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Amazon Echo Show – gonna be hard to beat

Posted on May 10, 2017 at 08:02 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

No doubt you’ve been reading about the Amazon Echo Show – Alexa with a screen — that’ll ship on June 28.

https://www.recode.net/2017/5/9/15594724/amazon-echo-show-connected-speaker-touchscreen-smart-home

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/amazon-echo-show-gives-alexa-touchscreen-needed/

I’ve ordered two. Even if I only use them as intercoms, they’re worth $230 each.

I look at Microsoft’s efforts in the same niche and, frankly, I’m embarrassed. Microsoft is so far behind the mark, and the products they’re just now announcing (but not releasing!) seem antiquated right out of the starting gate.

(By the way, y’all know that Charlie Kindel, the “director of Alexa Smart Home” and driving force behind Alexa, was once the GM for Windows Home Server, yes? Brilliant.)

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