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Amazon Working on Alexa-Enabled Wireless Earbuds to Rival AirPods
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I suspect the firePods will turn out to be amazingly similar to the Bragi Dash, and as I recall Bragi was recently bought by a mysterious entity.
Regardless, while you can argue sound, the dash isn’t as good in a technical sense as Airpods, and I doubt shoehorning in Alexa will be that great. At least not without significant redesign.
Another Apple products to wither away soon. Amazon will definitely dominate this market very very quickly, if it ever releases it.
Echo ears would be an awesome name, although maybe not the message you want to imply in audio equipment.
Their iCloud account weren’t “hacked”, they fell for a phishing scam, allowing hackers to get their passwords.
You can easily innovate and still give people choices. The headphone jack never stopped anyone from using or "innovating" wireless headphones.
Yeah I'm aware of that, I just ignored it and decided to focus on why Amazon would make a product like this.
I really like mine. The most Apple like product they have come up with for a while.
Technically this would not be patentable. You can’t patent words. Just FYI.
. Does this make me the legal police? IP police?Sure it would, you just patent the idea and the concept behind it, as long as you have an illustration proving the diagram with the name associated.
After today's ABSURD news about Android TVs from Sony getting a forced "sponsored content" section on the sets as a pilot program, I can easily say to this idea NO NO NO.
The reason why Siri is often found lacking is Apple is spying on your entire life. And what exactly would you he using Alexa for? I would like to know examples of how its made your life better, and I'm not kidding. I gave used Alexa 3 or 4 times before unplugging it a year later. I found I could do everything on my phone or iPad.
AirPods and related wearables do have serious potential to alter social norms. I know a few people who are kind of minimalist, and would be happy with AirPods, a cellular Apple Watch, and an iPad Mini as their main computer, with no phone in the equation at all.
Add to the "AirPods are the new iPod"... So many people thought iPods were dumb/pointless/never going anywhere. Remember all the grousing about how dumb AirPods looked when people started wearing them in public? Now it's like a status symbol. Not at all shocking that there are competing products that are also white earbuds. This is why I just laugh whenever people say the newest apple product is "the downfall of apple." For all of their questionable hardware/software/tech choices, for better or worse, they're still THE tastemaker in general consumer tech.
I would try the Amazon version. My new AirPods w/H1 chip isn't any faster with connecting. The latency is worse/slower when compared to my old AirPods. The batteries last a tad longer but then again my AP's where fading over time so heck if I know for sure.
Today, while in line at an ATM; a guy asked me if they were worth the upgrade and I told him no. However, they do provide convenience, and I do like them.
I do not believe there are worth $200. Apple gets away with this pricing because other companies have not yet produced a viable alternative. Now, if greedy Tim Cook would allow a one-time replacement for a lost/damaged AirPod, then yes; $200 would be a fair deal.
Today, while in line at an ATM; a guy asked me if they were worth the upgrade and I told him no. However, they do provide convenience, and I do like them.
I do not believe there are worth $200. Apple gets away with this pricing because other companies have not yet produced a viable alternative. Now, if greedy Tim Cook would allow a one-time replacement for a lost/damaged AirPod, then yes; $200 would be a fair deal.
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Amazon must also compete with the Beats buds ... that jumped right in with a 2nd-generation design based on everything Apple learned in the first AirPods generation. I don't envy the Amazon design teams
