Sammanfattning: When I first heard of the Chumby, I wasn’t quite sure exactly what to think of it. Was it just a silly toy? An adult version of Furby with a screen? Well, now that I’ve been living with one for a couple of weeks, I think that comparison is pretty accu...
Though the Chumby is primarily a novelty - and at $179, not a cheap one - its goofy exterior hides a powerful idea. Devices driven directly by internet content are likely to become commonplace. If youre willing to pay the price, the Chumby isnt a ba...
Sammanfattning: Dont know what it is, but the widgets are fun DAVID POGUE New York Times News Service May 15, 2008 at 4:30 PM EDT OK, first of all, whats up with the name Chumby? It seems deliberately calculated to make this $180 appliance sound endearing, as though...
Sammanfattning: A huggable sack of all trades PETER SVENSSON Associated Press February 28, 2008 at 10:47 AM EDT NEW YORK— If you cross an alarm clock, a picture frame and an Internet radio player with a gerbil, you would get the Chumby, possibly the least threateni...
Sammanfattning: Chumby: covered in soft, padded leather. I love widgets. Ever since Mac OS X introduced the Dashboard feature, Ive been relying on all manner of widgets to stay updated on everything from the weather to my broadband data usage. If you havent com...
Easy to use, very capable hardware, open-source hardware and software, extremely hackable and expandable
Low resolution screen, touch screen is slightly unresponsive
There’s room for improvement but the Chumby is a very capable device in its own right. However, software and hardware hacks from users will make the Chumby all the more fun and useful. ...
Sammanfattning: If you havent come across them yet, widgets are small, generally single-purpose applications that stay on your desktop or pop up on demand. Theyre an extremely useful way of viewing at-a-glance type information or performing basic calculations. Widg...
attraktives Design, holt Informationen aus dem Internet, riesiges Widget-Angebot
fast schon zu viele Funktionen, benötigt Steckernetzteil, kommuniziert nur über WLAN
Egal, ob man Chumby als digitalen Bilderrahmen einsetzt, als Empfänger für Webradio, Wecker mit Internetzugang, Nachrichtensender oder für quasi belieblige Web-2.0-Anwendungen: Der elektronische Ball ist ein Muss für jeden Haushalt mit hoher Gadget-Dur...
