Peek gets a Facebook app, sort of

Peek devices are usually quite resolute in their single-purpose ways, but it looks like things are starting to change -- the company is beta testing Facebook integration called PeekSocial. Once you install the app on your Facebook account, you'll be able to update your status easily, and you'll also receive periodic emails that pull content from your newsfeed. Yeah, it's a little hacky -- how about enabling support for a real Facebook app, Peek?

[Thanks, Devon]

[Cam Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:37PM]

How's about this, peek?
Cease to exist.

[jamiepgs Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:40PM]

@Cam aaaw, don't be too hard on Peek, most people haven't heard of them as it is. Then again, this thing is quite fugly :x

[alex98 Posted Dec 27th 2009 9:34PM]

@Cam "How's about this, peek?
Cease to exist."

Now if only twitter and facebook would also follow your suggestion....

[Wesscoast Posted Dec 27th 2009 9:48PM]

@jamiepgs

i mean, the first thing i thought of was, here's the "i only do one thing" device, now trying to do more stuff.. cuz.. people demand it...

which is why everyone has a smartphone that has all these mobile apps, instead of just one device for when you wanna tell the world "I just totally took a dump"

[Wwhat Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:03PM]

@Cam
So will you say the same line on every article that mentions the peek? and will people vote you way up every damn time for being so self-centered that only gadget you want may exists?

Or is twice enough?

[Steve B Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:23PM]

@Wwhat
Wow just complain about everything, why don't you?

I think we can all agree that there is no demand for this device and that Cam's comment was more than warranted.

[Broderbund Posted Dec 28th 2009 12:14AM]

@Steve B
I refuse t agree with that, the more competition the better (no matter how small that competition really is). Just because I have no interest in it doesn't mean I don't want it to exist..

Personally I like reading about the peek.
Its cute.. in a way

[yulebellow Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:39PM]

This doesn't matter because people who have (read: use) Peeks have no friends :-)

[Solipsism Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:40PM]

The whole point is that they do one thing and do it well. If they become general purpose they'll need to improve the hardware and then you might as well just buy a blackberry.

[MaxL Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:41PM]

The iPhones got nothing on this

[Evolyptic Posted Dec 27th 2009 8:52PM]

@MaxL I know that was sarcasm, but this still, somehow, manages to have better 3G coverage.

[Anphaser Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:46PM]

Finally!! A great reason to buy it!! I'm getting mine this weekend!! So excited!! Not.

[hyperACTIV Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:46PM]

At least this isn't a new FacebookPeek

[Dogcowsaysmoof Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:59PM]

@hyperACTIV FacePeek.

[Dafrety Posted Dec 27th 2009 8:22PM]

@Dogcowsaysmoof
That reminds me of a tech joke I heard once. FaceBook, YouTube, and Twitter announced a merger that will take place next year. The new company will be called YouTwitFace.

[R Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:05PM]

@Dafrety
That was a bit from the Conan O' Brien show. In The Year 3000!

[Edobe Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:47PM]

Upon reading this post Peek's status was just updated from completely ridiculous to just plain ridiculous.

P.S. I almost got a twitter peek for my ex as a gag gift but I went with a snuggie.

[moggyx Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:49PM]

Peek gets facebook.... the rest of the world still uses their phones

[Michael Scrip Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:55PM]

@moggyx

...or Facebook.com on a... computer!

[moggyx Posted Dec 27th 2009 8:36PM]

@Michael Scrip Michael shoots, he scores!!!

[Michael Scrip Posted Dec 27th 2009 9:22PM]

@moggyx

Thank you, Thank you... You're far too kind!

[Wesscoast Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:03PM]

@Michael Scrip

you know that the iPod is a netbook right?

[Michael Scrip Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:07PM]

@Wesscoast

I have an iPod Nano... then there's the iPod Classic.

Oh... you meant the iPod Touch... the portable media player.

Anyway... no... the iPod is not a netbook.

Would you like to retract your previous question?

[slipdisc Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:30PM]

@Wesscoast I did not know that.

[kiyu727 Posted Dec 28th 2009 1:00AM]

@Wesscoast
A netbook without VLC-Player/KMPlayer/Media Classic Player/similar prog.
Fail.

[Astrobiology is my wife Posted Dec 27th 2009 8:02PM]

I just. Don't. Get it. Really, how many units have they shipped? One for each of their 6 employees?

[Dafrety Posted Dec 27th 2009 8:23PM]

@Astrobiology is my wife
Don't forget the review units!

[The Mad Mule Posted Dec 27th 2009 8:31PM]

@Astrobiology is my wife

Yeah, really now...how is this company still alive?

[AndroidRokz Posted Dec 27th 2009 8:46PM]

Seriously, Peek should die. There is no meaning for them to exist.

[teameldo Posted Dec 27th 2009 9:31PM]

Peek for life for me. I also have a fake iphone that gives an electric shock when I hand it to the pretentious people that care about being fanboys. Go peek

[Dr Yusuf AlKindi Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:15PM]

Peek is wonderful!
Peek users are not foolish people who spend $80 for digital service on expensive trendy convergent devices.

[Valicore Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:29PM]

@Dr Yusuf AlKindi

Right! Peek users are foolish users that pay for a Peek.

[NaJaKwa Posted Dec 28th 2009 9:50AM]

@Valicore I bought one of these for my grandma and its perfect for her. All she wants is to send emails. She doesn't want or need a more costly internet plan at home. She doesn't want to use a computer. She also doesn't want a costly data plan for a cell phone.

$10 a month for email without a contract is a pretty good deal. The hardware on this thing isn't that bad either.

So is this device being properly marketed? Probably not. Their target audience is definitely not the readers of Engadget directly, but they do have an audience and a decent purpose.

That being said, I hope the Twitter Peek doesn't make them go under. That is a dumb device.

[Valicore Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:28PM]

I think what the hell if you like it that's your business, but they couldn't get Twitter on the Peek to work decently. If it can't handle the immense processing power required for TWITTER, how the hell could it do 'real' Facebook?

[johnkzin Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:32PM]

hows about, instead, releasing an Android version of the Peek, so that it can have a more multi-purpose use case?

[Cam Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:47PM]

@(Unverified) But then it wouldn't be a peek?

[johnkzin Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:55PM]

@Cam I'm sure they'll survive the shift to multi-purpose gadgets :-)

[NeoXY Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:42PM]

Ok look. SocialPeak make sense. If you they can do like Twitter, Facebook, and w/e the hell you kids use these days into one device, I can see them shipping a few unit....

But they must be selling at least a COUPLE since they haven't gone out of business yet....

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 27th 2009 10:59PM]

Get a Blackberry. It can even do the only thing that the Peek can do better than the Peek.

[Steve B Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:27PM]

@(Unverified)
So can an iPhone. And a Droid. And a Hero. And a Pre. And an Omnia. And...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 28th 2009 12:50PM]

@Steve B Yeah, its supposed to be a joke how a BB can do email better than an email-only device. I didn't say DROID or an E71 or whatever couldn't do email. I know they are great at email too.

[jellotime91 Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:01PM]

I'm surprised they didnt create a new one called facepeek.

[Lucas Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:05PM]

Seriously, I think this would make a good phone if the screen was a bit bigger, and it had actual phone radios inside of it. I'm not used to vertical keyboards at all, but this seems to be the only one of three I can use.
The other two being the Lotus and the Twist

[Lucas Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:06PM]

@Lucas But, until someone bothers, this will be a completely useless device. Though I'm a novelty lover, and may well buy one someday

[R Posted Dec 27th 2009 11:13PM]

I'm surprised nobody hacked the Peek yet. Seems like a decent device for emailing and messaging. It would be great if you can use it without the $15 a month service. Especially, considering I can get a used smartphone and pay $100 a year for prepaid SIM card.

[TIMMAH Posted Dec 28th 2009 2:07AM]

@R
Well Peek does offer lifetime service if you buy the device thru Amazon. For at $100/year you'd be recouping your cost at 3 years of use.

[iofthestorm Posted Dec 28th 2009 3:20AM]

@R See http://www.peeklinux.com/index.php/Main_Page

[peltwood Posted Dec 28th 2009 9:24AM]

I was wondering how comes Peek hasn't decided to add a messaging app. I mean if the Peek did e-mail, Msn & Yahoo, that'd be excellent. Sounds like a Blackberry in that respect, but obviously not at Blackberry price, no real multimedia and stuff, but at it would be better. They need to do something though, if not this device will stay behind.

[StarCaptain170 Posted Dec 28th 2009 10:51AM]

Why would i waste $269.99 to get a device that only tweets & pokes thats an xbox 360 arcade & one game