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Gadget of the year again! We’ll take it…

It’s a big week here at Peek.  Besides my collegue Dave Hung winning the Peek bake off, even against my oatmeal cookies, Amol’s chocolate chip cookies and Diana’s wicked salty sweet pretzel chocolate bar thing we managed to make gadget of the year again.  Sorry Time Inc - you are not the only kid on the block anymore.

Check out the NBC Bay Area morning show where we were given the coveted prize of Gadget of the Year. We like grandmas with GMail accounts!

USA Today gave us props in this article “New products that made tech fans celebrate in 2008.“ As you know, we did not make Peek for tech fans, but even techies know the power of simple.

Here is Edward Baigs words of wisdom:

“One other refreshingly simple gadget is worth mentioning: the Peek. It looks like a BlackBerry but is not a phone. It’s all about consumer e-mail. Cost is $100, plus a $20-a-month fee, with no required contract.”

Ed understands Peek and what we are all about.

Here’s the last one, Ad Age named us in their Top Tech Toys at #7.  We are enamored with being compared to the Kindle, Wii Fit and a really cool tooth brush! Thanks Ad age.

Peekmas: Day 8 is Rob’s BBQ sauce - slurp!

Click over to get a chance at your Peekmas prize

BusinessWeek’s Top Tech Gadgets

The accolades and honors keep on rolling in. We are sincerely humbled by all the praise from the big guys. Thanks, big guys!

Read all about it!

Peek recommended on the NBC Today Show

Pimped out Peek pouch

We love Spike. Not only did he design a killer T-shirt that we sport around Peek HQ but his skills extend beyond fashion to Peek pimping.  Officially Spike is the first Peek pimp. Be proud Spike, we sure are.

Peeksters probably look at the pouch and think its sort of cool.  We don’t play it up that much, but that pouch is made of 100% post-consumer recycled material that is fused together using NASA like lasers.  It’s made by our friends at Timbuk2 that make all sorts of cool bags and goods. We didn’t think about leaving a spot open for the message indicator light so Spike took it upon himself to make a much needed modification.

How did Spike do it? Here’s the Peek board post with all the directions.  The Peek boards are great spot to find out all sorts of info on Peek.

Thanks again Spike

Peek on the Early Show!

It’s neat, isn’t it.

Admired by Wired - Peek #1 gadget of 2008!

The picture says it all. Our gizmo was just named Wired #1 gadget of 2008.  We didn’t intend to make Peek for techies, but even techies understand the power of simple. We just purchased a bunch of copies of Wired for Peek HQ NY and we are very excited to have this honor. Wired #1 gadget of 2008, Time Inc. gadget of year, Oprah’s gift guide, Good Morning America, USA Today; we are starting to blush over here……

Here is an excerpt:

“But the real treat is the interface. Instead of forcing you to wrestle with laborious setup menus, the Peek asks for a name, email address and password. That’s it.”

Thanks Wired for loving Peek.

Guess what’s one of Fortune Magazine’s 7 most affordable Gadgets of the Year:

We are still buzzing around the office after being named number one gadget of 2008 by Wired and now Fortune Magazine has published that we are one of their most affordable gizmo’s for 2008.  With a name like “Fortune” we are surprised they even have an “affordable gadget section” but Fortune knows a good deal when they see one and we promise to stay away from credit default swaps and complex financial instruments and just stick to making email on the go easy for everyone.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0811/gallery.Affordable_gadgets.fortune/4.html

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 : )

Peek on Good Morning America

Check us out on Good Morning America!

USA Today: Easier than iPhone