Tag: amazon fire phone

  • The real story behind Jeff Bezo’s Fire Phone debacle

    Fast Company on the real story behind Jeff Bezo’s Fire Phone debacle. Introduced with grand ambitions last summer, the Fire Phone is widely seen as a fiasco. Originally priced at $199 (with contract) and intended as an iPhone competitor, it now sells for 99 cents, and Amazon has taken a $170 million write-down largely attributable…

  • Another Amazon Fire Phone review

    The New York Times reviewed the Amazon Fire Phone. At its best, Dynamic Perspective adds helpful gestures that allow you to get around the phone more quickly. Snap the phone to the right while you’re in the calendar app, you see your daily agenda; snap left and the agenda disappears. But these shortcuts are never…

  • Amazon Fire Phone review

    The Verge reviewed the Amazon Fire Phone. Dynamic Perspective is meant to keep the screen simple, showing you only information when you ask for it, but it mostly just hides useful information. Exposing that information then requires such finesse that for a long time you’ll be seeing things rapidly flicker in and out of existence,…