Amazon announces: Echo

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by xendula

about the NSA celebration, and good point about usage for the blind!



Awesome, I had not even seen that! There is a radio channel I can only get through TuneIn in the US, and I am addicted to it. Maybe it could be set up as an alarm clock as well. One that cannot be shut off, unless you solve a math problem!! I would really need something like that.

I use Alarm Clock Xtreme and you can set it up so you have to solve math problems. It's in the Amazon app store and Google play.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I wonder if the remote will work with the Fire TV stick I ordered? The remote costs $30.

I hope the remote is as cool looking as this one

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by soondai

a parody of the ad is atop Reddit's front page:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GijLoiVkmYI

...that was great!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by xendula

There is a radio channel I can only get through TuneIn in the US, and I am addicted to it.

What channel?

[DreamWriter]

I'm not sure why, but I do want this.

I can envision these strategically placed throughout the house—living room, bedroom, kitchen—but the price is too high at $199 each. It'll be interesting to see what additional features Amazon will incorporate over time.

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by DreamWriter

I'm not sure why, but I do want this.

I can envision these strategically placed throughout the house—living room, bedroom, kitchen—but the price is too high at $199 each. It'll be interesting to see what additional features Amazon will incorporate over time.

I was thinking the same thing. Whole home system. So you can talk to any walls in your home . Serious though, that might be the next step.

Still no flying cars though.....

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Atunah

I was thinking the same thing. Whole home system. So you can talk to any walls in your home . Serious though, that might be the next step.

Still no flying cars though.....

We have flying monkeys

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

We have flying monkeys

They aren't quite as useful as flying cars though..

[xendula]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

What channel?

"NRJ - Made in France". I have it set as my default channel on all my devices in the TuneIn Pro app. We used to listen to the actual radio channel (on a radio, I mean) when vacationing in France as kids, so to have access to it years later and a continent away is just awesome.

[xendula]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

You can set it as an alarm but it can be shut off... if you remember the activation word. I guess you could set the activation word to "Rumplestiltskin" or "Brezinski" or some other tongue twister...

Great idea.
Oooor: I could pick up a new language, and change the activation word daily to some new long word I won't remember unless I pry my eyes open and look it up. Even better, use a recording of a native speaker as the activation word, then have to say it over and over until I pronounce it right.

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I use Alarm Clock Xtreme and you can set it up so you have to solve math problems. It's in the Amazon app store and Google play.

Thank you, I'll check it out!!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by xendula

"NRJ - Made in France". I have it set as my default channel on all my devices in the TuneIn Pro app. We used to listen to the actual radio channel (on a radio, I mean) when vacationing in France as kids, so to have access to it years later and a continent away is just awesome.

Thanks - I don't listen to France stuff, because I don't speak France talk

[xendula]

^ Oh, monkey!!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Nick61

It looks like an interesting gadget but privacy concern still exists the gadget comes with built-in microphones, so couldn't this be an open door to your private conversations and stored in the remote server?. who knows this information couldn't be used to learn users' characteristics as well as against us by Govt ?

You need a special listening room

[booklover6]

The microphones can be turned off. There is a button on the top of the tower.

[fjtorres]

Without microphones it is just a cheap bluetooth speaker.
Of which there is no shortage.