Huh. I heard rumors a new model was coming, but not this soon!

I'm not so keen on the design (I LIKE the squishiness of my chumby!) but the fact it's only 100 bucks is pretty nice. Might be a fabulous xmas gift for my mom and dad.

$99 intro pricing will get me to pick another Chumby up for the kitchen just for weather info.  Ambient wants $199 for a standalone weather forecaster and we all know the Chumby can do weather and more for half the price.

Cool, great work Team Chumby!

Standard rechargeable battery is enabled, but not included.  International plug-power adaptor *is* included.  Should get at least an hour's play time from it, possibly longer.  We'll be shipping these all over the world, though still working out exactly when we'll be able to go international -- as always, the issues of certifications, regulations, etc.  We now have a distributor in Europe, so hopefully easier local product availability will improve.  One color only (the white with blue trim) for now -- so an adaptation of the "Henry Ford Model T" strategy on this, so hope you like it! :^)  Nothing special about the FM other than that it is available for those who still love it -- speaking frankly, I'm not even sure why anyone would care much about this because we have so many other crystal clear digital internet music services and are dramatically beefing up our streamed local radio stations via iheartradio from Clear Channel.  Local stations via iheartradio often also include cool "meta-information" like song title, album art, lyrics, etc.  I think you're going to like the "one" but many will still prefer the "classic" because they're a little different -- so now you'll have a choice.

OK, here's a brief summary:

The internal codename is "Falconwing", and has the hardware version 10.6
The processor is a Freescale i.MX233 ARM926E-J-S @ 454MHz
It uses the same display and touchscreen as the Ironforge 3.8
It uses a nearly identical wifi dongle as the one in Ironforge 3.8
It has an accelerometer, just like Ironforge
There's a button on the top that performs the same action as the top switch on Ironforge
It has a single speaker on the top
It has a headphone jack, supporting stereo
There is no charm attachment
It doesn't come with charms
It doesn't come in a linen bag
It has only one external USB port, but it's USB 2.0 Hi-speed (Ironforge is Full-speed).
The FM radio supports RDS, so it will collect station callsigns and some program information
The FM radio is *not* Hybrid Digital
It has a rotary encoder (the knob on the right side), which is exposed to Flash as a mouse wheel - it's normally used by the Control Panel to control volume, but can be available for widgets using the onMouseWheel event handler.
It includes the microphone.
It has the same amount of RAM (64MB) as the Ironforge.
The device does *not* have NAND flash - it boots from, and uses, a 2GB MicroSD card for storage.
It runs a newer kernel than Ironforge, and will support virtually all of the hacks that Ironforge supports.
It supports a standard NP-120 LiON battery (very commonly available) which will keep the device going from about an hour up to two hours depending upon what you're doing and the quality of the battery.
It does not include the battery.

It will support some very interesting hardware and software hacks that we'll talk more about later.

We'll be posting schematics shortly, so you can take a closer look at the hardware.

From a widget development standpoint, there's very little difference between this device and the current Chumby.

Duane - Thank you!  Very nice.  Sold.

I just discovered this device some days ago, I was getting some info and i decided to buy it. I saw a new version is coming so i will wait, but,

Here I see lots of specifications are the same than the previous one, and some, are worse, just one usb port, one speaker (what about its quality?)...

I also would like to ask about the product in Europa. Will it be found in shops? The prize in euros?

Thank you

With the low price point and the optional battery this will get your user base so much larger. KUDOS!
Most people I talk to either don't like the $199 price or the fact that it has to be plugged in (that and the now fixed issue of wake on power).

Speaking of that, I assume the FalconWing will turn on (if set that way) when you apply power (i.e. Power loss)?

Are there contacts on the bottom for an optinal charging dock?

once again GREAT WORK! I don't see how this will not be one of the best moves y'all have done. Betweem the marriage of Chumby networks and some digital picture frames and TV's as well as the FalconWing, it should be time to do the happy dance at Chumby Industries!

I just went from having one (IronForge) and being happy to now wanting to get another for my house and perhaps one for my parents too.

Will this be out in time for Christmas?

EDIT:
Will there be options in the firmwares (and if so, I assume they will be missing or greyed out in the upsupported devices UI) that are only supported by the IronForge or FalconWing and not both (due to hardware)?

You can't reduce costs this radically without making some tradeoffs.  We found that *most* people either didn't use the USB port at all, or only used one port.  Between that and some geometry concerns, we only included the single port - however, that port is much faster.  For the few people that want multiple ports, there are very cheap USB hubs on the market that will work.

The single speaker sounds pretty good - note that on the Ironforge chumby, the two speakers were pretty close to each other, so the stereo separation wasn't all that strong anyway.  We care about audio - many reviewers express (good) surprise at the quality of audio from Ironforge.

We will be putting this device through the process of getting the appropriate certifications for Europe - we know how to do that now, since we've done that for Ironforge.  We have a European distributor - they will be setting the price.

Yes - it behaves like the 3.8 (aka "2009") Ironforge chumby devices.

No - the battery charges off the AC, or can be easily removed to charge on some other charging device.

That's the plan.

Anyone familiar with Ironforge firmware will feel right at home.

Both devices will run the same Control Panel - it detects which device it's running on and presents slightly different options, just as it currently presents slightly different UIs for 3.7 and 3.8 Ironforges (such as the brightness screen).  For instance, the Falconwing will include "FM Radio" in the Music sources screen, the dashed outline in the main Control Panel screen looks different, etc.  We'll be attempting to keep the devices in feature sync as much as possible given the inherent differences.

I don't know the answer to that.  We're fast-tracking the certification process, but much of the timing is out of our hands.