Oops! A massive service outage has apparently bricked older Peek devices. Peek CEO Amol Sarva is on the case though, offering existing customers a free Peek 9 to make up for their lack of email access. Uh, great?
Earlier today, in the wake of the announcement of the Peek 9, the latest and greatest in a series of truly baffling gadgets, Brian Barrett asked “Who In Their Right Mind Would Buy a Peek 9?” Well, would you?
Try not to get too excited, guys, but Peek 9 is here. It’s not as worthless as TwitterPeek, but that’s vastly different from being worthwhile. Honest question: Who in blue blazes buys these things? How does Peek stay in business?
In a promotional email sent to us today, Peek chief Amol Sarva hinted the upcoming Peek 9 platform would support “real-time apps.” Love ‘em or hate ‘em these devices exist, and they’re apparently about to get a bit more robust.
The TwitterPeek is a crazy device. But hey, now that Peek has gone down this road, why stop now? Here are some free ideas for the next generation of Peek handheld devices.
The point of—and in a way, problem with—Peek messaging devices is just how simple they are: their software does email, sorta, and that’s it. Now Peek is reaching out to users to port Linux to the device.
Peek Pronto is the faster version of the original Peek, an incredibly stripped down slab of screen and keyboard that does one thing—email—but aims to do it simpler than anyone else.
