By: tabrez
14 Dec 2007 7:59am GMT Rami: No, I don't see Chumby as a serious gaming device that could compete with PSP or DS Lite. What I was trying to say in my post was that it can make possible unique gaming experience like playing by touching the screen, squeezing the device and shaking and tilting it. That would be fun. Still not serious gaming but quite enjoyable to take a 15 minute break from the work. "Chong" for example is already a worthy game on Chumby. Have you heard of games like Crayon Physics? [PC version] I...
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By: Rami
10 Dec 2007 10:27pm GMT Oh I am def. from the latter group. It's just I said there are other gadgets that are much more hackable and functional. Chumby is def on my wishlist but not before I get my hands on the other stuff....well lets just say that chumby has entered the pipeline ;)...hell my newest blog entry is going to be about this little bad boy. Oh and about the gaming, do you really want to add gaming to the list. I mean you could probably get a DS or a PSP with that price tag...or a Wii with some extra...
By: tabrez
8 Dec 2007 6:43pm GMT Rami, I agree with you on that point. I don't think anybody would buy Chumby for real productive work at this time. It is either for those who are so far away from the technology that they don't even like laptops/tablets/pdas or those who are gadget freaks or electronic hobbyists who already have all the cool devices(N800, N95/iphone, Eee PC, Archos etc) and are looking for something more, something that is unique. I would definitely recommend N800, Eee PC, Classmate PC, OLPC, gPC etc over...
By: Rami
8 Dec 2007 7:46am GMT Hmm still not convinced that I should splurge 180 bucks on this thing. Don't get me wrong here, I really like the idea, but Chumby is in direct competition for my money with other cool gadgets like the eee pc, neo 1973, HD media center...etc. And from the looks of it, Chumby has a hard uphill battle :P