Has anyone been paying attention to the Peek? This throwback device, sold with T-Mobile e-mail service and no voice, was largely dismissed as a solution in search of a problem. In a day and age when most feature phones can at least get gmail, the idea of carrying a seperate e-mail only device seems off. I personally have been following it because I know one person who may have been the target audience, but even he finally has a smartphone (hi dad).

Backing up everyone’s doomsaying has been the various tactics Peek has taken, with sales and price cuts, showing just how badly they want to move product and make a name.

Well, now we see something new - A service-less Peek for $20. It’s interesting to see this, and makes me wonder if one could theoretically get it on a data service other than T-Mobile. It would also be interesting to see if one could hack the phone for web browsing and/or Skype.

Still, this price cut is mostly notable for being the preliminary death knell for a product that was about five years late to the party.

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