Recent content by StephenDedalus

I'm trying to figure out how to add something there other than a calendar.

No idea. That may require that extra step of launching Google Now from S Voice. I wasn't up for that.

I got this to work. Weird. It required not just using S Voice, but also enabling hands-free mode. Kind of a pain, but it will get me over the hump. Last thing I need to figure out is how to "sync" photos to this device. Otherwise, though, I think I'm on the Note 3 for good. Voice dialing from...

I think you're missing something. It may work with the screen off, but to get there you have to have the mic on all of the time. Reason being that if you have to have a passcode (which I do because of corporate email) then you can't double-click home to call up S Voice.

You definitely can. It's even more feature-filled after iOS 7. Here is a terrible, hastily recorded video of me telling Siri to start an album and then showing how I can pause music and open a menu that allows for changing brightness, pausing, going forward and backward in an album and many...

Oh no. How quickly does it kill the battery? I need this functionality, but I also need my phone to not be plugged into a cord constantly.

Yes. You can use Siri which means you can do most everything Siri will let you. Get directions from your current location, play music, play podcasts, make calls, send text messages. I finally figured this out, fwiw. Basically I had to go into the S Voice app and select "Settings" and then "Open...

I have to have a pin code lock because of corporate email. I've found that voice control no longer works. I'm moving from an iPhone and for the most part there are very few things (Airplay, photo sync) that I miss. But this might be a deal-breaker. I need to be able to use the device hands-free...

Coming from an iPhone 5C here. I really like the Apple ecosystem. I own an Apple TV, have owned multiple iPads and my main computers are a Mac Mini (for iTunes) and a MacBook Pro Retina development machine. That said, I think the Note 3 is mostly amazing. And mostly better than anything Apple...