finally available: chumby

Posted on | October 18, 2007 | No Comments

I’ve first written about chumby over a year ago, and now it’s finally available (although the store is currently invite-only for folks who have pre-registered, which as it happens I have ). chumby is a hackable gadget featuring WiFi, USB-ports, integrated speakers, squeeze- & acceleration-sensors and a 3.5″ LCD-display. users may choose from more than hundred software-widgets which turn a chumby into a YouTube-client, an RSS-reader, a calendar or a Facebook-/Flickr-photoframe. since the product is designed to be open for both software- & hardware-hacks, chumby seems to be the perfect device to waste some time with. and for USD 180,- & free shipping I’m really considering getting one of those…hmm. some things I’ld like to do with chumby:

• monitoring your web-servers’ uptime (a la twittermon)
• remote-control my squeezebox, using the chumby to browse the music/video-library (thinking of the Sonos-remote control)
• use it as a streaming audio-client for online radio or on-demand archives like play.fm

what would you use this gadget for? do you think it’s any good? opinions welcome!

 

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