9/9/2007

Here’s the new iDog from Sega Toys and our sponsor JList. This a cute little robotic dog is an iPod compatible pet that reacts and dances to your music via a small port in its hind leg. Just plug in a 3.5mm stereo mini plug into the iDog and your music source (double sided cable) and you can start interacting with your new robot pet. The iDog plays your music from a built-in speaker in its back and reacts to different music differently, changes its mood (shows by different illuminations and dance patterns), and will even make its own music! You can affect iDog’s moods and musical tones my touching it, “a lot,” which is the recommended dose of affection from the toy scientists at Sega.
Buy it now from JLIST for only $38.00 in either the “Lovely Version” (pink) and “Happy Version” (blue).

Not in the same league as the charming iDog, is a suitable successor Sony’s sadly sacked Aibo that’s now out of production.

BJ the Linux powered robotic dog
Newlaunches.com
IXS Japan has announced a 4-legged walking robot which is developed in co-operation with Kondo Science. Named ‘BJ’ it i.s almost the same size as the Sony Aibo…180×350×312mm and weighs 2.5kg it will be available by 2007 fall worldwide for 600,000 Yen ($4,850) a bit too expensive than the [now-cancelled] Aibo.…more...

Besides “BJ and the Bear“, the craptacular 70s TV sit-com, “BJ” has on one meaning to me as defined in the UrbanDictionary: BJ —”an abbreviation of blow job or blowjob.”
At $4,850 for a robot ‘BJ’ , the JLIST iDog for $38.00 is a much better value for fun.
Of course the best part of either the robot ‘BJ’ and the iDog is: “It’s NOT a Sony®.”