Although only a rumour at this stage, the PeekFON (which we first covered here) currently offers access to email across Europe without paying roaming fees, and FON have stated they hope to bring web browsing and Twitter support to the device too.  However, what’s interesting is that Peek themselves have recently worked on a Facebook application (currently in beta) for their US devices.  It’s likely this may also be available on the PeekFON (there’s no reason why not, and it may help promote the device further).

Also, in the article we’ve already linked to, we indicated the Peek Twitter-only device could not access twitpic, or any other URLs within tweets, both points which we understand are not true, and the device is actually slightly more feature rich than many people give it credit for.  The Twitter-only device is still US-only, whereas the PeekFON will be available here for sale for €99 (which includes 6 months pan-European email, and then the device is €12.90 per month, although no long term contract is required); although as of today, it’s still a pre-register page.

Interestingly, it’s looks like this is actually not a “real” application for the device.  The application is actually a Facebook application, and seems to offer the ability to publish new information to your facebook account via a dedicated email address (so you simply send out emails from the Peek device), and equally it will collect the content from your news feed and regularly email that to your device.  In which case, even more reason to hope this becomes available for the PeekFON for Europe too.

If FON are able to offer a range of facilities on the device, then this will offer a greater range of services than just email, and then the international traveller will be well prepared with a single device.

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