Why The TwitterPeek Is A Stupid Idea [Gadgets]

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Okay, this post is going to be quick and dirty. The premier one-or-two-service gadget makers Peek recently released the TwitterPeek.

It comes with a lifetime service plan but only does Twitter.

That’s right. No email. No internet. Not even WAP support.

Just reading and sending status updates.

Which you can do, by the way, via SMS text message from any phone, with or without internet connectivity.

There is no reason for anyone to spend $200 on this device when they can get a killer smartphone for the same amount of money, or a dumbphone and 6 months of basic service.

I hate the TwitterPeek and everything it stands for. And I am not alone:

[ Engadget ] – [ jkOnTheRun ] – [ cnet news ]

Make the jump to see Engadget editor Joshua Topolsky rocking the TwitterPeek on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. And, if you’re lame enough to want to buy one, you can get it at Amazon.

Written by Joe Ross

November 11, 2009 at 9:00 am

Posted in Technology

Tagged with Amazon.com, CNET, CNET News, Embed, Engadget, Gadgets, Gizmodo, Jimmy Fallon, jkOnTheRun, Joshua Topolsky, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Mobile, Mobile Computing, NBC, Peek, Smartphone, SMS, Telecommunications, Text messaging, Twitter, TwitterPeek, Video, Wireless Data

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Have you used it?

ChrisRicca

November 11, 2009 at 1:42 pm

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- No, I’ll admit I’ve never seen one in person. But I think this is one gadget I can judge from afar, through reading reviews and seeing videos. Maybe I should have qualified my hatred by noting that I have heard great things about the hardware. I just have trouble coming up with a target market for this thing.
  
  (although one commenter on another site did say he got his elderly father an email Peek and that the guy loves it – still not sure how big that market is, and I doubt many elderly fathers are on Twitter, although I could be wrong)
  
  I don’t claim a knowledgeable or fully justified hatred, and I’m open to rebuttals from those more informed than I. Which, of course, begs the question: have you used it, and, if so, what do you think?
  
  Joe Ross
  
  November 11, 2009 at 1:53 pm
  
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