In December, I received an invitation to purchase an Echo, a niche consumer device offered by Amazon. I took them up on the offer, and have now been using Echo for about a week.
The Echo was easy to set up. You basically plug it in, then follow the prompts on a phone app to configure the Echo for wifi. It connects to your home network the same way you'd connect a Chromecast -- You connect to its private wifi network with your phone, then use the software to choose your home wifi network and provide the password.
A couple of notes on the lightning adapter which I received last week and installed into my Elevation Dock:
First, the build quality of the adapter is just as good as the Elevation Dock itself. I had no trouble installing the adapter. The adapter came with two allen wrenches for the screws that hold everything together.
Back in June, I noticed a Kickstarter project for the Flux
mob Bolt, and decided that it would be worth a pledge. The Bolt is a combination wall charger and battery backup for USB devices.
The first thing you would notice about the Bolt is that it is very small and attractive-looking. It comes in multiple colors, of which I chose blue. The finish of the device has a nice quality tacky/rubbery feeling, not the slick plastic of similar devices.
