Amazing as it may seem this is a real device dedicated to Twitter. For $99.95 you get the device and 6 months of free tweeting on Twitter (after which it costs $7.95 per month). Alternately you can buy one for $199.95 which apparently includes lifetime service. The device features a full QWERTY keyboard, a scroll wheel and a large color screen. It is always on for instant Twitter access and you can send tweets and direct messages at all hours.

The device can be recharged in a couple of hours and will last 4 to 5 days. It also features nationwide coverage so you can use it anywhere in the US. The amazing thing about the TwitterPeek is the fact it does absolutely nothing else but access Twitter. In these days of convergence devices where more and more services are being added to your mobile phone it takes some backward thinkers to create a Twitter only device.

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Whether you like to Digg, Stumble or Tweet the impact of social media networks on the spread of news is clearly pretty massive. People love to be part of a spreading trend and rumours grow easily on the internet. Misinformation can explode across the web surprisingly easily and many people do not question what they read before posting news about it for others. After the news of Michael Jackson’s death a number of fake death reports were released about Jeff Goldblum, Natalie Portman, George Clooney, Britney Spears and Harrison Ford.

These fake stories were circulated largely through Facebook and Twitter and while many people spotted them as fakes others were suckered into passing the news along. Jeff Goldblum actually appeared on a comedy show to parody the report and prove he is still alive. In the case of Britney Spears someone had managed to hack into her Twitter account and release the news of her death. The fake report was soon exposed but it just goes to show the power of sites like Twitter when it comes to spreading information.