Instapundit, covering the Consumer Electronics Show, has this to say about the Sony Rolly (I kind of robot dancing thingy:
(posted on www.instapundit.com Jan 6, 2008, 9:58pm)
"My impression, though, is that there's not much that's really new here -- just a lot of slightly-improved iterations of products that are already out there, for the most part. Sony led off its presentation with the Rolly (pronounced "role-y"), which is basically a dancing Walkman. Apparently it's huge in Japan, but so was Spinal Tap. I'm underwhelmed. Here it is, up close, on a lighted disco floor. It's about the size of my fist."
"My impression, though, is that there's not much that's really new here -- just a lot of slightly-improved iterations of products that are already out there, for the most part. Sony led off its presentation with the Rolly (pronounced "role-y"), which is basically a dancing Walkman. Apparently it's huge in Japan, but so was Spinal Tap. I'm underwhelmed. Here it is, up close, on a lighted disco floor. It's about the size of my fist."
I have to agree. I live in Japan, and three words: haven't seen it.
And any clubber I know would not be caught dead bringing something like that to a dance floor, even a retro 70s-disco one!
