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Article: New mobile device does Twitter and only Twitter.(Tech Chronicles)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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The Twitter Peek, which debuts on Amazon.com today, flies in the face of the "everything-and-every-app-you'll-ever-need-in-your-life" marketing used to promote today's smart phones.
This hand held device does Twitter and nothing but Twitter. The question is are there enough people out there who will shell out as much as $199 for a one-trick pony?
The Twitter Peek also comes in charcoal gray. (Peek Inc.)
Executives at Peek Inc. of New York aren't betting on the tech-savvy crowd. Rather, they believe the Twitter Peek will interest customers who own simple, inexpensive cell phones, yet still want to read their Twitter news updates and other tweets ...