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The Peek Pronto is like a smartphone without the phone and a monthly bill. Well it used to have a monthly fee, when it was sold for $59.95 and $14.95 monthly service. Now they've come up with a more Kindle-like deal with none-other than Amazon for a lifetime "Peek Experience."
When you buy the Peek Pronto for $299.95, you can email and text all you want for a lifetime. The Peek Pronto Mobile Messaging Device with Lifetime Service
In their news release, they call it the "Peek of a Lifetime". Amazon sold-out their first shipment. Now more Peek Prontos on the way. As of today, the Peek Pronto Lifetime is ranked 144 in electronics. It doesn't ship muy pronto, it expected to ship in one or two weeks.
Google mobile has added two improvements that will speed up mobile Gmail for Android phones and iPhones/iPod Touch.The first improvement is faster address auto-completion. Gmail for mobile will quickly display possible contacts once typing is started. They made it faster by reusing previously fetched matches in subsequent searches.
The second improvement is keyboard shortcuts for Android-powered devices with a physical keyboard. Gmail keyboard shortcuts allows users to quickly move through the inbox. While reading an email you can press 'u' to return to the inbox or 'n' to move to the next conversation.
To try out Gmail for mobile, visit gmail.com in your mobile browser. This version of Gmail for mobile supports iPhone/iPod Touch OS 2.2.1 or above, as well as all Android-powered devices, and is available for US English only.
Google says that have improved Gmail for mobile, running in the iPhone and Android web browser.They claim it is faster, works better when the network is slow or out, and the added "floaty bar" makes it easier to delete, read, archive email
If the data network drops out, now Gmail won't drop out.. When the network is down, users can still open recently read messages and to compose messages. The improvements were made with aggressive caching and by leveraging new browser technologies, like HTML5 and Gears.
Funambol, is now offering mobile cloud sync and push email for the BlackBerry Storm. We've been waiting to name this our BlackBerry Storm App of the Day for a while because it syncs contacts with all sorts of email and calendaring services.
The Funambol BlackBerry Storm sync client enables users to keep their contacts, calendars, tasks and notes in sync between the BlackBerry Storm, a Funambol server, and email systems and desktop apps including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail and Hotmail as well as Outlook and Thunderbird.
The Funambol BlackBerry Storm push email client lets users get free push email on their handset from popular email systems. BlackBerry Storm users can get the software for free by signing up for an account on the myFUNAMBOL Portal at http://my.funambol.com.
"The BlackBerry Storm touchscreen handset, like iPhone and Android, raises the bar for smartphone manufacturers," said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO. "At the same time, users increasingly expect to seamlessly access their contacts, calendars, email, and more, on their phone, the web and desktops. We are excited that Funambol now enables BlackBerry Storm users to access this information, anytime, anywhere."
The Funambol BlackBerry Storm sync and push email clients
enable users to sync contacts, calendars, tasks, notes and email with a
Funambol server, including myFUNAMBOL. The Funambol server can sync
with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail and Hotmail, and desktop apps such as
Outlook and Thunderbird.
Funambol also lets you sync
Outlook with an iPhone or iPod Touch. myFUNAMBOl supports many of the
most popular BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry Bold,
BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl, and others. The app does use data, therefore data charges will be charged by your carrier..
The Nokia website is inviting you to send a free Season’s Greetings e-card. For each e-greeting that is opened Nokia will donate money to UNICEF This year cards will help fund education in cyclon struck Myanmar.
You can send up to 30 greetings at a time with email addresses separated with a semi colon.
Nokia is also helping build schools in Iraq.
UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help
children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.
The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries,
UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation,
quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of
children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded
entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses,
foundations and governments.
People who use Nokia Series 40 devices can create their own email address directly on their mobile phones. The Ovi email account gives a person all the features and functionalities of a typical PC-based email account.
Alltel is now offering mobile email for their smartphones and feature phones. The service requires an application to be downloaded directly to the handsets.
Customers can check their personal e-mail from their smartphones on AOL, Hotmail YahooMail and more by simply entering their username and password one-time to establish the connection to their phone.
Alltel Mobile E-mail is also compatible with Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA), allowing customers to easily sync their work calendars and contacts without IT support or the need to run any software inside the firewall. Small and medium size businesses can deploy and support Alltel Mobile E-mail using Workgroup Connector, powered by SEVEN, a desktop software solution that allows one computer to centrally manages mobile email access for up to 25 employees and provides access to Microsoft Exchange and other POP/IMAP corporate email servers.
Pee won a top honor in the WIRED Magazine Wish List Gear of the Year feature.
The seek is an unlimited email and texting device, appeared int “Ten Products We Love in 2008” title in the December issue. The Peek offers users of email without expensive contracts often associated with other email devices and smartphones.
“With WIRED’s reputation in the industry, this is a huge honor for us to receive,” said Amol Sarva, Founder and CEO of Peek. “Being recognized for quality, a sleek design and economic value is something we strived for when designing the Peek earlier this year.”
WIRED Magazine Wish List Gear of the Year is included in the December issue, on sale until December 24, 2008.
AOL Sync allows users to sync up Microsoft Outlook and their AOL
Calendar and Address Book with a wide range of mobile devices,
including the iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile, and phones from
Nokia, Motorola and Samsung. It offers two-way "over the air"
synchronization so users can make real-time updates to their calendar
and list of contacts over the cell network.
To set up AOL Sync
1) Go to http://aolsync.aol.com/
2) Click "Register your phone"
3) Enter your mobile number, mobile carrier and device manufacturer and click "Send Code"
4) When the verification code arrives on your mobile phone, enter it and click "Verify"
5) Select your phone model and click "Continue"
6) To sync additional calendars or auto added contacts, check them; Click "Configure Now"
7) For iPhone*, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices, the next step is to download a sync client; For other devices, you'll receive instructions on how to configure your phone's built-in sync client.
Peek, the world’s first device designed for and dedicated to mobile email in a lightweight, slim design, available exclusively at Target will debut September 15.Priced at $99.95, the Peek has soft, rubber keys specially designed for women’s fingernails. It looks like a thin BlackBerry without phone service.
Monthly service is $19.95 a month for unlimited use! Peek service is billed to a credit card so you don’t ever need to worry about bills, late fees or penalties.
Peek is designed to work with a current email address and works with the popular mail providers and all POP3/IMAP servers.
Sprint Mobile Email Work will allow users of the Instinct and other non-PDA phones, such as flip phones with more consumer-oriented features, to access both their corporate and personal email in one easy-to-use application, included at no additional charge in several Sprint pricing plans.
In addition to the Instinct by Samsung, Sprint Mobile Email Work will be available in the coming weeks on 11 other popular Sprint phones, including
- Rumor and Fusic
by LG
- RAZR, RAZR2 KRZR by Motorola;
- A900, A900M and M500 by Samsung
- Katana,
Katana II and 8400
by Sanyo
Sprint
plans to extend the service to additional phones in the future.
Sprint Mobile Email Work is included at no additional charge in Everything plans starting at $69.99, Talk/Message/Data Share plans starting at $129.99 for two lines, and the $30 Sprint Pro Pack data plan. With all other plans, Sprint Mobile Email Work is available for $9.99 per month, in addition to voice and data charges (taxes and surcharges excluded).
