We all love the handiest new gadget for keeping up with email, the Peek! TIME.com put out their list of the Best Inventions of 2008, and they have the Peek listed alongside such products as the Wii Fit and the iPod Touch.

And, in the current edition of “O” magazine, Oprah has the Peek on her “O List” of Great Gifts Under $100. What makes the Peek worthy of the attention of TIME and O magazines?  The Peek does one thing, and one thing only, and that’s email. It’s not a phone, or a video camera, or a music player, it’s just email.  And for me, who gets hundreds of emails a day, having an easy-to-carry device that lets me take advantage of downtime to open, read, and save or delete emails, plus be able to send new ones, the Peek is exactly what I have been needing!

I was extremely fortunate to get an email a few weeks ago from the Peek team asking if I would like to take a look at this hot new gadget. I took a look at the status of my email inboxes and immediately replied ‘oh YES PLEASE’. I received a snazzy red one that looks like the one in this image:

peek handheld

It took just a minute to get it set up to access my Gmail account, and now I just keep it on all the time and every time a new message comes in, a blue envelope icon flashes in the corner of the Peek. I can open, read, save, or delete, plus send new messages.

The Peek costs $99.95, but you can get it at Target right now for just $79.95. Service is a very reasonable $19.95 a month. This would make a GREAT GIFT for someone you know who likes simple gadgets and gets a lot of email. Like me! :)