<ul><li>Panos Panay, senior vice president of Devices and Services at Amazon, surprised employees and the public by giving away free Kindle Paperwhite devices at the banana stand located on Amazon's Seattle headquarters campus.</li><li>In a video shared on Instagram, Panay can be seen engaging with recipients and discussing the features of the Kindle Paperwhite, including its speed and thinness.</li><li>Amazon stated that this giveaway was a surprise event and there are no specific plans for future giveaways at this time.</li><li>Panay, who heads the division that includes Kindle, Alexa, Echo, and other Amazon devices, made a surprise departure from Microsoft to join Amazon over a year ago.</li></ul>

This is (not) bananas: Amazon devices chief gives free Kindles to people stopping by HQ fruit stand

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