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Sony Rolly dancing MP3 player

Rollin', dancin' music thang

Sony's efforts to give the Rolly usable navigation and indeed a use, does rather beg the question why it didn't go the whole nine yards and fit a small screen and headphones jack when there certainly seems to be the space.

Since the Rolly has no method of detecting table edges, get it too excited and it will boogie straight over the edge and into oblivion. Thankfully, Sony includes instructions to re-attach the ears and drive rims should it not survive the drop intact.

Sony Rolly

Ze basis of an entire culture...

Americans can buy an optional desk charger for $50 but we Brits have to make do with charging through a USB cable though we do get a plastic stand to stop it rolling around the desk. A full charge will see the Rolly bop until dawn, so long as dawn is not more than five hours away.

Now, £240 for a device devoid of any real function makes any discussion of value for money a little pointless though it's hard to ignore the little voice that says that if you want to spend that sort of money with Sony you could by an eBook reader and an MP3 player and still have a few quid in change.

Verdict

Playing with the Rolly is a bit like indulging in a quick spot of hand-relief when you should be working. You know it's a waste of time, you know it's wrong and you know you may very well go to to Hell for enjoying it, but that doesn't stop it being moderately amusing.

But how do we rate something with no tangible use? Right up to 90%, because it's the best dancing MP3 player on the market? Or just ten per cent, because it answers a question nobody was ever going to ask?

We'll give it 55%, because the sound is rather good when the ear flaps are open and some of the dance moves are impressive. And it may be the basis of an entire sub-culture that we are just too old and serious to really understand - like Pokémon or David Cameron.

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55%

Sony Rolly dancing MP3 player

Fun, but perhaps not as we know it. You would have to really, really want one to justify the outlay.
Price: £240 RRP

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