WowWee's patrolling Rovio gets unboxed

WowWee's Rovio isn't due to start shipping to the general populace for a few days still, but the mighty important folks over at RobotsRule were somehow able to procure one a hair early. Thankfully for us, it took the time to neatly unbox this home sentry and give us an up-close look at what it's made of. A full-fledged review is promised within the next few days, but for now, just hit the read link and enjoy the shots.

[JasonK @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:04AM]

Corporate espionage and detectives' work for uncertain spouses just got a LOT easier.

[Cybergypsy @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:06AM]

Love my iRobot....maybe one that washes dishes......

[Bones3D @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:07AM]

Hope it has a better vacuum on it than the roomba...

[riggs @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:17AM]

and it begins...

[Deeznuts420 @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:17AM]

SKYNET ONLINE.

[allislost @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:25AM]

I want one with a flamethrower!

[Darth Lord @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:27AM]

1. can it search the web to find porn that I have not seen before?
2. can I control it from my PDA?
3. doesit have a built in blogger?
4. it is wifi enabled?
5. can it be used as a universal remote?
6. does it have a built in DRM/honey pot sniffer?
7. does it have build in hard drive of more than 100 gig and can be used as a media center extender?
8. can it be used as an alam clock?
9. can it tell me when John McCain is lying?
10. can it log into my email and auto reply messages from engadget so that I have to have to?

[Tim Spence @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:47AM]

Does it blend?
Can it run Crysis?

[Harry Wagstaff @ Sep 22nd 2008 10:51AM]

Are we all Doomed?

[intel352 @ Sep 22nd 2008 11:39AM]

11. Can it tell me when Barack Obama is lying to serve his own agenda of power at any cost?
12. Can it warn me anytime Barack Obama decides to "negotiate" for the US (an act of treason according to the Logan Act), by asking Iraq to DELAY the withdrawal of troops until after the election has occurred?

[frankXchange @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:54AM]

Can we stop these unboxings unless you can include an actually demonstration or a review? I'm not that big of a styrofoam fan. It's frustrating to see a product finally get unwrapped, and then have the video end. I like good packaging as much as the next nerd, but it's not worth a post.

[bigsofty @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:27AM]

I have to agree here, how about unboxing a nice big chocolate cake in front of a bunch of kids, then send them away without a piece?

[timmy @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:36AM]

There were about 4 videos contained it the post from the product demo by Wow Wee, dig a little deeper in the read link site.

[timmy @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:38AM]

Here you go http://www.robotsrule.com/html/rovio.php#pictures

[Mim Song @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:45AM]

I'm waiting for the amphibious one, the RoviWade. That's my choice.

[frankXchange @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:57AM]

Ouch. :-) That was ill-conceived.

[TJ @ Sep 22nd 2008 10:40AM]

@frankXchange:
Pun intended or not with "ill-conceived"? Either way, it's made my morning :)

[frankXchange @ Sep 22nd 2008 1:32PM]

Intentional. I liked your 'delivery.'

[Steve @ Sep 22nd 2008 10:21AM]

Just thought I would let everyone know - I clicked the Rovio link at the top of this article, and got spyware from the page that opened.

[barry99705 @ Sep 22nd 2008 10:45AM]

Yaaay Windows!


Still waiting to find out if it's possible to control it from mobile IE, or Firefox, or Opera, anything from my phone would be cool.

[dschep @ Sep 22nd 2008 11:25AM]

Yay! kiwi drive.

[Robert Oschler @ Sep 22nd 2008 11:55AM]

I am the webmaster for that site and there is no spyware on that page. I see that you just joined Engadget as a user today and that this is your very first comment ever, but would you mind providing the name of the tool or test that you used to make that disturbing claim and a link to the vendor so I can investigate it and run the same test? Thanks.

[yrag @ Sep 23rd 2008 1:39AM]

From above it looks kind of like a robotic trilobite.