Sony Rolly Live Experience – Always Fun to Play With

Although it's already a bit old (it was initially launched in Japan back in September 2007), Sony's Rolly manages to draw everyone's attention whenever it's on display. After all, it's not everyday that you see a seemingly innocent-looking, egg-like product starting to move around like it's possessed, flipping its "wings" and vibrating like a mad creature from another world to the sound of music.

The first important detail I found to be particularly interesting about Sony's Rolly is its size. The device is actually quite small, and even if you read the specs, you can't imagine just how petite it is until you actually get to hold it. However, despite its small size, the Rolly can do a lot of crazy stuff, as you're about to see next.

Its most important selling point is probably represented by its capacity of carrying out all sorts of erratic moves, which can be either designed by the user (via the Rolly Choreographer software, installed onto the computer the device is connected to) or generated directly by the Rolly, after carrying out an automatic analysis of the song. Furthermore, the software can also be used for uploading to the Internet the specific moves created by the user or for downloading moves created by other users.

The device also incorporates 2 GB of flash memory, which can be used for storing songs directly into Rolly's memory. And since we're on the subject of songs, it's important to mention that Rolly works equally well with MP3 and AAC files, while the internal battery offers an estimated functioning lifetime of either 4 hours (music + motion) or 5 hours (just music).

Rolly incorporates two main connectivity technologies: USB and Bluetooth. The USB connector is used both for connecting to the computer and for charging the battery, while the Bluetooth module can be used for streaming audio from one's mobile phone or Bluetooth-enabled PMP.

All-in-all, the Rolly is that type of gadget anyone (yours truly included) would love to have, but which would most likely hit that big case of ol' junk underneath the desk in a matter of weeks.


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