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PC Magazine have published their review of the compact Chumby Wi-Fi-enabled multimedia device. 'A gadget that truly defies simple description, the Chumby is a plush, grapefruit-size, alarm clock cum Wi-Fi–enabled Linux computer wrapped in leather. This fun gizmo can play music and videos, display photos and user-created widgets, or simply wake you up in the morning. For the sleep-deprived or nontechie, using it can be a bit of a challenge. And unless you have thin fingers, you may struggle to set a basic wake-up alarm on its touch screen. Whether a clock radio needs to support this much rich media or should cost $180 is debatable, but the Chumby is certainly an entertaining diversion.

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PC World have published a review of the Chumby device which displays information from the web using your wireless internet connection. 'The Chumby's 3.5-inch color touch screen is enveloped in a soft leather pouch, making it feel more like a beanbag than like a gizmo that logs onto your Wi-Fi network to deliver Internet content. Setup is a snap: Log on to the Chumby Web site on your PC and select the Flash-based feeds ("widgets") that you want it to display. Then connect your Chumby to your home network. The on-screen keyboard lets you enter the passkey for an encrypted network, and the Chumby was intelligent enough to figure out what kind of encryption I was using.'

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