Tag archive: Rolly

Sony brought its unique Rolly music player to the United States last May, and while the unit garners some quizzical looks, there's no denying there's really nothing quite like it on the market. The unit features 2 GB of memory for storing music, and can play back MP3 and ATRAC songs using itsintegrated speakers…but that's not the unique part. The Rolly can be programed to pop, dance, and roll in conjunction to the… Read More

If you thought that Sony’s Rolly was an experiment that would never make it to market, you were wrong. If you thought it would at least never make it out of Japan, you were wrong again. And if you thought, as we did, that it would never have any competitors, well, wrong yet again. Toy-maker Hasbro announced their very own robotic dancing machine on Friday, the AMP. Short for “Automated Music Personality,” the… Read More

Sony might be a purveyor of tried-and-true consumer electronics devices like televisions, computers, portable music players, and—of course—video game systems, but that doesn't mean the company is afraid to take chances and (ahem) roll out a product that defies consumer expectations and maybe—just maybe—redefines a consumer electronics category. So, Sony has brought its Rolly "music entertainment… Read More

It’s the MP3 player that only Japan could dream up. After building hype for weeks with a cryptic promotional page, Sony has finally launched the Rolly MP3 player, an egg-shaped device with bands of LEDs around it and spoon-shaped dishes at its ends. What’s the point? It dances on the floor. Yes, lay the Rolly on the floor and it rolls with the music, spinning, pivoting its creepy little arms, lighting up and whirring in… Read More

Communication is important to most people. Since the late 1990s, Instant Messaging (IM) has become an increasingly popular way to stay in touch with friends and loved ones. Though history traces IM'sorigins back to Internet Relay Chat (IRC), it is very different now with new protocols, video messaging, file sharing, and more. We'll be covering the most-usedmainstream IM clients and services so that you can decide who's using… Read More