Comments on: Five Interesting Ways of Using a Chumby That Might Make You Buy It http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/ "The time has come...to talk of many [technologies]." --Lewis Carroll('The Walrus and the Carpenter') Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: tabrez http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136759 tabrez Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:59:04 +0000 http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136759 Rami: No, I don't see Chumby as a serious gaming device that could compete with PSP or DS Lite. What I was trying to say in my post was that it can make possible unique gaming experience like playing by touching the screen, squeezing the device and shaking and tilting it. That would be fun. Still not serious gaming but quite enjoyable to take a 15 minute break from the work. "Chong" for example is already a worthy game on Chumby. Have you heard of games like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTqspnvAaI" rel="nofollow">Crayon Physics</a>? [<a href="http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/crayon/" rel="nofollow">PC version</a>] I don't know why the latest software tools still use the same old dictionary databases that do not identify most of the technical terms, not even some of the wildly popular ones. Wii, Playstation, XBox, Bluetooth, Weblog...all are marked with red underlines by Firefox/Flock. Rami: No, I don’t see Chumby as a serious gaming device that could compete with PSP or DS Lite. What I was trying to say in my post was that it can make possible unique gaming experience like playing by touching the screen, squeezing the device and shaking and tilting it. That would be fun. Still not serious gaming but quite enjoyable to take a 15 minute break from the work. “Chong” for example is already a worthy game on Chumby. Have you heard of games like Crayon Physics? [PC version]

I don’t know why the latest software tools still use the same old dictionary databases that do not identify most of the technical terms, not even some of the wildly popular ones. Wii, Playstation, XBox, Bluetooth, Weblog…all are marked with red underlines by Firefox/Flock.

]]> By: Chumby: The Newest Gadget On My Wishlist! | Royal HeHe2-ness http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136484 Chumby: The Newest Gadget On My Wishlist! | Royal HeHe2-ness Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:36:04 +0000 http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136484 [...] has already taken us on a virtual tour over here and here. Check it out! (PS: why oh why [...] [...] has already taken us on a virtual tour over here and here. Check it out! (PS: why oh why [...]

]]> By: Rami http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136474 Rami Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:27:23 +0000 http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136474 Oh I am def. from the latter group. It's just I said there are other gadgets that are much more hackable and functional. Chumby is def on my wishlist but not before I get my hands on the other stuff....well lets just say that chumby has entered the pipeline ;)...hell my newest blog entry is going to be about this little bad boy. Oh and about the gaming, do you really want to add gaming to the list. I mean you could probably get a DS or a PSP with that price tag...or a Wii with some extra money. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice feautre, but will the aspect of it playing games really draw people to it? If you are a techy, you probably have your gaming needs already sorted out. And if your not a techy, 95% will follow the advice of their friends, i.e get a psp or DS. Oh and the word "Wii" should become a word on the FF speller by default :P Oh I am def. from the latter group. It’s just I said there are other gadgets that are much more hackable and functional. Chumby is def on my wishlist but not before I get my hands on the other stuff….well lets just say that chumby has entered the pipeline ;)…hell my newest blog entry is going to be about this little bad boy.

Oh and about the gaming, do you really want to add gaming to the list. I mean you could probably get a DS or a PSP with that price tag…or a Wii with some extra money. Don’t get me wrong, it is a nice feautre, but will the aspect of it playing games really draw people to it? If you are a techy, you probably have your gaming needs already sorted out. And if your not a techy, 95% will follow the advice of their friends, i.e get a psp or DS.

Oh and the word “Wii” should become a word on the FF speller by default :P

]]> By: tabrez http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136371 tabrez Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:43:45 +0000 http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136371 Rami, I agree with you on that point. I don't think anybody would buy Chumby for real productive work at this time. It is either for those who are so far away from the technology that they don't even like laptops/tablets/pdas or those who are gadget freaks or electronic hobbyists who already have all the cool devices(N800, N95/iphone, Eee PC, Archos etc) and are looking for something more, something that is unique. I would definitely recommend N800, Eee PC, Classmate PC, OLPC, gPC etc over Chumby if you have them in your radar. Do remember that Eee PC costs $400 and Chumby only $180 but they are definitely not competitors. Rami, I agree with you on that point. I don’t think anybody would buy Chumby for real productive work at this time. It is either for those who are so far away from the technology that they don’t even like laptops/tablets/pdas or those who are gadget freaks or electronic hobbyists who already have all the cool devices(N800, N95/iphone, Eee PC, Archos etc) and are looking for something more, something that is unique. I would definitely recommend N800, Eee PC, Classmate PC, OLPC, gPC etc over Chumby if you have them in your radar.

Do remember that Eee PC costs $400 and Chumby only $180 but they are definitely not competitors.

]]> By: Rami http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136352 Rami Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:46:12 +0000 http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136352 Hmm still not convinced that I should splurge 180 bucks on this thing. Don't get me wrong here, I really like the idea, but Chumby is in direct competition for my money with other cool gadgets like the eee pc, neo 1973, HD media center...etc. And from the looks of it, Chumby has a hard uphill battle :P Hmm still not convinced that I should splurge 180 bucks on this thing. Don’t get me wrong here, I really like the idea, but Chumby is in direct competition for my money with other cool gadgets like the eee pc, neo 1973, HD media center…etc. And from the looks of it, Chumby has a hard uphill battle :P

]]> By: Ian Monroe http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136056 Ian Monroe Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:42:11 +0000 http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136056 Why would you want an FM chip? At least all the FM stations that I listen to provide streaming Internet stations as well. Why would you want an FM chip?

At least all the FM stations that I listen to provide streaming Internet stations as well.

]]> By: Unboxing Chumby and My First Impressions http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136035 Unboxing Chumby and My First Impressions Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:20:54 +0000 http://beans.seartipy.com/2007/12/02/five-interesting-ways-of-using-a-chumby-that-might-make-you-buy-it/#comment-136035 [...] things(clock, news reader, portable IPTV etc.) according to one’s own requirements. My entire next post will be dedicated on elaborating [...] [...] things(clock, news reader, portable IPTV etc.) according to one’s own requirements. My entire next post will be dedicated on elaborating [...]

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