What my Droid did today

So there I sat staring at my computer screen. I had to get my expense reports done and I was absolutely dreading it. I don’t know why I dread paying a bill that someone else actually pays for but I do. Of Course I know that one main reason is that I never seem to have all of my travel receipts and sure enough, I was missing a hotel receipt. I sighed and looked down at my phone. “droid does huh” well lets see if you can get my receipt for me. Having recently seen the commercial for the super powered google vocie search I picked up my phone, pressed the search button (the magnifying glass) and clearly said “find my hotel receipts from the Intercontinental hotel in New Orleans Louisiana” The Microphone light up and the little searching circle spun. A moment later there in my results box was, well nothing helpful. Come on, did I really expect it to work? Slightly dejected I tried a new approach. This time I said “call the

Intercontinental hotel in New Orleans Louisiana” Mind you this number is not stored in my phone, but I figured what the heck let’s see what happens. A very short moment later on my screen I was surprised to see The Intercontinental hotel listed with the phone number sitting right there (and a map). I touched the number and it called them. I was amazed that this phone knew what I wanted but I figured it was just normal so I tested it again. This time I only said Intercontinental hotel New Orleans Louisiana” It came up with results but not the phone number. So by actually putting the word “call” in my voice search it knew I wanted the number. Oh and I thought afterwards, what if I was not sure if it was the right place. I did the search again this time I clicked on the map that came up. Four touches (touch map, OK for google maps, touch hotel name, touch street view) and 7 seconds (yes I timed it) later I was looking at a picture of the hotel! And that is what my Droid did today.