Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: TwitterPeek

By: Not My Real Name

Not My Real Name — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:59:15 +0000

I agree, not the smartest Peek move, but a regular Peek? It’s genius!

No contract. They’re usually running special offers, so you can add a Peek to your expenses for less than you can upgrade your cell phone service to include e-mail.

You receive e-mail from up to 5 addresses. You can read attachments and see photos. You can make reference to whatever is on the Peek while you are using the phone.
You get a real keyboard you can actually use.

If you don’t want to upgrade your phone service in order to have mobile e-mail a Peek sure beats the heck out of carrying your laptop around. Plus, it works everywhere, not just where you can find a hotspot.

By: bob harris

bob harris — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:32:28 +0000

another contender for unitasker: The Wiki Reader

http://thewikireader.com/

By: Christine Simiriglia

Christine Simiriglia — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:04:07 +0000

I couldn’t do it… on more thing weighing down my purse. As much as I think that multi-tasking is killing us, I want my tools to do it for me so I can do it less. I have a desktop, a netbook, and a blackberry. I think a twitter thingie would push me over the edge.

By: Nat

Nat — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:24:14 +0000

Wow. This is the epitome of Unitasker, but I miss the controversy. Come on. Someone defend this, please

By: Kalani

Kalani — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:01 +0000

Ok, I’ll admit that it is silly, but if you think about it, isn’t Twitter itself a unitasker? I mean, it doesn’t really do anything that texts, email, instant messaging, phone calls, or blogging don’t already do, except that it is inherently limited. What the Twitter people are capitalizing on is that limitation– as silly as this object is, in some ways it’s a logical extension of twitter. I’d be interested in seeing whether people buy it.

By: Rue

Rue — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:34:22 +0000

Yep, worthless. Even if you don’t have a smartphone you can still update via text (and receive others’ messages in the same manner). Only good if you don’t have a cell phone at all!

(And if you don’t have a cell phone but go out and spend $100 on this thing instead…well, that’s not very smart.)

You’d have to be tweeting LITERALLY 24/7 for this thing to be worth it.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:27:45 +0000

I don’t know, this could be useful when you go out of the country and don’t have a cellphone but want to tweet about your trip. That could be kind of cool.

* reads specs * – “Usable throughout the U.S.”

This thing is stupid.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:40:33 +0000

I love it! This is one of the best unitaskers in a long time!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:04:05 +0000

Aww, poor thing. SOMEONE should stand up for it.

So, here goes. This is not really a unitasker, there are lots of ways this device can be used…

* a paperweight – having a one-phone-does-everything device means that you can only keep one sheet (or one pile of sheets) at bay at a time; this doubles your capability.
* a torch – the lcd screen will light your way – say you’re talking on your iphone (so it’s at your ear) in the dark – you might need another device that can shed some light on things
* toddler placater – my tiny kids love to take my phone and press the buttons randomly. I could end up phoning someone, which can result in embarrassing conversation overhearings and call costs. But what’s the worst they can do with a twitterpeek?

So there you go – three alternative uses for the twitterpeek. It’s not a unitasker – and I don’t even use twitter!

By: Karyn

Karyn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:27:12 +0000

Wasn’t the whole point of Twitter to be accessible via the common, everyday technology of one’s cell phone? There are, to be sure, a few holdouts who don’t own a cell phone (myself, I gave up my land line after too many customer disservice hassles with the Phone Company That Shall Not Be Named) but they likely wouldn’t be inclined to join the Twits in the first place!

And, for what it’s worth, I am not a Twit. I don’t WANT 24/7 contact with the rest of the world; a bit of solitude now and then is a beautiful thing.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:30:38 +0000

Hahaha this crack me up. Twitter is pointless to me in the first place (I will never think that people care about me enough to see what I am doing all day long: Going to class, then work, then making dinner isn’t an interesting enough schedule, haha), but this is beyond pointless. I’m definitely into technology, my boyfriend is an electrical engineer and keeps my computer (which he made himself) updated and super fast, but there is no way either of us would get anything that only did one thing. I think this is the epitome of unitaskers.

By: Kalle

Kalle — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:13:16 +0000

This product has surprisingly little comic appeal, but when you really think about it, TwitterPeek has to be in the top five of all-time useless unitaskers showcased on Unclutterer. I mean, a hardcore Twitter aficionado without a smartphone? There’s no such person! They have no market! Insanity!

By: Krisha

Krisha — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:20:27 +0000

I can’t imagine having a portable gadget that serves only one function; especially when that function is Twitter. I’m as avid a Twitter user as many of my peers, but what about the Twitpics and URLs that help to make Twitter so rich? Without those, it’s just a lot of chatter.

By: JM

JM — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:17:45 +0000

Definitely a Unitasker. I think its only defense is for those who are HUGE twitter users but don’t have a smartphone, don’t have cell phone at all, or only use a prepaid cell phone occasionally. For these people I could see the appeal. The $199 version comes with unlimited lifetime service (no monthly fees), so compared with a smart phone you would start saving money after about the 6th or 7th month I would guess. If you had no cell phone at all but wanted on-the-go Twitter access, you would start to see savings in as little as 2-3 months depending on your plan.

Definitely doesn’t make as much sense as other Peek devices though.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:57 +0000

I can’t wait to see someone defend this…

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:31:39 +0000

The designers apparently completely failed to notice that part of why Twitter is so successful is because it’s so easy to use from even the most basic cell phone. I mean, I love Twitter, but I love it because I can use it from my smartphone.