Anyone else picking up the Amazon Echo?

nic-webroot · 2014-11-07T17:28:47.000Z

Looks amazing:

Rivitir · 2014-11-07T17:33:11.000Z

If it was april 1st I would say its an april fools joke, but this is taken kind of far to be a joke.

But nope, this thing is real!

http://www.amazon.com/echo

steveb1352 · 2014-11-07T17:39:06.000Z

I honestly had to double check the date, thinking “It’s definitely not April right now…”

$100 for Prime members, I’d probably buy it…

luigi · 2014-11-07T17:40:45.000Z

I’m not sure whether this is serious or not. But it’s as funny as heck.

davidgpaul · 2014-11-07T17:42:46.000Z

Well that’s neat. Signed up for an invitation. Not sure if I’ll buy it if I get selected though.

ashleylewis · 2014-11-07T17:43:56.000Z

haha! this looks amazing!

bill7822 · 2014-11-07T17:44:22.000Z

Signed up, but also looking at CastleOS.

It uses Microsoft Kinect for voice control.

nic-webroot · 2014-11-07T17:46:23.000Z

It’s not a serious video - someone took the original video and dubbed over the answers. The product is real though.

brendan-kelley · 2014-11-07T17:47:26.000Z

Interesting concept. Don’t think I would ever buy one though.

jerrysmith · 2014-11-07T17:50:23.000Z

I’m going to wait and see what they add as far as home automation before I pull the trigger on this or anything similar.

gulfsailor · 2014-11-07T17:52:31.000Z

Dude, this is the BEST ad ever made for an electronic device. Don’t need one of these myself but I may get one for my sister’s family.

anon_73072930 · 2014-11-07T17:52:47.000Z

I’m not. I don’t keep several hundred dollars sitting in a savings account for random gimmicy technology that companies invent.

I’d be willing to bet that yesterday morning, before Amazon announced it, there weren’t that many people thinking “Gee, I really wish I had a talking cylinder sitting on my table to answer any random questions that pop into my head.”

I’d rather spend my money on practical things like food, gas, and a new lens for my camera. $200 seems a bit high to save myself the hassle of taking my phone out of my pocket and pressing the voice button.

preissner · 2014-11-07T17:53:24.000Z

Nope, but it has inspired me to go ahead and build one that doesn’t look as pretty, doesn’t perform as well, and costs at least twice as much.

#builtnotbought #maker4lyfe

miked · 2014-11-07T18:05:32.000Z

“It is time for you to calm…the f***…down.”

Much better than the original.

megan-for-sideband-networks · 2014-11-07T18:13:58.000Z

Amazing. I wish all intelligent personal assistants were more like Alexa.

matthewgomez · 2014-11-07T18:19:57.000Z

I won’t be getting one. The last thing I need in my house is another always on microphone.

alanpa4682 · 2014-11-07T18:36:19.000Z

I feel like that is the kind of thing people will start speculating the NSA is spying on us with. It seems a bit creepy to me. However using the “Hey, Siri” commands is totally fine for me

rojoloco · 2014-11-07T18:38:32.000Z

I was totally expecting an Amazon cart screen shot recursion here…

callie-for-riverbed · 2014-11-07T18:44:39.000Z

The original video is hilarious too…so cheesy.

scottalanmiller · 2014-11-07T18:56:42.000Z

That’s hilarious, now I have to have one.