Apple to buy Siri, maker of virtual assistant app

Apple announc Christmas Inflatable the acquisit of chip design Intrinsity,On Tuesday. after bui mobile-ad network Quattro Wireless in January.

maker of the iPhon and iPad,A pple. agre to bui mobile-appl develop Siri to gain technolog that let user do Web search from their phone by talk to them.

and began offer it for the iPhon thi year. The acquisit agreement ha been sign and the deal hasn't close yet,San Jose-bas Siri make a voice-recognit and search program it describ as a virtual person assistant. said Shawn Carolan, a manag director at Siri investor Menlo Ventures.

" Carolan,"The offer from Apple had to be veri compel for the execut team and the board to accept. who sit on Siri' board, said in an interview. He declin to disclos the terms.

who began describ hi compani as a mobile-devic maker thi year,A pple CEO Steve Jobs. ha step up acquisit in recent month to add technolog and featur to it gadgets. Cupertino-bas Apple compet with Research In Motion' BlackBerri and devic run Google' softwar in smartphones, a segment that' outpac the rest of the handset market.

and we gener do not comment on our purpos or plans,"A pple bui smaller technolog compani from time to time." Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, said in an interview Wednesday.