Chumby internet-connected alarm clock
Posted December 12th, 2009 by admin No Comments »
By Alun Taylor (via reghardware.co.uk)
Review The Chumby is one of those strange little gadgets that defies easy categorisation. If we absolutely had absolutely to try to sum it up in half a dozen or so words, it would be: Wi-Fi internet radio alarm clock with widget support.
Chumby: internet-connected, squeezable blob
This description applies to a 150 x 100 x 80mm blob with a 3.5in, 320 x 240 touchscreen on the front. We say ‘blob’ because most of top, sides and back are covered with squeezable padded leather – real animal hide, not plastic. Squeezing the sides has no effect other than to relieve pent-up tension, but press the top and the Chumby’s only external control is triggered. It takes you to the main menu screen. Read the rest of this entry »
