Reviews of the hacked version of S Voice were mixed. Some users found functionality limited to search, weather reports, and waking up a phone by shouting "Hi, Galaxy!" One user, though, wrote that the software on a Galaxy Nexus model.

S Voice is Samsung's answer to voice-activated personal assistant. It does much of what Siri does, as well as some things it doesn't, such as turning off an alarm by saying snooze and snapping a picture when you say, "Cheese."

Samsung pulled the wraps off the Galaxy S III on May 3, and the smartphone with competitors in its class such as the HTC One X and iPhone 4S. (Also see )

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