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<blockquote data-quote="mzemina" data-source="post: 75467" data-attributes="member: 11677">Take a look at the Engadget hands-on review regarding the Chumby, here: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/hands-on-with-the-chumby/" target="_blank">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/hands-on-with-the-chumby/</a>If you haven't heard about the Chumby, then you should look here: <a href="http://www.chumby.com/corporate/whatischumby" target="_blank">http://www.chumby.com/corporate/whatischumby</a>The most interesting part about the Chumby, according to Engadget &quot;...an almost entirely open-source device (hardware included) designed to run widgets assigned via a web interface&quot;You may ask what has this to do with MediaPortal? Since it has wi-fi built-in we (those of us so inclined)&nbsp; could develop a MediaPortal gadget for it which could allow a music interface as one possibility to be the display and possible control for MediaPortal.Since MP consist of skinners and developers this could be interesting project at a point in time! It appears that the Chumby interface is Flash based, but maybe for those that are Flash proficient it could be a jumping off point!I think it would be interesting to watch as this device advance to production.One last point - If an interesting enough idea could be presented, then you could get a free one to play with! They say: If you're a serious alpha-geek hacker, a clever crafter or an accomplished Flash animator, tell us what you'd like to do with a chumby and maybe we'll part with one of our precious few prototypes. - look here: <a href="http://www.chumby.com/corporate/createorlogin" target="_blank">http://www.chumby.com/corporate/createorlogin</a> at the upper left, under FREE SAMPLE</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mzemina, post: 75467, member: 11677"] Take a look at the Engadget hands-on review regarding the Chumby, here: [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/hands-on-with-the-chumby/"]http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/hands-on-with-the-chumby/[/URL] If you haven't heard about the Chumby, then you should look here: [URL="http://www.chumby.com/corporate/whatischumby"]http://www.chumby.com/corporate/whatischumby[/URL] The most interesting part about the Chumby, according to Engadget "...an almost entirely open-source device (hardware included) designed to run widgets assigned via a web interface" You may ask what has this to do with MediaPortal? Since it has wi-fi built-in we (those of us so inclined) [U]could[/U] develop a MediaPortal gadget for it which could allow a music interface as one possibility to be the display and possible control for MediaPortal. Since MP consist of skinners and developers this could be interesting project at a point in time! It appears that the Chumby interface is Flash based, but maybe for those that are Flash proficient it could be a jumping off point! I think it would be interesting to watch as this device advance to production. [B]One last point[/B] - If an interesting enough idea could be presented, then you could get a free one to play with! They say: [I][COLOR="Magenta"]If you're a serious alpha-geek hacker, a clever crafter or an accomplished Flash animator, tell us what you'd like to do with a chumby and maybe we'll part with one of our precious few prototypes.[/COLOR][/I] - look here: [URL="http://www.chumby.com/corporate/createorlogin"]http://www.chumby.com/corporate/createorlogin[/URL] at the upper left, under [COLOR="Blue"][B]FREE SAMPLE[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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