What is Chumby?
- a device (chumby)
- a company (Chumby)
- networked device/system
Chumby -> Access Point -> WiFi -> Chumby Network
Chumby -> Other Chumbys
Why is chumby?
- some stuff on internet is really important to us
- we can’t spend all in front of our computers
- anything that you frantically refresh your browser on
- you can’t elegantly tuck a laptop on the back of your toilet for new feeds
- smart phones aren’t ambient in polling
Chumby the religion
- make it cheap
- make it powerful
- make it open
what’s in it for us?
- we sell chumbys as close to cost as possible
- chumbys connect to the network and pull down widgets (some branded, thats were we get cash)
what’s in it for you?
- we create an audience, you monetize them (work for hire)
- unlike mobile, this is open. you build it, its yours to do with what you want
- Chumby is viral, so your content spreads from chumby to chumby.
- since the content isn’t really “downloaded”, you can update widgets at the hub and changes propogate
new info from the conference
- pricing $165
- shipping and handling $9.95
- no additional fees, one time hit
- some “accessories” will be up for sale so they guys can keep the lights on til marketers come in
- will come in a few basic colors and several limited edition fashion ones
- will have 2 usb ports for accessories - fm radio tuner
- will launch with Flash Lite 3
- Flash Video and Audio - on katamari - 12fps at full screen
- Similar function to Flash 8
We need your help!
- create and upload Flash Lite widgets, please!
- stay in touch (blogs, forums, corp site)
chumby models
- foo (gen 1)
- katamari (gen 2)
- ironforge (production)
i have a ton of photos of the technical slides that I’ll be posting shortly (the net connection here is pretty rough, so flickr isn’t an option)
