Google bought a telecommunications services company and threw their product up as a free beta at http://www.grandcentral.com/

It has lots of features, but the idea is you have one phone number and voice mailbox which finds you on your cell, at home, at work etc., and you can check your call log and listen to messages on the web.  You can also set which of your phones should ring when various people call your GrandCentral number.  It's neat, and supposed to stay free.

I think a very functional widget would sell a LOT of Chumbys!  And if the right people at Google knew about Chumby, they might even make a commercial endeavor out of it.

There is a waiting list to get on the beta, but if someone with widget development experience wants to give it a shot, I can send an invite (and so can anyone else on the beta).  All I need is an email address.