Re: [cwelug] cwelug meeting?

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:08:05 -0800

Seems fairly rugged.  Been dropped a time or so.  Don't know about moisture resistance.  Now have a
vinyl carrying case for it which I am sure will help to protect it.

Frankly I like it much much more than my wife does (although it is hers.)  Seems like she could care less
(good thing it was not her only present.)  However, she would not care any more for a true smartphone.

Any MS Exchange words of wisdom would be appreciated (such as "Well, if is would work with MS Exchange
2007, here is how to make it work with MS Exchange 2009.")  Any thoughts?

Robert

Don Ellis wrote: 
The web page brags about ruggedness. Is it moisture resistant? Getting
wet is one of the big problems with cell phones. I noticed a [cheap]
Kodak video camera at Target that is immersible to 3 meters. One of
very few.
(One of mine was shortened considerably, though after the warranty had
run out. Not wet enough to disqualify, just enough to stop working)

--Don


On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Robert & Janet Bennett
<[email protected]> wrote:
  
Please pardon my missing the last couple of meetings, but I actually did
get a Peek for
my wife for Christmas and as such am ashamed to show my face.

http://www.getpeek.com

The only two issues I have with it are:

1.  Their Customer Service is not good, however
    a.  I knew that going in.
    b.  Although their customer service is worse than AT&T, I would
disagree
         with anyone who brags about AT&T's customer service as I have
personally
         experienced it.

2.  MS Exchange support.  They do support MS Exchange 2003 and 2007 but
not so much
    2009 and my wife's work uses 2009 MS Exchange / Web Outlook.  If we
could get the device
    to work with her work e-mail I would be satisfied with it.


Basically the device works like it should where the customers gets
unlimited e-mail, unlimited SMS texting,
unlimited Facebook, and unlimited Twitter.  There is also a Weather and
Map app (weather works - map not
so much as it is based on the T-Mobile cell tower -- no GPS.)

The customer has to prepay for one year's worth of service (at a rate of
$15.00 per month.)  I know that Android smart phones
are better but I will not pay the $80.00 - $120.00 per month smart phone
bills that people pay for such a devices (this is a big
time deal breaker -- don't need all the extra features and will not pay
this much.)  Currently my wife pays $35.00 per month for
a regular AT&T cell phone (and this is actual monthly cost after all
taxes and fees) and an effective $15.00 for the Peek.

Hope to see you all again soon.

Robert

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