Peek: Email Only, Please
If you want mobile email on the go, but don’t want anything else–including basic phone functionality–Peek may be just for you.
Peek is an email-centric device. In fact, that’s all it does. No web browsing whatsoever. However, the reviews of the device have universally said it handles email fairly well.
The device is a tri-band GSM device (GSM 850/1800/1900) that operates at GPRS speeds only, meaning it will fetch data slower than dialup speeds. However, GPRS is pretty much available everywhere, which means it will work, just very slow.
While it doesn’t say so explicitly anywhere in the FAQ, it appears that Peek’s service does proxy the email before sending it to the device. Given the relatively pokey GPRS speeds, this probably a good thing.
The device will set you back $100 and the U.S.-based service will cost you $20 a month for unlimited data. However, if you take advantage of this special offer, you can get 3 months of service for half off!
Me? My email-only device right now is a Nokia E61i. It’s a bit more complex of a device, but unlike the Peek, it handles web-based email, SMS, and can make phone calls in a pinch.
Via Boing Boing Gadgets, Picture from Geeksugar
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I think at $100 for the device and $20/mo for the service, it’s a bit much. Cut both prices in half and you’ve got yourself a product.
Looks like an acceptable solution for people who can’t afford the mandatory monthly voice plans with their data plans, or who hate contracts. If you want to have pay as you go voice service AND decent mobile email without shelling out $400 for a Sidekick, you’re pretty much out of luck. (Not everyone wants to pay for hundreds of minutes of talk time a month just to get mobile e-mail, you know…)