I think you guys have the market segment for this device all wrong. I don't see it as a mobile email device. I see this as a full time home email device for someone that isn't ready to pay for internet at home or is cutting costs and wants some connectivity (email) but doesn't want to shell out 59.99 (cable) bucks a month for a hookup. Oh and its mobile in case you want to take it with you.
As I see it, the biggest competitor to this device is dial up internet.
I think this market is about to get huge as cash strapped Americans look to downsize their monthly expenditures.
The Peek isn't a substitute for home internet service because it's limited to e-mail and text. Adding browser functionality would be incredibly cool and groovy, especially if the Peek could keep its form factor, but the additional hardware required to turn this thing into a baby Mylo or n810 would increase the price significantly. Also, T-Mobile would probably want to put a meter on the connectivity service--web browsing sucks down packets much more quickly than any amount of plain text e-mail and messaging.
I think you guys are vastly underestimating the number of Americans who still pay for AOL dial up cause they think they need it for email and rarely visit the internet, usually to see pictures of felines with questionably witty blurbs written in poor english.
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I think you guys have the market segment for this device all wrong. I don't see it as a mobile email device. I see this as a full time home email device for someone that isn't ready to pay for internet at home or is cutting costs and wants some connectivity (email) but doesn't want to shell out 59.99 (cable) bucks a month for a hookup. Oh and its mobile in case you want to take it with you.
As I see it, the biggest competitor to this device is dial up internet.
I think this market is about to get huge as cash strapped Americans look to downsize their monthly expenditures.
The Peek isn't a substitute for home internet service because it's limited to e-mail and text. Adding browser functionality would be incredibly cool and groovy, especially if the Peek could keep its form factor, but the additional hardware required to turn this thing into a baby Mylo or n810 would increase the price significantly. Also, T-Mobile would probably want to put a meter on the connectivity service--web browsing sucks down packets much more quickly than any amount of plain text e-mail and messaging.
I think you guys are vastly underestimating the number of Americans who still pay for AOL dial up cause they think they need it for email and rarely visit the internet, usually to see pictures of felines with questionably witty blurbs written in poor english.