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Q&A with Dave Limp, Amazon SVP of devices and services, on how ambient computing can enhance the world, Fire Phone's failure, Alexa shopping, Astro, and more

that original smart speaker use case that kind of faded into the background as Alexa evolved into a trivia machine and alarm clock — is actually a big deal? https://twitter.com/... Matt Day / @mattmday : wonder how meaningful this data is if Amazon includes folks putting stuff on lists as ‘shoppers’... via @DaveLeeFT's chat with Amazon's Dave Limp. https://www.ft.com/...

Financial Times Dave Lee

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  • @misterged @misterged on x
    I don't like to laugh at the metaverse too much (partly because the oversimplification of what it is misses points but also good people are employed because of it) but I can't help thinking Amazon focussing on ambient computing to assist real lives will yield greater results http…
  • @ivan_brussels Ivan Maljkovic on x
    FT interview with Dave Limp, Amazon's head of devices and services “I'll take five Fire Phone failures, if I can get one Alexa. The math is that simple.” https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @leokelion Leo Kelion on x
    “Astro's closer to the pet than it is to the personal computer.” - v interesting interview with Amazon devices chief Dave Limp about his belief there will be a robot in “everybody's home”. By @DaveLeeFT (the bearded one on the right!) https://www.ft.com/...
  • @daveleeft Dave Lee on x
    Amazon's head of devices Dave Limp has only one Ring camera in his house... it points at the liquor cabinet. This insight and more in the latest installment in the FT's Tech Exchange series. https://www.ft.com/...
  • @mattmday Matt Day on x
    and for all the other nerds who enjoy Amazon's preference for burping out data by order of magnitude rather than anything approaching specific numbers: There are between 100 and 1 million Astro robots in circulation. Thanks, Dave. https://twitter.com/...
  • @mattmday Matt Day on x
    huh. Amazon says shopping using Alexa — that original smart speaker use case that kind of faded into the background as Alexa evolved into a trivia machine and alarm clock — is actually a big deal? https://twitter.com/...
  • @mattmday Matt Day on x
    wonder how meaningful this data is if Amazon includes folks putting stuff on lists as ‘shoppers’... via @DaveLeeFT's chat with Amazon's Dave Limp. https://www.ft.com/...