Tag Archives: peek

Blog from your Peek

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Peek, the ultra-civilized letter-writing gadget, has its first non-messaging application: a client for WordPress. [GeekyPeek]

Peek: more prefer no-payments-for-life deal

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Peek is an email-only handset for people who don’t want smartphones or the top-tier data plans required to check email on them. Even massively discounted at $44, however, the Peek’s $20 monthly plan held it back. However, a Costco trial … Continue reading →

Peek email without subscription for $299

Posted on January 16, 2009 by John Brownlee

For today and only today, you can get the Peek — the tiny little email-only PDA that Beschizza loved for being brazenly perfect at doing exactly what it was trying to do and not a jot more — for a … Continue reading →

12 days of Peekmas, starting with a free Kindle

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Peek, maker of the slim email-only handset of the same name, is giving away a gadget a day in the run-up to Christmas. 1. At the beginning of each day for the next 12 days we are going to announce … Continue reading →

Peek email-only handset is Wired’s gadget of 2008

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Peek, the thin email-only handset with a full keyboard, is Wired’s gadget of 2008. From Peek’s Amol Sarva: Wired Magazine has had a huge impact on me over the years; I remember the first issue I ever saw. I remember … Continue reading →

The Peek unlimited email PDA gets text messaging, image support

Posted on November 19, 2008 by John Brownlee

Most reviews of the Peek were content to review it based on things it had no interest in doing, but Beschizza really liked the tiny pocket email client, describing it as “the perfect simplifier, but only if you’re a Peek … Continue reading →

Peek ruling Time’s Gadget of Year List

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Amol Sarva, maker of Peek, an e-mail only cellular handset, is elatedly pointing to its position as the runaway leader of Time’s ongoing “Gadget of the Year” poll. This will be a good way to separate one sort of gadget … Continue reading →

Taking a Poke at the Peek

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Makezine reader Maushammer took apart a Peek, the new email-only handset, to see what lay within. The answer? Heavily integrated circuits and an impressive metal backbone: “The insides are very simple.” If you’re a Peek fan, check out the just-started … Continue reading →

Peek online store open for business

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Peek, the mail-only handheld we recently reviewed, is now on sale at the official website, in advance of Sept. 15′s rollout to Target stores. Product Page [getPeek via Gizmodo]

Review: Peek puts email in your pocket and removes voices from your head

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Peek is a cellular handset that looks like a smartphone, but does one thing only: mail. A basic contact manager and image viewer serve that end, and the color scheme and audio alerts can be tweaked, but that’s it. It … Continue reading →