Amazon dragon breathes “Fire”

Marissa Luck Jul 15, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Amazon dragon breathes “Fire”</h1>
                <h2><p>CEO Jeff Bezos dished out the details about Amazon’s new Fire phone in Fremont today. Geekwire reports. The smartphone boasts 3D capabilities, unlimited photo storage, a one-year free membership to Amazon Prime and a new program called Firefly, which allows users to scan objects, songs and TV shows so</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/marissaluck7-gmail-com/">Marissa Luck</a></p> 
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            <p>CEO Jeff Bezos dished out the details about Amazon’s new Fire phone in Fremont today. <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2014/live-amazon-set-unveil-mystery-device/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Geekwire</a> reports. The smartphone boasts 3D capabilities, unlimited photo storage, a one-year free membership to Amazon Prime and a new program called Firefly, which allows users to scan objects, songs and TV shows so that Amazon can identify them and offer a way to purchase them from its store. Firefly can recognize up to 100 million items — now that’s smart-shopping, or downright spooky. The phone will start shipping out July 25. — E.W.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.com/media/story_image/Amazon_phone_letter.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure>
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CEO Jeff Bezos dished out the details about Amazon’s new Fire phone in Fremont today. Geekwire reports. The smartphone boasts 3D capabilities, unlimited photo storage, a one-year free membership to Amazon Prime and a new program called Firefly, which allows users to scan objects, songs and TV shows so that Amazon can identify them and offer a way to purchase them from its store. Firefly can recognize up to 100 million items — now that’s smart-shopping, or downright spooky. The phone will start shipping out July 25. — E.W.

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By Marissa Luck

Marissa Luck is a Tacoma-based writer and editorial intern at Crosscut. She has previously reported on issues of activism, homelessness, and Olympia city news for Works in Progress and Olympia Power &