[pct-l] The Peek bites the dust

[Jackie McDonnell]

My PEEK stopped working about a month ago.  My emails to the company went
unanswered, and their phone number just goes to a recording.  Then two days
ago I received an email from PEEK with this statement:

"We have been winding down the US service since late 2010, and at the end
of 2011 this email address was connected to one of a few Peek devices still
operating in the US. At the end of January, this last batch of devices was
decommissioned."

So much for my "lifetime service"!  They never sent me a heads-up warning
email that my PEEK was about to be put to rest.

Despite PEEK's crappy customer service over the last few years, it was a
great little device.  Because they "decommissioned" my PEEK, I now am the
proud owner of one of them-there SmartPhones.

Now if I could only figure out how to make a stinking phone call on my
"smart" phone!

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Kim Hastings <kim at stikine.org> wrote:

> The Peek as we knew it is no more:
> http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/02/the-peek-bites-the-dust/
>
> I was quite satisfied with the Peek on a two-month PCT hike in 2010. I
> was also very happy with Pocketmail on a four-month PCT hike in 2006.
> This summer, there will be an iPhone buried somewhere in my pack. Time
> marches on.
>
> Good thing the rest of our gear doesn't become obsolete so quickly.
> For the most part, I only replace "durable goods" when they actually
> wear out, which I'm proud to say does happen every few years due to
> lots and lots of use. I think the longest-lived item in my pack right
> now is the awesome Montbell Super Stretch Down Hugger #2 sleeping bag,
> soon to mark its 6th birthday.
>
> And I still love the Wilderness Press guidebooks.
>
> Twodog
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