We’ve been a fan of the Chumby since even before it was available in the UK (you can get the Chumby either via Amazon US or in the UK from VEDA), and recently Chumby announced a new, slightly simpler unit, the Chumby One, which we briefly mentioned here).  Engadget have posted a review of the new Chumby One here, which goes into a fair bit of detail between the old (now called Chumby Classic) and new units. which includes:

• The Chumby One loses the squeezable button feature, the stereo speakers, one of the 2 USB ports, and is only available in White
• However, it gains an FM radio, a volume control dial, is smaller, has a faster processor, has more internal memory, and has support for a battery, and also seems to ship with a power adaptor and “prongs” for US, UK, Europe and Asia out of the box.

Of course, finally, the Chumby One is cheaper, at $120 instead of $200 (and is currently on sale at $100).  No news yet from VEDA as to when they will have stock of the new unit for direct shipment in the UK.

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