Gadgetory


All Cool Mind-blowing Gadgets You Love in One Place

CNET News - Amazon hopes 3D, Firefly sway smartphone buyers

2014-06-18
in seattle amazon unveiled its latest device the Amazon fire a smartphone with a 3d display there's the Empire State Building when a user looks at the screen and tilts it information can be layered on top giving it depth just to tilt my phone a few degrees and up pops more information to make the dynamic perspective feature work amazon added for additional front facing cameras and facial recognition technology to track your eyes and proximity to the phone the phone also has amazon only features like the Mayday app which connects you to live assistance and the new Firefly feature when you first pick up the phone you'll notice the cameras on the corners one two three four also the central one also this button on the side gives you direct access to Amazon's Firefly Firefly allows a photo search of phone numbers websites and goods you can buy through amazon but it also recognizes songs and movie scenes we've just recognized the kingsroad the 32 gigabyte version will cost two hundred dollars and the 64 gig will run 300 with a contract both include a free amazon prime membership for a year they don't care about making money on the hardware they just want you to sign up for prime and use all their services to listen to your music get your videos and buy all of your stuff the phone is available for pre-order now and will ship on July 25th exclusively on AT&T in Seattle I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.