Today, Siri is known to most of the Android world for being inferior to Google Now.
But back when it was first announced, it was a big frickin' deal and
the crowning feature of the iPhone 4S. You may be surprised to learn,
however, that Siri was almost an Android exclusive.
Way back in the pleistocene era – AKA 2009 — Verizon was
in talks (get it?) with Siri's parent company, Nuance Communications, to
be an exclusive Android partner. The company had even gone so far as to
film commercials featuring Siri. Then Steve Jobs swooped in and the
whole deal fell apart.
