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Chumby on sale now

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For those of you following our Chumby coverage and mini-reviews the open source Chumby is now on sale and shipping! - Link.

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Posted by: DeanG on October 18, 2007 at 6:46 AM

Is this still restricted to invite only?

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Posted by: geobarefoot on October 18, 2007 at 6:51 AM

Big ol' fake out. Unless I'm smoking crack, the Chumby is still not available to the common folk, only the cool kids. If you click on one of the colors as if you want to buy one, which I do, the site directs you the "Chumby Store Will Open Soon!" page. Wah-wahhhhhhhhh.

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Posted by: zimmer62 on October 18, 2007 at 8:16 AM

Don't feel so bad that you're not cool enough to use the store. Chumby is interesting, but I'm having my doubts about it after using it for a couple weeks. If you want to buy mine, I'd sell it to ya.

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Posted by: TommySez on October 18, 2007 at 10:24 AM

I'd like to hear some of the doubts you're having.

I think I'd like one next to the bed in the morning, but $180 ain't an impulse buy.

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Posted by: tgm33@hotmail.com on October 18, 2007 at 12:41 PM

I can't wait to get one, unfortunately the store is not open until sometime in November. You can submit an email and you may get one sooner. What are your doubts zimmer62?

I can use it to play my ipod, as an alarm clock, as a stock ticker etc... The things you can do seem endless

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Posted by: TommySez on October 18, 2007 at 12:54 PM

One thing I noticed from the FAQ is that they push what sound basically like ads to you in order to fund their network. Don't like that. I'd much rather just pay a small monthly fee than screw with some sort of ad.

Many of the standalone widgets are fun to just run in a browser window.

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