Peek Pronto Mobile Messaging Device with Lifetime Service Included (Grey)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 2.7 x 0.4 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002MXXBKY
• Item model number: PK-KIT-201-L
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (128 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,797 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 1, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Exclusive to Amazon, Peek Pronto with Product Lifetime Service includes unlimited service for the life of your Peek at a special discounted price. Peek Pronto is the simple and affordable solution for anyone who needs email on-the-go. It's a clever gadget that sends & receives unlimited email and text messages from anywhere in the US! Best of all, you don't need to worry about monthly bills or outrageous fees with Peek's hassle free product lifetime service. Just pay once, and you'll receive unlimited service for the lifetime of your Peek. PeekPronto is also available with a 1-year service plan or alone for use with monthly & quarterly service plans. If you only need email service (no texting), try the super affordable Peek Classic.

Love it or hate it, email is the most popular way to keep in touch these days. Friends, family and work all expect you to be checking email 24/7. If you don't stay chained to your PC, you miss out on lots of important emails. But, you don't necessarily want a complicated "smartphone" and you refuse to sign up for the expensive 2-year contract that comes with it.

With Peek Pronto, you get exactly the features you need without all of the bells and whistles that make traditional mobile plans expensive. You'll never miss another email with Peek Pronto in your pocket.

• Award-winning email & text messaging device
• Compatible with major email providers including Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL, plus most Microsoft Exchange/Outlook accounts
• Unlimited nationwide coverage for lifetime of device
• No contracts or hidden fees
• Works anywhere in the US. No WiFi signal necessary
• Connect up to 5 email accounts
• Speedy Push email delivery
• Full QWERTY keyboard, large color screen, click scroll wheel
• View JPG images, Word documents and PDF files
• Long battery life lasts up to 4 days
• 30-day money back guarantee
• 1-year manufacturers warranty

Exclusive to Amazon: Peek Pronto is also available with 1-year or Lifetime plan for extra savings.

Raves for Peek include WIRED & Time Magazine "Gadget of the Year," Oprah's favorite list, and International Design Magazine's top product design distinction:

"Gadget of the Year"

"Gotta-have gadget"

"Stylish and simple"

"Peek Makes the O List!"

"Refreshingly uncomplicated"

"An easy, cheap way to keep in email contact"

"We're quite taken with the Peek"

"Go out and buy it. You won't be disappointed."

Lots of Great Features

Fits Your Lifestyle Whether you're a busy mom, dad, working professional, or student, you can rely on Peek to keep you connected to your email no matter where you are. Moms & dads love the affordability, business people appreciate Peek's sleek looks, and teens go wild over unlimited text messaging. You'll never miss another email with Peek Pronto in your pocket.

It's Easy to Set Up

Easy to Use Quickly read and compose email on the large color screen. Menus are a snap to navigate with the handy click scroll wheel and back button. Typing is a breeze on Peek's full QWERTY keyboard with raised and illuminated rubber keys. If you want to keep it simple with email only (no text messaging), try Peek Classic.

Text Messaging With PeekPronto, you can send and receive text messages just like a cell phone. Quit paying 20 cents per text and stop worrying about going over your monthly texting limit. Your Peek Pronto comes with unlimited text messaging service! It's easy to send text messages, just enter the 10-digit telephone number in the "To:" field when composing an email message. The phone recipient can hit reply and you'll receive their text message on your Peek.

*Based on unlimited email & texting plan with 2-yr contract

Saves You $100's You get Peek service for an amazingly low cost, which includes unlimited nationwide email and text messaging service. When compared with the major wireless providers, Peek can save you $900 over the course of 2 years! Based on comparable unlimited email & texting plan with 2-year contract, Peek blows all of the major carriers out of the water:

No Contracts. No Hassles. Unlike cell phone companies, Peek never ever locks you into a contract or charges you hidden fees. It's as simple as that. Plus, our 30-day money back guarantee means you can try out Peek risk free.

Use for Business Emails, too! Peek Pronto is also compatible with most business email accounts, including Microsoft Exchange and Outlook. Immediate "push" email delivery meansyou get important business emails on-time, even when you're out of the office.

Multiple Email Accounts Peek Pronto works with all of the major email providers including Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Roadrunner, BellSouth, SBCGlobal, Earthlink, Cox, Charter, Cablevision, NetZero, Mac, Optonline and many others. You can keep up with multiple work & personal email accounts at the same time. Peek Pronto can be setup with up to 5 email accounts at once, so you can keep track of all of your personal and work addresses.

View Attachments See attached photos, images and documents right on your Peek. Peek is compatible with JPEG, PDF and DOC files.

Stellar Customer Service Peek's friendly customer care gurus are available around the clock by phone, email, Facebook, Twitter and more!

Nationwide Coverage You don't need to seek out a Wifi signal to make Peek work. Peek operates on its own national wireless network, so you can email from anywhere you are -- whether you're on the beach in Hawaii or shopping at your local grocery store.

Blinking, Ringing and Vibrating Alerts Know the instant you receive email by setting your Peek to any combination of alerts.

Stylish and Thin Award-winning design is a mere 0.4 inches thick and lightweight at less than 4 ounces.

Connect with other Peeksters As a Peek owner, you'll join an active community of "Peeksters" across the country, who swap trips & tricks on live discussion boards and vote on new features they want added to the Peek.

Product Description

Introducing Peek Pronto - Time and Wired Magazine's Gadget of the Year of 2008 - with lifetime service included.Feel the speed with the power of push email! Peek Pronto gets your emails as soon as they're sent.Peek is a super thin and stylish device that lets you take your email with you and stay connected when and where you want it.Peek is packaged in a lightweight, slim design with a color display, full keypad and simple menus to make email and texting on the go a breeze.Get unlimited email and text messaging for the life of your Peek. Never ever worry about monthly bills, late fees or penalties ever again. Peek is compatible with most major email providers including Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, Microsoft Exchange, AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Roadrunner, BellSouth, SBCGlobal, Earthlink, Cox, Charter, Cablevision, NetZero, Mac, Optonline and many others. Plus, it is super simple to set-up -- enter your email address and password and that's it. You'll start receiving emails in minutes!Peek works on a high-speed wireless data network with nationwide coverage so it will work almost anywhere. Peek Pronto also supports the viewing of images, Word and PDF documents.Critics have been raving about Peek. The New York Times says Peek is "simple" and "elegant." The Wall Street Journal says its "stylish and simple" and BusinessWeek calls it "sophisticated and easy to use."Peek's friendly and helpful Customer Care is available via phone (877-677-PEEK (7335)) or email ([e-mail]) to answer any questions and resolve any problems you might have.What's in the box: Peek Pronto device, AC charger, Rechargeable lithium ion battery, Quick start guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peek w/ Lifetime Service saves me $[...] a year, Lifetime Peek = Happy Guy, September 27, 2009

By	Demand Curve "dcurve" (LA, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I used this to replace my iPhone. I know, it doesn't do much other than text and email - but that was all I was using my iPhone for... all the other stuff was just for passing time in the doctors waiting room ...

Pluses:

Simple.
-Up to 5 email accounts
-text all you want (they have recently improved texting)
-unlimited emails
- can do pics and pdfs, and word docs
-no monthly fees (my biggest +!!)
-mapping / locating service at peekmaps.com (follow your Peek - very cool)
-lots of searches available via email
-great customer service
-works seamlessly with gmail and yahoo mail
- full keyboard
- fast delivery of email
- long battery times (mine goes 2+ days on 1 charge)
- holds minor contact info (1 per email address)
- can import address book directly from gmail, yahoo, etc

minuses:
- a little clunky on the text messaging: they now have a somewhat stationary number to send texts, but the person with the peek really needs to initiate the conversation. It works great once things are going ...
- documents and pictures are OK - but like all mobile devices - they don't always display perfectly
- exchange is supported - but if your server is using old version (2000-2003) it might not work
- typing on small keyboard (long messages are tough)
- only minor spell checking
- one more thing to carry
- the occasional email outage (in over 9 months this has happened 2 times with gmail) others report more often
- some people report slow performance - my experience has been great
- no alarm
- only hols minor contact info

The device really is simple and super easy to use. If you have a teenager that texts all the time - this might work. If you like simple devices that do their 1 thing and do it well - then this is great. if you are on the go a lot or don't want to be tethered to a computer for your email - then this is it.

If you are a mobile professional that needs to stay in constant email contact - then this device rocks. Especially at the lifetime price point. If I have the monthly fee - it kills it for me.

Lifetime Peek = happy guy.

you should browse their forum - the company lets people say whatever they want - and their employees are very responsive to customers. They are always in the forums ... over at getpeek . com.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Niche product, not as good as I had hoped, November 4, 2009

By	J. Harlow (Springville, UT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I thought that this would be perfect product for me. I don't need a phone, I just need access to my email. I bought the lifetime contract, used the device for a few days, and I'm returning it today.

I like the idea, and I wish a better product were out there to fill this niche. Here are my complaints:

- The keys are too hard to press, and the space bar is too small
- "Push" email is not instant as advertised -- it still takes about 3-6 minutes for me to get email from my servers.
- The screen isn't easy to read. The color schemes are ugly and the resolution is bad.
- The scroll wheel needs to be improved.
- I wish this had real IMAP support -- it doesn't sync with the IMAP servers.

Thanks anyway, Peek. I do think this device fills a niche nicely, but I wish it were better designed. Good luck!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME device for an even better price!!!, October 10, 2009

By	johnthecompnerd - See all my reviews

OK Unlimited Peek service for a one time fee of $300?!?!?! You're going to save a ton of money vs a phone company with this, and depending on your needs, that may be just perfectly fine. I'm a teenager, so I primarily use this for texting. You simply cannot beat this deal: unlimited texting for $50 quarterly, with a good device that actually has a QWERTY. AT&T's GoPhone doesn't even come close. I love this device, it's so cheap! I really don't know how the company can make money but they've been around for a couple years now so I guess they're doing OK. The texting and email rocks, with minimal delay. You get a real static number now, so if someone texts you, it's not some weird routing number, it's normal and they can actually save it to initiate the conversation. I have only one bone to pick with the device: the rubbery material that it's made of. I use this thing VERY heavily, I usually get only a day plus some change out of it whereas others may get a day and a half to 2 days. The keyboard doesn't wear very well. Some of the corners of the keys chipped off but, especially the spacebar, but it doesn't effect typing, and I type with my nails on the thing, so when the nails slip, if they catch the corner, it's bound to happen. Hopefully the next version will have a plastic keyboard.

Pros:
-Nice device
-Minimal delay to receive messages
-No more routing numbers for texting!
-Price is unbeatable
-Keyboard feels nice with good travel and feedback
-Extremely easy to navigate, if you're lost, just hit the back button a few times and you're back in the Inbox view no matter what.

Cons:

-Heavy usage will show some wear on the device
-Scroll Wheel on the side of the device. This isn't really a big deal to me, but I would prefer something more in the blackberry ball department.
-Sometimes chokes up when receiving 2 or more messages at the same time (as in it'll be asleep and when you go to wake it up, it might stay black, until vibrating and receiving the messages.) it's really no big deal, but for really impatient people it may be.