So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.
Last we heard of Chumby, it was getting all growed up with an 8-inch screen. But now our dear Wi-Fi widget hub's been shot with the Godzilla ray or Rick Moranis or something, and its interface has been humongified to fit on your television. And that might be really good for the future of the smart TV.
As we'd gotten a glimpse of before, our little Chumby has undergone the type of cute-to-sexy transition not heard of since late-90s Britney Spears. What's now officially known as the Chumby8 features an 8-inch 800x400 LCD display, an overhauled user interface that lets you manage apps directly from the unit, and most…
A helpful reader just sent us this picture of a brand new Chumby. It's apparently being called the Chumby Opus for now (although that may not be the final product name), and it looks, like its predecessor, pretty darn adorable.
Sony calls the Dash a "personal internet viewer." It's more like a $200 alarm clock with an app store. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.
Bought a Chumby One and aren't sure what to do with it? Turn the device into a 3G router! It's quick and you'll need nothing but a Chumby One, a 3G USB modem, and these instructions. [BunnieStudios via Make]
The Twitwee Clock is one ungodly amalgam: part Cuckoo Clock, part Chumby, part Twitter updater. And it's customizable; you can make that little bird sing based on Twitter keywords of your choosing. Advice: don't set it to "Justin Bieber."
The Sony Dash reminded us mostly of a really nice Chumby when we got to play with it at CES. Now when Dash launches in April, it'll be a really nice Chumby that streams Netflix from your Queue.
Sony just announced the Dash (or as they call it, the "dash") is a crazy convergence of what we think of as a tablet with a stand-up widget device like the Chumby. It looks badass. Update: Hands-on!
Despite being generally unnecessary, we couldn't help loving the little Chumby One WiFi widget machine. Speaking of love, a secret message revealed after iFixit's teardown reveals that it is adorable inside and out.
Our commenters on the Chumby hollowed-out book are right: we need a Chumby guts Photoshop competition. But in the meantime check out this "Chumbaphone," which squeezes Chumby guts into a wooden clock, adding brass horns for that authentic Wi-Fi experience.
Although not as much fun as hiding a flask in a Danielle Steel book, this Chumby-in-a-hollow-book would look mighty fine on any bedside table, waking you up each morning with the latest news, Tweets and YouTube videos.
If you love the oh-so-adorable Chumby as well as some DIY, then the Chumby Guts kit is perfect for you. You can build your own crazy Chumby, but just don't cry over the brutal product name.
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.
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.
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.
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.
That, and the Linux OS's hackability. If it's still just as hackable, having the engine embedded in TVs and Blu-ray players might actually actually produce a race of super Blu-ray players that play Quake, eat babies, connects to MySpace and actually competes with the Yahoo! widget engine we saw in a bunch of TVs at…
Goldfish must get lonely in those little bowls. I'm sure that's why designer Bruno Fosi used guts from a Chumby to create a device that allows you to automate an aquarium and bring it online.
