Comments on: TwitterPeek – the most pointless handheld device ever made? http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/twitterpeek-the-most-pointless-handheld-device-ever-made/ Get the latest news, reviews and info in the Mobile World Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: TechnicalMarkus http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/twitterpeek-the-most-pointless-handheld-device-ever-made/comment-page-1/#comment-20545 TechnicalMarkus Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:02:39 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/?p=12785#comment-20545 Excellent comment, Wayne, I have to admit, I wasn't aware of the Sirius service. Like I say, though, the problem I see is that it's replicating something that (in most cases, nowadays) your phone already does for free, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to work out why anyone would want to carry around two devices in their pocket, and pay for the privilege. Yes, you save money over the non-lifetime subscription versions of the device, but in most cases, your phone will already be doing what you're paying for the TwitterPeek to do. Excellent comment, dude! :-) Excellent comment, Wayne, I have to admit, I wasn’t aware of the Sirius service. Like I say, though, the problem I see is that it’s replicating something that (in most cases, nowadays) your phone already does for free, so I’m at a bit of a loss as to work out why anyone would want to carry around two devices in their pocket, and pay for the privilege.

Yes, you save money over the non-lifetime subscription versions of the device, but in most cases, your phone will already be doing what you’re paying for the TwitterPeek to do.

Excellent comment, dude! :-)

]]> By: Wayne http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/twitterpeek-the-most-pointless-handheld-device-ever-made/comment-page-1/#comment-20465 Wayne Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:49 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/?p=12785#comment-20465 I think the value here is the cost in a lifetime service contract, I currently use a GoPhone only for text which is 19.99 a month for unlimited service. The Twitterpeek at 199 will pay for itself in 10 months and the rest will be free after that. I also had friends give me a hard time about 10 years ago when I bought my Tivo and paid for the lifetime contract on it for 199 and now I see how I saved close to 1500 in doing it over a monthly fee. I also did the lifetime service with Sirius when it first came out. It could also be a great solution for admins and support teams, server goes down and you get a tweet, tweet it back to reset itself, or a user id , or change a password. Pretty much anything that could be done at a command line could be done through Twitter with their API . I think the value here is the cost in a lifetime service contract, I currently use a GoPhone only for text which is 19.99 a month for unlimited service. The Twitterpeek at 199 will pay for itself in 10 months and the rest will be free after that. I also had friends give me a hard time about 10 years ago when I bought my Tivo and paid for the lifetime contract on it for 199 and now I see how I saved close to 1500 in doing it over a monthly fee. I also did the lifetime service with Sirius when it first came out. It could also be a great solution for admins and support teams, server goes down and you get a tweet, tweet it back to reset itself, or a user id , or change a password. Pretty much anything that could be done at a command line could be done through Twitter with their API .

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