So, these were talked about before, but the thread went in all kinds of directions about various other things too.

So, heres a new thread to see if anyone else out there actually has one of these. Mine came in yesterday, and I've bought it to prototype out a use for them at work. The idea is to use them as build status devices, scattering several around the studio. The concept goes back to people using devices like the Orb, or X10 controlled lights to say when the build broke. The Orb developer network is still down, and the serial->ethernet route for the orb was looking more and more clunky with how much stuff would have to be added, so the Chumby came to mind.

My goal for mine is to put a widget on it that displays a solid color for at a glance build status. Then, if the touch screen is poked, it can change to display more details. Since they also have built in speakers, sounds could be played to alert people to a problem as well. If the prototype works out, work will probably buy several and I can then take mine home to find some other uses for it. Already, I like the idea of using it as an alarm clock, streaming internet radio as the main alarm without needing to have a computer running somewhere. All of my machines are happily sleeping at night when I sleep.