June 18, 201412 yr comment_641329 Yep, It's now official Available direct from Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Fire-Phone-32GB-AT/dp/B00EOE0WKQ etc http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-unveils-smartphone-1403114271 http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/18/amazon-phonehttp://www.theverge.com/2014/6/18/5819516/meet-the-fire-phonehttp://gizmodo.com/amazons-fire-phone-is-here-at-last-developing-1592702508http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/amazon-announces-its-first-smartphone-the-fire-phone/http://time.com/2895275/amazon-fire-phone/http://m.t3.com/news/amazon-announces-the-amazon-fire-phone Firefly:"It's basically the easiest way to spend your money you'll ever find." Edited June 18, 201412 yr by Grahame Report
June 18, 201412 yr comment_641352 I noticed a distinct lack of .flac support. "Audio: Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, PCM/WAVE, AAC LC/ELD, HE-AAC (v1 & v2), AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, Audible Enhanced format (AAX)" Report
June 18, 201412 yr Author comment_641355 The internets are not happy Fire Phone UI is a mess - https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/479330755987124224So why bother?”-Benedict Evans, analyst“Amazon’s new phone makes sure that the direct line from your bank account to Amazon never tangles.”-@davepell, start-up investorhttp://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27909104 Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641379 Does Amazon sell .flac files? If not, there's your answer. Pretty sure not. Only .mp3 and physical format to the best of my knowledge. So why PCM/WAV but not .flac? Anyway, I am all for market competition, but a phone from Amazon? They have the customer base to think of the idea, but I'm not sure how they think they can compete with companies like Samsung, Google, and Apple. Getting the owners to easily check out at Amazon is one thing, but unless there is that "gotta have it factor" and intuitive UI, people are not going to have them in their hands. Gone are the days of having multiple devices in pockets: it's pretty much only smartphones, so Amazon will have to bring their A game if they want people to switch over... and I'm not really seeing it. Nothing that others have, unless that Dynamic Perspective is what they are going with, but that seems to be a pain. I'm not into the hand motion thing. Imagine if I drop the damn thing. What would I have bought on Amazon? Or is that their plan? Edited June 19, 201412 yr by roadtonowhere08 Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641387 I'm as big a fan of Amazon as anyone, but this phone is a stupid idea. The head tracking tech was more thought-out than I expected, but it's not going to sell them any phones. I'm really surprised they aren't tossing in something like a special data plan that includes unlimited usage of Amazon Prime's streaming services. Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641412 Prime is still 2 day for me, and they still describe it as that on the site. Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641426 I think Amazon is throwing everything at the wall, and hoping that something sticks. All because Wallstreet has finally noticed that they make basically no profit. I think it's times like this where companies falter and do more harm than good. Edited June 19, 201412 yr by roadtonowhere08 Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641435 Giant fail, just like facebook phone. That was real, right? Real and fail? Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641438 Giant fail, just like facebook phone. That was real, right? Real and fail? Jesus I forgot about that. So many awesome phones right now, I think we've hit a point where a new phone is not the most exciting thing in the world. The tech seems to have leveled off. Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641492 "590 nits of brightness" Umm, what is the nits to lumens ratio? Never heard of that before. Edited June 19, 201412 yr by aardvark baguette Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641498 Most LCD TVs are about 450nit. High bright displays are about 700-800nit. Seems the screen would not be great in direct sunlight. Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641501 "590 nits of brightness" Umm, what is the nits to lumens ratio? Never heard of that before. They don't convert cleanly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela_per_square_metre http://www.unitconversion.org/luminance/nits-to-lumens-per-square-foot-per-steradian-conversion.html Lumens has very little meaning for comparing devices. A 96" TV putting out 1000lumens is not as bright as a 48" TV only putting out 700lumens... By a reallly wide margin. Report
June 19, 201412 yr comment_641522 Y'all have nothing to worry about, Colin will fix it all..... But until then, no thanks for me as well..... Report
June 19, 201412 yr Author comment_641523 Good point. We'll have to ask Colin if he gets a new company phone and what it is! Report
June 20, 201412 yr comment_641527 Good point. We'll have to ask Colin if he gets a new company phone and what it is! does it run the metro interface? Report
June 20, 201412 yr Author comment_641529 does it run the metro interface? I see what you did there. As opposed to the "sporno" interface? Report
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