A review of the Chumby Classic internet streaming device has been posted over at Tech Radar. 'At heart, the Chumby is a Wi-Fi internet viewer designed to sit by your bed or in your kitchen. You register your device on the Chumby website, then create your own channels from the 1,500 free widgets available. These include alarm clocks, radio streaming, Flickr picture viewers, New York Times news tickers, YouTube browsers, social network plug-ins and Flash games to name but a few. It sounds like it should be a sort of cheap and cuddly housebound iPod Touch, but the 320 x 280 resolution touchscreen, clunky interface and slow 12fps refresh rate make reading unpleasant, videos stuttery and games hard to play.'
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