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So umm, the engineers behind the Fire phone are now going to waltz in and fix Google Glass? That's like making a Rock supergroup out of the members of Krokus an

by Steko 11y ago

So umm, the engineers behind the Fire phone are now going to waltz in and fix Google Glass? That's like making a Rock supergroup out of the members of Krokus and Winger.

bduerst 11y ago
Fire's problem wasn't the engineers, it was the business decision to produce a late-to-market phone with mediocre hardware. It's pretty obvious that it was designed to be another sales channel for Amazon first, and a usable smart phone for people second.
- newjersey 11y ago
  Just my personal opinion but I think the mediocre hardware would be OK if it came with a bargain low price.
- RandallBrown 11y ago
  Which would have been totally fine if it would have come out 2 years sooner and been a cheap phone.
- pinewurst 11y ago
  Ditto this. There were articles published explaining how Jeff Himself set Fire feature and development priorities. It just so happened that the Jeff Phone wasn't a success, which isn't the engineers' fault. At Amazon, despite all the cant, one can't tell Jeff he's wrong or keep one's job if one does.
- Steko 11y ago
  I'd suggest there were multiple problems that extended down to engineering. In 4 years of development all they came up with for hardware and software differentiation (and compensation for losing Google first party apps and most of the android ecosystem) were a few half-baked features that never had a chance of moving the needle on device sales(face kinect, buy this thing, instant tech support). Sure you can try and blame all that on Bezos too but I'm skeptical he's that dumb that any great ideas Lab 126 had were just shot down.
  - pinewurst 11y ago
    Not disagreeing. Here's an article link as a refresh: http://www.fastcompany.com/3039887/under-fire http://www.fastcompany.com/3039887/under-fire
toast0 11y ago
The fire phone is actually pretty nice, if you got it on sale, and put a launcher that works more like stock android. It's really nice to have a smaller screen device with 2gb ram and a fast CPU; I wish it had a bad button though, swipe up for bad is just weird. Probably doesn't need 4 front cameras either, but the lock screens are pretty neat.
- mandeepj 11y ago
  I got it only for $125. I like it so far. I also got amazon prime free with it. If I consider I paid for prime then that unlocked brand new phone is just FREE

by Steko 11y ago

So umm, the engineers behind the Fire phone are now going to waltz in and fix Google Glass? That's like making a Rock supergroup out of the members of Krokus and Winger.

bduerst 11y ago

Fire's problem wasn't the engineers, it was the business decision to produce a late-to-market phone with mediocre hardware. It's pretty obvious that it was designed to be another sales channel for Amazon first, and a usable smart phone for people second.

newjersey 11y ago
Just my personal opinion but I think the mediocre hardware would be OK if it came with a bargain low price.
RandallBrown 11y ago
Which would have been totally fine if it would have come out 2 years sooner and been a cheap phone.
pinewurst 11y ago
Ditto this. There were articles published explaining how Jeff Himself set Fire feature and development priorities. It just so happened that the Jeff Phone wasn't a success, which isn't the engineers' fault. At Amazon, despite all the cant, one can't tell Jeff he's wrong or keep one's job if one does.
Steko 11y ago
I'd suggest there were multiple problems that extended down to engineering. In 4 years of development all they came up with for hardware and software differentiation (and compensation for losing Google first party apps and most of the android ecosystem) were a few half-baked features that never had a chance of moving the needle on device sales(face kinect, buy this thing, instant tech support). Sure you can try and blame all that on Bezos too but I'm skeptical he's that dumb that any great ideas Lab 126 had were just shot down.
- pinewurst 11y ago
  Not disagreeing. Here's an article link as a refresh: http://www.fastcompany.com/3039887/under-fire http://www.fastcompany.com/3039887/under-fire

toast0 11y ago

The fire phone is actually pretty nice, if you got it on sale, and put a launcher that works more like stock android. It's really nice to have a smaller screen device with 2gb ram and a fast CPU; I wish it had a bad button though, swipe up for bad is just weird. Probably doesn't need 4 front cameras either, but the lock screens are pretty neat.

mandeepj 11y ago
I got it only for $125. I like it so far. I also got amazon prime free with it. If I consider I paid for prime then that unlocked brand new phone is just FREE