Sunday, January 29, 2012

My Keepon - disappointing

Just this weekend my daughter purchased a My Keepon robot from the local outlet of toys r us. I have to say, I'm kind of disappointed. My expectations were set by two different videos of a Keepon robot dancing to Spoon's "I turn my camera on" and "Don't you Evah".

Compared to the Keepon robot in those videos, the toy my daughter purchased is unfortunately lame. Specifically, it'll only dance for perhaps 10-15 seconds before stopping for up to 10 seconds to reset itself. It's dancing is also notably less smooth and expressive compared to the videos.

Unfortunately, there also doesn't appear to be any capability for future software upgrades or other improvements. In short, it's not yet worth the money.

-- Pat