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Makers want smartphones with wow factor

San Francisco: This may be remembered as the year smartphones became boring.Although high-definition displays on smartphones have gotten bigger and their cameras have gotten better, the pace of gee-whiz innovation has dawdled.Smartphone and software makers



Both Apple and Google Inc., the maker of the Android operating system and the world's dominant search engine, offer voice recognition technology and virtual assistants that enable smartphones to engage in rudimentary conversations and offer helpful tips. The ultimate goal is for smartphones to become so intuitive and efficient that they reflexively cater to their owner's needs.

“You'll be speaking to the phone, asking it to do things, and it will be responding and actually doing what you intend,” said Dennis Woodside, CEO of Google's device-making subsidiary, Motorola Mobility.

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