On Tuesday, gadget maker Peek launched TwitterPeek, the world's first dedicated Twitter gadget. The Blackberry-like device retails for $100 (including six months' service) and, according to Peek, will appeal to Twitter lovers without smartphones. But in a world where Twitter-capable electronic gadgets are cheap and ubiquitous, is there still a market for such a narrowly targeted device?
The device is cute but unnecessary: Twitter users are early adapters who already have the tools to Tweet on the go, says Matthew Shaer at Christian Science Monitor. The average Twitter aficianado “tweets from his laptop, and when he’s not in front of his computer, he tweets from his smartphone.” Between these technologies, he “doesn’t have much need for a third device.”
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