Google and Facebook will be all over this...Ads, Ads, we must show more Ads.
Such an innovator Bezos is....10 year old technology. What if Apple came to market with all the technology they have...take a glance at PatentlyApple.com
I think you're ignoring the market potential here. It looks perfect for a system meant to keep kids, parents and grandparents connected.
Oh sure, not to mention the perverted hackers watching your family 24 x 7.
Google and Facebook will be all over this...Ads, Ads, we must show more Ads.
Such an innovator Bezos is....10 year old technology. What if Apple came to market with all the technology they have...take a glance at PatentlyApple.com
I think you're ignoring the market potential here. It looks perfect for a system meant to keep kids, parents and grandparents connected.
I agree there may be a market going forward as this should be the new norm....it was more on how the media is drooling over Bezos as an innovator today....Apple can't do what these other companies can do and release a product that sells 8-9 million in 3 years...
Buffett too was "drooling over Bezos" in comments this week.
The good thing about Bezos is his relentlessness and willingness to throw out something to see how customers react. Sometimes "good enough" is good enough.
Does not speak to high confidence if you discount the product with a promo upon your release announcement.
I think it's more about selling multiple devices and providing an incentive to buy 2 or more. This device doesn't really shine until you multiple or your friends all have them.
Yeah, that seems clear by the multiple examples of video calling. They've done this with the Echo when it first arrived and with the Echo Dot when you buy multiple units.
Video calling is a false siren. It kinda sucks. Why? Because since each person is looking at their own screen neither one is looking at the camera, which means neither party can maintain eye contact while speaking. This is faked in almost every single marketing image (or movie or tv show) involving video chat.
I don't care for FaceTiming, but that's because I find it an inefficient use of time. Same for phone calls. Let me respond in text on my own time… but I'm not everyone, and I know gobs of people that love to use FaceTime. This desire seems to increase with age so I can see this working, not to mention the million other features it has.
For me, if the Echo isn't ideal for an audible command and response, I'll grab my iPhone or Mac, but this will be handy in the kitchen for someone who didn't plan well and has their hands taken up by other activities. Then the nightstand for the baby monitor and front door camera. Amazon has done well to make their devices connect easily with a smart home and this opens up their 3rd-party apps considerably.
If it is ugly or not is a question of taste. It's functional. The angular styling might be the next big thing (again). If they sell a lot of them and the styling becomes tired, it wil motivate people to upgrade later on. Could be a masterstroke.
Although it isn't my style personally, if I were in the market for one, the white version looks decent in the photos.
Google and Facebook will be all over this...Ads, Ads, we must show more Ads.
Such an innovator Bezos is....10 year old technology. What if Apple came to market with all the technology they have...take a glance at PatentlyApple.com
I think you're ignoring the market potential here. It looks perfect for a system meant to keep kids, parents and grandparents connected.
Oh sure, not to mention the perverted hackers watching your family 24 x 7.
I think you're overestimating the concerns of people. If people were REALLY concerned about privacy they'd never use Facebook, Instagram, Google, Tinder, etc.
Google and Facebook will be all over this...Ads, Ads, we must show more Ads.
Such an innovator Bezos is....10 year old technology. What if Apple came to market with all the technology they have...take a glance at PatentlyApple.com
I think you're ignoring the market potential here. It looks perfect for a system meant to keep kids, parents and grandparents connected.
Oh sure, not to mention the perverted hackers watching your family 24 x 7.
It's weird that this concern is only a concern with Echo—despite no evidence that Amazon's products are easily hackable—and when you already have cameras, microphones throughout your home. Do you not know there's a camera look at you and away from you every time you use a smartphone or tablet? Where was your concern then? What about using a PC? What about hackers using key-loggers, grabbing screenshots, and basically stealing your identity?
Google and Facebook will be all over this...Ads, Ads, we must show more Ads.
Such an innovator Bezos is....10 year old technology. What if Apple came to market with all the technology they have...take a glance at PatentlyApple.com
1) How is Alexa 10 year old technology?
2) Why would you think this will have ads from Google and Facebook when this is an Amazon controlled device? Does Alexa currently push ads out before or during a query?
Voice technology is at least 10 years old ...Siri was released 6 years ago and was in the works years before that. Technology that hits the market today was invented 5 years before coming to market in some cases.
My point is Google and Facebook will create their own hardware as a platform to show more ads
So basically this is a niche device for the kitchen. As far as connecting with parents or kids can't you do that already with your phone or tablet using FaceTime, Skype etc.?
NY1822 said: Voice technology is at least 10 years old ...Siri was released 6 years ago and was in the works years before that. Technology that hits the market today was invented 5 years before coming to market in some cases.
My point is Google and Facebook will create their own hardware as a platform to show more ads
"Voice technology" has existed a lot longer than 10 years. What does that have to do with Alexa as a digital personal assistant or the Echo family has offering an amazing range of voice commands and Skills (3rd-party apps)? If Amazon coming out with Alexa after Apple launched Siri means it shouldn't exist, then neither should Siri.
A lot of frickin' naysayers here. No one's holding a gun to anyone's head to buy this. I applaud Amazon for doing this, and pushing the envelope. This is the type of CE device that Apple should have gotten in front of, ages ago. Maybe Apple will do something similar some day (let's hope so), but it seems like a lot of 'sour grapes' to bitch and moan about someone trying to do it now.
I can see why lots of people will get a lot out of it. That said, I am not wildly enthusiastic about its aesthetics, so it's not for me.
Some of the defenses of this thing are hilarious. "Nobody is forcing you to buy it", "its design is personal taste", etc. How come none of you Amazon apologists present the same defense for Apple products? Just goes to show how much of a double-standard there is in tech.
As far as the Echo Show goes...it couldn't be any more inconvenient or redundant when compared to the smartphone you have in your pocket right now.
They certainly didn't waste any money on design, did they? It kind of looks like a plastic "Future Phone" you could have bought at RadioShack back in the day...
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For me, if the Echo isn't ideal for an audible command and response, I'll grab my iPhone or Mac, but this will be handy in the kitchen for someone who didn't plan well and has their hands taken up by other activities. Then the nightstand for the baby monitor and front door camera. Amazon has done well to make their devices connect easily with a smart home and this opens up their 3rd-party apps considerably.
Morgan Stanley states over 11 million.
Anecdotally, I own 2, and personally know of roughly 18 people owning about 2 dozen devices. Almost 2.5 years and still loving the original.
Although it isn't my style personally, if I were in the market for one, the white version looks decent in the photos.
My point is Google and Facebook will create their own hardware as a platform to show more ads
I can see why lots of people will get a lot out of it. That said, I am not wildly enthusiastic about its aesthetics, so it's not for me.
Winner!
As far as the Echo Show goes...it couldn't be any more inconvenient or redundant when compared to the smartphone you have in your pocket right now.
Nah I'm kidding.