The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this holiday season

Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by sigi45 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @09:17AM (#16014834)

Easy to get in and already usefull.

My wife didn't like the idea of having a microphone in our rooms, now she asked me if i don't want to buy another one.

And yeah it is only used for timer, reminder, light on/off and music.

I love it too.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by foobarian on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @09:59AM (#16015066)

I didn't like the idea of my 4 year old having an easy way out of learning to read/write. I disable all voice recognition on our tablets/phones too. Next birthday it will be C64 time. :-)

(Edit P.S.) Don't get me started on Unix REPLs suitable for young kids. A simple for loop still reads best in BASIC.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by steveeq1 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:06AM (#16015096)

Or Scratch.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by slantyyz on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:47AM (#16015385)

My wife rolled her eyes when I told her I pre-ordered an Echo Dot.

When she actually saw it in action and found out I had only paid $50CAD for one, she told me to get another one.

I've only had Echo since Dec 5, but we're both becoming dependent on its convenience.

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