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General => Akihabara => Topic started by: Guchi_Jnr on September 11, 2007, 12:16:31 PM

Title: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: Guchi_Jnr on September 11, 2007, 12:16:31 PM: (http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/7013/mainphoto05wi2.jpg)
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/rolly/
This thing is so friggin' stupid and gimmicky, I'm tempted to get one.. O0

(our cats would have a field day)
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: ebc on September 11, 2007, 02:10:41 PM: haha that is really amusing how much do they cost?
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: Guchi_Jnr on September 11, 2007, 02:20:08 PM: They are 1GB and are 40,000yen..
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: frblckstr1 on September 11, 2007, 04:10:51 PM: Quote from: Guchi_Jnr on September 11, 2007, 12:16:31 PM
This thing is so friggin' stupid and gimmicky, I'm tempted to get one.. O0

(our cats would have a field day)

Go for it, do not forget to create a video of it :D
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: Reanimation on September 11, 2007, 04:28:41 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu37TSfKx2A
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: JFC on September 11, 2007, 04:38:09 PM: Quote from: Guchi_Jnr on September 11, 2007, 02:20:08 PM
They are 1GB and are 40,000yen..
Only 1GB and they're selling them for that price? Do they actually expect people to buy them when there are other, similarly priced music players that give you much more storage capacity? :O
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: ohno on September 11, 2007, 09:49:54 PM: Quote from: JFC on September 11, 2007, 04:38:09 PM
Quote from: Guchi_Jnr on September 11, 2007, 02:20:08 PM
They are 1GB and are 40,000yen..
Only 1GB and they're selling them for that price? Do they actually expect people to buy them when there are other, similarly priced music players that give you much more storage capacity? :O
Well, the rest of them don't dance :lol: But I agree that they could have added more capacity.
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: StreakInTheSky on September 11, 2007, 11:41:59 PM: It's pretty cool, but way over priced. That thing has no real practical use. For 50 bucks I'd so get one :lol:
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: reyfer on September 11, 2007, 11:52:16 PM: Well, if Apple got away selling the iPhone when there are pretty good alternatives (from LG, for instance) that, hold your breath, are not bound to a single carrier, why wouldn't Sony get away with this?
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: StreakInTheSky on September 12, 2007, 01:10:55 AM: cause it's almost completely useless?
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: JFC on September 12, 2007, 02:29:08 AM: ^ Pretty much. :D

Quote from: StreakInTheSky on September 11, 2007, 11:41:59 PM
It's pretty cool, but way over priced. That thing has no real practical use. For 50 bucks I'd so get one :lol:
If it only cost 50 bucks then maybe it'd be ok. But it's listed as being 40 000 yen, which is closer to $350USD/$400 CDN. Unless someone has a lot of disposable cash and/or an obsession for little dancing objects, it's not worth it (actually, for only 1GB of storage space it isn't worth it any way you look at it). :P
Title: Re: Rolly - SONY's egg shaped disco dancing portable audio player
Post by: frblckstr1 on September 12, 2007, 05:03:29 AM: ^ all the above (except first :) )

Guys/Gals remember: this is a *gadget*, not a music player you used to store your whole music collection on and take it with you.

You put just a few songs on and demonstrate it, after a few minutes people have seen enough (and the cat can use it :D )