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Review: Amazon phone better for info than shopping

By Anick Jesdanun
Published August 6, 2014 5:37pm ET
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Review: Amazon phone better for info than shopping
FILE - In this June 18, 2014 file photo, the new Amazon Fire Phone's Firefly feature, which lets the user take a photo of objects, numbers, artwork or books and have the phone recognize the item, is demonstrated in Seattle. Firefly also can recognize songs, TV shows, and movies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) | Ted S. Warren

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — My buying habits have yet to change in my nearly three weeks with Amazon’s shopping-centric Fire phone.

Rather, I’ve found the phone’s Firefly scanning feature to be far more useful as an information-gathering tool.

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