Cuddly with a Wifi Rabbit
July 10th, 2007 by boon
Johnny’s new toy rabbit
Originally uploaded by Andreas Schjønhaug.
We got our hands on a Nabaztag at the office – the original one, not the one with the belly button. It’s not as big as its larger-than-life on-screen persona. And it doesn’t offer much instant gratification at the touch of a button, as it really only streams content from the web.
It is still a very very cool toy to have, though. I should have picked the tag/tag up when I was in the UK. If I get it from PageOne in Singapore, it will cost me almost RM1000 for the tag/tag, and RM700 for the normal nabaztag. That’s RM300 more expensive than it should be.
LL mentioned before that she wouldn’t mind a rabbit in the apartment. I don’t think it fits with the building’s pet policy, so this might be an option. Maybe my fellow rabbit fan, MVO, might like it.
The best part about it is that it looks good, and it does random things like reading out messages, the air pollution index in France, traffic alerts in London, podcasts, storybook narrations, blinking colored lights along the way. It’s its own thing.
Everyone cheers it on. Then gets bored. Then cheers it on again.
Plus, there’s a public API that allows me to develop my own services. How about a last.fm feed? Or a daily take of my friend’s blog posts? Or an online recipe of the day, or one for each mealtime? Rabbit ear calisthenics?
I want one.