Chumby widgets coming to connected HDTVs, Blu-ray players and STBs - Engadget
Mon, Feb 23rd, 2009
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If you thought Chumby would stop at digital photo frames, you were wrong. Dead wrong. Today, the widget-loving company has announced a tie-up with Broadcom that will integrate its rich media internet platform onto system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions that will eventually find their way into HDTVs, set-top-boxes and Blu-ray players.
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