Basic Peek model now $20 everywhere

Target, Radioshack and Amazon all now sell the unlimited email/messaging handset for $20: a murderously good deal for anyone who wants messaging but doesn’t want a contract or an expensive data plan. Peek service starts at $16.65 a month if you buy a quarter’s worth up front. [Peek]

1. [Anonymous]

   I’ve been wondering about these Peeks–how many people are retaining the service after a few months? Any stats floating around?

2. [strider_mt2k]

   I just noticed that.

   We were at Target where my wife thought for some reason they might have a decent MP3 player (wrong) when I saw ‘em up on the peg.

   If I didn’t already carry a phone that lets me ignore emails I’d SO be into ignoring ‘em on one of these.

3. [amol]

   Hey guys — I work for Peek and can say yes people are sticking around…can’t share the ##s though

4. [Rob Beschizza]

   “I work for Peek ”

   Understatement!

5. [Chris S]

   WAAAAA! Want Peek in Canada!!

   Canadians are moving from minorly miffed to aggravated about the increasing number of devices that just don’t come north.

   I see these possibilities (with Likelihood Scores):

   1) Peek doesn’t care. (1/10)

   2) Peek is busy, and is focussing on what they can handle in their core market (5/10)

   3) Peek has the time, but just can’t justify the extra work right now for what is a small chunk of their current in-market potential (6/10)

   3) Canada has only one GSM provider, and Peek would have to badly break their market model on the current suggested terms with that provider (8/10)

   4) Canada has only one GSM provider, and they could offer Peek a workable deal, but that GSM provider figures it would cannibalize their existing revenue streams to let people do cheap email (8/10)

   Any other suggestions from Canadians?