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Sony Aibo has been put down: An obituary

Crave Sony Aibo 1999-2006. It's a sad day for electric pet owners: Sony has had the Aibo put down. Admittedly only rich children will feel the pain, as Aibo retailed for £1,450. Crave has fond memories of Aibo.

Tags: sony uk, children, dog, aibo

27 January 2006, 10:43 > More matches in Crave

Sony Aibo: a drunk puppy in body armour

Crave Crave has taken digital living to its logical extreme today -- by making an Aibo dog our new pet. Sony's Aibo Mind 2 copes fairly well with the rigours of modern life, balancing a bone on its nose and rolling a ball around.

Tags: sony uk, dog, puppy, aibo

22 August 2005, 11:44 > More matches in Crave

Sony sends Aibo to kennel in the sky

News As part of its ongoing cost-cutting and reorganisation effort, Sony has cut its line of robotic Aibo dogs, along with another, more-expensive, humanoid robot called the Qurio, which was never sold as a product.

27 January 2006, 10:13 > More matches in News

Crave Talk: Why is Sony culling its most innovative products?

Crave First the Aibo and the Qrio, now the Walkman Bean. What about the death of Aibo? Like a mother taking her most beautiful children outside and drowning them in the rain-bucket, Sony seems to be eliminating its most exciting designs.

Tags: sony, consumer, electronic, cycle

16 February 2006, 11:30 > More matches in Crave

RSPCAibo says, "Bring back the robodog!"

Crave Following Sony's announcement last week that Aibo will be put down, angry protesters have gathered their forces across the Internet in a desperate bid to convince Sony to reverse its decision on the fate of the electronic dog.

Tags: sony, company, fans, events

3 February 2006, 14:00 > More matches in Crave

Do Aibos dream of electric sheep?

Digital Living Aibo is still for PC geeks. Aibo stretched and woke up, and my son jumped and took a step back, but was clearly fascinated. Aibo comes with a docking station where he can recharge his battery, some cards he can read with his camera and that give...

12 October 2005, 10:10 > More matches in Digital Living

Photos: Robots catch World Cup fever at RoboCup 2006

News Sony's Aibo has long been a favourite for robot soccer matches. This Aibo has a perfect in Miroslav Klose, the German national team's star striker. With the World Cup well under way in Germany, it's not just humans who'll be kicking footballs in a...

14 June 2006, 10:45 > More matches in News

'Don't shout at the robot!'

News Sony's Aibo was introduced to great fanfare, but only about 150,000 sold in the six years the company had it on the market. While the Aibo sold for $1,900 (£1,000), the Pleo tag is closer to the price of two of the more successful robot products on...

22 November 2006, 9:43 > More matches in News

Drobo: Automated data robot

Crave Okay, so it's not in the same league as Asimo, but it's far more useful than that stupid Sony Aibo thing. Data storage is usually as dull as ditchwater, but our ears pricked up when we heard about Drobo -- the world's first storage robot.

Tags: data robotics, disk, remove, storage

21 December 2007, 8:00 > More matches in Crave

Nintendogs: Welcome to the doghouse

Crave We've already played (and then betrayed) Sony's Aibo dog -- if you took him out in the real world he was about as fun to play with as a tennis ball covered in razor blades. Real dogs are cute and adorable, but they are to the gadgeteer what the...

Tags: nintendo, commands, psp, virtual

17 November 2005, 10:47 > More matches in Crave

Photos: Robots make like Crouch and score

News Ayami Yohoyama of Japan's Twades robo-football team programs her Aibo for a match. A competitor at the RoboCup 2006 games (more photos here) takes aim to send a ball past an opposition player. The robotic football tournament, talking place in...

19 June 2006, 10:34 > More matches in News

Sony NW-E003 (1GB) review

Reviews First there was the embarrassing rootkit fiasco, then the Aibo was cancelled, then the Sony Bean. With the fall of the Walkman empire, Sony assumed a rather dejected approach to the MP3 player market.

Editor's rating   8.1

Tags: sony, weight, edge, battery life

29 August 2006, 13:00 > More matches in Reviews

Crave Podcast 75: Eee wannabes and nerdy chicks

Crave Also in the show, it appears someone's finally found a use for the now deceased Sony Aibo. The Crave Podcast has reached its Diamond Jubilee! That's right, we're 75 episodes deep and to celebrate, we're filling the studio with hot nerdy chicks.

Tags: wi fi, dog, love, car

7 March 2008, 11:21 > More matches in Crave

Virgin Lobster 544 review

Reviews It feels compact and light in the hand and the front has a dark grey reflective section that makes it look like the Sony Aibo's head. Virgin's Lobster 544 doesn't look like a lobster, feel like a lobster and it certainly doesn't taste like one.

Editor's rating   6.7

Tags: virgin mobile, dedicated, section, slot

23 August 2006, 15:00 > More matches in Reviews

Robot Wars

News The most prominent example is Sony's Aibo dog robot, discontinued last year. At Tokyo's 12th Robo-One Grand Championship match, two-legged robots jabbed, ducked, hurled balloons and even sang in their quest to become the champ.

Tags: christmas, companies, money, consumer

4 December 2007, 10:02 > More matches in News