November 3rd, 2009 by Morts
The makers of the Peek and PeekPronto, my favorite examples of “a solution in need of a problem“, are back with yet another such example – the TwitterPeek. As the name implies, this is a Peek device for posting to Twitter. That’s all it does. No e-mail, no SMS – certainly no wireless web or cell service, as this is a Peek we’re talking about. This is nothing more than a dedicated Twitter device.
While I don’t use Twitter much, I certainly see the appeal. However, when most people have a phone that - if not a Smartphone - could be considered a “mildly clever” phone, when wifi is everywhere, when netbooks are cheap and bountiful… I just don’t see the point of such a device. The odds are that your average Twitter user is already connected the majority of his/her day. You can tweet via SMS, email, etc. There are dedicated apps for iPhoneOS, WebOS, Android, Blackberry OS, and so many clients for WindowsMobile as to make ones head spin. Why in the world would someone pay good money to carry yet another device around, when the ones they have are capable of doing what this one can?
If the TwitterPeek were merely an existing Peek with added Twitter functionality, I could hear an argument – not everyone wants web access, and maybe someone wants it for personal use and their cell is a work device. Ok. But any standalone Twitter hardware product, even with no contractual obligation, just seems mind-blowingly useless.
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