New york,October 16 :APPLE’S new Siri voice- control system includes a pre- programmed response that brings up contacts for local prostitutes, sorted by how near they are to you using the phone’s GPS system.
If you say, “ I am horny” or “ Do I make you horny?” to the handset, it brings up numbers of nearby “ escort” services.
Other requests for escorts bring up statements including “ Bad Boy! Looking for escorts”, users found.
If you ask the handset for hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin, the handset recommends nearby rehab centres instead.
The “ service” is supposedly a joke, built into the software as an “ Easter Egg” by the developers.
At present, the “ service” only works in America, as Siri’s “ business” search is not enabled on handsets anywhere else.
Searching for either hard drugs or prostitutes from the UK brings up an error saying that the phone can only find “ businesses” in the US. Siri is currently in “ Beta” testing, officially, and the company has no official date for when the “ final” version will be live, allowing users to find “ businesses” worldwide.
Meanwhile, on Friday the world’s techno- hungry masses queued up to be among the first to own the latest toy from Apple.
In extraordinary scenes that bordered on iMania, hundreds of thousands of gadget- worshippers laid siege to Apple stores across the globe to get their hands on the iPhone 4S. Soon after doors opened at 8 am, triumphant punters held their purchases aloft to cheers from the waiting multitudes, like an athlete who had just won an Olympic gold.