start dressing up like John Carter after all. Lol.




Source: YouTube

New Music: Rebecca Black - My Moment (Video)

Rebecca Black is back with her second song, My Moment. Overall, I find this song much better and easier to listen to than Friday. She sings better here, similar to many pop songs that you hear on the radio nowadays. Strangely enough, this video has received over 412 000 dislikes compared to 231 000 likes as when I first viewed it.. I kind of like the song.. Listen to it and judge for yourself. :)

"Read More" to view the video.







Source: YouTube

Coming Soon: The Amazing Spider-Man (Video)

Title: The Amazing Spider-Man

Release Date: 5th July 2012 (Singapore)


On July 20, 2011, the world was given a glimpse of The Amazing Spider-Man movie, nearly a year ahead of its release. 2 theatrical trailers were released. Confused about whether this movie is a new deal or a sequel to the last 3 Spiderman movies? "Read More" to view the trailer and find out more about the history of the movie.

The last Spiderman movie was just shown in 2007 and it only took 5 years for a reboot of the movie. Wondering why? Here's a quick not-so-boring background explanation.


Sony Pictures, who wanted to milk the spiderman series as much as possible cause that's how they make easy money, had plans for a Spiderman 4 and even had their greedy sights on a Spiderman 5 movie. However, the original Spiderman movies' director, Sam Raimi, couldn't agree with Sony Pictures on the plot's creative development. Basically that means how the movie story should be told. Raimi, eventually have had enough, told the Sony Pictures execs to F off and quit, taking Tobey "Spiderman" Maguire and Kirstin "Mary Jane" Dunst with him, thinking that Sony is screwed about making a Spiderman movie without Spiderman.

Sony and its partner, Columbia Pictures, said "meh, we can easily find replacements" and hired a new cast and crew. Too stubborn to let the cash-raking spiderman die and instead of continuing the series with the new crew, which would turn out utter rubbish to see a sequel where Peter Parker is played by a different actor, Sony decided to reboot the series as The Amazing Spider-Man. It's also confirmed that this would be the first in a new series.

NB: This movie is not a retelling of the first 3 movies, they are a new story altogether. The focus will be of Peter Parker developing his super powers. Plus there's no Mary Jane in this one.. :(

Teaser shot of Andrew Garfield as the Amazing Spiderman

Teaser poster

Source: YouTube.com

Piranha 3D Soundtracks. Honorabel feat pitbull & Jump Smokers - Now you see it

Piranha 3D Sound track -Far East Movement - Girls on the dance floor ( Instrumental version )

New Movie Teaser: The Dark Knight Rises (Video)

The Dark Knight Rises is the last film in the Batman trilogy by director Christopher Nolan and continues to star Christian Bale as Batman. It is stated for a July 2012 release. The trailer below is only a teaser, no actual story is revealed. "Read More" to view the teaser.

The Dark Knight Rises teaser poster

The Dark Knight Rises Teaser:





Source: YouTube

New Movie Trailer: Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law are back after two years to star in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
"Read More" to view the trailer.


Singapore Release Date:
15 December 2011


Synopsis:
Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

Trailer:





Note:
The trailer for Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows uses the exact same music as the first movie trailer. The song is Unstoppable by ES Posthumus. =)

Sherlock Holmes Trailer:


ES Posthumus - Unstoppable



Source: YouTube

New Movie Trailer: Puss In Boots 3D

People familiar with Dreamworks' pet series Shrek will be delighted to know that one of its characters, Puss In Boots is getting his own spin-off film, which chronicles the events that lead up to Puss in Boots meeting up with Shrek. Called Dreamwork's Puss In Boots, the film has been teased since April and will hit the screens at the end of 2011. "Read More" to check out the trailer.


Singapore Release Date: 24 Nov 2011

Teaser Trailer:





Theatrical Trailer:




Source: YouTube

New Movie Trailer: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (Video)

The fourth movie of the Mission Impossible series is debuting this December and the trailer is finally released. Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt. One of the producers is JJ Abrams, by the way, one of my favourite directors. "Read More" to view the trailer.


This movie will be released in Singapore on 15 Dec 2011.

Here's the synopsis according to IMDB:
"The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name."


Trailer here!





Source: YouTube, IMDB

How first-person shooter games look like in 2011. Hint: It's about the guns.

With the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3 2011), the largest annual gaming convention, just over, a new wave of games were released and this is where we get to catch a glimpse of the next generation of games and/or notice some jarring trends.

Cracked.com did the latter and have made a quick graphic to highlight one particularly outstanding trend in recent First-Person Shooter games. "Read more" to check out the image.

Spot the similarities? All the games shown here are the future FPS games.

As shown, the First-Person Shooters games have been moving towards a similar style of aiming down the gun sights. The aiming-down-the-sights mechanics have been popularised by big games such as Call of Duty, and have since been copied over and over by pretty much all the shooters games out there now and what's there to come.

While I admit it makes the game more realistic, I hate that the gun actually covers up to a quarter of the screen, adding unnecessary difficulty of spotting your enemies. Gone are the days of a simple crosshair with full unobstructed view whilst aiming. Instead now, you get to appreciate the details on the back of your gun while you pop your targets with bullets, cause you know in games, its all about the graphics now..

Source: Cracked.com

New Movie Trailer: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Video)

With just a month left till the premiere of the very last Harry Potter movie, no clips or images have been shown yet and fans are awaiting impatiently for glimpses of the final movie.

Wait no more, for Warner Brothers have just released the trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 yesterday. Read more to view the trailer.














This is it, the trailer for the 8th Harry Potter movie, a full decade since the Sorcerer's Stone debuted in 2001.

Enjoy.




Edit: Oops. This is actually the second trailer that was released. The first one was released back in April 2011. I actually posted it on my facebook but I had forgotten about it (probably cause it received little attention then when the Harry Potter season was still 3 months away). So anyway, here's the first trailer.




Source: YouTube

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spiderman 4 poster





New comingsoon movie spiderman series named as" The Amazing spider man" which will be action thriller and adventure movie.

piranha 3d soundtrack

Let’s take a look to the track list of the soundtrack of Piranha 3D, the upcoming fishy horror movie directed by Alexandre Aja:

Piranha 3D Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various artists.
1. Get U Home (Shwayze)
2. Shake Shake (Envy feat. Leviticus)
3. Here She Comes (Flatheads)
4. Make It Take It (Amanda Blank)
5. Bring The Noise Remix Pump-kin Edit (Public Enemy vs. Benny Benassi)
6. She Moves (Dub Pistols)
7. Flower Duet from Lakme (Adriana Kohutova and Denisa Slepkovska)
8. Nadas Por Free (Ozomatli)
9. Come And Get It (Eli Paperboy Reed)
10. Now You See It (Honorebel Feat. Pitbull & Jump Smokers)
11. M.A.D. (Hadouken!)
12. I’m In The House (Steve Aoki feat. [[[zuper blahq]]])

Dirty Dancing Soundtrack

Dirty Dancing Soundtrack Album Track Listing

1. (I've Had) the Time of My Life
(with Bill Medley, Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, Bill Medley&Jennifer Warnes, Jennifer Warnes)
2 Be My Baby (with Ronettes)
3 She's Like the Wind
(with Patrick Swayze, Patrick Swayze / Wendy Fraser, Wendy Fraser)
4 Hungry Eyes (with Eric Carmen)
5 Stay (with Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, Zodiacs)
6 Yes (with Merry Clayton)
7 You Don't Own Me (with Blow Monkeys)
8 Hey Baby (with Bruce Channel)
9 Overload
10 Love Is Strange
11 Where Are You Tonight (with Tom Johnston)
12 (I'll Remember) In the Still of the Night (with Five Satins)