The T-Mobile MyTouch Slide and its Genius Button
T-Mobile has officially announced the MyTouch 3G Slide, and they’ve finally explained what the mysterious “Genius” button is for.
According to T-Mobile:
Genius Button: An easy-to-access button on the front of the new T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide allowing the use of voice commands to control the phone. The button is enabled via Nuance’s intuitive speech technology that takes advantage of advancements in natural language understanding to allow users to say an entire command in just one shot – making it faster and easier to use their favorite applications and services. For example, just say:
- “Call Alex Jones at Home.”
- “Send Text to John Smith. I’ve got tickets to the Dodgers game tonight, you in?”
- “Search for Recipes for Chocolate Cake.”
- “Find Sushi Restaurants near me”
- “Find Directions to 1 Wayside Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts.”
- “Show me the Calendar”
And more.
It’s somewhat similar to the universal voice search that’s built in to Android, but it’s much more powerful. This feature is powered byNuance’s Dragon Dictation software.
More information about the device can be found on T-Mobile’s official MyTouch site.
