Sony's Rolly, revealed
By Thomas Ricker 
posted August 31st 2007 8:30AM
posted August 31st 2007 8:30AM
Here it is, Sony's Rolly which looks (and appears to act) just like a mini robotic Miuro. You'll know as much as we do about it once you disco on through to the video.
[Thanks, diogo]
Thanks for telling us what it was.
Wait, you didn't.
I've seen it, and this is what I think it is. Pretty sure by the way.
It's a new kind of home-pet for people. And a pretty cheap one too. The 2 gadgets on the side are camera's. These are the eyes for the pet.
If you freeze the frames on the quicktime video, when you can look inside the latches. You even see mirrors inside those latches. These are used so that the camera look in the air on any angle.
It will host WIFI internet connection, a small intelligent OS, and it will role around your appartment or house. I even expect some kind of E-mail notification and other cool trinclets.
Ok, I'm realy sure now. Those mirrors exist on both sides of the "eyes". So no speaker.
This is no competition for a new Music device. It really is a "home pet". And I really like it :D
That's ok. We were told about what it was almost a month ago. ;)
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2007/08/sony_rolly_walkman_in_the_works.html
You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll kiss XXX dollars goodbye! Guaranteed to provide MINUTES of enjoyment! Coming soon to a store near you. Get in line now.
Small thermonuclear device.
-The Mighty Jabba asks why he must pay 50,000.
-Because I'm holding a Rolly Walkman!
Wow, after reading Engadget for years, this is the most random and obscure post I've ever seen.
Be patient, details are coming. Breaking stuff.
Thomas
"It's just before Midnight" (heard at the end of the latest video) Midnight in which timezone?
OMG, I found the commercial!
http://www.partizan.com/partizan/v.php/rozan_and_schmeltz_surface_2_air_sony_rolly
Thomas - why post about it if there are no details whatsoever? I mean, Jesus Christ, we don't even know what it is (it could be a computer, or a robot for all I know, but it's so obscure that you shouldn't even bother).
I'm pretty sure Jesus Christ does know what it is. I am also pretty sure He has little to do with this thread.
My, did I get assraped thar.
you obviously haven't gone through the Hello Kitty posts.
"Hey look, Johnny 5 took a sh*t."
Fuck Sony.
LOL.
Shock / horror - I bet it's an ipod dock.
Dock on the other side of the unit, speakers either side.
Finally Sony makes something i really need.
sorry if you dont have a completely black room with a mirrored floor and zooming eyeballs...this will be totally lame
'we likely... a lot'
It certainly shows how fast you wanted to put up this 'breaking news' item - is this Engadget's equivalent to 'FIRST!'?
Egg shaped Walkman/MP3 player
It sorta looks like Weebo, that flying robot thingy from the movie Flubber...
Did I just hear somebody say, "weaboo?" Because I'm pretty sure I just heard somebody say "weaboo."
WE-A-BOO WE-A-BOO!
WEE-A-BOO, WEE-A-BOO!!
It's a MP3 player... meh.
You likely what a lot? Ooo... Mad Libs time!
It's weird and it's hot and we likely [adjective] [noun] a lot.
he said "LIKEY," not "likely," you smug bastard.
It does now. It said "likely" before then. I'm quite aware of how close the two are and made doubly sure before I posted. Besides, I made my post in good humor, you humorless bastard. :P
And... what is it?
It's another walkman..paying attention and reading the last couple of post about Sony little Walkman announcements helps you know what it is...
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/20/sony-launches-rolly-teaser-campaign-makes-girls-chicken-dance/
Wouldn't it be more of a Rollman?
The "hands" coming out that the foront look like they may carry or enclose speakers.
Ots some osrt of audio device - though hard to tell the size just yet.
I don't know what it is, but I feel compelled to get one.
i think its the next gen aibo. might be a biped robot or something.. or a roomba competitor.
It's a little robot on rollers that will follow you around streaming your music to it's speakers....guessing
Whatever it is, it'll require memory sticks to boot up, it'll only read mini discs, encode only in ATRAC, and only be compatible with Blu Ray Discs...
Ensuring that it'll never have market share because of proprietary media.
ATRAC is dead
wtf.... seriously.... that video.... omg.... strange lmfao
what the hell is it?! it plays music n moves about like a drunk monkey!?
a dancing egg? WTF
It's a dancing, egg-shaped mp3 player with intergrated speakers.
Big success or colossal failure - at least it sounds more interesting than an ever-smaller Walkman.
Wait....WTF?
wow! this would be cool if a) it's cheap, b) it's sturdy enough to have roam around at house parties, and c) it reacts to music (or even better, streams music by Bluetooth or WiFi)
Maybe at a party where no one's drinking...
Couple o' shots of Jager and this puppy's headed for the recycling bin.
What's that song?
I don't know, but I hope I never hear it again.
The song is Skitzo Disco (Justice remix) by Scenario Rock
I actually thought the song was decent.
Actually, I think it's called Skitzo Dancer, not Skitzo Disco (but it is by Scenario Rock and it is the Justice Remix)