For your Friday reading pleasure, I present: The most bullshit device to ever grace Holiday 2009 shopping lists, the TwitterPeek.
I can't even fully describe how ridiculous this is, so I will resort to a list of reasons I hate it.
- BULLSHIT FLAG on "expensive data plans" and people without smart phones. The last survey from ChangeWave Research says that a full 39% of US mobile users own smartphones. I have a hard time believing that number but they have the trend to back it up, so we'll go with it.
- YOU DON'T NEED A SMARTPHONE TO USE TWITTER. Unlimited texting is not that expensive and if you're that in love with Twitter/communications, you probably have it.
- Let's say you're a Twitter user. Odds are you're somewhat tech savvy in general. You're also extremely like to own or want to own a smartphone...not carry around another single-purpose device. Multitasking, I can has?
- It's $100 with service for the first 6 months and $8/month service after that. How is that expense justified, but a smartphone with OH, I DON'T KNOW, THE ENTIRE INTERNET isn't?? (Or you can get lifetime service for $199. The extra $100 works out to about 12 additional months' service fees. Because Twitter will be the micromessaging service of choice for the next another 18 months. Er, wait, no. Moving on...)
- If nothing else, there's the iPod Touch. Starts at $199 with no service plan. "Oh, but you need Wi-Fi." Honestly, how many places do you go that you will need Twitter but don't have Wi-Fi? Your car? A bike ride?
- Devices should do more, not less. Don't you want to kill several birds with one high-functioning stone?
I want TwitterPeek to crash and burn. Its stupidity infuriates me.
Special thanks to Alicia for the graphic. I <3>
