{"id":3993,"date":"2009-12-15T00:54:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T23:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=3993"},"modified":"2009-12-15T11:27:02","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T10:27:02","slug":"if-an-iphone-is-facebook-a-peekfon-is-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=3993","title":{"rendered":"If an iPhone is Facebook a PeekFON Aims to be Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/peek.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3965\" title=\"peek\" src=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/peek-203x300.png\" alt=\"peek\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2009\/12\/peek-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2009\/12\/peek.png 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgets\/miscellaneous\/magazine\/17-09\/ff_goodenough?currentPage=5\">Thank you Wired<\/a> for your &#8220;Good Enough&#8221; article.  It helps me explain why in the era of &#8220;my smartphone is smarter than yours&#8221; we are launching the PeekFON &#8211; unarguably the simplest smartphone around and no rival in terms of apps to the iPhone, Android or Blackberry.   The PeekFON is about simplicity.  A PeekFon is &#8220;good enough&#8221;.  The PeekFON does one thing very well, <strong>email with a full keyboard<\/strong>.  And email is what most people need at work.  So the PeekFON is a working tool.  It is geared towards companies who want to give employees connectivity on the road.   The way I see it, if an iPhone is Facebook, a PeekFON aims to be Twitter.  Simple, to the point, with limitations, but &#8220;good enough&#8221;.   23 euros for the device, no roaming anywhere in the EU, no contracts, and a flat 12,90 per month with the first half year prepaid.  So you pay 99 euros for the device and 6 months of prepaid service when you order.  After that, you only pay for the months you use it.  If you want to reserve one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fon.com\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=3993\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you Wired for your &#8220;Good Enough&#8221; article. It helps me explain why in the era of &#8220;my smartphone is smarter than yours&#8221; we are launching the PeekFON &#8211; unarguably the simplest smartphone around and no rival in terms of apps to the iPhone, Android or Blackberry. The PeekFON is about simplicity. 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