What up Dogg(s)? Hehheh!...just had to do it!

Good to have you back on track again.
BTW, Congrats on your little gal pal!! Good for you!
There has been some nice 3rd party modifications to Hal from one of our members, cload, who has made some really nice and effective contributions to Hal's conversational abilities. Check through the Members section and find cload (search), then view his past postings to get up to speed with his creations.
He is absent for a short while but will hopefully return in several months.
Robert Medeksza has also mentioned the state of Hal's state in several of his postings as well. Do same, Members > Medeksza, View postings...etc.
Same holds true for the possibility of a smart phone app as far as I can tell.
Yes Cortana is going to be way cool but for a user modifiable, fun, entertaining, chat assistant, you still can't beat UltraHal!!
