The TwitterPeek

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Peek Inc. is a company that builds a sleek, simple, affordable gadget called Peek Pronto that allows people to send or receive email.

A direct result of the collaboration between Twitter and Peek is The TwitterPeek, a version of the device built exclusively for sending tweets.

Fitted out in “Twitter blue,” the TwitterPeek allows all the same functionality of a desktop Twitter client – reading tweets, sending tweets, replying, retweeting and direct messaging – only it gives users that access on the go.

Twitter hopes to encourage a larger share of people to send tweets from mobile devices since only a tiny percentage of members use their phones to do so. So in June, Twitter approached Peek. The device is nearly exactly the same as the company’s email product, the Peek Pronto, except that the user interface is tweaked for Twitter.

The TwitterPeek works on a high-speed wireless data network with nationwide coverage, so it’s always on and receiving tweets. Menus are navigated with the click scroll wheel and back button. Typing takes place on a full QWERTY keyboard with raised and illuminated rubber keys.

You can click on The TwitterPeek to read an article in the WallStreetJournal. entitled The First Mobile Device Dedicated Exclusively To Twitter.

Tags: retweeting, The TwitterPeek, tweets, Twitter Tools