Amazon’s latest attempt at consumer electronics:

No idea why you’d buy one though….

http://www.zdnet.com/amazon-unveils-cloud-connected-digital-personal-assistant-echo-7000035532/

err it looks just like a Bluetooth speaker but $200…

I was looking at this yesterday. Was going to post a link, but as it was US only, didn’t bother.

Now it’s out there, tho….CHECK OUT THE CREEPY/ANNOYING VIDEO!

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkOCeAtKHIc[/video]

Apart from the Kindle, I think Amazon hardware is really bad. Who is going to pay $200 for something their phone, Siri/OK Google, already does? …oh, and the talking clock.

Also, I imagine having your living room mic’d up, will please the Tinfoil Hat brigade.

….and to steal a comment from arstechnica:

I wonder how this will affect your Amazon shopping recommendations. “Other people in your home suggested casually that they might be interested in the following products…”

$99 for Prime subscribers, or $199 otherwise. Basically they’ve just made Prime mandatory.

Its only mandatory if you want that annoying thing (so far)

Wonder if you get that price on the free prime trial 🙂

Basically they’ve just made Prime mandatory.

Hardly, only if you want their crap HW cheaper….

Echo without Prime, $199.

Echo plus Prime, $198.

If I was getting a spooky recording device for the house, I would get a Jibo.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y[/video]

That didn’t take long…

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GijLoiVkmYI[/video]