Friday, October 26, 2007

Chumbys released in the wild



What's a Chumby? It's a very cute internet appliance. Looking a bit like a tiny leather-covered TV, it is a box with a touchscreen that connects to the internet and displays all sorts of information - weather forecasts, news, photos. Best of all it's under $200/100 pounds. It has got a touchscreen, a motion sensor, wi-fi, USB ports and loudspeakers and runs Flash Lite. You can install any of the widgets already available or you can write your own.

And you can now buy Chumbys. Well, you can if you expressed interest last year, which I did. But you can't if you live outside the US, which I do. I hope they start shipping them to the rest of the world soon.

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