Comments on: Really, Peek? We Need a Dedicated Twitter Device?

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:11:20 +0000

Or you could buy this and perhaps the limitations will force you to waste less time on Twitter. Even better, someone should start selling a Twitter device without a network connection. I’d buy one for my wife just to shut her up. “7.15am : Making pancakes!. 7.23am: Eating pancakes! Yay I can cook!. 7.34am Washing dishes and getting the kids ready, yay I am supermom today! 7.56am Hubby still in bed!” Damn right I’m still in bed so I don’t have to listen to this stream of horse manure.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:17:18 +0000

I would say yes but that’s just me going bonanza vawncast itch assuming that such a proposition would actually work. Things are actually easier done than said right..

By: Sue Densmore

Sue Densmore — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:28 +0000

What’s the point? Next there’ll be a dedicated Facebook device…

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By: Dominik

Dominik — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:50:20 +0000

The first time I saw it I thought about a 2 way pager but like others have stated, if Twitter is that big of a deal for some people then $200.00 for a lifetime isn’t bad.

No web browsing is a big turn off though and what network does this device work on?

By: stewart mercer

stewart mercer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:54:34 +0000

Is it hackable? Could you run the Linux port of Skype on it? $200 dollars for a lifetime of coverage? maybe it’s not such a crazy offering when you consider what the open source/hacking community *could* do with such a device and lifetime coverage for $200? There’s possibly an entirely new ‘app store’phenomenon here ?

By: ianbell

ianbell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:35 +0000

This would be really cool if it had a camera.

Oh, and it’d be cool if I could also make and receive calls.

get on it, Peek!

By: deliasc

deliasc — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:52:06 +0000

This could be useful in the business world so that they could have employees monitor twitter while away from the desk.

By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:35:43 +0000

I prefer to keep more of an open mind regarding this device. If Twitter really is SO important, then why not try and serve the Twitter market?

“Twitter apps are available on $99 smartphones such as the iPhone 3G and Palm Pre,”

We all know that a $99 Smart Phone isn’t REALLY just $99 (not to mention that the Palm Pre is $249 before $100 rebate (Sprint) or instant discount (Best Buy) |= $99) because you have to pay high monthly fees. Sure, many people (probably most people reading websites like this) find that worth the $$, it definitely isn’t a direct comparison.

While I know that Peek’s products aren’t for me, I find them quite interesting and am curious to see how they do.

The more I think about it, the stranger you bashing seems to me. It’s not like they built a product around an esoteric service that no one has heard of.

By: Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:48:34 +0000

I say its a waste of money time and effort to make this device eventually it will end up like the ATT device they made almost 4 or 5 years ago when it was allowing you to be on aim and yahoo and check your emails for i think about 25 dollars a month, not worth it at all actually you couldn’t browse the net or upload or dowlnload pictures pointless…

Waste…

By: Jason Lackey

Jason Lackey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:43:45 +0000

We had a good laugh about this one in the office. My boss said he would put his next to his Cuecat.

By: Yoga Nandiwardhana

Yoga Nandiwardhana — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:57:56 +0000

I _might_ buy a Twitter-only device if only said device is more than powerful enough to handle all the perks that come with Twitter. From what I read this device lacks everything, from seeing another account’s tweets other than from my timeline, no picture support except for Twitpic, no camera either, no simple browser to handle all those links, no search(!)