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Sony Rolly Finally Brings the Party Stateside


Everybody's favorite dancing robot of questionable utility from Sony is finally making its way across that big wet thing that divides the fair lands of Japan and USA. The Rolly, in case you missed it, is tiny little wheeled bot that can blast some tunes out of its built-in speakers, move its cute little appendages to the music and spin around for that full-on dancing robot experience.

The bot comes with pre-choreographed songs ("Also Sprach Zarathustra," Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" and Earth Wind and Fire's "Boogie Wonderland" -- all particular favorites of the Engadget staff), or you can use the choreography software to generate a dance for own tunes, or even program the dance yourself. The 2GB bot comes in black or white, and is available now online or in Sony Style stores for $400. [Source: PR Newswire]

Sony OLED-TV Out This Month in the U.S. (Rolly Later This Year)





We've reported the rumors before, but now it's official: Two of 2007's coolest, only-in-Japan gadgets from Sony are getting the green light for U.S. release. Sony's crazy-thin (.3 millimeters, about .1 inches) OLED-TV will hit store shelves this month for $2,500, a whopping sum for an 11-inch TV, but surprisingly inexpensive if you're they type of early adopter who wants the latest in TV-screen technology -- namely, Organic LED (OLED), which delivers brilliant, vivid color, high contrast with paper thin screen dimensions. (Sony actually had this OLED on SonyStyle store shelves here in Las Vegas to coincide with the press conference -- a nice touch.)

Also guaranteed to make you the coolest person on the block: the Sony Rolly (pictured, above), a whimsical robotic-orb-cum-dancing-MP3-player from the same team that brought us Aibo (Sony's robotic dog). About the size and shape of a Nerf football, the Rolly will play tunes on its internal memory, or stream music from your PC via Bluetooth. Its various moving parts and lights move more gracefully than any other dancing speaker we've ever seen, which isn't that tough since we haven't seen that many, but trust us -- this thing is cool, in the completely useless way that only bonafide gadget heads will truly dig.

The U.S. release of the Rolly some time in 2008 will be a relief to anyone who's been struggling with getting the doodad's current Japanese-language OS to work with U.S. PCs since Sony will be offering up an official English-language OS to go with the U.S.-ready Rolly.

The introduction of the OLED-TV to the U.S. market is a milestone, because it's quite possible that OLED will be the next big technology in televisions (not to mention displays for smaller gadgets like digicams and cell phones). The Rolly, not so much, unless you'd consider yourself one of the aforementioned gadget heads.

Either way, color us delighted.





Related Links:

Sony's Almost-Paper-Thin OLED-TV Coming to the U.S.
Samsung One-Ups Sony With 31-Inch OLED-TV
Sony Unveils First Super-Thin OLED TV
Pioneer Unveils Super-Thin, High-Contrast Plasma TVs

Sony's Rolly - The Breakdancing MP3 Player


Sony has revealed what may be their oddest product yet - the Rolly. It's -- well -- a sort of trippy break-dancing robotic egg thing that has multi-colored rings of light at the ends and funny little ears that pop out and swivel around, seemingly projecting sound from speakers mounted on the sides.

We're still in the tease phase of the product launch (which is scheduled to officially happen on September 10), so that's really all we know about it at this point. But, if you spend your afternoons serving it up on a piece of cardboard, this may be the perfect robotic companion for you.

From Engadget

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