Um, well – apparently that headline is wrong, as was the Amazon reference in a similar report I wrote for Techlicious (“Samsung’s New Refrigerator Is Also a Giant Tablet“).
Samsung told a group of reporters it had invited to a pre-CES pre-brief that its smart fridge would include Amazon’s Echo. But then at CES, Samsung told reporters it WOULDN’T include Amazon Echo compatibility. Samsung could have told us before my and other stories from other reporters were published, and every reporter who published this erroneous Amazon aspect was pretty pissed off.
About Stewart Wolpin
I have been writing about consumer electronics for four decades, including news, reviews, analysis and history for a wide variety of consumer, niche and trade outlets. For the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), I annually update the industry's history and write the official biographies of the CTA Hall of Fame inductees. Aside from writing about consumer technology for a variety of consumer, tech and trade publications, I write a blog and do market research for Digital Technology Consulting. In the non-tech world, I have written "Bums No More: The Championship Season of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers" and "The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle." Check out my work at www.stewartwolpin.com.
