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A $200 device just for tweeting

Josh Topolsky of Engadget showed off a number of cool new toys on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon including a device form Peek called TwitterPeek, the first Twitter-only mobile device.

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Amol Sarva
CEO, Peek

“We just wanted it to do Twitter better...TwitterPeek is a big part of [Twitter’s] mobile platform.”


Chris Davies
Editor of SlashGear

“There’s also no camera, which means that one of the most common uses of Twitter – sharing photos – isn’t possible either, and [it]...only supports a single account being active at any one time...it seems like you’re only getting half the functionality most would expect from a mobile Twitter client”


Tameka Kee
Correspondent for PaidContent.org

“The challenge for Twitter and Peek will be to convince consumers that they need to buy another mobile device just for Twitter access—since TwitterPeek doesn’t offer e-mail and almost every smartphone can access the service with clients like Tweetie and TweetDeck.”


Antonio Rodriguez
Venture Capitalist, Matrix Partners

“What an idiotic idea. What is next, dedicated Amazon mobile shopping assistant?”


Edward C. Baig
Journalist, USA Today

“Moreover, many power Twitter users own smartphones that can access Twitter (and Wikipedia). So a second dedicated device is hard to justify. ”


John Biggs
Editor-in-Chief, CrunchGear

“You have to click twice to read a Tweet - once to bring up the menu and once to read the Tweet - and scrolling is really bad. And it makes a buzzing and a tweeting noise when tweets come in - which is all the time.”


Don Reisinger
Columnist

“It's also debatable whether even the most ardent Twitter users will want to pay $199 just to have access to a tweeting gadget. It may be useful for people who access Twitter from their mobile browser; that experience tends to yield more headaches than value when people want to post a quick tweet.”


Amol Sarva
CEO, Peek

“We just wanted it to do Twitter better. TwitterPeek is a big part of [Twitter’s] mobile platform.”


Brian Heater
Associate Editor for AppScout Blogs

“Peek Inc. devotes itself to bucking a popular trend in consumer electronics. While nearly every other electronics manufacturer out there races to shove as many features as it can into a single device, Peek is practiced in the art of simplicity—offering products largely built around a single purpose.”


JR Raphael
Blogger

“They've just invented a new device that can let you use Twitter, even if you aren't at a computer! This could be the biggest thing in made-to-be-obsolete technology since the standalone Wi-Fi text messenger!”


Michael Gartenberg
Partner, Altimeter Group / Tech Journalist

“Feature-phone users might not want the other higher-order smartphone functions but have embraced Twitter. So definitely not a device for the Twitterati, but for the mainstream Twitter user it may absolutely find itself a viable market.”


Matthew Miller

“Do you really want to carry another device just for Twitter?”


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