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  • #review

    Chumby One Review: Totally Frivolous, but Totally Adorable

    The new Chumby One model ditches the old beanbag casing for a retro-clock-radio-inspired look and slashes the price, though the internals are unchanged. It remains a pretty frivolous gadget, yet I can't help really liking it. More »
  • #netbooks

    Litl Webbook Banks On Cute, Overlooks Practical

    How did Asus, Acer and all the other netbook manufacturers miss such an obvious ploy? The word "Litl Webbook" must be the most cutely named gadget since the "Chumby." And it's also an interesting product in its own right. More »
  • #ereaders

    WikiReader Puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket, Forgets We're in 2009

    3 buttons, 3 million topics: Wikipedia in the palm of your hand. OpenMoko's $99 WikiReader arrives today, and could be useful for kids (or luddites), but it's an odd little gadget in a world of 3G smartphones. More »
  • #chumby

    Chumby One Focuses More on Radio, Loses the Beanbag

    Two-years after the first Chumby helped kick-start widgets in Wi-Fi gadgets, a new version looks likely for November. First spied on blurrycam in August, the Chumby One has a new hard shell, FM and Internet radio, and a faster processor. More »
  • #streaming

    Sensia DAB and Wi-Fi Radio Delivers Big Touchscreen, Twitter and Facebook Apps

    Taking cues from devices like the Chumby, Squeezebox and HP's DreamScreen, Pure is throwing a kitchen sink full of features into their new Sensia radio—including Wi-Fi, DAB and FM support, a 5.7-inch touchscreen and plenty of popular widgets. More »
  • #hp

    HP DreamScreen Brings Pandora, Media Streaming to the Digital Picture Frame

    HP's new DreamScreen 100 and 130 aren't exactly digital picture frames, though they do have that function and a similar form factor. More like a mini-computer, they stream photos and music, play videos, connect to Pandora, and do social networking. More »
  • #summermodo

    Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer

    Jaimal Yogis is an award-winning journalist and the author of Saltwater Buddha. Here he takes a ride on the strangely shaped surfboard by ex-Apple designer Thomas Meyerhoffer on SF's Ocean Beach. More »
  • #chumby

    New Chumby Model Spotted, Looks Retro-Adorable

    Ryan Block, founder of gdgt (and possible alter ego of Mr. Blurrycam), spotted a new model of Chumby, the connected-widget desktop companion. He promises it's a little more square and alarm-clock-like, as well as smaller, than the previous version. More »
  • #chumby

    'Powered by Chumby' Gadgets to Be Dropped Off In Time for Santa

    We already knew that Chumby, maker of that adorable little Wi-Fi widget beanbag, was planning on porting its open-source platform to other gadgets, but we now have an ETA: this holiday season. More »