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Product Review: The Five #Fails of Twitter Peek
Fast Company - Technology —
... (plus a $7.95 monthly service charge after the first six months) or $199 (plus no monthly service charges, ever). And for what? A device that's clunky, slow, and frustrating? When I spoke with the PR rep, she assured me that several of my issues would be addressed in forthcoming software upgrades, which could make Twitter Peek more attractive. But if you're one of those fabled Twitter addicts without a smartphone, and you simply have to Tweet right now, I’d suggest using Twitter’s SMS service, or, um, buying a smartphone. As a Twitter addict who spent 48 hours struggling with ...
The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt [Rant]
Gizmodo —
... But this? Twitter only? Twitter is something that you can do easily on a smartphone, yes, but it's also something you can use easily on any phone. It's a service based on text messaging, for god's sake! In practice, you could use Twitter on your phone ...
A Device Dedicated to Dedicated Tweeters
NYT > Technology —
... option of paying $200 for unlimited lifetime service. The TwitterPeek is a compact 4 inches tall by 2.7 inches wide by 0.4 inches thick. It weighs about 3.8 ounces. Whether that’s actually a good deal not depends on several factors. One would be if you were already locked into a contract with an extremely stripped-down phone. But that seems unlikely in this day and age. If you have a phone that isn’t Web capable, but can send text messages, you can use it to send posts to Twitter ( there are directions on the Twitter web page ). At roughly a nickel per text—if you don’t have a ...
