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The Peek made its debut in September as an e-mail only device -- a stark contrast to gadgets like the iPhone and BlackBerry, which load on the features. But as of Thursday the Peek is doubling its capabilities. The Peek is designed to only give consumers e-mail access on the go. It looks like a smartphone but only sends and receives e-mail and now text messages. USA Today personal tech columnist Ed Baig says the Peek is a good choice for those people who don't need a device with a lot of bells and whistles. Peek is currently available for $80 with a monthly fee of $20.

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[peekinc]

Hello chfgn,

For SMS text messsaging - just go on your Peek, compose a new message, type in a 10 digit number in the To/CC/BCC field and hit send. Voila! Your friends can also reply to the text message and it'll be delivered to your Peek inbox.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Peek

[TruDramaTuBe]

i have one u need to get one i got mines at target for 7 bucks

[SimplyPolitical]

lol, your the CEO.

[Pinwormx]

Maybe if it had mobile "text only" internet.

[foxmajik]

You get a little icon in the message list that tells you if it's a text message.

[foxmajik]

Not only can you do SMS but most instant message providers (AIM, Yahoo!) allow you to forward your messages to text messages when you go offline so you can do instant messaging too!

[klineja]

garbage

[chfgn]

I can't seem to find any good videos showing off the SMS functionality. That seems to be a feature that was added later on so the early reviews don't show it. Does it just dump them into your inbox or is it a separate UI?

[asarva]

A very nice way to go!