No you pervert this is not a sexual item or even an innuendo. The Chumby is a fancy new elctrogizmo that each an every person will want. Well minus the Amish because they don’t have electricity or access to the internet.
It is a fancy little computer encased in plastic and fabric with a 3.5″ touch screen. It also has USB ports, Wi-fi connectivity, squeeze sensors, motion sensors, a headphone jack and speakers. The Chumby web site claims it will sell for under $200. Basically is is like a really awesome alarm clock/ decoration/ bathroom gadget. It plays movies, displays pictures, has over 20 alarm clocks available when I looked, shows traffic, displays stocks and does anything else a computer can do. It also lets you send messages and whatever to a friends Chumby. I am actually quite surprised Apple did not come out with this baby. It looks like an Apple sort of deal. Course then it would cost $600 instead of $200, be completely square because Steve Jobs has a square fetish and not be as customizable as this sucker.
The code is open source and downloadable from their site so you can create or hack it with whatever you want. Did I mention is also runs flash? They have patterns so you can design your own fabric case. They even give you engineering drawings so you can model you own hard body! Basically they sell you this sucker for under $200 let you have at their web site for FREE and give you the tools to do what ever you want with it.
Imagine waking up in the morning to the singing of your Chumby you named Fred dressed in hot pink spandex with rind stones. While you roll around groggy it gives you the weather and tells you how much you lost in the stock market the day before. Then at the last second it yells at you to get your lazy ass up and flashes a picture of you boss yelling because you are late again! You jump from bed and start you day. Now if they could only make it able to make an egg McMuffin and a cup of Earl Gray to send you out the door with.
I have not seen one in person yet as it looks like they go on sale perhaps in November but I am pretty sure I would love this thing.