Amazon Curtails Development of Consumer Devices

> Still in the works is a high-end computer for the kitchen—code-named Kabinet—designed to serve as a hub for an Internet-connected home and capable of taking voice commands for tasks like ordering merchandise from Amazon.com.

Will this be a competitor to the Google router?

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Post by an4rchy » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 2:08 AM UTC

Amazon fires Fire phone engineers.... /s

TBH it sucks that the developers are the first ones to go , when it generally isnt their fault... it's bad product management/sales/strategy that caused the device to fail...

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Post by beambot » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 2:09 AM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #6

> Still in the works is a high-end computer for the kitchen—code-named Kabinet—designed to serve as a hub for an Internet-connected home and capable of taking voice commands for tasks like ordering merchandise from Amazon.com. Will this be a competitor to the Google router?

Probably a more-capable version of Amazon Echo.

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Post by marpstar » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 2:13 AM UTC

pkinsky wrote: post #4

I can't wait for pallet-loads of fire phones to hit the market at scrap metal prices.

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

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Post by dlubarov » Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 2:14 AM UTC

pkinsky wrote: post #4

I can't wait for pallet-loads of fire phones to hit the market at scrap metal prices.

No need to wait! Amazon lowered the price to $130 today - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OC0USA6

It still comes with a year of Prime membership, so if you're a Prime customer anyway, it's essentially a $31 contract-free phone.

I wonder if it's an aggressive attempt to acquire some users, or if they've given up on the product and they're just getting rid of inventory?