[Hidden-tech] Has anyone tried using a chumby ?

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Have not used one, I looked at several of the mini/low power boxes last year
but decided to stick with a 40 watt box I had gathering dust for this year.
Chumby looks useful, though a bit thin on RAM and needing a flash drive.

I wonder why we don't yet have a cell-phone sized mini that includes a
microphone and speaker, for those that don't like paying $70 monthly
contract for an IPhone on campus.  There must be a hardware vendor out there
that would like to capture a $200 retail price point for a Skype gadget.
Thoughts?

Charlie


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http://www.chumby.com/

Initially it looks like another digital desk toy --  however it is a 
full standalone linux box running on an Arm9 processor
with a Flash lite interface, mp3 player with full wifi,  and other cool 
stuff inside like an internet radio unit.

We are using one now for monitoring our servers.
I'd be interested in collaborating with an improved tools for monitoring,
other ideas welcome also.

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