Some recent news from Chumby Industries.
KEEP CONNECTED TO YOUR ONLINE SOCIAL LIFE WITH CHUMBY®
Chumby adds social content from Facebook® and Twitter
San Diego, CA - August 20, 2008 - The chumby makes keeping up with friends easier than ever with the addition of content from some of the Internet’s leading social utilities, delivering them in a [...]

Here is an excellent example of extending a company’s brand into new mobile and embedded devices (which incidentally run Flash).
In this case, we are talking about the Chumby (an embedded open source internet connected device for delivering content).

Dating DNA Chumby widget
Here is more about Dating DNA:
“Today, more and more people are using free social networking [...]

Cool, if you are into following College B-ball (and have a chumby).

Here is the release:

Chumby Industries and CBS Team Up to Offer ‘College Hoops’ Widget for College Basketball Tournament
Now chumby users can wake up to the latest real-time scores, game previews, highlights, headlines, articles, and more provided by CBS
San Diego, CA - March 19, 2008 [...]

Engaget had a post about what you would change in the chumby.
Both existing owners and new comers are posting comments there on their gripes, ideas, “wish-listing”, and other commentary on the chumby.
Also, if you did not know, there is also a fair amount of traffic on the community forums Chumby has setup, which lots [...]

I just got word today, that chumby has officially launched.
CHUMBY INDUSTRIES DEBUTS ITS INNOVATIVE chumby™ INTERNET DEVICE AND CHUMBY™ NETWORK
Company secures deals with leading content providers including: CBS, MTV Networks, MySpace, The Weather Channel Interactive, AOL’s SHOUTcast and Scripps Networks to offer always-on personalized Internet broadcasts
San Diego, CA - Feb. 25, 2008 - Chumby Industries [...]

There are new software/firmware updates for Chumby.
To get the updates, power cycle your unit(s) … or if you must go the USB stick route.
After update, this should bring you to SW: 1.4.0, FW: 533 (or another variant).
Not what the exact changes are to the Flash Lite implementation (FL “3.0.3″ is indicated), but since [...]

Phillip has his article, Developing widgets for Chumby with Flash Lite 3, up on devnet, now.

Bug Labs has an interesting concept.
buglabs.net is selling a kit which allows the average tech savvy consumer (but not necessarily an all out hardware “hacker”) the ability to create/experiment with snap friendly type hardware components.
“BUG makes it fun and easy to build any gadget you can imagine. Build familiar things like digital cameras and GPS [...]

Chumby launched a new look and feel for their site. See: www.chumby.com
They also have some video which details some of core usage concepts behind the chumby.
Individual that don’t “get” the chumby should check it out.

I just had some time to catch up on the community and watch some of Mark Doherty’s (Adobe, Mobile Developer Relations for EMEA) e-Seminar: “Developing mobile content with Adobe Creative Suite 3″.
This particular e-Seminar was geared towards those just getting into Flash Lite and Mobile using Adobe products …
However, if you’re like me, you [...]