Comments on: A Sneak Peek at the E-mail-Only Peek

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:55:09 +0000

If I could give this little thing ZERO stars I would. First of all… SLOW! It is miserably slow. I am a HARDCORE techie, and I can tell you this device is JUNK. If you do nothing other than three sentence emails maybe it would work for you, but… only if you don’t mind WAITING for it to get your email sometimes HOURS. I used it with GMAIL, and HOTMAIL and another POP server and the performance was abysmal! It costs twenty per month for the account, although you can reduce that to about seventeen by subscribing for three month intervals. The device is fifty. No considering that you can get an HTC Touch Windows mobile device for Seventy from most carriers I wouldn’t bother with the PEEK. The billing system is automatic and will keep renewing until you cancel it, and don’t cancel it in the middle of a cycle unless you don’t mind losing the money from the remainder. There are NO refunds for partial months. Besides all this you have to carry and charge two devices now instead of one. It has a micro USB jack, so unless your phone had the micro and not the MINI your existing phone chargers won’t work. That gets tedious very quickly. It is self-contained and uses the TMobile network for data services. What you see here is all you need for great slow text-only email only service (with no attachments) service. (ok, sometimes you can get it to show a picture that is attached) My advice: Get a cell phone with email you will be MUCH happier! My carrier has email service for fourteen per month.

By: Elite Proxies

Elite Proxies — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:48:27 +0000

I just have to post about this, but this reminded me of the just released news with Craigslist’s CEO demanding for an apology from the AG of South Carolina. Always something new with Craigslist and things in the news.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:38:13 +0000

It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place

By: Paul OFlaherty

Paul OFlaherty — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:28:14 +0000

Okay, maybe I’m wrong here, but if yu already have a phone and a service wouldn’t it just be cheaper to upgrade your phone?

By: Cecille Wierschen

Cecille Wierschen — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:19:59 +0000

It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place

By: Monnifer

Monnifer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:32:54 +0000

Is the service good?

By: Ron H.

Ron H. — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:49:42 +0000

I have a “peek.” It’s called the MAIL app on my iPhone. Plus, for the same monthly service fee to access email only on THE PEEK, I get unlimited data, internet access and email service for my iPhone. I don’t care how much Oprah loves it, this is a device that is destined to die. It seems targeted at those who are too stupid to figure out how to access email via their mobile phone or blackberry or those who are too cheap to have such a mobile device. If that’s the case, would these people even want a device like this in the first place, much less one that costs $99 and $19.95 a month for the service? Silly waste of technology.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:08:00 +0000

I would like one of these for my elderly mom who has no computer; the cost is right, but can it be made senior-compatible (which would be a BIG market)? That is, can the type be made large and legible, and can you type with it if you have arthritic fingers?

By: ChangeAgentDes

ChangeAgentDes — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:07:08 +0000

Eltawil, you state, “…3 things….shouldn’t be bought separately…” Who says they shouldn’t? Some ‘higher being?.’ I can think of a number of reasons to buy them separately. But I’ll not bother listing here because, I guess, I “shouldn’t.” Let’s separate “facts” from “opinions” here. What we’re all posting are ideas, opinions; not facts. So whether someone decides they should or should not buy them separately will be their own personal decision based on their personal opinion.

By: Eltawil

Eltawil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:37:18 +0000

I thought it was a joke in the begenning when I first heard of this device, apparently I was wrong. There are currently 3 things that shouldn’t be bought seperately (considering what’s currently available in the market) if you already own a cellphone: GPS, Web Browsing, and Email. If you can get all these features in one device (and I know that you can) then why bother getting this device, it’ll just be another device to carry around.