http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/ Engadget Comments for Video: eccentric Peek demonstration highlights the pain of 2-year contracts http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Gonna agree with you there.
for only plain text email it's simply not worth $20 a month, most people already have a cell phone that can do pop3 mail with html, probably even with a keyboard considering how many phones now have them, And it probably costs less than $20 to add on.
For my data plan i pay $30 a month, but that's full internet access and mail, including imap, and it pays for it's self considering how much time i save surfing my favorite sites while commuting instead of wasting time other places where i could be productive.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
my 2c ]]>Dec 9th 2008 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
-Bad Youtube videos (check)
-Calling some favors from friends at Time mag (check)
-Taking engadget out for dinner a few times = free ads (check)
-Last resort: Free peek with purchase of blackberry (pending)]]>Dec 9th 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
And it is obvious that sprint does not pay $280 to bring the Touch Pro to $299. Of course a retailer will not pay retail price. That is like saying Best Buy pays $19 for batteries that they must sell for $19.]]>Dec 9th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
Of course, this whole demonstration becomes pointless when you consider the fact that Blackberry Storm and Peek have pretty much zero target market overlap. Peek's market is pretty much defined as "people who don't want a blackberry"]]>Dec 9th 2008 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
Its not a protest they are just pushing their own shitty product. Why would someone carry around a second device for just email when they can get a smart phone with a data plan the same price as the peek's and get email, sms, phone, camera, internet, ect.

And for the people complaining about signing a 2 year contract, nobody forced you to, if you didnt want to then you should have paid extra and got it contract free.]]>Dec 9th 2008 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Just prepaid. If they had plans for $5 a month like I spend then I might bite.

]]>Dec 9th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Survey-Only-About-Half-Consumers/story.aspx?guid={C4B48569-5374-4B63-9937-2540D8A167C6}

This is a really good read regarding prepaid wireless services, and I think a lot of you guys should check it out.

~25 million people are on contracts when they would be better suited on prepaid services.

44% of Americans talk on their cell phones 200 minutes or less a month .]]>Dec 9th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
and one of the guys admitted that the peek audience and blackberry audience wasn't the same so i think they knew that their whole demonstration was kind of idiotic.]]>Dec 9th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/]]>Dec 9th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
Signed,
Pay-as-you-go Nokia 6010 User]]>Dec 9th 2008 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/- lose your minutes for incoming calls
- lose your money for incoming texts
- basically everything incoming is FREE
- there is no contract, all prepaid. and dirt cheap.
- phones are not subsidized. all unlocked.

It's really ridiculous. ]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 10th 2008 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
They're are always pay as you go alternatives, and sure they are more costly, but it's like anything you buy in bulk, you save more the more you buy.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://htcphonestore.com/product.asp?itemMDL=HTC_TOUCH_PRO

I stand corrected, $800.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/
The phone I bought (Omnia) was $200 with 2 years contract and $270 with one year contract.
Needless to say, I've chosen 1 year option.

So Blackberry Storm does not have an option of 1 year contract on Verizon?]]>Dec 9th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/video-eccentric-peek-demonstration-highlights-the-pain-of-2-yea/Dec 9th 2008 6:02PM