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Sony Rolly

by Evan Shamoon on November 19, 2007 at 04:16 AM



Sony's all-singing, all-dancing music/speaker/playing/thingamabob has finally touched down (in Japan, at least), and it's every inch the head-scratcher we thought it would be. The Sony Rolly is a motion-controlled device, with sensors that tell it which way is up. In other words, it's a music-playing robotic orb from the same people who brought you Aibo.

Confused? It doesn't matter -- just know that you will make any gadget head who you give this unique gizmo to very happy. You adjust the volume by turning the player clockwise or counter-clockwise, and skip or rewind tracks by rolling the player forwards or backwards. Or shaking it. You can even download dance moves to the Rolly, and forthcoming software will allow you to design your own. There's only 1-gigabyte (GB) of internal memory, but you can stream music to the Rolly over Bluetooth from your computer. Oh, and it lights up! At $500, it's strictly for those with money to burn (and friends to impress).


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Tags: Big in Japan, BigInJapan, Gadget hounds, GadgetHounds, Holidash, Holiday Gift Guide, HolidayGiftGuide, Only In Japan, OnlyInJapan, Sony, Sony Rolly, SonyRolly, under $500, Under$500

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