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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5712730" data-attributes="member: 1">There's a lot of doubt that Apple will do that.&nbsp; There'd be a lot of conflicting instructions and app developers trying to claim certain keywords for their app.&nbsp; How many would want &quot;tweet&quot;, for example?&nbsp; (Bad example, because it'll be able to tweet natively soon with no need for a third-party app).&nbsp;&nbsp; Does Apple have a &quot;first-come-first-served&quot; application process to grab keywords?&nbsp; What about keyword squatters?Alternatively you could tell it which app to use for every instruction, but Apple's kinda not fond of users having to plow through endless settings.&nbsp; Their credo is to have stuff work right out of the box without setup.Who knows?&nbsp; A lot of analysts are saying that 3rd party APIs for Siri will never come.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe they'll figure out a cool, elegant way to handle it.&nbsp; It would be cool if they did.But I suspect the future - for now at least - of Siri involves Apple designated functions, apps, and partnerships and not an open developer API.&nbsp; They might pick a few select apps and work with the devlopers on those ones, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 5712730, member: 1"] There's a lot of doubt that Apple will do that. There'd be a lot of conflicting instructions and app developers trying to claim certain keywords for their app. How many would want "tweet", for example? (Bad example, because it'll be able to tweet natively soon with no need for a third-party app). Does Apple have a "first-come-first-served" application process to grab keywords? What about keyword squatters? Alternatively you could tell it which app to use for every instruction, but Apple's kinda not fond of users having to plow through endless settings. Their credo is to have stuff work right out of the box without setup. Who knows? A lot of analysts are saying that 3rd party APIs for Siri will never come. Maybe they'll figure out a cool, elegant way to handle it. It would be cool if they did. But I suspect the future - for now at least - of Siri involves Apple designated functions, apps, and partnerships and not an open developer API. They might pick a few select apps and work with the devlopers on those ones, though. [/QUOTE]

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