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Amazon Alexa can now set repeat reminders
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12-18-2017, 01:40 PM | #2688 | |
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Amazon just released the Echo Connect --> In Stock
$34.99 -- Echo Connect – requires Echo device and home phone service
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12-18-2017, 02:10 PM | #2689 |
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Now that would be useful. Ties into my landline, which I can't get rid of here.
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12-19-2017, 03:14 AM | #2690 | |
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Amazon just released the Echo Buttons --> In Stock
$19.99 -- Echo Buttons - an Alexa Gadget (2 Pack)
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12-19-2017, 03:14 AM | #2691 | |
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Amazon just released the Echo Spot --> In stock on December 27, 2017
$129.99 -- Echo Spot
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AMAZON ECHO SPOT REVIEW: AN ALMOST-PERFECT SMART ALARM CLOCK
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Minor change makes timers on Alexa devices more useful
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I HATE ALEXA.
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12-20-2017, 04:05 AM | #2695 |
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Yeah, we've all been there!
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12-20-2017, 12:51 PM | #2697 |
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I have a Bluegate transmitter/receiver that I use to pair my old home stereo with the Dot. I had a lot of trouble setting it up with Dot last year (although never any trouble with other devices), but it's worked fine since. But this time after I'd removed it to charge, Dot couldn't see it, then could see it but couldn't connect, then Alexa kept telling me to go to my Alexa app settings and "forget" the Dot--something I never could find, even after searching through help files at Amazon.
My newer tablet's Alexa app never did see any Bluetooth devices; my older tablet's Alexa app (which was the one I originally set up with Dot) is the one that finally saw the Bluegate and then eventually connected to it after numerous tries. It was extremely frustrating; I don't know why the Dot suddenly acted as though it had never been paired with the Bluegate in the first place, and then stupid Alexa repeatedly told me to do the same thing and repeatedly was unable to connect. |
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Bluetooth is an impure technology. When it works, it's great. But it is always a bit iffy. I'm not a Bluetooth engineer, so can't say for sure, but I strongly suspect it has to do with the design decisions that had to be made to keep the power requirements low. That was an important criteria, but it has had consequences, IMHO.
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12-20-2017, 04:07 PM | #2699 | |
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More venting. When Amazon was selling the Dot with the smart plug upsell, I ended up getting two. I waffled until the last minute, but ended up gifting both Dots and keeping the both plugs. Mistake; I should've been magnanimous and given both plugs.
I went to set up the plug today, and to my dismay, discovered that the stupid thing is so big, I can't plug in anything else into the wall outlet. Nor will it fit properly in the power strip where I want to use it--my power strip has outlets on the top and on the side; the smart plug won't go in the ones on the side because the prongs are upside down relative to the strip, and it won't go in the top because, again, it would use up an extra outlet, even plugging it in at the end, which I can't afford. So I'm completely disgusted with the whole thing. Even at only $5 apiece, I think they're useless to me unless I spend more money on power strips. What annoys me most is how the smart plug keeps me from plugging anything else with a grounded plug into a wall outlet. I think I'm going to send them back. |
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