Cortana
Cortana is the personal assistant for all Windows Phone users;
you can tell it to do whatever you want. With Cortana, Windows Phone finally
joins iOS and Android in having a personal assistant. These are the possible
things that one can do with Cortana (from the Windows Phone website):
CHIT-CHAT
Ø
How
old are you?
Ø Tell me a joke!
Ø Where are you from?
CALLING
Ø
Make
a call to John at home
Ø
Call
Soumow on speakerphone
Ø
Call
Tomoko
Ø
Call
Raina, home
TEXTING
Ø
Text
Dad
Ø
Message
Anna
Ø
Text
Horatio Do you want to get a coffee this afternoon?
Ø
Put
swimming on my calendar for tomorrow
Ø
Change
my 3 pm event to 4
Ø
What
do I have next?
Ø
What's
happening this weekend?
Ø
Remind
me to pick up my dry cleaning tomorrow
Ø
Remind
me to water the plants when I get home
Ø
Next
time I'm at the supermarket, remind me to buy bananas (if Cortana isn't sure
which one you mean, she'll ask)
Ø
When
Jordana calls, remind me to congratulate her on her new column
Ø
Remind
me to call Luther when I leave work
ALARMS
Ø
Wake
me up at 6 am
Ø
Set
an alarm for 5:45 am
Ø
Turn
off my 3 pm alarm
Ø
Wake
me up in 20 minutes
Ø
Take
a note
Ø
Note:
left my car on level 4
Ø
Take
a note: find bird-watching book for Dad's birthday
Ø
Play
[artists]
Ø
Put
on [playlist]
Ø
Start
playing [song]
Ø
Play
some jazz
Ø
Play
[album]
Ø What song is playing?
MAPS AND DIRECTIONS
Ø
Get
me directions to the Eden Project
Ø
Where
am I?
Ø
How
long will it take me to get to Big Ben?
Ø
Show
me a map of 123 High Street
Ø
How
far to Snowdonia?
Ø What's traffic like on the way to
work?
PLACES TO GO
Ø Is there a Starbucks near me?
Ø
Find
a cheap pizza place that's open now
Ø
Show
me highly rated restaurants nearby
Ø
Is
[place] open at weekends?
WEATHER
Ø Will it rain this weekend?
Ø
Is it
cold out?
Ø
What's
the weather like today?
Ø
What's
the forecast for next week?
Ø
Is it
hot in Paris right now?
FACTS
Ø
Who
is the tallest woman in the world?
Ø
Who
is the president of Portugal?
Ø What's the capital of Qatar?
FLIGHTS
Ø What's the status of British Airways
flight 628?
Ø
Is
Qantas flight 16 on time?
SPORT
Ø Latest Premier League scores?
Ø
Latest
Manchester United score
Ø
When
was the last London Irish game?
FINANCE
Ø
Convert
60 pounds to yen
Ø
How
many euros in a pound?
Ø
How
much is a Nokia share?
Ø
How
did the Asian markets do?
HEALTH AND FITNESS
Ø Suggest some weight loss workouts
Ø
Get
me a beginner's Pilates workout
Ø
How
many calories are in a boiled egg?
Ø
How
much protein is in a cup of milk?
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