Karotz, a new device set to change the way we live and interact, will debut January 6, 2011 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Created by Mindscape, a leading publisher of entertainment software, this intelligent, wi-fi equipped personal electronic device hides major computing power underneath its cute rabbit shell.Karotz Rabbit Robot available for pre-order from the Karotz web site, you can check out this little sucker now, and order it for your kid who has the summertime birthday. Or yourself if you’re into that kind of thing, for that matter. MSRP of $199.
Karotz learns its owner’s voice, habits and routine, and as a result will change the way users interact with their music, media and each other. From the moment it wakes its owner in the morning, Karotz will be a charming, connected companion that will prove hard to live without. The device is voice activated, so with a simple verbal request, it provides everything from horoscopes to up-to-the-minute weather, traffic and news updates. Karotz can also read e-mails, friends’ Facebook status updates and tweets aloud. With its speaker, integrated microphone and vocal recognition, it allows the user to talk for free with fellow Karotz friends, either by direct chat or via a smart phone. It also reminds users of important dates such as birthdays and anniversaries.
With its stylish media player, Karotz becomes the ultimate personal entertainment system, playing favorite Web radio stations, as well as MP3 files or podcasts from USB drives, computers, smart phones or iPods. It can also act as a tutor for kids, reading pre-recorded stories, or even coaching them with educational games. When it’s time for fun again, Karotz can entertain the whole family with interactive games and quizzes.
Beyond providing information and entertainment, Karotz can also provide safety. Karotz features an integrated webcam, so it can send images directly to a smart phone or work computer, where the user can see everything that Karotz sees. An RFID chip sensor also provides instant updates, such as reporting when the kids get home from school.
“Karotz is smart, charming and hard to live without,” said Thierry Bensousan, vice president, Mindscape. “With its great design, extensive capabilities and true ability to become an intelligent companion, it will surely appeal to a broad range of individuals.”
In 2011, Mindscape will make Karotz’s programming language available to software developers and provide them with access to the Karotz Store website to create a cooperative global online development community. Mindscape expects 28 new applications to be available at Karotz’s launch.
Feature :
- Make free Karotz-to-Karotz or smartphone-to-Karotz calls.
- Make the Internet tell you about all the things you want to know: weather, traffic reports, news, sports, arts, stock prices, horoscope, TV guide… and all the RSS feeds that you could want.
- Follow your friends' Facebook status and Tweets.
- Keep an eye on your home and family: See what's going on and be alerted whenever someone enters your house.
- Listen to your favorite music (MP3, Internet radio, podcasts) and wake up to music!
- Play and learn with Karotz: Discover available applications for playing, reading or learning a language with Karotz.
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