Non-Geeks and Siri

The big test for whether Siri will become a lasting interface is not whether geeks use it and like it, but whether regular people will. If Tory Briggs’s wife is any indication (http://torybriggs.com/2011/10/19/technology-observations-watching-my-wife-use-an-iphone-4s/), it’s well on its way:

As soon as we had walked out of the store and entered the car I asked if I could show her how Siri worked. I immediately tried the first action I could remember from some of the reviews I had read – “Siri, please remind me to call my wife at 7 tonight” – after a moment the response and reminder eased into the screen and my wife’s jaw dropped. I merely said “it gets better.”

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