BlackBerry at long last unveils its answer to Siri and Cortana

[Wireless News]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Nxx3MjyBJcZF3g7j96Uhuw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/blackberry-assistant.png (http://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-long-last-unveils-answer-siri-cortana-132010866.html)BlackBerry is a bit late to the party when it comes to unveiling its own voice-enabled personal assistant. Even so,-the company nonetheless took the wraps off its new BlackBerry Assistant feature on Wednesday that will give BlackBerry 10 users the same voice-enabled functionality that iOS users have long enjoyed with Siri and that Android users have long enjoyed with Google Now. All the same, this is a welcome development for BlackBerry users, particularly since having a voice-enabled personal assistant really seems to be in BlackBerry’s wheelhouse when it comes to developing productivity software. The feature will run on devices that run on BlackBerry 10.3 and will help you “manage simple tasks” on your device such as searching through-your email and



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