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Originally Posted by conan50

I saw that the other day. I think they are going in the wrong direction. You can pick up one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D6OHHEE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailp age_o03_s00
pair it to an Android tablet or phone and have more functions and uses.

You can have just a smart phone and have more functions and uses, but it's not the same.
The Echo is a well designed, well engineered, well integrated appliance. If it sells well somewhere between $99 and $199 then that's that.