In December 2017 my wife and I purchased the Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Dot for my son’s birthday. In the 4 months we have owned the devices, we mainly use them as a timer, a light switch for a living room light (via a wireless plugin) and playing music from our Amazon account.

Yesterday, Easter Sunday, I was sitting in my living room in the evening. With no command (Alexa), I start to hear what sounds like a family … Read the rest

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Amazon is set to announce a “new device” on June 18, 2014 but did they just tip their hand?

On June 4, 2014 through the MarkMonitor service, Amazon has registered 64 domain names related to a phone!

It is likely going to be a “larger phone” because they registered the term Phablet? It will likely be under contract? Games? They are all terms used in the domain names registered.

Here is the list they registered that I found:

amazon-cell-phone.com
amazon-phone-deal.com
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