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    • CommentAuthorCMT1978
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009 edited
     
    http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/18/peek-pronto-is-a-new-peek-device-on-its-way/

    This was posted on Engadget recently...followed by a comment on the GeekyPeek.com blog...

    Hmm? Looks like new hardware....faster processor..more memory and storage? 3g? OR is it software version 1.09? I am sure we won't get any revealing comments from the Peek guys/gals but we can all speculate can't we!?

    UPDATE:

    Just found this as well:

    http://i.gizmodo.com/5174806/peek-emailer-spotted-running-a-very-fuzzy-maps-app

    Weather? Some new kind of service offered by Peek (weather, calendars etc) or an expanded PeekService.com type deal? (or just an attached image to an email that means nothing)

    Exciting!!
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      CommentAuthorcrc
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009
     
    That image on gizmodo is from the Ent weather app. It's the IR satellite image.
    • CommentAuthormorlockhq
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009
     
    The gizmodo thing isn't what they think it is.

    It is the great new radar maps attachment function of Ent (ent@retroforth.org). Ent is great and every peek user should have the address in their contacts list.

    If you mail it

    weather city, state

    in the Subject line, you'll get the current forecast with a number of radar maps added as attachments.

    That's what the picture is.
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    I love ENT for weather. I am not sure what else it does but I send an email for my weather updates.
    • CommentAuthorCMT1978
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009 edited
     
    Ok lets not turn this into a praise-a-thon for Ent...this is a thread about the Engadget Peek Pronto leak...I am hoping that this is something to do with v 1.09 and not an entirely new piece of hardware. But even if it is then that's still exciting news.
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    About the leak. I have heard about it and all I can say is Hmmmmm.
    • CommentAuthorCMT1978
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009
     
    something I just noticed on the Gizmodo post...it appears that the Peek is like a 30% grey color!
    • CommentAuthorScott
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009
     
    Ok OK Ok! Allow me to set the record straight. At SOME POINT in the future there will PROBABLY be a new Peek device, that MAY have features that SOME will want, and that SOME will not.

    However, the big announcement regarding Peek is .........
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009
     
    Gosh, that was a conclusive remark LOL
    • CommentAuthorphil
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009
     
    .....is the 1.09 software with Xtify-capabilities.
    • CommentAuthorrich
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009
     
    I remember when Polaroid introduced the Pronto...they're bankrupt and dead now!
    Let's go back to praising Ent! Ha!
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      CommentAuthorCargojack
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2009 edited
     
    Polaroid is gone.
    I saw someone driving a Desoto car on Route 1 (Federal Highway).
    I used to have an Amiga. DEC is gone. Wang (for whom I worked) is mostly gone.
    Ma Bell was big, and got chopped up and now, like the chopped up pieces of a planaria that have regrown, it s getting big again.
    Videx used to make video boards for Apple ][ and now it makes electronic locks.

    But, Peek is alive and hopefully will exist for a long time. (I hope we early adopters get a chance to buy their stock should they ever go public)
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    for one thing, the peek user interface of the "so-called" weather Peek Pronto is the same as the original. Notice that the bar on top is the same as always, which is quite unusual for newer products being the same as older interfaces. Peek would at least add some changes. Like people said, the guy taking the fraud picture was using Ent, which sends you updates on weather to your peek. There is a %1 chance that it's a new Peek Pronto, with the weird gray colors.
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      CommentAuthormalkboy
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009
     
    more likely a color corrected image..
    • CommentAuthorCMT1978
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009 edited
     
    I truly believe that Pronto represents 1.09 based on the teasers quoted time of reveal (coming soon '09.) it might be that they release an updated Peek as well (faster clockspeed etc) but I don't think it would known as any more then the Peek with a newer model # (MP3 I guess?) rather then a wholly new separate-named model for business. With that might come some new colors..
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    I am going to reveal everything I know about the Pronto...I may get in trouble for this so I hope it makes you happy.
    Peek Pronto Features are:
    1) Free cable T.V.
    2) Lock picking device
    3) Terror Alert Emergency Kit
    4) Microwave
    5) Coffee maker
    6) can opener, screwdriver and knife
    7) snow tires and car jack

    I hope these new features will make everyones life easier!! lol!!
    • CommentAuthordan
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009
     
    Actually the microwave feature works well in the shower as well

    (30 rock fans anybody???)
    • CommentAuthorScott
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009
     
    Take PeekAddicted off of the SuperPeeksters! He broke the solemn vow of silence that we swore to uphold! How could you!!!!!!
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009
     
    Done and done Scott!
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009
     
    @phil - no, 1.09 will not have xtify capabilities. The 1.09 version is being tested now (with a very small group)... the xtify contest doesn't end until April. Timing is close, but not close enough.
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    I thought that someone from the Peek team said that xifty will be used for 1.09. Since it's still not out yet, we can't be 100% sure.
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009
     
    I'm pretty sure :) :)
    • CommentAuthortonyjk3
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2009
     
    i wish the peek guys would come out with it already. I was thinking about buying a peek - but im not going to drop $50 if new hardware is coming out.

    And how easy/hard is it to upgrade firmware yourself?
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2009
     
    Upgrading the software is relatively easy if everything goes correctly.

    Check out this post for what it entails.. http://boards.getpeek.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=591
    • CommentAuthortonyjk3
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2009
     
    thanks tom.

    now back to my original question - is it safe to buy a peek - or is pronto going to come out and leave me having to buy a new piece of hardware?
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2009
     
    100% Safe to buy a Peek.

    The box even says so..."Peek is not out to get you."
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      CommentAuthormalkboy
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2009
     
    It's been posted on the boards here before, pronto = software not hardware.
    • CommentAuthortonyjk3
    • CommentTimeMar 23rd 2009 edited
     
    I guess it wasn't 100% safe to buy.
    • CommentAuthormbrptc
    • CommentTimeMar 23rd 2009
     
    In my email tonight from Amol Sarva= The good news for you Peeksters is that we want all of you to have the software that will be powering Pronto - for free. Next week I'm going to let you know the details of how you can upgrade your Peek so that you can have the same software that will be on Pronto. I think you're going to like it!
    • CommentAuthortonyjk3
    • CommentTimeMar 23rd 2009
     
    yeah that's great. but a few thoughts.

    1) to get it, we need the $15 cable or send it in.

    2) what is the new hardware has 3G or other enhancements that make the software run better/faster.

    3) what if some of the new features don't work on the old peeks? or future software updates.

    4) the new peek won't need a "special cable" to do updates - or updates can be done via wireless.

    I just they would have come out and said it was hardware so I could have held off on buying a peek. yeah i got a good deal. but one of my biggest issues is how slow it is.
    • CommentAuthortonyjk3
    • CommentTimeMar 23rd 2009
     
    and amazon had the pronto listed for pre-order at $79.99 - but when i clicked the link it went to an error page. i just went back to search and its gone.
    • CommentAuthorcharmon329
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    Now we know

    Peek Pronto
    Price $79.95

    Available Colors-Gray
    Email Delivery True Push (instant)
    Unlimited Texting Support
    Search On Device
    5 Accounts Supported
    Attachment Support PDF, DOC
    Font size enhancement
    • CommentAuthorcharmon329
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    As Peek users we will be allowed to upgrade free to the new Pronto software.
    • CommentAuthortonyjk3
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    yes but will the old peek hardware support everything in the software - there will be two versions of 1.09 software - so obviously not,
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    The original Peek hardware can support both Peek Classic and Peek Pronto equally well.
    • CommentAuthortonyjk3
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    but not with text messaging?
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    1.04, 1.06, 1.07 and 1.08 can still text. However, Peek Classic 1.09 cannot text.
    • CommentAuthorpiqued
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    @Tom, So basically if send my Peek 1.07 in for an upgrade to the 1.09 plus the few new Pronto features the "Classic" will run, I lose my unlimited texting? If I want my Peek to be faster and better I lose one of its two features? If this is true I'm very disappointed. I do not want to buy a new piece of hardware, and I would love to run a faster Peek, less glitchy typing, push mail, but why lose texting? If by upgrading I lose texting you may have to count me off the Peek bandwagon, along with my two accounts and myriad recommendations.
    • CommentAuthorCMT1978
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009 edited
     
    So the question then is can we pay 20$ to get the full Peek Pronto software upgrade?? To me thats not a whole lot to ask for really considering I have no contract and a reasonable price for the hardware to begin with.
    • CommentAuthorgabe
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009 edited
     
    @piqued - all upgrades from older versions of the software (1.04/06/07/08) will be to Pronto which is the premium version with all cool Peek features and will be for free.
    • CommentAuthorCMT1978
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    OH COOL GABE! I think thats going to ease a lot of minds. I would suggest you create a sticky post stating as much separately!
    • CommentAuthorbigmak
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    I called customer service but got a very non answer.

    I ordered a Peek yesterday. Tom responded to an email but didn't warn me that buying it last night was a bad idea (come on man, you could have dropped a hint).

    One question for now: Is the hardware of the one I ordered yesterday (shipping with 1.08 I'm assuming) IDENTICAL to the hardware of the Pronto? I saw a comment about a keyboard change in the PR release on Engadget.
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    @bigmak - Even though you ordered a Peek last night, we can still upgrade you without issue.

    Your hardware is exactly the same as any of the Pronto Peeks.
    • CommentAuthorbigmak
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    Alright, thanks.
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    bigmak - Hardware is identical (this coming from someone who has been testing 1.09 / premium peek pronto on the hardware I bought originally with 1.04). Not sure what is on the Engadget page, though.
    • CommentAuthorbigmak
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    "Also, it's worth noting that the company has retooled the keyboards on the new devices, making the previously stiff keys a bit easier on the thumbs."

    ^per Engadget. I'm not saying it's right, just saying my source for my comment.
    • CommentAuthorpambudgie
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    Ah.. sounds like the innards of the keyboard have changed... but not the keyboard layout itself.
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    Reposting this here!

    Peek Classic will not have the ability to send text messages. However, there are *2* versions of 1.09.

    There is Peek Classic 1.09, and Peek Pronto 1.09, both have a different set of features.

    Anyone running 1.04, 1.06, 1.07 or 1.08 will be grandfathered into Peek Pronto 1.09 with no additional cost.
    • CommentAuthorgabe
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    The keyboard change is softer keys. Our first "run" of devices had a stiffer keyboard. We made a small modification later to make the keys easier to press.

    For example, many of us at Peek HQ have early production hardware Peeks and it takes a little more work to press the keys, but on my most recent test Peek it's perfect.

    Make sense?
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      CommentAuthortmel
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2009
     
    We've got a few of the original ones floating around here at Care. They work out well, but you just need to mash on them for a bit to loosen them up!

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