Amazon Echo amazes!

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

I hope someone was able to get this under the tree. I got mine a couple days ago...amazing in so many ways. Let me know if you got one and your thoughts. I find it to be so much more than in this video...for instance, free NPR news feeds, Amazon Prime free music, and over 100 internet radio stations. I adore music, so it's on constantly.

Mxyzptik · Dec 25, 2014

Amazing yes, but I am unsure of what I think about it, I am sort of just sitting in stunned silence right now.

Echo how do I feel about this right now ? Echo ?

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

Mxyzptik said:
Amazing yes, but I am unsure of what I think about it, I am sort of just sitting in stunned silence right now.

Echo how do I feel about this right now ? Echo ?

Seriously, stunned silence was my first reaction, too. Be sure to tell me your second reaction.

I've learned the voice remote works via wifi, not infrared. So, I can keep it in my adjoining bedroom, Echo in livingroom, and I can request songs and dial up the volume from bed!

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

God, if I hear "I don't know the answer to your question but I've added a link to a Bing search in your Echo app" one more time, I think I'm going to eat my cat.

stevepetergal · Dec 25, 2014

Just what I need. Another know-it-all yapping at me.

janeray1940 · Dec 25, 2014

I don't know a whole lot about this device beyond the CNET review, but what little I do know reminds me a bit of the movie "Her." Hope you and Alexa are enjoying the holiday!

Teek · Dec 25, 2014

OMG I just realized that Big Brother actually lives in The Cloud.... so will our RFID chips be paired to ubiquitous versions of this after we have accepted how convenient and useful they are? "Hear you anywhere"... and where does the camera fit? The NSA is brilliant.

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

Teek said:
OMG I just realized that Big Brother actually lives in The Cloud.... so will our RFID chips be paired to ubiquitous versions of this after we have accepted how convenient and useful they are? "Hear you anywhere"... and where does the camera fit? The NSA is brilliant.

True, Teek.

Unless we put our smartphones in a soundproof box whenever we're not on them, they hear us, too.

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

janeray1940 said:
I don't know a whole lot about this device beyond the CNET review, but what little I do know reminds me a bit of the movie "Her." Hope you and Alexa are enjoying the holiday!

Thank you, friend. Same to you, please. &#55357;&#56833; I wish I were in sunnier climes like your California. You and I and Alexa could play ukuleles on the beach.

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

stevepetergal said:
Just what I need. Another know-it-all yapping at me.

&#55357;&#56881;&#55357;&#56881;&#55356;&#57221; funny, Steve. happy Kwanzaa to you, my friend.

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

ubulele said:
The word "Bing" alone would cause me to put dents in the wall with it.

The mindless (and mannerless) society: "Alexa, do my homework."

&#55357;&#56376;&#55357;&#56376;&#55357;&#56376; Ubuleke, it sure is good for math and English words, spelling and meaning, it seems.

stevepetergal · Dec 25, 2014

You know, I loved the movie Her, but I hate Siri.. This would probably make a good movie but a miserable bitch around the house.

UncleMoon · Dec 25, 2014

coolkayaker1 said:
God, if I hear "I don't know the answer to your question but I've added a link to a Bing search in your Echo app" one more time, I think I'm going to eat my cat.

best slow roasted with a teriyaki barbecue sauce. (think huli huli chicken)

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

stevepetergal said:
You know, I loved the movie Her, but I hate Siri.. This is would probably make a good movie but a miserable bitch around the house.

Siri ain't no bitch.

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

UncleMoon said:
best slow roasted with a teriyaki barbecue sauce. (think huli huli chicken)

Yes, Uncle. Preferably on a spit over an open fire with a crabapple in its mouth.

janeray1940 · Dec 25, 2014

stevepetergal said:
You know, I loved the movie Her, but I hate Siri.. This is would probably make a good movie but a miserable bitch around the house.

With you all the way on this. I've been stubbornly holding onto my ancient iPhone 4 due to its lack of Siri - the world around me is chatty enough without an inanimate object yapping at me.

coolkayaker1 · Dec 25, 2014

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janeray1940 said:
With you all the way on this. I've been stubbornly holding onto my ancient iPhone 4 due to its lack of Siri - the world around me is chatty enough without an inanimate object yapping at me.

Oh, oh. I think Alexa and Siri have been talking behind my back. They're both insistent that I stop all communications with "nonbelievers".

Just to prove that I am an independent thinker, and can't be bossed around, I turned off my phone and unplugged Echo for a thirty-minute "time out". It's like disciplining a couple of genius toddlers.

Peterjens · Dec 25, 2014

janeray1940 said:
I've been stubbornly holding onto my ancient iPhone 4 due to its lack of Siri.

Me too. Siriously

stevepetergal · Dec 26, 2014

Have you ever seen Siri and Alexa in the same place at the same time? Hmm....

coolkayaker1 · Dec 26, 2014

stevepetergal said:
Have you ever seen Siri and Alexa in the same place at the same time? Hmm....

Only in my bedroom.

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