Sony Rolly: More (Sketchy) Details
Posted by Simon Perry on 3 September 2007 at 5:52 pm | Tagged as: Sony, Music, Audio Hardware
We’ve been digging deep into our Sony contact book in an effort to find out more details about the now-seen Sony Rolly.
Cards are being held very close to the chest about it all over at Sony. As we know Engadget have been through the video with a fine tooth comb in a desperate attempt to try and suss out more.
Even the most senior Sony source we spoke to (and yes, they were very senior) had only seen the Rolly once.
Using a crowbar to try and get some new info from them about it, we found that it is indeed 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.
It’s got integrated speakers and, as we’ve seen, moves around pretty fast with that weird flappy side-thing going on.
As you can see - we couldn’t get that much more. Lips are very tight.
Silence - The Future of Tech PR?
It is interesting to see how, the less is known about a product, the greater the hysteria in the press - iPhone being the most over-blown example.
What does this mean for the future of PR of tech products? Sort of turns PR on its head if the idea is that you _don’t_ talk about a product, doesn’t it?
On this day, years gone by ...
- Twitter: A Creative Tool? - 2008
- Paris Hilton: Now Star Of Spam - 2008
- Google Chrome Attacks Browser Market With Its Own Browser - 2008
- Ion LP2 CD Offers PC-Free Vinyl To CD Conversion - 2008
- Orange Launches Europe's First Advanced Push to Talk Service - 2004
- Wotbox - Local Search Engines, Globally - 2004
- Patrick Parodi, Mobile Entertainment Forum - The IBC Digital Lifestyles Interviews - 2004
- Philadelphia Plans World's Largest WiFi Hotspot - 2004
- Windows Media 10 - 2004
- Handheld video player, ZVUE!, publicly demonstrated - 2003
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