Amazon and Peek are running a promotion that lets consumers interested in the thoroughly mediocre Peek e-mail device buy one for $79.95 and get a second one free.

Well, it's a little more complex than that, since each device requires its own $19.95/month data plan. But as before, there's no contract with either one, so you can cancel at any time. Each device lets you send and receive e-mail from up to three accounts on the go—slowly, with deliberate typing required. And that's about it, really.

Last month, Peek announced a $299.95 lifetime deal, where for one day only you could purchase a device and a lifetime data plan. Both that deal, and this new one at Amazon, sound like a company that's desperate to move product, especially considering they've already discounted the price of the device from $99.95 to $79.95 to begin with. Do I hear "free-with-a-monthly-plan" next? Anyone?