Why would anyone want a phone made by Amazon?  On Wednesday,
Chief Executive Jeff Bezos unveiled the retail giant’s first
smartphone, dubbed Fire, with a declaration that Amazon could
engineer a better smartphone user experience.  Amazon squeezed a
number of new technologies into the Fire, but it seems its
biggest innovation may be new uses it found for an old
technology: cameras. The Fire doesn’t just take nice photos–it
watches you, and what’s around you, to customize what you see
and how you interact with the world. The question is whether
those capabilities are enough to make the Fire feel like a
cutting-edge phone.  I had the chance to spend some time with
Amazon’s new phone, which will start shipping July 25. My
initial impression is that the Fire–$199 with a two-year AT&T
contract–is competitive with many other premium Android phones,
but will appeal most to those already loyal to Amazon’s tightly
integrated services.  The screen is 4.7-inches, which I think is
just about ideal, and more useful than th