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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CNET.co.uk Podcast Beta 3: A Japanese giant

Crave The latest CNET.co.uk podcast takes a long hard look at Japanese business giant Sony, as Guy Cocker, Chris Stevens and our new mobile phone reviewer Andrew Lim, along with special guest star Rupert Goodwins of ZDNet.co.uk, explore some of the...

Tags: itunes, mobile phone, rss, link

27 February 2006, 15:13

Incoming: Can Sony's bean defeat Apple's giant?

Crave Magic beans were once the stuff of fairy tales, but Sony has taken the myths of old and transformed them into something new. This is its new MP3 player design. The Sony Bean is not yet available to buy, but we're jiggling about with lust already.

Tags: sony uk, names, customers, crave

5 September 2005, 11:11

Top ten gadgets to burn on Bonfire Night

Crave Sony Aibo We don't normally condone cruelty to animals, but Sony's digital puppy deserves to be put down in a painful, merciless fashion. PURE Digital Bug Too PURE's quirky digital radio is one of the most enduring icons of DAB technology.

3 November 2006, 11:44