The Peek just got a whole lot more useful. The little email-only device is simple in both form and function, and despite only scoring 5 out of 10 in our Gadget Lab review, got this endorsement from Wired.com copy chief Tony Long:
If you’re a Luddite at heart but still have reason to fiddle with e-mail from time to time, or if you believe that simplicity in all things is the key to life, the Peek is for you.
The simplicity is the appeal, but a new service update has added support for text messages and pictures (jpegs already worked, but now you get almost all image types). Both of these are well within the spirit of email, and the SMS function would probably have made me buy this back when I was trying live without a cellphone.
Messages are sent by adding an @cell.getpeek.net suffix to the phone number, and then sending them like normal emails. The Peek people warn that this is a strictly alpha service right now, but certainly a welcome addition. Better still, the Peek can now be had for just $80
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See Also:
- Review: Peek Device Delivers Peak Email Performance And Not Much …
- Is It Possible to Live Without a Cellphone?
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