The Peek just got a whole lot more useful. The little email-only device is simple in both form and function, and despite only scoring 5 out of 10 in our Gadget Lab review, got this endorsement from Wired.com copy chief Tony Long:
The simplicity is the appeal, but a new service update has added support for text messages and pictures (jpegs already worked, but now you get almost all image types). Both of these are well within the spirit of email, and the SMS function would probably have made me buy this back when I was trying live without a cellphone.
Messages are sent by adding an @cell.getpeek.net suffix to the phone number, and then sending them like normal emails.
Peek got in touch to tell us that the SMS function works exactly like it does on a cellphone, by tapping in the phone number.
The Peek people warn that this is a strictly alpha service right now, but certainly a welcome addition. Better still, the Peek can now be had for just $80
Of Upgrades & Attachments [Geeky Peek via JK on the Run via Brownlee]
Text messaging on a Peek - really! [Peek]
Product page [Peek]]
See Also:
