les, I just got mine. I can see using it while in the kitchen, and to listen to prime. I don’t have all of the home kit stuff to turn off lights and things like that. I just told her to start reading an audible book. I would also use it to to grocery lists and even to make a to do list.It’s too bad you can’t use it to control other non-azon apps on your iPhone, like the bard app. I haven’t tried playing podcasts or radio stations in tune in. I finally got it to connect after reconnecting to wifi for the third time. basically, I think it is good for times when you do not want to touch your phone or iPad to do things - a hands free device. Sirri is good, but I still find she misses a lot of things, and even though she knows my voice, she will randomly respond to her name, and words like seriously or series.
> On Nov 7, 2015, at 5:30 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Les, > We got the Amazon echo back when it was cheap, or I should say should say > cheaper, for prime members to purchase it. So my husband did that. I think it > was $99 at that time. I don't know that I would purchase it at its full > price. We surely don't use it for everything that you're supposed to be able > to do, such as turning on certain devices. Mostly, I use it as a kitchen > timer and to play music when I'm in the kitchen and don't feel like cranking > my stereo which is in another room. You can access your prime music, of > course, plus any Amazon music that you purchased, and via Bluetooth, you can > also get at your iTunes library from your iPhone or other device. And there > is I heart radio. I have had very bad luck accessing specific programs on > tune in. You are supposed to be able to access podcasts and I think books. Oh > yes, and you can also access audible books on the echo. I just don't find > myself doing most of those things. For me, it's casual music and kitchen > timer and the occasional attempts to get information, most of which fail. > Google and Siri are much better for most information queries then is the > echo, at least in my experience. It's a decent speaker. And there are what > they call skills, what you access from the app on your iPhone. I just haven't > found them terrifically useful. Your mileage may vary. > Mary > PS. The other thing that is really good is that you can easily order products > what you have previously ordered and are available on prime. It figures that > Amazon would make that process easy. It's very convenient. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 7, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Marian Denise, >> >> I recently heard a presentation on the Amazon echo. I have an interest in >> purchasing it at some point later this year. Can you tell me your Prussians >> of the device and how you use it? It seems like a pretty impressive device >> from what I heard. Thanks. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 7, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The Echo app works on the iPhone, but I don't know about set up. When I got >>> my Echo, the phone app was esentially useless. So I had to do set up from >>> my Mac via the on-line amazon alexa app, or whatever it is called. But if >>> you have been told you are connected, then I don't know why aleksa isn't >>> responding. >>> >>> Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Nov 7, 2015, at 2:08 PM, denise avant <denise.av...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> I just downloaded the echo app to my phone instead of my iPad air II. I am >>>> wondering if the Amazon echo works on the Iphone or only on the Ipad. I >>>> am asking because I have gone through the set up twice, told I was >>>> connected, but Alexa does not respond to any of my questions. Also, when I >>>> go back to my phone’s setting, i don’t see the echo connected anywhere. >>>> If echo works on the iPhone, did I skip something during setup? >>>> Any assistance would be appreciated. >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>> list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >>>> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>>> >>>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >>> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - >> you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
