14 DAY TRIAL // It's quite a documented fact that most people spend more and more time online on a daily basis, either searching for specific information, interacting with other users via social networking sites or simply accessing various multimedia content delivery services.
However, at some point, the amount of information we have to deal with becomes way too large, and we feel the need to pass a few of these "tasks" to someone else. This is where the Nabaztag/tag makes his big entrance, as this tiny (and rather peculiar looking) device could really be the first in a long series of Internet assistants.
Shaped like a rather odd-looking 9-inch rabbit (a serial killer critter, if you ask me, having a certain "placid beauty", according to the manufacturer), the device initially launched by Violet back in 2005 and then upgraded in 2007 (the Nabaztag/tag version) is capable of carrying out a very wide-range of Internet-related functions, some of which are really quite impressive, for a device that looks more like a toy than anything else.
Thus, the device is capable of reading out loud RSS feeds from certain websites or services (news, weather forecasts, etc.), alerts the user whenever he/she has received an important message, reads the respective message and even informs the owner which of their contacts are online at any given moment.
Another very interesting fact about the Nabaztag is the fact that the manufacturers have equipped it with what can only be described as....senses. First of all, the "Internet rabbit" can hear, since it sports a built-in microphone, which can be used for issuing voice commands (which the Nabaztag recognizes and carries out), but it can also speak (via the built-in speaker, which allows user to listen to online radios, audio files, etc.).
However, by far the most impressive "sense" of the Nabaztag is represented by its "smell", since the rabbit can actually "smell out" RFID tags (and consequently recognize the attached objects) via the reader installed in its....nose, of course.
Additionally, the device has also been equipped with an audio-out interface (for connecting external audio speakers) and doesn't require any wires beside the power cable, since it connects to the Internet via a wireless access point (WEP, WPA-protected connection).
The Nabaztag/tag retails for around 180 US dollars, which is not that bad a price, if we take into account just how many things this rather innocent-looking Bugs Bunny of the 21'st century is capable of doing.
P.S. And if you were wondering, Nabaztag is Armenian for rabbit, while Nabaztag/tag is Armenian for rabbit/bit.
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