Amazon’s long-rumored Fire Phone finally debuted yesterday, brimming with features of all kinds. Not surprisingly, easy access to Amazon’s existing services is a centerpiece of the handset, but CEO Jeff Bezos eagerly highlighted other features like 3D effects and a camera with image stabilization. Yet while Amazon is new to the smartphone game, are the Fire Phone ‘s features new as well, or have we seen them before? We’ll break down what’s original and what’s not below. 21 Going hands-on with the Amazon Fire Phone (pictures) Prime Music appWith the Prime Music app, Amazon hopes to lure more customers to its $99-a-year Prime service by providing free streaming music to its Prime subscribers. Users can stream and download songs offline across several mobile devices and even car dashboards. The service is ad-free and provides tailored playlists as well. But Prime Music has a lot of others to contend with, as there is no shortage of streaming music services available. Most notable rivals include Google Play Music , Rdio , Pandora, iTunes Radio , Beats Music , and Spotify, which is arguably the most popular of the platforms. Most of these services come free with ads and playback limitations, or cost… Read full this story
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