Peek serves up a solid helping of mobile email
…with a side of, well, more mobile email. Peek is a one trick pony, hoping to corner the market for casual email users looking to step into the wonderful world of constant mobile connectivity. It provides access to consumer accounts from most popular provider, including Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, and more. The handset itself will be $99.95, available exclusively from Target stores beginning this fall. Monthly “all you can eat” email service will be $19.95, provided courtesy of T-Mobile’s EDGE network. It’s a cool concept, but we’re honestly not convinced that this thing holds much in the way of appeal over its more capable, more attractive, and generally more appealing cousin, the Blackberry. Sure, you’d end up spending a bit more on your monthly bill for a standalone ‘Berry plan, but for folks that already have voice service you can get $9.95 unlimited email on T-Mobile, with $19.99 getting you email+data. Peek who? Yeah, we thought so. Then again, maybe this baby will bowl us over when we put it through its paces, but until we’re convincd otherwise we’d have to suggest a “pass”.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
Tags: BlackBerry, EDGE, mobile email, peek, T-Mobile
You’re a writer so I guess you have to be partial, Karp, but I sure don’t. In an age where even PALM is releasing more attractive phones, there is no reason anyone(even the budgeted shopper) would need to pick this up. This thing is dead before it even touches down.
Fail.
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More options for the consumer are better! I won’t need one but it’s great that this sort of thing is available with no contract.
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I hope this device also offers integrated instant messaging of some kind too.
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Once again another misleading post from Joshua Karp.
He writes it up as if this peek thing is a some type new tmobile rim email device when it’s not. First off you refered to it as being a cousin to the blackberrys as if rim had something to do with the creation of this divice. Nothing says it going to be running any type of rim software and it wouldn’t make sence if it did.
Secondly just because Tmobile suplies the network it doesnt mean it’s a tmobile device. There are a handfull of devices which use tmobile services that arnt Tmobile devices such as Track-phones, some high end digital cameras and house arrest bracelets.
Now if I could only stop by my local tmobile store and pick up some of thode arrest bracelets for my wife and kids i would be a happy man. Lol
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I think you’re assessment misses the mark. BGR readers are not the market. This device appears to be targeted at the mainstream email user, the person who doesn’t want to carry a smartphone.
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If the Peek does MS Exchange then I’d be all over it. If its just gmail, aol, yahoo email etc. its not so compelling.
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This is a great tool for elementary kids to communicate with parents. I too hope it has instant messaging.
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Guess some of you will be sticking your foot in your mouth, after TIME releases their issues of the top items of the year lol.
People shouldnt put things down because they think they are smarter than the thing of which they are putting down…
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