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		charlie_vill on Nov 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Echo ... request an invitation? Please, who do they think they are, Google? Or maybe expecting super long lines at their upcoming retail stores in NY? Come on Amazon, do yourself a favour and come up with things that matter.

IvyMike on Nov 6, 2014 | [–]

Maybe if they had used invitations to gauge market interest they wouldn't have a quarter million unsold fire phones sitting in a warehouse.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/24/amazon-uns...

pbhjpbhj on Nov 6, 2014 | [–]

I logged in to request an invite, then it removed the option ... they know too much already!

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