Hi, yes this is what I did. love the echo dot as it is a nice music
and radio player for the bedroom and a good alarm clock love it. the
only thing I have found when streaming radio from the BBC sometimes it
drops out but I got this on tune in anyway so maybe it is the fault of
the BBC.
On 26/10/2016 14:06, Mobeen Iqbal wrote:
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No problem at all. I want one too! Only trouble is, I bet I end up
buying both versions!
cheers,
Mo.
On 26/10/2016 14:02, alistair wrote:
Hi Mo, thanks for this gonna get one seems a lot of tech for the money!
alistair
*From:* Mobeen Iqbal <mailto:mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Wednesday, October 26, 2016 1:12 PM
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: amazon Echo, Again!
Hi Alistair. Here's the link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Echo-Dot-Generation-Black/dp/B01DFKBL68/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1477483917&sr=8-3&keywords=amazon+echo
cheers,
Mo.
On 26/10/2016 12:48, alistair wrote:
Hi Pete, I’ve searched on amazon and I can’t see it,yes the echo is
there but no results within my search for either the amazon dot or
the amazon echo dot, am I missing something? thanks so much for the
informative reply!
alistair
*From:* pete gurney <mailto:pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Wednesday, October 26, 2016 11:41 AM
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*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: amazon Echo, Again!
hi alistair,
the dot is available from amazon in the UK.
i have both the echo and the dot and apart from their size and
speaker volume they are both capable of doing the same things as to
regard of how you control them and the skills you can install.
the main differences are that the echo is around 9 inches tall while
the dot is only 1.3 inches, the echo has 2 buttons on the top the
wake button and a microphone mute button but the dot has 2 more
buttons on the top volume up and down.
the dot also has a 3.5 audio out jack on the back which the echo does
not.
they both have bluetooth, which i haven't used yet, but i think the
difference is that the echo's bluetooth is for connecting to smart
phones and such like so you can transmit the sound from the phone via
the echo's speaker while the blutooth in the dot is just for
transmitting from the dot to a bluetooth speaker.
i'm sure your grandson would enjoy either as there are hundreds of
skills that you can install allowing you to do varying things just by
speaking to them.
you can ask it anything you would normally look up in an
encyclopedia, ask it to solve a mathmatical problem, ask about the
weather or ask about places in the world and much much more.
i have been quite supprised by just how loud the speaker in the
little dot goes and i haven't bothered connecting any external
speaker to it either wired or by bluetooth.
obviously the speaker in the echo is much louder but unless you want
to use it as a replacement for a hi-fi the dot is more than adequate
for asking questions, using as a timer/alarm clock or even as a
bedside radio/music player.
pete.
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:43:46 +0100
"alistair" <alistair.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:alistair.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I’m aware there has been considerable discussion about this
product on list and I note that the echo has a baby brother, I
think it is “the dot”? As I have a blue tooth speaker already
would there be any difference in performance between the dot and
the actual Echo? I have searched Amazon but can’t see it listed
as a product, is it available in the UK? Also, and lastly, lol!
Would there be any educational value for young folks? My grandson
is 8 extremely bright, (don’t know where he gets it from) and is
very tech savvy and has a enquiring mind!
thanks
alistair
