Rolly

Seems that our friendly, robotic music player Sony Rolly is finally making it’s way to the stateside. Rolly, which has so far only been available in Japan, has made it’s way to the FCC for approval. The stateside model of the dancing bot will carry typename SEP-30BT (opposed to Japan’s SEP-10BT). According to our sources the official launch will take place sometime soon in the coming spring!

Michael sent me to a link to this hilarious video he has made about Sony Rolly dancing to the White Choco by Ai Otsuka. Sit back and enjoy it on your flat panel tv!

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrjvP0U9ctA[/video]

Here’s a couple of interesting videos, which illustrate how Rolly responses to different types of audio and how you adjust the sound volume on Rolly. On the first video the effect of stereo sound becomes particularly apparent with the talking voices talking to different channels.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUIpUrXFDQ8[/video]

On the second video, you can see the sound volume control method. I personally like how the thing rotates back to it’s original position after volume adjustment.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YszW5bDxfe0[/video]

What do you think about Sony Rolly now that it has been officially introduced? Let us know by giving your opinion via the poll below!

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One of the biggest questions floating around Sony Rolly sceptics has been, that “how do you fit an egg-shaped player in your pocket?”. The answes is: you wont.

Rolly will be sold with a moulded carrying pouch, which will carry your personal music player with you clipped tightly on your belt.

So, here comes finally some official press photos of Sony Rolly…

Sony rolly from the front:

Rolly from an angular perspective:

Sony Rolly held in a hand to give the thing some scale:

…and here follows the specifications of our brand new little buddy:

• 1GB internal flash-memory.
• Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity for receiving and streaming music
• Editable “dance moves” + software for controll
• Battery specifications: 3.7V 1560 mAh rechargeable battery
• Battery life: 5h for music playback, 4,5h for streaming music over Bluetooth connection, 4h of music and motion combined, and finally 3,5h for streaming music over Bluetooth with motion
• USB 2.0 conection for transferring music and charging the batteryge
• Supported audio formats: MP3, ATRAC, AAC up to 300+ kbps
• Dimensions and weight: 104√ó65√ó65mm, 300grams
• Price: $360,-

…and finally some use instructions for how to controll your Rolly:

• Move wheel forward: Skip to next nong
• Move wheel Backwards: Skip to previous song
• Turn player right on the table: turns the volume up. turning left turns the volume down
• Turning the upper wheel selects songs
• Turning the lower Wheel changes volume
• Pressing the PLAY button twice and shaking player turns shuffle mode on

As it comes obvious, the Rolly wheels play a crucial part in controlling Rolly player.

That pretty much sums it up for now. Tomorrow we’ll be glued to our monitors to see further impressions of Rolly as the first Sony Rolly party will begin in a couple of hours in Japan.

Here it is, the promotional video for Sony Rolly, which shows actually what the thing does!

Link to the video: dailymotion.com