Let me just state up front that if you purchase the TwitterPeek, someone from StarterTech will come to your house and punch you squarely in the face and then take your lunch money for good measure.
We see a lot of stupid ideas in the world of technology, there seems to be no bounds to which people will go to cash in on a fad, but even we are blown away by the TwitterPeek.
Peek is a mobile device company that seems to specialize in devices for people that have never explored the capabilities of their cell phones. The first device from the company, simply called Peek, was a device dedicated to delivering only emails to you. They branded it as a way to save $100′s over buying a smart phone, lower monthly plans, etc, etc. The problem is that it is another device to carry around with you, and even non-smartphone options are beginning to offer email capabilities. It was pretty much of a joke device, but yet it must have had some success because it has now spawned the TwitterPeek.
The TwitterPeek uses the exact same body as the original Peek (i.e. massive cost cutting), but all this device does is Twitter. Look, we love Twitter around here, but the idea of a device that does nothing but Twitter just makes us scratch our heads. Yes, it does offer all of the Twitter features you want such as ReTweeting, direct messages, replies and so on, but, again, Twitter is all this device does … nothing else.
To get your Tweet on with the TwitterPeek you’ll need to head over to Amazon (it is exclusive to them at least for now) and buy it in either black or Twitter blue (can we say ‘ugly as sin’? I knew you could) and pay either $99.95 plus $7.95 a month for the pay as you go option, or $199.95 for the lifetime of service option. Or you could, you know, buy a Motorla RAZR phone for next to nothing and pay a few bucks a month for a data plan … we’re just sayin’.
All kidding aside, we here at StarterTech try to guide the less tech savvy people as best as we can without being judgmental, but this really is one of those times where we have to highly suggest you stay away from this device. Our fear is that a lot of teenagers will be putting this on their wishlist for the holiday shopping season, and we would strongly encourage you to look at other solutions for your kid. The newness of this device will wear off with any child in a matter of days, if not hours, when they see how truly limited it is in functionality.
Trust us, avoid this device, get yourself a nice phone instead … and save me from having to come to your house to take your lunch money.
