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    The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt

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    Image of drewski1106 drewski1106
    11/04/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt

    Put that thing in the pile of useless inventions. #twitterpeek
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    The-Simpsons-Rule!! promoted this comment Edited by drewski1106 at 11/04/09 4:33 PM drewski1106 was starred drewski1106 was unstarred
    Image of DrChickenbeer DrChickenbeer
    11/04/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Nobody seems to have noticed that for a device dedicated to Twitter, you need to press shift to make a #. There are only two symbols you use for Twitter (@,#)-- you would think that they would have dedicated a key to each. #twitterpeek
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    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    11/04/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    The real question is, is it possible to flash this thing to the Pronto firmware, and still keep an active lifetime subscription? That wouldn't be such a bad deal. #twitterpeek
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    dragon:ONE promoted this comment telepheedian was starred telepheedian was unstarred
    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/04/09

    @telepheedian: Someone with a TwitterPeek (that is, some poor sap that bought one) should give it a shot with the USB-TTL upgrade cable - the 1.08 software is at [www.geekypeek.com] and is the Classic firmware. I don't think Pronto is available. #twitterpeek
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    Image of robotsneedhugs2 robotsneedhugs2
    11/04/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Pointless as Twitter itself. #twitterpeek
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    NeoAkira promoted this comment robotsneedhugs2 was starred robotsneedhugs2 was unstarred
    Image of medopal medopal
    11/04/09

    @robotsneedhugs2: finally someone said it #twitterpeek
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    NeoAkira promoted this comment medopal was starred medopal was unstarred
    Image of smatth5001 smatth5001
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Hospitals can use this instead of pagers, think outside the box
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    11/03/09

    @smatth5001: " @drmcdreamy we need 50cc stat in 304, jk lol , srsly dude in 402 died, OH FML" #twitterpeek
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    11/04/09

    @switchblade saints: RT @switchbladesaints srsly dude in 402 died #twitterpeek
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    Image of linky182 linky182
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    /rant. #twitterpeek
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Y'know, the one issue is - all they're doing is taking their old Peek Classics and just shoving TwitterPeek software on 'em, from what I can tell.

    There's literally no hardware difference between this and Peek Classic or even Pronto. All it is is software. And at $100 and $7.99/mo after the first 6 months? Fuck that.

    PSST - the Peek Classic can *also* do this at a cost of $20 or whatever - AND you get *EMAIL*!

    To Mr. Sarva, what are you smoking? I don't like being woken up twice in the middle of the night by my decent, respectable smartphone being told about your Fisher-Price toy of a device. But hey, whatever suckers you can reel in that are too driven into Twitter doom... #twitterpeek
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    Brian Lam promoted this comment dragon:ONE was starred dragon:ONE was unstarred
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    11/04/09

    @dragon: ONE: Thanks, Brian.

    Might I also add TracFone into the mix? Just go buy a crappy $10 Tracfone and some unit cards and there's your goddamn Twitter device. Oh, and it can do mobile Web, email, SMS, and a phone! #twitterpeek
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    PC mag link is not working for me on Firefox #twitterpeek
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Tweets are on the internet? Who knew?

    Someone offered a job by Cisco posted the following tweet:

    ‘Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.’

    Within hours he got a reply from Tim Levad – Cisco channel partner advocate:

    ‘Who is the hiring manager. I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web.’
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Like books, most people have a tweet in them, and in most cases, that's where it should stay. #twitterpeek
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    If I had a Twitter account, my first tweet would be: "What happened to the fun times, playing in the woods and flinging acorns with homemade sling-shots?"

    Young kids are going to lose the funniest retort in their whole arsenal, the answer to the question "What's up? - The sky, duhhh," because they don't look up anymore...

    And it's not just kids... a 45 year old woman almost head butted me in the hall the other day because she was texting, then swirved at the last moment as she saw me. She looked like she'd seen a ghost and mumbled "Uhh oh. Heh..." Fricken' weirdo. #twitterpeek
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    Image of grimdeath9740 grimdeath9740
    11/03/09

    @valkilmerisawful: Because we dont live in a world that can have both? Psst your old-age grumpiness is showing :p #twitterpeek
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/03/09

    @grimdeath9740: Haha, she's old enough to be my mother! And also, nice bumblebeetuna ref. #twitterpeek
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    Image of Purple Umpteenth Purple Umpteenth
    11/08/09

    @valkilmerisawful: you're honestly complaining about kids using the internet too much, as a star commenter on a tech blog?

    isn't that like a pot calling a pot a pot? #twitterpeek
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    valkilmerisawful promoted this comment Purple Umpteenth was starred Purple Umpteenth was unstarred
    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/08/09

    @Purple Umpteenth: I don't think so. The only point I can make is that I, personally, am grateful that I was forced to make my own fun. I suppose that after a lot of babysitting my cousins, I realized how much they sit and stare at a computer. Sure, I do that all day long now at work, but when they find out that the only thing they ever had for fun is the very thing they have to work on, they're not gunna like it. And they may end up calling truckmaster to get away from the tech. That is, if Maverick does actually still have the number. #twitterpeek
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    Image of GlowBlue GlowBlue
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Geez, you geeks are a tough crowd. For one minute could you just pretend that you're not super tech-savvy? Pretend you don't have a $500 smartphone in your pocket. Pretend you don't use TweetDeck on your PC at home. Pretend you don't use your PC for Twitter at all. This device isn't a BAD idea, it's just a bad implementation. I could see my grandparents or my hopelessly tech-challenged aunt using one of these to keep in touch with family and friends. Heck, even my Mom doesn't know how to use SMS on her phone and she might use this if it's simple enough.

    If something like the TwitterPeek were available at a slightly lower price with a SUPER-simple interface, I would buy a few of them as gifts. Think about it. No contract, no monthly fees. It's just a simple device that does one thing and makes it accessible for people who can't wrap their minds around the fact that their phone can make calls AND take pictures. #twitterpeek
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    Brian Lam promoted this comment GlowBlue was starred GlowBlue was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @GlowBlue: I question whether or not someone who can't even use SMS would even be interested in using Twitter, let alone purchase a specialized, poorly-made device to do so. This is pure Skymall Catalog/Sharper Image style crapola. #twitterpeek
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    If this thing were a kitchen tool, Alton Brown would probably have an aneurysm over its monofunctionality. #twitterpeek
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    Image of njknight njknight
    11/03/09

    @chauncy that billups: Bravo, good sir. No unitaskers ever! #twitterpeek
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    Image of aek8 aek8
    11/03/09

    @chauncy that billups: Except for rice cookers. #twitterpeek
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment aek8 was starred aek8 was unstarred
    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/03/09

    @aek8: Yeah, though technically you can use a rice cooker for stuff like porridge and pudding, so it does have other uses. #twitterpeek
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    Image of redhandeddenial redhandeddenial
    11/03/09

    @aek8: AAAAAAANNNNDDDD you can use it as a steamer....ergo rice cooker =/= unitasker #twitterpeek
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment redhandeddenial was starred redhandeddenial was unstarred
    Image of aek8 aek8
    11/03/09

    @redhandeddenial: Technicalities aside, I still make my rice pretty damn well in a plain ol' pot. #twitterpeek
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    Image of MikeMcKenzy MikeMcKenzy
    11/03/09

    @chauncy that billups: Favorite commenter of the day. My good friend, and AB enthusiast, made the very same argument when I tweeted about this TwitterPeek!

    My mom might like it tho! Her BlackBerry is locked down by the feds! #twitterpeek
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    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Twitter is so dumb it makes my brain hurt.

    I still can't believe twitter exists. It's a blog site that ONLY lets you post 140 characters at a time. #twitterpeek
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    Image of m.dean m.dean
    11/03/09

    @ReconToaster misses garnett : (:

    Thank you for saying that. I thought I was all alone in my Twitter-loathing world. #twitterpeek
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment m.dean was starred m.dean was unstarred
    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/03/09

    @m.dean: No, you're not. Twitter's popularity is one of the first technological paradigms that I've refused to embrace. It makes me feel like an old man, shaking a stick at 'them damn kids and their flappin' tweets!' #twitterpeek
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    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt

    There's an easy explanation as to why this exists Adam... #twitterpeek
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