Chumby

- Developed by: Chumby Industries
- Uses: internet, alarm clock, digital photo display, news reader
- Price: $179.95Chumby Store: Buy Chumby
- Operating system: Linux
- Contains touch-sensitive screen
- Wrapped in a squeezable leather casing
- Premiered at the 2006 Foo Camp conferenceKwiki: Foo Camp Conference
- Public Release Date: February, 2008
- Chumby One Released: November 12th, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...

Chumby is a small, handheld "personal internet player" that is designed to be hacked and modified by the user. Chumby also comes equipped with an alarm clock and an iPod player. Chumby has a touch screen and is updated in real time via your wi-fi internet connection. Chumby provides easy to access information on a range of subjects including news, weather, travel and music.As of October 7, 2008, Chumby also supports Pandora Internet Radio.*Crunchgear: Chumby now supports Pandora Radio The second iteration known as the Chumby One, is a battery powered and radio enhanced version was released on November 12, 2009.
History

At the August, 2006, Foo Camp hackers' conference, 100 developers were provided with an early version of the Chumby for testing. Their feedback was instrumental in further developing the gadget, whose squeezable casing can be programmed to recognize the user's gestures. Chumby's first public released was in February, 2008.

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