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Brick

Post subject: Amazon Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:04 pm

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This is the best device you'll never need. There is literally nothing that it does that is needed but it is a pretty cool piece of machinery.

It's basically a device that will listen to your commands and do various things. You start with "Alexa" and then say what you want.

So, I just said "Alexa, play 670 the score" and it started playing that through the tunein app that is built in. It will play music from prime music, pandora, or spotify(I think). You can ask it the weather or to set an alarm. With it, I bought a wemo switch, and I can say "Alexa, turn wemo on" and it turns the light on.

So, if you are looking for a cool and fun gift then you've found it with this review.

I give it 3 W_Z's out of 4 W_Z's.

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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Re: Amazon Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:09 pm

Joined: Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm
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Alexa, please ban Rick

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Brick

Post subject: Re: Amazon Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:10 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

Alexa, please ban Rick

Sorry, bro.

Alexa wrote:

Hmmm, I'm not sure what you meant by that question.

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Post subject: Re: Amazon Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:11 pm

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We've come full circle. Visual is out, audio is back in!

The next season of Modern Family will exclusively be heard on your local Westwood One affiliate.

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Hawg Ass

Post subject: Re: Amazon Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:17 pm

Joined: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm
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IMU wrote:

We've come full circle. Visual is out, audio is back in!

The next season of Modern Family will exclusively be heard on your local Westwood One affiliate.

Will Tommy Tighe be doing the play by play?

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Post subject: Re: Amazon Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:31 pm

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Alexa, who will be the better player between John Wall and Evan Turner?

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IkeSouth

Post subject: Re: Amazon Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:44 pm

Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:25 pm
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Its too bad they didnt make it open source. The mod community would do amazing things with this. A open interface to an adruino would be amazing.

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