Rolly - Ingenious Creation as well as a New Way to Enjoy your Tunes
By this time we have all to come to know what Sony Rolly is all about. Sony Japan has done a great job by intriguing the public by running the teaser campaign and finally revealing a new category of products in sound entertainment. Rolly has had a good share of criticism and there are people out there still not comprehending the idea of a robotic music player. After having owed Aibo ERS-7M3/T model, and learning that Rolly has had Aibo engineers put their minds in creating Rolly, I was quite intrigued by this new concept and was lucky enough to obtain a Japanese version of Sony Rolly. I know that Sony USA is bringing this exciting product here as well (May 2008), but having waited for a while (since it was promised to be released in spring), I could not hold any longer….
I just wanted to share with you and sort of do my review in parts.
First impressions started with unpacking. Sony has always stood out in its packaging “art” (yes, they even employ designers that work on making sure your new Sony toy is packaged attractively in a box). The player sat beautifully in a cushioned nest, and indeed looked like a dinosaur egg waiting to be picked up and played with.
I will leave you with this for now (kinda late here right now), as more will be posted soon. So sit tight and feel free to post your comments/questions below…
So what does the rolly do? does it really have any purpose other than some toy?
I will be posting another commentary on what Rolly is all about soon. It is a pretty cool device. So stay tuned!
How are you managing music on it ? SonicStage ? Did you try any new choreography on it, this can be programmed, isn’t it ?
Since it is a Japanese version they bundled SonicStage to manage music. The US version will use Drag and Drop. I have tried the Rolly Choreographer software (in Japanese) and yes the movements can be programmed in many different ways. Pretty cool device!