Rolly

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!

[poll=3]

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

Tomorrow, September the 10th will most probably finally be the day that the curtain over Sony’s new mysterious gadget will be unfold!

We here at Rolly.tv will be eagerly blogging on all news and infromation on the party, as well as on Rolly itself as they surface. So, be sure to stay tuned!

Now one thing about Sony Rolly is finally certain - it is a digital audio player. This information was published on the Official Sony Rolly Blog, which does not really leave room for doubt anymore. The blog also claims that Rolly will have only one button, which is used forplay/stop functions of the device.

Also, the reporters at the talked to some Sony high level executive, who told them, that Rolly is “a digital media player designed to extend the function of a Walkman-type device - to create a new category. Think of it as a music-focused Wii on wheels”

The thing you all have been waiting for!

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9_zMUe71TE[/video]

Here it is, the full length television commercial for Sony Rolly!

In spite of the extremely authentic looking video and a real looking photograph of Sony Rolly robot, which appeared on Engadget blog a few days ago, Sony is not willing to comment the newly surfaced material in any manner. Sylvia Shin from Sony Europe’s Corporate communications would not confirm or deny the existence of such device, while the matter was enquired by an Engadget reporter.

So, we really can’t do anything but sit and wait until further information surfaces. I suppose that the forthcoming Sony Rolly Party held on the 10th of September in Japan will bring more light on the matter the latest.

Image: sony-europe.com

Yesterday Sony finally released a picture and a video displaying what Sony Rolly is all about (well, at least you see what the the cool stuff what Rolly does to beat of music). Rolly is a small flashing robot on two wheels, that “dances” to the rythm of music. What remains a mystery is, whether the Rolly actually plays the music itself, or if it only responses to it. My bet is, that it also plays the music itself through its built-in speakers. Also, would be interesting to know about the size of this grooving thing. Anyway you can see the tiny robot fella in action on the commercial video below.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu37TSfKx2A[/video]

What ever features the Rolly will eventually have, the little “guy” appears to be an extremely cool gadget as it is! As soon as we know more, we will also post it up here - so be sure to stay tuned! (If you want to be sure to stay up to date, you can always subscribe to the Rolly.tv RSS feed!)

Source: engadget.com