I love my Chumby. You either totally agree with me or are now wondering what the hell I’m talking about. I actually had to get one as a gift from my mom because I wasn’t really sure how to explain to my friends that I literally bought this thing. And maybe “this thing” is the best description. But within 24 hours of firing it up, I basically tossed my alarm clock in the garage because a Chumby is basically the only real upgrade to the alarm clock since the “clock radio” or maybe the “digital display”. This device is going to make the alarm clock in your next hotel room seem untrustworthy. So let’s take the Chumby for a ride.
Now this will at least give you a visual of the damn thing. It is essentially an internet device that functions at the minimum of the following:
- Alarm Clock – complete with your choice of waking up to any internet radio station you can find.
- Internet Radio device
- iPod docking
- RSS to read all your feeds
- and like a million other things that your computer can do; watch movie previews, read news, get the weather, blissful screen savers, and more.
So this device for like $200 bucks plugs in and has a slide show of widgets playing when you start it. You select the widgets online at Chumby.com.
The Chumby is easy to set up requires a traditional outlet. It is seemingly perfect next to the bed. I have personally replaced my cell phone that was by my bed as I used to wake up and grab my phone to read the latest blogs in the morning. Enter the Chumby with its soft pillow like features almost doesn’t make sense as you expect internet devices to be hard and cold. Even your best designed Apple products aren’t pillow-like.
It remains to be seen if the Chumby will catch on, but they have sure bet the farm on it. Only drawbacks seem to be its steep $200 price tag and the onscreen scrolling is a bit slow, but can live with those.
I endorse it with 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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