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Indeed. I really wish there was a way to use this instead of Siri with the standard home button shortcut. Pretty much all it's missing is a way to do basic phone interaction (call X, text Y, remind me tomorrow) which should be pretty simple considering they apparently have real time voice recognition.

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It's not simple on iOS since iOS simply does not allow it.

You can get pretty close, the tel URL scheme will let you make calls. MFMessageComposeViewController will let you send texts. Calendar stuff is already possible with Google Calendar so that could work pretty easily.

Its not that they couldnt do it. Its that they are expressely prohibited by apples patents. ( something about a unified search interface for your phone as well as the web )

Can you site a source here? That's an important distinction.

Here's an editorial that gives an overview of how the patent was relevant in the Apple v. Samsung case earlier this year, along with a link to the patent itself: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/07/25/editorial-samsung-ha...

And never would allow that much integration across all apps. If that what you want, best get a Nexus 4.

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