TwitterPeek: The Twitter-Only Gadget Destined for Extinction

TwitterPeek: The Twitter-Only Gadget Destined for Extinction

JR Raphael, PC World

Nov 3, 2009 2:51 pm

TwitterPeak: The Twitter GadgetGee willikers, have you heard? They've
just invented a new device that can let you use Twitter, even if you
aren't at a computer! This could be the biggest thing in made-to-be-
obsolete technology since the standalone Wi-Fi text messenger!

Okay, okay...I'll set my 50s-style faux-enthusiasm aside for a moment
to explain. A company called Peek has just announced a new gizmo known
as the TwitterPeek. The device lets you read and write tweets on the
go, and -- well, that's actually it. You pay a hundred bucks for the
thing, then another $8 a month on top of that for the standalone
Twitter access. (You can also opt to buy a $200 model that includes
service for the lifetime of the device.)

The company's selling point is that not everyone has a Web-enabled
smartphone, and the TwitterPeek could be a more affordable way to keep
connected with the Twitterverse. But is Twitter by itself reason
enough to buy a $100 standalone device and pay a monthly access fee?
Even if you don't want to cough up the extra $22 a month that could
get you unlimited data on your $100 smartphone, there are still plenty
of other more practical options.

But hey, maybe I'm missing the big picture here. Maybe we'll all soon
be carrying around individual devices for every single service we
need. Just think of the possibilities:

• The iRumor: Forget your other Internet-connected contraptions -- for
the low price of $59.95 (plus $5.49 a month), this device will
automatically check a dozen different Mac blogs to bring you the
latest Apple-related rumors every hour!

• iRumor Plus: The expanded iRumor Plus doesn't stop with Apple. It
pings TechCrunch at 30-minute intervals to collect every
unsubstantiated tech rumor, Apple or otherwise, published on the Web.

• The FaceBook: Keep in touch anywhere with this book-like gadget that
does nothing but show your Facebook news stream (and let you update
your status with remarks about how cool your new FaceBook gadget is).

• The TwitTrend: An even more economical version of the TwitterPeek,
the TwitTrend connects to Twitter but displays only trending topics
such as #LoseMyNumber and #HesNotThatIntoYou.

• The Tap Tap Metallica Player: Why shell out the cash for an iPod
Touch when you can buy Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica on its own dedicated
device? (Note: Metallica may end up suing itself over this thing, so
buy at your own risk.)

• The Windows Mobile phone: Get basic phone functionality without all
the bells and whistles by picking up a Windows Mobile phone. You'll be
able to make and receive calls and texts, even connect to the Internet
and download exciting passable applications from the Windows Mobile
Marketplace. You'll almost think you're using one of those popular
smartphone devices everyone else has!

Wait a minute...that last one actually does exist. But still.

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Robert Maas, http://tinyurl.com/uh3t (06.11.2009 20:30)