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Lenovo.com[lenovo.com] has the Lenovo Smart Clock 2 w/Charging Station (Grey) ZA970030US for $42.74
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Google AI tech is actually much better than Amazon's - at least in my case, it understands me better, gives better answers.
Alexa devices (Echo Show specifically) keep forcing new "features" (read, pitches) down my throat constantly, cluttering the screen with useless crap (just last week - "Alexa games"). This is a gross violation of Amazon's own principle (respecting the client).
This vs Nest Hub 5:
Better form factor as a nightstand alarm clock
Nest Hub is bigger and nicer screen, could be used for casting and showing video.
In the past, Lenovo clocks were somewhat funky, like they changed the MAC address regularly, confusing the hell out of smart routers.
Just ask Siri
A year ago I would have said Alexa 100% but it has gone to complete shit in the interim. Firing half the Alexa group isn't going to fix it. I'm rapidly transitioning to Google home for everything.
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Just an FYI for anyone buying.
I have the first generation Lenovo smart clock and they are notorious for display issues. Some sections of the display stopped working suddenly. For e.g. 70 degrees F temperature will look like 10 degrees F. Samething with the time digits also. I have searched in other forums and there are similar discussions on this. Looks like it a well known problem. And ofcourse, this happens right ater the 1 year warranty. I mean they have hardly any functionality, fairly static not portable like a cell phone/laptop so technicallly they should run problem free for years. . I have a 10 inch Lenovo display and that has a microphone problem. It wont respond promptly for Hey Google command. So I have serious doubts on lenovo quality..
90% sure you are talking about the "essentials" clock... Which does not have a full LCD screen like this. The essentials only showed white traditional time/numbers and had a few other features. I heard the same - that (essentials) version had display issues. This is a different product. Again - 90% sure on that... I could be wrong.
One thing missing that I love about the Echo (I have several alexa and google products - neither is perfect and each do their own thing OK at best) - is that the Echo has a audio out jack, so it's dead simple for everyone to play music out of the echo to stereo in the kitchen through a proper stereo rig (amp & speakers that wife and kids can work it without having to call daddy). Of course, that doesn't matter for an alarm clock use, but great as a simple streamer.
The new echo devices got rid of that aux jack port. Only the first gen echo show devices and echo dots before the 5 have it.
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Google AI tech is actually much better than Amazon's - at least in my case, it understands me better, gives better answers.
Alexa devices (Echo Show specifically) keep forcing new "features" (read, pitches) down my throat constantly, cluttering the screen with useless crap (just last week - "Alexa games"). This is a gross violation of Amazon's own principle (respecting the client).
This vs Nest Hub 5:
Better form factor as a nightstand alarm clock
Nest Hub is bigger and nicer screen, could be used for casting and showing video.
In the past, Lenovo clocks were somewhat funky, like they changed the MAC address regularly, confusing the hell out of smart routers.
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I have the first generation Lenovo smart clock and they are notorious for display issues. Some sections of the display stopped working suddenly. For e.g. 70 degrees F temperature will look like 10 degrees F. Samething with the time digits also. I have searched in other forums and there are similar discussions on this. Looks like it a well known problem. And ofcourse, this happens right ater the 1 year warranty. I mean they have hardly any functionality, fairly static not portable like a cell phone/laptop so technicallly they should run problem free for years. . I have a 10 inch Lenovo display and that has a microphone problem. It wont respond promptly for Hey Google command. So I have serious doubts on lenovo quality..
90% sure you are talking about the "essentials" clock... Which does not have a full LCD screen like this. The essentials only showed white traditional time/numbers and had a few other features. I heard the same - that (essentials) version had display issues. This is a different product. Again - 90% sure on that... I could be wrong.
The new echo devices got rid of that aux jack port. Only the first gen echo show devices and echo dots before the 5 have it.