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Was: Gadget of the Year. Is: The Year of Peek?

2008: Gadget of the Year

2009: The Year of Peek?

We just finished a great holiday season. It was full of thrills like our first customer and the first celebrity Peekster; the first time my mom saw Peek at Target and the first time a random stranger wish-listed Peek on Amazon; accolades and awards from the masters of the gadget universe and heartfelt thank-yous from Peeksters that walked into our office with a checkbook. I hope it was a thrill for you too.

To all of the Peek gift givers among you — thank you. You’ve been part of the Peek story from early on and I’m really appreciative to have you with us.

Next year will be different, in many ways we hope, for all of us.

It’s going to be a practical, no-nonsense year and a time to get stuff done. Keep up, stay ahead, be on top of things, and have your house in order.

Do it in smart, intuitive, pure and simple ways that save money and avoid waste.

Peek was made for times like these. And it’s going to be even more true in the coming weeks. Mum’s the word for now…

If you comment with a guess that comes true by February 15 and your email address, I’ll send you a free gift Peek. OK, we’ll give one out for the funniest too.

Happy New Year!

Newsmaker Peek

We were checking out the talk shows on the weekend, and WOWEE! Amid all the big serious topics of the day, the ABC News folks made some predictions for biggest trends in culture in 2009. Among them? Maybe someone will make a phone that does to phones what Peek does to mobile email. Alison Stewart apparently loves Peek, which is great. Say hi any time Alison!

Check it out (it’s around the 15 minute of the segment)

And while you are at it — check us out this morning on NPR’s Morning Edition show. The first gadget Mario Armstrong mentions on his list of the best of 2008.

The Ugly Truth About Text Messaging

The New York Times did a very informative piece about text messaging: cell phone carriers charge you a lot for something that costs them about as close to zilch as anything out there. Nothing! And they charge $15-20 per month for the privilege of sending “unlimited” messages.

Peek doesn’t charge anything extra for unlimited texting. You get your Peek, type the phone number you want to send to, hit send. It goes there right away. They reply, it comes to your Peek. That’s it!

Lovely look at a black Peek, in case you haven’t seen one

Peek - a quick tour of a charcoal Peek

Small businesses are Peeksters too!

We designed Peek to be the best personal mobile email solution available. What we didn’t expect was that lots of small businesses would fall in love with Peek too.

It seems that ease of use, affordability and great service matters to everyone – which, of course, we’re thrilled to hear – because that’s what we believe too!

Here’s what Mike from Pinnacle Exteriors had to say about his company’s Peek experience:

“We use the Peek devices for our lead generation team to send in new sales leads to our office.  The ease of use of the devices is our main concern for the application we were looking to fill, and Peek supplied that perfectly.  This allowed us to standardize our method of communication, and both increase efficiency and decrease the workload of our confirming department who would otherwise have to stop what they were doing and answer phones to take new leads.”

“I highly recommend choosing Peek if you need an easy method of e-mail communication on the go, both for their devices, and for the fact that they seem to genuinely care for what their customers think… Something often lost when working with most cellular companies.”

We’re planning to add some features and some other cool stuff to make Peek even better for small businesses. Let us know what you think. If you’re a small business thinking about Peek – feel free to post here or contact us directly – we’d love to hear from you. Contact rob@getpeek.com

Free yourself. The Peek bargain disappears Monday

Don’t chain you or your friends to a contract for a big, honking smartphone this year.

Instead, free them to be connected on the go and free of contracts with Peek!

Just a reminder — the November bargain on Peeks ends Monday.

Geek Give Peek

We had an interesting idea when we were hanging out with the Engadget editor last night. Check it out.

Peek Crash Test Pilots Wanted!

Want to be in the highly coveted Peek Brigade?

We have several volunteers for the Peek Crash Test pilot program (helmet not included) so anyone else interested?
We are still working on the details but basically you’ll get access to the new services and features that are in alpha/beta stages. They will be inherently unstable while we work out the kinks, but as a Peek Crash Test pilot you already knew that.

Email us at crashtestpilot at getpeek dot com for enrollment : )

Texting

Psst…heard about texting? It’s coming soon to all Peeks. Every Peek supports it. We’re just turning it on at the servers in phases. You’ll get an email that says your Peek is “on”. Meanwhile, if you want to play with the beta version of the texting feature, read up on Geeky Peek