Sony Rolly MP3 Player: Maybe a Little Cooler Than it Needs to Be - Plays Well, Seems Rugged Enough
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Rolly scores a 10 out of 10 on personality, a 10 out of 10 for use of strange Japanese technology in the U.S. market, but scores a 5 out of 10 for audio quality, mainly because to use it properly, it has to dance, spin and flop around. The nicest things I can saw about the Rolly are that it looks very cool, especially in the dark, and it’s definitely the world’s most unique and advanced MP3 player to date.
But is all this really a good thing? To move well beyond the actual purpose of a product, sacrificing audio quality for dancing light shows? Do you really want your new $400 egg-shaped MP3 player dancing and shaking around on the table, sure to fall off sooner rather than later? Or are we just supposed to let it roll around on the dirty ground, possibly to be stepped on, or swatted under the couch by passing pets? Or should I just throw it out in the yard, and listen to it from there? Am I purchasing this MP3 player to listen to music, or to use as a conversation piece?
Perhaps this is a new exciting trend in Japan; I could not tell you, since I’m hardly an International traveler. Japan does have a tendency to do many strange and at times wonderful things with electronics. But what I can tell you is if I presented this device as my main Personal Music Player to any of my peers or friends, I’m pretty sure they would just laugh at me. The Sony Rolly reminds me of the first generation of the iMac in so many ways, I think I just might have to run off and laugh at myself now.
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