Well as I said, I'm not counting Sony's b****rd child, so I have no intention of wasting my money on a Dash

A Smart TV isn't a standalone device, which is why I specified "standalone devices"

I'm actually chasing down the Wowboxes, but I'm not entirely sure they ever actually existed o_O

I dunno, I almost like the body style of the Infocast 8 better, but the C8 feels better-made to me.  I haven't cracked open my C8 yet (have barely even turned it on), so I haven't been able to do an in-depth comparison of the two.

Well, you're right.  I don't use all of mine.  I've had intentions and plans for all of them, just never the time.  I've recently dedicated more time due to the news.

I think my favorite is likely the Infocast 3.5" for a few reasons:
* RW rootfs - Much easier to hack than the classic based on the rootfs/microSD for the rootfs and an ext2 format
* Bunnie's "mod port" (thanks Bunnie!)
* Construction - when you disassemble it, you can likely toss the grey part and mount the black screen bezel easier into projects.  I'm not a big fab person, so I like the thought that I can put it in a wall, or cut a hole in a dash.
* Cheap!  I've purchased 4 now, and the last was cheap enough I gave it away to a friend

Thanks for your comparisons above- pretty valuable info. If you don't mind, I have another specific question comparing the 3.5's. I use my Chumbys for radio a lot. I think the sound on the C1 is great for such a small device, but I've heard that's partly because of the way bunnie designed the case.

I've never had an Infocast. Is the sound on the Infocast 3.5 comparable to the sound on the C1? As I said above, the $40 "new" ones on Amazon tempt me. If the Infocast gave me pleasant audio, I could stash away my newest C1 to save for if/when a unit breaks down.

@Doktor Jones- Like your I8, I enjoy my C8 for the low-tech "picture frame" show once in a while. Does the I8 have a clock overlay for slide shows? The C1 has a clock and/or calendar overlay that looks great, but you virtually have to kick it to get time showing. I downloaded dozens of public-domain space pictures from NASA just for this, they make a beautiful background for the clock.

I only have a small apartment, but I "need" my 3 Chumbys in their assigned spots. One of mine was out of action for a while, just "rescued" by a generous tech guy. I felt "off balance" while that one was out. I guess I'm pretty spoiled by them all.

Well, I blew my chance to add a 'new' I 3.5 for $38 from Amazon. Today all the sellers there raised them by $10 to $48+.  Weird, I wonder if that means demand is increasing? Well, I guess I should be really grateful for what I've already got!

Yeah I don't know what's up with the Amazon prices, I first found out about Chumbies and Infocasts when Engadget and those sites started talking about the companies demise (early April???) and new infocasts were listed at 19.99 and used were 17.99. Only one place would ship to Canada and that was the used ones so I tried to order 2, then they apparently failed testing when the guy was about to ship. Long story short I tried to get him to still sell them to me (for a lower price) because I was confident I could fix them. Got a shipping notification that 2 infocasts were in the mail, a week later only 1 arrives. The seller never really told me what happened but he refunded half my money. Wound up buying another on ebay for $34.99 +$5 shipping so I figure I managed to get two for $65 total which isn't bad. Ok maybe that wasn't long story short

I'd still like to find an infocast 8" though. I don't know if these were ever sold in Canada so the odds of finding one on Craigslist of Kijiji probably aren't good and any ebay ones will invariably get snapped up by fellow "chums" on this forum May the quickest bidders win lol.

@Duane- I thought about that. That's why I always put "new" in quotes. I was guessing they were just refurbs, but maybe they just threw new cases on all those "WoWboxes" that were supposedly coming! There were about 10 sellers on Amazon with "new" Infocasts.

I saw something worse when I was looking for power supplies a couple of weeks ago. A lot of sellers/storefronts were using the Chumby name- "Chumby compatible" power supplies, even though one listed the output as 12v. One power supply had "Chumby" printed on it in the questionable picture. Worst was that this shop actually displayed the Chumby octy logo and "Chumby Industries", as well as a picture of the burlap bag the Original Chumby came in. I was going to post about it, but didn't want to give any free publicity to these guys by including their names or links. I'll send you the link to that outrageous power supply storefront if you want it. (They also say they sell Chumbys.)

Sorry I got this thread sidetracked! Hope we can hear more about peoples' Chumby collections!

Oracle has a bunch of lawyers that aren't doing anything at the moment...