Geek.com has reviewed the Chumby a soft, leather-covered Linux-powered gadget conceived as an Internet-era replacement for clock and table radios. The “Chumby” device features open, hackable hardware, software, and yes, “outerware” APIs.

If you’re not familiar with the Chumby, it’s a Linux-based gadget that connects up to the internet via WiFi, and sports a squeeze sensor, accelerometer, and a 3.5″ LCD color touchscreen. The coolest part about it is that it runs Adobe Flash-based widgets so pretty much anything you can imagine is (or will be) available for it, and Chumby includes an extensive list at Chumby.com. This whole package comes wrapped up in a nice leather casing, and is actually quite fun to squeeze.”

The Chumby is based on a 266MHz Freescale i.MX21 processor, and is equipped with 32MB of 133MHz SDRAM, and 64MB of NAND flash memory. The high-quality (TFT) QVGA (320×240) LCD display features LED backlighting controlled via PWM (pulse-width modulation).