The Next Web notes that a new iPhone 4S ad aired during ESPN's SportsCenter this afternoon, featuring actor Samuel L. Jackson giving Siri orders.
Updated: The ad does appear to be an Apple creation, with the three U.S. iPhone carriers -- AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon -- being variously featured in title cards at the end of the ad. There is a similar ad featuring Zooey Deschanel being broadcast as well:
Apple rarely, if ever, uses celebrities in their advertising, particularly as themselves. The "I'm A Mac" ads featured Justin Long and John Hodgman, but they were playing characters rather than acting as a celebrity endorsement. One notable exception was actor Will Ferrell, who did a number of iPod ads a few years back.
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(View all)siri does not work very well.
does not work as advertised
For you. Works great for me.
Samuel Jackson makes me want to swear
Hopefully Siri 2.0 on the 2012 iPhone will bring the improvements needed to make it more than a novelty.
Would love celebrity voices as Siri. I'd definitely have GlaDOS :D
Or have a female British Siri voice, the male one doesn't sound right, I use the Australian one purely because she sounds gorgeous :o