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Heard from chumby.com this morning
2007-10-22 07:32 pmMy chumby is currently in a UPS warehouse in Hong Kong. It will, of course, arrive Friday while I'm at OVFF. So I won't actually have it in my hands until a week from tomorrow. Grumf.
My chumby is on its way! I just got the availability email this evening, so of course I've ordered it. OK, I have a weakness for cute little linux-based gadgets. What can I say?
There are a couple of really unique things about the chumby. First of all, the user interface is based on flash (the flash player is the only component of the whole thing that isn't open source). Second, it isn't just the software that's open source: the hardware is, too. (They figure, if somebody can make it more cheaply than their Chinese partner, they've got themselves a second supplier.) Third, most of the "case" is leather, sewed on to the plastic housing. The pattern is, naturally, downloadable, and they expect that many, if not most, users will customize their chumby's appearance as well as its functionality.
Anticipation
2007-10-17 11:25 amchumby › store
Insider's Release Starts in September(From Gizmodo.) I'm already signed up, so I imagine I'll get my invitation pretty soon. More fun!
We will be shipping "Insider's Release" chumbys starting in September. For the Insider's Release we will be sending an email to those of you who asked to be notified when the chumby became available (starting with those who contacted us first!).
The Insider's Release will continue into autumn until we give everyone who contacted us the opportunity to purchase. To get on the Insider's Release list, enter your email address below. (Don't worry… we won't share your email address with anyone. Your privacy is important to us.)
Gadget lust
2006-08-29 08:35 pmChumby is an open, hackable, network-connected gizmo. It's a little hard to describe, because it's designed to be extensible -- the closest one can come is a clock radio that can display images and play streaming audio.
What we decided to build was a really low-cost, wireless (WiFi), Internet-connected device that will sit on your bedside table (or in your bathroom, or kitchen, or living room, or maybe even plug into your car somehow...) that could do a lot more than this old clock radio (or your cellphone, if that\u2019s what you use to wake yourself up.) And we named it "chumby."
Oh, and it has a mostly-cloth "case" for which they provide patterns. Not available yet, of course; they're aiming for $150. Yes, of course I've put myself on the list.
