Amazon 'Fire Phone'

Ok, that is pretty neat. There seems to be a lot of interesting innovation here that Google just sort of missed. (in particular the orientation aspect of accessing alternate views, which could be very powerful if done well).

In some ways it seems like Amazon is disproving my theory that if you open source a big chunk of code that is ok because your level of expertise with the code will always insure you can out execute folks who are not the 'originators.' But that doesn't seem to be the case with Amazon here.

Google has broken me.

I won't pay that much for a phone — especially when I know Amazon is making money from my use of it with their app store and their content streams.

This does have some fancy features (why hasn't every phone in the past 5 years had a Firefly option?!) but several don't seem at modern standards. And as I say, they're not worth the cash (or the A&T service).

Pretty high-tech and impressive. Nothing super amazing, it's certainly a phone worth consideration, maybe the best on the market for certain people. (Depending on what you look for.)