Thread: Amazon announces: Echo
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Old 08-07-2015, 10:15 AM   #761
fjtorres
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Anyone get the email from Staples that they are selling the Echo?

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http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/staples-connect/amazon-echo.html?icid=HP20:LPB:1:AMAZONECHO:20150802
I still don't think it's worth the $179.
Exclusive deal since early this month:

http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-echo-...arty-retailer/

And no, it's not worth the price if all you use it for is as a Bluetooth speaker.
But if you use, and benefit from, the *other* features...

At this point it is fair to say Echo is a full-blown computing platform in its own right and a voice-driven computer platform for $180 is fair value. The next cheapest is XBOX Kinect and that runs around $200-250 and has a media focus, not audiobooks and home automation.
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