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The Widget Gadget Gizmo Desklet Thingamajig (Chumby!)

39 Responses (Add) | Thursday, January 10th, 2008 at 7:10am

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That’s right… it’s Chumby! This is definitely going to be a huge hit, and the favorite new gadget of many Geeks. I am having a lot of fun playing with the Chumby… and so are all the people in our live community!

The Chumby is a compact device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web using your wireless internet connection. Always on, it shows — nonstop — what’s online that matters to you. What can you do with a Chumby? The question is… what CAN’T you do with it?

  • Catch the latest news headlines, sports, weather, stock prices.
  • Play your iPod mp3 files through built in speakers. Charge it too.
  • Enjoy your Flickr and Facebook photos as a digital picture frame.
  • Stay updated on new Netflix releases or view your movie queue.
  • Make and share e-greetings, photo mash-ups, goofy animations.
  • Wake up to the multi-tone alarm clock.
  • Track any eBay auction or Craigslist item.
  • Monitor incoming email on any POP3 account.

The coolest thing is that I have my Chumby sitting on my desk, and it’s now tuned in to my live chat. Any regular voiced user or channel op can type a message, and it will display directly on my Chumby! At only $179.99, it’s a great way to stay connected and have some fun at the same time.

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MrBuzz

January 10th, 2008
at 11:35am

That’s so much cooler than I thoufht. When you first showed it off it impressed me, but I never knew it was interactive. Savage stuff!

TheGnomeLocker

January 10th, 2008
at 4:30pm

Makes the chat more interactive.

Eric

January 10th, 2008
at 4:46pm

Hey nice chumby, where did you get it chris? AND GUESS WHAT I GOT A NEW COMPUTER!

WizzKid

January 10th, 2008
at 5:35pm

Hopefully it will come to the United Kingdom, it does say on their website that it will, would be awesome!

Already got money put aside for one of these, really handy to sit on the desk while gaming,

Thanks

motion9041

January 10th, 2008
at 6:01pm

what a ****** waste of 200$

nevertomurrow

January 10th, 2008
at 6:06pm

GEEKS AND THERE TOPS LOL

nevertomurrow

January 10th, 2008
at 6:06pm

I MEAN GEEKS AND THERE TOYS

skate0721

January 10th, 2008
at 8:46pm

Chris i saw someone who looked like you in a Red Robin in Rutherford, N.J. lol

kkirT

January 10th, 2008
at 9:27pm

Yeah, can’t even play video properly (21

kippis05

January 10th, 2008
at 10:37pm

Well… I don’t see myself with a tech device something that sounds suspiciously like Furby….. CHUMBY!

Czar

January 11th, 2008
at 2:28am

Now that thing would be great to take along on a vacation and setup in your hotel room.

xnlkox

January 11th, 2008
at 8:03am

from nixae86- dude i flippin want one of these. Im going to buy one as soon as they come out

grantmc1

January 11th, 2008
at 8:23am

Hey yea the chumby looks freekin sweet!

are they a US only thing or do you know if they will be in the uk in 2008?

Greta stuff chriskeep em’ coming.

Robbie Trencheny

January 11th, 2008
at 9:58am

Can you post the IRC source to the chumby wiki? (wiki.chumby.com)

Eric Regnier(desertwarrior)

January 11th, 2008
at 5:59pm

when you first brought out the chumby everyone was like what it it, what is it then you told everyone. Thats a cool little gadget but when you were setting it up everyone went mad withe the !cumby key so they could get a post on it. Chris you allways semm to have very cool toys hanging around and that you show them off. It’s people an on the spot product review that is awesome. sorry this post isn’t as good as some other peoples but hey it’s just my opinion. later

kamikazi4

January 11th, 2008
at 7:08pm

so since it has flash can it play your live stream at live.pirillo.com? I tried to do that with my ipod touch but until apple puts flash on it its not gonna work…

Lastfuse

January 11th, 2008
at 9:32pm

I want a chumby so bad. It looks like the coolest thing ever. My favorite feature is the fact that I can play my iPod thru it. But the question is will it play the iPhone or Touch? Because they have don’t connect like normal iPods.

jerzeepunk79

January 11th, 2008
at 10:02pm

Thanks for sharing this with us Chris. This is definitely cool and I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these. Not a bad price either for something that has all those features. I can wake up to the alarm clock and not even have to get out of bed to catch up on things… haha.

speakurmind

January 11th, 2008
at 10:59pm

thanks alot chris i liked the chumby when u showed it so i got one and i live it thanks again

Robby322

January 11th, 2008
at 11:04pm

I want one of those! :O

Good vid, Chris.

aloo20

January 12th, 2008
at 12:05am

What can’t this thing do?
This is really awesome, are there games for it?

Paranj

January 12th, 2008
at 9:02am

I think the chumby can make things very interactive in the live.pirillo.com stream. It looks very interesting to me I like the chumby. I also wanted to thank you for putting it on live.pirillo.com so we can use the chumby without even having to buy one and that is awesome cause people don’t have money to go and buy cool, geeky stuff whenever they want. LIke me since I just bought a new X-Box 360 w00t. Thanks Chris going to go play with the :Don’t tase me bro!” Gadget :)

rogersvids

January 12th, 2008
at 12:19pm

No, you mean “Geeks and THEIR toys”

VoidKeeper

January 13th, 2008
at 7:51am

this is Why the PSP with homebrew rocks, too bad there are very few people that make actually GOOD games for it, but there are a lot of stuff in there.

freestylejosh

January 14th, 2008
at 1:09am

so what do you use it for then?
waste of money

njrotcdude

January 14th, 2008
at 2:38pm

$179.95 — free shipping! not 200$ :P

PSP is better thow as better

00linuxisking00

January 15th, 2008
at 10:03am

use it on his blog!!!

type:
!chumby yourmessagehere

Harwood12productions

January 17th, 2008
at 5:56am

i would love one of them i just can afford it

wsh5

January 30th, 2008
at 11:02am

This is so cool i cant wait to get it!

sidekick3iskool

March 3rd, 2008
at 6:48pm

It looks like the rear seat dvd player in my car LOL!

bslilpeewee1996

March 16th, 2008
at 4:05am

u cant compare it to a psp its like a alarm clock

quiksilver712

March 18th, 2008
at 8:22am

I love mah Chumby. It was a little expensive though.

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