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Vlingo launches humorous ads to counter Siri (Video)

By on March 20, 2012 at 2:10pm in Mobile News


Vlingo, the virtual assistant for everyone else, has seen some of its sheen wear off with the launch of the iPhone 4S and Siri. But not one to cower in a fight, the company is taking to the airwaves (and YouTubes), touting itself as available “For Whatever You’re Into.”

Available on BlackBerry, Android and iOS, Vlingo found fame in being pre-loaded on the Samsung Galaxy S II, and while it doesn’t support the semantic dictation and search features of Siri, in many ways it’s more versatile.

Check out the commercials after the break, and download Vlingo from their website.

Via: Brand Flakes for Breakfast

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20 comments for “Vlingo launches humorous ads to counter Siri (Video)”

  1. Good idea, not that funny in its execution.

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    Posted by Gunnar | March 20, 2012, 2:22 pm
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    • Here’s the problem with Vlingo. It’s called Vlingo.

      That said, it works 100 times better than Siri, but as does Google Voice Search.

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      Posted by Boojay | March 20, 2012, 5:27 pm

  2. these ads arent even remotely funny

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    Posted by greg | March 20, 2012, 2:25 pm
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  3. I dont see how the ad counters SIRI and the ad was mehh. I guess i didnt like because i dont like virtual assistance… i just dont like talking to my phone..

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    Posted by PkaTka | March 20, 2012, 2:26 pm
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  4. To counter Siri and do better:

    1. Download “Speaktoit Assistant” from android market.

    2. Next, pay $6 and download Loquendo TTS Susan US English voice. (this is totally worth the $6)

    3. Now when you start Speaktoit, it will ask you to choose your text-to-speech. Select loquendo.

    Speaktoit is far better than siri and loquendo provides a voice with emotions. It sounds more human than the ghastly voice android (or iphone) comes with.

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    Posted by AWSguy | March 20, 2012, 2:32 pm
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    • I actually prefer Ivona’s text to speech engine, especially English UK. It’s free for now too.

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      Posted by crimsona | March 20, 2012, 2:40 pm

  5. @AWSguy I’m sorry you need to pay $6 to hear a human speak.

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    Posted by Albert | March 20, 2012, 2:37 pm
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    • To use Siri, you need to pay $600+ or $200 with 3 year contract. If I had to choose one, I would choose $6 option hands down.

      I don’t care though because I wouldn’t use either.

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      Posted by Yeria | March 20, 2012, 2:55 pm

    • @Yeria to speak to Vlingo you have to spend what you said +$6, or if you go the android route you will be paying pretty much the same. Dont know what point you were trying to make.

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      Posted by PkaTka | March 20, 2012, 5:41 pm

  6. Vlingo was first launched for Symbian in 2007 (Nokia N95), so it has been there long before Siri was even in Apple womb :)

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    Posted by Jatt Sober | March 20, 2012, 2:47 pm
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    • Siri was never in Apple’s womb, it was adopted.

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      Posted by Zomby | March 20, 2012, 4:26 pm

  7. @Albert

    I’m sorry you have to pay $300 too much buy the same phone year after year.

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    Posted by RobotMan | March 20, 2012, 2:50 pm
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  8. Nuance powers Siri. Nuance is in the process of buying VLingo. These ads will probably not live for very long.

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    Posted by jr67 | March 20, 2012, 2:57 pm
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    • Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking for iOS also uploads ALL of your contacts and a copy of ALL of your text messages to their server. All in the name of “better speech recognition”.

      Sorry, but I don’t need speech recognition bad enough to let Nuance know everything I’m doing and know who all my contacts are.

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      Posted by Alpha | March 21, 2012, 1:04 pm

  9. Vlingo is also available for Symbian/Nokia OS.

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    Posted by N9 in Canada | March 20, 2012, 3:35 pm
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  10. All I know about Vlingo is how annoyed I get when I accidentally press the home button twice in class on my Galaxy S2X. That’s lame.

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    Posted by Steven | March 20, 2012, 4:29 pm
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    • That’s why I didn’t keep the GSII i9100. the only one that doesn’t do that is the GSII LTE from Rogers.

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      Posted by Sub-Joker | March 20, 2012, 10:41 pm

    • Learn to control your hand and not press the button twice… I’ve never had that problem.

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      Posted by AJ | March 21, 2012, 1:00 am

  11. @PkaTka
    I did have Vlingo on my $99 Public Mobile MAX, and it works great. Stopped using it because I don’t really need a virtual assistant, Handcent Messenger does the trick for what i do need. That being said, it definitely didn’t cost $600 and the service has yet to let me down.

    As for the commercials, they don’t really stand out. I think like a customer, not someone in marketing, but they really don’t sell the product to me.

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    Posted by Wardriver25 | March 21, 2012, 5:45 pm
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