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There is something delightfully ballsy about making this only available to users of Alexa Voice shopping: "Echo Dot is available in limited quantities and excl
by danesparza 11y ago
There is something delightfully ballsy about making this only available to users of Alexa Voice shopping:
"Echo Dot is available in limited quantities and exclusively for Prime members through Alexa Voice Shopping. To order your Echo Dot, use your Amazon Echo or Amazon Fire TV and just ask: "Alexa, order an Echo dot"
Also, this makes me sad. I'd kind of like to try this out, but I have no Alexa voice service currently (I don't think)
- matthewbauer 11y agoI think it needs a base Amazon echo to work if I understand correctly.
- bovermyer 11y agoNo, it needs external speakers, unlike the original Echo. However, you only need an Echo to preorder a Dot, you don't need an Echo for a Dot to work.
- sp332 11y agoFTA: Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own
- corin_ 11y agoBuilt in speaker is for alarms, not media, I think.
- wyldfire 11y agoit does seem to exclude media. > Built-in speaker for voice feedback when not connected to external speakers > Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the kitchen, or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled computer
- balls187 11y agoThe speaker is for voice feedback only. Doesn't actually support music, news, audiobooks etc.
- nogridbag 11y agoDo you have a source for that? I have an Echo in my living room, but I was thinking of picking up one of these for my bedroom. I don't really care about sound quality as I would just be using it for Philips Hue, weather, and news.
- balls187 11y agoSure, this was the link that was emailed to me from Amazon, which also included the following text: > With its built-in speaker, you can place Dot in the bedroom and use it as a smart alarm clock that can also turn off your lights, or use Dot in the kitchen to easily set timers and add items to your shopping list using just your voice http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=14047587011&ref_=pe_1840220_171119930_ods_em_ha_pe_an_cta http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=14047587011&ref_=pe_184... See the technical details: > Built-in speaker for voice feedback when not connected to external speakers My Echo news is a mix of Text2Speech and audio, so I'm not sure that it would work for News.
- leecarraher 11y agoman that would suck. the computing internals of the echo are less impressive than a raspberry pi -0. The dot has bluetooth and apparently wifi to communicate with speakers and network devices. The real benefit of the echo over other homemade voice command devices like jasper(github.com/jasperproject) is the more proprietary far-field speaker array.
- reitoei 11y ago> The real benefit of the echo over other homemade voice command devices like jasper(github.com/jasperproject) is the more proprietary far-field speaker array. Um, and the insane underlying voice API?
- eclipxe 11y agoNo it doesn't
- mikeash 11y agoI don't imagine it will be like that forever. It's just a clever way to limit demand until they can ramp up manufacturing, or work out the bugs, or whatever their motivation is for keeping it in a limited release for now.
- xuhu 11y agoI guess it's time to order an Echo.
- xauronx 11y agoEven though I own an echo, I wanted to get in early. Here's a link until they remove it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00VKTZFB4/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00VKTZFB4/
- icco 11y agoThat link still works for ordering :)