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Amazon Echo Review - pretty cool

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We just received our new Amazon Echo a few days ago. I signed up about 2 months ago for an invitation to Amazon's beta program, and finally received it, about 20 days earlier than Amazon's original estimated ship date. So far it has proven to be quite entertaining. My 5 year old and 3 year old kids love playing with it, asking things like: Alexa, tell me a joke! Alexa, how much does the earth weigh? Alexa, how old are you? Alexa, play kids music! We placed it in the kitchen, since the initial supported feature set seemed well suited for that location. The music playback sound quality is pretty good. Not good enough for people who are crazy about bass response, but not bad. Certainly good enough for some background music in the kitchen. It's always interesting to see what children do with technological products - in this case, I wish the Amazon engineers could watch my kids interact with it, especially on their first few days. After Alexa told a joke, they wante