I got this in response to a recent request for a chumby:

Hi!

Thanks for taking the time to request a free chumby. The response has been huge and we'd love to give a free chumby to everyone with a
creative idea, but there are only so many we can part with (sorry!).

We're building our next round of prototypes so we'll have about 50 to give away. With over 4,500 requests for a free chumby, you can see we've got our work cut out for us deciding where they should go.

We love a convincing argument and if you hooked us with yours, you'll be hearing from us again. But in case you don't get a prototype chumby, we're aiming to make them commercially available next spring.

Thanks again for your interest in the chumby! Visit us at www.chumby.com for all the latest chumby news.

Sincerely,
The Chumby Team