Chumby.com - Your Personal Internet Player

I will definitely spare you from explaining out the incredible resources available from the internet in terms of information and entertainment. If you got thus far, you are already probably familiar with those. Now, the thing is that the people at Chumby.com have come up with the idea of actually playing all that through a small device, the size of a coffee mug. This gadget, which will be sold through this site for $179, needs a wireless internet connection and a power supply, and is on all the time, getting all the stuff you like from the internet and playing it as if it were a TV. When buying one, you have to set the stuff and websites you like into it, and then your Chumby will just get all the stuff automatically. At the site, you can take a look at the technical specifications, browse widgets or purchase a Chumby. However, if you are not sure if you’d actually like to invest in one of them, create a virtual one which you can manage from your computer and see it working.

“What is a chumby?
The chumby is a compact device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web using your wireless internet connection. Always on, it shows — nonstop — what's online that matters to you”.

There is a strong chance that the Chumby might become a highly coveted item for internet addicts around the world, and since it’s not so expensive and it’s cute, plus it plays all the stuff you like, it’s probably the closest we can get to livestream internet playing, which is definitely a milestone in IT for the time being.

Since the gadget is not that big and needs a power plug, I get the feeling that there will be lots of people who’ll rather stick to their mobiles, which they can control at which time show what stuff; just imagine having your Chumby presenting a widget of your bookmarked CollegeHumor stuff when your in-laws are coming in for cocktails…