As the gadget world throws itself towards convergence, there's a lone figure that stands alone in the standalone market. That company is Peek, which you may recall, was responsible for the Peek emailing device. Yes, a device that just did email. Now it's back with the TwitterPeek. Have a guess what that does?
Yes, Peek has hopped onto the nearest bandwagon to offer Twitter on the go for the small number of people that use Twitter, but don't have it on their mobile phones. We suspect Peek is aiming at a rather niche market. So niche, it might be non
But does anyone really want a Twitter-only gadget?
As the gadget world throws itself towards convergence, there's a lone figure that stands alone in the standalone market. That company is Peek, which you may recall, was responsible for the Peek emailing device. Yes, a device that just did email. Now it's back with the TwitterPeek. Have a guess what that does?
eek has hopped onto the nearest bandwagon to offer Twitter on the go for the small number of people that use Twitter, but don't have it on their mobile phones. We suspect Peek is aiming at a rather niche market. So niche, it might be non-existent.
In terms of specifics, TwitterPeek does nothing but send, receive and search Twitter posts. Yes, that's right. it doesn't even offer the email that the original Peek specialised in. But on the plus side, it does have a full QWERTY keyboard, scroll wheel and for your $199.95 asking price (yes, you read that correctly), you get free access to Twitter for the life of the device and/or company. We'll leave you to insert the punchline.
Amazon in the US is offering these now. The UK? We're afraid you'll have to wait a little longer. Still, there's always your phone or computer to keep you going.
(via t3.com)
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