I was a beta tester and here's my take:

• nice hardware look and feel--I loved the rubbery keyboard, the screen is great, and it feels very solid!

• the click wheel is very stiff and the "back button" is not well placed ergonomically--"Blackberry thumb" is much less painful!

• proprietary charging cable--mini USB would be MUCH preferable

• the "space" key is too small and has a dead spot right in the middle (perhaps that was just my device?)

• Peek server to webmail integration is inconsistent. I am a BB user so I was used to having messages which I read on a BB device show up as "read" in the web view. For Yahoo Mail accounts, all messages downloaded to the Peek server will appear as "read". For Gmail accounts, all messages show up as "unread" on the web view--even when you have read them on the Peek.

• ALSO--let's say you read your mail on the computer and delete a few messages then pick up your Peek and head out the door. ALL message will download to the device whether you have deleted them or not! That means you have to delete everything TWICE!

• the slight delay getting messages didn't bother me nearly as much as the inability to reconcile "read" vs "unread" mail between the device and my web-based email

• no HTML email--I think this is where people are going to be VERY disappointed in the device. Virtually all email is HTML based these days--especially with the target market including moms and "luddites" :-)

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