Comments on: Peek e-mail device goes after small businesses with $150 five pack

By: NoOne

NoOne — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:33:36 +0000

In this economy, Peek is dropping their price for one reason. How long do you think your Peek device has before it shares drawer space with your “CueCat”?

By: Tim Ma

Tim Ma — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:52 +0000

hmm, not sure who this product is aimed at. Kinda pricey for just email when there are plenty of alternatives out there. There’s not even any SMS/MMS.

@johnreck, if you’re company uses blackberry, a BES server will allow you to block web browsing. However, I can see a small/medium sized business may not have the resources to install/manage a BES but still want to limit access to just email.

By: johnreck

johnreck — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:01:07 +0000

I am looking into this because my company wants our mobile force to recieve just email through the phone. Currently they have the whole package which lets them surf the net. I think this definitely has potential for the right market

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:48:59 +0000

I’ve said it before, as soon as someone hacks this to allow web browsing, i’ll be the first in line to buy one.

By: PX4 Storm

PX4 Storm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:30:02 +0000

Never mind. The 150 buys five Peeks.

By: PX4 Storm

PX4 Storm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:28:59 +0000

Costco sells the peek for three or four hundred dollars with life time e-mail.

So let’s see…400-150=250/20 a month = 12.5 months = after a year you basically have no costs to use the Peek.

I looked into getting one but decided I’d want to access the web so I bought a BB Storm.

I’ll wait and see if I use my phone more for e-mail or web browsing.