| Introducing Peek Pronto - Time and Wired Magazine's Gadget of the Year of 2008 - with lifetime service included.Feel the speed with the power of push email! Peek Pronto gets your emails as soon as they're sent.Peek is a super thin and stylish device that lets you take your email with you and stay connected when and where you want it.Peek is packaged in a lightweight, slim design with a color display, full keypad and simple menus to make email and texting on the go a breeze.Get unlimited email and text messaging for the life of your Peek. Never ever worry about monthly bills, late fees or penalties ever again. Peek is compatible with most major email providers including Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, Microsoft Exchange, AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Roadrunner, BellSouth, SBCGlobal, Earthlink, Cox, Charter, Cablevision, NetZero, Mac, Optonline and many others. Plus, it is super simple to set-up -- enter your email address and password and that's it. You'll start receiving emails in minutes!Peek works on a high-speed wireless data network with nationwide coverage so it will work almost anywhere. Peek Pronto also supports the viewing of images, Word and PDF documents.Critics have been raving about Peek. The New York Times says Peek is "simple" and "elegant." The Wall Street Journal says its "stylish and simple" and BusinessWeek calls it "sophisticated and easy to use."Peek's friendly and helpful Customer Care is available via phone (877-677-PEEK (7335)) or email (care@getpeek.com) to answer any questions and resolve any problems you might have.What's in the box: Peek Pronto device, AC charger, Rechargeable lithium ion battery, Quick start guide |
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 Peek w/ Lifetime Service saves me $[...] a year, Lifetime Peek = Happy Guy |
| Review Date: September 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Demand Curve, LA, CA United States |
I used this to replace my iPhone. I know, it doesn't do much other than text and email - but that was all I was using my iPhone for... all the other stuff was just for passing time in the doctors waiting room ...
Pluses:
Simple.
-Up to 5 email accounts
-text all you want (they have recently improved texting)
-unlimited emails
- can do pics and pdfs, and word docs
-no monthly fees (my biggest +!!)
-mapping / locating service at peekmaps.com (follow your Peek - very cool)
-lots of searches available via email
-great customer service
-works seamlessly with gmail and yahoo mail
- full keyboard
- fast delivery of email
- long battery times (mine goes 2+ days on 1 charge)
- holds minor contact info (1 per email address)
- can import address book directly from gmail, yahoo, etc
minuses:
- a little clunky on the text messaging: they now have a somewhat stationary number to send texts, but the person with the peek really needs to initiate the conversation. It works great once things are going ...
- documents and pictures are OK - but like all mobile devices - they don't always display perfectly
- exchange is supported - but if your server is using old version (2000-2003) it might not work
- typing on small keyboard (long messages are tough)
- only minor spell checking
- one more thing to carry
- the occasional email outage (in over 9 months this has happened 2 times with gmail) others report more often
- some people report slow performance - my experience has been great
- no alarm
- only hols minor contact info
The device really is simple and super easy to use. If you have a teenager that texts all the time - this might work. If you like simple devices that do their 1 thing and do it well - then this is great. if you are on the go a lot or don't want to be tethered to a computer for your email - then this is it.
If you are a mobile professional that needs to stay in constant email contact - then this device rocks. Especially at the lifetime price point. If I have the monthly fee - it kills it for me.
Lifetime Peek = happy guy.
you should browse their forum - the company lets people say whatever they want - and their employees are very responsive to customers. They are always in the forums ... over at getpeek . com.
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Peek very nearly perfect for my needs
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| Review Date: November 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jeanne, Kirkland, WA United States |
| I was looking for a way to have easier access to email when traveling, without always needing to carry around a laptop, but the ongoing expense of a smartphone was too much for my needs. (I also have a cheap cell phone that I use as little as possible, preferring email/text.) This device is nearly perfect for me. Its very light, works well, has a nice keyboard and feel, and the lifetime service made it a great value. Emails arrive nearly instantly, often faster than into Thunderbird. Customer service and technical support have been very good in comparison with other companies. The support staff are almost all very knowledgeable and helpful. It usually only takes a minute or few minutes to get through on the phone. There were some initial problems with converting to gmail, downloading gmail contacts, and getting my (unusual) work email system set up properly, but Peek staff patiently got me through every issue (in conjunction with tech support at work), and everything is working just fine now. I love having access to email info systems (this can fill a few of the needs that not having a web browser creates) like weather reports, wikipedia look-ups, maps, news reports, etc, which I didn't know about/expect. There is one remaining issue which I hope will be solved by Peek soon. Since I would prefer to use this device only intermittently (like while traveling, on extended commutes, etc), I would like to have a feature that would prevent all stored email from being downloaded to the Peek whenever it is turned on (this happens even if the email is already marked as read/deleted, since it was already downloaded to the Peek server). This downloading backload can take a long time to process, and delays being able to see any truly new messages. As a consequence, I've just been keeping the Peek on all the time, which is a waste of power/recharging/my time. But overall, I'm very pleased with this product and particularly with their customer service/technical support. |
The Language of E-Mail
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| Review Date: October 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Artson Hardison, Los Angeles |
My Peek and the fine folks at Peek-they call themselves Peeksters-have introduced a whole new side of the Internet to me which is revealing and disturbing all at the same time. I, as well as everyone else on the planet, have long suspected what highway robbers the major wireless carriers are and this was only truly understood by me when I first started to work with my Peek.
A text message is just an e-mail that is limited to 140 characters. You can send a text to your daughter or your husband or anyone by simply typing in their 10 digit telephone number in the to: box of your gmail or yahoo or hotmail account and pressing send. Chances are that you are now sitting at your computer: try it right now to your own cell phone. If your carrier is in compliance (and most but not all are) you will at this moment be freed from the hokey, shadowy, slimy world that are the wireless companies.
This is the premise that the folks at Peek have based their business model upon. They are the counter culture mobile e-mail and text message based company. But there is a price that you as a consumer must pay. If you own an iPhone or a Blackberry then you must play the Internet game under their rules and pay them money to do so at a hefty price.
With Peek the price to play the Internet is minimal but the learning curve to use text based e-mail can be a bit steep. Need to know movie showtimes, or traffic issues, or directions, or the weather picture off the satellite, or sports scores, or breaking news? You can do all of that in e-mail. You can even, in a very limited but useful way, surf the internet with e-mail, but you need to learn the language. You need to know what words to send to what addresses and once you accomplish that the Peek can do the absolute critical things that you really need in a mobile device.
The folks at Peek pride themselves in the fact that their gadget is bone simple, and it is. Your grandma can use a Peek in about two minutes. But you, the clever, savvy consumer, can take that simple gadget and turn it into a highly sophisticated information and communication device. All you need to do is learn the language of e-mail.
Buy this lifetime deal. It will start to pay you back in less than a year. You will be freed. You will never go back. |
Awesome, very cool product.
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| Review Date: October 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: its me, Los Angeles |
I purchased my product from Amazon on October 21, I got it on October 23, four days early than the expected delivery date, THANKS Amazon.
I opened the package, could not get it working, I called Peek and in 10-minutes I was up and running, excellent and friendly customer service. I went to do some errands, took my Peek and got messages, pretty cool.
I read many reviews before buying this device. For $300 for lifetime service for the device it is less expensive than any other method of email/text that does not require WiFi, no cheap cell phone package gives unlimited use, if email and text is what you want there is no better product, i checked them all out.
Thanks Amazon and Peek for offering this product.
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