I love when people complain about the name but have no problem using web sites like "Yahoo", "Google", "Twitter", etc.  When you look back to when these sites were created, there were lots of techy types complaining about how silly the names were.  This is why one hires marketing people to do marketing instead of technical people.

We joke about changing the name to a more conventional one, such as "Internet Access Device XN-3011 Turbo Plus".

The form factor was chosen to create exactly this type of controversy - if we'd created yet-another-shiny-plastic-and-chrome device, nobody would have given it a second look.  We specifically asked the industrial designer to create the "anti-iPod".

Yeah, that's pretty silly - something virtually nobody heard of a year ago is suddenly absolutely critical.

I'm amused by the couple of people demanding 'better QA' for the widgets. Do you think these same people diss Apple in other threads for  gouging developers by asking them to pay $99 to have their iPhone apps available through the App Store? I bet they are...

The people on engaget are just mad that its not a status symbol like their I-phone and starbucks grande caramel soy nonfat tipple frappachino (milkshake).

The criticism is almost never based on the product, just people who spent 500 dollars on a phone but say "why should i buy an expensive gadget?"

Maybe Chumby should do what I-pod did, and advertise dependance.  the old "If i want my music player to work with my daughter's dolls, my toilet seat, and my trashcan, I need an Ipod" approach. Find ways to plug the chumby into other things, like lamps, doors, chairs, a magnet, books, and things like that, and suddenly people will need to have one.

I think my Chumby is cute, and the name fits it, (AND HEY, IF YOU DONT LIKE THE NAME, YOU CAN CHOOSE ONE FOR IT).

And running Windows, are they crazy? Linux is definately the way to go