Sony’s Rolly set to roll
By Madhur Kapoor on Sep 12, 2007 in My Choice, Tech
Sony has announced the Rolly ,a new and innovative digital music player that can rotate , flap the ends and flash lights in sync with music. The player can turn , dance like an egg and can also flip its end parts . The player weights just 300gm and is so small that it can fit in easily in anyone’s palm. It also has the sensors to identify which way is upenabling volume to be controlled by turning the player clockwise or counterwise .
The special programs , made especially for Rolly can be sent to it via Bluetooth from the PC . Other programs for movement and choreography can also be downloaded thus making it highly customizable. Users also have the option of prograaming there own moves for the Rolly . It has features 2 stereo speakers .
Some of its features are
- 1 GB of internal flash memory
- Battery Life of approx 5 hours of music
- Can be used as Alarm Clock
- Can play MP3 as well as ATRAC (Sony’s own audio format)
The Rolly is scheduled for a 29th september release across Japan and will be available for around 354$ . And we can also expect it soon in the other asian and european markets . A cool gizmo for the music freaks.
Wow, thats a really cool device! But unfortunately I dont have enough money to spend for that
Utsay | Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
Hmm…. I don’t know how others might react, but I personally dont find it good looking, benefits, high memory or cheap also.
Ashwin | Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
The price is kind of steep though. Still, it will probably be popular with pre-teens.
Brown Baron | Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
its too pricey for 1 GB ….even if it came to India nobody will buy instead of i would like add 50$ more for a N73 me
Shashank | Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
“player can turn , dance like an egg” enough for some curious kid to smash it hard
rahul | Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
Haha wow that is crazy looking. Have you seen one of these in action by change?
Michael C | Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
Yeah, those it looks cool - I can’t spend the money for that! I mean shoot, I can dance and flip around!
Bush Mackel | Sep 12, 2007 | Reply
Wow. Cool Device
Technobuzz.net | Sep 13, 2007 | Reply
Dance and flip? Hm, maybe they put a leprecon inside that thing
chuck norris dude | Sep 13, 2007 | Reply
Pretty good gadget, but a little expensive.
“player can turn , dance like an egg” enough for some curious kid to smash it hard. -Rahul you have a good point LOL
ram | Sep 13, 2007 | Reply
Kooool. Very sexy Gadget. If it will be releashed in India, surely i am going to buy this.
Logesh | Sep 13, 2007 | Reply
If the price lowers down, I’ll be the first to get it!
A very nice gadget.
Haris | Sep 14, 2007 | Reply
Wow! a cute looking player, but pricey.
Nirmal | Sep 14, 2007 | Reply