Fire Phone

Ok, I know I'm so far behind on other posts and pictures of our cute kids.  But this was timely and exciting, and I had to post it now. :)

Scott's been working at Amazon for a year (and a day. :) and we haven't been able to know anything about what he's been doing.  In the past couple of weeks he's put in some pretty long hours and worked pretty hard. It was so cool today to see the unveiling (well, I had to watch the WSJ's live blog because the video wasn't live streamed) and see all that he has been working on come together.

Scott and his team have been developing the 3-D type lockscreen on the new Amazon Fire Phone.  In seeing the device on the videos that I have watched, it is pretty cool.  It moves with your head, allowing you to see behind objects etc.  They call it dynamic perspective, and it is just that.  Your view changes as you look at it from different angles.

He had to work all day on Saturday to test a feature that Jeff Bezos used in the unveiling today.  Scott said that he cringed today as he watched Jeff push the power button, just hoping that the feature would work.  But thankfully, it did. :)  It's just not every day that you see a feature that you made being talked about online and on the radio on the way home from work.  We are so proud of him and think it's all pretty cool. :)  And I must say, it is pretty nice to finally be able to talk to him about all of the things he's been working on.

Here's a short video that highlights features of the phone including the dynamic perspective:

And here's the LONG unveiling today which goes in depth into dynamic perspective and lock screens and lots of other features. :)

And here's our pretty awesome SDET himself.

Great Job!  Love you hun!