When you talk to Siri on your iPhone, for example, you are using the extensive data centers behind the voice recognition system.

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The Clearwire system is aimed not at voice but at heavy data users.

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It was operated by voice commands and projected its data on to the windscreen, using the same sort of head-up display system found in modern fighter jets.

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