Chumby specs and pricing information emerges
Via engadget, the Chumby still has a few months to go until an official release (it will be available to “insiders” in August, and to the public this fall).
According to sources at engadget, “[T]he Chumby will ship for $179.99, and will come with a 350MHz ARM processor, 64MB of RAM, a built-in microphone, a built-in accelerometer, a cleaner case and internals than we’d seen from the pre-production model, all alongside the 320 x 240 3-inch screen, two USB ports, 2W speakers, and WiFi that we’d already seen.”
Let’s hope all goes well. By the way, it will come pre-installed with Flash Lite 3.
Search engine anomaly between different languages
Oddly enough, the google results change between the different languages that you search in. Google seems to give preference to similar language pages.
For instance, if you search “‘flash lite’ clock” on google.com, the result 1 of 72,300 is an article about the Chumby on Scott’s Blog about the Chumby being an alarm clock on steroids (perfect description by the way).
However, when you search for “‘flash lite’ clock” using google.de, Scott’s Blog does not come up until the third result. The result 1 of 71,400 is a German Flash forum page referring to “‘WS World Clock’ ist eine Flash Lite 1.1…”
p.s. The searches were done around 4:30pm EST on Sunday, January 7th.
Sadly… no Chumby For Me
A new device was previewed at MAX called the Chumby. Several Chumbies were given away during a session at MAX, but sadly, I missed it. Better luck next year.
QUOTE: Introducing the chumby, a compact device that can act like a clock radio, but is way more flexible and fun. It uses the wireless internet connection you already have to fetch cool stuff from the web: music, the latest news, box scores, animations, celebrity gossip…whatever you choose. And a chumby can exchange photos and messages with your friends. Since it’s always on, you’ll never miss anything.
