Apple Developers: We Love the Retina MacBook, But Want More From Siri

June 12th, 2012

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Apple kicked off its Worldwide Developers Conference with a bang, showing off powerful new features in the iOS and OS X platforms as well as a MacBook Pro with a retina display. Mashable spoke with several developers immediately after the keynote, and they’re excited to start putting the new features to work.

But there was also some disappointment in the air. One thing many developers wanted to see but didn’t happen: a Siri API, the secret code that would let any developer create integration with the service. Apple announced many enhancements to Siri, including the ability to launch apps and several new languages. But a full API wasn’t on the docket.

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“I was hoping for a Siri API today so we could start using Siri in our own apps,” says developer David Owens. “The ability to launch apps from Siri was really welcome. We’d like to see that going further so that you could have commands in your own apps from Siri.”

Developer Subrata Das agrees, though he can see why Apple wouldn’t want to open up Siri to developers just yet.

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“It was a little disappointing, but i think it’s probably going to be a little challenging for them in multi-language processing,” Das says. “My guess is they’re taking it step by step, but that’s where it’s heading towards.”

Of interest to many developers is Passbook — the app that stores all your boarding passes, movie tickets and other coupon-based items you’ve paid for. Das sees the service as Apple’s official entry into the world of e-wallets.

“I work for an airline, so we’re really interested in the Passbook,” says Justin Davis, a developer for British Airways. “A Siri API would have been amazing — to have verbal alerts so people don’t miss flights.”

Both iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion will have Facebook integration at the OS level, joining the previously announced tie-in with Twitter.

“The integration with Twitter and Facebook are nice,” says developer Steve Giovannetti. “It’s more fluid sharing — just totally cool that it’s integrated with so many aspects of iOS 6.”

If there was something that all developers were excited about, it’s the new retina MacBook Pro. The newest addition to the MacBook family is a coveted device among all devs, whether they work on OS X or not.

Although every developer we spoke to was infatuated with the retina MacBook, at least one of them takes issue with a certain omission on Apple’s part.

“It’s kind of unfortunate they removed the firewire 800 port — that was a great feature,” says developer Akihiro Noguchi.”Thunderbolt drives are way too expensive right now.”

Not that it would keep him from buying it. “I love it. It’s really impressive,” Noguchi says.

Developers, what are you most excited about from Monday’s announcements? Let us know in the comments.