The Peek, everyone’s favorite tiny email device, now costs $20 for the Aqua edition. Note that the Peek requires a $19.95 a month service plan for unlimited email, but with a price this low you’re almost getting the device for free.
Considering this thing has moved from $80 to $20 in a matter of months I wonder how much longer this great little service will survive. Regardless, it’s a great deal in the short term, especially if you’ve been toying with the idea of getting one.
This is SUCH a cool new invention. It really could not be simpler or more convenient for staying in touch with your emails. I was wowed at first by the price being so low, and nervous that it would not perform as well as similar devices out there, but I have been pleasantly surprised. At just $20 a month for the service- you can’t beat it! I highly recommend it.
It’s cheap because it’s the old Peek with the outdated firmware. The new Peek Pronto is still eighty bucks.
If you buy the $20 older Peek you’ll have to either drop another $80 on the new device, mail in the one you have and pay for an upgrade, buy an upgrade cable and do the upgrade yourself or find someone who already has a cable and do the upgrade.
Actually — it’s a new version of the firmware in that Peek classic. It just doesn’t have all the Pronto extra features like fully real-time delivery and texting.
You won’t have to mail it anywhere to upgrade. You can just phone up and turn on some of the Pronto enhanced features if you want.
Nope- you have to send it in or have a cable purchased and shipped form Peek. There is no dialup system to update the unit like you update cells now. All I can say is caveat emptor (I hope I spelled that right).