Violet starts shipping Nano:ztags in the US

Like the Rolly, it's hard to say exactly why having an RFID-enabled Nano:ztag in your life will make sleeping, eating and breathing each day any easier. In fact, the jury's still out on whether these things are simply novel or primed to take over where the Tamagotchi left off. Starting now, Violet is offering a rainbow's worth of its micro Rabbit devices here in the US, with prices ranging from $6.90 to $12.90 depending on color. Now, if only you could figure out how to integrate RFID into your life, you'd be set.

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 4:07PM]

It gets pretty boring when every single company starts to copy Applie, i understand Windows copying OSX interface tiwht Windows 7 but even toys look more like Apple products than anything else nowerdays, its forlorghnening!

[bdav Posted May 19th 2009 4:15PM]

Yeah I knew this thing reminded me of something... now you mention it it looks just like my mac pro.

[Oli D Posted May 19th 2009 4:25PM]

prices ranging from $6.90 to $12.90, definitely not Apple...

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 7:58PM]

Epic troll word of the month: "forlorghnening"

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 4:09PM]

I still have no clue why anybody would buy this thing. Looks like a solution in search of a problem...

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 4:15PM]

Ok, what is it for?

[jcroscigno Posted May 19th 2009 7:06PM]

You use these with the Mir:ror device that came out earlier this year. Basically the pad is an rfid reader, and the Nano:ztags have rfid chips in them.

Mine are programmed to launch either Pandora or iTunes when placed on the pad, and close the app when taken off. It's convenient for when I don't want to turn my monitor on to just start playing music.

[y3knik Posted May 19th 2009 4:25PM]

Rock on dude.... umm.. with eyes and a mouth

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 4:44PM]

yeah, i have a friend who got a nabatztag tag, with these nano..blars..

5 mins of cool, yeah funky.. then reality sinks in aaand now what the hell do i do with it?

Made worse by the fact that Violet's services to the devices are *appalling*, not one feature worked consistently.

avoid like the plague

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 8:11PM]

How old is that info? I've heard that things were running much better after the move to XMPP last year...

I'm still not sold on the long-term pointfulness (even assuming they work perfectly), but was obviously curious enough to click through. If the XMPP service is *still* busted, I'm _definitely_ switching to plague-avoidance mode.

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2009 5:43PM]

When someone makes an RFID tag I can stick to the inside of my wedding ring, then I'll find a use for RFID in my life. (opening doors/locks/safes/etc.)

[(Unverified) Posted May 20th 2009 4:28AM]

Hardware is nice, totally buggy software though, stay away from it....

[superhobo Posted May 20th 2009 7:02AM]

Nazi tags?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2009 1:41AM]

as my co-worker once told me:

"one in the pink, one in the stink....."

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