Chumby one Review

It's OK, has some nice features and some major shortcomings. It works well as an alarm clock as you can customize alarms as much you want and offers a variety of sounds. The available widgets vary greatly in their usefulness. It can be pretty handy to wake up to the weather.

On the other hand, as a previous reviewer pointed out, the wifi reception is poor and the Chumby is very frustrating to use as an internet radio.At times it can stream music such as Pandora without problems but other times it constantly skips and freezes. The customer service responded very promptly to complaints but tried to blame the problem on interference. There are a number of complaints on the Chumby forums about weak wifi. The FM radio is worthless. I can't get a single station.

The speaker is decent. It is fine for alarms and spoken broadcasts, not so much for music. The touchscreen is also rather mediocre and I occasionally have to touch the screen a few or even several times for it to register.

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So, what's chumby anyway?


chumby takes your favorite parts of the internet and delivers them to you in a friendly, always-on, always-fresh format. It's is a window into your internet life that lives outside your desktop, so content like weather, news, celebrity gossip, podcasts, music, and more has a place to play away from your world of documents and spreadsheets. Just plug in your chumby, connect to your wireless network, and use your computer to create a lineup of favorites from over 1,500 apps in more than 30 categories, with new ones arriving all the time. Then let your chumby do its thing; streaming everything you like, from sports scores to stock quotes, from video clips to interactive games, from photos to trivia.


where does a chumby belong?

*By your bed: Fall asleep to a favorite internet music station; wake up to a zen gong, a news podcast, or Pandora Radio.
*In the kitchen: Consult your Google Calendar in the morning, check the weather, and cook to streaming internet music.
*On your desk: Watch your photos stream by, follow your friends on Facebook or Twitter, or get alerted to that craigslist find you've been waiting for.

how can the chumby content be free?


The content that you can play on your chumby is all free; no subscriptions to pay, no plans to sign up for. It's paid for by chumby industries and by sponsor companies who will be sending you content such as music, games, movie previews, and special offers for products. chumby industries is 100% dedicated to keeping your content new, intriguing, fun and FREE.

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JCR-650 Digital Photo Frame FM Stereo Tri-Alarm Clock Radio with Digital Audio Player Review

I purchased this product for a Christmas gift. it showed up on time and in good condition. when I oppened the package the item felt as though it should cost a third of what it did. It is small! Not even close to the size I pictured it to be. most standard alarm clock radio's are twice its size and weight. It just felt cheap and flimsy . And the screen is tiny. my digital camera has a bigger screen so it wont matter if the picture is of poor quality because you wont be able to tell! as far as the operation I was generaly satisfied except I was under the impression that this item had acsending alarm volume. (main reason for purchase) and it does not. I would not purchase another one. I regret it

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This smart-looking clock radio will display your digital photos on the 1.8-inch LCD and can also play your MP3s or listen to FM Radio. You have multiple choices of how to be awoken on it's Tri-Alarm.
There is 512MB of Built-in Memory - Plus you can add more with your Memory Cards!

USB & Line-In Cable Included
Multi-Function 6SK Color OLED Display
Wake to Radio, Music or Ringtones
Photo Viewing/JPEG Picture Browsing
FM Stereo Receiver with 20 Presets & Digital Tuning
Calendar Clock with Tri-Alarm & Snooze
Built-in 512MB Memory

This is not your father's Clock Radio - It's ready now for the digital age. It Makes a great gift, but you might want to order an extra for yourself!

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Sungale CA700VCR 7-Inch Digital Frame with Video Clock and Radio (White) Review

I bought this a few days ago from Office Max on sale for $59.99 (normally $79.99).
Now, I am taking it back.
The idea is a great one, and the unit looks pretty decent at first.
Unfortunately, looks are deceiving on this one.
1. Speakers occasionally sound like something is touching the cone.
2. You can NOT listen to the radio and see pictures at the same time.
3. The controls are awful! There is a tiny 'exit' button, and a tiny 'ok' button which is surrounded by a circle button with directional arrows.
4. It is NOT a touch screen. That's fine, but the directional arrow button frequently goes a different direction than I intended. Since the menus are all navigated by this circle button, it is very frustrating to use.
5. Radio gets great reception, but controls are clunky. There are five 'buttons' pictured on the screen: Normal, Stations, Record, Favorite, and Scan. Does it record from the radio?? No, you 'record' your favorite stations. You first push 'exit' to get the top button to 'light up' (changes color and flashes the word), then push the down arrow and hope it stops on the 2nd button. If you push 'ok', you can then use the up/down arrows to change stations - even though the radio image has a normal radio bar pictured which goes left to right. (left and right is for the volume - so you don't turn the volume 'up' or 'down', you turn it left and right!!)
3rd button is record, 4th is Favorite - use this after you 'record' your favorite stations, and 5th is Scan. Quickly scans the entire dial to find out where all the stations are.
Good luck with the Photo/Music/Video functions. It takes a while for it to discover all the files/folders on your memory card. Then there is no way to navigate through the pictures or music files.

To sum it up, I am looking forward to the Sony or Panasonic version of this device. For now, I'd rather have NOTHING than have this.

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The Sungale Video Clock Radio with a built in 7-inch hi-resolution TFT LCD Screen is a perfect blend of useful products. It not only allows you to display your photos in crisply but it doubles as a multi-media player with FM radio functionality and alarm features. Wake up to your favorite photos or switch to the Digital Calendar and Analogue clock display and the soothing sounds of nature or your favorite morning radio station. With its 512 MB of internal memory and the option to expand memory up to 8 GB with the 4-in-1 slot for SD/MMC/MS/XD cards storing music, photos and video is simple and easy.

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Philips USA AJL308 Clock Radio with 7-Inch TFT LCD Color Display and USB/SD Card Slot Review

There is a lot to love about this product. It's sleek. It's stylish. It's bright, bold and clear. (It can be dimmed!) It's a clock-radio with two independent alarms that also plays audio files (.mp3 and .wma), video (mpeg4 and divx codices) and photo slide shows (.jpg only). It has built-in "relaxation" sounds to help you fall asleep. It has so much going for it! And just when you think it can't get any better...

It doesn't get better. It slips a little. You start thinking to yourself, "If only..." and "Why didn't they just take the next step?" Why isn't there a tiny bit of built-in memory so that I don't need a SD card or USB stick to be attached to change the cute-but-becoming-annoying default photo? Why can't I select an audio file on the SD or USB as my alarm music? Why only three built-in sounds for the "relaxation" music? Why isn't there an AM tuner? Why isn't there a headphone jack? Why can I only display JPEG-format images? For a widescreen 7" LCD picture frame, why is the resolution only 480 x 234? Why isn't there a back-up battery?

This is such a near-perfect little gadget that it's painful to see how close Philips came to making the best device on the market. Yet despite these flaws, it is still so wonderful that it demands four stars. Lucky for Philips, there don't seem to be any viable alternatives with all of the features it does have at this price point... yet.

And regarding the day-of-the-week issue: Philips posted a firmware update on their Web site on September 14, 2007, that fixes this issue. Visit the Philips Web site, type in "AJL308" to find the product page, select the Support link tab (just above and to the right of the product image), and scroll down to the Software section. There is a PDF read-me file and a ZIP file with the actual firmware update. Read the PDF and carefully follow its directions to update the firmware. You'll need a USB drive to transfer the firmware update to your AJL308, and it takes several minutes to complete the update, but once it's done the day of the week should be correct.

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Start the day right with the Philips AJL308 Clock Radio, where you can wake up to the 7-inch color showing off your favorite photo, song, or video. In addition to clock, radio and calendar functions, you can even use pre-loaded relaxation music that will help you fall asleep. Built-in USB and SD card slots let you store all of your photos, music and video clips. You can enjoy music or radio channels with FM digital auto tuning and presets. Set dual alarm times and wake up gently with the increasing alarm volume.

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