Chumby Raises $12.5 Million in a Series B

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Chumby, one of the first and best use cases for Flash Lite 3 has raised another $12.5 million dollars in a Series B round. Chumby is one of the coolest uses of Flash that I’ve seen. Flash Lite developers can create their own widgets and deploy them on the Chumby website. It includes a touch screen and an accelerometer that you can take advantage of in Flash. Because it uses Flash Lite 3, it also supports video.

Coté wrote up his thoughts on Chumby and we also discussed it in our very first RIA Weekly podcast. I think the Chumby is a great example of RIAs on mobile devices and what’s possible. Throw in the social/connected aspect of the Chumby and you’ve got a great device for RIAs.

[tags]Chumby, Flash Lite, Flash[/tags]

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  • Thad

    The Flash integration and touch screen is cool, but it seems pricey for a glorified clock.

  • http://www.registrycures.com Gerry Anderson

    That’s not a fair assessment! It’s pricey, but it’s much more than a clock. It’s more like a clock radio.. :)

  • http://phillipkerman.com/blog Phillip Kerman

    You don’t have to buy one if you think it’s too much. I think for the consumer there most definitely needs to first be a killer app–but that could happen and then $179 isn’t so much.

    Anyway, I like it because it’s an easy way to make useful widget/apps for myself… because I know Flash. I’ve got some issues with the devices… well, only one big one: is is power cord dependent.

    I’m glad to see they’re moving along with some cash though.