May 20, 2008 9:13
It...Moves
I don't know if I have ever been more baffled by a consumer electronics product than I am by Sony's Rolly, an MP3 player that sort of rolls around and flashes while it plays music. As of today it can be yours in exchange for 400 Earth dollars.
I cannot imagine how a non-high person could purchase, use, or have invented this object. I just imagine myself trying to use it as a regular MP3 player and feeling it twitch impotently in my pocket as I walk down the street.
A French (for some reason) ad for the Rolly:
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Reader Comments (8)
"I just imagine myself trying to use it as a regular MP3 player and feeling it twitch impotently in my pocket as I walk down the street."
I dunno. Could be fun.
Posted by Church | May 20, 2008 10:13 AM
So pretty... must resist urge to buy it....
Seriously though, it's not that practical, but damn it's cute.
Posted by Freyja
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May 20, 2008 10:30 AM
that add is the weirdest thing I have ever seen.
Posted by spazticarwen | May 20, 2008 12:51 PM
What a silly and useless product, and what an (unintentionally?) hysterical advert.
If no one else is going to say it, I will. It's the first thing I thought of: I'm gonna buy gadgets that don't do anything but beep and blink.
Posted by Meredith | May 20, 2008 3:12 PM
There are an infinite number of things that I would rather spend 400 earth dollars on.
Posted by Cliff | May 20, 2008 3:39 PM
Meredith keepin' it real, y'all. :)
Posted by Church | May 20, 2008 4:42 PM
well to properly understand it you should try showing this thing to the Japanese or Koreans- perhaps we should stop calling it an MP3 player that moves but as something that moves and makes sound
Posted by quantrake | May 21, 2008 10:28 PM
you nailed it, Lev. I would TOTALLY invent, but, and use this product if I were high. Its the lava lamp of the 2010's
Posted by Still_twelve | May 22, 2008 12:51 PM