[New post] WSJ: Amazon likely abandoning smartphone ambitions following failure of Fire Phone

Ben Lovejoy posted: " A report in the WSJ suggests that Amazon is most likely abandoning plans to make any further smartphones after the failure of the Fire Phone. In recent weeks Amazon has dismissed dozens of engineers who worked on its Fire phone at Lab126, its secre" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google WSJ: Amazon likely abandoning smartphone ambitions following failure of Fire Phone by Ben Lovejoy A report in the WSJ suggests that Amazon is most likely abandoning plans to make any further smartphones after the failure of the Fire Phone. In recent weeks Amazon has dismissed dozens of engineers who worked on its Fire phone at Lab126, its secretive hardware-development center in Silicon Valley, according to people familiar with the matter [...] The company told some smartphone engineers earlier this year that further phone development would be shelved, though one of the people said Amazon has shifted the effort to its hometown of Seattle ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | August 27, 2015 at 4:10 am | Tags: Amazon, Amazon Fire Phone, Echo, Fire Phone, Lab126 | Categories: Tech Industry | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-uv4 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/08/27/amazon-fire-phone-dead/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com