Comments on: Texting

By: gabe

gabe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:26:01 +0000

Here are some tips over at the Peek boards for SMS texting

http://boards.getpeek.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=76&page=1#Item_1

By: gabe

gabe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:53:59 +0000

Hack away that’s what we say over here at Peek.

Check out the Peek mad scientists blog over at geekypeek.com and the Peekster community boards at boards.getpeek.com

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:23:11 +0000

Sounds good, then I expect to buy a peek very soon

If only it could get an ssh client, too. But I have a feeling I might have to hack that up myself.

By: gabe

gabe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:31:10 +0000

It’s baking in the Peek oven right now. We expect to have push texting/email very soon.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:01:05 +0000

Are there any plans to move to true ‘push’ texting, so that it is as fast as a regular phone? If I can do delay-free texting, I’ll be all about it.

By: gabe

gabe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Great questions Don. When you send a text message from your Peek it is in real-time just like a phone. The receive however is delayed by at most 5 minutes.

You can easily test this.

1) On your Peek, in the “To:” field put in your mobile phone number (only 10 digits no “1″ in the beginning) and send a test message

2) Monitor the recipient phone. For the incoming text message from your Peek

3) Respond to the message on the recipient phone

4) Introspect for 1-5 minutes while watching your Peek - luckily its not a pot of boiling water

5) Observe flashing envelope on your Peek indicating arrival of the text message

Let us know what you think and happy texting.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:39:48 +0000

Is there a way to test the texting speed of the Peek?

By: Don

Don — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:05:45 +0000

Does the texting feature of Peek work as fast sending and receiving as it does on a regular phone?