Peek Pronto Review

Article Written By: JacobH.Conner

I've had cell phone plans before and I hated it. It was nice to stay connected but in the end, it was more hassle than it was worth. Also, I hated talking on the phone. Yeah, I know some of you might be wondering, andquot;What is he crazy?andquot; No, I am perfectly sane. I can't be bothered by chit-chat. It's not my thing. I went from cell phone plans, to pre-paid, and now I'm settled with the Peek Pronto. So far, I love it.

Can it be better? Sure, and I will get into that later.

I bought my Peek for $20 at Target and purchased an upgrade cable online. From there, I upgraded my Peek to Peek Pronto for free. Here is what you do: At the bottom of the box, you will see a version number. If you see version andquot;1.09andquot; you will not be able to get a free upgrade. If you see 1.04 through to 1.08, you can upgrade your Peek to andquot;Prontoandquot; for free.

They sell the Peek preloaded with andquot;Prontoandquot; for $50 or more depending on where you shop. It is cheaper to buy the Peek and upgrade for free (with cable, another $15). The Peek was also available at Radioshack for $70. None of that, I save $50 thank you Radioshack.

Some of you might be confused about this. I will explain it to you, the hardware is the same but the sofeware is different. I believe the only difference from the original Peek is a slightly upgraded keypad. andquot;Prontoandquot; is the software that you pay extra for if you want it to be preloaded when you buy a Peek.

Also guys, you have to buy the upgraded cable online from their store. I tried going to Radioshack and got a USB to micro-USB and it did not work. The special cable has a andquot;doohickeyandquot; on the USB computer side that changes the signal via parallel and NOT traditional USB. To put it simply, order the special cable online. It will save you time and headaches.

The Peek is a simple email device that uses of the T-Mobile network to send and receive emails its clients emails. There is no wi-fi you have to worry about. It works where T-Mobile works. The Pronto software is a little faster and it has some better features such as a 4 digit password lock and andquot;Pushandquot;. The Push is a system where Peek automatically pushes your email from the server to your peek as soon as it gets it. So you would get your new emails quicker. The Performance was okay, 4 minutes average to received email. Hopefully they will speed it up later on. I tested this with my brother's Peek. Real world, real time test. Before the upgrade, it would take more than 10 minutes.

The software is pretty solid and there is only one known bug. It will keep blinking when you read your mail on powersave mode. They are working on a fix. Another problem is volume. It is very low, even on high. If you are expecting urgent mail, you will ofter realize you got it a while ago simply because you did not hear, and/or feel it vibrate.

You can only view email in text format on the Peek. No HTML. It is fine with me. I do hear people complaining about unformatted HTML tags. Also, you can have multiple accounts but there are no separate folders at the moment to sort your accounts. They all go into the same inbox on the Peek. Even SPAM! I made sure I used my clean email account so I don't get spam. I can imagine how your inbox can get cluttered fast. Hopefully the people at Peek will come up with a workaround.

As for battery life, it last a long time in my testing. I went 3 full days before I had to recharge. Some people have manage to get 5 days which is really good.

About the Author

If you want to learn more about the Peek, read Set's full article. He shows you how to upgrade the peek classic to pronto for free. Also check his main page. It has many useful articles such as the effects of quitting television.

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