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Old 06-30-2018, 02:11 PM   #4
tomsem
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Originally Posted by stumped View Post
actually it turns it into an echo show with amazingly crap tiny tablet speakers.

once you factor in the cost & hassle of hooking it up to a decent external bluetooth speaker & keeping that charged - you'd be better off with an actual Echo show
Echo Show is $159.00 and its speakers are of course better. But it does not function as a tablet.

I will be able to replace an Echo Dot and plug the speakers that are now plugged into it into the Fire HD8 I already have. It will conveniently charge the Fire (inductively) and I can use the Dot somewhere else. I don’t have a cover-stand for my Fire and don’t want one. So it works for me.

It is not clear to me that Echo Show functionality is identical to as Hands-free-Alexa that Fire HD8 already has. Perhaps someone has done that comparison, but even if they are the same, having the stand means I’ll actually use the feature some.

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