http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/ Engadget Comments for Peek Pronto with lifetime service: $299 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/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
That said, this is a phenomenal deal and I would gladly carry a Nano, this, and a sh*t phone around to save that kind of scratch. 8)]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
And by "lifetime" they mean *their* lifetime, not yours, and by all indications that might not be a very long time.]]>Sep 28th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 29th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
Lifetime = until the company tanks

or

Lifetime of that device = charge cycles of internal battery
(well of course we all know that we can open the little sucker up and replace the battery with a little soldering skills, and help from DealExtreme)]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
1. It uses T-Mobiles satellites. So I'm sure unless t-mobile goes bankrupt, Peek will probably stay alive.

2. It has a removable battery. And you can get them for pretty cheap. This isn't a rape-you-in-the-ass company. They're actually pretty cool and keep in touch with their users. Hell, their CEO comments Engadget from time to time. You don't see El Jobso or Ballmer doing that. =P]]>Sep 28th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
Why do people think cell phones run off satellites? Sat phones connect to satellites, but 99.9% of cell phones are terrestrial-based. (For those who think they run off satellites, terrestrial means they connect to towers located on the Earth.)]]>Sep 29th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
I really do love this thing, though. It's a small company that's fought to survive. If it wasn't for engadget's strange obsession for them, they probably wouldn't have made it.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/but then again a noob like you probably does not know the meaning of tether...

Now please go and troll somewhere else, this thread is not big enough for the both of us.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
Hahaha you said you have to pay $7/month. The whole point of this service is LIFETIME! Maybe you should read the blog first and then my post and then if i were you I still wouldn't post on here.]]>Sep 29th 2009 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 29th 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
$10.75]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
I have a problem.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
Comment back when you've claimed your free Peek Pronto. I'm not joking.]]>Sep 28th 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Oct 12th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
Lifetime data is cool... but considering you already pay for a phone and service... it seems kind of odd.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
second, your data plan is so much more expensive than this.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/> "its cheaper long term. a fair estimate for unlimited data for most carriers is about $20 if you cut that data plan it would only take 15 months for it to start paying for itself."

>> "second, your data plan is so much more expensive than this."

I just can't envision a situation where I would want to cut off all of the functionality of a data capable smartphone... no web browsing, no streaming radio, etc... so it basically becomes a texting featurephone... and then pay $300 to carry an additional device, that just does email.

I'm happy to pay for a data plan for my phone... because it does so much.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
It's a niche.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/]]>Sep 28th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
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Gadget lifetimes tend to be quite short, and a device like a Peek probably has a shorter lifetime than your average TiVo.]]>Sep 28th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
I have lifetime Peek that I bought in Jan. when they offered it for $300. Verizon was charging $30 more per month for data at that time for my Centro, which I declined. I try to push myself away from the time-wasting I do on e-mail and the internet. But some important things do occasionally come in via e-mail, and it's a way to send e-mails and texts while on the go. So the Peek serves me great as a minimally-connected, getaway-from-the-internet device. I take it on vacation and trips, and love it for my purposes.

P.S. the font is very small, so I don't really get how it's for Moms and Grandparents.]]>Sep 28th 2009 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
Also as far as user interfaces the Tivo has a great UI (some nitpicks in the scheduling) but otherwise something the current competitors are still not caught up with.

I am tech savvy and over that time the unit had 2 replacement hard drives (big surprise), but these were relatively cheap as I had spares anyways. For me this would equate with battery replacements on the Peek.

My only concern on the Peek is if I could get a solid 24-36 months of use of the device before it wore out (buttons, screen wear/cracks, etc).]]>Sep 29th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
Now you could get a netbook, which does not fit in a pocket, and tether to a phone (expensive and a p.i.t.a most of the time), and maybe get a decent email experience if you have somewhere you can set your netbook down, or sit so you can use it in your lap. But how much of a tard will you look like trying to respond to an email with your netbook while you're walking into a movie. Yeah, a netbook = a portable email device that fits in your pocket. TOTAL apples to apples comparison there, good job.]]>Sep 28th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/Sep 28th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/peek-pronto-with-lifetime-service-299/
what??]]>Sep 29th 2009 10:13AM