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• Amazon's expected smartphone already faces skeptics

  If Amazon announces a smartphone on Wednesday, as is widely expected, it will face an avalanche of skeptics.

• Here's why Amazon drones may never land at your door

  Amazon's ambitious plan to use flying drones to deliver packages is far-fetched, but not just because of technology limitations or air traffic regulations. Amazon's fulfillment center network, as it stands now, is too limited to serve even a tiny fraction of the U.S. in the method described by CEO Jeff Bezos.