Buyer beware

In the wonderful world of technology there have to be some bad ideas. Not everyone can come up with the next MP3 player or Twitter.

The monstrous iPhone battery gives your iPhone a really long life, which is great. But the bad thing about the battery is that it doubles the size of your iPhone. This pretty much defeats the purpose of the original slim device and the fact that all cell phones and smartphones can easily fit into the pocket of your jeans.

And this will set you back $59.

It’s always cool to find little devices that look like something else, especially something from your childhood. But this computer mouse shaped like a Lego is probably going to hurt your hand more than anything else. That is not a friendly shape for your hand.

And the winner for bad ideas isn’t strictly technological, but it can be a support for your tech gadgets.

Now the tray isn’t supposed to be used while your driving, but people undoubtedly will. After all, you’re not supposed to use your cell phone while driving either and well … survey says people do.

The best thing about this product is the Amazon page. The pictures for the product images include car crashes and the popular tags for the product include “wtf” “bad idea” and “accident waiting to happen,” all of which have been tagged over 200 times by Amazon users.

Peek: one-dimensional domination

Not only does Peek offer the TwitterPeek, which only allows you to access Twitter, but the company is also known for its original device Peek Classic, which is only for e-mails and that’s all. Peek is decided that perhaps limiting Peek to only e-mails is a little narrow and the Peek Pronto also has texting available.

Now we’re getting somewhere.

A device the offers multiple functions for a decent price is where things should be headed. Peek Pronto is $230 for an entire year, including the initial cost of $50. Or if you’re not sure you will love it Peek Pronto can cost $100 for three months.

Now people just need to make the decision about how badly they need e-mail. The texting portion of Peek Pronto is sort of a throwaway. If you like being able to text and you have a cell phone then your cell phone provider probably offers a better deal than Peek. Plus, the texting isn’t easy. Since Peek Pronto isn’t a phone you have no number. Any texts will come from a random number that is unique to each new person you text.

I almost feel like Peek is late to the party. It would be different a year or two ago, but with smartphones proliferating a device like Peek Pronto is almost obsolete. Except for the few people who either need every new piece of technology that comes out or those who aren’t quite ready to make the jump to a smartphone I imagine the market for Peek Pronto or Peek Classic is quite small.

More soon-to-be obsolete devices coming up soon!