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    The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt

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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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    Image of medopal medopal
    11/04/09

    @robotsneedhugs2: finally someone said it #twitterpeek
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    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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    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 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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    Image of Arken Arken
    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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    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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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    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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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    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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    Image of weendex weendex
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    Perhaps with every business getting into the whole social media fad, this could be a useful device to have as the "office twitter device". Locked into the one twitter account for the business. Protects what technically has become a company asset, the company twitter account.

    I'm trying to justify a purpose.. It's really really hard to do so though.

    I met a bunch of the peek people once at a pub, and they were pretty much dicks. about 4 or 5 of them all with their peeks out on the table.

    It was my first time seeing a peek. I ask "what is that device?", then they are all smug and just hand it to me with a dumb smile.

    "ok... how do i get out of the email application?"

    "you don't."

    "oh." #twitterpeek
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    Image of tennis_king81001 tennis_king81001
    11/03/09

    In reply to The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
    So, um... did we need a 700 word post on this?
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    11/03/09

    @tennis_king81001: Yes, you do when you write about gadgets for a living... #twitterpeek
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    Image of diesel828 diesel828
    11/03/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I've seen bigger stories and other items here on Giz with simple one-liners. Maybe two sentences at the most. So, no, not really. #twitterpeek
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    11/03/09

    @diesel828: This device needed to be mocked much more than one or two derisive sentences could provide. #twitterpeek
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    11/03/09

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

    Mine was much cooler and that was 20 years ago. #twitterpeek
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    11/03/09

    @FriarNurgle: Funny, I thought it looked like a Speak & Spell (in black instead of the day-glow colors) also. #twitterpeek
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