Chumbyology

Here are the specs and pricing:

Chumby One
Wi-Fi Internet Clock Radio
Connect w/ Pandora, Twitter,
Facebook & more
Wi-fi connectivity (802.11 b/g)
Item # 510106

$99.99
Shipping & Handling: $0.00 *

What is the Chumby?

Chumby takes your favorite parts of the internet and delivers them to you in a friendly, always-on, always-fresh format. It’s a window into your internet life that lives outside your desktop, so content like weather, news, celebrity gossip, podcasts, music, and more has a place to play away from your world of documents and spreadsheets. Just plug in your chumby, connect to your wireless network, and use your computer to create a lineup of favorites from over 1,500 apps in more than 30 categories, 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 video clips to interactive games, from photos to trivia.

where does a chumby belong?
By your bed: Fall asleep to a favorite internet music station; wake up to a zen gong, a news podcast, or Pandora Radio.

In the kitchen: Consult your Google Calendar in the morning, check the weather, and cook to streaming internet music.

On your desk: Watch your photos stream by, follow your friends on Facebook or Twitter, or get alerted to that craigslist find you’ve been waiting for.
chumby one specs:

3.5″ LCD color touchscreen
Uses rechargeable lithium ion battery (not included); about one hour on a full charge
4″ wide x 4″ tall x 3.5″ deep
1 USB 2.0 high-speed port
454 MHz ARM processor
64 MB DDR SDRAM
Internal microSD card firmware
2W mono speaker
Stereo headphone output
Volume knob
FM radio tuner
Accelerometer (motion sensor)
ABS plastic housing
AC adapter included
Wi-fi connectivity (802.11 b/g)
USB ethernet compatible
Dimmable backlight
One-click control panel access
Access to free chumby content
Over-the-air software updates

What you must provide to make the chumby work:
Broadband internet connection. The internet connection needs to be highspeed, such as cable or DSL. chumby will not work with a dial-up connection.
Wireless router or wired ethernet connection. Wireless: chumby is compatible with most wireless routers with the settings of 802.11g/802.11b (or mixed).

Most routers currently sold offer these settings. Routers that mention 802.11n may work with the chumby as long as they properly support 802.11g or 802.11b. Wired ethernet: chumby works with most USB ethernet adapters.

Computer. You need access to a computer to activate your chumby as well as set up the apps you want to show on it.

Once your chumby is set up, you only need occasional access to a computer if you want to change the apps that play on your chumby.

You don’t have to buy a subscription or membership or anything else extra to access content for your chumby.

chumby works with the following types of personal encryption:

WEP 64 (WEP 40): Open, Shared, Mixed/Auto
WEP 128: Open, Shared, Mixed/Auto
WPA-PSK: TKIP, AES, AES/TKIP Mixed
WPA2-PSK: TKIP, AES, AES/TKIP Mixed
WPA/WPA2 Mixed

The chumby currently does not support enterprise encryption. Many workplaces use enterprise encryption, which may prevent wireless devices like the chumby from connecting. Talk to your network administrator if you’re thinking about using a chumby at work.

USB Ethernet Adapter Information:
Don’t have access to a wireless signal? You can plug a USB ethernet adapter into your chumby and connect it to any ethernet cable. chumby works with most USB ethernet adapters. To see a list of adapters we’ve specifically tested on chumby, go to tested USB ethernet adapters.