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“I previously mentioned the Chumby in our Holiday Gift Guide and
have been waiting anxiously for its arrival. Well, that day finally
came and I’ve detailed my experience below. If you’re not familiar
with the Chumby, it’s a Linux-based gadget that connects up to the
internet via WiFi, and sports a squeeze sensor, accelerometer, and
a 3.5″ LCD color touchscreen. The coolest part about it is that it
runs Adobe Flash-based widgets so pretty much anything you can
imagine is (or will be) available for it, and Chumby includes an
extensive list at Chumby.com. This whole package comes wrapped up
in a nice leather casing, and is actually quite fun to
squeeze…”
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