Amazon Echo Show takes 7 year old Sony Dash design

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Hey, does the Amazon Echo Show look sorta familiar to you? No, it’s not just a chubby tablet but a near identical product to the Sony Dash which debuted at CES 2010 and ran Chumby OS. For those unaware, the Dash was a touchscreen and portable device which was meant to sit on your nightstand or kitchen counter and play music and videos for you via various apps like iHeartRadio and YouTube.

Of course voice wasn’t really a thing back then and the device, which I actually quite liked despite its numerous problems, sure seems like what would have been the first iteration to an eventual product that the Echo Show is now.

Sony_Dash_HDFrom Sony:

 The Dash is a compact wi-fi device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web. It can also be used as an internet radio player, digital picture frame and alarm clock. 

If the Dash continued to exist in an alternate timeline, I’m sure by 2014 or so, Sony would have ditched Chumby OS for Android and by now, we would have seen an iteration of it with voice and video.

If that idea sounds a bit familiar, that’s because Sony is working on products based on that premise with Xperia Agent and Xperia Touch.

What do you think of the Echo Show?