Chumby

The chumby is a compact device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web: news, photos, music, celebrity gossip, weather, box scores, blogs — using your wireless internet connection. Always on, it shows — nonstop — what's online that matters to you.

Whether a chumby's on your nightstand, bathroom counter, or coffee table or in the kitchen or a dorm, it keeps you connected to your "Internet life" all the time! You just need a power outlet and wi-fi coverage. Replace your old clock radio (the chumby blows it away) and wake up to the exact time (set from the internet) and your favorite music. Or put it in the living room and keep tabs on your Web world while you're just hanging out.

Plug it in, connect to your wireless network, and use your computer to choose a playlist of "widgets" (the bite-sized applications that run on a chumby). And if, say, you want to see news, the surf report, and traffic in the morning, and scores, panda cams, and animations at night, you can group widgets in "channels." Watch constantly updated info, or use interactive widgets that take advantage of its touchscreen or motion sensor. You can share widgets and messages with other people's chumbys.

Features: 3.5" LCD color touchscreen • two external USB 2.0 full-speed ports • 350 MHz ARM controller • 64 MB SDRAM • 64 MB NAND flash ROM • stereo 2W speakers • headphone output • squeeze sensor • accelerometer (motion sensor) • wi-fi connectivity • integrated microphone

Price : 150$ - 200$

Picture Credit and Copyright by John B. Carnett (Popular Science)

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