Surf the net without leaving your bed
Thursday 3rd December 2009
Filed under What Present To Buy Someone Who Is Addicted To The Computer
Is it an alarm clock? Is it a radio? Is it a window into your internet life that lives outside your desktop?
Yes, yes and . . . yes. The Chumby is all this and more. Chumby takes your favourite parts of the internet and delivers them to you in a friendly, format which is always on (unlike your desktop) so can deliver content like weather, news, celebrity gossip, podcasts, music and much more besides, whenever you want it.
To get started simply plug in your Chumby, connect to your network, and use your computer to create a line up of favourites. There are over 1,500 widgets in more than 30 categories to choose from, with new ones arriving all the time. Then let your chumby do its thing — streaming everything you like, from sports scores to stock quotes, from Facebook to traffic reports, from news to gossip.
This Wi Fi friendly device features an accelerometer (perfect for tilt-responsive games), 2W stereo speakers and a headphone output. It even functions as an alarm clock, albeit an incredibly flash one and can be used as an Internet radio too.
Imagine in the morning, waking up to Chumby by your bedside. Simply extend a sleepy hand, press the touch screen and immediately check out your auctions on Ebay, your friends on Facebook, or the weather and the traffic to see if it's worth getting out of bed anyway. The Chumby can also be used to receive or send e-mails. All this without having to fire up the old desktop.
The future has arrived - the alarm clock is dead, long live Chumby!
Chumby is available online for £139.99 more
Thursday 3rd December 2009
Filed under What Present To Buy Someone Who Is Addicted To The Computer
Is it an alarm clock? Is it a radio? Is it a window into your internet life that lives outside your desktop?
Yes, yes and . . . yes. The Chumby is all this and more. Chumby takes your favourite parts of the internet and delivers them to you in a friendly, format which is always on (unlike your desktop) so can deliver content like weather, news, celebrity gossip, podcasts, music and much more besides, whenever you want it.
To get started simply plug in your Chumby, connect to your network, and use your computer to create a line up of favourites. There are over 1,500 widgets in more than 30 categories to choose from, with new ones arriving all the time. Then let your chumby do its thing — streaming everything you like, from sports scores to stock quotes, from Facebook to traffic reports, from news to gossip.
This Wi Fi friendly device features an accelerometer (perfect for tilt-responsive games), 2W stereo speakers and a headphone output. It even functions as an alarm clock, albeit an incredibly flash one and can be used as an Internet radio too.
Imagine in the morning, waking up to Chumby by your bedside. Simply extend a sleepy hand, press the touch screen and immediately check out your auctions on Ebay, your friends on Facebook, or the weather and the traffic to see if it's worth getting out of bed anyway. The Chumby can also be used to receive or send e-mails. All this without having to fire up the old desktop.
The future has arrived - the alarm clock is dead, long live Chumby!
Chumby is available online for £139.99 more
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