http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57617349-75/microsoft-to-employ-halo-voice-actress-f...l-report-says/

Cool!

I'm a Halo fan and this is neat.

Not enough for me to pay for a windows phone. I use a tmobile cheap android phone on a pay as you go phone only plan (no data plan but has wifi so I can use it at home).

What I would have loved is if they could have done this with Majel Barret when she was still with us. It would have been sweet to have the Enterprise D computer talk back to you like on the tv show

Edit - apparently the news was out in the fall about their siri project but this is confirmation that the actress who does the voice of cortana in the video game will in fact be doing the voice on the phone.

Now if only you can have her call you CHIEF all the time