Winner of the restaurant industry’s tech innovation award!
Peek is what makes Gomobo’s OLO tick — the online order receiver that makes it possible for restaurants to quickly link their restaurants to the web. Believe it or not — most have no way to get orders, receive emails or social network messages from customers, etc etc.
Now they do! Gomobo’s breakthrough integration of their web-services application with Peek’s mobile device makes a complete, real-time solution that puts power on the front lines at a tiny price.
Quick Service Restaurant Magazine’s Awards
Thanks restaurants!
Peek is hiring. Join us as we connect everyone, everywhere
1. We have some GeekyPeek needs. If you are a smart, creative, ship-code, generalist developer — you might be the right person. Check out our Chief GeekyPeek’s rants and tirades to see if you might be the right person.
2. We are trying to find some sales support folks. For this you can be relatively inexperienced — maybe just a couple of years in sales. We want to support our IT resellers and channel partners. Some locations are preferable for this like Northern NJ, Chicago, Phoenix, Connecticut. If you think you have the aptitude and interest and possibly experience to do sales support — contact the chief peekster — asarva at getpeek dot com. Since the experience hurdle on this one is low, having extraordinary motivation, personal skills, and tech interests are key.
3. Peek needs some smart, capable, get-it-done business folks. This is a junior-level product marketing role in the core marketing, operations, and product management area. This is also a great role for an early-career person who wants to start a company some day. Since the experience hurdle here is low too, we need someone with demonstrated aptitude and talent — so high grades, good test scores, impressive accomplishments are the kind of thing we want to see. Email asarva at getpeek for this one too.
What is Peek? Peek is a fast, focused and cost-efficient mobile that brings real-time Internet and biz apps like email to the front lines — by hanging up on voice and focusing on productivity.
Peek’s mission is to connect everyone, everywhere.
Our ultra-thin and typing-friendly smart device has won awards around the world for its design and value. We offer unlimited data and unlimited texting with no contracts for 90% less than data cell phones.
Smiles around our call center
Peeksters at HQ are smiling about Zendesk this week. They make a really nice, cloud-based app for managing tickets.
It’s so great our call center team has been handling 50% more calls the first week we are using the platform.
Peek customers — what do you guys think? Better, worse, same?
Why is your cell phone company overcharging you?
Most people who use major wireless carriers are still being overcharged through their plans to subsidize the cost of a new phone every two years, whether they want one or not.
Don’t believe me? Next time you are “due” a new phone under your contact, call up your cellular provider–or go into a store–and ask them for some of that subsidy instead. Cash.
“You were going to spend $200 subsidizing my new phone,” you can say. “But how about I keep my current phone, which works just fine, and you can give me $100 cash?”
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Peekster stories: Riding the Tour Divide
I might not be taking a phone at all because I have something that works much better for me, my Peek Pronto. I’ve posted previously about this 109 gram gadget that only does email. While my phone over-promised and under-delivered, I had the opposite experience with the Peek. Officially, Peek doesn’t work in Canada yet I was able to post blog reports from various Canadian locations including Banff. I posted Twitter updates using TweetyMail, got weather and news updates via AskPeek, and a wealth of other info via Charles Childers’ brilliant service Ent.
The Peek stayed off when I shut it off, sips power when it is on (like all my devices, I charged it via an “emergency” cell phone charger and solar charged NiMH AA cells. The Peek didn’t connect everywhere and there were a few places (Eureka MT was one) where I the phone connected but not the Peek. Even without a signal, I could compose emails and blog posts on the Peek and when it would later connect, the Peek would send them off. But more often than not, I’d find I had no signal on the phone but the Peek would have a signal. My Peek connected in some unlikely locations including the ghost town of South Pass City, Wyoming and the near-ghost town of Jeffrey City, Wyoming. By the way, here’s a Tour Divide tip: if the “city” has “City” in its name and you are in Wyoming, it is a safe bet it’s not a city, it’s a ghost town!
Not-very-smart bills from your cell phone company
Caveat emptor. The Times points out that smartphones come at an not-very-smart price. Lots of extra stuff — and you pay for every bell and whistle.
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Phenomenal phones are flooding the market….
But these new phones come at a cost – a recurring monthly charge. So before you sign a contract for two years of payments, which phone is really the bargain?
Peekster Stories: Machine Operators and Maintenance Staff — online
We are using the Peeks in our business unit and another to improve communication between our operators and the maintenance staff. I wish I could say I was the one that came up with it, but the maintenance manager at the other business unit discovered the Peek. I’m just following suit. But how it works is that the operator at the machine goes to our internal system and electronically writes a requisition for repair. That requisition is then sent to a number of emails including myself and the maintenance technicians. The reason we like having an actual email sent out versus a page or text is that all of the information that the maintenance technician needs to know is right at his finger tips. He no longer has to go investigate why he was paged. He knows immediately and can determine if he needs to respond right away or if he can finish up what he’s doing before moving on. It is working well at the other business unit and I am excited to get the system set up here.
Peekster Stories: Linux-husband and Peekster-wife
Ok, Succeess! Now she’s got a red Peek, and we’ve got a spare, rare aqua one to sell for millions on eBay 
Amol, I think my wife is a tiny success story for Peek. She generally does not go for complex gadgets, has an old computer, and used to check her email once a day.
I gave her the Peek for her birthday last September and expected her to say’ “Thanks, but I don’t really need something like this.”
But she immediately realized that the Peek wasn’t just another gadget, but a great tool. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her without it.
Thanks,
George
New features, making their way to you
We have some new features in the works — they are slowly sneaking their way to readiness! Some people noticed over on TechCrunch and our boards. Try them out if you are feeling like some adventure — but apologies in advance that you will have some unexpected experiences as you use these pre-release tools.
More over at geekypeek.com and boards.getpeek.com
Peek & Spotnik hit the airwaves
Not only can you buy Peek in Europe now, you can get it. Our friends at Spotnik have been shipping for the last few days and we have lots of Peek piled up and ready to go out.
Say goodbye to the insane data roaming rates in Europe, where 1 day’s emails could cost you Euros 15.
Instead — a Peek for Euros 99 including 6 months of unlimited service.
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Winner of the restaurant industry’s tech innovation award!Peek is hiring. Join us as we connect everyone, everywhere
Smiles around our call center
Why is your cell phone company overcharging you?
Peekster stories: Riding the Tour Divide
Not-very-smart bills from your cell phone company
Peekster Stories: Machine Operators and Maintenance Staff — online
Peekster Stories: Linux-husband and Peekster-wife
New features, making their way to you
Peek & Spotnik hit the airwaves