[aklug] Re: Opinions?

I've often said that the average user doesn't need much computing power. If all they're doing is writing e-mails and buying stuff online, they could get by with a super-bare-bones computer and a lightweight OS that points the user to his/her frequently-used applications. If not for its horrible interface and /optional/ keyboard, the WebTV concept might have actually worked out. chumby* seems to be the latest incarnation of that concept. Be nice if it had a keyboard, though; even a Chiclet-sized pop-out keyboard would be helpful for returning messages. That, I think, would be a great selling point for social networking addicts.
   
  I have to wonder, though, why chumby's standard features include an accelerometer. Do they expect people to use chumby as a weapon?
  [http://store.chumby.com/ , under "chumby specs"]
   
  -- A.
  * All lowercase branding? That's almost as played-out as corporations who don't put any SpacesInTheirName.
  
barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:
  Anyone have opinions on this thing?
http://www.chumby.com/

Mike B.

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Received on Thu May 15 15:37:18 2008