Comments on: The Instinctive Interface coming to the Palm Pre

By: Ross Wirth

Ross Wirth — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:19:29 +0000

James – I started a response, you got me going, and it got too long so I posted it at my blog. I’d post the URL but I think it would get flagged as comment-spam.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:39:10 +0000

if it’s “too complicated” or you feel like it doesn’t work, then just turn it off. i’d hope they’d remember a feature like an off button. i really wish computers were smarter. as it is now, they’re just glorified typewriters.

By: timothy

timothy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:53:46 +0000

Too complicated.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:59:19 +0000

Palm Pre: “Last time you were at Chez Pierre, you had reservations for two for 8pm. Would you like to make reservations for two for 8pm, again?”

Wife using your Palm Pre to make reservations at Chez Pierre — for the first time: “Honey, who did you eat with at Chez Pierre?”

By: Mtoc

Mtoc — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:05:16 +0000

imagine how often it will guess wrong & you will have to tell it “no” and cancel the operations

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:17:09 +0000

I like it! And I can’t imagine why it’s taken until now for someone to be doing it. Where are Microsoft, Apple, and Google on this? It seems like they’ve all forgotten the “Assistant” part of “PDA” in favor of just fancy phones that can play music.

I want my device to learn from me and seek out ways to help me out. I’m going to have to take a close look at the Pre when it comes out.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:46:56 +0000

This sounds like some crazy rise of the machines stuff! Soon will come the arguments from spouses that “your phone cares more about me than you!”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:39:35 +0000

Interesting idea, but I think we are a ways off from this type of technology being a reality. To do it today you’d need a VERY large database of keywords on the device (maybe not a HUGE deal in itself), plus I would think these types of routines (in order to be useful) would be very processor intensive and put a strain on the battery. I could see this possibly as a 3rd party service where the data mining and other routines could be run on a server, then actions and notifications could be sent to the device. A server side solution would also open up opportunity to interface with a desktop client.