Comments on: A bare-bones BlackBerry knockoff

By: minnesota

minnesota — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:16:00 +0000

I think this will be perfect for the kids. Inexpensive. I will be buying one for each of my children.

By: Joseph, Los Angeles CA

Joseph, Los Angeles CA — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:19:09 +0000

As far as techies go – I can’t wait to have this product for my team of IT/system engineers so they can be further connected to our critical alerts and systems (separate from their already cluttered iphone/blackberries). We will use this to replace the age-old pagers that they carry around for critical notifications. (yes, we can teach/force people to program their blackberry/iphone or setup a “policy” to alert them that its the systems going down and not their wife asking to buy milk – but nothing like saying – if this thing gets an email, its important – period.) We can also pass this around to different people on different shifts – much harder to do if your personal/business phone line is tied with it.

By: Lisa, Orange California

Lisa, Orange California — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:54:46 +0000

Good Idea. The plus is if you damage or lose a Peek your replacement cost is only $100 as opposed to a Blackberry @ $400-600. Those low Blackberry and Palm prices are only good when you enter into a new contract. RTFP everyone.

By: Robert, New York, NY

Robert, New York, NY — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:46:32 +0000

This looks like it may be the simplest mobile email device on the market. I think that’s very appealing. For example, I’ve seen my parents try and fumble around the various functions/applications on a blackberry time and time again. This looks like it has the potential to avoid that. If so, I’ll gladly cough up the $100 and get it for them.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:32:59 +0000

This guy has no clue about cell phone demographicor has properly done his research about his rivals. You can already get basic email services on the phone you already have (even the very basic phones) anywhere between $5-$10. Since it’s using T-mobile’s network you can do it for $6 for online access and email, which can be done with the simplest phones.

By: Dave, Los Gatos, CA

Dave, Los Gatos, CA — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:48:49 +0000

Interesting idea. Good (now part of Motorola) produced a handset like this in the past for the B2B market. I believe it ran on the Mobitex network like Palm.net devices and early Blackberry. This new device looks a lot more consumer frindly. It will be all about ease of use, battery life and cost of data plan. Perhaps there is a market for traditional PDA functions plus email for the busy mother.

By: John Phila Pa

John Phila Pa — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:52:09 +0000

Why do you still have to carry a cellphone?

By: daryl, flint, michigan

daryl, flint, michigan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:21:48 +0000

I hope this is a trend. I have to buy a machine that has options that I never use. Maybe this is too bare bones, but I like the concept of paying for just what you use.

By: Maria, Atlanta, GA

Maria, Atlanta, GA — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:10:40 +0000

I am a ’soccer mom’…but I would definitely not buy this if it doesnt have phone and text messaging capabilities. Why would I want to carry around one device for phone and one for email? Yes I dont care about the smartphone’s bells and whistles but ability to make phone calls is a pretty basic feature.

By: R. Thomas, Durham, NC

R. Thomas, Durham, NC — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:40:16 +0000

I’m the middle-aged women with kids that makes up the target market for this product. I would probably buy it, simply because I don’t want or need all the bells and whistles of the Blackberry, iPhone, etc. I’m not lazy, I’m just too busy with running a business, a household, and the family.

By: Clay San Diego

Clay San Diego — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:19:51 +0000

I hope Peek’s investors know that they are going in the wrong direction. Why would anyone want to pay another provider when they can get it for free as part of their current package. I they are to lazy to learn a simple Smartphone, then they will be too lazy to carry 2 or 3 devices, and have 3 bills, and 3 chargers to worry about.

Peek is dead wrong.

By: Richard, Waterloo, Ontario

Richard, Waterloo, Ontario — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:37:29 +0000

They need to make it much cheaper, then it could be a hit (like $50, $12/m plan)
Kids, “soccer moms” may like it because its cheap, easy to use and less disruptive then a cell phone.

By: Gerald Atlanta, GA.

Gerald Atlanta, GA. — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:32:34 +0000

This is a disaster waiting to happen! It doesnt make since to buy a limited device, when, for the same or a little more, that same demographic they are targeting can call 911 on a real smart phone if they need to.

By: garrett, san diego, CA

garrett, san diego, CA — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:02:54 +0000

Wouldn’t you be able to text to people on this, too? Just by entering their phone numbers into the recipient line?

By: David, Cleveland Ohio

David, Cleveland Ohio — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:47:42 +0000

In a time where most people are trying to consolidate their music, email, schedules onto one machine, this really seems like a step backwards. I used to have my cell phone and pda. Then upgraded to a blackberry to consolidate them. I am sorry but this has BOMB written all over it.